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This work is fiction

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(3 months ago)

When Hae-won told her family that she was pregnant, the whole house had been thrown into chaos

Meanwhile, Tae-hyun, hearing the news, came straight to the main house and, saying he couldn’t believe it at all

was shocked. Tae-hyun went into the room. Hae-won was sitting at her vanity, getting ready to go out

Hae-won met Tae-hyun’s eyes through the mirror and let out a big sigh, thinking, Here comes the nagging again.

"Could you at least knock?"

"Noona, are you crazy?"

"What is it?"

"Is the pregnancy really true?"

"You idiot, of course it’s real. What, you think it’s fake?"

"So the great Kang Hae-won is throwing everything away over a man?"

"Is it really that shocking that noona’s getting married..?"

"If it were a normal marriage, I wouldn’t even react like this

I heard Yeonjun-hyung has had a longtime girlfriend too."

"So what?"

"Wow, did you steal someone with a girlfriend? My noona was that kind of person?"

"Steal? Watch your mouth, Kang Tae-hyun. Shut it."

"I didn’t think that of Yeonjun-hyung either, but he’s trash. How could he do that?

Were you going to get him a building in Gangnam or something? That woman was the only one who got hurt."

"What? Who are you calling trash? And you feel sorry for Seo Yeo-ju?

Do you even know who she is before pitying her? Whose side are you on?"

"Me? I’m on nobody’s side. But it’s not just anyone—it’s my noona. She shouldn’t do that.

If it’s someone who already has a girlfriend, that’s a different story. And she’s pregnant, too.

Is that something a person should do? It’s because of noona that they broke up."

Tae-hyun, disappointed in Hae-won, was left speechless by her confidence.

"My place was always next to Yeonjun."

     

Hae-won’s eyes grew even fiercer as she motioned for him to stop saying anything and get out of her room.

Tae-hyun, dumbfounded, left the room. Since it was someone he didn’t even know, and

the other person, who had been Yeonjun’s lover for a long time, must be in unbearable pain, getting pregnant...

The ugly thought came to him that she might want to die from the betrayal.

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(From Tae-hyun’s point of view)

By chance, I learned about someone named Seo Yeo-ju. It was the file my noona had dug up.

She gave off an dreamy atmosphere and drew my gaze. At first it was just sympathy and

curiosity, but then I started paying attention. I felt sorry for her.

She even called off her engagement because of my noona—it hit me like a shock. As I looked through the documents,

Tae-hyun’s eyes slowly began to tremble. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

A few days later, a banquet for YJ Construction and T Enterprise was held at our hotel. It was called a banquet, but

it was really a place to introduce Yeonjun-hyung and my noona. I felt so uncomfortable at this event, but

well, it couldn’t be helped. Trapped in the suffocating mold of family, powerless me couldn’t do anything.

Noona looks excited. Those sharp eyes are bent endlessly into a mask of pretense.

Yeonjun-hyung, on the other hand, looks pale. He doesn’t love noona.

I knew it from the start. He’d fallen into Kang Hae-won’s scheme. Noona’s a total fox.

I just felt sorry for Choi Yeonjun and Seo Yeo-ju.

"Do you like noona that much?"

"Yeah, I’m happy."

"Yeonjun-hyung doesn’t look like it."

"Hey, Kang Tae-hyun, shut up for real."

I didn’t want to hear noona nagging, so I went out to the lobby. Huh? That’s Seo Yeo-ju. She was with someone, and

the mood was bright. What’s going on at a hotel? I was full of question marks.

While she was talking to that guy, her steps stopped, and following her gaze,

I saw noona linking arms with Yeonjun-hyung and smiling. Ah, no, if they run into each other—

I swallowed dryly with tension, and thankfully she passed by without seeing him. Seo Yeo-ju, crying in the arms of the man she came with,

made my heart feel strange. She’s someone I barely even know, so

why does my heart hurt? On a day when rain suddenly poured down, on my way to the hotel at noona’s call,

the girl I really wanted to see was right in front of me. But with her head down, holding no umbrella,

Seo Yeo-ju was getting soaked through in the rain. She looked so pitiful that I could only

bite my poor lips. When I said she looked exactly like a puppy with no owner, she smiled faintly at me,

and for a moment she overlapped with Shin Jua. I nearly lost my reason then. I barely came to my senses and held out my small

umbrella to her, and after a brief greeting of hello, I went into the hotel.

Hotel suite. Noona had been staying away from home for a while because of morning sickness. When she saw

my wet hair, she naturally started nagging me. Even being called a fool today

felt good.

Present, Gangnam bar

Earlier, I’d also randomly seen Yeo-ju at the terminal, and they say coincidences stacking up mean fate.

Could Yeo-ju really be my fate? Thinking that I had Yeo-ju’s phone number

made Tae-hyun’s chest swell. In front of him, Yu-shin was talking about everything that had happened lately,

but he had been looking at Tae-hyun, who kept staring at his phone, with a strange look for a while now.

"Hey, Kang Tae-hyun, stop looking at your phone, okay? I’m starting to get annoyed."

"Ah, sorry, sorry. Let’s drink, friend!"

"What’s with you, really? Kang Tae-hyun isn’t the type to keep smiling like this."

"Can I... tell?"

"Like I said earlier, there were hearts popping out of your eyes, kid!

What is it, spill it. Is there a woman you’re interested in?"

"Maybe?"

"...You didn’t forget Shin Jua... did you?"

"...That was ages ago. She was just my first love in high school."

You still can’t forget Shin Jua, you idiot,

At Yu-shin’s cautious words, his face suddenly darkened, but soon he answered with a calm expression.

"I haven’t seen that excited look in so long since Shin Jua."

"Wow, was I that obvious?"

"Yeah, you were totally disarmed in front of Shin Jua."

"...Did I do that? (scratching head)"

"Who was it that shot laser beams from his eyes so nobody could get near Shin Jua?"

As if nothing had happened, he gave an embarrassed smile.

"Could it be the woman you met at the terminal earlier?"

"...Yeah, but there’s a bit of a problem."

"What problem?"

"That woman’s boyfriend is the man my noona is going to marry."

"Huh?"

Yu-shin couldn’t believe his ears. What on earth was that supposed to mean? He was full of question marks.

"Tae-hyun, what do you mean? Who did you say is going to marry Hae-won-noona?"

"Someone you know too. It’s Choi Yeonjun of YJ Construction."

"Oh my god! Yeonjun-hyung??"

"Yeah. Seriously, who would’ve known he’d end up becoming my brother-in-law?"

"Wait, then what you’re saying is the woman you’re interested in is Yeonjun-hyung’s girlfriend,

and the marriage means noona Hae-won stole him?"

"Yeah. Kang Hae-won is my noona, but she’s a scary woman. If she wants something, she has to have it."

Seeing my positive reaction to Yu-shin’s words, I guess that’s right. He drank some beer too, then let out a big sigh.

Suddenly the mood turned dark. A very flustered

Yu-shin. Tae-hyun said his noona decided to marry Yeonjun-hyung because she got pregnant,

and before he even finished speaking, Yu-shin spat out his beer. What is this supposed to mean?

The woman Tae-hyun likes is Yeonjun-hyung’s girlfriend, and that noona Hae-won

got pregnant with Yeonjun-hyung’s child? It was shocking. Only a dumb laugh leaked out.

It’s not even some 막장 drama, so the person called off the engagement? Yeonjun-hyung ended up looking like the one who cheated.

Shocked over and over, Yu-shin tries to soothe it with beer.

"How did you come to know that woman?"

"It looks like noona looked into her a bit. I happened to see the file.

But for some reason, I kept thinking about her. And we ran into each other a few times, too."

"Isn’t that just pity? Because she’s pitiful... no, but even then

your eyes looked way too much like someone who’d fallen in love. Then do you know who she is?"

"No, we’ve only just exchanged contact info."

"What are you going to do if she finds out you’re Hae-won-noona’s little brother? Isn’t that way too dangerous?

Let’s just pretend we never saw her. Don’t think of it as fate, and please, let’s not take the hard road."

Tae-hyun, who never thought he’d feel this way after his first love failed,

  

wanted to know more about Seo Yeo-ju than he could call mere curiosity.

At the same time, he wanted to reveal who he was and tell her to use him.

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Cliché makjang, I love it 👍

The relationship is getting complicated 😵‍💫

How far does the limit of my delusions go 🤭