Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 18

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Chapter 18

Yoomin’s expression immediately hardened.

What does this senior keep saying?

Yoomin, who had been looking at him with a serious face, eventually burst into a hollow laugh.

However, the expressionless face that came after that laugh was as cold as when Jaejun got serious.

“Are you really investigating my background? Ah. I thought you were just simply following me around, but that wasn’t it. You investigated where I work and what I do, then came all the way here. Right.”

Watching Yoomin speak each word deliberately, Jaejun wasn’t flustered.

Rather, he smiled neatly as if he found Yoomin’s reaction interesting.

Yoomin felt uncomfortable emotions as if looking at an emotionless sociopath.

“That’s something for Ms. Hong Yoomin to figure out herself.”

What kind of answer is that supposed to be?

Was he always like this?

To me, Seol Jaejun was cold to others but endlessly gentle to me…

He was the only light that illuminated Yoomin’s dark world. Why is he like this…

Yoomin shook her head and lamented.

“I have no idea… what you’re trying to do. It seems certain that you’re stalking me, but when you actually face me, you’re very cold. What exactly are you trying to do?”

“What do you mean what am I trying to do? What do you want to do with me?”

At Jaejun’s wordplay, Yoomin eventually walked past him.

But she was quickly caught up to again.

She could feel the chrysanthemum bread bag she had been holding in her arms getting cold and soggy.

I won’t be able to give this to the Principal now.

“I’m asking what you want to do with me, Hong Yoomin.”

Yoomin pulled her hand free from his grip by drawing it through the air and said irritably.

“You’re someone who wasn’t in my life and won’t be in the future, so what would I want to do with you, senior!”

Her voice got loud enough for passersby to look.

She was very flustered because she didn’t know she could raise her voice this much, and her cheeks and ears felt hot.

“You know this, right.”

She thought he would back down after this much, but she was mistaken.

The large presence standing firm in front of her like an old tree seemed like it wouldn’t move no matter how much she struck it with an axe.

“Phew.”

She held her forehead as if she had a headache.

Jaejun continued talking without knowing what state Yoomin was in.

“Do you know how to distinguish between a fearful dog and a fearless one?”

“…”

“A fearful dog knows it’s weak and has little aggression, so it makes a fuss trying to intimidate from the start to avoid fights as much as possible. Woof woof. By barking.”

He bent his waist slightly to reduce the height difference a bit more.

Seeing his flawless skin and prominently high nose bridge made her mind go blank.

“Once it barks, people think ‘Oh, that one has a bad temper’ and don’t bother it. Then what about a fearless dog?”

“…”

“It stays still until you approach. It doesn’t bark. It doesn’t change its posture whether it’s lying down or sitting.”

“…”

“And then.”

He bent his waist a bit more.

His face came from above her forehead to right next to her ear.

A familiar scent that made her stomach churn rushed into her nostrils.

“When someone goes and reaches out to the puppy. At that moment, it bites suddenly. To make them let their guard down and then bite.”

“What exactly are you trying to say-“

He cut off Yoomin’s words coldly.

“Hong Yoomin is woof woof.”

The extremely low sound was eerie. And the equally captivating breathing sound deepened.

“Seeing you bark, you seem quite fearful.”

“…”

“So tell me.”

“…What exactly…are you…”

“What’s happening to you.”

Yoomin’s pupils shook wildly like a wrecked ship.

It was as if he knew her situation was serious.

“When. Where. How I should help you.”

And at those words about helping, Yoomin’s mind snapped to attention.

Actually, it wasn’t strange that he was acting like this.

I’m meeting with a mister much older than me, looking at loan shark flyers.

Then surely anyone would think something was going on, even if they didn’t know the details.

Yoomin clenched her fists and said.

“I don’t need any help. I went to meet that mister because a marriage proposal came to my home and I went out of courtesy.”

“…”

“The loan sharks, I was just looking because it was interesting that such things were posted at the hospital. I was curious if they’d harvest my organs if I called such places.”

He laughed as if he had heard something utterly ridiculous.

Though she felt stung, Yoomin struggled to maintain her expressionless face.

However.

“How was it when you went.”

“…What?”

“Your organs weren’t harvested.”

“…What?”

“And going to a marriage meeting out of courtesy? Don’t be ridiculous, Hong Yoomin.”

He muttered eerily as if he would kill her, unlike before.

“What exactly…are you saying…”

“You’re more serious about marrying that bastard than anyone else right now.”

Yoomin was actually scared, wondering what this man was talking about.

Isn’t it natural to be scared when a completely unexpected situation comes up?

“Senior!”

“Marriage funds.”

Oh my god…

What did I just hear.

Her ears suddenly went numb as if all the noise in the world had disappeared.

“I heard you used loan sharks because of marriage funds.”

Yoomin was scared.

This man was becoming as frightening as Yoomin’s family.

“Exactly… how much does senior… know about me… from where to where…”

Yoomin felt very ashamed.

She just hated everything.

The situation she was in.

And the fact that none other than Seol Jaejun knew about that situation.

The fact that he didn’t learn about it naturally but seemed to have eagerly dug into her background.

She felt very ashamed and angry. Resentment toward him burst out.

“…You’re the worst, senior.”

She turned around and went up to the academy.

Since the elevator was upstairs, she quickly ran up the stairs, worried she might be caught by him while waiting.

She breathed heavily and looked back.

He hadn’t followed her.

Only then did Yoomin let out a sigh of relief and crouched down on the top step of the staircase.

What on earth is Seol Jaejun.

Why did he suddenly appear in my life.

And at the worst possible moment too.

“…So embarrassing….”

She banged her head against the metal bars supporting the stair railing.

Come to think of it, the moneylenders were acting strange.

When I first called, didn’t they ask me to state my name.

When I went there, didn’t they ask why I wanted to borrow money.

Until just now, I thought they were humane moneylenders, unlike the ruthless ones you see on TV or in movies….

Seol Jaejun had pulled some strings.

How did he manage it.

To know where I work and what I do, and even bribe the moneylenders I would contact in advance – does he work in the underworld?

When we were in college, I did hear rumors that he was the son of a very wealthy family, but there were all sorts of strange rumors going around.

Some said he was the son of Korea’s top corporation, others said a foreign company.

But Yoomin wasn’t interested in his true identity.

Which corporate chairman’s child he was, how wealthy he was. She had no interest.

Whether he was rich or poor, she had been primarily attracted to his appearance, and with his gentle demeanor that seemed like he would give her his heart and soul, it didn’t matter what kind of person he was.

Anyway, judging by what he’s doing to me….

“Son of organized crime?”

This seems likely.

If he’s the son of a major crime boss who controls South Korea….

“That would explain why the moneylenders wouldn’t lend me money just based on what my senior said….”

What exactly did he tell them to make them refuse to lend me money when I called.

The fact that they even asked about the reason gave me chills.

I shouldn’t have said it was for wedding funds.

“Ugh, seriously….”

Come to think of it, I felt really uneasy the entire subway ride home.

She felt hopeless.

He had discovered the academy where she worked, and since he had pulled strings, borrowing from moneylenders would probably be difficult too.

Then how am I supposed to run away.

Crouching on the staircase, she brought her knees to her chest and buried her face in her knees.

That was the moment.

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