Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

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Smile, Hong Yoomin.

Yoomin desperately forced strength into her cheeks and corners of her mouth that kept trying to droop downward.

However, perhaps because anger was boiling inside her, it wasn’t easy to smile.

What? Youthful appearance?

“He’s 44 years old but looks like he’s 33. He exercises frequently too. These days, rich men who look young and take care of themselves aren’t common, so do well and come back.”

But why is the person sitting in front of me a bald eagle who looks like he’s in his late forties at best!

In the end, remembering her great-aunt’s sweet voice who had changed her attitude when she agreed to the blind date made her clench her fists.

“The photo was a scam…”

At CEO Kim Byeongtae’s first words, Yoomin flinched.

“Excuse me?”

“I said the photo was a scam, haha. You’re a million times prettier in person than in the photo.”

“Ah… Thank you.”

Looking at Byeongtae, who was only five years younger than her father, Yoomin forced a smile.

“Shall I help you order?”

Just then, a staff member approached.

Before even looking at the menu next to them, Byeongtae spoke.

“A vanilla latte and, um, do you have orange juice?”

“Yes, shall I bring you two drinks like that?”

Byeongtae just nodded his head.

Yoomin looked at Byeongtae with a puzzled expression.

Feeling her gaze, Byeongtae made eye contact and chuckled.

“Ah. I thought the baby would like orange juice.”

Yoomin’s mouth fell open.

…Baby?

“I ordered for us, but that’s okay, right?”

Goosebumps rose all over her body.

Surely Hong Suji must have seen this man’s photo in advance, right?

That’s why she passed him on to me.

That wicked girl.

Ever since living under someone else’s roof at the paternal grandparents’ house, she’s been tormenting me to death, and now she’s even throwing shit at me.

She wanted to kick back her chair and run away immediately, but the image of her father in the hospital flickered before her eyes.

If she couldn’t get a follow-up from this man here, the paternal grandparents’ house would surely threaten her with her father’s hospital bills.

Her father had been hospitalized with serious aftereffects from a factory fire in the past, and without treatment, his life would be in danger.

Yoomin let out a deep sigh.

“Huh.”

“Haha. You must be nervous.”

“…”

“Cute.”

Yoomin squeezed her eyes shut.

No matter how much he liked himself, hearing an older man call her cute in a romantic way made her head spin.

“Here are the drinks you ordered.”

Just then, the drinks arrived.

Yoomin gulped down the juice in one go.

Byeongtae, who had been staring blankly at her, burst into laughter.

“Should oppa order you another one?”

“No.”

After Byeongtae said “Okay,” he sucked on the straw in his own cup.

“Wow. This place makes good coffee.”

“…”

“That baby. Su… what was it again.”

“Suji?”

“Ah yes. Right. Suji. The girl who was originally supposed to go on a blind date with me. You’re the same age as her?”

Yoomin nodded slightly.

“Haha. I don’t know if I should say this, but I’m really grateful to Miss Suji. In terms of face and figure, you’re much more my type.”

“…”

“Despite your slim body, your heart seems quite generous too…”

Byeongtae’s lecherous eyes gradually moved downward.

Huh, Hong Yoomin. Endure it.

You’ve lived as an unwanted person at the paternal grandparents’ house for 10 years, so you can endure this much.

“So… what does our baby like?”

Yoomin took another deep breath and looked at Byeongtae, asking back.

“What do I like? Are you asking about hobbies or something?”

“No, no. What do you eat well.”

“Ah, food. I eat everything well without being picky.”

“Kuk. If you eat everything well, you’d probably eat that well too, right?”

Byeongtae’s gaze slipped downward.

At Byeongtae’s increasingly crossing-the-line behavior, Yoomin’s rationality kept trying to evaporate.

Should I keep staying in this seat, or shouldn’t I.

If I give up and leave like this, they’ll obviously threaten not to give me dad’s hospital bills…

No, rather than the hospital bills, I could work at some factory to earn that, but the problem was dad’s debt that great-uncle paid off instead.

A few years ago, when I ran away to Germany, I was caught by the people great-uncle hired in less than two days.

Don’t even think about escaping until dad’s debt is paid off, or something like that.

“Whew.”

“You heard what kind of person I am, right?”

Yoomin nodded half-heartedly.

“You see, I don’t need anything else. Supporting me? I don’t need that either. I have a truckload of servants at home. It means my wife just needs to be good at night work.”

“…”

“So what I’m saying is, strike while the iron is hot… let’s go upstairs.”

When Byeongtae stopped mid-sentence, Yoomin quickly raised her gaze.

The moment their gazes tangled in the air, Byeongtae’s lips curved wickedly.

Soon he clapped both palms together in the air loud enough to make a sound.

“Once.”

Clap.

“No wait. About twice.”

Clap clap.

“Let’s match up.”

The surroundings became quiet for a moment.

Even while watching heat rise to Yoomin’s face, Byeongtae continued speaking in a loud voice.

“How about we go to the department store and buy gifts for your father-in-law and mother-in-law, no wait. That’s not right. For you baby, it would be the paternal grandparents’ house family, right? How about buying gifts for those family members and going together? It’s good to do everything directly, right? We’re going to have the ceremony next month anyway.”

What? Ceremony? Next month?

“…What do you mean by that? A ceremony?”

“Didn’t you hear? We need to have the ceremony next month and get ready to have a baby. My father was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. We need to have a baby before that man passes away. I have a lot to inherit from father.”

Yoomin felt like her head was spinning.

Seeing how the man was speaking as if it were natural, it seemed like this was content that had been agreed upon with the paternal grandparents’ house too.

44 years old. So these were old-fashioned conditions where I had to marry a man 19 years older within a month and bear his children?

So that’s why they sent me instead of Suji, who is their precious daughter.

She was about to be disgusted by the intentions of the paternal grandparents’ house family who treated her as less than human until the very end.

Yoomin closed her eyes again.

Even trying to suppress her anger, the rage wouldn’t subside, making her hands and jaw tremble violently.

Tap, tap.

Then Byeongtae kept flicking his fingers in the air.

When Yoomin slightly opened her eyes, Byeongtae said,

“And you know what. Just for this marriage, Yun Bosal took 2 billion won.”

…Yun Bosal?

Could it be Yun Seonnyeo Bosal that her great uncle blindly believes in?

When Yoomin made a puzzled expression, Byeongtae whispered with an expressionless face.

“My fortune says I’m dried up when it comes to women. Yun Bosal found me a woman to complement that. That’s you, baby.”

The more she heard, the stranger it became.

Originally, the protagonist of this arrangement was supposed to be Suji.

Then, does that mean Suji and my fortune are similar?

“Anyway, baby. I spent a lot of money taking you. So, shouldn’t you show me something equivalent in return?”

As soon as Byeongtae finished speaking, he pulled something from his pocket and tossed it onto the table.

Yoomin’s pupils began to shake as she confirmed what it was.

It was a hotel room key.

When Yoomin quickly looked up at Byeongtae, he wiggled his eyebrows with a sinister expression.

“Shall we go if you understand?”

Byeongtae stood up first.

“Ah. Um… I think there’s some misunderstanding. Should we stop here for today? I’ll go home and check with my great uncle-“

“Hey, hey. Baby.”

Byeongtae gritted his teeth and whispered like a warning.

“Don’t act precious and follow me. I bought you, got it? You have no choice. You understand?”

When Yoomin shook her head frantically, Byeongtae bit his lips menacingly and reached his arm toward Yoomin.

In an instant, he grabbed Yoomin’s wrist tightly and tried to drag her out from the table.

Yoomin struggled desperately, trying not to get up.

The moment her bottom left the chair, it would be over.

However, Byeongtae’s strength was so great that her body repeatedly floated up and sat back down several times.

What do I do…! I don’t want to sleep with that bastard!

Should I just go all out, scream and flip everything? But then what about Dad.

And that was the moment.

Crack-!

With a sound like something breaking, a scream escaped from Byeongtae’s mouth.

“Ow, shit! Which bastard was that!”

At the same time, something rolled around below Byeongtae.

Startled, Yoomin hurriedly looked at the floor.

It was a napkin holder that was on every table.

Byeongtae turned around in fury.

“You, was it you?!”

However, Byeongtae’s build was so large that Yoomin couldn’t see clearly who had thrown the napkin holder at Byeongtae.

Moreover, the surroundings became quiet and everyone’s attention focused this way, making Yoomin suddenly frightened.

To the point where she didn’t even want to see who he was picking a fight with.

“Hey! Why are you throwing my napkin at someone’s head, you crazy bastard!”

“You’re the one acting crazy. Could you move your head out of the way?”

In contrast to the raging Byeongtae, a low and calm voice was heard.

“What, what, what?!”

At the eerily familiar voice that gave her déjà vu, Yoomin’s heart stopped as if frozen.

“Let me check if the woman sitting in front of you is the woman I know.”

Soon, heavy footsteps began approaching the table.

“Hey? Ya…! Hey man!”

Someone appeared beside the flustered Byeongtae, who seemed to be trying to stop something.

As a familiar shadow fell over Yoomin’s head.

“That’s right.”

Yoomin’s stopped heart began beating uncontrollably fast.

“My assignment runaway.”

It was Seol Jaejun.

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