Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 24

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Chapter 24

“At the company. Is something wrong?”

-I came to the academy with Grandmother.

“She told me you did. You’re a good kid for reporting right away.”

Embarrassed by Jaejun’s praise, Haneul didn’t answer immediately.

So Jaejun spoke up first instead.

“But why did you call? It’s not because you want something to eat or need money, right?”

-You said… if there were any problems while attending the academy… I could tell you anytime.

“Of course. What’s the problem?”

-It’s not… my problem. It’s about the academy.

He’s calling me about academy business?

Did the academy interior change? Or is the bathroom clogged?

Unable to think from an eleven-year-old’s perspective, he raised his gaze and pondered.

-A strange… mister came and the Principal… is calling our teacher… and stuff. He doesn’t seem very friendly…

What is this about.

“What do you mean there’s some strange mister at the academy?”

-Yes…

“Where is the Principal? And where are you?”

-The Principal and I are in the lesson room. But the Principal is on a call in front of this door right now.

“I see. What about that mister?”

-He keeps pacing back and forth at the entrance.

“Seol Haneul. Does he seem like a strange mister to you too?”

-He looks… scary. Seeing how the Principal doesn’t like him either…

“Did you call the driver?”

-No. Grandmother said she’d come back after taking care of some business… so I didn’t tell the driver…

“Got it for now. I’ll come over, so if that mister does anything strange, call me right away. Stay close to the Principal no matter what.”

Jaejun hung up without even listening to Haneul’s response. And without time to think, he left his office and started running.

He could hear Yongil’s voice following from behind, but he had no time to respond.

According to the kid, there’s some strange person at the academy right now, whether a peddler or whatever.

What if Grandmother, who left a little while ago, sees that?

She’d definitely stop him from attending and then some.

He absolutely had to arrive before Grandmother.

Jaejun went to the underground parking garage, got in his personal car, and sped off at full speed.

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Yoomin, who had been planning to walk, hailed a taxi despite never having taken one in this area before.

The worst-case scenario she was imagining. Kim Byeongtae wouldn’t use physical force, but she was genuinely worried he might spout nonsense to the Principal and Haneul.

Then Haneul would definitely tattle to his cousin Jaejun.

She absolutely hated that idea.

Now he’d say she was bringing her fiancé to her workplace, and verbally strip away her qualifications as an academy teacher.

“We’ve arrived.”

The distance that usually took over 20 minutes on foot took less than 5 minutes by taxi.

She quickly got out of the taxi and hurried up to the Piano Academy.

Ding-.

As soon as she opened the door and entered, Kim Byeongtae was there to greet her.

He had apparently gone to a hair salon to get dolled up, sporting slicked-back pomade hair that gleamed.

Who exactly was he trying to impress.

If the person he was trying to impress was her, that would be quite troublesome.

And what was with that incredibly burdensome white shirt and purple tie combination.

“Oh? Who do we have here. Isn’t this our Yoomin? Just like your grandmother said, I came here and got to meet you.”

He had the eyes of a hyena that had been searching for prey for a long time.

His eyes were filled with greed to devour her somehow, but seeing his powerlessness made his gaze even more disgusting.

“What exactly are you doing here? Don’t you think coming all the way here is extremely inconsiderate?!”

“How is this inconsiderate! You weren’t answering my calls, so I came to find you myself.”

“I told you I don’t have time! My father recently collapsed and his condition has gotten worse!”

“That’s not a situation I need to consider-“

“Look at that mouth running off so tactlessly.”

Just as Byeongtae’s sleazy voice was circling around Yoomin.

The door opened behind them and someone entered.

Yoomin’s pupils shook wildly.

“…Huh?”

What exactly is this situation.

Why is Senior Jaejun…!

It was already surprising that Kim Byeongtae came to the academy, but why Senior too.

Jaejun, who had just entered, looked at Yoomin once, then at Kim Byeongtae who was behind Yoomin.

As if literally demonstrating that looks could kill, his eyes were full of menace.

Byeongtae flinched at Jaejun’s gaze, but soon pointed accusingly.

“Hey! You’re that bastard from the hotel back then!”

At Byeongtae’s profanity, Yoomin stepped back toward Jaejun.

And pointing at Jaejun, she shouted at Byeongtae.

“Where do you think you are to be yelling?! There’s a student here too!”

“Student my ass! Aren’t you the bastard who bragged about sleeping with her at that hotel!”

Yoomin’s face heated up instantly.

Then, seeing the silhouettes of the Principal and Haneul from the lesson room, she felt explosive heat rise.

With her ears turning red, she shouted.

“That never happened! If you keep spouting such vulgar talk, I’m calling the police!”

“What? Police? Ha, I’ve really been too patient with her.”

Byeongtae, as if he had come ready for a fight, walked threateningly toward Yoomin.

And he bumped Yoomin with his protruding belly.

Yoomin, who hadn’t expected physical contact, was startled and staggered, losing her balance and flailing her arms.

“Whoa!”

At that moment.

Seol Jaejun caught Yoomin from behind, wrapping around her protectively.

Looking up slightly, she could see Jaejun looking down at her.

“I wasn’t told there would be peddlers at the academy my brother attends.”

“…”

“Teacher Hong Yoomin.”

Yoomin swallowed hard.

This situation was embarrassing, but right now she had to be more concerned about him as a parent.

His expression was extremely menacing, and seeing him alternately looking at the lesson room and Yoomin from afar, he seemed to have come because of Haneul.

Regardless of knowing him personally, she was Haneul’s assigned teacher and couldn’t show her personal acquaintance causing a scene.

Of course, it was already all exposed.

She put strength in her feet and stood up, trying to salvage the situation belatedly.

And approaching Byeongtae, she warned him.

“Since you’ve even laid hands on me, there are witnesses and I have no choice but to report this.”

Byeongtae, apparently furious at Yoomin’s warning, showed a different side than he had before.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his tightly pressed lips and sharply raised eyebrows made him look very menacing.

Soon his teeth were chattering, and grinding his anger, he spoke to Yoomin.

“Didn’t I make it clear enough at the snack shop that time? What situation you’re in right now? Don’t you still understand that it would be good for you to come to me first and make an effort to butter me up?”

Yoomin was very bewildered.

She hadn’t expected him to bring up such topics even with Seol Jaejun present, who was a complete stranger to him.

“Either way, you’re just going to die if you stay put, so just come with me and let’s overturn everything. I’ll get revenge for you!”

When Yoomin looked at him with genuine disgust, his expression, which had been about to continue with more vile words, became completely emotionless.

It was so chilling, like directly facing a psychopathic serial killer.

He took a deep breath in and out, then spoke in a calm voice rather than with that eerie expression.

“At least the previous women were obedient. What the hell are you? What makes you so special that you’re turning people’s insides upside down even before marriage? I won’t tolerate this anymore either. Father’s condition got worse yesterday and today! At the very least, he needs to see us get married within this month. Otherwise, your grandfather will have to cough up dozens of times the money he received.”

So that was it.

Even on the first day they met at the hotel, he had said his father had a terminal illness and he needed to get married before then to inherit the estate.

His father’s condition was getting worse by the day, and instead of agreeing to marriage, she was slipping away like an eel, which made him furious.

But…

“So what do you want me to do about it.”

Yoomin became even angrier.

“You, you insolent… what did you just say!”

“It has nothing to do with me! Whether the father of a man I’m not even going to marry dies early or not has nothing to do with me!”

“What, what?!”

“So why are you coming to my workplace and throwing a fucking tantrum!”

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