Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 43

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 43

 

Jaejun stared intently at Yoomin’s face as she spoke with courage.

 

Under that gaze, Yoomin’s face flushed hot and her heart raced as if it would burst.

 

Unlike when she thought he was someone she would never encounter again, thinking that he was someone she would see often from now on brought about a strange change in her.

 

Not only was her heart beating fast, but she felt as if hundreds of balloons were attached to her body, making her feel like she was constantly floating.

 

However.

 

“Oh, what should I do…!”

 

Before she could properly savor the feeling of reuniting with her first love.

 

Before she could properly feel the lingering emotions of opening her honest heart to her first love for the first time.

 

An important fact flashed through her mind.

 

“S-Senior! 601st Ward, Nephrology Department, Korea University Hospital!”

 

“What?

 

Yoomin flailed her hands in the air desperately, almost breathless, as she pleaded.

 

“Please send someone there! My father! Before Grandfather does anything…”

 

What if Grandfather retaliates against Father or hides Father from her forever?

 

Her throat choked up with overwhelming emotions and she couldn’t explain coherently, but Jaejun understood immediately and made a phone call somewhere.

 

“Secretary Kwon. 601st Ward, Nephrology Department, Korea University Hospital. What’s the name?”

 

“H-Hong Jeonghun!”

 

“Move patient Hong Jeonghun to the VIP ward immediately and station security guards in front. Change the guardians to Hong Yoomin and me, and don’t let anyone else act as guardians.”

 

The secretary’s acknowledgment could be heard even by Yoomin.

 

As soon as Jaejun pressed the call end button, another worry occurred to Yoomin.

 

“Um, Senior… But the guardians are registered as Grandfather and Grandmother. Will the hospital change it that easily? It won’t work because of the law.”

 

“What’s wrong with you, Hong Yoomin.”

 

“…Yes?”

 

“I’m Seol Jaejun. The only son of Chairman Seol Youngjun.”

 

It was an incredibly childish answer, but it was more reassuring and trustworthy than any other answer.

 

How many impossible things could be made possible in South Korea if you were the son of the Taehyun Group chairman?

 

This kind of matter would be resolved with just one phone call.

 

As Yoomin unconsciously let out a sigh of relief, Jaejun started the engine again and departed.

 

Yoomin looked around and checked the time displayed on the navigation screen.

 

It was already past 9 PM.

 

Come to think of it, where are we going now?

 

Where and how will I be living from now on?

 

Yoomin had many things she wanted to ask Jaejun, but she couldn’t bring herself to call out to him.

 

Since she was in a position where she had to depend on him now, she felt sorry even to ask.

 

The two of them hid their hearts in silence without saying anything about the chaos they had experienced until just moments ago or about their future direction.

 

As if everything was okay just because they were by each other’s side in this complicated present.

 

* * *

 

Click-.

 

Yoomin woke up startled by the sound of a door opening.

 

They had arrived somewhere and Jaejun, who had gotten out of the driver’s seat, had opened the passenger door for her.

 

Apparently her body was quite exhausted from being confined, as she had unknowingly dozed off.

 

“…I’m sorry, Senior.”

 

When Yoomin drooped her eyebrows and apologized, Jaejun shrugged his shoulders.

 

“What are you sorry for? Get out first.”

 

Jaejun personally unbuckled Yoomin’s seatbelt and extended his hand to help her get out.

 

Yoomin took his hand and carefully got out of the car.

 

She looked around trying to figure out where this place was, but Jaejun kindly explained first.

 

“This is Taehyun Hotel Main Branch.”

 

Yoomin blinked her eyes as if even more puzzled and looked around again.

 

Taehyun Hotel Main Branch was the place Yoomin had visited when she first went to meet Kim Byeongtae.

 

“It didn’t seem like… this kind of feeling…”

 

“Yeah. This is the back entrance that’s only allowed for distinguished guests. It’s a place where just anyone can’t come, so you can feel at ease.”

 

She had heard that 5-star hotels have separate doors and passages for VIPs.

 

Yoomin, who never thought she would visit such a place herself, unconsciously gulped.

 

While she felt relieved that Grandfather or Yun Bosal couldn’t chase her here, she felt strange about Jaejun’s wealth, making her mood complex.

 

To think this person was really the son of a corporate chairman who ranks in the top five in South Korea.

 

She couldn’t believe that such an accomplished person had chased after her so much 5 years ago saying he liked her.

 

Not only that.

 

Even though they met again after a long time, he protected her like a prince on a white horse.

 

What exactly am I to Senior?

 

What am I that Senior would go this far for me?

 

Meanwhile, the elevator that a staff member had called arrived.

 

Jaejun took Yoomin’s hand as if to say let’s go and led her inside.

 

Jaejun swiped a card and pressed a button with nothing written on it.

 

It was a button that seemed to be for the very top floor.

 

Yoomin looked at the button once and then at Jaejun.

 

Jaejun held out the card to Yoomin.

 

“You need this card for the button to work.”

 

Yoomin accepted the card bewilderedly and asked.

 

“Then it’s a… floor you can’t go to without the card?”

 

“Yeah. Our hotel’s Royal Suite. You can stay here for the time being.”

 

Yoomin blinked her eyes rapidly, wide as marbles.

 

“W-wait a minute, Senior.”

 

“I thought about it on the way here, and this is the safest place you can stay for the time being. At the same time, it’s a place where I can check on you often. This was the only option.”

 

His lips, which curved into an arc at the end of his words, carried a strange composure.

 

“And your father has been safely moved to the hospital VIP ward. Just as you expected, that person called your grandfather apparently went there.”

 

“H-how is Father? Is he okay?”

 

“Yeah. He couldn’t even get close to your father. Secretary Kwon assigned five security guards.”

 

Her body, which had been stiffening with fear at the mention of Grandfather visiting the hospital, relaxed comfortably again.

 

Really. What would have happened if Jaejun hadn’t been there?

 

What she had tried so hard to do for years to escape, Jaejun solved everything in less than an hour.

 

Getting her out of that crazy household obsessed with a cult.

 

Safely rescuing Father too.

 

Though it’s shameless, he’s definitely someone she desperately needs.

 

“Let’s get off.”

 

While Yoomin was lost in thought, the elevator that had reached the top floor opened its doors.

 

After passing through a long corridor, a luxurious living room with dazzling lighting and white marble floors spread out before her eyes.

 

“I have a lot of stories I want to hear from you. Should we eat something first?”

 

Jaejun gestured with his chin toward the sofa as if telling her to sit and took out his phone.

 

Yoomin gently grabbed Jaejun’s arm.

 

Jaejun stopped trying to make a call somewhere and looked down at her.

 

“Before I eat… let me wash up a bit.”

 

Jaejun immediately pointed in the direction of the bathroom and said he would order food while she washed.

 

Now that she was alone with Jaejun, Yoomin felt strange and headed to the bathroom as if escaping.

 

As soon as she entered, she threw off the clothes she was wearing and hurriedly turned on the faucet.

 

As the lukewarm water hit her, it felt like all the fatigue was being washed away from her entire body.

 

Yoomin stood under the water stream for several minutes with her eyes closed, thinking.

 

About how she should live from now on. About how she should treat Jaejun.

 

First, Yoomin’s family home.

 

They were the crazy people who claimed Suji was seriously injured and tried to force her to consummate her marriage with Kim Byeongtae.

 

There was no way they would back down like this.

 

They would definitely find her and do something even more insane than what she experienced today.

 

Next time, they might really kill her.

 

The moment she left after receiving help from Jaejun for just a while, a life of being threatened would begin.

 

Borrowing a large sum of money from Jaejun to go overseas would be the same.

 

Grandfather would put himself in debt to send people overseas to find her.

 

Every time she ran away from home, he would send people to find her in just a few days, and he even managed to track her down when she fled to Germany…

 

In the end, there was only one way to be safe from them.

 

To become the person of someone who had the power to bury them in society with just a single word.

 

Specifically, to become Seol Jaejun’s person.

 

Having finished organizing her thoughts, Yoomin turned off the faucet.

 

And without hesitation, she left the bathroom wearing only her robe.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————