Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

Soon Jeonghwa appeared.

“Oh my, looking at our son today, Juran will surely fall for him-.”

Jeonghwa, who had been speaking with a bright expression, stopped mid-sentence when she spotted Haneul hiding behind Jaejun.

“Oh my. You were here too.”

Haneul was afraid of Jeonghwa.

It was natural.

She didn’t treat Haneul as warmly as she treated me.

“Hyung. Who is Juran?”

At that moment, Haneul, who I thought would just go into his room to avoid Jeonghwa, grabbed Jaejun’s pant leg and asked.

Before Jaejun could answer, Jeonghwa intercepted with her response.

“You don’t need to know. Children don’t need to understand.”

Haneul ignored Jeonghwa’s words and urged Jaejun again.

“Hyuuung.”

Perhaps annoyed by that, Jeonghwa answered on his behalf again.

“Juran is a pretty older sister who might marry Jaejun soon.”

Upon hearing this, Haneul seemed shocked and immediately let go of Jaejun’s pant leg.

“Kid…”

Before Jaejun could even call out to him, he turned around and fled to his room.

Now alone together, Jaejun roughly ran his hand through his hair and glared at Jeonghwa.

“Why are you saying unnecessary things to Haneul?”

“Oh my. Where else would you find such an important matter? How is this unnecessary?”

Jaejun suppressed his anger and walked past Jeonghwa, leaving the house first.

Today was the day the three family members were supposed to dine with the chairman of Udam Group and his granddaughter.

He had absolutely no intention of meeting any woman other than Hong Yoomin, but he couldn’t act selfishly due to the Group’s image.

After thinking about how to politely break off this marriage proposal without damaging the Group’s image.

He concluded that the cleanest approach would be to sincerely go through with the meeting and then end things because they weren’t compatible.

That way, he could avoid his mother’s resentment by fulfilling his duty as she requested.

And that resentment wouldn’t be unfairly transferred to Yoomin either.

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When they gave the reservation name, the staff guided the three people to the innermost room.

On the way, Jeonghwa grabbed Jaejun’s arm and stopped him.

She fiddled with Jaejun’s already properly tied necktie, adjusting his appearance.

“My son. You know how important this meeting is, right? Udam would be a solid backing worthy of our son.”

Jaejun loosely twisted down the necktie Jeonghwa had touched and said.

“Right now, Mother, aren’t you and Father already excellent backing? Let’s go in.”

Jeonghwa glanced at Jaejun with displeasure and immediately turned around.

When the staff opened the door, they could see the well-built Chairman Im Seonghwan inside and a young woman sitting beside him.

They stood up from their seats and welcomed Jaejun and his parents.

“Haha. You’ve arrived.”

“Chairman Im, when did you arrive? Have you been waiting long?”

“My goodness, Miss Juran. Your beauty is far more outstanding than in the photos. I wonder if our son might fall for you, hohoho.”

“Mother is much more beautiful. At first, I thought Seol Jaejun’s older sister was coming in.”

Everyone except Jaejun exchanged warm greetings.

“Ah. Jaejun. This is the first time seeing you in person.”

Then Chairman Im Seonghwan extended his arm toward Jaejun.

“It’s my first time meeting you, Chairman. I’m Seol Jaejun.”

Jaejun politely shook hands with him.

As he was about to withdraw his hand, a slender wrist suddenly popped out in front of Jaejun.

“I’m Im Juran. Seol Jaejun.”

Jaejun raised his gaze.

A doll-like woman with big eyes and very long, thick eyelashes both above and below was looking at Jaejun adorably.

Jaejun, who immediately thought of the word “burdensome” at first sight, wore a business smile and shook hands with her.

Then he immediately withdrew his hand, sat down, and wiped his hands with a wet tissue.

Juran’s eyelids trembled slightly as she watched this.

Even seeing this, Jaejun ignored it and continued small talk with Chairman Im Seonghwan.

Though it was called a blind date, with the adults from both families present, there wasn’t really an opportunity for Jaejun and Juran to converse.

Having expected this, Jaejun ate more comfortably than anyone else at the table.

Occasionally, his eyes met with Juran’s, who was staring at him so persistently that it was hard to tell if she was glaring at him or looking at him passionately after falling for him at first sight.

However, Jaejun calmly shifted his gaze and removed her from his field of vision.

After all the course dishes were served, the door opened again and black sesame yokan and plum tea were brought out for dessert.

Then Jeonghwa made a suggestion to Chairman Im Seonghwan.

“Chairman. There’s a favorite tea house nearby that I frequent. How about we go there for proper tea service? We could also give our two protagonists time to talk.”

“Hahaha. Come to think of it, I was in such a good mood that I neglected the kids. Let’s old folks get out of here quickly.”

The three people quickly left the room.

Even though he was now alone with Im Juran, Jaejun maintained his dry expression and posture without any change.

Juran relaxed her straight posture, leaned her arms on the table, and tilted her upper body more toward Jaejun.

“Seol Jaejun.”

“Yes.”

“Do you have a girlfriend by any chance?”

“No.”

“Then why are you treating me so coldly?”

Perhaps every man had fallen for her when she said this.

Strong confidence filled each and every word she spoke.

“The only people I treat coldly are incompetent employees and those who act beyond common sense. Im Juran, you don’t fall into either category.”

“Can I interpret that to mean you like me a little?”

Jaejun smiled.

At that sight, Juran slightly parted her lips and looked at him as if enchanted.

However, her brow furrowed sharply at the words that soon followed.

“No. I’m sorry, but you haven’t made any impact on me yet.”

Juran’s eyelids trembled violently, but she tried not to lose her smile.

“Ha, haha, hahaha… Of, of course, it’s only been less than an hour since we met, so that’s understandable.”

“Actually, I came with expectations. This is my first blind date, after all.”

Jaejun lowered his gaze and picked up his teacup.

After slowly savoring the tea, he raised his gaze again to look at her.

Despite drinking warm tea, his eyes had become much colder than before, making Juran flinch.

“But my condition seems worse than usual today. Seeing how I’m not drawn to someone as flawless as Miss Juran.”

“Just say you don’t like me instead. Why are you acting so noble?”

Juran sharply hit the mark.

“Since you never caught my interest in the first place, is there a reason to say I don’t like you?”

Heat instantly rose to Juran’s face.

She fanned her face with her hand and gulped down her tea.

Soon she spat the tea into an empty plate and coughed.

She seemed to have forgotten the tea was hot in her anger and drank it down.

Jaejun took out his handkerchief and offered it to her.

Juran glared at him before snatching the handkerchief.

After wiping the tea that had splashed around her mouth, she shoved the handkerchief into her bag.

“Whether I return it is up to me.”

Juran stood up and left the room first.

Left behind, Jaejun finished the rest of his tea before standing up.

As they left the restaurant, they ran into Owner and her parents coming out of the tea house across the street.

“Oh my, son! Did you finish talking with Juran?”

“Yes. Ms. Im Juran left first.”

“Al…ready?”

Sensing something strange, Seo Jeonghwa forced up the corners of her mouth that wouldn’t rise naturally and pretended nothing was wrong.

“Hoho. I see. Since it’s the first meeting, there should be the beauty of longing. That way you’ll have another meeting too. Owner. Let’s meet again soon with good news. Hohohoh.”

“Who knows, it might be as early as next month, hahaha. Please take good care of my granddaughter.”

“She’s already pretty, so how can I make her even prettier? Hoho. I’ll try my best. Well then, please go inside, Owner.”

Seo Jeonghwa quickly wrapped things up, then grabbed Jaejun’s wrist and dragged him toward the car.

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