Unhealthy - Chapter 11

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Chapter 11. Flirting

For a moment, caught up in the atmosphere, she almost blurted out to Ji-su about spending the night with Taejun, but she immediately came to her senses and held back.

Ji-su knew Taejun and Je-jun as cousin brothers, and if she honestly confessed to Ji-su, it might really become an inappropriate relationship.

“I drank so much yesterday too that I passed out and slept.”

“That’s true, we really did drink a lot yesterday.”

Fortunately, Ji-su, who had dropped her suspicions, continued talking while pretending to take notes.

“Hae-yeong, can’t you stay with me today? What if that bastard Han Chang-hyeon meets me and does something weird?”

“Come on, Chang-hyeon isn’t that kind of guy. And I have plans tonight.”

“Plans? What plans could you have when you always live buried in the library? Who? A man?”

“No… it’s, it’s a family gathering.”

“Family gathering? Oh, that monthly one you mentioned?”

“Yeah, yes.”

“I’m really envious when I see families that get along well. My mom and dad fight all the time, my brother is always causing trouble. They’re not family, they’re enemies.”

Hae-yeong smiled awkwardly while looking at her empty notebook.

She couldn’t honestly tell Ji-su everything, but thoughts of Taejun wouldn’t leave her mind all day.

‘Or should we do it one more time? Is that what you want?’

At Taejun’s voice suddenly flashing through her mind, the tips of Hae-yeong’s ears turned red.

If they were compatible, could it last long?

Living with Taejun all this time, she had never once heard that he had a girlfriend.

Occasionally at dinner, Gi Chairman would arrange blind dates for Taejun, so she was well aware that he often went on blind dates with suitable women.

Even so, whenever marriage came up, he always declined, so she had expected that either his standards were quite high or he was picky when it came to bedroom matters.

However, last night’s relationship was smooth and good, very much so.

She didn’t know what kind of man Gi Tae-jun was, or with what intention he had slept with her.

There must have been women.

Just as she was excited and thrilled about the relationship with him, someone who had spent nights with Taejun might have developed feelings for him and be longing for him.

Surprised that her thoughts had gone that far, Hae-yeong shook her head slightly.

What was she thinking? They weren’t even dating yet. No, she was having all sorts of thoughts about a man she might not even date.

Hae-yeong never expected it. That unexpected jealousy would explode during dinner with Taejun.

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From the moment she received contact from Taejun until she came out to the meeting place, her heart was beating so hard she thought she might die.

Honestly, living under the same roof as Taejun, they had rarely come out alone together like this, and because Taejun was the first to suggest meeting outside separately, it felt like a date invitation, making her flutter like a teenage girl.

Hae-yeong spotted Taejun waiting after arriving first and quickened her steps.

Sitting by the window, he was leaning diagonally against the chair back, admiring the scenery.

Honestly, he looked like a painting just by himself, so Hae-yeong walked with her gaze fixed on him as if enchanted.

What snapped Hae-yeong out of her daze was the gentle voice of a woman approaching Taejun.

Someone approached Taejun and greeted him familiarly.

At the same time, Hae-yeong’s steps came to an abrupt halt.

“Taejun, it’s been a while. How have you been?”

Taejun, who had been admiring the view outside, furrowed his brow and turned his eyes to the person speaking to him.

“Seo I-jeong?”

The woman, who looked mature and sophisticated at first glance, placed her hand on Taejun’s shoulder and acted friendly.

“I’m meeting Taejun here of all places. This is where we had our blind date, remember?”

Even though Taejun didn’t respond, the woman smiled brightly and added another question.

“How have you been?”

Seo I-jeong. The name seemed familiar, and from the word ‘blind date’ that flowed from her mouth, Hae-yeong remembered.

She was the youngest daughter of a certain company who had recently exchanged marriage talks with Taejun through Gi Chairman’s arrangement.

Since their interests aligned, she now recalled hearing that they could proceed with a formal meeting if just a few more conditions were met.

She also remembered that while Taejun had clearly stated he didn’t want marriage at the time, Gi Chairman had said it was a once-in-a-lifetime match that must proceed.

In other words… she shouldn’t have come running out with such an excited heart after hearing his invitation to have dinner together today.

No matter how unconfirmed it was, Gi Tae-jun practically had his marriage partner decided. The thought that she had seduced such a man and vulgarly slept with him made her feel sick to her stomach.

Had her judgment become clouded from living in the same house as Gi Tae-jun? Why hadn’t she remembered Gi Chairman’s habitual words about definitely benefiting from Gi Tae-jun’s marriage? Or perhaps she had wanted to ignore it.

Gi Tae-jun rarely refused Gi Chairman’s words.

If Gi Chairman pushed for marriage with Seo I-jeong, he was the type who would roughly weigh the pros and cons and marry appropriately.

It wasn’t that Gi Tae-jun disliked Seo I-jeong either. The man before her didn’t seem to find Seo I-jeong difficult or uncomfortable.

Without knowing any of this…

She suddenly felt embarrassed about applying lipstick in a color she usually never wore, saying she was going to meet Taejun today, and even wearing shoes she normally wouldn’t look at because they were uncomfortable.

Sweat filled Hae-yeong’s hand as she gripped her handbag strap tightly.

She should definitely go back.

She shouldn’t have acted like a child over just one night, running out shamelessly just because Gi Tae-jun called, only to see this scene.

It was when Hae-yeong grabbed an empty table and was about to turn around.

“You came all this way, why are you running away again?”

A familiar voice rang out from above her head.

When Hae-yeong looked up in surprise, Gi Tae-jun was standing behind her like a pillar, looking down at her.

“Did you put on makeup?”

At the breath lazily falling over her forehead, Hae-yeong felt like she might suddenly cry.

But Gi Tae-jun continued speaking nonchalantly.

“Hae-yeong, you’re prettier with your bare face.”

Hae-yeong felt like everything was spinning before her eyes.

Unless Gi Tae-jun had lost his mind, there was no way he would engage in such ridiculous flirting with a young girl in front of a woman who might become his future partner.

Hae-yeong tried to pull her hand free from Taejun’s grip, but she couldn’t move at all, as if she were bound.

When Hae-yeong furrowed her brow and tried to step back awkwardly, Seo I-jeong, who had been standing behind Taejun with her arms crossed, suddenly greeted Hae-yeong.

“Ah, so you’re ‘that’ Hae-yeong. The one Gi Chairman took in and raised. Right?”

Hae-yeong’s expression hardened at Seo I-jeong’s question that didn’t know the boundary between rudeness and interest. However, Seo I-jeong continued without stopping.

“Looking at it, Gi Chairman is really such a good person.”

Seo I-jeong smiled refreshingly and extended one hand to Hae-yeong.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Seo I-jeong, Director of Sehwa Group Management Support Division.”

Sehwa Group was a major corporation ranked in the top 10 of Korea’s business world. Comparatively, Je-won Group, which lagged far behind in rankings, was incomparable.

If she showed that she was offended here, the backlash might affect Taejun.

Hae-yeong bowed her head in greeting.

“Hello, I’m ‘that’ Hae-yeong.”

Based on Seo I-jeong’s words alone. No, the ‘Hae-yeong’ reflected in people’s eyes appeared like a wretched parasite clinging to Gi Chairman’s house.

But in reality, Hae-yeong wanted to be separated from the Gi family more than anyone.

People who couldn’t know this fact evaluated Hae-yeong similarly to Seo I-jeong, and also praised Gi Chairman, without knowing how dark and sordid his origins were.

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