My Boyfriend’s Wedding — Chapter 12

WAIT A SECOND.

A GUY.

You startled me. I-IS THERE A PROBLEM, SIR?

OH, NO. I MISTOOK YOU FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THERE ARE SO MANY EMPLOYEES HERE THAT SOME OF THEM LOOK ALIKE FROM BEHIND.

DIDN'T THINK OF THAT.

THE PERSON IN THE PHOTO WAS DEFINITELY A WOMAN...

WHERE SHOULD I LOOK IN ORDER TO FIND HER?

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN'T EAT?

WE CAN STEER CLEAR OF IT.

NONE. I'M NOT A PICKY EATER.

THEN WE CAN HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE PLACE I HAD IN MIND.

AUNTIE!~ THREE BOTTLES OF SOJU PLEASE!

COMING RIGHT UP!~ THREE BOTTLES OF SOJU FOR TABLE 1~

ONE BOTTLE FOR US TOO, PLEASE~

YOU GOT IT~

YOU LIKE... PORK BELLY?

YES, OF COURSE. DO YOU NOT LIKE IT, YEONJAE?

NO, I LOVE IT.

I JUST...

SINCE YOU SAID YOU HAD A PROPOSAL FOR ME, I FIGURED WE'D GO SOMEWHERE QUIET.

AH~

THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY I PICKED THIS PLACE.

IN A NOISY PLACE LIKE THIS, IT'S MUCH HARDER FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO OVERHEAR US.

CARE FOR A DRINK, YEONJAE?

SINCE 2002

AFTER I EAT SOME FOOD.

WELL... WHAT IS THIS SUDDEN PROPOSAL ABOUT?

IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU ALREADY GUESSED.

BECAUSE I NEED YOU, YEONJAE.

I LEAKED A PHOTO TO TAE-IN,

AND THAT PHOTO SHOWS THE TWO OF US TOGETHER AT THE RESTAURANT.

...WHAT?!

DON'T WORRY.

YOUR FACE ISN'T IN IT, YOU'RE WEARING YOUR UNIFORM,

AND ALL THE STAFF WEAR THEIR HAIR THE SAME WAY, SO SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO TRACK YOU DOWN.

THEN WHY LEAK THE PHOTO...?

BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING KEEPING TAE-IN FROM DOING SOME- THING DRASTIC.

WOOHYUN MATTERS MORE TO YOU THAN ANYTHING ELSE, DOESN'T HE?

WELL, OF COURSE... HE DOES.

DO YOU KNOW WHY TAE-IN MARRIED WOOHYUN?

BECAUSE OF THE INHERITANCE... AND PROBABLY BECAUSE HE KNEW YOU IN THE PAST.

EXACTLY. SHE FIGURED SHE COULD DIG UP SOME DIRT ON ME THROUGH HIM.

LIKE... PROOF THAT I'M NOT THE CHAIRMAN'S BIOLOGICAL SON.

BY NOW, SHE'S PROBABLY STARTING TO REALIZE THAT NO SUCH PROOF EXISTS.

RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME BACK THEN.

THERE IS NO REAL SON.

BECAUSE I MADE SURE OF IT.

WHEN HE SAYS HE MADE SURE OF IT, DOES THAT MEAN HE GOT RID OF HIM?

THE PERSON WHO COULD BE A THREAT TO HIM?

...DID YOU KILL HIM?

THE REAL SON?

OF COURSE NOT.

I SIMPLY WIPED EVERY TRACE OF THE RECORDS CLEAN.

HAA... THANK GOODNESS HE'S NOT A MURDERER.

WHICH MEANS TAE-IN MUST BE AT HER WITS' END RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

SHE WAS COUNTING ON FINDING PROOF THAT I'M NOT OUR FATHER'S SON TO KICK ME OUT,

AND NOW IT'S SINKING IN THAT SHE WON'T FIND ANY.

THERE'S NO PROOF THAT I'M NOT HIS REAL SON,

AND TRACKING DOWN THE REAL SON IS IMPOSSIBLE SINCE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT IN THE SYSTEM...

WHICH LEAVES HER WITH ONLY ONE OPTION-

STRIPPING ME OF MY RIGHT TO THE SUCCESSION.

BY CLAIMING THAT I COMMITTED "AN UNFORGIVABLE OFFENSE."

AN UNFORGIVABLE OFFENSE?

A MINOR SCANDAL WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH FOR THAT.

WHAT... LIKE A SERIOUS CRIME?

YES.

SHE'S GOING TO FRAME YOU FOR A CRIME... JUST TO DRIVE YOU OUT?

UNLESS MY INTEL IS MISTAKEN.

A SIMPLE INCIDENT WON'T CUT IT.

AT THE VERY LEAST, SHE'LL HAVE TO CLAIM THAT I SERIOUSLY HURT SOMEONE.

AN INJURY SEVERE ENOUGH THAT EVEN MY FATHER WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COVER IT UP.

YEONJAE.

WOOHYUN IS TANGLED UP IN THAT PLAN.

SPECIFICALLY, IN THE ROLE OF THE VICTIM.

...!

WAIT...

ARE YOU SAYING WOOHYUN...

IS GOING TO GET BADLY HURT?

A qua LINE

A qua LINE

HOW MUCH DID TAE-IN OFFER HIM?

ONE BILLION? TWO BILLION?

AH... THIRTY BILLION WON?

MONEY ALWAYS COMES WITH A PRICE.

DAMN IT...

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT FAR AHEAD.

SO THAT'S WHY LEE TAE-IN APPROACHED WOOHYUN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF SHE FRAMES LEE JAE- HEE FOR ATTACKING GYEON WOOHYUN OUT OF REVENGE FOR BETRAYING HIM, THE MOTIVE IS AIRTIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT THE THIRTY BILLION WON WAS FOR?

NOW THEN. GOING BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED...

I HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR YOU.

I WILL GUARANTEE BOTH WOOHYUN'S SAFETY AND YOURS.

IN RETURN, I NEED YOU TO HELP ME.

IF YOU HELP ME, ACCORDING TO MY PLAN...

WE CAN WRAP ALL OF THIS UP WITHOUT ANYONE GETTING HURT.

...AM I SUPPOSED TO JUST TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, MR. LEE JAE-HEE?

WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU JUST TOLD ME IS A LIE TO BEGIN WITH...

I HAVE NO INTENTION OF LYING TO YOU, YEONJAE.

NOT NOW, AND NOT EVER.

I'VE LAID ALL MY CARDS ON THE TABLE.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

WHETHER TO TRUST LEE TAE-IN, OR ME.

I...

I MEAN-

I'LL...