FUCK...
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?
I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
ANSWER ME. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT IT?
WHAT'S WRONG, LEE TAEIN?
BURSTING IN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WHY ARE YOU ACTING SO SHOCKED?
DON'T YOU REMEMBER YESTERDAY?
ONE DAY AGO
NICE TO MEET YOU, SEO YEONJE. I'M LEE TAEIN.
WE FINALLY MEET.
THAT'S HOW IT WAS.
SEO YEONJE HAD ALREADY MET LEE TAEIN BEFORE.
WHICH MEANT,
SORRY FOR CALLING YOU OUT SO SUDDENLY. I'VE BEEN OVERSEAS, SO TODAY WAS THE ONLY DAY I COULD MAKE TIME.
I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOU. I HEARD YOU'VE BEEN DATING WOOHYUN FOR A LONG TIME?
WE'LL BE FAMILY FOR THE NEXT YEAR,
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING ALONG WITH YOU, YEONJE.
LEE TAEIN ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF LEE TAEIN WAS,
SHE'S SURPRISINGLY NORMAL.
BETWEEN BEING A CHAEBOL'S ONLY DAUGHTER, HAVING AN IMAGE AS A SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT, AND NOW THIS CONTRACT MARRIAGE,
I THOUGHT SHE'D HAVE A FEW SCREWS LOOSE, BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG.
OH, RIGHT.
THIS IS MANAGER CHA.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, ASK MANAGER CHA. HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU.
I SUPPOSE HE KNOWS EVERYTHING? ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND ALL THAT.
YES. HE'S TRUSTWORTHY.
HE'S WORKED WITH MY MOM FOR A LONG TIME, AND NOW HE WORKS FOR ME.
MANAGER CHA IS THE ONE WHO FOUND GYEON WOOHYUN FOR ME, TOO.
I GUESS WHETHER THEY WERE SEEING SOMEONE WASN’T A FACTOR WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES?
NO? ACTUALLY, IT WAS A PREREQUISITE.
THAT WAY, WE WOULDN’T RUIN THINGS BY DEVELOPING UNNECESSARY FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER.
I’M ALSO SEEING SOMEONE, SO I’D RATHER AVOID THAT KIND OF COMPLICATION.
YOU’RE SEEING SOMEONE?
...THEN SHOULDN’T YOU JUST MARRY THAT PERSON?
HAHA!
YOU SAY SUCH NAIVE THINGS.
I STILL DON'T GET WHY THAT WAS A NAIVE THING TO SAY, BUT...
IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT I SAW! I'M ASKING IF ANYONE ELSE SAW YOU TWO!
I MEAN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT IT?!
I TOLD YOU. I PUT UP A "DO NOT ENTER" SIGN. YOU JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.
IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN TEN MINUTES, AND NO ONE CAME BY DURING THAT TIME!
ARE YOU SURE?! I'M ASKING IF YOU'RE SURE!!
I'M DEAD SURE!!
NO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT, I'M THE ONE WHO'S RIGHT.
HAH. BUT WHY DID THAT BASTARD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
LIKE HE KNEW SOMETHING...
WHO? YOUR BROTHER?
SINCE WHEN IS HE MY BROTHER?
ANYWAY, AS LONG AS IT WASN'T HIM, IT'S FINE. LEE JAEHEE WAS SPOUTING NONSENSE, SO I WAS A BIT ON EDGE.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THAT BASTARD WAS SERIOUSLY...
DID HE THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE SEO YEONJE IS PRETTY?
WHATEVER. OVERTHINKING IT WILL JUST ROT MY BRAIN...
STILL, YOU NEVER KNOW, SO BE CAREFUL AT THE FAMILY DINNER TONIGHT.
FAMILY DINNER?
DON’T TELL ME I HAVE TO GO, TOO?
*CORRECT
RIGHT. YOU SAID YOU WERE SON-IN-LAW GYEON’S FAMILY, MISS YEONJE.
IT’S VERY ADMIRABLE HOW WELL YOU GET ALONG DESPITE NOT BEING BLOOD-RELATED!
THINK OF US AS FAMILY AND FEEL FREE TO DROP BY THE HOUSE.
YOU'RE WELCOME ANYTIME!
YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
RIGHT. IS OUR SON-IN-LAW NOT TIRED?
I'M FINE, THANKS TO YOUR CONCERN.
WOOHYUN SAID HE HAD A LOT OF FUN TODAY, DAD.
I GUESS I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS NERVOUS~
SON-IN-LAW GYEON ACTED VERY MATURELY TODAY, ACTUALLY.
BY THE WAY...
JAEHEE IS RUNNING LATE. NOTHING HAPPENED TO HIM, RIGHT?
OH, MOM. HE'S PROBABLY JUST HAVING ANOTHER DRINK WITH HIS FRIENDS.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S HIS FIRST TIME. YOU WORRY TOO MUCH.
I GUESS SHE DOESN'T HATE HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE'S THE SON HER HUSBAND HAD WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.
IS LEE TAEIN THE ONLY ONE IN THE FAMILY WHO HATES LEE JAEHEE?
HAHAHA! SO EARLIER, CEO JOO~
HM?
AH!
PLEASE, CONTINUE YOUR CONVERSATION. I'M GOING TO THE RESTROOM FOR A BIT.
CLACK
-YEON,
SPEAKING OF WHICH, SON-IN-LAW GYEON...
AH. YES.
I FINALLY FEEL LIKE I CAN BREATHE.
SHOULD I JUST NOT GO BACK IN? THEY SEEM TO BE DOING FINE WITHOUT ME.
YEAH. ONCE MY SEAT IS FILLED, I'LL JUST HEAD HOME.
WHEN IS THAT GUY COMING? I'LL WAIT JUST 15 MORE MINUTES...
?
...WHEN DO YOU... HAVE TIME NEXT?
...IT DIDN'T WORK OUT... LAST TIME EITHER!
GOODNESS... WHAT A GRAND ENTRANCE.
SO HE WAS LATE BECAUSE HE WAS ARGUING WITH A WOMAN?
HELLO, THERE.
COULD I GET ONE, TOO?
...NO. THIS IS MY LAST ONE.
AHA.
AREN'T YOU GOING IN?
MS. YEONJE.
DO I MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE?
YES.
WHY?
I THINK YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHY. ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
HAHA! THAT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING. SHE'S JUST AN ACQUAINTANCE.
WELL... SURE. IF YOU SAY SO...
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.
OH, BOY... IT SEEMS WOOHYUN ISN'T TOO FOND OF ME EITHER. HOW UPSETTING.
EVEN THOUGH I'VE TREATED HIM WELL FOR A WHILE NOW.
"FOR A WHILE NOW,"
YOU SAID?
DOES HE LOOK LIKE THE CHAIRMAN? HOW DID YOU BELIEVE HIM SO EASILY?
HAVE YOU EVEN MET THE GUY?
...NO, I HAVEN'T. I DOUBT I'LL EVER HAVE A REASON TO SEE HIM ANYWAY.
WHAT THE...?
HE CLEARLY SAID HE HADN'T MET HIM.
SO WHY...?
HM?
AH.
DID WOOHYUN PRETEND NOT TO KNOW ME, BY ANY CHANCE?
HMM... MS.YEONJE.
IT SEEMS WE HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN EXCHANGE.
I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SO HOW ABOUT WE MAKE A DEAL?
A DEAL? WHAT KIND OF DEAL? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ASK FOR?
YOU'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE BLOOD FROM A STONE...
THAT?
MY CIGARETTE? I TOLD YOU, THIS IS MY LAST ONE.
EXACTLY.
FINE. ANSWER MY QUESTION.
I WILL.
...HAH.
THIS BASTARD, SERIOUSLY...
As Lee Taein catches a secret intimate moment and demands an explanation, the story flashes back to a day earlier: Taein, meeting Seo Yeonje for the first time, talks about the contract marriage and her relationship with Woohyun. In the present, tension continues at the family dinner, while the late-arriving Lee Jaehee runs into Yeonje smoking outside and offers a deal in exchange for a cigarette.
