Chapter 166
“I-I can sl-sleep alone now. I ha-have my bu-bunny. And my ph-phone reads st-stories to me.”
Eun Seon-mi, who once couldn’t leave Ga-eun’s side for a moment due to anxiety, was now completely stable.
This was thanks to her certainty that she would never be separated from Ga-eun and her family again.
Si-heon played a huge part in that.
He never took his eyes off his family.
Just like now.
“Ga-eun.”
At her husband’s voice, Ga-eun slowly opened her eyes.
“Si-heon…”
“Let’s have some water.”
Si-heon carefully helped Ga-eun sit up, letting her lean against him as he slowly helped her drink.
“The preparations…?”
Si-heon asked while wiping her moistened lips.
“All done. Can you move?”
“Yes…”
“Just relax and lean on me. That’s all you need to do.”
With the due date approaching,
They had decided to return to Seoul.
The hospitals there were larger, and their home was there too.
Above all, Chairman Kwon Soon-yeol had finally surrendered to Si-heon.
“What? Pr-pregnant? You’re saying she’s carrying your child? Kim Hak-sun, that old fool dared to deceive me…!”
“You were deceived by your friend, and failed to extract information from me. It seems my secretary and I have beaten you and Director Seong this time.”
“…Don’t be arrogant. Don’t you think I was going easy on you?”
“You weren’t going easy – you simply couldn’t find an alternative. At this rate, Hwanhee Group’s collapse is just a matter of time.”
While Si-heon was away,
Kwon Jae-seong and Kwon Si-jung, seeing their chance, had steered the company straight toward destruction.
Even with Chairman Kwon personally stepping in, the situation only continued to worsen.
It was only natural.
Not only were the father and son incompetent, but Si-heon had been blocking their every move.
The enemy within is always the most dangerous.
The information Si-heon leaked, knowing Hwanhee Group better than anyone, was precise – and the more precise, the more devastating.
But what truly moved Chairman Kwon was…
“I don’t need your permission, Chairman. However, don’t expect to ever see me or my family again.”
“What? You’re saying I, Kwon Soon-yeol, won’t be able to see my own bloodline?”
“Before being your bloodline, this is Ga-eun’s and my child. Rather than watch you pressure and manipulate Ga-eun, we’ll live by ourselves. Peacefully.”
“…So now you’re threatening me.”
“You know better than anyone that if I choose to, we can disappear somewhere you’ll never reach us.”
At the prospect of never seeing his great-grandchild, Chairman Kwon reluctantly agreed to accept Ga-eun and the baby as family.
While staying by Ga-eun’s side in Yeonjun, Si-heon had been busy with something else:
Dealing with the trash who had hurt her.
SJ Group, Jung Yeo-jin’s family company, was in crisis after revelations of illegal profit funneling, Chairman Jung Ki-cheol’s political bribery using company funds, tax evasion, and embezzlement through borrowed-name accounts.
PK Group, the family company of Park Ju-seong and Park Ju-yeon siblings, was in no better shape.
Park Ju-seong, Chairman Park Jae-yeon’s son, faced allegations of embezzling slush funds through paper companies and scandalous personal conduct.
Park Ju-yeon was also accused of abusing employees and participating in the slush fund embezzlement.
Jin Woo-hyun of Dongsung Distribution, Lee Yu-mi’s cousin, was in a similar situation.
And Yuhan Trading Company would collapse the moment Si-heon removed his “oxygen tank” named Shim Young-beom – who was already losing interest in Gye So-yeon.
These days, Gye So-yeon’s routine consisted of visiting Shim Young-beom daily, desperately trying to impress him by taking care of all his household chores and errands.
All this happened while Ga-eun had cut herself off from worldly news, saying she wanted to focus on prenatal care.
Even after returning to Seoul, Ga-eun wouldn’t know.
He intended to fill his wife’s world with only gentle, peaceful, and warm things.
Si-heon was confident he could make it so.
“Let’s go back. To our home.”
At Si-heon’s words, Ga-eun smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.
“Yes, let’s go back. To our home.”
Kim Jun-min was to drive the car carrying Ga-eun and Si-heon, while Noh man-su would follow with Eun Seon-mi and the newly hired caregiver who would assist her.
Thanks to the caregiver having stayed in Yeonjun for the past few days, Eun Seon-mi was able to get in the car without any anxiety about strangers.
“Ga-eun. How do you feel?”
“I’m fine… How about you, Si-heon?”
Si-heon swallowed hard.
Even in this state, his wife was worried about him.
“I’m fine. Close your eyes. We still have some way to go.”
“Mm… okay then…”
Ga-eun closed her eyes again and leaned against Si-heon.
Now his wife could relax her face even in his presence, free from tension.
Just as his heart swelled with joy at this thought-
SCREEECH-!
The sound of tires skidding tore through the air.
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