
Kim Hye Jin - pov
After expressing my feelings, me and seo jin agreed to forget about it and not bring up the incident that was very embarrassing for me last night
In addition, seo jin asked me to be casual with him and still feel comfortable as usual
Even though he had said that, but still I felt awkward if close to him
Like breakfast today, several times I stole a glance at seo jin and several times seo jin caught my gaze then I quickly threw away my face, pretending not to be looking at his face
"Did something wonderful happen last night, madam? It seems like you always steal the eyes of master seo jin to make your face redden" ceplos aunt min to me without feeling afraid
I who was shocked immediately spouted asparagus soup made by private chef seo jin from inside my mouth
Seo Jin was surprised to see me, as well as aunt min and the other maids.
Responding, seo jin shifted his chair and immediately took a napkin to eat and clean my lips and chin so as not to stick because of the former soup
"Neo gwaenchana?* (are you okay?) This soup is hot you have to be careful" said seo jin as he gently rubbed my chin
"I'm sorry for my sassy question to the mistress" said aunt min as she poured water into my glass
After seeing aunt min was pouring water into my glass, accidentally my eyes and seo jin eyes met each other
I knew seo jin was rubbing my chin, but seo jin eyes were like magnets that were able to attract my attention and wanted to look at him
The distance of our faces is so close, that accidentally crossed the memory of yesterday night that touched the lips seo jin
Of course it made me blush so embarrassed that I could feel both of my cheeks warm from blushing
My heart continued to beat rapidly as I looked at seo jin in such a close distance like this
Is the effect of that vitamin of vitality and fertility still in my body? Why do I still want seo jin lips?
Neo michisseo?!* (are you crazy?!)
Kim hye jin*(hei.kim hye jin) take control of your mind and get that perverted mind out of your brain
"I-I'm fine" I said as I pushed seo jin away from him when my sane thoughts came
I lowered my face and immediately resumed seo jin activities to wipe the remaining soup on my lip area
"My auntie, stop talking like that. Is it appropriate to ask sevulgar thing in the morning to a married couple" I said while bowing my face because I felt embarrassed
"I'm sorry ma'am, I shouldn't be rude to you, I'm just guessing, because seeing your face that looks red when I see mister seo jin, I just guessed, this never happened before..."
"Aisshh...stop aunt min" I cried cutting off aunt min's talk.
"I'm sorry I've been so presumptuous to you again.I just can't wait for the news of your pregnancy again" said aunt min and again almost made me spout water in my mouth
"If every night you do something amazing with master seo jin, I'm sure in the near future you will contain your baby again" said aunt Min again and make me more awkward
Haaah...
Is aunt min no longer afraid of sung deok mi? Since when did he dare to ask such a thing to the mistress who behaved coldly like this
Did she dare to ask such a thing because she thought I had turned softer since the news of my pregnancy spread?
"Auntie min, can you get me the morning paper today?" Said seo jin telling aunt min to shift the subject
"Okay sir" said aunt min and immediately took the morning newspaper and handed it to seo jin
Seo Jin started sipping his coffee after he finished his breakfast
"Ige boyas?* (what is this?)" Say seo jin suddenly after reading the morning newspaper
"Waeil?* (why?)" I asked seo jin
"It seems like you're a hot topic right now, baby" seo jin told me
"A lot of people have praised your bravery for yesterday's incident, but some people showed up anonymously and discussed your past vices"
"M..really?" I asked and approached seo jin
I read in my heart some bad comments that were printed on the paper this morning
If I'm to be honest, I'm not an active person on social media, having moved to Chicago and college and then worked part-time, I use my free time to rest or go to the library looking for books and doing chores
It's not that I don't have a social media account, it's just that if someone visits my account, you'll only see one or two photos there
And seo jin??
I don't know if he's active on social media or...
Same with me
"I don't know if people's comments today are very troubling, as if they were very close to you and monitoring your personal life" seo jin said
Ahhe....
It looks like he is the same as me, not active on social media
"Do I need to ask detective choi for help to investigate people who have negative comments like this about you and then meet him and ask him directly what the problem is until he dares to comment like this?" Seo jin told me
Seo jin is angry
They commented that her domestic relations were known to the public much just pretending to be harmonious
But in reality, it is not harmonious. Starting from the issue that deok mi cheating to the issue that they did a contract marriage.it is true deok mi cheating from her husband but seo jin...
Infidelity to impregnate a girl who attended university where his wife's foundation is reasonable?
And even more crazy, the husband of the mistress deok mi which means it is seo jin, telling the pregnant female student to abort the fetus in her womb?
Haha....
This looks more like a synopsis of a Korean drama that is circulating on television
But..
Wait a minute.what do they mean, the student is me as kim hye jin??
I know, I was being gossiped about by everyone in my college, but I ignored it because it made so little sense to me
I think the bad gossip about me is just a rumor that will disappear consumed by time, but if it gets into the morning newspaper like this....
Can finish my history to hold onto the future. I could be the subject of ridicule by other students if I go back to being hye jin and study at my campus
"I think I should meet with my lawyer to discuss this matter and will arrest the perpetrator who made such outrageous comments" said seo jin
"You're just kidding, aren't you talking like this?" Much
"Handid? What do you mean, honey? They've made malicious and far-fetched comments, this has nothing to do with your heroic act of catching a serial killer"
"You almost died dealing with the criminals but look at the strange and strange comments made by them" said seo jin
"But you don't do as they say. There's no need for you to expend your energy to get angry and meet with your lawyer to solve this problem. Aren't you very busy, honey?" My words calm seo jin
"No need to be angry? Don't you know the power of an issue?" Seo jin asked
"Mistress, you have to solve this problem, otherwise this will embarrass the sung family and the park family in the future even though it is just an issue" said aunt min
"If you've found the culprit, will you sue and imprison him?" Much
"Of course I have to do that" said seo jin firmly
"What if he's just someone who's helpless? He wrote such malicious comments only to vent his fatigue and tiredness because of the problems he faced or because he felt the world was being unfair to him?" Much
"Then would he have the right to speak like that if the world had not been fair to him, huh?!" Shouted seo jin and began to lose control of emotions in front of the maid and aunt min
"I think I should have detective choi check it out starting from your foundation campus, baby" said seo jin
"I will not be lenient and will process it legally on the perpetrators of these negative comments even if the culprit is a student"
"Yeobo* (honey) I know you're upset, but..can you look for another point of view and the reason why it's spreading this kind of issue?" Much
"It's better that you forgive him than to put him in jail, however he is a student who still has a lot of hope and a good future for him" I told seo jin
"Then what if the one who spread the bad gossip about me is someone who has grown up and done this just for the sake of getting money?" Seo jin asked
"If all it takes is money, you can pay for it and tell that person to have a good comment about you" my cleblos said without thinking
Seo Jin frowned at the sign that she seemed confused by my way of mind
"Yeobo*(honey) I don't understand your current way of thinking" seo jin lamented
I saw aunt min and the maids, they looked confused when they saw me.
Is my way of thinking weird??
I just don't want to make other people live hard and I think just saying sorry is enough for me if they realize what they've done is wrong
Unless they do not feel guilty and remain arrogant or deny that his deeds are wrong, I will make calculations with him
"Please promise me that if you find someone who makes bad comments about you and about me saying the word 'sorry', you have to forgive him, as well as myself, I will forgive them"
"Let's just say they're being khilaf and don't knowingly comment evil like that on social media" I told seo jin
"Huhuhu.." cried aunt min suddenly and surprised me.
"Bi-bibi min, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying all of a sudden? What makes you sad" I asked
"No madam...I do not grieve.." said aunt min.
"I was only moved to see the nature of deok mi's mistress who had turned into a very good woman"
"I look like I see a reflection of Buddhist life in you" said aunt Min as she wiped her tears and further confused me to scratch my hair with my right hand
"If you do not have a miscarriage, I'm sure your child will be happy to have a mother who has good angelic nature like you without having to look at your past, madam" said aunt min
"Stop crying aunt min, you're too much" I said to stop aunt min from crying harder
But the result is nil, aunt min actually cried harder and made some maids to cry
"I will always pray for you, madam, that God will soon give you a baby soon huhuhu.." said aunt Min again.
Seo Jin and I looked at each other with confused expressions
"Immediately finish your meal" whispered seo jin and I immediately ignored the attitude of aunt min and the maids who were overreacting
*****
(A few days later.).
"All right..."
"Now you can remove this neck brace, madam" said a bone specialist in front of me
Seo Jin smiled at me when the neck brace I was wearing for about 2 weeks was finally removed by the doctor
I held my neck and smiled
Ahhe....
I was finally able to get away from it, now I can move my neck freely without having to worry about causing my neck injury
After thanking the specialist who was in front of me and saying goodbye to him, seo jin called someone and took me into the car
"Where are we going?" I asked seo jin
"To your campus" said seo jin briefly
"What?!" Excited because I was surprised
"W-waeyo?* (k-why?)" Ask me again
"Of course to do an interview, detective choi found out who the commentator who made your image and also my image is bad in society"
"Well, even though it doesn't affect deok mi's label as a chicago city hero and many communities don't really care about the dark side of deok mi's personal life, but it still makes me nervous"
"Many people praise the name deok mi for the kindness done by you, but you should know hye jin, not forever you will live to be deok mi"
"You must return your own good name by using the status of deok mi who is now the chairman of the foundation of the campus where you studied"
"Either commemorate him or even make him go into prison for spreading the good name of 'kim hye jin' "
"By being assertive like this, I hope there will be no more students who will comment badly about kim hye jin" said seo jin
"Seo jin-ssi, you must keep your promise not to punish him or even imprison him if he apologizes in front of you" I reminded seo jin
"Use sunglasses that are usually used when he visits your campus and read a few sentences of encouragement speech for students to keep learning to focus and ignore vague gossip such as that, if you do not want the scholarship revoked" said seo jin who sounded very upset with one of the students who spread bad rumors about him
Some days seo jin like a woman who is experiencing PMS or pre-menstrual syndrome, every time he saw the news of a murder case through television, he immediately turned off the television and slammed the remote
Not to mention when he called detective choi and scolded him for not getting who the suspect of the bad commentator maker
I feel sorry for detective choi for getting the job pressure from his own boss, coupled with seo jin jobs that are piling up and almost approaching the dead line
If I could help seo jin, maybe I would help him if it made him calmer a bit
Even though seo jin was very busy with his daily activities, he still paid attention to me and still had time to give me the medicine in time so that I could recover quickly. He always ordered his personal chef to make food to speed up the wound recovery process and in the end for the last few days me and seo jin ate with the main menu of fish rich in high protein
No doubt, seo jin is a man who is full of responsibility, but I feel he is too tired to support the burden he has been carrying
I hope someday to make herself a cheerful seo jin without having to think about her responsibilities as a CEO or as a husband
I want seo jin to be himself even if it is just a day so that he can ease the burden of his mind
"Why? Do you want to tell me something? Or are there some sentences you don't understand in the text?" Seo Jin asked suddenly and spread my thoughts as I looked at her
"T-no. Everything is very clear and easy to understand" I said
"Fokuslah hye jin, lately I often see you daydreaming and look at me with a blank look. Is there something you're thinking about?" Seo jin asked
"M. There's something I think about and it's about you, you look really busy but you still take care of me. I just don't want to be a burden to you, seo jin" I said
"I think we've talked about this before, as long as you're beside me, you'll be part of my responsibility, you're not burdening me at all Kim hye jin, it is precisely I who always troubles you for constantly asking you to live by pretending to be someone else in front of the crowd"
"You can't be yourself because of me. I'm sorry hye jin. But please be patient, I promise in the near future will make your peaceful life can return to how it was when you have not met me and also deok mi" said seo jin
"Maybe this makes you uncomfortable, but I'm asking you to help me when we get to college..."
" i want you and I to look friendly in public as if my domestic relationship and deok mi are very harmonious and there is no problem at all" said seo jin while driving
"Gwaenchana* (it's okay) I decided to help you when you came to my hometown and persuaded me"
"probably because of your attitude that always pays attention to me and treats me very well, pretending to be my deok is not something that burdens me and makes me forget my true identity" I said honestly to seo jin
Seo Jin looked at me as I spoke like that, fortunately seo jin stopped right at the time the red light was on, a while later, the green light started to light up. However, seo jin did not immediately advance his vehicle until he realized that some vehicles give a horn to seo jin so that he immediately runs his car and does not prevent other cars from driving
"Kim hye jin, I know you've been confused by my good treatment all along. But you need to know, I treat you very well because you are part of the tang...
"Araa.* (know.) I know what you're going to say to me, maybe you need to ignore me a little so that my heart is not confused by your good attitude all this time, seo jin"
"Mian* (sorry) because I only burden your feelings" I told seo jin
Seo Jin only sighed after hearing my words
"Alright, I will obey your will so that your heart is not confused about my attitude" said seo jin to me.
***
Arriving at the campus where I was studying, seo jin and I joined hands to go to the hall room to meet the students
Several lecturers and officials from the campus welcomed me very well, and at the request of seo jin, he said, I read him a speech he gave me in the car and then gave a scholarship charter to an outstanding student at my college
This reminds me of myself who always stood on this stage and received an award from the college board
As far as I know, deok mi has never been present at this event and I think she always told someone to replace her.
After I realized it, it turned out that God had been kind to me all this time, the witch woman named deok mi could not find myself all this time because of her always annoying and insecure attitude if given duty or trust until she never came to my campus and met with myself at a time like this
But it seems like the goddess of luck was not on my side until deok mi's dark lover met me at the restaurant where I worked part time and then told deok mi that there was someone who looked like her
I didn't think such a small thing was the beginning of my life that felt like a nightmare to me
But..
Thanks to such a small thing, I was able to meet seo jin and started to fall in love with him
I know, a love that shouldn't grow in my heart because he is a man who already has a wife and I don't want to be a despicable woman who snatches herself from deok mi, she said, even though deok mi is a witch woman though
You can definitely hye jin!
You can definitely make your heart not fall in love with her
"....mi?"
"Mrs sung deok mi?" Someone called me
Haaah...
Again I was immersed in my own thoughts until I did not realize that my surroundings were watching me and ms. Smith asked me to talk on the podium
I took a breath and tried to do as deok mi as usual
I began to remind students to continue to improve their learning achievements and ignore the bad rumors circulating on campus
"i hope you do not lose your enthusiasm to pursue achievement in this campus. use your free time to study well and gather in the library to study"
"Don't you think I don't know what's going on at this college" I said in an informal style
"I know some of you did some unspeakable deeds and discussed gossip about my household life"
"As long as I'm still here and ms. Smith gave me a chance to talk, I want to give you some information"
"The girl you guys are gossiping about is a citizen of the same country as me"
"indirectly you have vilified the good name of my country as well for having such bad comments and I am offended by this"
"There is no such terrible connection as you speak in that comment between my husband and that poor girl"
"Do you know that my relationship with my husband is like a flower garden that always blooms every day" I said with enthusiasm.
"Isn't that so, dear?" I said with a spoiled smile and looked at seo jin
Seo Jin returned my smile with a way to kiss her from afar
"The girl seemed close to my husband, because I asked him several times to help me solve problems"
"Well, you could say she is a smart and reliable girl.especially the girl is from the same country as me and my husband, it's natural that I was kind to her"
"Are you jealous of that girl who made such outrageous gossip that her students were removed and expelled from this campus?"
" well, if you are envious, it would be nice if you learn from that girl to be smart to take my heart or...
You just moved the same citizenship as me to get special treatment like that girl hahahaha." I said on the podium.
I know this is inappropriate for me to talk about at a formal event like this.
I was just following seo jin's instructions telling me to say something embarrassing like this
"can't you follow my good attitude, which has been very famous lately in Chicago? and of course you know my arrival to this campus invites journalists to attend even if I don't call them" I said with a smileĀ
the students looked behind them and saw the reporters who were busy photographing me standing on the podium
"hey do you feel like our foundation chairman is similar to someone we've been gossiping about lately on campus?'said one of the students to his friend and without them knowing their words sounded in my ear
"you mean kim hye jin?!"said his friend
I blinked my eyes a few times because I was panicked that some people would be afraid that my face and my deok face were the same
"are you crazy?! how could your eyes possibly equate a village girl like her with the graceful, wealthy lady before us now?"
"i think you should have your eyes checked by an ophthalmologist" said his friend
"really? maybe I was the one who saw it wrong" said the student and gave up that his opinion was rejected outright by a friend who was beside him
I sighed when I heard that not everyone was aware of my resemblance to deok mi, even though our faces were similar, but the makeup of deok mi's face and the style of dress were the opposite of mine. I hope everyone doesn't realize the resemblance of my face to deok mi
"If I hear this kind of crazy thing again..."
"I will not hesitate to sue him through the law without seeing anyone" I said and immediately made the atmosphere a little rowdy by the voices of the students
"Secret speech from me" I said and immediately turned my body in shame and went down the stage through the stairs that were located behind the stage
after that, seo jin went up on stage and called some names of students and asked him to see ms. smith
I do not know what seo jin did with the name of the student. After my speech ended, the reporters approached me and also seo jin then asked for my free time to conduct an interview session with them
this is the first time I feel like a public figure because I have to get used to the gazes of the journalists' eyes and must be able to answer their questions as casually as possible. luckily park seo jin is beside me, I think interviews are common for him considering he is the young CEO of a fairly well-known company in the USA. almost all questions answered by seo jin. I just act graceful and seem cold like deok mi everyday
a few minutes with the reporters made the oxygen intake in my lungs a little because I was nervous. Fortunately I was a lot of quiet so it was not too visible to them that I was experiencing feelings of anxiety or anxiety.
"wait for me here, I want to meet ms. smith in her room" seo jin said to me after the reporters left the room
"ahh...seo jin-ssi, can I meet emma for a while in this room?" ask me on seo jin while holding his arm and holding him to stand up
seo Jin seemed hesitant to answer my question
"please.I beg you for a moment.I promise I will not talk to him for long so as not to look suspicious and make people think I am hye jin" I told seo jin
"i thought you were gonna ask me this"
" well.I'll let you meet emma for a while, but act like you're the head of the foundation for her not a friend" seo jin' said'
without a doubt I immediately agreed to the terms of seo jin given to me.
****
someone opened the door of the room while I was playing mobile.emma entered the room and met me
"dee..!" I whispered from a distance when Emma saw me
emma immediately sat down beside me and without hesitation I hugged emma because she had missed her. emma returned my embrace for a while and immediately moved away from me and moved to another chair
"did you call me, madam?"emma asked me formally
"hey.be as usual, in this room there's only you and me" I said
"just keep your attitude as deok mi" emma said
"how are you? are you all right?"I asked emma
"of course I'm fine, how could I not be okay if the service provided by Mr. Park is very memorable for me" said emma
"i thank you, thanks to you, during my stay in the hospital, I got a delicious and luxurious meal that I've never tasted in my entire life" she said
"did you get such good and fancy food every day? how lucky you are"emma continued
"If only we could exchange bodies." continued emma fantasized
"Stop thinking about the impossible, you think it's the comic world?" Syndirate
"Ah yes.there are things I want to talk to you about, this is related to your bad gossip circulating on campus" said emma
"Someone managed to take a picture of a man who has been suspicious lately"
"I'm sure you'd be surprised to see it" said Emma and showed her a photo in her gallery
I saw a man who looked familiar and of course his presence always made the problems of my life complicated
No other than, a man was chul moo, he was seen in discussions with several students, one of whom was richard's best friend, thomas adelson
What did he do with chul moo? Why is Thomas in this picture?
"What's this?.." I wondered
"Ehhem.you know lately I've just created a special force to investigate who's the mastermind who made bad rumors about you and started spreading them" said Emma
"And I think quite a lot of our foster college friends don't trust bad rumors about you"
"Because you are a very good person and they know you well, it is certainly not easy for them to immediately believe the gossip, until I create a whats app group with the title 'good girl supporter from han island' " said emma spirit
"Pfftt...What kind of group name is that? Do you think I'm a candidate for mayor?" I said to emma and felt moved by the college friends who were still nice to me
"Name is not important, the most important part is, we have got a ringleader that makes the peace of this campus destroyed" said emma
"Let's say, this man in a black suit is like a hyena that's dangerous if he's wandering around alone"
"And you know, Thomas is like a deer that is easily deceived or submissive if his life is threatened, of course it can be something troublesome if left constantly" said emma
"I think the student in this photo is the same as Thomas who is a lost antelope" said emma
"I hope you can help them miss deok mi, stopping your already dark-eyed husband because of the anger inflicted by these antelope children" said Emma
"Well, however, these antelope children still have a future and of course can take life lessons and start to be careful every time they take action in the future" said Emma and began to make me think