TNV 29

Chapter 29

It had already been more than two years since Moohyun lost his memory. Therefore, it was reasonable to assume that the possibility of him regaining it was none.

Jin Hayoung sat in front of her dressing table without even changing her clothes, lost in thought.

How could she win Seo Moohyun’s heart?

The most certain way was to seduce him.

Whether by giving him alcohol or medicine, if she could just get him to lie down and go through with it once, she was confident that everything would flow smoothly afterward. None of the men she had been with before had ever been dissatisfied with her. Hayoung was sure of that much.

The problem was that Seo Moohyun was excessively abstinent.

To seduce him, there had to be a vulnerability or an opening, but Moohyun had never once shown such a weakness in front of her.

“What kind of man doesn’t even go to clubs or get drunk?” Jin Hayoung muttered irritably. There had to be a gap to approach and cause some trouble, but she simply couldn’t see any way to target Moohyun.

Still, she couldn’t just keep blindly trusting and following the director.

She had followed and cared for him, believing that he was someone with exceptional love and pride for his son, but after today, it didn’t seem promising at all. It almost felt like she had aligned herself with the wrong person, just as Moohyun said.

“But still, it’d be better to maintain a friendly relationship with the mother-in-law.” Jin Hayoung muttered indifferently.

Though Moohyun spoke harshly, he was quite good at taking care of his mother. Whenever his mother called, Moohyun was the one who would make time no matter how busy he was to show up.

So, she couldn’t completely discard the director as an option. Even after marrying Moohyun, it would be good to have at least one ally in the in-law family.

Therefore, Jin Hayoung decided to reduce her meetings with the director for a while and focus more on targeting Moohyun.

The director might feel hurt, but she could be appeased after the marriage with Moohyun was confirmed. The director was the kind of person who was easy to please. Just a few compliments and then bringing up Moohyun’s name could make her smile instantly.

So, the hardest problem was how to seduce Seo Moohyun.

She had first seen Seo Moohyun when she was eight years old — that was twenty years ago.

Even then, Seo Moohyun was the envy of his peers. Handsome, intelligent, and the grandson of the chairman of Sungil Group, it would have been strange if he weren’t popular.

However, Moohyun’s personality was prickly even as a child, so only a few kids were close to him.

Jin Hayoung had tried hard to be included among the ‘kids close to Moohyun,’ but he had never once let her near him in all these twenty years.

People around Jin Hayoung knew well that she had liked Seo Moohyun for a long time. They also knew that he had no interest in her, so they often told her to give up on him.

But Jin Hayoung couldn’t do that. She couldn’t give up after enduring so many years looking only at Moohyun.

Honestly, she didn’t like him as much as she did when she was a child.

The long time that had passed also meant she had spent a long time being ignored by Moohyun. Jin Hayoung was not the type of person to keep hoping for someone who disliked her.

Still, the reason she couldn’t give up on Moohyun was because of his background. If she married Seo Moohyun, chances were she would become the lady of Sungil Group.

If she couldn’t win Seo Moohyun’s heart, at least she wanted to take the position of the lady of Sungil Group. To make up for the twenty years she had spent only looking at Moohyun, she felt she deserved at least that much.

Having a husband with looks any woman would envy would be a bonus.

“First, I should find out what he’s been up to these days, right?” Jin Hayoung muttered, tapping her dressing table with her finger.

Moohyun wouldn’t like it if he knew she was following him. A few years ago, she had even sent someone to tail him but got caught and had a hard time.

So she tried to avoid this method as much as possible, but since things had come to this, there was no other way. She would have to quietly and discreetly tail Seo Moohyun without getting caught.

“Really, he’s a man who makes things complicated in so many ways.” Jin Hayoung muttered with a tired tone, pulling her phone from her handbag. However, as she searched for a number and pressed the call button, her face showed not irritation but a look of excitement.

Moohyun, who had said they would continue with the two chapters in the afternoon, did not appear until late at night.

Around lunchtime, Chaeyoon noticed the car parked in the backyard was gone, and Moohyun hadn’t returned by dusk.

She spent the day on edge, wondering when he would come back and knock on the door of the annex.

By the time it was past 10 p.m., Chaeyoon had dozed off.

She had been so tense all day that she collapsed into sleep.

When she woke up again, the window was dimly lit by the early dawn.

Startled, Chaeyoon sat up and then realized with a hollow laugh that she had slept through the entire night without waking once.

Maybe her body was tired from the sleepless nights.

Thinking this as an excuse, Chaeyoon went over to the window overlooking the backyard. Peeking through the blinds, she saw the yard was empty. Moohyun apparently had not come back last night.

“Did something happen?” she murmured unintentionally, then shook her head and stepped away from the window.

Even after what happened yesterday, worrying about Moohyun seemed to mean she lacked enough toughening up.

“Sigh. Just worry about yourself, Song Chaeyoon.”

Moohyun’s mother could come down anytime. But Chaeyoon already guessed the situations that would unfold and the things she would hear, and she was prepared to handle them.

The only thing she hoped for was that Moohyun’s mother would come after the kids’ lessons were over. No matter how prepared she was, she didn’t want to suffer embarrassment and humiliation in front of the children.

Chaeyoon started her day with a troubled mind.

After finishing housework, she went to the villa to tidy up Moohyun’s room and the kitchen. It didn’t take long — just airing out and washing the cups he used.

After having a brunch and preparing snacks for the kids, as well as getting ready for class, it was almost 1 p.m.

Soon it would be time for Soona and Kyungsoo to arrive.

After checking her reflection in the mirror, Chaeyoon went outside to meet the children.

Moohyun returned that evening.

As usual, Chaeyoon was preparing his dinner when she was startled by the sound of a car arriving. She looked out the window.

Seeing the familiar car stop in the backyard, she showed a slightly surprised expression. Moohyun, who usually came back after nine o’clock, had come an hour earlier today.

What’s going on?

Worrying about him had become a habit. Whether he was gone or came early, she worried.

Shaking her head, Chaeyoon returned to the sink. But her hands, wrapping kimbap, moved much faster than before.

Thump thump.

The knocking came just as Chaeyoon was about to take the tray outside.

She put down the tray and opened the door with a wary expression, and there stood Moohyun with a defiant attitude. His hair was slightly wet, as if he had just washed it.

“There’s no food.”

“… I was just about to bring it.”

“Too much trouble to bring it over.”

Moohyun said as if it was a good thing and flung the door wide open, coming inside