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chapter 01
Swish—!
“Kyaaah—! Priest! Priest!”
“Oh my goodness!”
The current time: 1:50 PM.
In other words, 10 minutes before the wedding.
The bride’s waiting room, which should have been bustling with preparations, was an absolute disaster.
Drip, drip…
Today’s bride, Yuseong, had her dress stained by dark black coffee that was dripping down.
Looking down at the scene, Yuseong slowly lifted her head.
“…What on earth are you doing?”
“Oh my, what should I do? My hand slipped. I have sweaty palms, you know—maybe I’m too nervous before the wedding?”
The woman in a pure white dress, who could easily be mistaken for the bride, giggled continuously.
Thud—
“Ah!”
As if spilling coffee wasn’t enough, she threw an empty plastic cup at Yuseong’s chest.
“Oh dear, it slipped again. Oops.”
….Sigh.
Her cousin, Oh Yuna, who couldn’t resist tormenting her, had personally come to the bride’s waiting room to pour a black Americano exactly on the neckline of Yuseong’s dress.
All because Yuna was jealous that Yuseong was marrying the man she admired: Kwon Suhyuk.
“What now? You’re about to walk down the aisle soon. How can you go out looking like this? Do I have to appear without my dress?”
All because of her petty jealousy, Yuna had poured coffee over a wedding dress worth tens of millions of won.
Without thinking, foolishly.
“You really haven’t changed at all, have you?”
“…What do you mean by that?”
“Don’t you think that if you do something like this, the first thing you should do is apologize and fix it?”
“Apologize? Fix it?”
Yuna crossed her arms and snorted.
“Exactly. Why did it happen when my hand slipped, Yuseong… Huh? It’s just bad luck for you. I just made a mistake.”
“Ah, yes. A mistake?”
Swish—!
“Ahh!”
In a flash, Yuseong poured a warm latte onto Yuna’s dress.
This time, intentionally, not by accident.
“See, unnie? Why wear a white dress to my wedding? Was that a mistake too?”
“You… you—! What on earth are you doing?!”
“This dress costs almost fifty million won, you know?”
“…What…?”
Compared to Yuna’s dress, it was almost ten times more expensive.
“I’m going to charge you for the dress. Do you realize how many people have seen what you did?”
“…I-I really made a mistake! Why are you picking on me for your own carelessness?!”
“The fact that unnie spilled coffee on my dress doesn’t change. So get out right now, if you don’t want to suffer worse.”
Shaking, Oh Yuna was chased out by the helpers, and those waiting cautiously approached Yuseong.
“Bride, we don’t have much time, so please quickly change your dress…”
At that moment, the waiting room door opened, and a man in a suit entered.
“Vice President!”
The first thing that stood out was his fair skin and the mole on his nose bridge.
The moment he appeared, the air in the waiting room was instantly suffused with an imposing aura.
“What happened to our girl?”
The man facing her shone unusually today, yet exuded a chilling presence.
‘He’s always handsome. It’s infuriating.’
It wasn’t just his face.
In a short while, he would inherit the Kwon Sung Group, too.
“Obviously. Oh Yuna came by.”
With Yuseong’s simple reply, Suhyuk smiled knowingly and said to those nearby,
“I’ll handle this, everyone else should leave.”
Left alone in the bride’s waiting room, Suhyuk stood slightly askew, examining Yuseong.
“Our Yuseong wouldn’t just stay quiet… Did you get back at her?”
“I poured a warm café latte on her. That stain doesn’t come out easily.”
Yuseong’s proud expression made Suhyuk chuckle and ruffle her hair gently.
“Good. Looks like you’re unharmed.”
“What about the dress to change into?”
“Here.”
Opening a corner cabinet, Suhyuk took out a dress from a black bag.
“Can you help me change?”
“Of course, as you command.”
With a smirk, he unzipped the back without hesitation, revealing her fair body fully.
Meanwhile, inside the ceremony hall:
At today’s wedding, famous figures from business and politics had gathered.
“Next is the groom’s entrance. Groom, please enter!”
Clap clap clap clap—
Thunderous applause filled the grand hall.
Then, the doors opened, revealing a man more handsome than any celebrity.
Guests, mesmerized, watched him stride confidently down the aisle, and their applause gradually subsided.
Sharp features, towering physique.
A man radiating an untouchable aura.
“He doesn’t resemble the second son at all.”
“He’s even more handsome than the actor we saw at the Chanel show.”
At the pinnacle of South Korea’s business world stood Kwon Sung Group.
Its heir, Kwon Seongjae, had only one child: Kwon Hyukjun.
Just a few months ago:
<The presumed-dead eldest son of Kwon Sung Group confirmed alive after 20 years>
<Reversal of father-son joint suicide case… Chairman Kwon’s son survived>
<Heir succession in Kwon Sung Group shaken as eldest son Kwon Suhyuk returns>
The son of the chairman and his ex-wife, who had been assumed dead and even had a funeral held, had returned: Kwon Suhyuk.
He excelled in every way, surpassing his younger brother even in ability.
Suhyuk immediately became the favorite of the chairman, and the heirs of other conglomerates began vying for a place next to him, even without meeting him.
However, almost simultaneously with Suhyuk’s public appearance, his marriage announcement dominated the portals.
It was a rather shocking move.
Moreover, the bride was the daughter of a small, failing company—a fact that surprised everyone.
There were even rumors that her original fiancé was the second son, not the first…
“Shinyang Corporation. That’s the one, right? That gangster company.”
“And she’s adopted, not even his real daughter. Good grief.”
“Wasn’t the original fiancé the second son? Tsk, not even a sibling rivalry—truly frivolous.”
“Well, obviously. Maybe the woman manipulated men, or Chairman Kwon was blackmailed by some gangster.”
At that moment, the announcer’s cheerful voice rang through the hall:
“Now, the highlight of today’s ceremony—the bride’s entrance. Everyone, please pay attention!”
The guests, whispering nervously, turned around.
Everyone at the wedding looked at the door with eyes full of curiosity and judgment.
“Bride, please enter!”
The bride, who had been anticipating this moment, raised the corner of her mouth in a smile, clutching a white bouquet in contrast to herself.
“Presenting… the bride.”
Finally, it was showtime.
“An angel-like bride in a pure white dress…!”
The doors opened, revealing the main character of the day.
“Gasp…”
“What… is that?”
Click, click.
The bride stepped forward, the whispers of the guests providing a background soundtrack.
“Angel-like… bride?”
The host trailed off upon seeing the bride resolutely walking down the aisle.
Her appearance was the exact opposite of the script.
An overly flashy black tiara.
A completely black dress with no embellishment.
A sly smirk tugging one side of her lips.
She looked like a demon walking out of the flames of hell.
“What on earth…!”
At that moment, only one person walked to her with a gentle smile.
Stopping in front of her, Suhyuk kneeled without hesitation.
“Gasp…!”
“Oh my…”
He took her hand and placed a kiss on it.
A man visibly in love.
A smile that said he was completely smitten with the woman before him.
All the cheap speculations of the guests collapsed instantly.
“Ridiculous…”
Watching this, Hyukjun stormed out of the hall.
But no one paid him attention.
All eyes were fixed on the main couple.
Suhyuk stood and whispered in her ear:
“The only guy crazy enough to follow a woman to hell is me.”
Yuseong extended her hand.
“I’ll make sure you don’t regret this choice.”
“Looking forward to it, my wife.”
In the pure white wedding hall, the two in black and white held hands and stepped forward cheerfully.
Yuseong looked at her pale mother-in-law-to-be, Myeongsuk, and the empty seat of Hyukjun, and smiled with satisfaction.
The ignorant ones had no idea…
That there was a predator lurking among them.
Everything had gone according to plan.
Now, only one thing remained:
Replacing all defective products.
“Now, we will begin the wedding ceremony of groom Kwon Suhyuk and bride Shin Yuseong.”
So, that Shin Yuseong… is replacing her husband.
