Chapter 13: Chapter 13 - Yeonhee's Secret
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"Alright, alright, enough with the beautiful reunion, Yeonji. It's time to get ready for school."
"O-oh, Mom? Okay!!"
Yeonji, who had been spending time rubbing her face against my chest while we were still hugging,
returned to her room with a flushed face, embarrassed to be caught by her mother.
"Hehehe….You were just hugging me, and now you're hugging Yeonji… You really are a demon, Master♥"
"Cough!…More importantly, what should I do now?"
I cleared my throat, brushing off her playful words, and asked what my life would be like living in this house.
I needed to know today.
"Well, breakfast will be soon, so come to the dining room I showed you yesterday."
"Yes, I understand."
As it was a mansion, each room had a separate purpose, and there was a separate dining room for meals.
'It's going to take a while to get used to this…'
Having lived in a cramped studio apartment where everything was in one space, this large mansion felt quite awkward.
Still, I had to get used to it since it was where Yeonji and I would live together after we got married.
'Suddenly I'm not working… I've got a house, somehow… I have a fiancée… Isn't this everything I set out to achieve?'
I had enough money not to have to work, a dream house, and a woman I wanted to spend my life with…
Something felt a little off, but I had achieved almost all of my goals.
'Of course, my mother-in-law is unexpected… No, I didn't even think about that.'
Training my mother-in-law as a slave was never part of my life plan, but somehow,
it had become the most important thing right now.
'I'm already used to hearing her call me Master…'
When we were alone, she naturally called me Master.
It was awkward until yesterday, but we had already mixed bodies and done almost everything for the first time, so the awkwardness
had greatly diminished.
Growl
"Let's go to the dining room."
My head was still a mess, but I was hungry after having such intense sex for the first time yesterday,
so I quickly headed to the dining room.
"Good morning, Juhyun."
"Good morning, Yeonhee."
Everyone except me was gathered in the dining room.
My mother-in-law, Yeonji, and Yeonhee.
There were only four of us, but the table was quite large.
I sat next to Yeonji, who was the most comfortable, and Yeonhee had prepared breakfast.
We ate together and had a simple conversation, easing the awkwardness.
'Come to think of it, Yeonhee hasn't said a word…'
Most of the conversation was between my mother-in-law, Yeonji, and me.
I asked Yeonhee several questions, but she only gave short answers and didn't talk much.
"Then, I'll get up first."
Yeonhee, who finished her meal first, said goodbye and got up from her seat.
My mother-in-law sighed softly.
"It's usually not like this… I guess she's still a bit awkward with you, son-in-law."
"Ah… I see…"
"Oppa is a good person… Why doesn't Unnie like him…"
My mother-in-law said that Yeonhee was acting colder than usual because she didn't like me.
Yeonji pouted slightly, feeling upset that Yeonhee didn't like me.
'Come to think of it, I haven't heard about Yeonhee yet?'
My mother-in-law and her daughter, Yeonji, but Yeonhee was a secretary, not a daughter.
That's why it was a little strange that she was here with us like family, but
I didn't ask because it seemed too personal.
"Hoo… Well, let's all get up now that we've finished eating."
The atmosphere at the table was a bit subdued due to Yeonhee's cold attitude, but
I decided to think about it later since we could get closer slowly.
Yeonji and Yeonhee went to university, and only my mother-in-law and I were left.
Soon after, the people who cleaned and managed the mansion came to work.
They greeted my mother-in-law and me briefly and started their work.
"They come to manage the house every two days, but they don't come on weekends. They mostly do their work on their own, so you
don't have to talk to them unless you need something."
"Yes, Mother-in-law."
The housekeepers, who silently did their work, were about 50 people, and they started cleaning and other tasks.
"Most of the necessary furniture will be placed in your room today, so there won't be any major problems. We can go to the
department store together today to buy anything you need personally."
"Yes, thank you, Mother-in-law…"
I had hardly ever been to a department store except when I was on dates with Yeonji.
There seemed to be a lot of expensive furniture, so it was a difficult place for me to go with my light wallet.
'My mother-in-law said she would buy everything… I feel sorry…'
Buying a few pieces of furniture might be like picking a 500 won gumball from a street vendor for her,
but it was quite a sorry thing for me, who didn't know the rich's perspective at all.
"We'll go to the department store at lunch… Until then, I'll tell you about Yeonhee."
"Yes, Mother-in-law."
I was a little nervous as my mother-in-law said she would finally tell me about Yeonhee, and we headed to the living room.
......…
"Yeonhee… she's not my daughter, but she's like a daughter to me."
"Yes… I thought so because she acts similar to how she treats Yeonji."
A person who is not a daughter but is treated like one.
I had expected that there would be some complicated circumstances.
"When my husband and I were dating and engaged, there was a lot of opposition from those around us."
"Because you were marrying the successor of the Choi Han Group?"
"Yes… They opposed it, saying that he would just 'play with me and throw me away'… 'He doesn't love you sincerely.' Because I grew
up in an ordinary family at that time."
It was like a drama where a rich man meets an ordinary woman, falls in love, and gets married.
Of course, there was a unique situation of a master-slave relationship in the middle, but those who didn't know about it would
have felt like they were watching a drama.
The difference was that a drama is a drama, and reality is reality.
A real rich man truly loves an ordinary woman and promises to marry her?
Perhaps at that time, people around them might have thought that he was just seducing an innocent woman and would throw her away
later.
"Of course, my husband and I were both sincere, so we continued to meet despite the opposition… and eventually my husband…"
"Ah…"
Her husband died in an unexpected accident.
My mother-in-law became the heroine of a tragedy, but she worked hard for Yeonji, who was in her womb at the time.
She eventually inherited more than half of the shares of the Choi Han Group, allowing her to live as she does now.
"There was a close friend who was the only one who believed in me when everyone else opposed me… She said that we would live well…
that she knew we loved each other sincerely…"
The only person who believed in her when her family, relatives, and most of her friends opposed her.
"That friend had a daughter… and that's Yeonhee."
"Yeonhee? Then that friend of yours…"
"She died… of an illness."
"…I see…"
The death of the only friend who believed in her and the young Yeonhee who was left alone.
"At that time, I adopted and raised young Yeonhee… When she was young, she was close to Yeonji, who was born without knowing
anything, but she found out that she wasn't my biological daughter when she was in middle school."
"Is that when your relationship became like it is now?"
"Hoo… Yes… She's still registered as my daughter, but Yeonhee herself was greatly shocked that she wasn't my biological daughter,
and she gradually distanced herself. Then she wanted to become a secretary like she is now…"
Yeonhee, who learned the shocking secret of her birth at a young age, distanced herself from her mother-in-law and Yeonji.
In the end, she chose to be in that position as a secretary rather than being with them as family.
"Haa… I would tell her to quit if she couldn't do her secretary work, but she's so good at her job that I can't tell her to quit…"
My mother-in-law wished she would just be a daughter like Yeonji,
but she respected Yeonhee's wishes and maintained their current relationship because Yeonhee didn't want that.
"And about a year ago, after Yeonji had a boyfriend… that is, after she started dating you, son-in-law, she became a little
displeased."
"Ugh… That's a little heartbreaking."
Honestly, it's true that my level is severely lower than Yeonji's to be dating or marrying her.
Yeonji is the daughter of the hidden owner of one of the world's top companies, and she is in a higher position than anyone else.
On the other hand, I am an orphan living in a studio apartment without a house or a car, so it can be said that I am living at the
bottom.
Since the two of us met and promised to marry, it's understandable that Yeonhee would be displeased that someone like her sister
is with a man she's never heard of.
"This has caused arguments between Yeonhee and me for a year, and we've grown a little more distant… It's really a concern."
"I… see."
I hadn't done anything wrong, but I felt a strange sense of guilt because I was the cause of a small rift in my mother-in-law's
family.
'I didn't do anything wrong, but… I did do something wrong…'
I hadn't done anything, but a family was torn apart.
I was a little embarrassed by the situation, which felt unfair and apologetic at the same time.
"So, if you approach Yeonhee even if she's cold to you… she'll understand someday… your good points."
"Yes… I'll try."
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