Absolute Threshold — Chapter 54. Suspicious

Translator: Atlas

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There was no way he didn’t know that she liked Jung Yoongyo.

—Ah! Please be kind.

—I elevated your position, you should be aware.

Song Hayoung was not the only one who went crazy with love. President Kwon, who was blind with love, permitted her to occupy the highest position. She had used his heart.

—I am grateful.

—I hope those words are sincere. You can still ascend, but you must satisfy me more.

It was a warning for her to stop. Next time he would act.

Although he was in love, he was a vicious man. In his world trust was important, so betrayal was considered an absolute evil.

But she couldn’t help it. Choi Jumi was endowed with the love from the man she loved.

She was so jealous she wanted to cry.

Her life so far was nothing but an empty shell.

The insinuations that she had wed for wealth initially didn’t bother her, yet the encounter with Jung Yoongyo made the gossip unsettling. But she felt devastated because Yoongyo didn’t care about them, he seemed to have no interest in her.

In her mind, she had committed an aff#ir with him a hundred times, but in reality she had done nothing. It would be more appropriate to say that she couldn’t do it.

They almost never saw each other in private, except in public spaces. When she implicitly refused to h#ve s#x with President Kwon repeatedly, he became suspicious. Particularly since she was unable to divert her gaze from Yoongyo.

As President Kwon’s fixation on her intensified, so did his desire to bear a child.

She wished the m#nh#od that ent#red her v#g#na was Yoongyo’s. She felt happy when she imagined that in her womb was Yoongyo’s child. It was a different emotion that she had never felt before.

But that man was President Kwon’s son.

The more she looked at them, the more unhappy she felt. Even if she risked her current position, she wanted to have that love that did not suit her. She clung to the man she couldn’t have. But she didn’t want to see him with another woman. In the same way that President Kwon was unable to release her from his affections, she too found herself unable to relinquish her hold on Jung Yoongyo.

She could not stop. She had to try until the end.

Only Jung Yoongyo could capture their hearts at the same time.

Hayoung, who watched as they left, repeated in her mind.

If he is not mine, then he shall belong to no one.

Jumi hesitated when Yoongyo opened the vehicle door for her.

“Go home. Gwangmyeong, take her.”

“Yoongyo…”

There were things she wanted to ask, but he seemed too busy to do so. The serenity she experienced might suggest that a tempest was on the horizon. But she couldn’t ask.

“Don’t follow Song Hayoung, no matter what the circumstances.”

“I haven’t done anything wrong. I didn’t pursue her.”

“It’s not that simple. Gwangmyeong.”

“Yes. Let’s go.”

Gwangmyeong carried out his orders.

***

Hayoung, who exited the vehicle with her tired body, climbed the stairs to the garden. Her subordinate, who noticed her condition, quickly grabbed her purse.

President Kwon was smoking a cigarette while looking at a tree. There were many trees in the garden. President Kwon loved trees that grew sturdy.

“It will soon be your birthday, so I bought you a tie as a present…honey.”

The man on the ground near President Kwon had his face covered with blood. He was among the individuals assisting Hayoung.