WRL 24

Synopsis Wife, I Resign.Choi Hyunseo—a man as lofty as the sky and the heir to the Miwoo Group—summoned Taeyeon, a junior assistant manager in the PR team.“What do you think about leaving Miwoo F&C and transferring somewhere else?” “Am I… being asked to resign?”A recommendation to resign was something even a team leader could handle. She couldn’t understand why someone of his stature had personally called in a mere assistant manager to suggest her departure. Yet in that split second, she could already picture herself applying for unemployment benefits.Seeing Taeyeon bite her lower lip in confusion, Hyunseo tilted his head slightly.“Well, I suppose you could take it that way. But that’s not it. It would be more accurate to think of it as a scouting offer.” “A scouting offer?”Her mother’s hospital bills forced her to take on part-time work after hours just to make ends meet. The weight of life was heavy, and if changing jobs meant she could cover those medical expenses—if the conditions were right—she had no choice but to consider it.Fixing her gaze on Director Choi Hyunseo, she asked carefully,“What are the terms of this transfer?” “Good question. That’s how negotiations should be done. You need to know what cards the other side is holding. Living expenses will be covered separately, and your salary will be tripled. As for any additional requests—you may name your price.”It was an unbelievably generous offer. But what did he mean by living expenses being separate?“Would I have to live on-site?” “That’s correct.” “And what exactly would I be doing…?”He looked straight into her eyes and replied calmly,“You would take on the role of my wife—the mother of my soon-to-be-born child.”It was a position that came with all the privileges of becoming part of the Miwoo Group—and Choi Hyunseo’s wife. While raising another woman’s child.Taeyeon was rendered speechless by the astonishing proposal. Anyone would have been.Perhaps she wouldn’t have been so shocked—If he hadn’t been the man she had secretly loved for years.[This work has been re-edited to be suitable for readers aged 15 and up.]