Secret Love Affair 밀회 by Cha Haesol 차해솔
Secret Love Affair
“……I'm nothing to you, Vice President, am I?”
Chae Yi-seo whispered through her tears.
“……You said it yourself, didn't you?”
“……”
“That you're nothing to me.”
As he uttered those words, an inexplicable ache rose in his throat.
Had she really been hoping for something?
Even at a moment like this, had she still wanted to be someone special to this man?
“That's right. You're nothing at all.”
After a moment of silence, Jae-yeol let out a laugh that sounded like a sigh.
With his expression turned cold, he seized Yi-seo by her slender neck.
“Sometimes, that's why……”
Was it just her imagination?
For a brief moment, she thought she sensed a faint trace of anger in him.
Before she could even confirm it, he roughly stole her breath away. Pressing down forcefully on both her arms, he spoke in a low voice, mercilessly trampling on her feelings.
“Even so, you have to fulfill your role.”
“……”
“You mustn't forget your place.”
An emotional dumping ground.
Or a being worth even less than a plaything.
If she was guilty of anything, there was only one sin:
Daring to harbor a love that could never be fulfilled.
But now, she had to give up.
This love that had begun in secret, this clandestine affair—
It was time for her to bring it to an end with her own hands.
Only after the woman had left did Jae-yeol finally realize.
Chae Yi-seo wasn't a woman who meant nothing to him.
She was a woman who had to mean nothing to him.