Prey (Lee Seohan) - Chapter 118
Baek So-rim asked, and Seol Hana cut her off.
“It’s a rumor, I’m telling you.”
It had to be a false rumor.
When Seol Hana first heard that Do Jeonghan was marrying Seol Suhyeon, she had thrown a fit at home.
“Mom, are you crazy?! Do Jeonghan from Cheonkyung should have been set up with me, not her!”
“Calm down, sweetie. That’s not what’s happening.”
‘Do I really look calm right now? What kind of man is Do Jeonghan! Doesn’t
Mom know about Cheonkyung?!’
‘I know. But that’s not what’s happening.’
‘What do you mean by that?’
‘Do Jeonghan is apparently looking for a woman from a lower status on purpose, someone with a background that’s not good enough.’
‘A woman from a lower status?’
‘If not, why would Cheonkyung be contacting us? They must know about our situation.’
Now that she thought about it, it seemed strange. Back then, her father’s company, HN, was on the brink of bankruptcy, and with financial difficulties, all their loans were blocked, just like now.
After thinking for a moment, Seol Hana calmed her growing anger and asked her mom again.
‘So, are you saying he’s looking for a woman to trap and control?’
‘Wouldn’t that be the case? Otherwise, there’s no way he’d offer to save our company under these circumstances.’
‘Is it true? He’s really going to save our company?’
‘That’s why I didn’t send you, you idiot. No matter how good-looking Do Jeonghan is or how good his media reputation is, you know how this industry works, right? Those articles are all paid for. How do we know what he’s been doing in the U.S. all these years?’
‘You’re right… Wow, that’s crazy. Poor Seol Suhyeon, what’s going to happen to her? She’s basically being sold off! Hahaha! Mom, that’s so funny, ahahaha!’
She had laughed so hard back then. She had laughed happily when she heard Seol Suhyeon was being ignored at social gatherings.
Seol Suhyeon lived like that, but in exchange, HN received investments flooding in from all directions. Back then, money was spent like water.
The house became as vast as a palace, and even the walk-in closet couldn’t hold all the luxury goods, so they were stacked up in the basement storage.
But before long, HN fell back into financial trouble. The endless support from Cheonkyung, which they had expected to continue, suddenly stopped one day.
‘No way. So, I’m going to live like this, and Seol Suhyeon gets to live as a chaebol wife?’
Every time they moved, the size of the house was halved. Each time, she resented and cursed Seol Suhyeon.
If she had done well, the family wouldn’t have cut off the support. Grinding her teeth in hatred, suddenly, good news arrived. Seol Suhyeon was getting a divorce.
‘Just as I thought! You’re being thrown out too!’
If she couldn’t get support from Cheonkyung, Seol Suhyeon deserved to be more miserable than herself. After all, Seol Suhyeon couldn’t be like Seol Hana.
‘The only person Dad and Mom ever loved is you. That’s why they named you Hana.’
Since hearing those words, even when she was called a second child, she found it amusing.
The names alone made it clear that Seol Hana and Seol Suhyeon were of different levels. Therefore, the love should rightfully be hers alone.
Seol Suhyeon, with her white and pretty face, should have been pitifully abandoned by Do Jeonghan, especially since she was trying to be loved as if she knew nothing.
‘But now they’re getting back together? And Do Jeonghan is the one chasing after her? Hah, that’s complete nonsense.’
Seol Hana let out a hollow laugh as she held her cocktail glass, and her phone rang.
Looking at the screen, it was her boyfriend, Jeong Se-chang. Seol Hana set the cocktail glass down.
“I’ll take this call for a second.”
“Okay.”
Standing up with her phone, she stepped out. As she exited the maze, Seol Hana answered the call coquettishly.
“Baby? Yeah. I told you I had a meeting today, right? With Choi Se-jin. Yeah, that’s right. That one.”
Jeong Se-chang wasn’t tall or good-looking, but he was the third grandson of Se-young Motors. He was the highest-ranking man among those she’d met at social gatherings so far.
Even though he was far behind in the heir ranking, she wasn’t too concerned about that—after all, the future was unpredictable.
Her eyes gleamed as Seol Hana suddenly stopped in her tracks.
“Ah, baby, I’ll call you back in a second. Yeah.”
Deciding she would stop by the restroom to freshen up while she was out, Seol Hana headed back to the entrance to grab her handbag.
“Seol Hana is really shameless, isn’t she?”
She froze.
The voice coming from inside the maze made Seol Hana stop dead in her tracks at the entrance.
“Just leave her. She’s probably struggling to hide the fact that she’s falling apart.”
