Chapter 252 – Part 3. Harem (Rachel Chang)

Now that Rachel has just moved to Korea, her recent schedule is very busy.
Because she moved the Asian branch to Korea, she had to meet so many people in the related industries as well as politics, business, and distribution.

In addition, the fashion show held at the end of the year was so huge that it would not be an exaggeration to say that almost all world-class models participated.
Of course, there were many things to take care of, and I was busy preparing for the party that followed.
Rachel, the branch manager, was directly involved in everything, checking and adjusting even the details.
In a way, she can be said to be buying a job, but this is what made Rachel successful as a world-class model and designer and made her company one of the top five luxury companies in the world.

The day after she met White Pink and met Seong-min by chance, Rachel met with the president and vice-president of Korea’s largest department store distribution chain to discuss supplying products to luxury goods stores. There was.

“It is such an honor to be able to meet the famous Rachel Chang in person. You know what? When I was younger, I was a fan of Rachel. I saw a lot of pictures and videos of her and Rachel on the Internet… Haha…”

The chairman was a woman, the mother of the vice chairman, and the vice chairman was her son, and he was a little over his mid-thirties now, who had recently become vice president.
With a gap of about ten years from Rachel, the vice president was a junior high school student when Rachel began to blow her world fame as a model in her prime.
Of course, she was now married and had a child, but even though she was in her mid-40s, she still couldn’t help but see the beautiful Rachel and her heart pounding at the memories of her then.

“Ah! Did you? I am ashamed.”

The atmosphere of the officials was good as we moved to the high-end restaurant on the top floor of the department store.
Having been a fan of her own, she never felt bad for Rachel.

Her vice-president couldn’t do anything about her Rachel, but at that time she was subtly revealing her pleasant selfishness.
Rachel, who was walking while laughing and talking with the vice president, suddenly saw a man walking with a woman in front of her.

“Uh?”

Suddenly, Rachel walks away at a brisk pace and doesn’t she tap the man on the shoulder?

“Sungmin?”

“Yes?”

“Ah! Sorry. You got the wrong person.”

When the man turns her head and sees her Rachel, he is startled by Rachel’s incredible beauty and gives her an answer, but it’s not Sungmin.
Rachel was quick to apologize, but she was strangely deeply disappointed.
When she tapped the man’s shoulder and called Seong-min, she felt welcome without knowing it, and her voice seemed to lift slightly, but the man was a completely different person, and that feeling subsided in an instant.

“Who? Do you know someone?”

The vice-president, who had approached me before I knew it, asked with a curious face.

“Yes? Oh… No. I think I mistook you for someone else. Sorry.”

Come to think of it, I was with an important customer, but it was quite rude to move at my own pace without asking for their understanding.

But the important thing is, why is Rachel suddenly doing this?
Rachel didn’t say it honestly either, but she was dumbfounded by her own uncharacteristic behavior that happened in an instant.

Looking at it now, the man from before didn’t resemble Sungmin at all, he was only slightly taller and had a completely different body shape.
But why did he suddenly think of Seong-min there?
And when he thought he was Seongmin, why was he so happy?

I admit that I like Seong-min, and I am impressed enough to want to model for him.
When I had a conversation yesterday, it is true that the conversation goes well, it is fun, and I like it.
However, how big is the age difference between the two, such a reaction and pounding heart, this was something Rachel couldn’t understand.
Especially for her, especially for Rachel, who has kept away from men.

“Do you want to go to dinner soon?”

Rachel rushed over the awkward atmosphere.

Fortunately, she exchanged phone numbers with Seong-min, and she promised to have dinner with her, so I guess we should get in touch sooner or later.
She needed to check why she was doing this all of a sudden, why she was feeling this way.

Next day.
The point at which information about Rachel has not yet come from President Kim.
Kim Hee-kyung came to the company in connection with an advertising contract after a long time.

She could have met with the person in charge to discuss the matter, but Kim Hee-kyung went straight to the president’s office to find out what happened to the information she had asked President Kim about about Rachel.
It was clear that she would not have any information as it had only been two days since she asked for it, but for some reason, because of this uneasiness, she felt that she would feel a little relieved if she went and saw Jung Ah-yoon’s face.

“Do you have a boss?”

“Oh! Hello Kim Hee-kyung.”

When Kim Hee-kyung appears, her secretary jumps up from her seat and greets her with ninety degrees.
Others may not know that Kim Hee-kyung is an affiliated model signed with a company, but the secretary knows that Kim Hee-kyung is a special person who can exert tremendous influence over her boss, just like her directors Jin Young-hee, Kim Ji-young, and Choi Ji-yeon.

“Boss, you are meeting with Rachel Chang right now. How can she contact me inside?”

Originally, if she was a secretary, she shouldn’t tell who the boss was meeting with, and she didn’t have to, but she was confiding in Kim Hee-kyung.
And it didn’t even make sense for her to contact her during the meeting.

Kim Hee-kyung’s eyes twitched at the mention of Rachel Jang.
She wasn’t, but she was someone she had to meet once, but she was hesitant because she didn’t know the exact information yet. There was

“Is it so. Tell the boss that I’m here.”

Kim Hee-kyung, who has made up her mind, nods her head.

“Yes. All right. Please wait for a moment.”

The secretary, still standing up straight, pressed her intercom.
An answer comes from inside with a beep.

“Yes?”

“President. Kim Hee-kyung is here right now.”

“Yes? Ah! Wait.”

Jung Ah-yoon was startled, and then she heard someone talking to someone inside.
It beeps again…

“Please tell me to come inside.”

Hearing her voice on the intercom, Kim Hee-gyeong bowed slightly to her secretary and went to her boss’s office.
Kim Hee-kyung knocked and opened the door.
She saw a woman sitting directly opposite the door, emitting a tremendous force that no one could see, saying that I was Rachel.

Annoyingly… It was really pretty.
How could that be the face of a 45-year-old woman?
Rachel stood up from her seat while watching Kim Hee-kyung enter her beauty while she was so beautiful.
It was his taste that Sungmin couldn’t help but fall for.

“Wow~ Wonderful!! Beautiful!!!”

However, unlike Kim Hee-kyung, who frowned at her, Rachel smiled brightly and admired Kim Hee-kyung’s beauty and her perfect body as she opened the door and proudly entered.

“Hello. I am Rachel Chang, the head of 00 Brand Asia.”

Rachel reaches out to Kim Hee-kyung and greets her in broken Korean.
Rachel’s smile to Kim Hee-kyung was pure joy, admiration, and emotion, just like when she first discovered her Sung-min.
When she first saw her Kim Hee-kyung’s picture, she felt something special about her and chose her herself, but because she was better than she looked in her picture.

“Yes. Hello. This is Kim Hee-kyung.”

Kim Hee-kyung sighs a little and holds her hand and greets her.

“Hee-kyung sister. Sit over here. What would you like some tea for?”

The secretary was already waiting at the door, and Kim Hee-kyung ordered her coffee.

Finally, Kim Hee-kyung and Rachel sat face to face.
Looking at Kim Hee-kyung, who appeared to be a little nervous, Jung A-yoon laughed thinking that this was also fun in its own way.

“Seeing the real thing like this is really beautiful. I think inviting Kim Hee-kyung to this fashion show was a really good thing.”

Rachel spoke her words with a smile of her delight, and Jung Ah-yoon translated them.

However, Kim Hee-kyung couldn’t help but laugh at Rachel.
Even just looking at Rachel, her sense of crisis was seriously sounding a warning light.
Moreover, it could be a ridiculous situation where Rachel could be Seong-min’s mother, and it sends chills down her spine just thinking about what flat winds are about to blow.

“By the way, Ah Yuna, what did this person come for?”

Hee-kyung Kim asked Jung Ah-yoon after giving her a smile and nodding awkwardly at Rachel’s compliment.

“Rachel, she just arrived, and she hasn’t heard of her yet. But after she finished, her older sister also came, so she said she would like to listen together, and she asked me to come in.”

The secretary comes in, puts down a coffee cup in front of Kim Hee-kyung, and leaves.
The atmosphere became quiet for a moment, and Jung Ah-yoon finally asked Rachel about her business.

“I came here personally because I wanted to have Seongmin in our fashion show. No matter how much I think about it, there is no one more suitable for her than Sungmin. Furthermore, I can really make Sungmin a world-class model, no, if he wants, I can make him the best actor in Hollywood. So boss, please think about it more seriously. Isn’t it good for the boss to have an actor become a big star? No matter how much Seongmin talked about it, she just kept refusing, saying she didn’t want to become famous yet.”

Jung Ah-yoon translates Rachel’s words to Kim Hee-kyung.
Rachel looks at Kim Hee-kyung with a puzzled face as to why she is telling Kim Hee-kyung about it.
And finally Kim Hee-kyung’s mouth opened.

“Rachel Chang, if she says she doesn’t like Seong-min, she doesn’t. I don’t want to talk about it any more. And if possible, I would like to refrain from contacting Sungmin. Ah Yuna. Translate.”

Jung Ah-yoon interprets Kim Hee-gyeong’s words.
Jung Ah-yoon’s expression is that she is forcing herself to laugh, but she is dying because she is enjoying this situation.

“Yes? What do you mean? And what are you saying to refrain from contacting Seongmin?”

“Joy!”

Hee-Kyung Kim leans back on her sofa, crosses her arms, and raises the corner of her mouth as she listens to Jeong Ah-yoon’s translation.

“You didn’t know yet? I am Seongmin’s mother.”

“Yes, yes?”

Rachel is shocked to hear that she is Kim Hee-kyung’s mother.
It was really unexpected.
Who would think of Kim Hee-kyung as a 20-something and having such an older son?

But soon Rachel’s face became a little strange.
As far as she knows, Seong-min is 23 years old.
And Kim Hee-kyung is 39 years old.
Even if something was strange, it was strange for a long time.

“Are you really Seongmin’s mother? I can’t believe Hee-kyung’s looks and age.”

For some reason, Rachel’s tone and impression were quite challenging.

“Ah! It’s true. I can guarantee that.”

Jung Ah-yoon answered Rachel’s question.
And she briefly recounted the conversation she had just had to Kim Hee-gyeong.

Kim Hee-kyung’s forehead twisted again.
It was as if she was saying that she was not Seong-min’s biological mother.
She said how much she loved Seong-min and how much she had raised her with all her heart, but she felt moved to tears for no reason.
Since she probably already assumes Rachel as a rival or rival, it must be an unconscious change of feelings as a woman of Kim Hee-kyung.

“Is it so. I’m Sungmin’s stepmother. She said that when Seong-min was three years old, her mother died. But I raised Sungmin like my real son. He loves him more than anyone and worries about him more than anyone.”

“Uh… Sister. Calm down. Why are your emotions suddenly running high?”

Jung A-yoon, who was worse off, stopped Kim Hee-kyung, noticing Rachel.
Rachel looked at Kim Hee-kyung and Jung Ah-yoon alternately with her eyes wide open, sending her eyes asking her to tell her what she was talking about.
Jung Ah-yoon sighed and told Rachel her story.

“Ah!! Sorry. I didn’t even know that…”

Even Kim Hee-kyung could understand this even without an interpreter.

“So please don’t do anything that Seongmin doesn’t want to do. And if possible, Rachel, I hope you don’t get along with Sungmin too. Don’t even contact me.”

“Yes? What do you mean?”

I could fully understand Seongmin’s advice not to do something he didn’t want to do.
And even if it was a stepmom, it was possible enough because she was a legal mother.
But even though she was a mother, it was strange for her to meddle in her son’s private life, now an adult.
Moreover, she even made remarks that went beyond the rounds, such as not being close to her and not contacting her as if she were her son’s wrong girlfriend… Of course, Rachel had no choice but to ask back.

Kim Hee-kyung also wanted to regret that.
Rachel is honestly so charming, and Seong-min seems to like her just right, so I was very emotional when I met her for the first time.
It would be too late to check information, catch weaknesses, and talk about them later.

“Rachel, when it comes to our company’s celebrities, I don’t speak out loud unless I specifically want to. Moreover, this person is Sungmin’s mother. Please understand that I am worried.”

Jung A-yoon quickly set out to rectify the situation.

“No matter how much you are a mother, isn’t Seong-min an adult now? It’s not nice to see a mother talking too much about her grown-up son’s life. There’s nothing wrong with me personally contacting and getting along with her Sungmin… I don’t want to be interfered with by her mother. She is frankly very unpleasant.”

Really, Rachel has a temper too.
It’s something she could just nod her head and move on, but it’s amazing how she responds with a straight face.

But Rachel had no choice but to do so.
Strangely, thinking that she couldn’t contact or meet Seong-min, her heart felt stuffy.
She knew that this certainly wasn’t the case, but she felt very bad.

And she couldn’t understand why she felt such a strange change of emotion every time she thought of Sungmin since yesterday.
When she asked if she liked Sungmin, it was absolutely not.
No, she was strangely interested, and I had the sudden thought of wanting to see her, but this was a little different from the feeling that she likes women as men or that she misses her.
To be honest, he was right that he didn’t even know his own heart.

“As a mother, I’m saying this because I’m worried.”

“Are you worried? What are you worried about? What am I doing to lead Seongmin down a bad path? I feel really bad when I hear it. Look at this Hee-Kyung Kim He is the one who made the 00 brand a world-class luxury product. I don’t know how popular you are, but I was already a world-class model in my 20s, and I’m still a famous designer. Why would I want to hang myself on Seongmin because I feel sorry for him? You’re doing this because you can see the sprouts that will grow big, right? Rather, don’t you think that the way you are now is blocking your son’s path to success as a mother?”

“I beg your pardon? Am I blocking Seongmin’s path?”

Rachel hacked through Kim Hee-kyung’s thorn-like thoughts.
As Kim Hee-kyung fell in love with Seong-min, she wondered how much she was afraid that she might be blocking his path.
That may be why she clung even harder to her modeling job in order to succeed.

“Great… That was a mistake. Sorry.”

She quickly apologizes, as Rachel thinks she’s gone too far.
Kim Hee-kyung glared at Rachel ferociously at her without apology.
After apologizing to her, Rachel turned her head away and ignored Kim Hee-kyung, as if she was in a bad mood.
Eventually, the inside of her office became silent, and only an awkward atmosphere began to overflow.

“Where has Sungmin gone?”

Kim Hee-kyung is looking for Seong-min.
When her surname’s name comes up, Rachel turns her head with a swish of hers.

Jung Ah-yoon sighed at the sight.
Looking at Rachel’s figure, she didn’t seem to know herself yet, but it seemed that she had already fallen for Sungmin halfway through.
Otherwise, what would be the point of fighting with Kim Hee-gyeong, whom I saw for the first time today?

Jung Ah-yoon was worried.
If Rachel came out that way anyway, it was only a matter of time before she became Sungmin’s woman.
So, I couldn’t decide if I should reconcile the two or if I should push Rachel away altogether.

If she pushed Rachel away, she had to thoroughly block Rachel from approaching Seongmin.
It wasn’t like that, but if Rachel did at least become Seongmin’s woman, unless she was one of the 8 fairies, because of the resentment she had for rejecting herself, it was obvious that the hell of women’s jealousy and battles of emotions would unfold. .
Maybe because of Sungmin, it doesn’t show.
However, as the emotional trough deepened, it was obvious that the strife and politics that would take place under the water without Seongmin’s knowledge would become more intense.

That said, she couldn’t even accept a woman who hadn’t yet become Seong-min’s woman.
Rather, it would make Rachel even more absurd.
Moreover, he hated Kim Hee-gyeong with such a straight face, but she ignored Kim Hee-gyeong and she couldn’t even take care of her work on her own.
No matter what, Seong-min’s official recognition, her first wife, and her most beloved woman was Kim Hee-kyung, so it was never out of her eyes.
Seong-min wouldn’t abandon her just because she was out of touch with Kim Hee-kyung, but if Seong-min got even the slightest bit angry at Kim Hee-kyung’s words, she could reduce her hugs ten times a week to five.

This is worse than dying for real, and the world is about to collapse.
How can you reduce the love of your beloved master?
It was something that would never happen.

“Seong-min came along as a daily manager saying he helps Seul-gi today.”

As the two of them had a conversation, Rachel gritted her teeth, saying that she should either learn Korean quickly or not.
Then, she asked Jung Ah-yoon what the conversation was about, and Jung Ah-yoon explained that Seong-min went to the broadcasting station today to work as a manager.

Hearing that, Rachel couldn’t understand why an actor would follow her agency’s new singer all the time, but suddenly she had a dark but funny idea.
She then looked at Kim Hee-kyung and smiled, raising the corner of her mouth, and quickly changed her expression to a nonchalant one.

“I’ll just go and see. Even if the fashion show doesn’t work, I’ve already gotten permission from Sungmin to come to our year-end party. Know that.”

Rachel spoke hastily and rose from her seat.
Jung Ah-yoon and Kim Hee-kyung suddenly looked at each other with puzzled faces, and Rachel greeted Jung Ah-yoon, smiled at Kim Hee-gyeong, bowed her head slightly, and hurriedly left her office.

Kim Hee-kyung was annoyed by Rachel’s last smile and felt uneasy, but since she had roughly said everything and the rest since information arrived from President Kim, he decided to go back and didn’t let her go.