The bar on the first floor was already bubbling with people's voices by now.
Gong ki was quite well-known in Seoul.
Under the power of his summons, his friends brought more friends along and filled up the place.
The lights in the entire bar were blurry, and men and women were twisting their bodies fervently on the dance floor.
Irene, who wore a long red gown, was sitting in the corner with a drink in her hand and her cheeks rosy.
Next to her, her group of fair-weather friends was complimenting her.
"Hotel Finest's not cheap, Irene.
Gong ki must have big plans in mind, right? Is he... going to propose?"
"He must be proposing! I'm sure of it! Isn't your brother back?
I heard that even the marriage certificate has been torn into pieces.
With that, their engagement can officially be considered annulled!"
"It's all that damned fatt... damned man's fault! If it hadn't been for him hiding abroad for so many years and refusing to come back and annul the engagement,
Irene and Gong ki would have been married long ago!"
"Hey, why is that man here?!"
With these words, Irene also looked at the entrance.
Taehyung was still dressed just as casually today. Jeans and a black T-shirt set off the skin around his neck, making it look so fair that it was glowing white.
He was expressionless, his eyes were slightly lidded, and he gave off a world-weary feeling, yet his looks were eye-catching and beautiful.
As soon as he entered, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone around him.
The moment he walked in, a waiter rushed to the back.
"Mr. Park, he's here!"
Gong ki stood up immediately and walked forward. "Get ready!"
The loud music in the bar gave Taehyung a headache, and overwhelming irritation filled him.
He looked up. When his indifferent gaze located Irene, he walked over to her.
Before he had even gotten near, he heard a pretentious Irene say,
"Why are you here, Taehyung?
Gong ki will never agree to meet you."
As soon as she said that, her unsavory friends also spoke.
"Taehyung, are you here to make a scene because you caught wind that Gong ki 's going to propose?"
"You were the one with immoral conduct, sleeping with some guy and getting yourself pregnant before marriage.
That's why Mr. Park dumped you.
Yet you're here to harass him now?
Where's your sense of shame?!"
"Even if you've become pretty, it won't change the fact that you're saddled with extra baggage!
Why would Mr. Park ever pay any attention to you? Is there any point in pestering him so persistently?"
"..."
Due to the deafening music, the commotion here didn't reach far.
Taehyung didn't care what others said about him. he looked at Irene.
"Tell me, where is that child?"
Irene approached him with a sardonic smile. She pointed to the sofa next to her and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Taehyung, sit down obediently, watch tonight's exciting show in its entirely, and give Gong ki and I your blessings after that. If you do that, I'll tell you."
Taehyung understood now.
She wanted to use the marriage proposal scene to humiliate him.
However, the private investigators didn't have any leads at all. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he was unwilling to give it up.
Taehyung sat on the sofa and leaned back.
he closed his eyes, his long eyelashes casting shadows on his cheeks as he uttered,
"You sure have nothing better to do."
Irene stared at him fiercely.
Things had already reached this stage, yet he was still so calm. It made her look like some kind of clown.
She clenched her fists. Suddenly, she started to mock Taehyung.
"Say, Taehyung if you hadn't been fat and had always been this pretty, would Gong ki have broken off the engagement?"
Taehyung 's eyes suddenly flew open, and a sharp glint appeared in his tiger -like eyes.
"What do you mean by that?"
His obesity had been due to the mistaken use of hormonal injections.
Even though he had worked so hard to lose weight and suffered so much, it was useless.
His body needed to slowly repair its bodily functions.
Judging from what Irene said, could it be that...
Seeing that his expression had finally changed, Irene laughed arrogantly.
With a venomous look in his eyes,
she said maliciously, "We're both Kims, so why should you be the one to marry into the Parks?
But what if you were a fatty? Take a look at what's happening now-sure enough, Gong ki has fallen in love with me!"
"So what even if you've slimmed down? It's too late! What a waste of that face of yours.
If you weren't saddled with extra baggage, you might have been able to find another man... But now?
Tsk, tsk."
Anger roiled in Taehyung 's eyes.
To think his stepmother had been so vicious just for the sake of an engagement!
He was only five when he was injected with hormones!
He was just about to lose his temper when... ... All the lights in the bar suddenly went out, and the music came to an abrupt stop!
Two seconds later, a white spotlight shone at the center of the dance floor!
Gong ki was wearing a white suit and he looked handsome and elegant.
He held a guitar in his hands. The moment he appeared, the audience screamed.
"Gong ki ! Gong ki !"
Regardless of whether they were male or female, everyone cooperated and shouted his name.
Gong ki smiled. He stretched out a finger and gestured for the audience to keep quiet.
The place instantly became completely quiet.
He strummed the guitar a few times and a melody formed smoothly.
Meanwhile, he also hummed the most popular love songs. Although it wasn't a celebrity-class performance, it was bearable.
Irene stood up excitedly, her tears flowing with emotion.
Gong ki was so handsome!
After finishing a song, Gong ki put down the guitar.
Then, he held the microphone and said,
"I booked this whole place and got so many friends over today because I would like to tell a certain one something.
From the very first moment I laid eyes on you, I've thought that you are a very extraordinary."
"Wow! Gong ki ! Gong ki !"
Everyone cheered again, livening up the atmosphere to a climax.
Gong ki gave a wave.
Immediately, a few "pops" sounded, and the balloons on the ceiling burst, scattering a shower of roses from above!
This is so romantic!
Irene covered her mouth. Her eyes were filled with surprise.
She turned to the side excitedly and said sarcastically to Taehyung,
"Did you see that? Gong ki was so dismissive toward you back then, but he's putting in so much effort for me today!
"Even ten of you can't compare to a single toe of mine!"
Irene felt invigorated.
Especially when she saw the envy in the eyes of the girls around her. Her heart felt like it was going to burst from happiness!
Then, she saw Gong ki slowly walking step by step toward her with a bouquet of roses in his hands...
The surrounding crowd voluntarily stepped aside, as if building a bridge between them.
Irene straightened her back. She couldn't help but take a few steps toward him.
She felt like this day was the highlight of her life!
She didn't notice that there was only one person in Gong ki 's eyes at the moment.
Even in this dimly lit bar, the man sitting on the sofa was dazzling and eye-catching.
There was no one else-including Irene-in his eyes at all.
The only thought on his mind was that this was dramatic enough even for a proposal, so the beauty would probably give him a chance again, right?
Irene stopped after taking a few steps forward.
Seeing Gong ki coming nearer and nearer, her smile blossomed uncontrollably.
Gong ki would probably get down on one knee in front of her next, right?
But unexpectedly...
Too be continued .....