Trial Marriage Husband (Pangyo Couple version)

CHAPTER 14: Putting on a Good Show

"Jooeun, I am the president of CN Entertainment. The power of decision-making stands with me, not you!" Yonghwa was filled with anger as he looked at Jooeun. "Why must you take Yurou's deal?"

"You think I took the deal just because I wanted to? Stonehenge requested for the swap. I was just worried in the end, we would be left with nothing. So I tried to hold on to the contract for you. Originally, I didn't believe any of the rumors regarding you and Ms. Park, but the fact that you'd rather make a loss than have her lose her spokesperson deal, makes me wonder if the two of you."

"Of course not! What are you thinking?" Yonghwa immediately denied any relations. "I just felt that since we are about to get married, why can't you just stay at home and look after our family?"

"Then will you go explain to Mr. Eugene?" Jooeun loosened her grip on the phone. She had a look of disappointment. "Also, what do you mean by I TOOK the deal from Shinhye? Haven't I allowed her to take enough from me? For the sake of helping her, I've already offended everyone. Who would have thought, in the end, she wouldn't even acknowledge my kindness."

"Jooeun, at that time, you were the one that suddenly announced you were retreating from the limelight, hence your jobs were given to me. What do you mean by you allowed me?" Shinhye was not backing down as she started an argument with Jooeun. The thing she hated the most was people saying she cleaned up after Jooeun.

"Also, with your ability and popularity right now, if you were to say you allowed me to take anything from you, no one would believe it."

"Fine, if you are able to convince Mr. Eugene into changing his mind, then I step down. No comments."

Yonghwa was stuck in a difficult position between the two women. Most importantly, Jooeun was still angry, or else she wouldn't have disobeyed his orders – something she had never done before. Stonehenge had indeed requested for the spokesperson to be swapped to Jooeun, so in the end, Yonghwa stepped in and split the two apart.

"Stop arguing, since it was Stonehenge's request, then we will just go with what's been decided. The spokesperson will be swapped to Jooeun."

"President Jung!" Shinhye whined.

"It's decided. The two of you can leave first. Jooeun, ask Jang Minjung to come in." Yonghwa ordered coldly. It was obvious that although he had no choice but to swap to Jooeun, he hated the feeling of being stepped all over by her. Jooeun was clever and knew exactly what Yonghwa was thinking, but if he was expecting her to carefully consider his feelings, he was dreaming.

Shinhye followed closely behind Jooeun. She was boiling up inside and it was obvious from the expression on her face, she could barely control her anger. Luckily, even though Jooeun appeared to be making a comeback, in actual fact, she wasn't very popular. If she was to tear down this outdated model, it would be too easy. So she turned to her assistant and said, "In a moment, take a few photos of me working hard to recover and post them online. Let's create some commotion amongst my fans and get them to complain that Jooeun has stolen my deal. If I can't have it, I won't let her have it."

"Don't worry, I know what to do." her assistant nodded knowingly.

After returning to her room, Jooeun looked at Minjung and winked. "Unnie, don't be nervous."

"Nervous? Are you kidding me? Who do you think I am?" Minjung rolled her eyes. "It's not my first day on the job. If Jung Yonghwa wants to tear me down, it's not that easy. Let's wait and see."

As she spoke, Minjung walked out with a fierce expression. Previously, Jooeun had not pushed to advance, but now, the situation had changed. Minjung's no longer had to hold back.

Not long after, Minjung made her way into President's office and Yonghwa threw a contract in front of her without hesitation.

"Prepare to compensate us for breaching your contract and leave."

"Leave?" Minjung laughed. "President Han, you must have a bad memory. When I first signed my contract with CN, my salary and Jooeun's appearance fee was clearly stated. However, all these years, Jooeun's appearances had been overtaken by Park Shinhye and my salary was nowhere near what was promised. So who breached the contract first? Plus, the article I released was all for the sake of Jooeun. Which part of the contract did I breach?"

"You..." Yonghwa couldn't believe he was being told off by a manager. His pride was hurt.

"If you aren't afraid of making things worse, we can always take things to court, it doesn't matter to me. But how many people in the industry will lose trust in CN Entertainment?" Minjung asked in a provoking manner.

"What do you want then?"

"I want us to end on a good note. I will sign the papers and leave, whereas you will not continue asking for any compensation. From this moment on, we don't owe each other anything!"

Yonghwa glared at Minjung angrily. But because Shinhye was involved, he couldn't argue back. Earlier on, when Minjung and Jooeun had met, they had already predicted this would happen. So in the end, Yonghwa had no choice but to sign the papers.

"Leave, I don't want to see you again."

"Jung Yonghwa, let me give you a warning. There is no wall thick enough to block out everything. The way you have treated Jooeun, you will soon have to pay it back a thousand times." After speaking, Minjung left the office with the canceled contract in her hands. Yonghwa, who was left standing in the room thought about the words Minjung had said. In anger, he grabbed the table in front of him and flipped it.

Jooeun wasn't worried about Minjung at all. After all, it was so easy to find flaws in the contract. Most importantly, Yonghwa was strewn with guilt. After canceling the contract, Minjung didn't leave the building, instead, she stayed by Jooeun's side. When Yonghwa eventually left his room, they ran straight into each other.

"Why are you still here?"

Jooeun froze for a moment, before she replied. "I've just hired Minjung unnie!"

"Jooeun, your manager contract is managed by the company, how could you hire a new manager?" Jooeun was driving Yonghwa crazy.

"Oh, I didn't hire a manager. I hired her as my assistant. It's my right to hire my own assistant, isn't it?" Jooeun smiled calmly. "After all, Minjung unnie has taken care of me for so many years, I've gotten used to it."

"Jooeun, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep going against me?" Yonghwa pulled Jooeun to one side and asked her angrily.

"Because Minjung unnie is more thoughtful than you. Everything she does is for my sake. Just because I took on a deal, doesn't mean she would accuse me of stealing from others."

After hearing this, Yonghwa went silent, looking at Jooeun coldly.

"Jooeun, you've always been supportive of my career. Why are you like this?"

"I've said it before. The incident with the Stonehenge She show would be the last time I take on the blame for both of you." Jooeun remained calm, so calm that her eyes were emotionless.

"If you really want to be this childish, I think our wedding should be called off." Yonghwa used their wedding as a means to threaten Jooeun. After all, Jooeun had been the one that stuck by his side willing to do anything.

Quite some time passed, Jooeun remained silent like she was contemplating. Yonghwa assumed she had given up and was regretting going against him. But, who would have thought, this would be Jooeun's response.