Empress Ki Heirs: Episode 14

Joo Won tells his mother about his plan to take over Yuan Group with the help of his sister, Bel Ami. But it seems like their mother is uncomfortable when Bel Ami is around so she decides to leave the siblings. Bel Ami is saddened by her mother’s usual ill-treatment towards her. She knows that their mother favors Joo Won more than her but she can’t understand why she dislikes her. Joo Won notices her sad reaction and consoles her. She just smiles at her brother and assures him she will not disappoint him.

 

Next day at Yuan Group, Ta Hwan and Joong Won is successful to close a big deal between the Geumdan Constructions, Inc. as one of their newest and biggest investors. Joong Won glances at his younger brother and gives him a thumbs up sign which makes Ta Hwan feel glad and confident. 

After the contract signing event, everyone goes back to work. Seung Nyang surprises Ta Hwan with a packed lunch she personally prepared. Then, he kisses her cheeks and holds her hands tenderly.

“I’m so grateful that you came to my life.”

She broadly smiles at him. He wants to kiss her again so he slowly leans closer and closer only inches apart when Oh Soo suddenly barges into his office bragging his book. Seung Nyang immediately slaps Ta Hwan.

“Ouch!” He exclaims in pain.

“There’s a mosquito.” She innocently says.

“Wha...What are you two doing? Are you...” Oh Soo asks teasingly.

But before he finishes his sentence, Seung Nyang, who looks embarrassed, excuses herself. Oh Soo stares at her mischievously as she leaves while Ta Hwan caresses his cheeks and seems to be still hurting from Seung Nyang’s slap. Oh Soo sits beside him and sees the lunch boxes.

“Wow! This looks delicious.” He excitedly exclaims as he eats a mouthful of gimbap or Korean style sushi roll.  

Ta Hwan knows Oh Soo’s big appetite so he immediately takes away the other lunch box from him and eats it right away. Then, Oh Soo tells him about his book and persuades his bestfriend to also buy his book. 

He jokingly tells him, “Aigoo, why do I need to buy your book if you can give it to me for free.” But he eventually buys the book due to Oh Soo’s consistent persuasion. 

Then, Bel Ami enters the office carrying a cup of coffee and offers it to Oh Soo. Ta Hwan introduces them to each other then she leaves them. 

Oh Soo looks at her suspiciously and whispers to Ta Hwan, “Is she really a girl? Because she looks like a man to me and her name even means pretty man.”

“Of course she is a girl. Actually she looks like a man sometimes but whenever I stare at her for a long time, I realized that she’s too beautiful to be a man.” 

But Oh Soo is not satisfied on what he heard and even feels uncomfortable towards Bel Ami. Joong Won goes to Gong Shil’s office to ask her for a date but she’s not there. As he is waiting for her patiently, he sees Oh Soo’s best-selling book on Gong Shil’s table. Then, he imagines Gong Shil and Oh Soo looking happy together and smiling at him from afar. He gets irritated, slams the book on the table and leaves. 

On his way to his office, a cheerful Gong Shil greets him but only gets ignored by him. She is confused again by his sudden change of behavior and even mumbles to herself that he has a serious bipolar case.

On weekends, Seung Nyang visits Tal Tal in his family’s dance studio. Tal Tal is busy practicing the belly dance with his sisters and brother when Seung Nyang arrives. Then, he teaches her how to belly dance. She jokingly asks him if he is interested to date someone because she’ll refer him to her new found friend but he just responds that he is not interested.

After the belly dance class, they go to a nearby cafe to chat for awhile. Inside the cafe, Nam Hoon and Young Do are also there fooling around at each other. Seung Nyang whispers to her brother if he and Young Do have a romantic relationship which makes Nam Hoon chokes and laughs at her sister. Then, he tells her seriously that he has a crazy sister and clarifies that they are just bestfriends. She believes him but is still bothered on how Young Do looks at her brother.

Ta Hwan visits Oh Young. This time everything goes well between them still staying as close friends. Then, he remembers his dream on the other day so he nervously asks about her and Oh Soo. She frankly answers him that she already knows about his brother’s true feelings towards her long time ago but she just ignores it because it’s not right. He agrees with her however, he is even more surprised to hear about her and Joo Won dating. 

“Are you jealous?” She teases him. “Don’t lie to me. It’s written all over your face.” 

But he just denies it then, she receives a call from Joo Won asking her for a lunch date which she happily accepts. Ta Hwan feels a bit jealous but just lets it go because he wants her to happy after what he had done to her. 

Joo Won and Oh Young are having their lunch date in an Italian restaurant. She praises his manly posture but he humbly responds it’s the result of the exercises he had inside the military. After their lunch date, they go for a short walk along the streets of Gangnam until they see a lot of ahjummas gathering around a group of teenage girls selling apples. He suddenly remembers his first love and girlfriend who also used to sell apples on the streets with her friends. He really loves her so much that every time he remembers her it pains him so much.

A furious Sam Gwan barges into Chae Young Rang’s office and demands an explanation for terminating him. She, who seems to be expecting him, warmly greets him and even ridicules him as a good liar. They are having a heated argument when finally the security arrives. She orders them to take him out of Yuan but Sam Gwan angrily tells her how cruel she is and leaves. Chae Young Rang just looks at him broken hearted. 

Ta Hwan brings Seung Nyang to her home. They are sweetly talking to each other when Sam Gwan arrives. She tries to let go of Ta Hwan’s hand but his grip is too tight. Sam Gwan is puzzled then, Ta Hwan bravely tells him about his relationship with her daughter. This makes him shocked for a few minutes.

 

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To be continued

Writer: janice

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