Sunset at Hamdeok

Chapter 19

Kim Sung-Ryung was an ambitious woman, but she had been a good mother figure for her niece. She had been taking care of Sooyoung since that girl's parents died in a car accident. She loved and cared for Sooyoung like she would care for her own child, despite the fact that she didn't have any children. And for that reason, she couldn't let Sooyoung's engagement to Kim Taehyung ruin like that.

    "Do you understand what you must do?" Kim Sung-Ryung looked at the man who was sitting before her.

    That man sipped his coffee and nodded. "You want me to spy on your niece and her ex-fiance."

    "Fiance. They're not breaking up. Not as long as I'm still breathing." She shot a glare.

    "Fiance, then." That man returned her stare with a sly smile.

    "Follow them and find anything suspicious."

    That man nodded. After taking one last sip, he left his client.

    Kim Sung-Ryung squeezed her fingers. She was so restless. Sooyoung and Taehyung can't break off their engagement. Choi Family had worked really hard to ensure that Sooyoung would be Kim family's daughter-in-law. How could she just sit and watch their plan crumbling down? Kim Family was one of the richest families in South Korea. Once Sooyoung had become Kim Taehyung's bride, all of their fortune would go to Choi family.
It wasn't a crime to expect big fortune. Choi family would give their only daughter to Kim family in return. It was fair and square.

    "Those two people. I can't let them ruin it for me." Kim Sung-Ryung mumbled. "I must prevent it." She sipped her tea and nodded.

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Gong Yoo bowed his head. "Are you looking for me?"

    "Yes." Grandpa Kim sat comfortably on his seat. "Speak to me."

    Gong Yoo exhaled. "Taehyung is seeing a girl from SNSD Coffee Shop. She is one of their baristas. Her name is Tiffany Hwang. The girl's mother passed away years ago while her father lives alone in Busan."

    Grandpa Kim unlatched his top button. "How far is their relationship?"

    "Taehyung always meets that girl everyday. And he.... " Gong Yoo paused. "He often stays over in her place."

    "Hmmm...." Grandpa Kim closed his eyes. Gong Yoo patiently waited. "Do you think Taehyung is serious with that girl?"

    "Ne." Gong Yoo nodded politely. "I'm sure they have feelings for each other. Taehyung didn't use to pay attention to girls... But with Tiffany Hwang, it's different."

    Grandpa Kim opened his eyes. "Talk to that girl. I believe you don't want what happened nineteen years ago to happen again this time."

    "Ne." Gong Yoo stood up and and bowed his head.

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Kim Sung-Ryung walked hastily into SNSD Coffee Shop. Nothing could calm her nerves after receiving information from the private detective she had hired the other day.
She couldn't believe a poor girl who worked at a local coffee shop could steal Kim Taehyung's heart. What did that girl have that Sooyoung didn't have? She really couldn't accept the fact that a man like Kim Taehyung was secretly having an affair with a barista and that he chose that girl over Choi Sooyoung.

    "Welcome to SNSD Coffee Shop." Sunny smiled and bowed her head to greet their customer.

    Kim Sung-Ryung looked at Sunny arrogantly. She walked past her without saying a word. Sung-Ryung had seen Tiffany's face from the photograph she received.