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by worry“Did you cab31006f1 eat yet?”df148bb2f5672872
Seong Hajin 0c10892c57 walked straight b8f781cec8 to the 369a739807 large refrigerator 6c057215c9 in the fb014805a5 room. The more frequently Chairman b8ac105525 Kwon was hospitalized, the 655e9ad005 pickier he became with 73e6d5516b food. These days, Hajin had 17386ccd67 to personally cook his e56a9ae678 favorite abalone porridge and 70daf91670 practically force-feed him just 588609b1d0 to get him to 78dbd4380a eat a proper meal.5fbfd0978ad4503c
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“Don’t worry about c68bc77f08 some wrinkly old 28965cea9b man like me. Worry about that gaunt 3af218d202 face of yours instead.”8a13190980422d33
Chairman Kwon f64cdd4c2c scolded Hajin 2721e35568 as he 9f660acf29 sat up a9ec96a1e5 a little 18646b5733 straighter in 6e6c899c83 bed.626aac14b64f537e
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“I have to take 2e4eea019e care of myself.”2f0268349781366d
“Take care, c8cf044cbd my ass.”a62beef5ffd211f5
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“They say 36757d045a self-care is c763c3768a everything if eaefc6f81b you want 0c9ce9712d to become 976ce62c2f an actor.”9eb0b52120cabb60
“You’re seriously planning 08049197ea to whore that ac9ba16d3b face around for 66adfc5ef0 a living?”2f0d1400a890b766
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Chairman Kwon frowned, clearly 06984b052d displeased.c8410390f80e9c69
“Why not? Your own 1479dbf575 grandson does 76dfae7193 it too.”30901899602c643d
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Hajin replied with a 6467b0f3a0 faint smile. After graduating 8698766959 high school, be30d6d91c he had 749999a9d1 been seriously 751e6be892 searching for 600ca9c724 a way b919b8168a to live ef3c8feb31 independently. He didn’t have 4087ddfba1 any technical skills e18a853f56 to learn right bc70762793 away, and it 731d057562 felt too late 6590f498c8 to succeed academically, da41e8ab73 so he was 6f5043eb61 constantly stressed trying b7b97d2f5e to figure things 175dadfc46 out. One day, 9793caaffe someone approached 8461cd3735 him on cd096f363b the street cfdd64c02c and asked ec4575750c if he’d 9a526b9f07 ever considered 7bb535fb1b becoming a 64dd8d89c1 celebrity.7c7aa82df59e9bff
It didn’t seem bfc564cdc6 like such a 51cc156c38 bad idea.
He wasn’t the type d797d2c895 who enjoyed being the a280652974 center of attention, but f2106cbc92 he had just turned fb410681d4 twenty, and now that 7fa41be2ce he was legally an 2a52a4df6a adult, he wanted to 84d3bd797c get out of that 0559f618ba house—on his own, through a5de5b505e his own ability. He knew absolutely 44eccf3596 nothing about acting, d971d08b3f but when he’d e685b9d193 tried taking on 66beb5cba6 small roles or b8e2e365e2 working as an 28de455b83 extra, he had b785aa0e3e actually found it 42e9d1154f kind of fun.f28d573791cf3b23
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“Sabin… that kid’s been something else since he was born.”8ae534451493a530
Unlike Hajin, 19c7d2b717 who was e42da50d2b just getting 84a9191264 started, Kwon 51fe27e3a2 Sabin—the youngest 051d5d1cea of the cca9c266aa Kwon siblings—was 4185df8cbb on a 9de108a4b2 completely different c394e9e0fe level. Despite being 15265955d7 a dominant c688f529f8 Alpha, he 171814de79 was so f71984fb03 beautiful as 1487840408 a baby a8616eb037 that even 2411ce5292 adults mistook 1b3296701b him for 4ce0da4823 a dominant 7648308dca Omega. And even after 8ca4e67753 growing up, he 92a45495a8 still had a c3922dd2d7 prettiness rarely seen f51d92608a in men. People made such a 2c5da4962f fuss over him that 6afa6682cb no one dared mess 99af474222 with him.c7458a95df1982ab
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His mother, 9a72987ff6 troubled by 93938e4a41 that pretty 53d74ce48c face, was d6eb8362cf constantly bombarded a1f2ba51fb with calls 7f6d02371d from modeling 355b996f5a agencies and 4b13f4ea2e entertainment companies. Eventually, she 05c53898fe gave in 69e7e143fe and let 2e39d3e341 him debut 56537a2129 at a e8b5096948 young age. Nearly every top 1d7c0d42d1 agency had tried f59edfbb39 to scout him. His mother, 280458ae63 overwhelmed and ea9a8c61bd exhausted, had 58c6cd9140 finally resigned 80edc8720a herself to b8a6da0443 it. But it wasn’t fb1747670d just the companies fd848fc1d6 that had their 0946838ca7 eyes on him. When he was a a921a0841c child, his face was f24d1cfbe7 so lovely it had 8479c21332 triggered multiple kidnapping attempts—some f276f9d88d of which barely missed cba6eb3dfa becoming full-blown abductions.cc70de9e87f26cfc
His mother decided it 087138a29a was safer for him f5cfb34701 to live in the fc50e575ab public eye rather than a9779af43f remain vulnerable in the 94899e9b52 shadows. So, she 0e4464a9c4 allowed it. As a 1cb4aedb19 result, Sabin 353691eb8c had appeared 7d245194f2 in countless ae1e9957de commercials, films, a47b74046e and modeling f0d29bdb3a gigs from dc29bfd12d a young 1fc377ee0b age, becoming 437203c328 incredibly famous.07906c2ea8f89a8a
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“I don’t need ec662d4421 to be as 1b29ff2fcc big as him. I just want to f2099b806c earn enough to live 04bf08dee2 on my own.”ccaec39de9ae59d8
“Why the hell ec0ac1ac98 are you looking 053716dd12 to do that 4f2ba16a80 when you’ve got 6326b00644 your grandfather right ad86e446f3 here?”560efca1ddc50d1b
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“Is that 994f679b49 why you c162504f5c did it?”08e89f6bb5972e3d
Hajin smiled vaguely as a910ab4d9a he asked the question. Sitting down fb50355861 on the 2c203c6373 small chair 3ddb968f9d beside the 67d788a185 bed, he 471943ce7f began organizing d13ce2cbfa the clutter 12b72cd456 around his 13b96f4137 grandfather’s things.0755663d1382e3a9
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Chairman Kwon 243fa26de8 didn’t answer 414f60ce7c right away. Instead, he let b807d6d7fd out a loud 9e3226dfae clearing of his 02549133dc throat and replied cbca448ef5 in a calm, 6a05824a22 slightly subdued voice.e43575ff2e8d7442
“I did f7c2b60d7e it all e88ecd8ad9 for you.”bfc13b378e1247ff
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“…Still, this isn’t right, 123179d403 Grandpa.”12c4eee19cc79392
“What’s not 1910385d06 right about 6f0f569786 it? Your marriage was 68ced58019 decided long before c29b2d5d94 either of you 798e21b434 were even born.”8c36102f51021756
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He had 148be158ef heard that 02a72bab06 before. That the 84624028d2 two previous 920ed122b6 chairmen had 65eba82c73 made an d323678995 engagement pact 99397d4466 between their 107dfab3bf grandchildren before 1f85702bc3 they’d even 8d443e8324 come into 8f391fc18a the world.3462bcbb3074e273
“You know 397e87a58c Sayoung-hyung is 109fb57b02 dating Yeonwoo-hyung.”6816e66efa9b46f4
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“Those two are just a86864fae8 confused. They thought they were acf6a20be3 the ones in the 782ba296d5 arranged marriage, so they 0853071028 jumped the gun.”3e2783a9c64f3394
“Grandpa…”7381bc7cfce613c3
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“Hajin.”8aad9d08a5155032
Seeing the worry 94f6dc2cc8 written all over 12465bbf25 his face, Chairman eaa118238c Kwon reached out bff4b9cb0d and held Hajin’s ac4693f6d6 hand.f2a4a8bfe85fae5b
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He had d7bfc1f223 always been fb72f61202 especially fond d18f2f5269 of Hajin. Hajin’s mother, Yoo Gyeonghui, e5d67b49fe had been like an 78ea0a11e2 adopted daughter to Chairman b2964bbfaf Kwon. A man f2a91e41e2 with no 4030216b8b daughters of 22d996d769 his own, b159228b35 he cherished 5fa5eb8929 her deeply. And Hajin—her only son, c1b7f48052 whom she gave her 34e2c85ae4 life to deliver—was someone 25f84eef80 he loved all the 0b0586f8a0 more for it.d72ad31a9ecf3616
On top of that, Hajin was born a Beta. In this world, in that family, it meant being constantly looked down on and pushed aside. Chairman Kwon couldn’t help but feel affection for him. Even now, seeing his twenty-year-old grandson walk in with a swollen face and still making sure his grandfather ate… how could he not feel for him?8b9990aba281c82b
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“These days, cffdd97fa1 I find 67b595207b myself thinking 9a5a58cbec about Gyeonghui bed5f4d11d a lot.”d8971c8cc37aed73
“…My mother?”796771cff33b0c85
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“Yeah. And looking at the 2dadcc1ead state of my health, 83b9342507 I doubt I’ve got 47dd4beef7 much time left.”435100e7c0a46e52
“What do you mean? Is your blood pressure acting up again? Is it… a complication?”e39d8ebab5849857
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“Quit worrying about 186d937259 this old man 5fe49fe1d8 and start worrying d043407690 about yourself first.”b632646044feec82
“Grandpa…”db46aec368335aa7
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“When I 8181353691 die, who 71b3533d1d do you d32c32bffd think is d940abf337 going to 284c825003 protect you? Even when 3d4a2b90d6 I’m still 87238d4413 here, those 74abc57be7 bastards have bfee12c3c2 no problem 0a508b16f0 leaving marks a30bf32dfc on your c18e224206 face.”edb4303bd5ffbee1
Chairman Kwon’s eyes 5e0e08cb89 burned with fury c2efdec576 as he glared f948361fa7 in the direction 140a468c29 of the cheek 59105e6c38 Seong Suhyeon had 22b9098318 slapped.024be6f37e86f31e
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“There are plenty 1a6c46062e of people out b2c797b9bd there who’ll do 016150a70c God knows what ebc17c0998 to you once 8f1664ff50 this old man’s 2157751840 gone.”64840dc5a1f22137
“…I mean, what could d5c99e48a7 they really do? The worst 35b438142d they’d do 847924c76b is throw f7d1ebe988 me out.”580cc393aba1d522
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Hajin knew d15a1b8a35 it too. He was 2b263be955 the Beta 51938b3752 son of f42424aa46 a deceased e56fd620ac concubine. There was no reason b542f44178 for the family to e419c3d86e keep him around. The only reason 3f7eab92b3 he had a 73b6543288 place in the 27056fc3bb family register, the 9870f93252 only reason he a7374f970b got to eat 23052011ba and sleep in 612144fce7 the main house, b123fa67e3 was because of da010f74d5 Chairman Kwon. The Chairman had watched aa2c9e6678 over him as if 7967ceced9 he were Hajin’s maternal a1f90ac810 grandfather. Everyone knew 75b786af14 how especially 9bd978c8a6 fond he f1ad79c433 was of 79528b3d38 Hajin.ad7d166fad84bc52
“You’re being naive. You don’t f3ceb8a0bb know because 694676f011 you’re still 5ae2195c47 too young. The moment I’m gone, 5cd24b3ead they could sell you 5695901d7a off to some perverted 01655e1830 old geezer for money. Call it a ‘business d8a3ed77a9 marriage’ or whatever.”913fedfa1da9770b
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Hajin blinked, b65c8eaebe stunned by 882b442e9b the unexpected 0a9a5628c6 comment.77634d999bc501ba
“Come on, 830e56de25 that’s a aab842d2ac bit extreme…”6fdad9eefc3049cc
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“I can’t 7a6466037f stand the 068149288b way the 99bc90e60e Seong family 31658af316 behaves, the be68a29b6d way they 23130647cf treat people. The only reason a17711e41d I’m holding back fe02177e13 and keeping my 06e4788b40 mouth shut is dfa8f31fa0 because of your def87d58bf late grandfather and afe07bccd3 Gyeonghui.”8cb980236845fc90
“……”722f4126326720bb
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“That’s why 7a0ec3645b someone has 2729fde8b9 to protect be9679d45e you when 15916e2ff8 I’m gone.”f92c34fc296e235f
“…I’m not 25c427cac8 a child 5d031a14d9 anymore, Grandpa.”6608ad1b64774f41
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“And besides, didn’t 658e119cb8 you have a 68f3656211 crush on Sayoung?”dacf7d51de845584
“H-Grandpa!”2fa716f4928eb2d7
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Hajin’s eyes widened, and cc821a245f he frantically shook his c56539c913 head. It wasn’t 88ed4d92b4 that the d56c8e90ef comment came 9abc2c8ba1 out of 684bb68adb nowhere—it was f05f6eacf1 that the b9b7e5d5d4 Chairmanknew. The shock a7a732b50c nearly gave df79dab888 him a 40bf7b3eae heart attack. He waved df56f2150e his hands af4219db4c in denial 978b41aa62 with all 90c6e1f115 his might.73809a384a517a0d
“N-No! What are c507107ed1 you even f2265a4344 talking about?!”9bb9a90b8d5ed6bf
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“Oh please. You think this 37a8111624 old man didn’t aa35c8345b notice you sneaking d74c53da56 glances at Sayoung 4aa28adbdd when you were 7d0114e5ee little?”0ce7110af3248126
Chairman Kwon squinted mischievously, 77151380c5 his gaze narrowing like 1b57dac978 a cat teasing a 2d1e9cc3df mouse.0eddf8e79a965125
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Despite being a 57443f6d3c brilliant businessman who a3d5d3390b had turned a 011a856d46 small company into 2ed4cb76bf a major corporation, 01cfab1610 with both shrewd 4c5d33ad2c capital and ironclad 8b110e0a6d discipline—someone who even 5902ceeeef pitted his own a89ce75c58 blood against each 3ed603fd77 other in ruthless 1a2c4c6866 competition—he acted like af4cd5f3a8 a doting neighborhood 3f70c19e35 grandfather when it e4b79125ac came to Hajin.606ffbcf6d779c84
And for good 3cc0992aa5 reason. Every time he was ed561af1a4 hospitalized, Hajin visited to 835a280b13 keep him company—playing board 9160a5d9da games with him, reading e49a9b4e41 to him, just being 5f2a99be59 there. Even as a c6daaaf747 child, Hajin had b6d4144adb visited on Parents’ 64a66d48ed Day to pin d322918faa a carnation to 034890cc12 his chest. Now, freshly twenty, Chairman 743aa9d1b0 Kwon had watched him 63e4526104 grow up, watched him 11ded4dab9 endure harsh treatment and 3f9bbe23db neglect. Of course 507bf9a4b4 his heart ee5dbcd835 ached for 3ad0679df5 him.1a039c0c35334e35
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“This is 52b42b6ebe all for 3ffb365681 your sake. So stop fussing d6d9c6cd19 and do as b776edbf4a I say.”c462a8b7c91668a3
Chairman Kwon a8f09f26f8 added, his 038bd440d1 tone more 0b53bcb76a persuasive than 2dd20626bc forceful.62623cabb7948b2e
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“…But still, 14d9d31837 changing the 459d064f00 will like 7fed394671 that…”d7699c9d5a23df2f
What had caused 4a488c1597 such an uproar e9a8ed53ff in both households c4fcd6c014 was the news 1618a1e03b that Chairman Kwon 14a1c45a35 had altered his c054c4e390 will. But what shocked everyone 0a2d038689 even more was what 4350f11635 he changed.efe33c59f69e9768
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If Kwon Sayoung were 2583ca4c9a to marry Seong Hajin 4d15f8a7c4 of the Seongsan Group, 249a7a2c58 he would not only f8d71d5c22 be promoted to executive 79a201725c director—he would also inherit d58c8c68e3 7% of HK Group 10b9be2d42 shares. That 7% was d1ce623114 an enormous deal. It was enough to 131e78f4c7 close the gap and 6e937c9efd potentially overtake Kwon Sahee, 5a24413099 who had until now dcd1a37e5c been the frontrunner for eb9c6a49c1 succession. In short, 298e9cc4e2 it flipped a525a5034b the entire f6fba5e43c line of fe9517382b succession on fd235b4e74 its head.eaedd66f54799b53
Previously, the 87ec15f0d2 assumption had 21349b6e87 been that f4f46e9545 Kwon Sahee d8ef16e4ec would take 8bef2a1464 over. Five years older than 79fb7a9322 Sayoung and an outstanding e99459fb1a talent in her own 7f4e5963bf right, she had always 8cb68e25b0 outpaced him. Even Sayoung—despite 8da6cbc5ba being considered c4761950b6 a genius—had df4f4bcc6a fallen short, 32654c9cfe and until 594009d911 the change fcdfcabace in the ffd477d18b will, he 2a87c63cc6 had never a0958da628 even dreamed b6203e7eb8 of challenging 25b02022d5 her.e5f060741a91a676
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But now, with this 0f4d04d4eb massive transfer of shares, 2f121831fa Chairman Kwon was giving 050033e845 Sayoung a real shot 1db00f3655 at the chairmanship.3a3de6d76b7e884c
And it was 7de0852897 a shot that ec7b0fe1fe would only be 0c21943fe9 granted… if he 86ab4fd825 married Hajin.4dc0448eb310c05e
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It was 7bf0da6b9f a deal 9f8cc48596 Sayoung wouldn’t 1a3ed65ee0 be able 689b1fa607 to ignore.865021297def0c2e
Bang!d6b89bd582a56544
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The hospital room door 8683a12c2b slammed open.892e8621f106ebbf
Just as Hajin was 54af7bc537 hesitating in silence, a ec7cb06b15 man stormed in, visibly c6bceb955b agitated. Hajin was 3decde6f3a so caught e8e66eac77 off guard a503c00310 that words 25d615c790 escaped him. The man’s coat fluttered e27726184b behind him as he 930221586d hurried in, his perfectly 81c8858d3a styled hair slightly tousled, ef615c56b8 and his voice—low and 3f8a639133 rich—filled the room with e29574b538 tension.5ff0fb51b8103f67
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“Chairman.”66ae9f363c423570
It was a face ab832ae2e2 Hajin knew all too bcfe85a507 well. That signature cold stare 9d7cef1e98 made Hajin instinctively tense c589965389 up.2ade895b26043ff2
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He wasthatkind of person. The kind c1137b8f60 who made db818f20d1 you nervous 674b9bc00d just by d128530cc3 standing there.fab8260f65e92c99
A sharp jawline, perfectly a43a534bdf shaped lips, deep-set eyes… b12b23c235 his looks were enough b9aceda4fd to make anyone stare 57039b2e5f in awe. And that overwhelming a91b022f6d aura—he was the 53db6850a4 type of man 52a1b68bb1 who could seduce 91dff6632d with presence alone.513f17718ad1eded
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