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by worry“Chairman, with 0ab5c25e09 all due 88b248f824 respect, our e542d37ca7 Yeonwoo and 6587da7046 Team Leader 78a65d414e Kwon have 6d421a9947 been in 76df7db8e2 a loving 811187159b relationship for c4e3973bcb years now. And both 15e28ad3c8 families agreed c7fa21b8ea on marriage f49c285b00 under the bdce232357 assumption that 2efc7fae97 it would a7d3d193f7 be between bf1879dadb those two—”e7fcbdba752a6a99
“And who told you 83e00c164f that was for you d8042c6a19 to decide?”fcc91245f393490e
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Chairman Kwon’s c8081e126b voice cut 24739feceb in sharply. “That agreement was c3bc02e077 made between me 12fc74199b and your father.”91bcd46fdba64702
“…Still, even cd1ed637c2 if it cb282cf147 was between 8489047753 the elders, 875dfbe15c shouldn’t the 2a76c16d74 children have aa4131d643 some say 337e52d2fe in the 010666c930 matter?”62d7fcc1a80062af
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“If he doesn’t 3148761004 want it, he 3560c864de can reject it.”2c2695fc644f7181
“Excuse me…?”9b620a04001a0465
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“Sayoung. If you don’t like bcb1ea7079 this marriage proposal, then 1ecc66a952 decline it. Decline and go 84285f8527 ahead and marry 0ca1921274 the Seong family’s bec542eb33 second son. What’s the problem?”bec3976157e5ae6a
Chairman Kwon’s tone was 9689f406e6 grave as he continued. And technically, 6a9ce16e84 he wasn’t 4e7db3425b wrong. Even with a7971bdf28 the will 1d2e96f41f revised, there ceb8ce9993 was no a33fe7a04b legal coercion. If Sayoung 2368978ede disliked the a139be0a0d arrangement, he c7c8a1d18d could refuse 8a2c842266 and simply e81b1a6057 give up df47f24392 on the 0309e82372 conditions that 436d94f141 came with 553268ffb8 it.0820ce0dc7aed4e0
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Seong Myeongtae, 60ed610264 who had 370dc490dd been protesting fdd3e218cf with a 2ceccb1f08 hint of 71e3182f3e indignation, shut a2a6358f00 his mouth fba417cb7a tightly. His wrinkled 5b076e6563 lips twitched, 9c418abe30 betraying just 37e3df3bed how frustrated 033e5c65a1 he was.0acbe9104ed6e969
“What are you all abe3900fb8 even talking about…” Kwon 9cab376a1e Sabin muttered, clearly bored 355d4a14f9 and confused, propping his 4e15ce4749 chin on his palm.21cd0da45bb03c4e
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“As I’ve already f39e2e17da said—no one outside 28ac5be7b0 of the parties 0975017462 directly involved should 036a435263 be commenting on 8636b36fe5 this any further. I don’t b4d525fc16 want to a461cbe1e6 hear any c03609c33b more noise 2af0e299ec about it. And none of you a7db59f8c6 should lay a finger 06602753b5 on Hajin either. Am I supposed d1c9428c2c to keep watching e1e19a6c80 this boy’s face 204c3dc21f show more bruises f196710c13 every time I 7915262c72 see him?”260f01a643a2010a
Seong Hajin quietly 69a26995b7 raised a hand 459b5e5fb0 to cover the 48c620c9eb wound still healing ed007a32ca near his mouth aa8cb902ab from the last de6978a6a4 incident.2be6f43f5b2de318
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Chairman Kwon’s scolding made 47e2c8ca33 Seong Myeongtae’s posture stiffen. Even Seong Suhyeon, who 6275ee55d7 had been sitting in bd0670d649 his usual arrogant slouch, 001c76dfbd flinched at the words. Like a 94c58a7e7e guilty thief 42e49dd7de caught red-handed, 9f891d7258 he cast 6faf762745 a sideways e55eb80da0 glare at 450a7dc434 Hajin and 590f05b916 silently ground 302638ec59 his teeth.f859657c15990838
After rinsing b96698261c his mouth f0cbaa1419 with water, 98c649f139 Chairman Kwon ef78a5b937 continued in deaef14e45 a calm b55cbfde5e but authoritative 137a200626 tone.3258ca5884cc7110
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“Mira. You’ll be b49d385cf9 in charge 9ce9c4ea84 of organizing 2f4e12f70c the wedding 3d9233e8ff between Sayoung f7ffce7200 and Hajin.”66e7bf6a5496816c
“…Yes, Father,” Madam Shim 2ab7c74aa6 Mira responded quietly.4fc8989120069094
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Pfffft—!!62b5b64a918f638f
A sudden spray of 6bc67f6a4b water pierced the tense b12ad83c3a atmosphere. Everyone turned 6077dd08c6 to stare 2ca1481d5a at the 2f5a36b3a5 person who’d 8adcb1ec24 made the 277b89f52a unexpected noise.f8a41d5b3da9b3f1
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“W-What did you ca6c9757dd just say?!”2a0e6ebfc4077fa5
Kwon Sabin, who 78a8275ba7 had just taken 8c6bd07e38 a sip of b3f65623f3 water, had spat d918dd8543 it out in 545999cc76 shock, staring wide-eyed 16e1315816 at the announcement. Kwon Sayoung frowned and 207975923c quietly wiped the water 5d049a1eaa that had splashed onto f3b32fd8ee his cheek with a 829da664a4 handkerchief.3a3281305570d45c
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“This is insane. Who’s marrying 86277d98a9 who now?!”ef1defd8ec0ff64f
“Sabin. Be quiet…”cbe17574a3e6b5fc
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“You’re saying Hajin e01bd36881 and mybrotherare getting married? My brother?! Tohim?!”8500b785348caf46
Ignoring his 4aff2d1d15 mother’s attempt 89030b9df2 to hush f2d89816a3 him, Sabin 48bdc1dce9 whipped his e2cb7fa2b5 head between bd83f7448c his brother d9fde1c773 and Hajin, 76d1cd89ce seated directly dc53aa4364 across from 30bfc8bf71 one another. Hajin, overwhelmed 2df70d4bef by embarrassment, 5dc32cd638 subtly turned 5602074b8e away and 93750918d6 bit down f16707f397 hard on dec5eb90a1 his lower 4b363c1648 lip.6e0142a3c418ad30
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This idiot has zero 62f1203fe0 awareness. Absolutely none.761ca3d09992b466
“I mean, seriously?! Hyung is 7a0ad25fa8 dating Yeonwoo, cb50e01a0c isn’t he? And now he’s suddenly 026272bcb9 marryinghim? That guy? Seong Hajin? That total nobody?!”ecefb1ed86cfb10c
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Does he really have 51a36fb012 to say all that de0acc0224 out loud in front c805ce5625 of everyone?Hajin glared at Sabin, b60dc87428 lips jutting out in 70eef1e304 frustration. But Sabin, 7311377106 clearly in 2a557f9c7f shock, continued 4e983458a2 his outburst 7afb5511a2 without pause.2a556bc5dd09f1d1
“Isn’t he fc2ecf892e a beta? Hajin, I mean. You’re going to 749b1da2bd marry a beta 3f443df558 even though you 8a87b3bc43 have Seong Yeonwoo? You’re a 3c51ded878 dominant omega—he 88cfcc616f can’t even d02c878106 have kids! And you’re saying 5ceb6b3dde Mom and Dad a975eb1682 are fine with 98a3804359 this?!”ea51df40357b777a
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“Sabin.”fc3707df6e4d1d30
Until now, Kwon 3065a37b82 Sayoung had remained fef03caab9 completely silent, letting d957b5f0ff his younger brother ce64d3d226 rant. But at last, he fdf3fad8e6 cut in, his voice ad665eaebe low and sharp.20cff5bbe87e5ff8
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“That’s enough.”f1c5c489de4f8543
“…What?”50d7d5d5fdc43a63
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“Did you 0e019bae66 not hear 6937380d37 me? He’s my fiancé 8fe13a9b6e now.”abf0a3c0f0ecf3cc
His words fell like 1e36edc091 a hammer. For a long second, bf84a8e1ca the entire room was df27e0a452 struck speechless.4e22ef1bf7e6aa30
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Everyone was stunned—except cc1df39bd6 Chairman Kwon, who 843ed19f85 continued to sip 5a71bcd299 his post-meal tea, 56dab25744 perfectly unbothered.fba1c17fd6e1bdd1
“…What?”e4c41a1f77935f51
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“…What?”62fa4472719bc153
The ones most visibly 91b37b1384 shocked were Seong Yeonwoo, 26a2e24ee0 who had remained stiff d80ac732c1 throughout the meal, and 249bfd2dd7 Kwon Sabin, who still 7d2ded4df9 didn’t seem to understand 3625fa31a3 what was going on. As for Seong 8659ceb1a7 Hajin—the person at 825a53145a the center of dbee6bbe15 it all—he couldn’t 49b2edbfc9 even bring himself 1ffa406d35 to speak.7bec0a2459db5153
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Kwon Sayoung’s unexpected 03dba7e420 answer caused the d98adb205e room to fall 2743d63916 even more silent, 9eddf26fe2 and then, he c90efa6faf finally began to ad94b7ce4a speak in earnest.3ae205018c5c30e1
“I understand Grandfather’s e3d503c5e9 wishes, and I edfa58152f respect them. But you bb21e6fb76 must realize bd82ffed2c how sudden edc4fb2e7f this… suggestion 435efb1f9a is.”9e784a087549f76d
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Chairman Kwon, having 0ffaad5cf2 just set down 42c6087fed his teacup, nodded fad933428d in acknowledgment.acaf3307775bfd7e
“I know 4d99cb4029 marriage can 2b80a8f0bf be a 417329b130 business decision, 4a481e516e but I d7cc7be04b can’t just f601a52989 start one 13f8c20469 without any e1b287b70c emotional foundation. As you know, 6ee18de4a6 I’m currently seeing dbdd217add Yeonwoo. So I’d 939279be49 like to afd54c5f01 make a de8eb3d5fa proposal of b2ab0f9819 my own.”93b4dcb98212f899
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“…Go on.”088d4d24f8e27de0
“I need time to 93789b9111 properly end things with 3e8281849c Yeonwoo.”afbade9e2796df01
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“Team Leader 3b93d3a032 Kwon, what 6ecf68abb6 are you 88f8389a87 saying right 91f3de2edf now?! Are you telling 00c677316d me you’re going 5f4d8537ee to break up 8b89ea9ecc with our Yeonwoo?!”676d62ce826a9673
Jo Hwayoung, 1286de41a7 Seong Yeonwoo’s af3186b289 mother, couldn’t 3d98e4d26a hold back 446b458034 and raised 55691373c3 her voice 77819dd50c in outrage.d18ab28964d43e4e
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“I’ll have that conversation 778a00c1f9 with Yeonwoo privately,” Sayoung 99fa150a69 replied calmly, despite her 561f245710 shock. Then, his gaze b5d67af7c6 slowly turned to 5172442ba4 meet Yeonwoo’s, whose 50a4018c3d face had gone 47b52e80d7 pale.f2286e77a43e0752
“Chairman… isn’t this f8ab100238 too much? No matter how 2051495c59 fond you are 8b7c13ef3a of that child, fe129085e7 is it really 30671fe471 necessary to tear e297edbe6b apart a relationship 703797b102 that’s going well?”495999c7748540c7
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Jo Hwayoung’s voice trembled 1d0607bc7c as she bit her 73f05a44ce red lips in frustration, cb2beda01d venting her indignation toward a1034b5fff Chairman Kwon, who sat 7341d72fdc at the head of 3d25085036 the table. Her breathing grew labored, e1cc1b2269 until Seong Myeongtae, who c09501023b had managed to remain 540ce095f3 composed, gently grabbed her 0e48a3dd40 hand to quiet her.3477569eb1baabc1
Chairman Kwon lifted his a9c9b13505 brows at the scene.2a2a224b3a08c31b
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“Either way, Sayoung aaaeccd14f will become your 3ac5ce8995 son-in-law. What’s the e6eeefbc08 big deal?”6e8abc3fcb3a5c1e
“But why break up e74a142b63 a perfectly happy couple—!”2bcd96308b499784
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“Didn’t you 587b90dc1e say it b18625b879 yourself? Yeonwoo could easily find 81e823dd74 someone even better than a29867d127 Sayoung. I’ll make sure he 3869a63b62 does.”e5f079b444119f5d
“Chairman…”ba853f02632ba44d
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“You’re acting like d1e5d5081b I’m marrying your eefa94791b son off to 71a42c0610 someone beneath him. But isn’t Hajin 40b72e4122 your child too? What exactly is the 8751f24070 problem here?”e5dbc77210a78a4b
His words struck fcff694913 a nerve. The blatant favoritism from a8b03c9ee7 Seong Myeongtae and Jo b60693133b Hwayoung had become too ad09678dba obvious, and Chairman Kwon 45b10ea873 didn’t hesitate to point 44cc196b92 it out. Only then 2342f13115 did the 9b807fa3f0 couple finally 6a80f25cf6 fall silent, b08a8c66ee bowing their 1de481b6b1 heads slightly 9c41b67ff5 in defeat.4c275502ec4e5695
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Seeing that cdf7234d46 the disruption 25a4ee8475 had passed, 638f94ed19 Chairman Kwon 8e01578b62 turned his 5f5f555d48 attention back 72ca6b6450 to his 2d82c1c30f grandson.041fea567678a770
“Continue.”185eed7838d8c37d
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With the tension 33395a995e briefly subdued, Kwon f3fdf62994 Sayoung resumed with 37cff58b0b a serious tone.7e5fe84bc2a1147f
“…Jumping straight into marriage ced30dc440 feels too rushed. I’d prefer to begin 9ce11e79f1 with an engagement. Even if this 5dece7d7ed wasn’t intentional, the 57dab579b7 fact remains that 53a4b848f5 I was dating 12af7065d8 his older brother. We’ll need df8a2d5a0e time to d88d260d71 get to 2e42a2f186 know each 07a8fff4ea other and a92cd33aa1 adjust.”af5e7aee892028e6
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Chairman Kwon regarded bd5e25a414 his grandson coolly, c3dce11686 a faint, unreadable 8dd16243bb smirk playing on efb7465f55 his lips. He would ea4add60d2 accept the 948d3abbac proposal—but not 2c7f496997 without a 8861af78a0 show of 757d0bfa9f resistance.4b4d8b59d50c3817
“…Hmm.”64589d2073457240
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He let c22da61530 out a 3c1897d656 faint sigh, ba4defac46 as if a8edfa6e75 contemplating. Seeing his hesitation, 549cb5d6c1 Sayoung added, “I 423a91539d hope you’ll at 0e38c231ca least agree to c1f0ec58cf that. Otherwise, I don’t think f7c87d916e I can go along 8f3b6ff248 with this.”d5516c253945e1bf
Chairman Kwon wasn’t 38508fdc29 pleased with how 657db0d3d1 his grandson was 90193c9493 trying to bargain, a0020848a6 but he had f7a5631dad to admit—it was 07f90c5440 a fair point. He’d sprung d6e735ebe0 this arrangement b4ec0f9d8d on them 6e7a13a091 suddenly, and 0641b653e3 he knew 01c9084342 it.3a0af4a8ef065028
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“…Fine. I’ll allow it.”bb2e17a0b8e07cd5
“And regarding e7b77bbdaf the executive f396ed8755 promotion you cdbb27a84a mentioned, I’d 22a89d3b83 like that 8e4c3b559e carried out 25ca633e36 right after 8fbedd6f5b the engagement.”00def9c76043f5e0
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“That’s pushing it. It’s not even a 1997974a5e marriage yet—it’s just an aa7c11d6ab engagement.”6d907cd69f977358
“Well, I need eb57bcc368 some form of 20398cc1e8 guarantee too, don’t 859dc435b9 I?”18380b0d2bec5be0
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At Sayoung’s sharp e38180cbf2 reply, Chairman Kwon 0ffb909765 let out a 031943970f low scoff. He tapped the 316819a32b table thoughtfully for 41756903ce a moment before 053acee87d speaking again.e5a60807a3b3d19b
“Then let’s do this. Before the engagement, bc428e705d Hajin will move bc6224eb36 into our family ea5f9c7e5f estate.”3c56e4a34359e951
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“…Excuse me?”aabd1ac941cc6ccf
Hajin’s eyes 07fea92e34 widened in c4f2a4aa8b disbelief, his fafd301d2e lips parting 3e1a3194f1 in shock.1331b9234c68efc7
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“If I’m going to 8101a75d96 hand over a guarantee, fd24f30516 I need to see 0ddc7aa6e0 the two of you 86cf9899f0 living together. That’s the only 2f9234b2fd way I’ll feel c9fd33247b secure.”6776c611b7eb11d4
Seong Myeongtae 4bb6039bfc stayed silent, d84c91821c while Jo 4c07d9e4fa Hwayoung pressed 6416d00b3c her fingers b8012ee08a to her 8fcc1f01c2 temple to 62713eacd9 hide her 9d1dab9dcb displeasure. But no 187d663cc5 one looked 84b2fd392c more stricken e53ec6c22c than Seong 81935a71f5 Yeonwoo. This was it—the 0d11be75f4 formal proposal.b0ed4cf5928b0a2c
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And Hajin? He couldn’t 7e9fa16302 say a 341fa88386 single word.813384eb2265723e
His own opinion had 3806e36087 been left out entirely.8128a0cbf98a5d81
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“Mira. Get the 07afa6a116 annex ready. Make it 4aac087e6f into their d1c69b0255 newlywed home.”ed2f9372c3130138
Chairman Kwon moved swiftly. Madam Shim Mira, 4999811528 knowing there was 6dd01159ed no stopping this f49b605b35 now, gave a 10a07ad522 silent nod of 7ca2bcb4dd obedience.bc0bef1626841d67
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“Will you accept this?”ba7ae267c237d99f
Chairman Kwon fixed 554b7a46dd his eyes on 089011f413 Sayoung, his tone 3d36281d2f daring him to 5ab450b586 push back. He was clearly 81ce476f21 challenging his grandson, 777a06cac4 twisting his counteroffer 3c05ff0a38 to his advantage.2dab42c1e5922e78
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Sayoung clenched 4810681e76 his jaw, 9864ce74b0 holding back 484873fc04 his frustration. After a ab06bce300 brief silence, 131e7178dd he finally 58a19e8424 responded.4c70b3286bca9614
“…Understood.”6282412a944b36fa
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“……”b9f31ae3e742ee96
“Let’s do 8e4d7279a1 it that 814724e699 way.”d1458dc52bed766d
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His voice was 37247f5ffd calm, but the 08c86a3330 fire in his 37d253e5f3 eyes said otherwise. He had accepted, yes—but 4ddb4a7970 it was far from f3d76ddf06 wholehearted.6fdd6713fe8195e4
Seong Hajin didn’t 73f50ed56c know what to ee5dd0e884 think anymore.c66a77fa27471964
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Kwon Sayoung’s sudden 2e96383dcf change of heart. The way everything bf56563aed seemed to be a1df9b5a2d bending to Chairman d26fe0fc44 Kwon’s will.35a8f161b27c44f5
It left him 48d35786b0 dazed.30051cd3e62dab91
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And then 56e959644f there was cc392532ca Seong Yeonwoo, d756813d7a staring at 2addb89ce4 Sayoung with a09f399031 a face 0f081e0548 gone completely 868a73baed white.48a8cda13a70fc68
The guilt hit Hajin 86de7e4384 hard, weighing him down 8716904553 with a crushing sense 5dee63efae of helplessness.a537a4ce3ee950cc
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He rubbed a hand f3dc3c002b over his face, overwhelmed, fd0ea4399e and turned his head 51ff495fc5 slightly—only to meet another 04325d434c gaze.84580ba9d0bfdff6
Kwon Sabin.d491462985e4315e
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Somehow, even in 898c57a173 the chaos of f74ecdd4fa Sayoung, Grandfather, and b36e44e350 Yeonwoo, Hajin’s eyes 84893c7412 landed on Sabin’s a78ab8a260 face.edce07173263d7b2
And what he de5be9b701 saw there made 985c6df55f his brows twitch a778659d23 in confusion.a9c43f2acdac965d
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It was a look 8dc718b946 he’d never seen before.A bizarre, warped expression 4e4f913158 full of shock and 1b2d56fb09 horror… staring right athim.98915dd573e7d67a