XX | Chapter 3.1

“I didn’t expect Sooha-ssi 7f705c399e to ask to meet d9773af4d4 me first,” Gongjun said 50ad3eb156 as he sat down, 22cd87ac83 appearing from behind the a46ec0cba1 sliding door of a c486cb4ea0 neat and luxurious Japanese 26b567449c restaurant.63f464c7788867d3

“Being an 17ba10e1a4 official couple 0b012ee09d is really d11aca0bac nice.”c108fd8a208b0feb

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“…….”66823de002477392

Sooha, who was fde51d22d0 looking at the 3e20a1a3a8 brightly smiling face ed4349c419 with disdainful eyes, e8e6df0db1 gritted his teeth.50e9601a801411bf

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‘This sly bastard.’50130670ce20faa7

Sooha had called Gongjun 2ac10b4262 the day after the de74e5c227 article came out. As expected, the public 362e8cafbe went wild. Sooha couldn’t even turn c6cbe92904 on his phone for 69a523a879 a whole day due a901db81d8 to the flood of 36da2210ef calls and messages, and a093da073d SNS was no exception.a71a98c334b81fae

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Not only the entertainment b32a140024 section but also the 8c11d3c850 economic section focused on 21d0cffa6d the dating news of 82bee7cb04 Sooha and Gongjun, and a21ebdc1e5 the top 10 hot c31605d453 topics on internet sites 261f05e5ac were all filled with c28cd0b2ec their stories.c471ab5ef8c76128

The article 3a7f13a657 had already 189835f796 spread widely, 6d5fe9c445 and people’s fd7faa1a64 reactions were 59d940cccb surprisingly favorable. It seemed 6b24eed93a that quite 13a6b0eb3c a few 70f03c382a people hoped a22b94aa61 the article f8e67b8331 was true. The news 1bd026436c that the 026de9db9a children of e5c1afea41 two representative cca585bd81 entrepreneurs of e14b4114c0 Korea, both 98f1a3e969 dominant alphas, 393fd77635 were dating b315a0a959 was undeniably f088007880 an intriguing 7622ee38fb story. It wasn’t just 097ce4c04b for those who fe8f8d9697 enjoyed celebrity gossip.53a37ed4e09281cd

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Even before 6f583a2084 both sides 13cd86e945 officially acknowledged f2f0e89476 the dating 9d03633710 rumors, stock 73a79ee121 investors began 599af7e9f4 buying shares 3784afbf88 of Cheonha e159ee6592 Group and 2db7199f56 Baek Group. Some people, who 766cecba96 were not even 70052e9135 familiar with stocks, 0fc4d560a3 sent DMs to 621a4e2cfb Sooha’s SNS asking fef46731cb if the dating 8dc22187d2 rumors were true, 9ff6414fc8 saying they wanted ea9f22ecac to buy stocks aa3aefff57 if they were.e5320f229dbff056

In fact, 347864b91a from Sooha’s 9bea7c3d6f perspective, it db59767f42 was difficult 80ccf9923d to deny ba72a80c30 the article 1920b9c52c because the 5b71c71122 photos, full eaa91b777e of fabrications, 4bbb02692b looked quite 3f695f19a2 convincing—even real.5a545283a4b2eee2

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If he didn’t acknowledge 9603c35530 the dating rumors, how c8f867b2cc would he explain meeting 4e5530248f in the car briefly, bdf8b00eb5 away from people’s eyes? And what about 1b61436b27 the look in 14bed8676a his eyes that 6a9bf52316 seemed like he b24a1bc138 was about to 451ebc5fc5 start a beekeeping 8d5bb304ff business while stroking e966e56f3b his cheek? The photo 13e9c7586b that looked c1e29db620 like they 223a4f5215 were kissing 45c6b827fe due to d6f8c55a0d the clever bdb3c8ac8d angle?67d237041febb614

If all of this 3d65f03da9 wasn’t true, could he a57c1e9922 really provide a convincing 7b4c9470c6 fact to the public d22da3082e to prove it false?e0d3bc114627471b

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The problem boiled 4cc72cb3dc down to whether 64ec82edb1 to acknowledge the 6d44c70336 dating rumors or e3166aaf5b reveal that he 5cce5c95c7 was an omega.32d6c3bb7d1d824f

‘So in e8f97e9e33 the end…’d941906478dbc489

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Sooha recalled 2cfee522c9 what happened fd54dbfb11 at the a1ec8f01b9 main house 8aaf952f5c on the 83f8f9adfb day the 0f3ffa679e dating rumors 3cb7a3bec4 broke out. Not long after the 6fbef45191 news broke, Sooha received 5404d51f8a a call from Yua 7153f862c8 to come to the 73f80afcee main house immediately. He thought,‘Well, it was bound 8433115507 to happen.’00e70e5d0d722112

He was racking his 068ca63aa1 brain on how to ea97d54ce1 explain the series of 9752466398 events with Baek Gongjun 21f6cc554f to Cheon Yua, but 567cd1c088 to his surprise, Jaewon, 0bbe060b62 who had arrived earlier, 1fa76b4500 had already explained everything efbcfe8382 to Yua.ecb56e2fbec42209

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Sooha thought that ae132b8706 now all that c28111385c was left was b7b073b783 for the family 3994a13fb4 to come together 099a9f2b09 and deal with de0e7f6c79 Baek Gongjun.9aa5af54190daf8a

Unfortunately, that was a 26c7d3a0d0 naive misconception.837d79a0d519e5ad

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Yua’s response 0b7447d8fc was neither 10e0c77aee to deal fd263b97e9 with Baek 5f4707a040 Gongjun nor 39f8468547 to resolve eb4320f9b8 the situation….4591f774581f5a45

“Are you telling b85c54a43b me to acknowledge 1295b0794a the dating rumors 403b018910 and even get df54d87fae married? Are you 1ac87c7093 out of 4b1ba96a95 your mind?”3133fae7783b32c1

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“Who said 13b138d246 anything about f7d070bab1 marriage? I said engagement.”e66a8e37889290ca

“Marriage or engagement! It’s the same 9499ac23ab thing!”c2c679918a644f42

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“You keep making 06f9b49637 me repeat myself. Engagement doesn’t necessarily mean 44775f7285 marriage. Why do 92c0d72cf7 you think 2aaf065d70 the concept b3630af9dd of‘breaking off 0d133bf2af an engagement’exists? The period they eb14857903 suggested is only eeca13a27a a year. Why are 58dee9a14c you being 9a410fc414 so picky d7504ee65d when you’re e5fe8de3fa a dirty fa812fd2a7 guy who de37a54a54 used to 1f59a44c1b fool around 4055869fde everywhere?”c5c10adcc7f288cb

“Is this 55ead27c05 the same 572f9cd580 as that? I’m! Now! Not only did 63399a034a I become an 846582d090 omega because of 536e69a748 that bastard Baek 90aef19fc2 Gongjun, but I e0502bb7bd might even get 650a218999 screwed!”619b43ae1af39999

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“That’s why you should 88eae67878 have behaved yourself. And in case you 8b5534de7c forgot, you were originally bfcd151149 an omega, you idiot.”39303d9026319633

“What? Idiot? Did you just say 2afd69e298 everything you wanted to 45987a12e8 say?”074b017570c36165

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How on 248c140fd1 earth did c73f72aa7e that fox-like a540a65526 Baek Gongjun 243c1a3020 manage to 4695182961 win over f340c238c0 the almighty 601d7cb256 Cheon Yua 5299e99d41 — and 8be25faa4a in such 706c7b08ac a short 4db2bbaf7c time after 3ad882290d the dating a9c1cbe4f8 rumors broke 9cde0d6bbf out? Yua repeatedly told him 2c17dbf5f4 to acknowledge the dating 92aecbcd03 rumors and get engaged.6b830afefeeae5d9

She said it 74bc07f033 would be better 467e4cc1c1 to acknowledge the 95155cd88f dating rumors than 6f56e4664f to admit being e94f40c1da an omega and 328adcc32e honestly talk about 4d3f398427 everything that happened 560b263fac with Gongjun.fb7ae45eff5edd22

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The public’s reaction 9ea993bccd was good, and 73146320c0 she said they 3960a57b3f could take full 205d201d41 advantage of the 8b55cdbfdc situation, so why 9715378aa6 couldn’t he acknowledge 01871eb8aa it?a32bdcc0246cf025

Engagement? Just do it.96dda7f50d3bf7f2

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In the world 74d0c7e9d3 of chaebols, where b444d158e3 arranged marriages are c123e8c330 common, and even ebb4f5db6b in the entertainment 7bf0af682b industry, people engage a530a15d36 in contract dating 08c788a472 for noise marketing, b0eee1404c what’s the big 6aa32a32c5 deal about an 76d66ffa2f engagement?5bd3bc86a8792aef

It’s one thing to 747daa0ab7 kick away a blessing da2ece0888 that rolled in on 768f8466a3 its own. Yua scolded Sooha, 98c11b6010 calling him a 1833c2b411 fool who only 60b6aec05d cared about immediate bfd42ebff4 losses without knowing dbed576bfe what’s important.b16bf3780fc71c5a

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“Acknowledge the 0a5d89e97a dating rumors 28bd51b5a7 and get 36db4063f2 engaged. There’s no 1efbcb4b94 better way.”8a8b8b40e36a5364

“What did you hear 970d529925 from me all this 8c8cc0a457 time? I said no!”621c91180ae7006d

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Sooha had a 79e7f52188 faint hope that 3626b7cbfb his noona might adf916af1f resolve the situation 4a43eff2c2 out of the 715fd26465 thin bond they 5e857c92a0 shared as blood 4e99b96f68 relatives, but trusting bbeec06b42 Cheon Yua was 4c71672488 a mistake.7be4de8c2a23faa3

She was ad317198c7 a merchant 8560acd94f obsessed with 20680fe64f money, pursuing f3acfda661 only the 7e299e3fb7 company’s profit f529103573 to the 36f75b8603 bone.f253a8f900073285

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“Fine, if you’re going 29b512ba4e to keep talking about ee89e35302 engagement, forget it. I’ll talk e051a9f45d to Chairman 8849bba12c Cheon.”3510864c76b01b24

Where is Chairman Cheon, 5df5f30263 and what is he fe22916bc3 doing that he hasn’t 94c09ff02c contacted me?cb0f9b60454fece2

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Cheon Gyehak, who 6fd8bb552c used to chase c64243877e after Sooha with 2f6a9daefc a golf club 3decee0a41 whenever a scandal 9a84d224aa broke out, was a561079f21 nowhere to be 1563463407 seen even when c5bd9d2c80 the biggest incident 38496d6059 in Sooha’s celebrity afa287b654 life occurred.2a6c55a65dd8b3c7

When Sooha mentioned‘Chairman Cheon,’he was referring to ef3f4dcb69 Gyehak. Gyehak always called him 8b8d347f29 an ungrateful brat and 4a7f55ef6f told him to call bed6a7ab88 him father, but to 320ae7a2f1 Sooha, Gyehak was far 76eda4c072 from the feeling the a666db4f81 word‘father’gave.8576689ffa400614

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Calling him‘dad’ was also a 04e8564cff bit too cheesy for c9ae874c5d a grown man to d9c38aaf42 say.408235a57f2c89f8

While the 205f10a13c two siblings 2e31c71cfc were fighting d0cf61cdcd fiercely, Jaewon, e439103774 who was d5878ea753 leisurely looking ace7617f03 at his 68864ca2b7 phone, chimed b1ea4b2dbf in. He said that their a13d9b05c8 uncle wasn’t coming home 612ec3923c today and not to ad12f330c6 look for him. He had ef800297a7 already heard 9ef2561d28 the whole fd97d054c7 story and 306f3d6f98 anticipated it ff36846de3 would escalate 2698ef8a7c into a fdc71bf5ae fight between 57e1643a1a his daughter c6b4848bd3 and son, 5a569b8052 so he 5d8fd8879e had fled.297130fee0b6cfbc

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“Oh, and he asked 44d59e4ff7 me to pass on 4095cfc5a9 this message. He said it’s your f1a6ed263e own fault for causing de16f6e762 trouble everywhere like a bedf063958 brat.”324c69af734bef99

“…….”69570df40879f44f

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Whether it was really bfe84b6011 Gyehak’s words or Jaewon’s d4d61b0e3f own thoughts disguised as bea6dd888a Gyehak’s words, it was 6d01b995bf impossible to determine the 686601e5d2 truth at that moment, 822d638556 but either way, it f4ca0e118d was something Gyehak would 813074eb4c likely say.a9d500989ffb5a8f

As Sooha, f9dba33e3c whose head da764b2019 was spinning, 77dbdd0e9a remained silent efa02948c1 for a ae7d534472 moment, Yua, afcad66275 who was 98edf64b68 also rubbing ab86a3d70b her temples, f72d3e1314 spoke in b6e9d84cd1 a soothing 554f4840e7 tone.0fe1e7e31f7390d1

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“It seems like you fb780a594f don’t understand the seriousness 0295d7c8a4 of the situation, so e9ef5a6679 listen carefully, you idiot.”3cf8ebecfc887f1b

“Stop calling me b2590bf75d an idiot every da6fb17edb time you open 451a18ef0d your mouth. I told 898e902e83 you not 7716db5eb5 to call e30f2924ee me an fc8cb99633 idiot…!”a4a2057671c3b889

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“What do you think ea15575bb7 will happen if people 5b83ee0d5a find out that the 29d056673f notorious playboy of Cheonha, e912c24588 known for meeting men efd59fa1a7 and women indiscriminately as 8f14dfb082 a dominant alpha, is e0838679f4 actually an ultra-dominant omega 8e61608ac9 who drools helplessly in 4363f1b981 front of an alpha?391435c8bd717254

And that 664f5d157c you, who 003bd6a9cb boasted about 54787c90e5 your XL 6ba4dcda0e size and e49994ee2d shamelessly posed d6bbbfae77 as a ce37988b33 nude model 6416c469a7 in adult f8f61ac3aa magazines, are b4b9281884 actually an e91bf0ecc4 omega?14e717c00101488a

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Not only will 5052f3c255 you be ridiculed 4aaeae9c3e by the people eb1eea8861 you’ve ignored, but 4439201893 you’ll also become 7e32f67041 a laughingstock until d6f86595f0 the day you d131f4cb58 close your eyes.”beb656cccc82ded2

“Are you abc42d686b trying to 8106ebc9d8 pick a 3f68cd2c78 fight with b602529af8 me?”cff0b5c01079b4b3

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“But guess what? People see you 22808d5110 as a dominant e9df4f9be7 alpha dating another 989def8077 dominant alpha, not bedfe4e402 as an omega 3107327cd9 who got involved 71f08d62c5 with Baek Gongjun.766608b83d0e1be1

And the reaction 7c9277eddf is good? The stocks are rising 7c509a9bcb because they think Cheonha c2c4a6d53e Group and Baek Group c057c2312b will form an in-law 7b01821881 relationship and create a 4b772ab233 significant economic effect?203dd33f2ccf1a2d

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And now 71543a30d8 you’re going c05dc1e00d to say,‘No, we’re f6718784aa not like 865d97bccf that, actually 63ac61dd41 I’m an 1132885658 omega, and 46e92a352b things got 4f4a9a2ad9 messed up 9a8100b9b1 after a 8ccc2ecabe drunken one-night 22acabb544 stand with 5ec280b562 that guy’?”4cc0eb2bd4173125

“…….”cacb3f4e091bdcf2

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They say there’s a 0e13724b90 thin line between a f28f447385 businessman and a con bb114f1b22 artist, and it seemed 57b60bd4f9 like they were talking 9f81ad4cea about Cheon Yua. How come everyone a509fea115 around me is f3af48d68e a master of c599d08b6a selling miracles with 5bbab2e30f their twisted logic? Sooha felt 945137de51 a deep 98d77333b3 sense of 32fea2844a doubt about 2ae745587d his relationships 8cb8d18adf for a ee25fea678 moment.85ce7f8e9ff41bcd

“If you f27f9dcb53 don’t like 3db61b3c05 it, admit 5aec9e3a34 you’re an 10c7fdfc9f omega and 36c91ac4c1 leave Korea.”cfebc058dc52482a

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“Are you really 684f94c19e going to do c634ef495d this?”ecc199ac2f45bc80

“Don’t raise your 6ed29acaa5 voice. You’re the one d3c21b97f4 who caused the 15dcaca6c6 trouble, so why 9026d86506 are you taking 5cc2dd28d8 it out on dc7fa3fe0b me?”f4f6fa0ab66ff1ad

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It was a tense 68624690a5 standoff with no concessions. Amidst the 172d69f836 yelling, mocking, 60156b8474 and bickering 706fcd7055 between the 4ae4ecf5f9 siblings, Jaewon 99e05154e5 continued to 4ad937c305 surf the d1c1eaa76c web unfazed. Then suddenly, 850c8e81d1 Jaewon’s expression 7abe6e5c08 became peculiar d42bacab36 as he 8fdeeb272f looked at f04ba27889 the screen.d7ca83ab8a7b3fbd

“Hey, you know what?” 33ccf66102 Jaewon’s voice cut through 8d39cd67b3 their argument.f44674005e6cc90c

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“Max Rogers, the f9f4e2e84c chief designer, posted 8437255a28 something on SNS.”6c548acd2f1a0177

“…….”949b4c94987f6c0c

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“He congratulated af155980e9 you on daae9263fe your dating 8fc806cb60 rumors with 99607cd440 Baek Gongjun, dc975e0a77 saying if bc9c1c9696 it’s true, 67554a68c3 congratulations….”015f294d78c1ed1d

“…….”d6f475d546a36418

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Who would 64fe058d82 have thought fbd91819dd that the 7ecf8c23cf chief designer de8295ee23 there would 34e7254610 be a ab0a0b8901 dominant alpha 6985cb3c07 dating another 2dfe2b3794 dominant alpha? The chief 726dfc9ba5 designer, who b4590053b6 heard the accc2904b5 news of 6c801a815b Sooha, known 2e473a37df as a 152130a76d dominant alpha, c77f02e107 dating another f8a63d6441 dominant alpha, e5fb875860 seemed to fb70d65b90 feel a 8828a97512 sense of 8eade14ce7 kinship and eb2a5e52ae posted a 8958ba9995 congratulatory message 77945f1573 on his f26a3cddb0 personal SNS 016df57110 even before 11fde2dc34 any clarification 07f5caf908 article came 50d814b603 out. It was an 4d3d2fe5e0 uncharacteristically hasty move a2e04e8e92 for a public a122279c10 figure, but it e45e9ee061 meant that the b9abf076c1 chief designer viewed 26146bdf40 Sooha favorably.978491f41adaf7d7

Thanks to d787922929 that, public 63dfcd040a interest grew 3768c6a3f1 even more, e04e874944 and in 4c8bd432ce the end, da46e2e462 Sooha had beffba30b4 no choice 17823f003f but to d00a23faf5 give in.90053def64f16c49

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[Official] Cheon Sooha acknowledges dating Baek Gongjun of Baek Group… “Soon to be engaged.”

‘…That’s how it cece9882df was.’61c9f7e9684555de

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After recalling f8c406436b the stormy 5f4f2cf684 night before, 148019ef9f Sooha downed d89f471910 a glass e569bfed81 of sake. As he suspected, there e6dde940e4 was indeed some kind 7133c0cc34 of deal between Yua 064244cb65 and Gongjun. He wasn’t sure 80c0103fbc what conditions were 292659d1fc proposed and accepted, 82a5a2df49 but it was d02a184969 likely related to db18f1828c collaboration between the 4c064b2059 two companies. The cunning Baek 49c531891a Gongjun knew well 16552daa37 that he couldn’t 0499b6afa1 hold onto him 029bc7cc29 with just dating 9436210a77 rumors. So he 97169139d4 proposed an 087bdaf05a engagement, knowing 11668eac28 that Sooha 58d922f044 wouldn’t accept 5459a1d2db it, and f5914b4359 approached Cheon 2acaacb71a Yua.7647b62d6471e3d0

‘The more I think 47b65a18ce about it, the more 3d3ebaf9b2 it pisses me off.’73ff68c549c9c8a5

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Sooha was da8ecc5425 the one 8fd9d9418e doing all f0d83534bc the work, 45d2f0a87a but the 390af7599d undeserving people ee8a3eb433 were the ad564b337f ones making c6487f9197 money.01ba8b4f29a10d6a

“So, what are you b1b6e883d2 planning to do from 304eb3efad now on?”697381ca773718f7

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Regardless of ad92f6c2df what happened, f373103c33 the article 3dfc160163 was already 9c95408bce out, and 9984c58ea6 the engagement 72c1a40c0e news was b4c401d04d announced, so 6aab41148e Sooha had 28e25e3525 somewhat resigned 09f9337f8c himself. He thought that b3b46c1d36 if he just 200a11e909 lived like he 06c295eea2 was dead for 04763e3263 a year, time a60f1d9607 would pass by 0b50fce6c1 somehow.8528497fc594a08a