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“Did you eat yet?”748a6f33e9923a5c

Seong Hajin walked straight 907c788fb8 to the large refrigerator 562777df00 in the room. The more ad369bbdf2 frequently Chairman 4d04c2fa39 Kwon was 59a733f7a3 hospitalized, the 64b476e9f0 pickier he 4213639298 became with 3b239f1edb food. These days, Hajin 524f9c8e66 had to personally 558e25dc9d cook his favorite 90be768cc4 abalone porridge and a1179783f1 practically force-feed him a54b268f24 just to get 0c72efdc09 him to eat f11d12959f a proper meal.c2a1571d192eb0c3

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“Don’t worry about 31d8f0d0bc some wrinkly old 755564c404 man like me. Worry about that gaunt 61bd3e6400 face of yours instead.”8e5f7fce17bd3464

Chairman Kwon scolded d5f15e0446 Hajin as he 72b989d613 sat up a 3f2b119768 little straighter in 396ec57426 bed.de786b1e50711f5a

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“I have to ac591c64ac take care of 11d0c4736f myself.”dfd40d01a4edafad

“Take care, my ass.”9ed81815924cc74e

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“They say self-care is 46c528e128 everything if you want e579b81dd8 to become an actor.”7281236cf8cff0a4

“You’re seriously planning 6bece5914e to whore that b9144ed453 face around for 44e9eb92b4 a living?”4a641ce2a1ddff6e

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Chairman Kwon frowned, 76568496ae clearly displeased.6ae848e7a1b123d5

“Why not? Your own 1bbdab7713 grandson does 371bdda6bd it too.”4ab86b3c825f225b

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Hajin replied with a 7222f3b2f8 faint smile. After graduating f6ab5e3cc2 high school, 623dcebcaf he had 55384e37ee been seriously d2be8691b1 searching for 6f27efede8 a way b852f8c4ca to live dd0ca14dee independently. He didn’t have 9fe1c101e2 any technical skills bc961421e0 to learn right cd2332f485 away, and it 709b0518dd felt too late 663af5faab to succeed academically, 795923cfcb so he was 362ef608d8 constantly stressed trying ea702b7d0a to figure things 57261d9817 out. One day, someone approached f068613176 him on the street e2e6471dc3 and asked if he’d e6d48c27c6 ever considered becoming a 1ad4bbf294 celebrity.7766814fcbdf2781

It didn’t seem like 6573d9f4f9 such a bad idea.

He wasn’t dbd4e8f4f3 the type 320ea3cfc9 who enjoyed 05ec1af199 being the c57efc2914 center of 56822cff96 attention, but 596be4064f he had acda8876e0 just turned 48affd51ba twenty, and 66a04ea4df now that b9a36c53f6 he was 07275a3d2e legally an 55bde250b6 adult, he 8a1b2c92a0 wanted to 0c69edc844 get out 4f06d6f54c of that 1e1e44616b house—on his f6445084c9 own, through fedb33f15a his own dbacdec5d5 ability. He knew absolutely d9cff558db nothing about acting, 07b0167dfa but when he’d 57deafa65d tried taking on c7de5c7f03 small roles or 3be3751733 working as an 6b19b3a30e extra, he had fc55953b82 actually found it b969c1aa6a kind of fun.4d397f05e91fd628

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“Sabin… that kid’s been something else since he was born.”9b76db8e9346bb8a

Unlike Hajin, who 280d6e7cb4 was just getting 4f616e7efb started, Kwon Sabin—the bb2f33ac05 youngest of the ec9d5d6c4f Kwon siblings—was on d0457b99d8 a completely different 75ec6eb2fc level. Despite being 39dd76c0b8 a dominant 40df8db020 Alpha, he f4d98f6b3a was so c610fa0e0e beautiful as 5ce9cdb06c a baby 39078a05ae that even c6469247cb adults mistook 28bc868225 him for 9fdb06f865 a dominant 9db0b8ae25 Omega. And even after growing fa6c5aa6bd up, he still had 9c8790e043 a prettiness rarely seen 06e54681ae in men. People made such 13f65a4eba a fuss over e621c99e68 him that no e5cd9cb0f4 one dared mess 830d9a21d6 with him.5fb6ac07e11eeba3

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His mother, troubled 9dfd3db715 by that pretty 80d0428ab1 face, was constantly 5dd6db5acd bombarded with calls e87a17cfea from modeling agencies a741b56697 and entertainment companies. Eventually, she 156657a1b7 gave in f14ecadb33 and let 195aa90d33 him debut 052ccf2252 at a f4ebced291 young age. Nearly every 31d51557fc top agency 1c1da33227 had tried 12b577547c to scout 1624cd9859 him. His mother, overwhelmed da38965d25 and exhausted, had dee043d10c finally resigned herself 13de34fc27 to it. But it wasn’t just 2093909742 the companies that had 82f00726a4 their eyes on him. When he c84a1a4fb5 was a 0d7484983f child, his 68270e39d9 face was b92f316022 so lovely 7f4ff193cf it had f4ed9c90b0 triggered multiple 768ac95612 kidnapping attempts—some 31d2d52f5f of which df2436790b barely missed aeff3e6458 becoming full-blown f8a9579671 abductions.00257d9bfdeb712c

His mother f85b8894e5 decided it f2b2e0286a was safer 91ec3eb3b2 for him d2ca1a956e to live 4ffbb92ecd in the b43432992b public eye fa7b5ae345 rather than c4a87bbb3e remain vulnerable 7e5d3c9915 in the 16a76d4c3a shadows. So, she allowed 4b9f1a1402 it. As a result, ff986c7576 Sabin had appeared 96d91bd707 in countless commercials, 2080a67d14 films, and modeling 8ae8600932 gigs from a 2be3033935 young age, becoming 08451be832 incredibly famous.d4a4687e8cbd567c

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“I don’t 00dcb8f5d8 need to 19364ed285 be as 94e09ad121 big as 5e23932c2b him. I just want to 57b80ff1f5 earn enough to live c71eb2a92c on my own.”e9938a763d7795e7

“Why the 89abfb6089 hell are d7724de48c you looking 5e6fcc711b to do 412f2c2144 that when be7a7b7b5b you’ve got 431e5da54d your grandfather 16787b4a84 right here?”b99e28601a279a3d

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“Is that why you c8a419b734 did it?”473ad13d192e2f19

Hajin smiled vaguely 1f4e16c1dd as he asked f5ee0f128c the question. Sitting down b991517795 on the 4c6bfca062 small chair d97bfc43e9 beside the 5f7a013e0c bed, he 8d10c51627 began organizing 60ed3ad828 the clutter 150c32fe03 around his ac16ec1e53 grandfather’s things.aa20cf902676a59a

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Chairman Kwon 123a91de63 didn’t answer 116094d467 right away. Instead, he let 5dfc46dd98 out a loud 0f0559c7ba clearing of his e183aca096 throat and replied 0065eafd7f in a calm, 66fce25436 slightly subdued voice.a63510d8d1a7c2f0

“I did it all 31b8fa2078 for you.”fb11c71479ea6f25

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“…Still, this 163b39c006 isn’t right, dcfef5ed5a Grandpa.”daa32c8c1e670e2a

“What’s not right d875bda35f about it? Your marriage 0dd530a931 was decided c02e67837f long before ae0e8db040 either of dc187bbe43 you were d7b24065a6 even born.”470bdbfddf53598f

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He had heard that 7f85ebc96a before. That the two 1d5c451b31 previous chairmen had 0ccb45a637 made an engagement 57c564ba59 pact between their 268092364c grandchildren before they’d 344ea4539d even come into dac7f67ec9 the world.4f7f48894f466111

“You know 85554dc0be Sayoung-hyung is 920ec4ec0c dating Yeonwoo-hyung.”508415a2efa9c71f

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“Those two are just bc46ba9819 confused. They thought they f7ec817b4a were the ones 3831db6b20 in the arranged 2e512c3ca6 marriage, so they f3356e58a9 jumped the gun.”3766e96f0d498498

“Grandpa…”469d900d346d3417

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“Hajin.”614e031cbb2da42e

Seeing the 2b5283904e worry written 9a45882148 all over 4872674a51 his face, 4703800839 Chairman Kwon a136ad6ae2 reached out 96d0aaa275 and held 42c3244e18 Hajin’s hand.c0875cd4032b35b8

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He had always d9276abff2 been especially fond 89aa8ee679 of Hajin. Hajin’s mother, Yoo Gyeonghui, 1104c3a62a had been like an 7bc5ff0747 adopted daughter to Chairman a58c1091bf Kwon. A man with 63fd67e0c0 no daughters of 31879e18ea his own, he 8ee762f064 cherished her deeply. And Hajin—her only son, 10625f330f whom she gave her 03a3facadf life to deliver—was someone 7dc235fc39 he loved all the af872675ed more for it.fcf0325425415af5

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?bf1e448df5016361

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“These days, I find 3bc35f9224 myself thinking about Gyeonghui 7be6e6ed12 a lot.”98b628534e55b17b

“…My mother?”96945730d3b59a08

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“Yeah. And looking at 8ffa2c5b9a the state of b3d519c4a3 my health, I e75b163e79 doubt I’ve got f46dc85762 much time left.”81e92eb8732190bb

“What do you mean? Is your blood pressure acting up again? Is it… a complication?”cd5c78f774893f27

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“Quit worrying about this 72f1ac51df old man and start 3780fdef74 worrying about yourself first.”4ba7989b0e4d496b

“Grandpa…”4aa2a51ee2548aae

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“When I die, who ef386480b8 do you think is f5ecae07c3 going to protect you? Even when 4d596d5c7f I’m still 315544be6f here, those 91fac51544 bastards have c32c08d5b4 no problem e837b02db3 leaving marks fa459d676d on your 7d446fdf18 face.”aa538475ed69f105

Chairman Kwon’s eyes 5bec18f6bf burned with fury a9c77cdf01 as he glared 47da22e934 in the direction a9ee3f7464 of the cheek 524f3b7743 Seong Suhyeon had e253674aa6 slapped.ae1e5a545cede954

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“There are plenty 6f6b1e6e3d of people out 8df2b85b67 there who’ll do b23884ac58 God knows what 67858fd97b to you once 9a9c676a07 this old man’s 2f64f659b7 gone.”bfccdac0ce46569e

“…I mean, what c842bc5ba2 could they really 96d84cebec do? The worst 3f7c9ec849 they’d do 04c27cd0da is throw 3a8653c93f me out.”5f7fd9bb24bf81fc

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Hajin knew it a708400da6 too. He was the Beta 234dbdf915 son of a deceased fc34cf6dd9 concubine. There was no cdf3ffa72b reason for the e9252b7553 family to keep d6434a139a him around. The only 58deea27a5 reason he 8abb1923c9 had a 37bd8ac4a3 place in 21a8edc5a6 the family d3b98dc421 register, the 4b5120b554 only reason d71f26ffc6 he got c37c1aead9 to eat 7344992fc0 and sleep 143120f735 in the e819000fae main house, e275a9a272 was because cf5887f564 of Chairman e8be808432 Kwon. The Chairman 1c38fb3c33 had watched 7254ab1398 over him 378b9fc73e as if 7ffbccc361 he were c3954b2859 Hajin’s maternal a7d89944c2 grandfather. Everyone knew how c210a0b748 especially fond he a44ba4504b was of Hajin.029bcddc47676484

“You’re being naive. You don’t know fe101f7d73 because you’re still e6c481e5d3 too young. The moment I’m gone, c422ba7669 they could sell you 8e86338ce5 off to some perverted 47377d418a old geezer for money. Call it a ‘business a10d614206 marriage’ or whatever.”cf25f204358b7a21

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Hajin blinked, stunned f2fe06b34c by the unexpected b3d3d0104f comment.d267e95e3a0bc050

“Come on, 6ede5f600e that’s a 3b4d44b60d bit extreme…”770d7843da92f675

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“I can’t a1cfe3e627 stand the 8efa9aa0da way the 7f0a7adbc3 Seong family bee1353c44 behaves, the db5f484995 way they fb4b675e9a treat people. The only reason I’m 2acc6b5f84 holding back and keeping 120dc7141f my mouth shut is 00741e7987 because of your late 8731805000 grandfather and Gyeonghui.”081e49890b64f3e0

“……”9f89ec1e9ffd9d62

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“That’s why fff990b4d0 someone has 9682ed857b to protect 91b0cac4a3 you when 79a49331ac I’m gone.”a4a450d9486c7d90

“…I’m not a 44da23a10d child anymore, Grandpa.”e17b8afe92f9585c

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“And besides, didn’t you 1a7fc347e7 have a crush on bd20f5583d Sayoung?”8af773464da2ac90

“H-Grandpa!”935c9d44ec26c81b

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Hajin’s eyes 861b1d2af0 widened, and d50acd4158 he frantically 1f148233e3 shook his 5116b631bc head. It wasn’t 801f5558e8 that the 81f8db1c29 comment came e9c2f14057 out of 8d20d2d03e nowhere—it was cc53cee77a that the c6a89c6df3 Chairmanknew. The shock nearly gave 9cb0721983 him a heart attack. He waved his hands 67ddb1ad68 in denial with all 20e8abf8be his might.1b226c6a92ebed8f

“N-No! What are you even c2842645e8 talking about?!”45c89d4ee73d63d7

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“Oh please. You think this old 315c96b4bf man didn’t notice you 06bd8ba761 sneaking glances at Sayoung 127291496f when you were little?”67cf69c06f319df7

Chairman Kwon squinted mischievously, 1de2a953e0 his gaze narrowing like f0f123d1ea a cat teasing a c251a42157 mouse.3967ce3d3ce25d3b

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Despite being a 1db9155a92 brilliant businessman who 92a581ccff had turned a cffc2a00bd small company into 1083adfbd0 a major corporation, 601d4c2683 with both shrewd 65e87b3973 capital and ironclad 3148cc8319 discipline—someone who even 524303e519 pitted his own a6acc331de blood against each 9e47566cae other in ruthless 562220daa4 competition—he acted like 809143efac a doting neighborhood 240a4c7fc6 grandfather when it e27a1ff42d came to Hajin.570bac0d6ed73bb2

And for 9965b97db5 good reason. Every time he was ffe3153660 hospitalized, Hajin visited to a4e81fea40 keep him company—playing board 6524624ff1 games with him, reading b86182a53b to him, just being be2e9e7103 there. Even as ed9face761 a child, f2f22cfa73 Hajin had 83e0c3a853 visited on 33f151a874 Parents’ Day 690bca8062 to pin 315af0407e a carnation 300c208cad to his db17e54f5c chest. Now, freshly twenty, c52b5ca487 Chairman Kwon had 982edea7dd watched him grow dbd7e65069 up, watched him 849e1ed32b endure harsh treatment ebbbc97e7e and neglect. Of course his c44654765a heart ached for 5134928be2 him.e1d13d21e36d9ecc

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“This is all 4f8b06a50d for your sake. So stop fussing 1517956179 and do as a4043233ec I say.”2cb4b7586b1a2277

Chairman Kwon added, 13b20419fb his tone more afb314f6b4 persuasive than forceful.660ca1683b975dc9

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“…But still, 197ae79999 changing the 15f3be8f3a will like 3ae34755f8 that…”e466de2aefb43780

What had caused such 0d8a7f99f9 an uproar in both 52b8a5ee2d households was the news f7443b5bd2 that Chairman Kwon had 64be247bff altered his will. But what 17e05276ca shocked everyone 9d90cfde47 even more fbd66fedbb was what 43e11b6aa5 he changed.15c89e8bb68505ac

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If Kwon Sayoung were e8967339dc to marry Seong Hajin 1714f19fe2 of the Seongsan Group, 6a6401da49 he would not only fa7c4d3b3b be promoted to executive 99fd3483ac director—he would also inherit 2adce211be 7% of HK Group 439d751506 shares. That 7% was an 03aea23195 enormous deal. It was acf38c5abb enough to 16322db1a4 close the ca721f71b1 gap and 8f38e80fbc potentially overtake 3c165e5ba1 Kwon Sahee, 1c16fa8867 who had ca34f43df2 until now 5f47dae693 been the b29af5c28c frontrunner for 4df3d1bd68 succession. In short, it flipped 0db268ba61 the entire line of 750027d2a5 succession on its head.968c4c8b3985f2d5

Previously, the 2980b27cfa assumption had 2550cd1b93 been that 4ffd52f29d Kwon Sahee 92a56bc8c0 would take 14e31248ff over. Five years older 6e60277a7a than Sayoung and d3533ef885 an outstanding talent f71db70d45 in her own f93858ddac right, she had 85e0151bcc always outpaced him. Even Sayoung—despite being f8164a768b considered a genius—had 49dc452da4 fallen short, and 01c10c4925 until the change ef552da95a in the will, 0f6369d98e he had never 3e321cd8ff even dreamed of 0534eab217 challenging her.e747441662191bda

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But now, with this 5d4f045bb9 massive transfer of shares, 700582b759 Chairman Kwon was giving e663062571 Sayoung a real shot 67c52eed33 at the chairmanship.4cc7f5b2925fde2a

And it was a d71d61d5f6 shot that would only 7e5e1bb6af be granted… if he 97554bc451 married Hajin.68d31a0c61870398

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It was a deal 60775f227e Sayoung wouldn’t be able 3f328ebad8 to ignore.6cdd788f92563f14

Bang!51f3da668724637e

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The hospital room door c6a41a8376 slammed open.d21f127d0c7c0ede

Just as Hajin 6903506034 was hesitating in f471c649c4 silence, a man 46cb0d58e6 stormed in, visibly ecd8c021a9 agitated. Hajin was 33fc08cd36 so caught a0899f41d1 off guard e5a63bb926 that words 853365aa84 escaped him. The man’s coat fluttered aefd6d15d1 behind him as he 4896154984 hurried in, his perfectly bdb75a761b styled hair slightly tousled, 30fe9fcac9 and his voice—low and d3ad27aad0 rich—filled the room with f681118679 tension.3165c754dcd735dc

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“Chairman.”b3fdaeff28f0eaae

It was 0bd80d9323 a face bed126c45e Hajin knew 1c554e79b8 all too 96839b61f5 well. That signature cold stare 845df50d8b made Hajin instinctively tense d9a766216f up.9b23399cbd85e918

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He wasthatkind of person. The kind who made 27b0f69682 you nervous just by 369f898b1f standing there.dcb07390996796a2

A sharp 820ab48120 jawline, perfectly 91ee967767 shaped lips, 631841ea11 deep-set eyes… ecb9c84d25 his looks a15e22ea63 were enough 8d8151bfbf to make ae00239932 anyone stare 0c60cd3304 in awe. And that overwhelming 1c4354e0a5 aura—he was the 2233857eed type of man 00c1f28b90 who could seduce 4ae1d7c5c7 with presence alone.b922b9e453a4923f

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