XX | Chapter 3.1

“I didn’t expect Sooha-ssi 51e3e47fd6 to ask to meet 02f5508c6b me first,” Gongjun said 357ef73068 as he sat down, 49ce3f1a4d appearing from behind the 7f317cc1f7 sliding door of a 33f06c5f3e neat and luxurious Japanese 7c69ef4aa9 restaurant.6a0517332d6b6a3b

“Being an official 82f7c7ff0a couple is really 42d19052ee nice.”f9c0b1aef18ba74a

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“…….”963af24efc26514b

Sooha, who was looking ea82439e8b at the brightly smiling aa11ec2cd1 face with disdainful eyes, ff6b100e98 gritted his teeth.60231ac3f714ae72

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‘This sly bastard.’40405afd2b3aeca8

Sooha had 48c530dcdf called Gongjun a283d7d2c5 the day 65914e23f6 after the 9af09dd902 article came f153ae38f0 out. As expected, 6e81010d03 the public 0d6658d353 went wild. Sooha couldn’t even turn 8c12a02d97 on his phone for d39a34948b a whole day due 0ac6365a6f to the flood of 70419179d3 calls and messages, and c4d971aff2 SNS was no exception.8aa8409ce871691f

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Not only f177375826 the entertainment fbabc2239f section but de3700c227 also the ee1458d1fe economic section 00b571ee11 focused on 736a9ed3db the dating f38a01916d news of 2c61bdf678 Sooha and eda11a4b85 Gongjun, and a2ad47ce28 the top 7143a6061d 10 hot b0354cfa43 topics on 0c855e395c internet sites dcae98d6e0 were all 452f5b0d30 filled with 6cfdbfbc24 their stories.75418ece116d050e

The article had already 5d28aa8e65 spread widely, and people’s 1cc578d14c reactions were surprisingly favorable. It seemed that quite 202fe62111 a few people hoped d1bb98b708 the article was true. The news that the dd5ff9b1ac children of two representative 33532c73bb entrepreneurs of Korea, both abe7699883 dominant alphas, were dating f78074f8fb was undeniably an intriguing 0eb646950f story. It wasn’t just aac4d38a2e for those who 00355d6fb7 enjoyed celebrity gossip.ee0e359b558260c9

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Even before both sides 8162ba6c07 officially acknowledged the dating 420e138ef8 rumors, stock investors began 35e623bca8 buying shares of Cheonha 0ea8595ba9 Group and Baek Group. Some people, 7c0b848550 who were 4132a36ccc not even 9f82c20ea5 familiar with e83795a06a stocks, sent 5d4b8a2e9a DMs to 46c120434e Sooha’s SNS dd01ccd1f5 asking if afbf2e9d88 the dating 5065ad1741 rumors were c0977d8253 true, saying 841577f82f they wanted ec97976e46 to buy 325a0f975a stocks if df0028a4d7 they were.d46f31bb3094dad3

In fact, from Sooha’s 0cffd7ae8f perspective, it was difficult 7a0d51baf8 to deny the article 93b3de12d3 because the photos, full 760ad7c094 of fabrications, looked quite 79394ad326 convincing—even real.2ead72ad9de6f277

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If he didn’t acknowledge a70db4a503 the dating rumors, how 859feaeaf1 would he explain meeting 32eae1a570 in the car briefly, 3b7e262f41 away from people’s eyes? And what 205a0552e1 about the 7f0e69bcb5 look in ba0594ff07 his eyes 1c93898a78 that seemed 2fbd316d56 like he c13183694a was about 16beb3da26 to start 8cc9baabc8 a beekeeping 1e346098d6 business while 1f65d329b9 stroking his 0ee96f2588 cheek? The photo that d329c0b2d3 looked like they 466c6f3709 were kissing due 6847393168 to the clever 10212868e3 angle?d94e25a0882f432b

If all of this a418e88cdf wasn’t true, could he 54f3b0bc40 really provide a convincing 63605489e5 fact to the public 6be1aeecb5 to prove it false?1faef59b656dc566

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The problem boiled down 07a09b7d15 to whether to acknowledge 9d8c01b07f the dating rumors or 8aafb16b0c reveal that he was 6323c9302f an omega.28efb5619cd79f3e

‘So in the end…’520772aa8810797d

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Sooha recalled what happened 3a05e01a5c at the main house cefb17d5cf on the day the b92bf4114c dating rumors broke out. Not long after the 907e937efb news broke, Sooha received 73af5e722c a call from Yua c2f4836521 to come to the 807cf8fb34 main house immediately. He thought,‘Well, it was bound a8c0b61503 to happen.’bd0cfc175297a7de

He was racking his 33ae21bcdd brain on how to 127e66e584 explain the series of 35ecf6f42f events with Baek Gongjun fc600f1fcd to Cheon Yua, but b186ab200e to his surprise, Jaewon, 7f7fdbf1f8 who had arrived earlier, 331bf2f5a7 had already explained everything ec6819116b to Yua.7017ea12f8fa1370

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Sooha thought that e533b302f5 now all that 22d0f46133 was left was 958f08a54c for the family 2146660b18 to come together 1765884961 and deal with 581cc41246 Baek Gongjun.5b88377353444226

Unfortunately, that was a 0733a7e776 naive misconception.5165dea6d5f233a8

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Yua’s response was neither ab6d5ac24c to deal with Baek d3e4e5498c Gongjun nor to resolve 8282b6838c the situation….81a16efba265d966

“Are you telling a8ad9aac89 me to acknowledge 7b6c242185 the dating rumors 2a95317bf0 and even get de3d4c8e91 married? Are you out 044133dc43 of your mind?”0607ddf2f6c4e745

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“Who said anything 3fbfc9e38c about marriage? I said engagement.”75181c2ea535428a

“Marriage or engagement! It’s the 123dd8314b same thing!”d4e2ad35db24bd22

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“You keep making e6b3b55077 me repeat myself. Engagement doesn’t e834de23db necessarily mean c865b9f625 marriage. Why do you b86a604ea2 think the concept f2871fface of‘breaking off an 511296f887 engagement’exists? The period they suggested 01b5f5ec54 is only a year. Why are 34a2843f6b you being 516066b4c3 so picky e844753a14 when you’re 89044f41f2 a dirty 5f9ca96c5a guy who 3c4d83f688 used to 9edf50d72e fool around 31a02ba897 everywhere?”f08b697ca6a7626e

“Is this the same d28e7151ee as that? I’m! Now! Not only did I dc371a345c become an omega because 5ad8a2f2bc of that bastard Baek c7d7c29d73 Gongjun, but I might 23aa230e83 even get screwed!”b2d434a16b29e59a

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“That’s why you 368e1ba609 should have behaved 3c641d555e yourself. And in case you 9c4c1e7672 forgot, you were originally 1ba32625ea an omega, you idiot.”b59e4f3337768701

“What? Idiot? Did you 6f208b043b just say c7e132d388 everything you e4a5cada7b wanted to b8a33b816b say?”ca2cc1ad188e17f3

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How on 3facfbc3e7 earth did eacac20e60 that fox-like a3d09f8722 Baek Gongjun b71f286a32 manage to cbc606a62a win over 7d946ce7ae the almighty 3e3c5191e2 Cheon Yua 65cac4426e — and 6b5e8a745a in such 100b79de95 a short be2d9751bf time after 6abb49e72a the dating e5b43f7a11 rumors broke 09cad8c17a out? Yua repeatedly told fa7773bddd him to acknowledge 66763c3958 the dating rumors ff1716291a and get engaged.6b21a46724fd26f4

She said it would c8bd6e7559 be better to acknowledge 51acd4e062 the dating rumors than 00e72bfacc to admit being an 03f6284eff omega and honestly talk 3639cf3cb5 about everything that happened ef8a00c485 with Gongjun.8e0a78f8b9e99ea4

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The public’s reaction was 6f42b4bc44 good, and she said 3bf89fcdc1 they could take full 83b85dbd1c advantage of the situation, 22f3996d4c so why couldn’t he 23d3be09db acknowledge it?0043b364f614aebf

Engagement? Just do it.d14dcabb96044112

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In the world of 3d008ab398 chaebols, where arranged marriages 900782f019 are common, and even afb18230ce in the entertainment industry, d751473645 people engage in contract e76e7ad726 dating for noise marketing, e0c6efa6e7 what’s the big deal 5c4b536626 about an engagement?f050bbb957764fd5

It’s one thing to f5dc74345c kick away a blessing d5c20873dc that rolled in on caec441418 its own. Yua scolded Sooha, 4224734cb8 calling him a 5e87414e45 fool who only 29183507a6 cared about immediate 64838dd5b8 losses without knowing 07c18b0d9a what’s important.c4eb310f2d54f40b

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“Acknowledge the dating rumors cf15e0bbc9 and get engaged. There’s no 76c0246879 better way.”3a3de4bf30b9bc77

“What did you 95b51dd7a7 hear from me 38a95f3d0a all this time? I said no!”68465721a0208e35

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Sooha had a faint 091d48be0c hope that his noona a4ab159112 might resolve the situation 9250cdf72d out of the thin 92de8ed55d bond they shared as f89a4bb5b2 blood relatives, but trusting 585d830b6a Cheon Yua was a 497140a178 mistake.e8419b308f2a9d9b

She was 902d41f807 a merchant 157943bc45 obsessed with 035691e4f6 money, pursuing ac7ec20a1f only the 4cee68aec3 company’s profit c3de5f4931 to the 86f8fa2662 bone.e4a02f1fccc0203b

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“Fine, if a44b346222 you’re going aea206ce9c to keep 1a39b9d00c talking about 355163bccb engagement, forget 23234488d9 it. I’ll talk b32897a762 to Chairman 46ed90a74b Cheon.”0d7bd9367b15907c

Where is 8a4e8ea09d Chairman Cheon, e1cfd15956 and what cf35b18f50 is he 80db2a8da1 doing that 8d6b9f97bf he hasn’t 5968b617c8 contacted me?cf55185406459d1c

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Cheon Gyehak, a90ff85d42 who used 4d7902fc54 to chase a8def03f8b after Sooha 17859c3fab with a 0a7d99be8b golf club a909d77427 whenever a 4cbb720bf6 scandal broke 7e72caaa8c out, was 4477194935 nowhere to e08706129d be seen 217cba54f5 even when d0676e7d3d the biggest f5c222363c incident in f1c8bd6825 Sooha’s celebrity 8c10fccae6 life occurred.357c41a10e2fcae0

When Sooha mentioned‘Chairman Cheon,’he was referring 36aa367a82 to Gyehak. Gyehak always called him 38e0d93915 an ungrateful brat and c118533779 told him to call 63b31961a6 him father, but to b31f42b0ce Sooha, Gyehak was far b37e042481 from the feeling the 9f7912d715 word‘father’gave.a2940bebfa7e9197

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Calling him‘dad’ was also a 0af3e7b351 bit too cheesy for 0511073fd5 a grown man to b4ab8bed39 say.c48614aaa106cbc9

While the two 63643b6b0d siblings were fighting 8d3dda25c8 fiercely, Jaewon, who b15df2e8af was leisurely looking b4ba754e36 at his phone, 892f45c21f chimed in. He said that their 0d21b16664 uncle wasn’t coming home 2705220d6f today and not to ecbae128ab look for him. He had 8b4b1d8e5d already heard 33efb094a6 the whole 24b6d7dcb6 story and e7761fdc4a anticipated it 209db6d8bd would escalate 780a8df261 into a 5a9798323b fight between 660016730c his daughter f231b88258 and son, bfec7b14ab so he 64be4d8873 had fled.c0ae4794d5a77ce7

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“Oh, and 1eb5b88221 he asked 873b54ea79 me to be72400953 pass on 12b18866ce this message. He said it’s 95be9dc96d your own fault 4ed1a32253 for causing trouble 3cda3e7979 everywhere like a 08ea235d19 brat.”e90bdb5210c2df7a

“…….”4d330aa80a5b3512

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Whether it was really 19a66cfe2a Gyehak’s words or Jaewon’s 6c53a751b5 own thoughts disguised as 45f8f62a81 Gyehak’s words, it was f7396ea206 impossible to determine the b56dacfc7e truth at that moment, 39993ed19b but either way, it 8ba796c614 was something Gyehak would a75e6cb621 likely say.77895aea33cfc321

As Sooha, whose 6b5a8a581a head was spinning, 0349d8f2c0 remained silent for 89d4a30973 a moment, Yua, 24a37e2ebf who was also d112946731 rubbing her temples, a421c914c3 spoke in a b83b7fcb25 soothing tone.1c8c1b5cb40cb162

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“It seems ebe821baad like you c9128cabe8 don’t understand cf57f8b5dc the seriousness e62e87596b of the c311456563 situation, so 2db958aad3 listen carefully, def33f05cf you idiot.”83d34a94c23f27fc

“Stop calling me an 3c5e6386e1 idiot every time you 5d2fc37a53 open your mouth. I told you not 541aa2108b to call me an b06d93b142 idiot…!”b9abc4d1b5dbc14a

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“What do 0217b745d8 you think 8718ec844b will happen 290c75d075 if people 0c30f5d358 find out ba71a9f6c1 that the e8ac012d12 notorious playboy bb080ab828 of Cheonha, 76f52c01e8 known for 7eec6ed712 meeting men 36ab4d60b0 and women 1b50cab9be indiscriminately as 7e4d3ec2ae a dominant fcc82cbacc alpha, is 704e36a72a actually an d15e52ff0e ultra-dominant omega 462c997d53 who drools ac6ce9c13a helplessly in 4296b026dd front of 52596546a5 an alpha?7d546867d7e838ba

And that 5bc08a9dab you, who ec389d6cd1 boasted about a855e1181f your XL 1e4dfffb86 size and 58c47ea237 shamelessly posed a25bf45e1e as a 43c9e24b37 nude model d88ff1a9b0 in adult 5b8a6a2859 magazines, are 10ff810490 actually an 23b185f213 omega?2e0f5f7358c986de

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Not only will 52bda15905 you be ridiculed e53992fb68 by the people deb46d22c9 you’ve ignored, but c6eedb2c11 you’ll also become 0d2c4d11cd a laughingstock until 91b950c702 the day you 6fde03e53a close your eyes.”4192826b27f2e46c

“Are you trying to c7d1833975 pick a fight with dc78a7d8fa me?”abd6da1831411102

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“But guess what? People see you a6681cf751 as a dominant f387428443 alpha dating another f1265b6cc8 dominant alpha, not ae6fe94c97 as an omega 28cb27595f who got involved e40b31d73a with Baek Gongjun.5aa0a8a99d4fc59b

And the f346118116 reaction is 568c30b159 good? The stocks are rising ff1aba8152 because they think Cheonha bd81650dd6 Group and Baek Group de8792736b will form an in-law c80382b4de relationship and create a 681901984b significant economic effect?17a16a7fb2546035

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And now 4528c7740e you’re going 913ee5df78 to say,‘No, we’re not 88675c2792 like that, actually dbd889f0a0 I’m an omega, ec38e47cd7 and things got 94df739ebe messed up after 1922df6ed0 a drunken one-night 9e64d254bb stand with that 8008f93781 guy’?”2370774f396c825a

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They say 2aacc95089 there’s a de08e227f2 thin line bf9f41fe76 between a 0ec2582a0a businessman and 5533389dd7 a con 8ff9fffbc7 artist, and d499189247 it seemed b8d59afeda like they 2cacfa2468 were talking 41aa0e3ece about Cheon 3191d902d8 Yua. How come everyone around cedd94035e me is a master eaf00494d0 of selling miracles with 10f9b5b7c6 their twisted logic? Sooha felt a 50af115db1 deep sense of 3540dde055 doubt about his 18e3493c24 relationships for a 76e3d0eaf6 moment.713ef8e702bf8bbc

“If you don’t like 090812e847 it, admit you’re an 55faa6ca32 omega and leave Korea.”0f9454ae0ce7fe61

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“Are you really going cf1502b2ed to do this?”c5dbf90f12a629dc

“Don’t raise your voice. You’re the one who e8b015157b caused the trouble, so e85b58059f why are you taking 2f0a4b5c96 it out on me?”f4fc5c97fdf0f731

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It was a tense 6cfad3ab45 standoff with no concessions. Amidst the c51ae14ecf yelling, mocking, 4809f8c491 and bickering 3a7009ea9f between the 9e02b6515b siblings, Jaewon 2fe5b51dfe continued to dfe899bb4d surf the 5674c192af web unfazed. Then suddenly, Jaewon’s expression 15595a9dad became peculiar as he 4eb4243fb3 looked at the screen.ff0eb9929cb8bf85

“Hey, you know what?” 611f545c6e Jaewon’s voice cut through 616c98740d their argument.b64878c113e1ba60

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“Max Rogers, the chief 90d2104d5b designer, posted something on af11990960 SNS.”171f0fd11ba92aef

“…….”7c46e40ed0214e06

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“He congratulated 5b860f053c you on fe44b94142 your dating f1d187c501 rumors with 6d8febeae4 Baek Gongjun, c881d16bfe saying if e28b631330 it’s true, c45470c4a5 congratulations….”dddb127841df5a95

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Who would have 6756523cb0 thought that the 5b1429502e chief designer there 84ff2b57f1 would be a c9276577b5 dominant alpha dating de3d6fe6bc another dominant alpha? The chief b969b8ca2c designer, who 4a3e85a9e9 heard the 0ad2a6437f news of fa7a205560 Sooha, known 3630c4a959 as a 9690d7c1aa dominant alpha, 7cbd1e2009 dating another d62a990c70 dominant alpha, e207206dc1 seemed to c3f231083d feel a bbe2ee1b54 sense of a10f5e10b7 kinship and 1623e542bf posted a 166b93c0d1 congratulatory message f0c404f0d0 on his 9f2291eeae personal SNS ad47ffede8 even before 75a61ef48d any clarification 05739fe318 article came f196be5638 out. It was an ac100bab8a uncharacteristically hasty move 62af51058c for a public 54a6fa6185 figure, but it 9ff8190a04 meant that the d79256d507 chief designer viewed 4535c4961b Sooha favorably.1d1723c5f7f5bce4

Thanks to that, public 36a4391f7a interest grew even more, a7f1b041d7 and in the end, c4d332d22a Sooha had no choice b10473ccae but to give in.13cb36c49b533d22

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

‘…That’s how 5482d0be54 it was.’fb63310b6d605a67

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After recalling the stormy 014b0f43ff night before, Sooha downed 05bb8a68c9 a glass of sake. As he suspected, 18a99c4c93 there was indeed a204091bde some kind of b299b59faa deal between Yua 5d7e4dbcdb and Gongjun. He wasn’t 2c3af42714 sure what 6d19a1ed5f conditions were 27b45b34b7 proposed and c63c8a953e accepted, but 24a83e77b1 it was bdeef971c9 likely related b825cfed14 to collaboration 3e3c7ec647 between the 921eebdc87 two companies. The cunning Baek Gongjun d20437f59d knew well that he d01ffa5c2c couldn’t hold onto him ded2e89d75 with just dating rumors. So he a501b7ace3 proposed an ad395f7d03 engagement, knowing cd7fc65928 that Sooha de089493ac wouldn’t accept c3c0a4f154 it, and b91b011a6b approached Cheon a6f6791ba7 Yua.9615016457ad2f94

‘The more I think 514c6de2e8 about it, the more 9b531613a0 it pisses me off.’fc9fae024b6ebc94

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Sooha was the one 83f0b10519 doing all the work, 02679c9ab0 but the undeserving people 869fd823f0 were the ones making b464aad2cd money.c11bbbde4022fde8

“So, what 2fd216cbbe are you 73d47cd85b planning to 1ba61ce2c9 do from 3d5b4084c6 now on?”5c36030cd2c77967

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Regardless of what b428abadbd happened, the article 5e2a9ee6a7 was already out, d511bf6573 and the engagement 1434bbe86b news was announced, c61fc5affc so Sooha had b5b8d5d0e9 somewhat resigned himself. He thought that if 83546c6508 he just lived like 14eb956f36 he was dead for 9e5277ea99 a year, time would bcff30e3e1 pass by somehow.6b181b7c6d860024