Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 181: Precarious Situation

Chairman Choi ears turned red in anger as he sat in his private study. He had been expecting some sort of response from Chairman Lee about the engagement he had proposed between their children, but he was yet to receive a response from him.

“That old fox!” He yelled angrily as he slammed his hands against the desk.

“He prides himself as a wise and just person, but he is just a stupid old fool. Let him watch as I lay my hands on those fortunes he has amassed for years” He said with bulged veins. He had expected Chairman Lee to give him a response since he had asked him directly. He was getting impatient as he continuously lusts over the Lee family fortune.

He turned to his P.A who was standing by the door, “Jin-Ho, get my wife” He ordered.

“Yes sir” Jin-Ho robotically replied before heading out of the office.

It was high time his wife came to use. She spent his money like he owned a money factory, it’s about time she worked for it.

“Honey, you sent for me,” Mrs Choi said calmly as she walked into the study.

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“Yes,” He replied gesturing for her to sit.

Mrs Choi gave him a questioning look when she observed the frown on his face.

“I want you to approach Madam Lee at one of those tea parties she always hosts or wherever you women meet and propose an engagement between Mi-Ok and president Lee, just as I did with her husband,” He told her with a serious look that says ‘just do it and don’t ask any questions’.

Mrs Choi had wanted to remind him how difficult it was for her to have gotten Mrs Lee on the phone the last time he asked her to complain about President Lee not showing up for his date. But it seemed she just had to obey his instructions. She was well aware of the kind of man she was married to. He only cared about profits and nothing else.

“Okay, I will” She replied with a nod.

“And take Mi-Ok with you. Make sure she’s on her best behaviour. She shouldn’t be a hindrance to my plan” He said as a dark glint lit up in his eyes.

“Yes,” She nodded as she turned to leave.

“And don’t ruin this” He warned in a stern voice.

He wasn’t going to give up. Not after 30years.

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Dan-Han lolled on the chair in his private study as he replayed the memory of the night in his head. He looked at the ceiling as he visualized her face in his mind. His lips curled upward when he thought about her cute expression and her flushed face. That was the first time he was seeing her like that, and it pulled a lot of strings in his heart. But what kept looping in his head was the kiss she had given him. He still didn’t understand what had happened, what had gone through her mind at that time. He had never thought she ever initiate a kiss and so soon? It was shocking. But was he complaining? Hell no!

Was she falling for him already? Has she begun to have feelings for him too? Dan-Han didn’t know what to think, but everything was pointing to that right? And he could only hope he was right.

She was slowly opening up to him and was acting more lovely towards him, and just now she had.... kissed him, more like licked him. Silly girl! He chuckled in his mind.

“Why are you grinning like a cow?” In-Ha asked from the door. Dan-Han couldn’t help but frown when he heard that annoying voice at the door. The smile on his face froze as he turned to look at the person at the door.

“It seems like I have to kick you out soon,” Dan-Han said in a cold tone as he looked at the laptop on the desk. He had been working when the thought of Eun-sun came to his mind for the tenth time tonight.

In-Ha chuckled, “Like you can?” He said in a daring tone as he walked into the room and closed the door behind him. Dan-Han raised his brows at him, shooting a deathly gaze at him. In-Ha gulped when he saw the look Dan-Han was shooting at him.

He raised his hand in surrender, “Okay fine, you can throw me out. I agree. You’re the boss”

Dan-Han gave him a once over before returning his attention to his laptop. “What do you want?” He asked in his usual cold tone, making In-Ha sigh.

“What do you mean by what do I want? I came to hang out with you. You’ve been too busy lately we barely have time to talk. Let’s go have a drink at the balcony” In-Ha said as he plonked himself down on the seat in front of him.

“I didn’t ask you to sit,” Dan-Han said in a cold tone, while In-Ha rolled his eyes at him.

“Stop being a spoilt sport, just stand up let’s go,” In-Ha said giving him a mock-glare, but Dan-Han just ignored him.

He sighed and looked at the cold looking man in front of him wearily.

“When are you going back?” Dan-Han spoke up breaking the silence after some time.

“Why? You want me to leave? You can’t treat your brother like that” In-Ha hissed at him, but Dan-Han ignored him.

“I believe your isn’t company is taking care of itself, it needs proper leadership. I’ve provided you with what you need to take your mother’s company back, so I wonder why you’re stalling” Dan-Han asked him as he looked at him intently.

In-Ha looked away and sighed. He also didn’t know why he was stalling. His intention for returning was to get his father out of the company as well as that stupid wife of his, then move the headquarters of the company back to country S, but now, he hasn’t done a thing. Everything was ready but he was a bit reluctant to leave. He has never wanted to stay in this country ever since his mother died, but now he was here and for some awkward reason he felt like he didn’t want to go back.

Dan-Han paid attention to every of his countenance. He could tell what was going through In-Ha’s mind. The confusion that he couldn’t resolve, the reluctance in his heart was clearly reflected on his face. And he knew why he was like that, but how was he supposed to tell him that the reason behind his strange feeling was because he was falling for the same woman he was in love with. How could he help his friend realize his feelings and sort out his emotions, especially when it has to do with the woman who he badly wanted for himself?

Had it been some other girl he’d be happy to help him because everyone knows how deeply wounded In-Ha’s heart was. He had suffered betrayal from the people he loved the most and that has had a huge impact on him. Among his friends, In-Ha was the one who had suffered more. But now he was finally getting to heal, but it just had to be with the girl he wanted most.

This was one precarious situation.

Dan-Han kept his gaze fixed on In-Ha as he waited for his answer. In-Ha sighed and looked at Dan-Han and replied in a ruly voice, “I don’t know”