“Marry her.”

[ST will collaborate with Hanju in the bio sector in the future. Just as Inwoo secured Raon Soft for NFT, you will take charge of ST.]

I couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

[What’s your intention in doing this now?]

At this point, I wondered about the motive behind forcibly pulling me, who had been quietly living in the U.S., into the Hanju Group, despite being marked as a wastrel.

With Chairman Cha’s assertion that Inwoo has a debt to pay, why bring me, seen as Inwoo’s rival, into the group?

[Marriage is inevitable, isn’t it? For people like us, marriage is just business. It’s like securing another contract.]

I was willing to be the ruthless hooligan, slashing away for my gentle-natured brother, Inwoo. And to save my mother, who has been living a lonely life, tied by a marital contract after my father’s death.

But marriage is a different story.

Especially with ST.

[You can have any pretty-faced woman you want. But not ST.] [That might apply to my straight-laced brother, but not me, right? I’m different.]

So I veered off even more obliquely, gently refusing to marry.

[After all, it’s all about the face with women.] [I’ll attach a pretty one for you.]

That was the condition I set.

[If I’m to get engaged, all my existing relationships must be cleared. In return, you’ll attach a blindingly beautiful woman to continue my cunning rogue activities in secret.] [Set up a mistress?]

So, to ultimately force marriage on me.

Insisting on making me a rival to Inwoo.

But why?

[Well, let’s see then.]

I need to understand why Chairman Cha suddenly wants to pit his eldest grandson against his younger one on the chessboard.

I need time for that.

So I attached a very difficult condition.

[But bring me a woman that truly pleases me. Until then, forget it.]

The woman Chairman Cha chose for this purpose was somewhat fierce.

Seeing how Seo Ye-eun, that woman, keeps lingering in my mind.

Do-ha.

Through the handset, Chairman Cha softly called my name.

He used to call me that way before the accident.

Before my father, Cha Kang, left a disgraceful legacy and died.

“Your father, it’s time to restore him to his rightful place. Conduct the memorial ceremony properly.”

“Suddenly?”

It was laughable.

Didn’t Chairman Cha vow to erase my father from the family register for dying in disgrace, involved with mistresses and squandering money?

There’s no such thing as a family register anymore, but Chairman Cha effectively erased his second son, my father, from Hanju.

And now he wants to restore him?

“It’s enough.”

The memorial is meticulously maintained by my mother, and the place for my father, Cha Kang, is no longer here.

“And about the woman Chairman Cha arranged for me.”

I thought again about Seo Ye-eun.

Her face flushing red at my few words.

Even her ears turned red, and her slender fingers fidgeted.

The slim waist and the long, straight legs revealed under her pencil skirt.

Suddenly, I felt a tightness below my abdomen.

It was the sadistic desire to dominate a woman surging within me.

“I don’t like her.”

Closing and reopening my eyes, I erased the woman from my mind and continued.

“What’s the use if she’s just pretty? She seemed too innocent, without any allure.”

You, you rascal, talking about allure in front of your grandfather…….
“I clearly told you. It’s not enough to be just pretty. She has to be so attractive that it turns my world upside down. So if you want to satisfy me, bring a woman who’s on my level and good at being bad.”

Do-ha, having vented all he wanted to say, hung up the phone.

Irritation weighed heavily on his chest.

Tensing his jaw, Do-ha leaned deeper into the seat and turned his head towards the window.

Ironically, the image of the plump lips that had been timidly slurping noodles on the glass reflection amused him.

Her fearful yet bold brown eyes too.

“Damn it.”

Silence reigned in the car.

Yet, his mind was more cluttered than ever.

“This kid.”

Chairman Cha narrowed his eyes, looking at the phone in his hand with displeasure, as Do-ha had abruptly ended the call.

“Impudent brat.”

Despite his gruff tone, a satisfied smile hung on his lips.

“Why, Chairman? Did Do-ha hang up on you?”

Observing him closely, Cha-hyeon asked.

“Rudely, he hung up without a word.”

His tone was grumbling, but he couldn’t hide the satisfaction in his voice.

“Daring to act like this towards me in Hanju Group…”

Or perhaps even outside the group.

“He’s the only one who would dare to behave like this towards me, Cha Ji-seop.”

Do-ha’s irreverent and almost sacrilegious attitude was disagreeable, yet somewhat pleasing.

It showed his overflowing confidence.

Knowing Chairman Cha’s heart well, Cha-hyeon chimed in with a smile.

“You like that about him, don’t you? That he doesn’t cower in front of you.”

“That’s right.”

Chairman Cha, who had been sitting on the sofa, suddenly stood up and walked towards his study desk, followed by Cha-hyeon.

“As Do-ha says…”

Helped by Cha-hyeon into his chair, Chairman Cha continued.