The cherry blossom-colored sweater was one of her favorite clothes.

It was a gift her elder brother In Tae bought her for her birthday, before the disaster-like accident struck her home.

Ji Soo would endlessly praise her when she wore this outfit, saying it suited her fair skin so well.

That’s why she chose to wear this on the first day Cha Do Ha called her to the main office.

She wanted to look pretty for him.

Hoping that he would like the pretty clothes.

And now, that pretty outfit was strewn on the floor, and the buttons of her shirt blouse were being undone, pop, pop.

It was an outfit with quite a few buttons.

In the end, the last two or so came off as if torn.

A chilly coldness suddenly enveloped her entire body.

There was no time to think about what underwear she had worn.

Though the space had changed from the living room to the bedroom, Cha Do Ha persistently caressed her, and their lips feverishly explored each other.

As her body was laid on the large bed, Yeo Eun swallowed hard, looking with a dizzying heart at Cha Do Ha’s naked body faintly revealed in the darkness.

Soon after accepting him, she tightly closed her eyes.

From start to finish, she didn’t want to miss a single thing.

The pain he inflicted, the ecstasy that rushed in, emptying her mind to whiteness.

She just oxidized it into tears because it felt so incredibly good.

Everything about Cha Do Ha that consumed her hotly… it just felt so good.

* * *

Cha Do Ha was a man too overwhelming for her to handle.

Apart from the dizzying pleasure and the ecstasy that numbed her entire body, it’s also true that he was incredibly burdensome.

This means that his unconventional physique and the physical strength he used with it surpassed a certain level.

In the end, after experiencing extreme pleasure in their third encounter, Yeo Eun fell into sleep as if fainting, bearing the full counterpart.

She opened her eyes around 4 AM.

Cha Do Ha’s face, asleep with his arm around her waist, was faintly illuminated by the calm moonlight.

Even looking again, it was a beautiful face.

The straight nose extending from the eyebrow line, the appropriately sized philtrum, and the delicate, painting-like lips.

The strong and stubborn-looking chin, the sharp jawline rising along the chin, extending to the ears.

Nothing was lacking.

Moreover, Cha Do Ha wasn’t just beautiful in face.

His body, surrounded by firm muscles, was so erotic and beautiful that it was the first time she had admired a man’s body.

She couldn’t help but understand why his suit fit was so excellent.

Above all, his movements when possessing her with that erotic body.

She was mesmerized by his wondrously graceful appearance.

Perhaps that’s why.

No matter how many times he embraced her, it still didn’t feel real.

Yeo Eun quietly reached out her hand to gently touch the sleeping Cha Do Ha’s cheek, but her nose tingled, and she quickly withdrew her hand.

Though he was languidly stained with pleasure while embracing her, he was a man she dared not desire.

It means the fantasy of him becoming hers just because she climbed into his bed doesn’t happen.

“Wake up from the dream, Yeo Eun.”

Yeo Eun, who quietly spoke to herself, slowly got up.

She slipped out of bed without making a sound, gathered her clothes scattered on the floor, and left the bedroom.

She had already chosen the outfit to wear to the Federation of Korean Industries meeting after showering following their first encounter.

This means there’s no reason for her to stay here anymore.

Yeo Eun went to the living room and took out a memo pad to write:

Placing a box of coffee packets next to the memo, Yeo Eun hurriedly left the hotel.

* * *

Do Ha arrived at the company around 9:10 AM.

Yeo Eun, whom he encountered again there, had a clean face.

She even looked refreshing as she greeted him as if nothing had happened.

Her appearance was hardly different from yesterday.

If there was one change, it was that she wore a turtleneck to cover her neck.

Because he had properly marked his territory like a real bastard.

Do Ha, averting his gaze from Yeo Eun standing next to Manager Kim Jung Joo, smirked and entered his office.

Manager Kim Jung Joo followed behind him.

“You told me not to come pick you up, so I came straight to the office, but you’re late, Chief.”

Literally, Do Ha was about 10 minutes late to the office today.

It was the first time, so even Manager Kim Jung Joo seemed flustered.

But only Seo Yeo Eun was unfazed.

Do Ha slightly furrowed his brow and spoke as he placed his mobile phone on the desk.

“I can be late sometimes. Do you think I always live so precisely?”

“Since Seo Yeo Eun is already here……”

“Manager Kim Jung Joo.”

It was obvious what he would imagine, given that he had called Yeo Eun to the hotel at such a late hour yesterday.

And it’s true that they played out those imaginations.

But this is strictly a private matter between him and Yeo Eun.

“Just give me the report.”

“Ah, yes.”

Manager Kim Jung Joo straightened his back and opened his tablet.

“The stock situation of ST Chemical doesn’t look good. Besides the ST Chairman’s family mobilizing even borrowed-name accounts to gather shares.”

Unlike his usual self, Manager Kim Jung Joo paused in his speech.

Do Ha glanced at him and quietly repeated his last words.

“Besides?”

“Recently, even Vice Chairman Cha Un has been buying ST Chemical stocks through borrowed-name accounts.”

“Uncle?”

“Yes.”

There had been several rumors circulating in the stock market recently about ST Chemical.

Rumors that ST Chemical, which has been continuously falling recently, will soon rebound.

First, the rumor of merging with Hanju Bio by forming a marriage alliance with the Hanju Group.

Second, the rumor of acquiring Druid Nine, an American stem cell research company.

If either of these happens, ST Chemical’s stock price will skyrocket.

If both materialize, its value would increase even more.

That’s why Jin Yu Hee brought a reporter to the arranged marriage meeting.

Cha Un has known about the first piece of information for a long time, so if he’s only now buying up stocks, it means he’s obtained the second piece of information.

After thinking for a moment, Do Ha looked at Manager Kim Jung Joo and asked.

“What about the Chairman?”

“The Chairman seems to know as well. But he’s not participating.”

Not participating? Why?

“Rather, he’s even sold off the small amount of shares he had.”

“Why do you think that is?”

In response to Do Ha’s question, Manager Kim Jung Joo calmly continued.

“It seems he’s judged that the merger and acquisition will be difficult due to Druid Nine’s internal circumstances.”

By now, there was even a leisurely smile at the corners of Manager Kim Jung Joo’s eyes.

“If the merger fails, they won’t be able to obtain the patent technology, so ST’s stem cell-based therapeutic development will come to nothing.”

“Why can’t Vice Chairman Cha Un make the same judgment that the Chairman has?”

“It seems the Chairman has information that only he knows, and he hasn’t shared it.”

That’s probably the case.

“For instance, who the major shareholder of Druid Nine is?”

“Yes.”

It means that the cunning Chairman Cha Ji Seop didn’t even share the information with his own son.

No, it means that despite being the group’s vice chairman, Cha Un can’t even access Chairman Cha Ji Seop’s data bank.

So he doesn’t know that Druid Nine’s major shareholder has changed recently.

That it’s Cha Do Ha, him.

“He’s pulled his own foot out of the sinking ship, leaving his son behind.”

A cold smile played on Do Ha’s lips.

“That’s so typical of Chairman Cha Ji Seop.”

Because for Chairman Cha Ji Seop, children are originally like that.

“And yet he’s still coveting ST Chemical. That’s so unlike the Chairman.”

“In my opinion… I think the Chairman is trying to fully restore Youngdo Pharmaceuticals.”

“At this point?”

It’s not even funny.

Restoring Youngdo Pharmaceuticals at this point?

When his maternal grandfather begged so much, he didn’t even listen.

Do Ha twisted his lips bitterly and spoke again.

“Anyway, please keep monitoring. Oh, and Cha In Woo.”

Do Ha had only recently started paying attention to Cha In Woo’s movements.

You could say the faint uneasiness he showed piqued his curiosity.

“Did he go to Hannam-dong this week too?”

“Yes, he did. He’s spending time with Hyun Oh in Hannam-dong every weekend.”

It was truly devoted care.

But it wasn’t anything special.

In Woo had always been unusually fond of children, whether it was volunteering at orphanages or whatnot.

For someone like him, now that he had a cousin in a pitiful situation, of course he would take extra special care of him.

But still.

It was also true that it was becoming increasingly unusual.

“Keep monitoring that side as well.”

“Yes.”

As he listened to Manager Kim Jung Joo’s answer and sat down, Do Ha slightly lowered his eyelids to check the time.

“Then shall we see Seo Yeo Eun now?”

“Pardon?”

Usually so quick-witted, Manager Kim Jung Joo was unusually slow today.

“Please leave and call Seo Yeo Eun.”

“Ah, yes.”

As he watched the flustered Manager Kim Jung Joo hurriedly leave the office, Do Ha thought of Yeo Eun.

What kind of face would she make when she opened that door and entered?

The way she acted as if nothing had happened, greeting as if nothing had occurred, must have been fake.

Because Manager Kim Jung Joo was beside her.

That face when he had stripped off all her clothes yesterday. That expression.

The look in her eyes as she approached him with the same appearance.

Her breath when they were deeply connected.

Her sobbing voice as she climbed towards climax.

Not a single thing wasn’t erotic, not a single thing wasn’t passionate.

He was so intoxicated by such a Yeo Eun that he couldn’t think of anything else.

Although it wasn’t his first time with a woman, only Yeo Eun seemed to be etched in his heart as if it were his first time.

That’s why he couldn’t end it with just once.

She should have been a disposable item to be possessed just once, that’s how he should have properly hit Chairman Cha Ji Seop’s blind spot. But he couldn’t.

What is it that shakes him up this much?

Why on earth does this woman twist his body like this, what is she?

The fact that he could agonize like this after embracing a woman, even that was very unfamiliar.

Seo Yeo Eun erased all that so easily?

Perhaps that’s why.

The aftertaste this sweet woman left him was quite bitter.

It was just like the taste of the instant coffee he had this morning.

The first taste was sweet, but the aftertaste was slightly bitter… like Seo Yeo Eun who left only a memo and departed.

At that moment, Yeo Eun quietly knocked on the office door.