“Why couldn’t it happen then, and why is it happening now? If she had to reveal everything anyway, La Jin wanted to be honest. Chairman Myungjin, who changed his posture slowly, stared intently at La Jin.

“Yujun knelt before me for the first time.”

“What?”

“Because Chuljun ended up like that, saying he lived with guilt.”

This, too, as the chairman hesitated to speak, he mentioned it as his business loss.

Watching the chairman’s eyes turning red in an instant, La Jin’s chest sank. It seemed like the chairman’s heart was already beyond redemption.

“You’re the reason I could live like a human again, right?”

“Is that why you broke off the engagement with Haesung Group?”

The common saying that there are no parents who can beat their children flowed from the chairman’s mouth.

Between Yujun’s pleading on his knees and the heartfelt feelings of a desperate father. Why didn’t they ask the opinion of the person directly involved? In a dismal mood, La Jin tightly clenched her hands.

“But I’m not someone led by acknowledgment.”

“Then why…”

The words asking why he changed his mind burst out shakily. If it wasn’t for his son’s desperate plea, what other reason could there be?

“How long do you think our couple will live even if we try?”

No way… La Jin’s heart sank with a thud.

“No matter how many safety measures we have, after we die, Chuljun’s life depends on Yujun.”

As if receiving a blow to the back of her head, La Jin’s head felt numb.

In the end, this was it. The only weakness of the mountain-like Chairman Myungjin. It turned out he had only traded with Kim Yujun to secure the future of the unfortunate prince, Kim Chuljun.

“Yujun said he would save Chuljun if he could marry you.”

Better not to come here at all. La Jin felt ridiculous at herself, who confirmed the chairman’s intentions and tried to persuade him in any way. Even the request her stepfather made to the chairman and any excuse she might use, presenting her sick mother. The chairman seemed to have already stamped his approval on the deal with Kim Yujun.

But like this, she really didn’t want to be dragged along. With a sigh, La Jin, who took a deep breath, opened her mouth.

“I’m a person with a sick mother, a naive stepbrother, and living off popularity that could disappear anytime.”

“La Jin.”

“Chairman, I am not a person suitable for Myungjin. Please let me live like this.”

La Jin called her stepfather and gently sobbed while searching for her sick mother.

Even if Myungjin Chairman couldn’t reverse his decision, he would feel a bit ashamed if there was a bit of conscience left in his heart. Like a stubborn stain on a white cloth, La Jin gently touched the chairman’s guilt.

“I’m begging you like this.”

“I’ve never thought of Director Je as a romantic interest. Marriage, you say?”

“Can’t you look out for our Chuljun a bit?”

The chairman’s promise to lavish Myungjin’s money and honor on her poured out like mercy, as long as she took care of their son, Chuljun.
Even the healthy Kim Yujun, how could he become the shield for the sick Kim Chuljun? Living in hell, pawned to life, what use are such money and fame? La Jin shook her head in frustration.

“Even if Yujun is cold-hearted, aren’t you an exception? I’ll listen to anything you say.”

“No. There must be another good way.”

“Until our Chuljun peacefully closes his eyes, help Yujun not to cast him aside.”

From the beginning, La Jin’s opinion didn’t matter. There was only the coercion to happily follow the decisions of the two men. The chairman’s despicable disposal made La Jin’s nose wrinkle.

“If you marry Yujun and have a child, that child will become Myungjin’s owner.”

The chairman’s words that it wasn’t an absolute loss were repulsive. Ultimately, all conclusions revolved around money.

La Jin tightly grasped the handbag on her lap. There was no reason to sit across from the chairman any longer, and she didn’t want to.

“I wish the Deputy Director didn’t know about this meeting today.”

As if it were easy, the chairman nodded. The chairman’s shameless attitude, with no trace of regret, was despicable. A moment of intense emotion surged.

“May I ask you one thing?”

“Sure.”

“The request that my father made to you, I would like to know about it.”

Even if she left, she wanted to hear about the request her stepfather made. No, she had to hear about it.

“You might not know, but there was a time when Yujun wanted to take you to the United States.”

“To the United States?”

“That happened, and oh, torture came to find me, saying I would quit the company right away.”

The person who controlled astronomical funds with Myungjin Chairman’s right hand. Until the real successor took his place, everyone expected Deputy Director’s promotion to vice chairman.

For that person to say he would quit the company for the stepdaughter he had recently met. In La Jin’s heart, a silent sigh continued.

“I took away a mother from you, who was young. To you, who lost a stepfather, I thought I should be a real father.”

“Ah… my father?”