Ha In hesitated for a long time about whether to contact Je Guk because she was worried about him. She wanted to ask about the situation, no matter what it was.

– Director,

No, it seemed like it wouldn’t be good to hurt his pride for nothing. She put down her phone, trying to focus on work again.

“Ha……”

Ha In let out a sigh without realizing it.

Before she knew it, she was holding her phone again, looking for an excuse to contact him.

– There’s something I need to see you about.

It was fortunate that they weren’t the type to have detailed conversations through text messages.

She left a message without introduction or main point and focused on work again.

Before long, the vibration of her phone rang for a long time. However, she thought it might not be Je Guk.

During work hours, he preferred simple text messages over phone calls. Thinking something was strange, she looked at her phone screen.

It was an unknown number.

Ha In tilted her head and answered the phone.

“Hello.”

– This is Prosecutor Cheon Ha In, right?

It was the voice of an unfamiliar man. Ha In’s downcast eyes briefly swayed from side to side at the unfamiliar feeling.

“Yes, that’s right. Who is this?”

– This is Cheonha Group.

The words ‘This is Cheonha Group’ scattered Ha In’s mind in all directions.

There was no reason for Cheonha Group to contact Ha In’s personal cell phone.

Did something happen to Je Guk? Even so, there was no reason for Ha In to be contacted.

Or did some major incident occur related to the case? Ha In was engulfed in anxiety.

“Yes, what is this about?”

She asked, trying to suppress her pounding heart.

– The chairman would like to see Prosecutor Cheon Ha In.

It wasn’t the call she had been waiting for all day, but an unexpected one.

It was sudden, but on second thought, it was something that would come someday. But now that it had arrived, the future seemed bleak.

“What is this about?”

Ha In replied with a very guarded attitude.

– Well, I was only told to say that if I tell you to meet at the Cheonha Group residence, you’ll understand what it means.

‘Cheonha Group residence’, words that made Ha In dazed. That place was hell for Ha In.

– Come to the Cheonha Group residence by 7 o’clock today.

No matter how urgent the situation was, it was ridiculous. It was very unpleasant how they arbitrarily told her to come and go as they pleased.

“Says who?”

– I’m just conveying the chairman’s opinion. If you need to adjust your schedule, I’ll let him know.

Ha In hesitated for a moment. There must be a reason for this sudden request to meet.

Rather than giving the chairman who found out about her existence time to deal with her, Ha In chose to respond right away.

Considering the chairman’s impatient nature, it could rather provide another opportunity.

“No, let’s meet today. But that time doesn’t work for me.”

– Ah…

A perplexed sound was heard from the other end of the phone.

– Then please tell me a time that works for you and I’ll ask the chairman.

Ha In looked at the work piled up on her desk and checked her wristwatch.

“I’ll text you a possible time depending on the situation.”

It was a flimsy sense of self-esteem.

She became a prosecutor to be confident when facing them again.

Now that the situation had come to this, she thought she could show off this much pride. Thinking that, she raised her head.

“I’m busy so I’ll hang up now.”

Ha In said that and ended the call.

She had been waiting for Je Guk’s call, but an unexpected person’s call threw Ha In into confusion.

Ha In felt like her heart was pounding and about to explode, but she tried her best to judge calmly.

It seemed better than facing Hyun Baek Hap during the summoning investigation.

It was hard to predict how Hyun Baek Hap would react upon seeing her.

It would be a big deal if she said anything about Ha In’s past.

If she thought of it as a chance to meet her beforehand and check her reaction, it could be quite good.

Even after sorting out her thoughts like this, her complicated insides didn’t settle down.

Ha In texted the chairman’s side after 8 o’clock had passed.

She didn’t want to show courtesy even out of spite.

There was no reason to bow down to them, and even less reason to look good to them.

– If I arrive at the residence, it will be past 9 o’clock.

Would they kill her?

They were people who had more than enough reason to do so. Still, it wasn’t like only demons lived at the Cheonha Group residence.

There was an old butler who had taken good care of Ha In when she was young.

It was unknown how he had changed over the long time, but she had no choice but to trust and go.

However, there was still no contact from Je Guk about what was going on with him until this time.

He was probably spending a hectic time given the company’s situation.

She understood it in her head, but her insides felt like they were burning black.

Ha In calmly got up from her seat.

* * *

Je Guk had no time to rest even for a moment in his packed meeting schedule.

Due to the very tight schedule, the meetings were conducted as a relay with Je Guk sitting in the conference room and the departments moving.

The meetings went on longer than originally planned, so the hallway outside the conference room was crowded with waiting employees.

The last schedule was a meeting with the legal department. The legal department’s schedule was placed last because if it was in the middle, it seemed like it would consume the entire day.

When it was time for the meeting with the legal department, the head of the legal department came in first.

Usually, legal department meetings were attended by a minimum number of people for security reasons, but today, only the head of the legal department quietly entered.

His face was very pale.

“Where are the legal department employees?”

“I told them to wait outside for a moment.”

Je Guk guessed that something had happened.

“Director.”

He called Je Guk in a low voice.

“Yes, please speak.”

Je Guk’s heart raced.

“Director Hyun Baek Hap visited the office.”

Je Guk, who was already exhausted, sighed upon hearing that.

“Did she cause trouble for you again before leaving?”

“No, that’s okay. It’s just that she reacted sensitively after seeing the prosecutor’s profile.”

“What? The prosecutor’s profile?”

Je Guk’s back stiffened.

“How did she end up seeing the prosecutor’s profile?”

“Well… she dug into everything.”

Je Guk’s neck ached as he could clearly visualize what actions Hyun Baek Hap had taken.

“Fortunately, she couldn’t see the internal documents of Cheonha Museum before leaving, but after seeing the prosecutor’s profile, the atmosphere was unusual. I thought I should tell you.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Je Guk couldn’t ask the head of the legal department why he was only telling him now. It was Je Guk who hadn’t even opened his phone once because he had been busy.

“The legal department meeting…”

Je Guk hesitated for a moment without finishing his sentence. He had to apologize and contact Ha In.

Outside the conference room, he briefly checked his phone, which was piled up with missed calls and text messages.

Je Guk checked the messages from Ha In among them.

It wasn’t much different from usual, but he quickly called her out of worry.

However, only the call connection tone rang and she didn’t answer. Then he had to at least leave a message.

– Hyun Baek Hap found out about Prosecutor Cheon Ha In. Please contact me. Let’s meet.

Je Guk knew Chairman Lee’s temperament too well, so he was anxious.

– After figuring out the situation in the chairman’s office, please call, not text, if there’s anything unusual.

Je Guk left a text message to the head of the secretarial department.

The company was already in turmoil, so he was using every second. The legal department staff were sitting and waiting in the conference room, so his heart raced even more.

Je Guk decided to quickly finish the meeting and go see Ha In.

He even made a plan to send the head of the security department to track her location if she contacted him in the meantime.

He started the meeting right away with an anxious heart.

* * *

“That spiteful thing! How dare she deceive me?!”

Chairman Lee was furious after seeing the prosecutor’s profile Hyun Baek Hap brought.

His anger continued even after work.

Chairman Lee couldn’t even sit on the sofa, revealing his discomfort. Hyun Baek Hap also showed signs of anxiety, pacing back and forth.

“Is the meeting an excuse? No matter how busy, there’s no time to show his face in the chairman’s office for a moment? He’s trying to scheme something again.”

Hyun Baek Hap fanned the flames, raising Chairman Lee’s heat.

“Rather than Je Guk handling that guy, it’s faster to deal with this Cheon Ha In girl.”

Chairman Lee was determined to thoroughly handle Ha In.

Chairman Lee believed that Ha In’s mother had been a bad connection from a long time ago.

He was upset, saying that even though he let them eat and live in the Cheonha Group residence for generations, they didn’t know gratitude.

“I told you from the beginning that I didn’t like her. She seemed reckless. Even if she repays kindness with enmity, there’s a limit. The chairman feeds her, shelters her. Tsk tsk.”

Hyun Baek Hap cursed Ha In as shameless.

“I should have listened to you from the beginning. Not to take in a black-haired beast! I didn’t like that girl’s mother from the start. How dare she annoy me in my own house.”

Hyun Baek Hap’s heart seemed to calm down a little at Chairman Lee’s fury.

If Chairman Lee took action, she could solve the problem without lifting a finger.

“Chairman, calm down and sit.”

Hyun Baek Hap grabbed Chairman Lee’s arm and clung to him. Following Hyun Baek Hap’s touch, Chairman Lee sat down.

“Chairman, what are you going to do now?”

Hyun Baek Hap was curious about how Chairman Lee would handle Ha In.

“First, I need to tell her to restore our Cheonha Group that she stirred up right away.”

“That’s a given. Can we leave the source of trouble?”

At those words, Chairman Lee’s expression became serious.

“If we get hit like this once, what if something like this happens again next time?”

Hyun Baek Hap stimulated Chairman Lee once more. Chairman Lee slowly blinked his eyes and flashed a vicious gaze.

“You’re right about that too.”

“Chairman, I’m so anxious I can’t breathe. That child Cheon Ha In doesn’t know gratitude and is trying to harm Cheonha Group. What if she inflicts even greater damage?”

Hyun Baek Hap kept instigating Chairman Lee.

Hyun Baek Hap had a separate reason for being sensitive about Ha In. Chairman Lee misunderstood the reason for Ha In’s mother’s tragic fate.

He thought that after Lady Yoon Joo Hwa, whom she had followed well, passed away, she took her own life after a long depression.

But the truth was different.

It was Hyun Baek Hap who had harmed Ha In’s mother.

She hoped that the long-kept secret she had hidden so far would be buried forever.

“We need to get rid of her.”

At the words that fell from Chairman Lee’s mouth, Hyun Baek Hap inwardly smiled deviously.