Yuri’s face twisted in disbelief.

“Are you telling me to spy for you now?”

“Let’s say it’s more like helping me than spying.”

Director Kwon chuckled brazenly, bringing the whiskey glass to his lips.

“The ledger inside the safe right now originally belonged to me. However, Jeho took it by illegitimate means.”

“Then tell Jeho directly. Don’t tell me to steal it for you.”

“Yuri, it seems you’re seriously misunderstanding. You’re not in a position to dictate terms to me right now.”

Upon hearing this, Yuri glanced at the paternity confirmation document once again and then returned her gaze to Director Kwon.

“No. It’s not me who’s mistaken; it’s you, Director. First of all, obtaining a paternity confirmation without one’s consent is illegal. Moreover, the results of an illegally conducted test can’t be considered accurate. And even if, by chance, the paternity confirmation is true, why are you threatening me when the one who committed adultery is not me but my father? Why are you trying to blackmail me?”

At the mention of blackmail, Director Kwon contorted his expression into a menacing scowl.

Ha, the nerve of this woman, you can practically smell the arrogance in her words!

However, Yuri’s words weren’t entirely wrong. Initially, Director Kwon had planned to blackmail Congressman Chae with evidence of adultery to persuade Chairman Kwon to bring Minwoo back to Korea.

But Minwoo had already crossed a river he couldn’t return from. The son turned murderer wouldn’t be able to come back to Korea, and he would likely have to wander abroad for the rest of his life.

Blood may be thicker than water, but Director Kwon wasn’t generous enough to embrace a son who had become a nuisance.

Since the result of a loveless marriage was the only outcome, he wouldn’t be particularly regretful if he cast it away now. Besides, he had decided to end his tiresome marriage with his annoying wife.

If he was going to use this leverage, it had to be for his benefit alone. Congressman Chae wouldn’t be of any help, and meddling with him wouldn’t bring anything good. Only Yuri, who could access Jeho, could deliver what he wanted.

“Blackmail? I’m just giving you a chance to do something for your family.”

“If my stepmother and father had an inappropriate relationship and Yuri is the illegitimate child born out of that relationship, why should I protect them by doing this? I am probably the one who despises them the most.”

“That could be true.”

Director Kwon nodded as if in agreement. Although there was logic in Yuri’s words, her unwavering protection of the secret was likely evidence of her genuine affection for her younger brother.

“Fine. If you want to refuse, go ahead.”

Director Kwon pointed to the landline phone nearby as he spoke.

“The moment you refuse, I’ll instruct the media to spread the news of the adultery. Don’t think about secretly contacting your father. Oh, let me tell you in advance, there’s signal interference here, so you can only use the landline.”
Upon hearing those words, Yuri, who was about to send a text message, paused in her movements of taking out her phone. As the coercion began to seep in, Director Kwon, this time, tried to soothe Yuri with a gentle voice.

“I’ll give you one piece of advice, even though you almost became my niece-in-law. Jeho, he’s not someone even I, as his uncle, can speak kindly of. His heart is truly pitch-black. Did he really approach you because he had genuine feelings for you?”

What? Did he know that too?

Though aware that she shouldn’t show her surprise, Yuri involuntarily furrowed her brow. Director Kwon, with an expression that seemed to say, “Look at that,” smirked and raised the corner of his mouth.

“Do you remember how uncomfortable he was when Chairman ordered him to get engaged to you at first? And now he’s in a relationship with you? Ha, a passing dog would laugh. He just approached you to provoke our Minwoo.”

It seemed that Jeho’s intentions were crystal clear to everyone else. Yuri, blaming herself for not noticing her own naivety until the end, bit her lips with determination.

“Why go to such lengths for opposition? Is it to secure the future leadership of the company?”

“Of course. Jeho grew up thinking that KG Group was his, so now that it’s passed on to Minwoo, he must be furious. No matter how renowned he may be as an architect globally, compared to being the chairman of KG Group, it’s nothing.”

As Yuri listened to Director Kwon’s words, her expression gradually hardened. Perhaps she considered this a childish and dirty property fight.

Knowing that there was another reason for Jeho’s emergence, Director Kwon kept silent about that fact.

The unjust traffic accident suffered by Vice Chairman Kwon, who was a man, was regrettable to him. Perhaps that was the reason Jeho decided to return home. He might have suspected Minwoo as the mastermind behind the accident. After all, the person Vice Chairman Kwon met right before the accident was Minwoo. Could the traffic accident be something Minwoo orchestrated?