“Chief, the others also received the settlement money, right?”

Yeo Reum was on the phone with Lawyer Park from Busan in her room.

―I’ve confirmed it. The representative of Uarium Resort personally called to apologize and repeatedly promised there would be no disadvantages in the future. Start working from next week.

“That’s great.”

―Everyone is grateful to you. More than anything else, those arrogant people kneeling down and apologizing profusely healed all the heartburn they had.

Yeo Reum couldn’t help but laugh at Lawyer Park’s refreshing laughter.

“That’s how it should be.”

―What are you going to do about the lawsuit now?

“Since PR kept their promise, I should withdraw it too. What do the others think?”

―They said they’ll unconditionally do as you say. Now that an agreement has been reached, they won’t say otherwise.

“Thank goodness. Lawyer Park, please withdraw the charges against Kang Ha Eun.”

―Alright. I’ll take care of it. You’ve really had a hard time.

“You too, Lawyer Park.”

―By the way, Yeo Reum.

“Yes.”

―I heard from Mi Rae that you’re the heiress of PR Group. That’s why you went up to Seoul now. She said you’ve been through so much hardship, is it true?

“Absurdly, it’s true.”

―…Is that for real?

“My grandmother is apparently Kang Ju Hwa, the chairwoman of PR Group. Doesn’t it sound ridiculous even to you, Lawyer Park?”

―It’s really surprising news. How did this happen…?

“I know, right? Anyway, I’m going to stick it out here till the end.”

―If you ever need my help, call me anytime.

Yeo Reum answered with a big smile.

“Thank you.”

―Alright, take care of yourself.

With a brief comfort, Lawyer Park hung up the phone.

“Well, now let’s try writing before going to work.”

She sat at the desk and opened her laptop.

After stretching her fingers, she quickly typed on the keyboard.

She swiftly wrote a post saying that she received a polite apology from PR Group and reached an amicable agreement, and that she would now take down the ‘Resort Wine Girl’ video.

*

“…Oh my, I’m dying.”

Jung Mi managed to leave the bedroom, but she practically collapsed on the living room sofa on the first floor.

Ha Eun next to her was the same.

At that moment, the butler passing by the living room said to Ha Eun,

“Aren’t you going to work? Yeo Reum young lady already left a while ago?”

Ha Eun answered with an irritated face,

“Are you comparing me to that part-timer? And how can I go to work when my whole body is aching to death right now?”

“Butler Park, is my Ha Eun the same as Yeo Reum who has that ignorant body? She’s delicate. And do you know how many times she had to kneel down and apologize to those vulgar people yesterday? Not just physically, but the mental shock is also huge. If our daughter gets trauma from this, will you take responsibility?”

“I’m saying this out of concern.”

“What?”

“I’m deeply worried if it’s okay to be like this in the current situation.”

“Butler Park, I’m Kang Ha Eun. The chairwoman’s niece! Who’s going to say anything to me!”

“Do as you please.”

Instead of saying anything else, Butler Park left the spot.

“Mom, I really want to just fire Butler Park. These days, the way he acts in front of Jung Yeo Reum is quite a sight.”

“The nerve of him.”

The two women glared at Butler Park to their heart’s content.

“But Mom, my back is really killing me.”

“Don’t even mention it. My back is not enough, my knees seem to be gone too.”

The two groaned simultaneously.

The Blue House staff secretly watching them clicked their tongues.

Only Jung Ran and Hye Suk were massaging their shoulders and flattering them.

“But why is Sophia not showing up at all?”

“New unnie was always ill-mannered.”

“True.”

While the two were busy cursing Sophia, the sound of urgent footsteps was heard.

It was Sophia, hurriedly coming down from the second floor stairs.

“New unnie is not even a decent person.”

“Right.”

At that moment, while the two were sneering, Sophia shouted,

“Madam, something terrible happened!”

“What is it?”

“An emergency personnel action just came out! Our In Pyo has been demoted to Marketing Team 2 Manager!”

“What?”

Jung Mi sat up with a start.

“Unnie, what about me? Am I also there by any chance?”

“Young lady has also been demoted to a regular employee!”

“…That can’t be!”

“I know, right! How can this happen? How can he go from an executive director to a manager overnight?”

“Why our In Pyo? What’s the reason for the disciplinary action?”

“Abuse of authority.”

“…What?”

“There was evidence that he prevented reporting young lady’s video to the chairwoman. The legal director confessed.”

Jung Mi held her head with both hands.

“Then what about our Ha Eun?”

“On charges of damaging the company’s reputation. On top of that, her father said he would resign as the representative.”

“What?”

“It hasn’t been accepted yet, but he said he would.”

“This crazy person! At a time like this, he’s throwing away the representative position himself? Even if they tell him to leave, he should have stuck to that position and covered for our In Pyo and Ha Eun, but it’s not enough!”

“I know, right! Father seems to have really gone crazy!”

The three women were busy condemning each other out of anger.

“This is all because of Jung Yeo Reum.”

The three excited women turned their heads at once.

It was Jung Ran.

“Ever since that wretched girl came in, this mess happened.”

“Right. This is all because of Jung Yeo Reum!”

Ha Eun shouted loudly.

“Madam, you really need to think carefully.”

“What?”

“Even now, that wretched girl is acting like this Blue House is hers. Will she really leave the executive director and young lady Ha Eun in the company as they are? Your family might get kicked out of the house and the group altogether.”

“Who does she think she is!”

“That’s what the law says. The law.”

Jung Ran repeated what Yeo Reum had said, watching Jung Mi’s expression.

Her terribly distorted face was expressing her feelings.

“Madam, Manager Pyo is right. We need to chase Jung Yeo Reum out of this house as soon as possible.”

“I want to do that too, but there’s no specific way.”

“We need to find it. No matter what.”

The minds of the three women were busy with all sorts of thoughts.

And Jung Ran, looking at them, secretly smiled.

*

“What’s so funny?”

I Seok stood up as he saw I Dam entering the office.

“It’s about the disciplinary action in PR Group.”

“Ah, that.”

“Did you hear?”

“Yeah. I feel so bad for Kang In Pyo. He dreamed of becoming a representative, but got demoted to a manager.”

“News travels fast, huh?”

“Usually these things spread faster than light.”

“True.”

I Dam slowly walked in and sat cross-legged on the sofa.

Sitting at the head seat, I Seok said,

“Honestly, Kang In Pyo climbed up too high. Even I just became an executive director, but how dare he do that?”

“Right. And he’s incompetent but has a lot of greed. He really doesn’t know his place.”

“Exactly. That guy has been drooling over you for a while.”

“I know, right. He’s just a branch family member of PR Group, but he looks down on me? Am I on the same level as him?”

“Of course you’re different.”

The two laughed as if it was funny.

“But it’s kind of unexpected. Chairwoman Kang Ju Hwa quite favored Kang In Pyo.”

“She didn’t favor Kang In Pyo, she favored her younger brother. To Chairwoman Kang, Kang Gi Taek is not a younger brother, but almost like a child.”

“That’s true. Anyway, Kang Ha Eun caused trouble again this time. You saw the video too, elder brother?”

“I did.”

“That girl can’t fix that habit. And Kang Ha Eun also goes around talking nonsense about being the owner.”

“The siblings are a set that don’t know their place.”

“Right.”

“This time, Kang Ha Eun caused a big incident, and as expected, Kang In Pyo got caught while trying to cover it up. The siblings are really something else.”

The two laughed again.

“By the way, elder brother. I heard the heiress of PR Group returned this time, did you hear?”

“I heard. And also that Chairwoman Kang’s son is now in a critical condition between life and death.”

The eyes of the two shone strangely.

“You’re also at the age to get married, elder brother.”

I Seok said with a chuckle,

“Are you telling me to overtake elder brother and go ahead?”

“You need to push Gu San Ha aside. How can he get married when he’s not normal?”

“Then father will be even more worried. If I say I’ll get married first, he probably won’t like it. He’ll try to make Gu San Ha do it first, even by force.”

“That’s father’s wish. Frankly, who would give their daughter to Gu San Ha? Everyone already knows he’s not normal.”

“If it doesn’t work out, he’ll try to get him married even by lowering the standards.”

“That might happen. Anyway, that’s him, and you should only think about yourself, elder brother.”

“Why is my younger sister so proactive today?”

“Seeing Chairwoman Kang Ju Hwa disciplining Kang In Pyo, it’s clear she has other intentions.”

I Seok said, looking at I Dam whose eyes were shining,

“The rumors say she doesn’t even treat her granddaughter as one?”

“But the law is on that granddaughter’s side.”

“That’s true. But are you trying to link me with that country bumpkin now? Hey, Gu I Dam. Your elder brother has very high standards.”

“Even with high standards, you don’t have many options in this world. It’s roughly Han Seo’s excellent princess Kim Jung Yeon, One Il’s half-baked heiress Jin Hae Rin, or if not them, PR’s branch family member Kang Ha Eun.”

“Hey, there are so many women in the world, how can you conclude it so extremely?”

“There are plenty of women to keep by your side and play with. But for your wife, you need to choose a woman who can at least bring a group.”

“My younger sister is really ambitious. Hey, we’re going to take over Daesin, but if we take other groups too, people will say we’re too greedy.”

“So what? There’s a saying ‘the more the better’, you know?”

I Seok also laughed, looking pleased with I Dam’s words.

“Honestly, if we take over PR Group in addition to Daesin, we practically conquer South Korea.”

“I know, right. I honestly think a naive girl is better than the arrogant Kim Jung Yeon. The rumors say she was a teacher.”

“I heard that too. But just hearing she was a teacher makes her sound rigid and frustrating.”

“But it’s okay if a woman’s job is a teacher.”

“Well, that’s true. But there are strong rumors that the heiress is ugly. Dam-ah, your elder brother absolutely can’t tolerate someone who’s ugly and fat.”

“Make her get surgery. To your taste, elder brother.”

“Oh, that’s a good idea.”

“I think it’s okay for you to try making a move on her, elder brother. Frankly, for a country bumpkin, if a handsome man like you makes a move, she’ll fall for it in one shot. Don’t you think?”

“Should I really step up?”

“Yeah, show that country bumpkin a new world.”

The two laughed loudly as if it was funny.

*

After work, Yeo Reum went straight up to the comic book room.

The part-timer sitting at the counter took out his wireless earphones and said,

“He’s not here right now.”

“Where did he go?”

“Probably to the company?”

“Then when will he come?”

“He’s unpredictable.”

After a brief answer, he turned his head back to the monitor.

Yeo Reum came out feeling deflated.

She got on the elevator.

Why did she assume he would be here?

The elevator soon stopped on the first floor.

As Yeo Reum came out, a sedan entered her sight.

The large car stopped right in front of the building.

The rear door opened and a foot wearing flip-flops came out.

Soon, a man wearing a long padded jacket fully revealed himself.

‘See, I told you we were meant to be!’

As San Ha said something to the driver’s seat, the sedan started again.

He lightly shook his neck as if tired and turned around.

His eyes met Yeo Reum’s exactly.

“Magpie?”

He called out to Yeo Reum who was frozen in place and slowly approached.

“What are you doing there?”

Yeo Reum thought San Ha approaching her was so beautiful and wonderful.

So she started running towards him.

She saw his eyes widen, but Yeo Reum took a big leap and hugged him.

She clung to him tightly for a while like a cicada on a tree.

After a moment, he asked,

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Instead of scolding her, his eyes looked down at Yeo Reum with worry.

Yeo Reum kissed his luscious lips and said,

“I missed you.”

“Huh?”

Yeo Reum kissed his lips again and said,

“I missed you so, so much.”

His eyes looked at Yeo Reum even more dumbfounded.

“I love you so much, San Ha. But you seem tired today, so rest for now. Instead, let’s meet tomorrow.”

Yeo Reum detached herself from his embrace.

“Ah, wait.”

Yeo Reum, who was about to leave, came back.

She kissed his lips again and said,

“This is a goodbye kiss. Well then, see you tomorrow!”

Yeo Reum, who was smiling brightly, ran away in a hurry.

San Ha stood there for a moment, watching her with a startled look.

“I thought you said she’s not your girlfriend?”

At the sudden words, San Ha turned around.

It was Kyung Hee.

“She’s not.”

“Even though she kisses you until your lips wear out, she’s not?”

“I said she’s not.”

San Ha entered the elevator and went up.

Kyung Hee laughed and said,

“Right, she’s not your girlfriend. She’s your lover. Lover.”