“Do you remember my name?”

Bo Mi asked hurriedly before Jae Kyung finished speaking.

“…..”

Even at his momentary pause, Bo Mi had a vague expectation. After all, how could someone who looked so similar not be Nakwon…

The name Nakwon began when the old lady in the village called him that after he suddenly appeared in Nakwon Village.

They say a wounded man was found collapsed on a rainy night when the river had swollen. As there was nothing to identify who he was, as if someone had erased it all, they couldn’t know who he was.

The kind-hearted villagers accepted Nakwon without hesitation.

Grandmother Kkeutdong said she requested a background check through a policeman she knew, but there was no response.

He was a man who learned everything quickly and was clever. It wouldn’t be strange if the original Nakwon worked at such a large company.

Bo Mi’s aunt got angry when Bo Mi doubted Nakwon’s death, asking if she didn’t trust her.

Perhaps that’s why Bo Mi still couldn’t let go of hope. That he might be alive somewhere…

The same face, the same scent, the same voice.

Can memories shake one’s heart this much just because of similarities?

I miss Nakwon, I long for his warmth, I secretly wish he were alive.

“CEO Han Bo Mi of Narae. An augmented reality-based app development company. I remember.”

Bo Mi hid her disappointment as she rummaged through her bag to pull out a business card.

If it’s a business relationship, we should do business. Meeting such a high-ranking person from Dowon Group in the elevator might be fate, if there is such a thing.

“I look forward to working with you.”

“You showed quite impressive results in this recruitment. In many aspects.”

The man’s long fingers lightly brushed the tips of Bo Mi’s fingers. She almost dropped the card before it passed to the man’s hand.

“It was impressive.”

“Thank you.”

Bo Mi clenched her empty hand into a fist and hid it behind her back.

“The business card… Try scanning it with your phone camera.”

“I wonder what interesting thing you’ve hidden there.”

“Well, we are an augmented reality development company after all.”

Bo Mi smiled, crinkling the corners of her eyes. The man hesitated for a moment.

She cried, she laughed, she must truly be a crazy woman…

Yet her words seem perfectly normal.

“I’m curious now.”

CEO Han Bo Mi and CEO Ha Su Young of Narae Creative. Names he’d seen in the report.

Narae Creative’s technology, which implemented 3D screens in phones with almost no loading time, was superior to other competing companies.

Moreover, the system that runs with just a phone camera without needing a separate app reflected the needs of today’s consumers who want quick information acquisition.

It received a perfect score unanimously from the Dowon Distribution judges assembled to form the augmented reality marketing team.

He almost believed they had competed solely on skill, until he heard that CEO Hwang Min Jun of Hwang Construction had come to the judging site. CEO Hwang Min Jun of Hwang Construction was currently in conflict with Do Jae Kyung over the next vice chairman position.

Jae Kyung felt an unpleasant premonition that pushing such a small company in its early stages of startup, embroiled in a fraud case and financially precarious, seemed to have some other ulterior motive.

He had just told Secretary Kim to look into the relationship between Narae Creative and CEO Hwang Min Jun.

“I don’t have a business card right now, but I’m Do Jae Kyung, Director of Strategic Planning.”

“Director Do… Jae Kyung?”

Do Jae Kyung… So this man was Do Jae Kyung.

The man in an antagonistic relationship with CEO Hwang Min Jun of Hwang Construction, who is mentioned as the successor to the Dowon Group.

The only blood relative of Chairman Do Jun Seok, who has been hospitalized for several years, and the son of the late Vice Chairman Do Won Il.

And… Bo Mi unknowingly bit her lip.

He was a man Han Bo Mi should absolutely not get involved with.

“Seems you remember something about my name?”

Jae Kyung asked back Bo Mi’s earlier dazed question.

“Ah… No. It’s an honor to meet you.”

Bo Mi wanted to quickly escape this place. Outside this elevator, they would have no reason to exchange words.

Jae Kyung was bothered by Bo Mi’s strangely lukewarm reaction after hearing his name.

Bothered? This Do Jae Kyung?

Jae Kyung touched his lips and pressed the open button.

“It’s the 23rd floor, CEO Han Bo Mi.”

“Then… take care.”

Bo Mi bowed her head and exited the elevator.

If he was Do Jae Kyung, he absolutely must not be Nakwon.

The factional fight between the Do family and Hwang family of Dowon Group was a famous story. Bo Mi thought of CEO Hwang Min Jun of Hwang Construction, her patron who had provided financial support for her to come this far.

Bo Mi’s heart raced quickly. Not wanting the man to notice her bewilderment, she walked towards the meeting room with her back straight.

Do Jae Kyung… A man who resembled Nakwon.

And a man who absolutely must not be Nakwon.

It was a momentary illusion, like a daydream dreamt in broad daylight out of longing.

The Nakwon of spring and summer no longer exists in this world.

Jae Kyung couldn’t take his eyes off Bo Mi’s retreating back through the closing doors.

Her soft-looking brown bob hair swayed gently on her pale white nape with each step.

A slender face, round forehead and high nose. And stubborn-looking plump lips. Cheeks that easily flush pink. Expressions that change moment by moment, as if determined to captivate.

Above all, what confused Jae Kyung was that voice.

‘Mr. Won!’

When her hand grasped the end of his sleeve, he couldn’t shake it off immediately.

Why? Why did he hesitate for a moment?

That voice desperately calling an unfamiliar name was so familiar.

‘I like summer more than spring. Spring’s brightness makes you worry about losing it the moment flowers bloom. Summer’s greenness doesn’t make you worry at all.’

Along with the voice echoing in Jae Kyung’s mind, a throbbing pain came pressing on his head. Jae Kyung stepped back and leaned against the elevator wall.

He pressed his temples and steadied his breathing.

The sunlight shining through the coniferous forest glared blindingly bright, blurring his vision white.

“Huh. Huk.”

Breath… Jae Kyung clutched his chest as if tearing at it.

Again. This unpleasant sensation.

He had suffered from constant headaches since waking up in the hospital room 5 years ago.

Jae Kyung didn’t remember what happened at the time of the accident. A dump truck that skidded on the wet road collided with Jae Kyung’s car, and Jae Kyung sank into the water with the car.

Somehow he escaped, though he doesn’t know how, but was found unconscious a little way from where the car was discovered. They said it was a miracle that Jae Kyung, who had been lying unconscious for over half a year, woke up.

Behind this accident, which felt intentional, there would be people who opposed Jae Kyung becoming the central power of Dowon Group.

Like his grandmother Lee Hae Young and CEO Hwang Min Jun.

The power of Dowon Group was divided into two factions.

Dowon Group grew to its current size because it was possible to merge with Hwang Construction when it was Dowon Distribution.

There were no children between Chairman Do Jun Seok of Dowon Group, Jae Kyung’s grandfather, and his wife Lee Hae Young.

Chairman Do Jun Seok promised to give the successor to Hwang Min Jun, the son of Chairman Hwang of Hwang Construction.

However, Chairman Do Jun Seok, who was the only son for four generations, was obsessed with bloodline as he came from a family that valued sons, and made Do Won Il, a child he had outside, the next successor.

When Do Won Il died in an accident, the next chairman position was tilting back towards CEO Hwang Min Jun.

As Do Jun Seok called back the mother and son, Sung Yeon Hee and Do Jae Kyung, whom he had driven out, the two factions were now in a tense battle of nerves over the next successor position.

The day before Chairman Do Jun Seok was to hold a party to designate the next successor, Jae Kyung had an accident.

Jae Kyung took a slow deep breath. This is nothing.

Ding. The door is opening.

As Jae Kyung walked out of the elevator with a normal expression, the secretary and bodyguards waiting in front of the door followed behind him.

He couldn’t show weakness to anyone.

A jungle-like place where you’d be torn apart the moment you let your guard down. To survive here and take the position his dead father wanted, Jae Kyung couldn’t create any weaknesses.

Bo Mi got off at the bus stop and climbed the seemingly endless hill.

She walked along the white wall with ivy vines hanging down, pressing the sweat trickling down with the back of her hand. This distance that seems endless will show the entrance if you go just a little further.

Bo Mi looked up at the mansion that looked like a huge fortress.

Two weeks had passed since signing the contract with Dowon Group.

She was about to start work as part of the augmented reality business division with Dowon Distribution.

Bo Mi found a small two-room apartment in Dowon Apartments with the housing rental support fund provided by Dowon Group for cooperative company employees.

The move was smooth as there wasn’t much luggage to begin with, and her cousin Mi Rae and CEO Ha Su Young, who agreed to live together and take care of Yeo Reum, helped out.

Bo Mi smiled as she pulled out the bedding with Yeo Reum’s favorite Gigaton robot drawn on it.

She would hold the small body that covers itself with this blanket and puts one leg on Bo Mi’s stomach, falling asleep in her arms.

Her heart swelled at the thought of being able to live with Yeo Reum now.

Yeo Reum. The treasure Nakwon left for Bo Mi.

‘Without spring, there’s no summer.’

With those words from Nakwon, Bo Mi was finally able to like spring.

The child’s name became Summer, the season when Spring gave birth to the child.

‘I have Spring, so it would be nice if we had Summer too.’

At Nakwon’s words that sounded like a joke, she soon called the baby in her belly Summer.

She had to become strong to protect Yeo Reum.

She had to become shameless and cunning so as not to be deceived again.

And she had to succeed with the project to grow Narae Creative. Bo Mi clenched both fists and pressed her lips together tightly.

I can do it. Because I’m a mother. She felt a surge of strength, as if she could do anything for Yeo Reum.

“Whew… This place hasn’t changed.”

Bo Mi rang the doorbell, hiding her tension at visiting after a long time.

The garden, decorated according to CEO Hwang Min Jun’s taste from when he lived in England in his youth, was a spectacular sight when the summer roses were in full bloom.

“Oh my, who is this! It’s been a long time. How have you been?”

Mrs. Kang Won, who recognized Bo Mi, greeted her happily.

“Have you been well? Can I see the CEO?”

“He’s waiting in the study. There are many guests today.”

Bo Mi was walking towards the study when she sighed at her reflection in the mirror.

The Bo Mi reflected in the mirror looked haggard, as if showing that the past five years of life had not been smooth.

‘If it’s a mistake, you can start over. If you give up the baby, I’ll find you a good marriage prospect.’

When she heard the news that Nakwon had died, Bo Mi came to Seoul to look for him. Not eating food or water, she wandered like a mad woman and collapsed, being taken to the hospital.

And Min Jun, who came as her guardian, looked at Bo Mi with a pathetic gaze.

He must have been disappointed.

She was forcibly hospitalized in obstetrics and gynecology due to the risk of premature birth.

Afraid of having the baby taken away, Bo Mi ran away and hid. Or maybe Min Jun let her go. After that, things became awkward with Min Jun and contact became infrequent.

She wanted to show that she was doing well…

Bo Mi took a deep breath and put her hand on the doorknob. Don’t be nervous, Han Bo Mi.

“Hello, CEO.”

Bo Mi opened the door with a big smile. Though their relationship had become uncomfortable, the fact was that Bo Mi was indebted to him.

CEO Hwang Min Jun, who was looking at documents, raised his head. His manly appearance with broad shoulders hadn’t changed despite the years. Despite approaching his 60s, he still only looked to be in his 40s.

“Your aunt contacted me a few months ago.”

“My aunt… What for…”

“She said she lost all her land and house to fraud…”

“I’m sorry. It was my fault.”

It seemed her aunt had been deceived by Senior Jung Hoon’s sweet talk and invested the land left by her grandfather, trusting Bo Mi’s name.

“It’s fine. There’s nothing you could have done anyway.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Tsk. I didn’t call you here to make you feel down.”

Min Jun’s tone was cold, and Bo Mi somehow shrank back. It was always like this with Min Jun. As Bo Mi only received, that help was uncomfortable for her, and Min Jun always disapproved of such a Bo Mi. Nevertheless, it was an awkward relationship that couldn’t be cut off.

“I heard you’re going to work with Dowon Distribution.”

“About my relationship with you…”

Bo Mi carefully raised her head. Perhaps because he was backlit, Min Jun’s expression couldn’t be seen.

“I’ll make sure it’s not found out.”