In a place where she could reach by just stretching out her hand, an unattainable existence.

Even just looking at her, this precious child made her heart surge with emotion.

‘Mom will protect you. You…’

Euna thought.

Could she dare to call herself a mom?
Even though she’s an unqualified mother, Euna had long ago resolved to protect Arin’s happiness at the cost of everything she had.

Even if it’s considered greed…

‘If only I could hug you just once…’

Euna’s eyes reddened. The emotions flickering in her eyes were the unqualified maternal love.

‘Our Arin, my daughter…’

The words lingering in her mouth were things that should never be spoken aloud.

Euna bit her lower lip tightly, trying to swallow the words that rose up to her choked throat.

To regain composure, she shook her head left and right. In an instant, the faint emotions disappeared from her face, replaced by a drawn smile.

“Do you have time tomorrow?”

“Huh?”

“If you’re free, would you like to have lunch with me? I know a really delicious place, and I want to treat you in celebration of my friend coming to the U.S.”

“Tomorrow? Sure.”

Arin smiled faintly.

Seeing her smile, Euna regained determination.

‘Even if I have to risk everything, I’ll protect you.’

Euna hid her inner thoughts and smiled at Arin.

That night.

Jaehyuk looked at Arin, who was asleep with disheveled hair, while gently touching it.

“What is this…”

Seeing Euna and Arin together made Jaehyuk have thoughts he shouldn’t have.

‘It shouldn’t be like that… Why do I keep having such thoughts?’

Jaehyuk carefully touched the soft hair.

Unexpected thoughts filled Jaehyuk’s mind.

‘It feels like you and Mrs. Lewis resemble each other.’

Although the two had the passage of time, if Euna were Arin’s age, they might have looked like that.

‘There are doppelgangers and many people who resemble celebrities. Even without mixed blood, there are many people who look alike. It could happen…’

But to conclude that it was not, something felt off.

The discomfort of Euna and Arin resembling each other still lingered in his mind.

‘No, it may not be completely unreasonable. It may not be a matter that can be conclusively denied without investigation.’

If the possibility is not zero, if there is even a 1% chance, he should not conclusively deny it.

That was Jaehyuk’s viewpoint.

And soon, Jaehyuk planned to find Arin’s birth parents.

If they were alive, he would let Arin know, and if they were no longer in this world, he would keep it to himself.

Jaehyuk didn’t want to lose the warmth at his fingertips. He wanted to protect her smiling face, and for her, he could do anything.

‘If you find your birth parents, what will you do…?’

He stared at Arin’s eyes, lost in deep thought.

While Jaehyuk and Arin were in the United States, the vice chairman crumpled the documents in his hands without any regard.

His hands trembled, and his whole body shook.

“This person is real!”
Unlike the anger-filled Vice Chairman, Director Kim stood by with a solemn expression.

“A shareholders’ meeting, daring to convene a shareholders’ meeting as they please.”

The Vice Chairman shouted.

“This company is mine. But who dares to kick me out?”

The Vice Chairman clutched his chest and staggered. Startled, Director Kim rushed over and supported him urgently.

“Chairman, please calm down.”

“What on earth is this!”

Chairman Banhojun snorted. What he received was the notice of an interim shareholders’ meeting.

“Just because I’m not working, they think they can make absurd claims about stopping me. Ridiculous.”

Unlike the regular shareholders’ meeting held once a year, the interim shareholders’ meeting could be convened irregularly when there was a change in registration.

“Who, dares to… me…”

It was an interim shareholders’ meeting opened over Chairman Ban’s resignation. He bit it with resentment, thinking of Jung Yeosa.

“That woman is shamelessly crossing the line.”

With the notice of the interim shareholders’ meeting, Jung Yeosa presented two options.

[Choose, whether to leave voluntarily, or be kicked out.]

It was a threat.

[If you want to leave nicely, it’s better to resign voluntarily.]

When leaving the last hospital, Jung Yeosa, who used to be cautious, completely changed her attitude.

The reason was simple.

[You changed first. So I have to change too! How long do I have to endure being mistreated.]

She blamed herself, but Chairman Banhojun understood. Jung Yeosa didn’t change; she just revealed her true colors.