Haeyeon suggested a sum that didn’t differ much from the original rent, citing it as an ‘apology.’ Arin left the decision entirely to Yuhyun. Arin thought that Yuhyun’s feelings were more important than money, and even if Yuhyun rejected Haeyeon’s offer, she was willing to respect his decision.

But Yuhyun accepted Haeyeon’s proposal.
[As for us, it’s a very good opportunity. You wanted to expand Arin’s coffee side. Now it felt like a bakery nearby. Expanding the Yeonnam branch while organizing the Jeju Island main branch seems like a good thing. There’s no burden on our side. They also said they would handle the interior costs. We have no reason to refuse.]

Arin remembered Yuhyun’s smiling face as he spoke with a bright smile.

“Sigh.”

Arin let out a short sigh.

‘Even though I know that the reason Executive Director-nim is doing this is because of my brother, my brother probably doesn’t mind.’

Even though Haeyeon’s actions for Memoria were actually because of him, Yuhyun acted as if it didn’t matter.

Perhaps having the same thought, Cheol-yong’s expression was also dark.

“I don’t know. I don’t know. Boss, I’ll go check the kitchen.”

Cheol-yong ruffled his hair haphazardly.

“Oh, yes. Please.”

Cheol-yong stood up and went to the back kitchen.

“Let’s work. Work.”

Arin started organizing the counter alone. And not long after, the shop door opened, and customers came in.

“Welcome.”

Arin smiled at the incoming customers.

At that moment, Arin’s phone, which was placed on the counter, vibrated briefly.

⭐⭐⭐

VVIP ward.

A middle-aged woman dressed in luxury entered the heavily guarded VVIP ward.

“It’s been a while, Chairman.”

As the woman approached Chairman Ban Ho-jun, she took off her sunglasses. When the middle-aged woman and Chairman Ban made eye contact, Chairman Ban’s face turned pale.

“You… ”

“Do you recognize me?”

The middle-aged woman asked, lifting the corners of her mouth.

“Heo Eun-ah?”

“You remember my name. Well… you should remember. You shouldn’t forget your name, right?”

“How did you… get in here?”

While scolding the woman, Chairman Ban Ho-jun’s voice trembled.

“I thought you were doing well, but it seems like it’s not just talk. Why did you become like this, even though you have a lot of money?”

Heo Eun-ah, she poured out harsh words towards Chairman Ban, not showing any tension even when facing the number one chairman in the Korean business world.

If someone who didn’t know saw it, they might have thought that the one cowering like a cat in front of a cat was Chairman Ban Ho-jun instead.

“I heard you were in the United States…”

“I heard that news, but I can’t just stay still. I heard it. That guy, Mr. Choi, is going to die soon, right? I have to see him die, just like I watched my husband die.”

Eun-ah said coldly while sharpening her gaze.

“It seems like you’re speechless. Well, I didn’t come here to listen to Chairman-nim, so let me just tell you the business. I came to receive it. My child’s things…”

Eun-ah threw the documents she took out of her bag onto the floor.

“What on earth is this!”

Kim Director, who was watching the situation from behind, couldn’t forgive Eun-ah’s rudeness and yelled.

“Why, Director Kim, are you going to take my house?”
In response to Eun-ah’s sharp words, Director Kim’s gaze turned cold.

“Hey, Ms. Heo Eun-ah. What disrespectful thing are you doing in front of the chairman right now?”

As Director Kim approached Eun-ah with a threatening momentum, Chairman Ban Ho-jun sent a look, signaling him not to do so. As if he had no choice, Director Kim bit his lip and stepped back.

“Even if I’m an unworthy mother, you shouldn’t treat my daughter like this, right? Both the chairman and that guy, Choi Cheol-su. How dare you!”

Angry, Eun-ah’s fist trembled with fury.

“The chairman knows that this data is just the tip of the iceberg. This is a warning. Don’t touch my daughter anymore.”

Arin was just over two months old when her husband Hyun-jun left Eun-ah’s side.

They heard it was a clear accident. So until then, she thought that was the truth.

Moreover, Eun-ah was mentally unstable not long after giving birth. She completely lost her mind due to her sudden husband’s absence.

She couldn’t do anything other than cry, and naturally, there was no way she could take care of the child.

The newborn baby, who had just come into the world, needed care. Eun-ah’s family hospitalized her for mental instability and sent Arin to her friend, Mr. Choi, citing the reason that she was mentally unstable.

Eun-ah spent several years in the hospital. After finally regaining her sanity, she went to find her daughter. The child she had watched from a distance was smiling. Eun-ah couldn’t bring herself to approach her daughter. And that day, she received a call from Mr. Choi.

[Arin doesn’t know she has a birth mother. It might be difficult, but it’s better for you not to intervene. You don’t want to cause unnecessary pain to the child, right?]

Eun-ah could only nod her head at Mr. Choi’s words.

In a way, she was the one who abandoned Arin first. No matter how difficult it was, she had nothing to say, resentful for abandoning the child.

[Yes. Maybe now is better than suddenly appearing as a birth mother. Trust me, trust Choi Cheol-su, and live comfortably.]

Eun-ah sorted out all her possessions and handed them over to Mr. Choi.

[Take good care of Arin. I’m counting on you.]

After that, Eun-ah left for the United States, following her sister.

Not knowing what was strange about the insurance company’s attitude, she didn’t know anything until she filed a lawsuit and revealed the truth.

The accident of her husband Min Hyun-jun was due to the selfishness of despicable people. She didn’t know that family members she believed in were already bought off by money, and there was a huge life insurance in the name of her husband Min Hyun-jun. The beneficiary just before his death was Arin, who was no more than a source of profit. She couldn’t have imagined and left for the United States.

Eun-ah found out that many people, including Chairman Ban, Mrs. Jung, Mr. Choi, and Kyung-sook, were involved. And she could find out that the reason was because Hyun-jun tried to blow the whistle internally.
“I will do what I couldn’t do from now on. For our Arin… the things that caused pain and hurt, I will properly repay and find them all.”

Even if she’s an ugly mother who has never hugged her once.

“Jung Hyo-eun, if that woman harasses my daughter, the chairman will stop her. If not, I don’t know what I might say.”