Despite searching the resort thoroughly, the president’s figure was nowhere to be seen. Ga Eul took out her phone thinking she should call, but put it back in her bag.

She wanted to see the president’s face, not that she had anything to say to him.

After playing in the water and walking around looking for the president, her body felt heavy as lead. Ga Eul trudged back to her room.

She wanted to lie down, but remembered she had something to do.

Ga Eul took out her phone. She had to ask Chairman Oh Kyu Baek about the land and about her father. It was a call she needed to make alone. Ga Eul dialed his number.

She needed to hear it now. He’d tell her about her father when he was ready? When would that be?

I feel like I can only approach the president once my father’s issue is resolved. But the president is already preparing to return to America. Ga Eul confirmed this in the video on the SD card returned by the police.

She thought he wouldn’t leave until his revenge was complete, but that might not be the case. If he could continue his revenge from America.

– What’s the occasion?

She thought he might not answer, but Chairman Oh picked up.

“This is Ga Eul. I have something I’d like to ask you. It’s about my father.”

– Why are you asking me about your father?

“I heard that you promised to invest in my father’s company, but then went back on that promise. I also heard you severely criticized my father.”

– That did happen.

“I want to know why you did that.”

– Who told you about this that you’re bringing it up now? What good will come from dredging up the past? It will only cause conflict. That won’t be good for you or Gyeo Ul.

The chairman seemed to have no intention of telling her. He said he’d tell when he was ready, but that was bull.

But she had made up her mind to call, so she couldn’t just hang up. Ga Eul hastily began talking about the land her father wanted to buy.

“But… I came down to Taean and when I saw…”

Ga Eul didn’t even get to finish. Chairman Oh’s angry voice quickly cut in.

– Is the conflict you’ve caused so far not enough? How much more do you want to stir things up by digging into the past! I shouldn’t have let you into my house. Like father, like child. To think I let you in after experiencing your father. You ingrates!

The call abruptly ended. A bewildered Ga Eul stared at her phone for a while.

It wasn’t a total loss. She got confirmation from Chairman Oh himself that he had planned to invest in her father’s company but withdrew. She gained something else too. Chairman Oh’s anger.

Secretary An Chang Beom had said that if she waited, she would hear from Chairman Oh about why he withdrew his investment in her father’s company. That he would tell her when he was ready.

But from this call, it’s clear Chairman Oh has no such intention. Either An Chang Beom was mistaken, or he lied. One of the two.

However, Ga Eul didn’t think deeply about it. Besides the difference in thinking between Chairman Pyeongan and his secretary, Ga Eul had too many other things to consider. So it slipped out of her mind as it was.

Ga Eul flopped down on the sofa and closed her eyes. Fatigue washed over her. Ga Eul slowly drifted off to sleep.

“Ga Eul! Why are you sleeping here?”

Ga Eul opened her eyes at the sound of her grandmother waking her.

“Why didn’t you get a massage before coming back? I feel so refreshed after getting one. My skin is smoother too.”

“It’s fine if you got one, Grandmother. I don’t need one. Grandmother, I’m going to step out for a bit. I remembered something I need to say to the president.”

Ga Eul sprang up from her seat.

“We’ll be having dinner soon.”

“I’ll be back before dinner.”

Ga Eul ran towards the president’s room.

She thought he must have returned to his room by now, no matter where he had gone.

If he wasn’t in his room, she planned to call him. She had one more reason to meet the president. She wanted to tell him about incurring Chairman Oh’s anger.

Chairman Oh regrets letting her and Gyeo Ul into his family after experiencing her father. That was hard for Ga Eul to swallow too. It meant her father and Gyeo Ul were also insulted.

As she ran, she saw someone coming down from the walking path. It was the president. Seeing him in golf attire, it seemed he was returning from a round. Ga Eul started running towards him with a glad heart, but abruptly stopped.

The president had company. It was a woman. Even from afar, she was strikingly beautiful. The beauty was gesturing as she spoke to the president.

That diligent president. How quick he is at courting women despite being as lazy as a sloth!

There was a reason he said he’d follow. There was.

Feeling heat rising, Ga Eul whirled around and started running.

“Han Ga Eul! Han Ga Eul!”

She heard the president calling, but Ga Eul didn’t stop.

That good-natured president. While she’s risking Chairman Oh’s wrath to prove her father’s innocence, what’s with the golf and dinner parties? He shouldn’t have brought her. Even paying for her travel expenses.

“I did something foolish.”

“What foolish thing did you do?”

Ki Dae Un was suddenly behind her.

“Why did you suddenly run away? Didn’t you hear me calling?”

“Run away? Who did? I just left because the atmosphere seemed nice.”

The problem wasn’t that Dae Un went golfing. It was that he was with a beautiful woman. They probably spent an intimate time golfing together. That’s why she’s angry.

“Are your eyes rotten? How could that look like a nice atmosphere? I was dying of irritation.”

Dae Un was even more irritated hearing Ga Eul’s nonsensical words after she appeared out of nowhere when he couldn’t find her before. Dae Un had been dragged to the golf course by Jung Mi O’s father while looking for Ga Eul.

When he got there, Ko Ye Rim was there. In the end, Dae Un played a round with Jung Sang Su, Jung Se Hyun, and Ko Ye Rim. He couldn’t help but be irritated being in a group with two people he disliked, but he endured for Se Hyun’s sake.

But then Jung Sang Su and Jung Se Hyun said they had an appointment and quickly left after finishing the round. It was clear they were leaving to give him and Ko Ye Rim time alone.

He was annoyed with Se Hyun. Knowing that he considered Ko Ye Rim on the same level as Jung Mi O, yet he threw him to Ko Ye Rim.

Saying he considers Ko Ye Rim on the same level as Jung Mi O isn’t quite right. Ko Ye Rim is malicious. Jung Mi O doesn’t intentionally harm others, but Ko Ye Rim does that and more.

When they were in America, Ko Ye Rim tried several times to drive a wedge between him and Kang Se Ra.

Se Hyun knew this, yet he conspired with his uncle to set him up. This was as big a betrayal as bringing Jung Mi O to his office.

So he’s about to explode right now. And to him in this state, Ga Eul is spouting such nonsense.

“Ah! So that was an irritated expression. These days when you’re irritated, you bare your teeth and spread your mouth wide. I thought it was a smiling face.”

What useless words from where! Ga Eul sneered as if she knew everything.

“You bring someone here and dump them, then don’t even pay attention, and now what’s with this drivel?”

Still, he couldn’t take out his frustration on Ga Eul. Suppressing his temper as much as possible, Dae Un said:

“Didn’t pay attention? I’ve searched the entire resort under the blazing sun twice looking for you. This is the third time.”

A sense of injustice washed over him. Not knowing the president was golfing with a beauty, he had been wandering in the heat.

“Why were you looking for me?”

Does the president not realize we came on this trip together? Isn’t it natural for people traveling together to spend time together?

Yet he asks why I was looking for him! Ga Eul suppressed her hurt feelings. The story she had just heard about the president’s father’s tragic death played a big part.

“I heard something new about my father. I wanted to tell you about it.”

Originally that wasn’t the whole reason for looking for the president, but after learning he had spent time with a beauty, it became the entire reason.

Dae Un led Ga Eul to the walking path. At the entrance to the path, the woman who had been with Dae Un was still standing. She looked at Ga Eul and Dae Un with a curious expression.

“Then, I’ll see you later, Dae Un.”

As if she had been waiting to say goodbye, she waved to Dae Un and walked away. Dae Un glanced at her and turned his head.

Ga Eul felt the woman look her over once before turning away. It wasn’t a pleasant gaze.

“It’s good that at least one of us, you or the president, is having a nice time. It’s not me though.”

“Stop rehashing old stories and tell me what you heard about your father.”

Ga Eul’s sarcasm no longer worked. The president rarely exuded such a presidential aura.

Dae Un sat Ga Eul on a bench installed in a shaded area of the path and stood listening to her words. Ga Eul relayed exactly what she had heard from her grandmother and Hong Su Jin.

“So you don’t know why Chairman Oh cursed your father like that?”

“No. I tried calling Chairman Oh to find out and only earned his anger.”

“What?”

The president sighed deeply and searched for something on his phone, then handed it to Ga Eul. Can’t he think to comfort her? As she’s felt several times, the president lacks sensitivity. Absolutely.

‘Pyeongan Group Chairman Oh Yields to Public Opinion, Makes Public Apology’

It was an article saying Chairman Oh held a press conference this morning to publicly apologize for Oh Myeong Se’s wrongdoing.

Ga Eul wanted to hit herself on the head. How well she chose the timing. Of all days to call Chairman Oh and demand why he did that to her father. Her haste, driven by her emotions without considering the situation, had ruined things.

“You said your father was interested in that hotel site, right? But now it’s been transferred to the Pyeongan Group.”

Dae Un thought for a moment and asked again.

“Did your father actually purchase that land?”

“Sung Mok’s mother said she thought so. But is that important? It doesn’t seem related to your father’s matter.”

“We could consider that your father caused great harm to the Pyeongan Group and handed over that land as compensation. That would explain why Chairman Oh withdrew his investment promise.”

So I ended up only proving my father’s guilt while trying to clear his name. While upsetting Chairman Oh. Why did I search so hard for the president?

“You should go to the dinner party.”

Regretting that she should have just let the president have a good time with the beauty, Ga Eul got up from her seat.