~Before the business event~
“Big brother is still not here.” Ji-Hoon said to Yoo-Na.
“But we need to start the presentation in a few minutes.” she worriedly said.
Ji-Hoon dialed Dong-Hoon and Dong-Hoon instantly picked up the call. “Ji-Hoon, it will probably take time to reach there. Don’t wait for me.” Dong-Hoon said without even asking.
“Okay, I will just proceed with the presentation then.” Ji-Hoon cut the call and looked at all of them standing in front of him.
Jung-Nan, Min-Hoon, Yoo-Chun, Hae-Mi, and Yoo-Jin were looking at them with raised eyebrows waiting for what they had to tell them.
Ji-Hoon sighed and told the whole scenario to them and told them what they needed to do. He also reminded Jung-Nan not to overreact to anything. “But how can you hide such a big thing from us till now.” Yoo-Chun said to them, his face was not pleasant.
Before Yoo-Na could explain Min-Hoon said, “Don’t worry if Ji-Hoon did this. It means the result would be undeniably good.” Yoo-Chun sighed and did not say anything else.
“We will talk later.” he told Yoo-Na.
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~After the event~
“What will you tell me now. I never knew you can act like an idiot. You know there can be many misunderstandings. You should have talked to them personally. Why do you need to play with their reputation like this.” Dong-Hoon was giving lectures to Ji-Hoon.
Ji-Hoon laughed slightly. “Big bro, relax a bit. Give your jaw some rest." Dong-Hoon rolled his eyes. “You asked her out and now you did this thing. Can you imagine the pain she might be feeling right now? and you are laughing here.” Ji-Hoon found it hilarious and kept laughing.
“You!” Dong-Hoon said and threw a pillow at him.
After that Ji-Hoon told him everything.
“Are you sure?” Dong-Hoon asked.
(Continues with chapter number 102)
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~The next day after the business event~
“I am really sorry.” Yoo-Na was looking at Ji-Hoon with her puppy eyes and Ji-Hoon slightly laughed, shaking his head. “I told you it’s fine, it was not that harsh.” Ji-Hoon lied and gulped, that slap was really tight and he could still feel that burning and stinging sensation on his cheek.
“How was not it harsh, even my hand went completely numb.” she protruded her lips while tilting her head slightly towards the right, examining his cheek. “I said it’s fine, you can go now.” Ji-Hoon tried to push her out of his office but she held the door tightly. “Are you sure, I mean will not you need some healing magical kisses for your cheek?” she gave him an innocent look.
“No, absolutely not.” he smiled and pushed her out of his office room finally. He shook his head smiling to himself and walked to his table to continue his work.
~End of flashback~
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~Back to Present~
Kang-Joon was allowed to present a lawyer who would say something in his favor for the next hearing, plus he and his father were banned to go out of Seoul until the next hearing. “I will not let the two of you be in peace.” Kang-Joon said and left colliding his shoulder with Ji-Hoon while glaring at him and Yoo-Na.
“As if.” Ji-Hoon said rolling his eyes with sassiness.
“Ji-Hoon, we did it. Almost.” Yoo-Na hugged him tightly and Ji-Hoon gulped, hesitant to hug her back but eventually wrapped his arms around her waist to hug her back.
They pulled away from each other because of the click of a shutter. Jung-Nan had captured the beautiful moment on her cell phone, Tae-Hoon had indeed gotten her naughty side in heritage. “Mom.” Ji-Hoon whisper yelled in embarrassment.
“What?” he just shook his head at his mother’s behavior, while the bold Yoo-Na was looking here and there in embarrassment for the first time.
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“Come on, I will drop you at your place. Your father will not be coming until midnight anyways.” Se-Young said to Se-Won but he was looking hesitant about it.
“Ah, Big sis. I think sleeping for a few hours will not hurt. Then I will go back home with dad.” Se-Young squinted her eyes as he was about to slip into the hospital’s bed again.
“Stop.” Se-Won really stopped, becoming a statue. His one leg on the bed while one was on the floor. “If I will not drop you home then how will I get to know where you live and do you not wish me to visit you again.” her hands were resting on her hips as she was interrogating her brother.
Se-Won finally moved, now awkwardly laughing. “You are right. I will just go and get changed in a minute." he picked his casual clothes which were placed on the chair and ran inside the washroom.
And in just a minute he came out.
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Se-Young had a ‘so done’ look on her face. Her arms were crossed and she was tapping her left foot, looking at Se-Won.
He just cleared his throat, awkwardly laughing. “Karma is really a b*tch.” she mumbled inhaling a sharp breath. “But why he needs to bear it along with his father.” she again mumbled to herself looking in every direction.
Right now, she was standing in her father’s house-cum-garage, the place was too small, two beds were right in front of the main door and right next to beds were two cubicles, the small one was the kitchen and the slightly bigger one was the bathroom.
She pinched the bridge of her nose. “How do you even live here.” she said and Se-Won shrugged his shoulders.
She was utterly befuddled by the situation. “I can’t let you stay here.” she said to him and he just tilted his head thinking what was going on in his sister's mind.
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“Was everything fine?” Tae-Hoon hurriedly stood up from the sofa in the lounge, going towards his family members who just entered the house, followed by Hani.
“Yeah, after all this brother of ours is very brilliant.” Dong-Hoon said wrapping his arm around Ji-Hoon’s shoulders. Tae-Hoon visibly relaxed and smiled at his brothers.
“We have the second trial next week, but we don’t need to worry about anything. I have everything in control.” Ji-Hoon said clearing the point.