After walking in, Beom was speechless by the mansion from inside, it was too... Too rich for his state, it's not that he and Aera are poor, it's just that the whole thing in the house is over the limit he and Aera like, and that bothered him a lot.
But who is he lying to? He'll definitely get a mansion like this and fill it with everything he wants and loves but that won't happen before he achieves his dream and as he sees, this family got everything on a silver plate with a golden spoon in their mouths so they probably have no idea how hard the two of them are having it.
Once they reached the middle of the room all eyes were turning to them, from discomfort Beom loosened his tie a bit and unbuttoned the first button, "do they make you this uncomfortable? What will you do in your interviews?"
Han Beom picked two cups of Champaign and handled Aera one of them, "I can handle those but not all this hyung"
"I get you, those meeting used to be nothing but trouble to me, especially with the way they all used to look at me, their eyes used to spit poison, though I know how badly they wanted to approach me they couldn't because of those two over there" he pointed with his head at Mr. and Mrs. Namgung, the two of them were busy talking to other guests while laughing loudly, "so annoying" Beom mumbled while turning to look somewhere else and good he did because a portrait faced him, it was very beautiful that he found himself approaching it slowly his eyes not leaving it.
"It seems you're a fan of art?" a voice chirped bothering Beom's ears, he didn't bother to look at the girl who asked and kept looking at the wonderful work done by Leonardo Da Vinci, "father bought it for me because I told him it'd be a beautiful add~"
'Or more like you nagged him to get it for you you spoiled and show off brat' the girl who stood beside him looked for her father and ran to him leaving Beom alone. He found peace and comfort again when she left and it all felt better when he started rambling about it to Aera who only laughed at him and even laughed louder about the comment Beom wanted to say to her, "you should've said it hahaha! Her reaction would've be a legend! Oh please gimme a sign when you plan to shoot her down with your replies, I wanna record those gold moments for us in the future" Han Beom nodded his head and giggled but stopped when he heard the very same whiny voice calling for her father.
"Come on papa! Please~ I really want him and only him!!" Her voice got louder the closer they got to Han brothers, "I take it back, I fear her annoying voice will break my poor phone's camera"
"How did you live all this time around her?"
"Who told you so? I never talked to her after they all knew my preference, she was around 7 years old and I was around uhh, 13 I guess?" Aera glanced at her while stomping to them with her father, "heh, she never changed" he mumbled.
"Hello mister handsome!!" She yelled getting everyone's attention, "I'm Chung Cha! Namgung Chung Cha! Nice to meet you~"
Han Beom ignored the lil girl and turned to look at her father who flinched when their eyes met, "what's the meaning of this Mr. Namgung?"
The old man flinched and cold sweat started to form on top of his forehead, he didn't expect the young man in front of him could be this scary and the aura around him could be this terrifying, with his eyes staring down at him intensely, "I sincerely apologize to you Mr. Han, but my daughter over here wants to know you better and maybe in the future-"
"We can get married!!!" Aera cringed from her words and even hissed, 'as if I'll let that happen' he thought.
Han Beom looked at her with an expressionless face making the young girl stop smiling and jumping like a rabbit, "Mr. Han?" She called, she started to get worried her man is still unable to answer her but she wanted to see his face at least twitch but there's nothing.
Beom released a long sigh while putting his cup on the table behind him and put one of his hands in his trousers' pocket while the other held Aera's shoulder, "I never expected such behavior from people like you, you want me to be part of your family? After all you had done to me and my hyung? I really wonder about the main reason for the invitation" Han Beom's intense gaze made the two in front of him feel small and those around them turn into shrimps, his heavy and low yet clear voice was a warning to everyone in the room to be careful, it's like a lion roaring in a place telling every creature that can hear him to be aware where they're going and to not cross the line.
"We- uh, I- I invited you here today as the last day we'll be seeing Aera and- and to sign the needed-"
"Papers were never needed since Aera's old enough to take care of everything by himself but you decided to chain us down until you get all you want and since things are now fine you found no need to keep us so you asked us to come to finish what was supposed to end two years ago. Am I right Mr. Namgung Chin Hwa?" The shock on his face was the answer he needed, it all was obvious all along but the fact everyone remained quiet about it means the person in question can do whatever he wants, but! He can't do a thing when the person in front, aka Han Beom, of him is capable of doing what's worse.
He pulled out the papers they needed all along and gave them to Beom who gave them to Aera, he gave his brother a small smile and took his hand to walk out, he gave a sign to the butler to prepare their car and he nodded moving to call for the same two guards that were with him in that day, "thank you for taking care of those papers for me~ and I hope we won't meet ever again even in businesses. Have a good night and enjoy your boring party~" he took Han Beom and walked out of the mansion, planning to do a lot after he sends the papers between his fingers to court.