Seo-U Pharmacy
Yeon-U Group, Company
South Korea
14:25

He was sore about everything he saw this afternoon. Everything he thought would go his way had turned one hundred and eighty degrees. Everything was shattered beyond repair, like the crystal display he had just thrown, smashed into pieces that no amount of looking at would be able to fix.

"Damn it! He's just a damn omega. How dare he treat me like that? How dare he chase me away?!" he said.

Choi Ha Joon's expression looked very angry whenever he recalled how his brother, Yeon Jin, had kicked him out of their house, as well as Seo Jae acting as if he was the 'mistress' of the house without caring that his original caste before entering the Choi family neighborhood was on the soles of his feet.

Angry, resentful, and eager to get back at Yeon Jin for what he did to him, Ha Joon picked up the chair he was sitting on and was about to throw it on the glass table.

However, before Ha Joon could smash the glass table, the room door suddenly opened and revealed a thin, short man with a slightly cold expression, walking with bulging eyes that were genuinely intimidating, yelling at Ha Joon and making him stop his brutal actions.

Ha Joon kicked the table very hard when he arrived at his office. Some of the books placed there shake, fall, nudge some other files, then fly, landing on the floor. He also kicked the table very hard when he arrived at his office. Some of the books placed there shake, fall, and nudge some other files.

His eyes were red, and he threw everything before him, not even the crystal display. Everything was scattered, shards everywhere, and even the chair he usually sat on to check and receive all the reports from his employees was rolled away from the table. Similarly, from the beginning, the laptop on the table wasn't spared from this man's anger.

"Damn it! Shit! Shit!" Ha Joon said many times.

He was sore about everything he saw this afternoon. Everything he thought would go his way had turned one hundred and eighty degrees. Everything was shattered, like the crystal display he had just thrown, broken into so many pieces that no matter what he looked at it, it wouldn't be able to be repaired.

"Damn it! Just because of a damn omega, how dare he treat me like that?! Throwing me out of the house and treating me like a freak." Ha Joon cursed in a booming voice.

Ha Joon's expression looked very angry every time he recalled how his brother, Yeon Jin, kicked him out of their house, as well as Seo Jae, who acted like she was the 'big mistress' of the house without caring that her original caste before making it into the Choi family's neighborhood before this was deep in the soles of her feet. Pissed off, annoyed, and desperate to get back at Yeon Jin for what she did to him, Ha Joon picked up the chair he was sitting on and was about to throw it onto the glass table.

However, before Ha Joon could smash the glass table, the room door suddenly opened and revealed a thin, short man with a slightly cold expression, walking with steely bulging eyes, yelling at Ha Joon and making him stop his brutal actions.

"What's wrong with you?!" he snapped. However, the snapping only made Ha Joon seem even more out of control.

"Argh! I should have known that that damn omega brainwashed Yeon Jin." he screeched desperately. "You came to see them?" he asked curiously.

"I wonder why they didn't come to see our grandma at the main house and chose to go back to that damn house instead." Ha Joon couldn't stop cursing.

"It's appropriate, considering you're the dumbest person in the world. You can't even tell which things you have to do or not." The short man said. However, he didn't go too far in commenting on Ha Joon's abnormal behavior. He criticized the man's workspace, which was now in shambles; even the laptop, the only access to the man's work, had been smashed on the floor. "I don't have time to take care of your messy room, so I'll call the cleaners, and you can come with me, we still have work to do out there. Some clients are waiting to meet, so don't mess up anything today," he warned again.

"I don't want to go. Just cancel all the meetings today." Ha Joon replied. He loosened his tie, pulled the chair he was about to throw, sat on it, and ruffled his hair to show his frustration with what had happened today.

The short man named Jung In Hwa was unable to comment. He stared at Ha Joon with a cynical look that hinted he was annoyed by Choi Ha Joon's current childlike behavior.

"Our project is worth fifty billion Won. If you don't go down to get this project, then you know what might happen to you later." In Hwa said, without lowering the intensity of her cold expression.

Ha Joon looked at In Hwa's face with the same gaze. For a few minutes, they were silent without talking in a downright messy room full of broken furniture and broken crystal displays scattered on the floor until, finally, there was a sigh from Choi Ha Joon.

"Alright, I give up." Ha Joon chose to lower his tension first. "I'm going to see a client today, but tell me, will Yeon Jin manage the company after her return?" In Hwa heard the worry in his tone. He realized that what Ha Joon feared right now was what everyone thought.

"I don't know to considering Yeon Jin is the first grandson in your family, the possibility of him taking back everything he left behind is very high, but if you can win over the chairman, things might be different. That's why I always tell you to be kind to that child." In Hwa made a suggestion.

"Who are you talking about? Why should I be nice to that child? I don't even know who she was born to." He said irritably. Ha Joon even ruffled his hair again while saying that.

In Hwa he sighed, looking flatly at Ha Joon, who was telling the truth. However, no matter what, the child they were referring to right now was Chairman Seo, Ha Joon's grandmother, and Yeon Jin, so the future of Ha Joon's job naturally rested on how Ha Joon treated his daughter Ha Neul.

It's just that, as Ha Joon said, they didn't know who the child was born to until suddenly Chairman Seo said that Ha Neul was Ha Joon's biological child and then conducted a DNA test whose match rate was one hundred percent, which means, Ha Neul is indeed Choi Ha Joon's daughter whose mother is still a mystery until this moment. He even needs to learn the identity of Ha Neul's biological mother.

Something that feels appropriate is if Ha Joon rejects Ha Neul's existence in his life, who suddenly comes and gives father status to this 'free' man.

"Ignore that, I want you to get ready for the meeting in an hour." In Hwa said, then walked away, leaving Ha Joon alone in his already very chaotic room.

***

Hannam-dong,
Seoul Choi Residence Seoul,
South Korea
15:45

"Jae, are you sure you want to do this?" Yeon Jin asked after stopping the car right in front of the Choi family's primary residence.

Jae was silent as he stared at the tall gate that covered the mansion behind it. His gaze was fierce; tears were ready to fall, but he quickly pushed them away. Jae even tried to smile, responding to Yeon Jin's question.

"We promised grandma to come today. Ha Joon will be even angrier with me if we don't do this," Seo Jae said, without even looking at Yeon Jin's face. He just stood silent while staring at the tall gate before them.

Yeon Jin just stared at the scene, which annoyed him a little. Because if it wasn't for Ha Joon coming to their house yesterday and getting angry, how could Jae insist on coming to this place today? He could have made an excuse to get his grandmother out of this house and take him to theirs. But, since Ha Joon messed up, Yeon Jin had to comply with Jae's wishes.

"I don't want you to move too much, your condition is still weak. Moreover, your heat cycle is coming soon, so I don't want you to be too tired after meeting them." Yeon Jin warned.

Jae didn't answer anything even though Yeon Jin warned him in great detail, and he just smiled while staring intently at the face of the man who was his fiancée.

The long sigh was all Yeon Jin did before starting the car's engine again, honking the horn for the car to enter the high fence that fortified the mansion behind it, continuing to enter until they finally stopped at the parking access beside the yard.

The three-story house looks grand with a luxurious exterior like a modern minimalist house with high glass walls that glitter in the sunlight. The large trees along the edge of the fence added to the impression of luxury, bringing a soothing coolness and making Seo Jae again silent, staring at the magnificent house in front of them. He didn't even notice when Yeon Jin helped him unbuckle the seat belt.

"If you feel uncomfortable, we can go home." Yeon Jin again tried to ensure that Jae's decision wouldn't be something she regretted. However, Jae again refused.

"Grandma has been too good to me for everything, so I wanted to repay that favor by visiting her," Jae replied with his beautiful smile.

Again. Yeon Jin sighed deeply. "Alright, then, let's go see grandma."

Yeon Jin helped Jae down from the car, holding his hand attentively. Then they walked together into the house where there was already a very neatly dressed servant in a suit and shirt that fit him perfectly. Besides him, a few other servants were standing behind, bowing their heads with their bodies slightly bent.

"Welcome, grandmother is waiting for you two inside, please—"

"You've finally come here." Choi Ha Joon said, cutting off the waiter's sentence while walking towards them and smiling sarcastically with pride.

Yeon Jin brought Jae's body closer to him, embracing the man quite tightly while looking at Ha Joon with a cold expression. "We promised to come, so we came." Yeon Jin replied.

"Thank goodness you still remember where you're supposed to lick." Ha Joon folded his arms across his chest and smiled sarcastically as a welcome to his brother.

"We have no business with you. Please take us to grandmother's place." Yeon Jin added, asking the servant to take her and Seo Jae to the back garden and ignoring Ha Joon, who was still there.

Ha Joon disliked Yeon Jin's actions towards him. Yeon Jin, as well as Jae, abandoned him, but Ha Joon tried to suppress the resentment he felt and walked quickly to catch up with the two people, following their steps to the backyard to meet their grandmother, who was playing there with the little girl who was his biological daughter. The biological child that he never acknowledged.

"Grandma, we're home ...." Yeon Jin greeted.

Choi Mi Kyung, commonly referred to as Chairwoman Seo, was the supreme leader of the Seo-U Group, the grandmother of the two men who were constantly arguing in front of them. The fifty-eight-year-old lady smiled when she saw Yeon Jin coming with Seo Jae to meet her.

Unlike Yeon Jin, who immediately embraced the grandmother and hugged the older woman, Seo Jae stood still, staring at the three-year-old girl playing with Rubik's foam with a nanny. The child laughed and occasionally clapped after being praised by the carer for completing a challenge. What a pretty little girl with a clothespin in her hair.

"Stop looking at her." Ha Joon woke Jae up.

Before Jae knew it, Ha Joon stood beside him with one hand in his trouser pocket and an icy gaze.

"I can't believe you have a child," Jae commented without blinking at Ha Neul, who was still playing without realizing they were all there.

"You believe she's my daughter?" Ha Joon asked back, which made Jae frown as he glanced at Ha Joon sarcastically.

"Seeing that she's been nurtured and raised here, it's impossible that she's Yeon Jin's child." Jae turned his face away and chose to greet Chairman Seo and ignore Ha Joon, who was about to hurl curse words at him.

"Grandma, how are you ... sorry, we're a little late in saying hello, something happened yesterday," Jae greeted in turn.

Chairman Seo was pleased with Yeon Jin's arrival and Seo Jae's. The older woman couldn't even wait to hug the petite man immediately, hugging him with tenderness and affection that seemed only for him—making Ha Joon even more displeased with the presence of the two of them in the house.