Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 449: Thwart His Plan?

“You’ve got some explaining to do.” Sena sternly said with a glare as she opened Ki-Jun’s car door the moment he pulled over and glared at him.

Ki-Jun gave her a knowing smile and nodded. “I’m sure I do, and I’ll tender a formal apology later.” He coyly told her, but her glare on him only hardened before traveling over to Mi-Cha, who was about to step out of the car. But before she could say anything, Mi-Cha sweetly smiled and greeted.

“Good evening, mom.” Undoubtedly, she would be the next victim of her mother’s glare and scolding.

Ki-Jun waited for an opportunity to retrieve the envelope without Sena seeing it, but she remained planted at the door, questioning Mi-Cha, who was picking up her stuff, about why she returned with him.

“Her car broke down.” He explained before squeezing past her. He walked towards his brother, who grinned as he stood in front of the car, watching Sena’s non-changing attitude.

“I see she’s still the boss.” Yong-Gun teased his brother as he approached him.

“And I see you were so eager to see us, you decided to wait at the door.” Ki-Jun fondly joked before embracing Yong-Gun, who chuckled.

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“You can say that.” Yong-Gun laughed good-naturedly. He turned towards Mi-Cha, who walked towards him with a fond smile and greeted him.

“Welcome, Uncle.” She greeted him with a bow.

He appraised her with a smile. “You’ve grown so big and beautiful.”

“Thank you, uncle,” Mi-cha replied with a smile.

Sena led them towards the pavilion, where she had asked the maids to place some refreshments before dinner was ready.

“I heard rumors that your godson is finally into the relationship game. I guess that’s why he had come to visit you.” Yong-Gun asked naturally, like the information amused him, while Ki-Jun and Sena nodded.

“Yes,” Ki-Jun replied. “He came to show his fiancee to us, and she’s a good girl.” He added, while Yong-Gun intently observed both their expressions. Sena seemed utterly pleased, and it was no wonder because she was overly fond of Dan-Han as her best friend’s child.

“A very good girl.” Sena chirped while Ki-Jun nodded, not finding any words to say as his mind drifted back to Eun-sun’s face. So Dan-Han was dating his child? The nerves of that boy.

They’ll have to talk about that at some point but now wasn’t the time.

Yong-Gun nodded with a pleased look on his face. “That’s great to know. With you as his godmother, I’m guessing you’ll be taking up the responsibility of looking into her family since your friend is no longer here?” He asked Sena, who instantly shook her head.

“I don’t think that’ll be necessary. I’m sure Dan-Han must have done that on his own, and even his mother wouldn’t have accepted her if she wasn’t from a good home.” And priding herself as a good judge of character, she believed Eun-sun was good, and that was all that mattered. If she loved her godson and would be good to him, then knowing what type of family they came from didn’t matter. Not everyone was blessed with the opportunity of hailing from a good home, so no one shouldn’t be judged for it. At least, that was her opinion.

Yong-Gun didn’t care if she was from a good home or not. All he wanted was her family name. He wanted to know if she was the past that had crawled up to interfere with his years of hard labor. He held onto the look on his face as he nodded with understanding.

“But what family is she from? At least we should know their name.” He sounded as if he was naturally related to Dan-Han and was only concerned about him.

Ki-Jun pondered about it for a while as he hassled his brain to remember. “Park.” He said. “Park Eun-sun.”

‘Park Eun-sun.’ Yong-Gun muttered in his head. He tried to remember if he knew that woman’s name, but he wasn’t sure about it. He had no interest in it at the time as all he had wanted to do was get rid of the child.

Getting rid of the child would have been killing her. He wondered what had gotten into him to have kept her alive at the time. This wasn’t a mistake that had come to thwart his hard years of labor, was it?

“Are you okay?” Ki-Jun asked, noticing the solemn look on his face.

Yong-Gun smiled and nodded. “Yes, I am.” His eyes darted to Mi-Cha, who was quiet with a thoughtful look on her face.

He was about to speak to her when she turned to Ki-Jun. “Dad, can you give me the car key? I think I left my phone in your car.” She said as she frantically looked through her handbag and shopping bag in search of it.

Ki-Jun thoughtlessly tossed her the key, and Mi-Cha thanked him before making her way to the car.

Her phone was truly in the car, but she had intentionally left it there. There was something about the envelope she had seen, and after noticing how her father had struggled to take it with him before her mother showed up, she was certain he was hiding something.

She reached for her phone, which she had slipped under the passenger seat, before taking out the envelope from where he had hidden it. It was indeed from the hospital.

She looked towards the pavilion to ensure no one was coming before opening it up. Mi-Cha’s suspicion had lingered around her father being sick and wanting to hide it away, but what she hadn’t expected was a DNA test result bearing his name.

‘What was the meaning of this?’ She thought with a frown.

Her eyes skipped through the elaborate details and settled at the bottom, where it stated he was not excluded from the child’s paternity, and her eyes widened at the conclusive report.

Ki-Jun, who had not thought about the DNA report until he had given Mi-Cha the key, suddenly stiffened when he realized the report was still in the car, and remembering Mi-Cha’s interest in it, he couldn’t help but wonder if she had only gone to check what it was he had hidden from her.

He looked towards the car when he realized she wasn’t coming.

“Is something wrong?” Sena asked, noticing how tensed he had suddenly become.

“No.” He replied. “I think I forgot something in the car as well.” He said, standing on his feet and heading towards the car. He had walked a few feet when he saw Mi-Cha walking toward him.

“Found your phone?” He asked, and Mi-Cha waved it at him with a smile.

“Yes, I did. It must have fallen under the seat when I tried getting down.” She calmly explained. “Going somewhere?” She asked, and Ki-Jun shook his head.

“No. I just want to pick up something from the car.” He told her, and Mi-Cha passed the key to him.

He observed her countenance as he received it from her. He wasn’t trying to keep it a secret, as everyone would eventually know, but he didn’t want Sena to find out about it until he had all the answers to give her because he was sure she would have so many of them as he did.

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Dan-Han’s Suite

“You’re becoming something else, Dan-Han. How dare you leave the company unattended and travel for some trip to God-Knows-where?!” Father Lee’s voice boomed through the phone with indignation.

“Are you already trying to shirk your responsibility to the family just five years of picking the role up? Do you think you deserve a holiday?” The man’s voice echoed through the phone with vigor.

Dan-Han hissed as he plonked himself into the bed. “Father, I’m sure you haven’t just called to yell. And I’m also sure you know where I am, but If you’re just going to yell, I’ll have to hang up.” He blankly said. He heard a soft growl from the other side of the side and scoffed.

Father Lee calmed himself and spoke up again. “Dan-Han, I heard you sent Ji-Tae to country B. Do you care to tell me why?”

“Do you care to tell me where I can find Kwon-Nara?” Dan-Han defiantly asked back.

“What do you mean?” His father asked, sounding utterly displeased.

“I’d like to chat with her, but she seems to have suddenly disappeared into thin air. So, since you were the one who helped Ji-Tae in bringing her back, I believe you should have an idea where she currently hiding.”

Father Lee hissed irritably. “I don’t know where she is.”

“Then I don’t know why Ji-Tae is in country B.”

“Lee Dan-Han!” The old man growled through the phone.

“Father Lee Dan-Han.” Dan-Han called back. His lips curled up when he heard the exasperated sigh from the other side. “You should save all this energy you’re expending. I’ll be back before the general meeting.” Dan-Han informed him. Sometimes he wanted to teach his father a lesson by wearing him out and giving him a taste of his own medicine, but he couldn’t.

With his mother gone, he believed his father was lonely. The man might have been hard when his mother was still alive, but he knew he loved her. And his increased effort at meddling in his affairs was just a way of not being drowned in his loneliness.

The old man stayed quiet for a while before speaking up again, this time more seriously. “You should stay away from Yong-Gun and his plan. I don’t want you involved in matters that don’t concern you.”

Doesn’t concern him?

His father didn’t know just how much this now concerned him because Eun-sun was involved, and even if she wasn’t, he still wasn’t going to let go.

“I’m not letting go of this.” He firmly told him. His tone informed his father know he wouldn’t change his mind.

His father sighed and lowered his voice. “You should listen to me, Dan-Han. Let it go, and I’ll speak to Ki-Jun about it.” He suggested.

“You don’t have to.”

“Why?”

“Because this is more than we once thought,” Dan-Han told him.

“What do you mean?” Father Lee curiously inquired. Dan-Han sighed as he thought about telling him or not.

“It seems Uncle Ki-Jun’s child is alive and his dear brother Yong-Gun is also responsible for it,” Dan-Han told him. He chuckled when he heard his father exclaim over the phone.

“Old man, do you know any reason why Yong-Gun will be this mad with a plan like this?” Dan-Han asked. He was yet to determine that.

“No.” His father replied. “But have you found the child? Who is she? Did you tell Ki-Jun?” Father Lee had a series of questions going through his head. He still didn’t believe that was true, but Dan-Han would never lie.

Dan-Han chuckled at his level of interest. “That’s something you’ll have to find out with the rest of the world later. But for now, my girlfriend says hi. You should try and call her sometime. I’m sure you must be bored speaking to just me. Her voice is far lovelier than mine.” He teased.

“You’re a stupid boy.” His father cussed and hissed before disconnecting the call, making Dan-Han smile.