In Another Life: Han Ji Pyeong's Happy Ending (Start Up)

Chapter 17: One Step Closer

Do san's POV

"Do san!" Dal mi calls me in the Sandbox lobby. She runs up to me with a huge smile on her face.
"I saw the interview with Chan do! How did it happen!" Dal mi says excitedly. It's amazing how the moment we switched to being friends, it's so much more natural between us.

"It's all thanks to Cheon ho and his marketing." I smile. "How is it going with the investors? Is anyone interested so far?" I ask.

Dal mi's expression changes.

"Why? What is it?" I ask her. Dal mi sighs and pulls out a folder.

"This is the CSR list..." She says forlornly. I glance over it. Every company has been striked out with a glaring red line all except...

"Morning Group?" The name of that horrid company tastes sour against my tongue.

"Yes. It's our only option." Dal mi says with a dejected look on her face. "But don't worry," She adds. "I may be able to work our way around it." She winks.

In Jae's POV

I stare at the man, whom I have to call Father, on the poster. He wears the fakest smile and has the eyes of the devil. Each time I see him, I am reminded how evil the world can be.

Dal mi walks up to me.

"I wonder whether Chairman Won is in the waiting room." She says with a monotonous tone.

"He probably is." I say. "'Chairman Won'? Why are you so polite today?" I ask. Dal mi wears a stiff expression that I can't read.

"I need to scrape up the little respect I have for him." Dal mi sighs. She turns to look at me. "Can you come with me? Can you let me see Chairman Won?" She makes a request.

"Why?" I ask. Dal mi takes a deep breath and looks at me with red eyes.

"Because... I am going to beg your father for forgiveness."

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"What do you think the news will have to say when they see your hypocritical side. You have a 'Pay It Forward' campaign... and yet, you're taking advantage of young entrepreneurs like us?" Dal mi commands the room as she plays the recording back to Chairman Won.

She has him in the palm of her hands.

"Morning Group will fund Noon Gil. If not, this recording goes to the press." Dal mi waves her phone at Chairman Won.

"Are you blackmailing me?!" Chairman Won booms. I hide a laugh. It's good to see him flustered. It's good to see someone slap him in the face.

"No. Let's just say I'm negotiating with you." Dal mi says and plasters a smile on her face.

I look at my younger sister and realise with awe, that she's no longer the small naive girl whom I believed her to be. Do san and I both look at her with admiration, while Chairman Won and the worm whom he calls his son cower in fear.

It may not be my victory. But it definitely feels like a win to me.