A Marriage of Convenience (SaTzu)

Prologue

Sana's POV

I was late. Everyone was probably waiting for me at the drawing room of Minatozaki manor for the reading of the last will and testament of my late grandfather. Every member of my family was anxious guessing how much inheritance they would get from grandfather. But I was not like them. Because I knew Minatozaki Jin Young disinherited me long time ago so I would not be shock if I was left with nothing after reading the will. Let's just say that I wasn't my dear old grandfather favorite grandchild—heck, I'd be surprised if he had a favorite among us.

Thinking that I made them waited for me long enough, I opened the heavy wooden door of the largest drawing room of the manor and made myself known. "Sorry, I'm late."

Several pairs of eyes drew to my direction. I couldn't missed the way those eyes threw me a disapproving look. Everyone still wore mourning attire after weeks of grandfather's death. As if, the gesture would be appreciated by the man himself. Like they were truly saddened about his demise if I didn't know better they couldn't wait for him to die so they can get their inheritance already.

It was my Aunt Hwasa, who broke the painful silence. "We've been waiting for you to arrive at least half an hour now." She said disapprovingly. "Where have you been?"

"I'm sorry, Auntie." I muttered insincerely, not bothering to remove my oversized sunglasses. "A very important matter came up that's why I've been delayed."

"What's more important than this?" Hwasa snapped angrily. She threw an accusing look to my father who sat at the settee near the window with my mother. "Why don't you teach your daughter a good manner?"

Father raised an eyebrow to his sister's outburst. "You heard Sana. Something came up important that's why she's been delayed. She's here now so that's all that matters, right?"

I smiled to my father as I walk where he'd been sitting. I didn't know if he was aware that it was my intention to be late in this affair or not. I kissed his cheeks and did the same with my mother. My mother muttered something in my ear that made me smile. "You always like creating uproar in the family, don't you?"

I feigned the look of innocence in her direction. "I don't know what are you talking about, Mama."

"Will you just take your seat, Sana?" My auntie snapped again. "You can chat with your parents later." I threw her a disapproving look. This old crone, she couldn't wait to get her inheritance. I smiled at my brother that I haven't noticed standing silently near the wall.

I scanned for a vacant chair for me inside the room when my gazed settled to a familiar figure. "Why the bloody hell he's here? I thought this meeting is just for Minatozaki family member only. I am not aware that outsider can come."

My cousin, Nayeon, twined her fingers to the woman in question. "Jongyeon is my fiancé now so consider her as a member of the family, dear cousin. I'm sure you don't have any protest with that, right?"

I gave them a saccharine smile. When all I want to do was smack my ex-fiancé and removed that smug smile in her loathsome face. I haven't forgiven this bastard cheating on me with my own cousin. "Not at all."

"Over here, Sana." Nayeon's older brother patted the vacant space next to him on the sofa near the mahogany table my late grandfather loved to use.

I sat beside him and smiled at Jinyoung's attorney silently witnessing all the family drama. "Sorry for the wait. We can start now."

"Okay," Atty. Jang opened the sealed envelope and took the piece of papers that would seal our fate. The atmosphere inside the room suddenly thickens. He cleared his throat before reading the last will of my grandfather. "I, MINATOZAKI JIN YOUNG, being of sound and disposing mind, do hereby make, publish and declare the following to be my Last Will and Testament, revoking all previous will and codicils made by me. First, I leave my town house in Seoul to my son, MINATOZAKI TAECYEON and his wife and a lump sum amount of one million pound..." I couldn't miss the way my Aunt sneer upon hearing the inheritance my father gets from the old man. "Second, I leave the Minatozaki manor, my bank accounts, the chairmanship of Minatozaki Enterprises and all of my other assets including Carrington Abbey in Kent, my vacation house in France and the rest house in Scotland to my granddaughter, MINATOZAKI SANA—"