Chapter 5.1

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Late at night.

“What kind of crazy guy is late for a meeting? Does he have any ideas?”

The voice echoed through the hallway.

Despite the hysterical shout, the bartender was not surprised and wiped the glass silently.

Since Adam joined the JS group, Joo Nam has been furious that the day is far away, and he has already gotten used to it.

‘Still, they should be careful.’

The bartender looked at the man, half worried and half pity, thinking that he would show disgrace outside. There were already more than one or two entrepreneurs who were criticized for their controversial issue of power by chaebol these days.

‘This is an escape for them, so would it be okay?’

The bartender thought.

The social club, filled with high-end wine and spirits, was a space for only the brothers of the JS group.

On the wall, there were various animal products, including the head, horns, and birds of the deer hunted by the brothers. The copper-colored wood floor was greased every day.

The combination of the finest cognac aged in oak barrels, the subtle scent of cigars, and green curtains covering classical-style windows created an antique atmosphere.

It was simply a small kingdom for the Alpha.

“Hmm.”

The chairman sat with his hips pushed deep into the leather sofa and lit his cigar. It has already been eight months since his father Joo Pil-tae became such a man.

‘You have a brother.’

‘Is it Marie’s child?’

‘Yeah, you remember. You were 16, right?’

‘I was 15…’

‘Don’t correct Father’s words.’

‘I’m sorry, Dad. Well, what are you going to do with the kid?’

‘It’s, uh, ku-ku-ku……!’

“Father!”

After the shocking confession, Chairman Joo suddenly lost consciousness.

Chairman Joo once collapsed due to health problems in the past. It was Marie and Adam’s mother who found and saved Chairman Joo.

‘There’s no Marie anymore.’

The chairman thought, sucking at the cigar.

Marie is dead in a remote region of the country.

Since his mother, who was the chairman’s companion, also died after giving birth to the youngest child.

He spent 24 hours short of the day replacing the comatose chairman Joo. The proof was that his face was always heavily exhausted.

Recently, without Chairman Joo’s permission, there was even precipitation that accepted Adam into the JS family, so the stress that followed was enormous.

In particular, the two below expressed subtle dissatisfaction with the eldest son’s decision from time to time.

“He grew up in a shabby house in the Philippines. It’s good if he doesn’t cause us troubles while walking around outside. His mother was a whore. Where’s the bloodline of ours?”

Joo Dong-min, who was playing billiards alone, secretly stuck to his second brother and fanned him.

“He became very proud just by coming to the meeting.”

“Dongmin,”

The chairman is trying to warn him.

Bang!

The previously closed door opened wide with a loud noise. Later, the voice of the fourth young master coming in followed like a mosquito.

The eyes of the three brothers turned at once.

Joo Dong-min had to receive Joo Nam’s sharp eyes because he was crouching his shoulders awkwardly under the fact that he is an alpha.

“Joo Dongmin, straighten up.”

“Y-yes.”

“And Joo Adam. What the hell are you doing? Why did you kick the door when you can use your regular hand? Are you a punk?

The chief executive cried.

He seemed possessed by Chairman Joo. Despite the scolding, Adam only smiled.

“I’m sorry. I bought a lot of things.”

Shopping bags were dangling from Adam’s hands, and the man’s face was distorted enough to make his glasses crooked.

“My meeting with my future wife was over. I have always been aboard all these years, so I went shopping today.”

“This little brother……!”

Dong-min, who was looking at other people’s faces, got angry.

“It’s a gift for you. It’s meaningful if I pick it myself”

Adam spoke quickly before Joo Dong-min opened his mouth again.

“What? A present?”

Joo Dong-min’s eyes immediately turned to the shopping bag at the sound of the gift. The logo of an expensive foreign luxury brand was embossed.

Joo Dong-min gulped down.

Joo Dong-min, who grew up being compared to his older brothers from an early age, filled his empty inner self with material greed. Sure enough, a greasy smile spread across his face.

“Ha. You know how to act smart.”

“I’m thinking of going to see my bride, too.”

“My prediction is for the bride to send away the groom.”

Joo Nam gritted his teeth and gave him a hard time.

What the hell is that jerk thinking in his head?

“Well, isn’t my case different? Wasn’t the one to have the child the bride? I thought you were done talking at the meeting.”

When Adam tilted his head, the face of Joo Nam and Joo Dong-min became pale.

‘Does he really have no pride?’