Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 446: Accept His Challenge

Mr. Kim had his eyes blankly fixed on the door long after Dan-Han had left, as every word Dan-Han had uttered looped in his head.

His brows tightened at every recall he made.

It couldn’t be possible that Dan-Han had found him out, could it?

It shouldn’t be possible, he reasoned, even though he could feel the anxiety inside him as his mind told him otherwise.

There was no way Dan-Han was supposed to know because he had handled everything, or he thought he had. He ensured there were no loose ends save keeping Sena’s child alive.

He had instructed that fool Mun to take care of Soo-Min by getting rid of her, but who knew that imbecile had kept her alive?! His hand balled into a fist as he slammed it on the table, causing a slight clattering sound to fill the room as the plates and glasses bounced on the table and hit one another.

If Mun had done just his job, all these wouldn’t be happening right now. The man had better be dead because if he isn’t, he’d wish he had died at the hands of Lee Dan-Han because he’d give him a slow and gruesome death, much worse than Dan-Han would ever give him.

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His raccoon eyes pinched closer when he remembered Dan-Han talking about a clip. “What was that scoundrel talking about?” He mumbled to himself.

Yong-Gun was still pondering that thought when his phone chimed with an incoming message. His eyes suspiciously narrowed when he saw it was a message from Dan-Han.

An uneasy feeling seeped in when he saw the clip. He quickly downloaded it, but when he played it, he stiffened with shock. Only one sentence was contained in the clip, but it confirmed it all.

Dan-Han indeed knew what he had done.

“Lee Ji-Sun!” He growled as he violently slammed his hand on the table one more time.

“Sir,” Two men dressed in black suits hurried into the room at the thundering sound of his voice. They had seen Dan-Han leave, so they wondered why he was furious and gritting.

Yong-Gun raised his blazing eyes to Stephen, who stood across the table with a. curious look. “How the hell did this happen?!” He roared, pointing his trembling finger at his phone.

Stephen confusedly looked at the man. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, sir. Would you care to enlighten me?”

Yong-Gun’s jaws clenched almost to a breaking point. “Enlighten you?” He demanded, and Stephen firmly nodded.

Yong-Gun stopped his hand from throwing the bottle of wine on the table at him. He gripped the phone and tossed it at Stephen, who reflexively caught it before it reached his face. He stared at the clip on display, and his brows furrowed when he played it.

Yong-Gun’s face hardened with lividity as he watched him. “What do you have to say?” He growled like an enraged beast, but Stephen again listened to the clip.

“This has to be the Chairman’s doing, sir.” He reasoned. “We were the only ones there, and he must have slipped something on either of us.”

Of course, Yong-Gun already knew that. He had already figured out that that old fox had played him. How he had him fooled!

How did he accomplish such a stunt?

Yong-Gun’s face burned with unquenchable fury as he tried to calm himself. Dan-Han might know what he had done, but to what extent did he know?

He had to get to the top of this and salvage whatever he could of the situation.

This wasn’t the time to dwell on the things that had already gone awry.

He kept silent as he thoroughly thought about what to do.

He raised his gaze to Stephen and the man standing beside him. “Find out what hospital Dan-Han had visited since his arrival. I want to know everything he has done and everywhere he has been. And most importantly, I want to know who that girl is. Find out whatever you can about her. I want it by tomorrow.” He ordered.

“Yes, sir.” The men echoed.

“And start an immediate routine sweep for bugs. And get me a new phone. The Lees are looking to be a whole lot of trouble. If I can’t shake them off, I’d have to kill that boy myself. That should teach Lee Ji-Sun a lesson.” He sinisterly drawled.

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The minutes Eun-sun had spent waiting for Dan-Han in the car looked like the longest minutes of her life. But the moment she saw Dan-Han strolling towards the car, looking unharmed and unscathed, the anxiety rolled off her.

She had been a bundle of nerves since she stepped out of the restaurant and obediently sat in the car as Dan-Han requested. A part of her had wanted to go back and sit beside him, just in case that man wanted to do anything to him.

She was yet to fully understand everything that was going on, but it all felt like some huge and dangerous secret that Dan-Han had unearthed, and a man like the one she had seen looked like somebody who’d do anything to keep his secret a secret.

As soon as Dan-Han stepped into the car, he noticed the wary look on her face. She looked frayed and tensed up.

“Have you been worried?” He softly asked, and Eun-sun shook her head. The movement of her head was so slow it felt like she carried a heavy burden on it.

Dan-Han chuckled at her attempt at a lie. “You should know better than to lie to me, especially with that whitened look on your face.” Dan-Han smiled, trying to set off whatever anxiety still lingered in her heart. He placed a palm on her cheek and gently stroked it.

Eun-sun sighed at the feel of his large hand against her face.

“He was sort of scary. He looked like the kind of man who’s always plotting something bad.” She said with a cautious note while Dan-Han’s lips twitched with amusement. Eun-sun frowned as she wondered what, in her words, he had found amusing.

“I guess he met his match because I’ve been so bored lately. Engaging businessmen in corporate brawls have become less interesting these days, so I’ll pick up his challenge if he ever throws one.” Dan-Han said with a casual note that had Eun-sun frowning with displeasure.

“Pick up the challenge?” She arched a brow at him.

“Yes,” Dan-Han nodded, making Eun-sun frown even more.

“You shouldn’t be picking up any challenge, Dan-Han. If that man is going to fight you or threaten you or anyone else, I want you in the opposite direction from him! I don’t care what I stand to gain in all this, but I want you to know I’d rather not have a family than lose you or anyone else that matter or should matter in my life. Do you understand me?” Eun-sun snipped her fiery gaze at him, which Dan-Han hadn’t seen in a long time.

He silently peered at her as he nodded, “Yes,” even though he wasn’t going to do that. He understood her worry, but this was a fight that had to be done one way or another.

Even if he stayed calm, Yong-Gun would still come after him and her because the man was vicious. Dan-Han believed she was only saying this now because she was yet to know the entirety of the issue at hand.

“Do you still want to eat out?” He asked, trying to change the topic into something else.

“No,” She sighed. “Let’s just head back.” She said.

“Okay. I’ll order some food, and then we can talk.” He said, and Eun-sun nodded even though she wasn’t feeling the need to hear all about it anymore.