Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59

Jaejun’s expression grew even colder after hearing what Secretary Kwon had said.

Jaejun asked in a more subdued voice.

“There’s no way Yoomin’s father wouldn’t know about that, is there?”

“Well. He was only at the hospital the whole time, and if there was no one bringing him information, he might not have known. They cleverly took away exactly three employees. If those employees conspired together after the fire and deliberately didn’t tell father any news, how would he know? Third parties wouldn’t suspect anything since it’s a different business altogether.”

Jaejun nodded and bit his rapidly drying lips before speaking again.

“Is there a big time difference between when grandfather started his company and when the fire happened?”

Secretary Kwon nodded and said it was about 2 years apart.

Jaejun muttered as if talking to himself.

“Since grandfather didn’t gain anything at the time of Yoomin’s father’s fire accident, there would have been no reason to suspect him as the perpetrator.”

“If that’s the case, it’s really shameless.”

“Did you secure the list of the three employees who went to grandfather’s company?”

“Well, that’s…”

Secretary Kwon hesitated before slowly continuing his answer.

“Two of them are already dead.”

“What?”

“One died in a drunk driving accident less than a year after joining, and the other died in an accident while traveling abroad 10 years ago.”

Jaejun crossed his legs and stared sharply into the air.

If someone had deliberately caused the deaths of those two employees…

The probability that they had committed planned crimes starting from Yoomin’s father’s factory fire was very high.

However, the factory fire was over 20 years ago and the deaths of the two employees were also too long ago, so proving anything would be quite difficult.

If grandfather had intentionally caused the factory fire and taken all of Yoomin’s father’s business assets as Jaejun suspected.

They needed a living witness to testify to that entire process.

Since Yoomin’s grandfather, the most likely culprit, wouldn’t testify himself, only that one person remained.

Jaejun tapped the desk with his index finger and called Secretary Kwon again.

“Secretary Kwon.”

“Yes, Vice President.”

“There were three employees. Is the remaining one still at the company?”

“No. He retired 3 years ago and went back to his hometown to live. I called him because the deaths of the two employees seemed suspicious, but he firmly refused, saying he had nothing to say.”

Jaejun stared at him intently.

Secretary Kwon jumped up in panic, looking wronged.

“I bothered him for three whole days calling to report to you, Vice President! He blocked me, so I borrowed other secretaries’ phones to call, and today…”

“Today?”

“It said the number doesn’t exist. He changed it. The last time we talked, he told me not to even mention the character ‘Hong’ from Hong Sanghoon in front of him. Considering his age, the fact that he couldn’t retire at the proper retirement age, I think there must have been some incident that went wrong.”

“Alright, I understand. Give me that employee’s information and go home.”

Secretary Kwon answered that he understood, bowed, then turned toward the door.

Suddenly remembering something, Jaejun called Secretary Kwon again.

“Secretary Kwon.”

“Yes?”

“By any chance…”

“Ah. I’ll also give you the report on President Kim Byeongtae within two days. There’s so much material to give you on that side. It should be easy for you to take down Kim Byeongtae.”

“Right. But that’s not what I was going to ask.”

“Ah… then what is it?”

“I was wondering if Hong Yoomin might be eating dinner together.”

“Well. I think Yoomin might not eat because she’d feel uncomfortable. Then I’ll be going.”

Secretary Kwon hurriedly left the office, worried that Jaejun might stop him again and make him leave work even later.

Left alone, Jaejun held his phone and pondered.

Whether or not to tell Yoomin to refuse if Secretary Kwon’s family asked her to eat dinner together.

Secretary Kwon’s mother was probably very warm-hearted, so there was a high probability she would invite Yoomin to eat together.

However, he really wanted to see Yoomin today.

He couldn’t see her yesterday, so how could he not see her today too.

She had been following him around as a phantom at the edge of his vision all day.

Jaejun couldn’t control his bursting heart and eventually called her.

The call connected after just a few rings.

-Hello? Senior?

Hearing Yoomin’s clear voice made his crazy center scream with joy.

As if it would burst through the front of his pants.

He looked at the bursting seam of his pants and unconsciously let out a sigh.

-Why are you sighing… Is something wrong?

“Ah. No.”

-That’s a relief then. Are you leaving work now?

“Yeah. How about you. Did Haneul do well in his tutoring session today?”

-Yes. Even though it was the first time seeing him in a week, he was really happy to see me. Thank you, senior. It felt like a reward rather than your coercion. The salary too.

Jaejun couldn’t help but smile softly at Yoomin’s honest words.

Hearing that sound, Yoomin was silent for a while then cleared her throat to let him know she was there.

So she wouldn’t have to struggle with the awkwardness of speaking first, Jaejun got to the main point of his call.

“Are you home? Can you wait an hour? Let’s have dinner together.”

-Ah…

Yoomin made a flustered sound.

At the tone that seemed close to refusal, Jaejun’s heart sank.

-What should I do? I already ate.

Jaejun frowned and lifted his wrist to check his watch.

“It’s not even 7 o’clock yet?”

-Ah… Well. I ate at senior’s house.

Jaejun’s eyes moved in confusion.

“…At our house?”

It wasn’t wrong for Yoomin to eat at home, but he wondered who had prepared the meal for her.

Yoomin’s tutoring time was from 2 to 4 o’clock.

A maid might bring snacks, but who would prepare dinner at 4 o’clock and tell her to eat?

The only people who could do that were Grandmother or mother.

It definitely wasn’t Grandmother’s side.

Grandmother never sits at the same table with unverified people.

Even if he said she was the woman he liked, to Grandmother, Yoomin was unverified, so there was no way they ate together.

Then mother’s side was likely…

But why? Maybe to win her over and make her quit?

But would she spend energy on such a trivial matter?

She’s not even Haneul’s prospective fiancée, just a tutor.

Moreover, mother had been using the Hotel Main Branch Suite Room for the past few days.

In those brief seconds, several assumptions flashed through Jaejun’s mind.

Then Yoomin’s voice came through.

-Today the adults in the house were all coming home late, so Grandmother prepared a meal for me.

Jaejun’s face twisted even more ridiculously.

Grandmother?

Where is there a grandmother among the maids in the house.

The oldest maid in the house is at most in her late forties.

She wouldn’t call that maid grandmother, would she.

-She’s definitely quite elderly, so she really dotes on Haneul. Even though Haneul is staying at senior’s house and no one makes him feel unwelcome, he’s still in a position where he has to be mindful. But I’m glad there’s an adult who warmly embraces him like this.

Jaejun asked Yoomin with narrowed eyes.

“Does that grandmother have white hair?”

-Yes! She was quite elderly. That’s why I call her grandmother.

“She has a large mole next to her temple.”

-Yes yes! That’s her.

Jaejun let out a deflated laugh as if he found it absurd.

As expected.

Yun Bosal.

It was his grandmother.

Why did grandmother pretend to be a maid to Yoomin?

Yoomin asked why he was laughing, but Jaejun didn’t answer right away and continued his thoughts.

Why on earth did grandmother prepare a meal for Yoomin?

She’s absolutely not the type of person to do that.

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