## Chapter 14 – 02. Emilia
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It was evening.
While Im Soo-ah and Seo Eun-mi bustled about carrying out my orders, and people dispatched from Korea Prestige filled my house, I waited for the trainees to be delivered.
But they weren’t coming.
Clearly, Ganghwa wasn’t exactly close to Songdo, but even so, it shouldn’t take this long.
Did something happen?
I could just wait patiently, but I didn’t see the need, so I immediately picked up my phone.
The target was, of course, Kang Emilia.
– …Yes. Young Master. This is Emilia.
“You saved my number?”
– Of course. Whose number would it be?
“Do you happen to know why I’m calling?”
– ….
Silence.
“The trainees haven’t arrived yet.”
– ….
“I clearly heard they left when I arrived home, but I still haven’t heard anything.”
– …I’m sorry, Young Master. Our general manager is a bit of a ditz. It seems he got lost.
“Really? Are you sure there’s no problem?”
– Yes. I’ll take responsibility and deliver them to your residence.
Emilia gave me her assurances several times and hung up.
“…”
Something felt off.
I didn’t get this feeling when I saw her in person earlier.
More like… yeah. As Soo-ah put it, she was a bitch.
Pretending to be polite on the surface? But in reality, not polite at all, as if she was looking down on me.
But now she was acting like she had some kind of weakness, making it hard to understand.
“Master, I think you need to check this.”
“Huh?”
Just then, Soo-ah approached with a file of documents.
It was the trainee transfer agreement signed with Rainbow Miracle.
To be precise, it was the agreement where I took over the contracts Rainbow Miracle had with the trainees, for a price of 500 million won per person.
“While checking, I found a clause I’ve never seen before.”
“A clause you’ve never seen before?”
I took the contract and read it.
The unremarkable content continued, until an alien clause written in a different handwriting appeared at the very end.
“…What is this?”
I clearly checked the contract carefully before signing it, but this was something I’d never seen before.
“…If the delivery isn’t completed, they have to pay 100 times the transaction amount? So Emilia has to pay me 250 billion won?”
“Rainbow Miracle, to be exact.”
“…Why is this kind of clause in here?”
“I don’t know.”
“…”
I never added such a clause.
And Soo-ah didn’t seem to know anything about it either.
‘If Emilia has this clause in her contract too… then her cautious attitude just now makes sense. She’s about to be liable for 250 billion won.’
The strange thing was, who on earth,
Why would they add such a clause?
‘This clause is unilaterally beneficial to me. It’s practically a scam. If something actually happened, Emilia would resist, saying it’s absurd, but as long as I, the owner’s family member of Korea Group, wanted to enforce it, it would happen. Is there someone who would benefit from me receiving 250 billion won from Emilia… or receiving something equivalent? Who is it?’
No.
There’s no way someone like that exists.
Let’s change my thinking.
‘…For Emilia, she absolutely has to deliver the trainees to me. If she doesn’t, she’ll go bankrupt or her life will become very difficult. Then, couldn’t someone use this to blackmail her? If she doesn’t meet their demands, they won’t deliver the trainees. Or they’ll interfere.’
The one capable of that would be that ditzy guy who volunteered to make the delivery.
“And it just so happens that he brought the contract.”
Bingo.
“Using me? Daring to?”
“Using you for what?”
I handed the contract to Soo-ah.
“Tear it up.”
“…Excuse me?”
“I don’t need it, so tear it up.”
“This contract… Understood.”
She took it hesitantly and tore up the contract.
Watching her, I called Emilia.
She answered after five rings.
– …Yes. Young Master.
“From now on, tell me if anything I say is wrong.”
– Pardon?
“Someone tampered with the contract. They secretly added a clause that Rainbow Miracle has to pay 250 billion won if they don’t deliver the trainees to me.”
– Th,that’s…
“That guy is deliberately delaying the delivery and blackmailing you. He’s telling you to give him something if you want to complete the delivery safely.”
– ….
“And judging from the circumstances, that guy is probably the bumbling general manager next to you.”
– ….
“What he wants here… honestly, it’s impossible for me to guess everything, but since that bastard’s a man, wouldn’t it be roughly your body?”
She was silent for a long time before speaking.
– …I didn’t expect you to deduce even that.
Her voice was slightly trembling, so it seemed I was right.
“So, yes or no?”
– ….
“You better speak up. I even called you directly.”
– …What you said… is all correct. But Young Master, that contract-!
“I tore up the contract.”
– Yes? Y,you tore it up?
“Yeah. It’s infuriating. Using me to achieve their own goals.”
– ….
“And that’s by taking the women I bought as hostages. Ah, by now, would he have touched them? Anyway, when you put men next to women, this kind of thing happens. That’s why I fire male actors and producers. Well, anyway. I’ll let the contract thing slide, so just bring them. You, personally.”
Emilia was silent again for quite a while.
Just as I was about to say something out of boredom, I heard her voice.
– Thank you. Young Master. I will definitely take responsibility and complete the delivery.
“You know that’s the second time you’ve said that, right? Keep your word.”
– Yes.
I hung up.
I didn’t know how things would turn out, but since I tore up the absurd contract, I could avoid the worst-case scenario I was worried about.
The worst-case scenario here was Emilia being manipulated by that general manager.
Me being completely used.
“Soo-ah, what happened to the criminals? Did you get a report?”
“Yes. They were discovered associating with a criminal organization near Yeonsu 1-dong and were eliminated.”
“What about him?”
“A sniper shot pierced his brain. Instant death at the scene.”
“Good job. Since it’s dinner time, tell them to eat and return. Charge the expenses to Korea Prestige.”
“Yes, Master.”
I thwarted the slimy bastard’s slimy plan,
And I killed the male lead.
Things are going very well.
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“Hoo…”
Emilia, who had hung up the phone, let out a sigh of relief.
It felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her chest.
“That bastard still can’t be reached, right?”
“No, CEO. It’s still turned off.”
Kim Dong-ki left a message telling her to check the contract carefully and turned off his phone.
He seemed to want to make Emilia anxious while running away, but that actually helped her.
If he hadn’t turned off his phone, she would have been able to talk to him when she hurriedly called after checking the contract, and then she might have done something irreversible out of desperation.
“Was his location tracked?”
“No. As you know, the phone is off… But we’ve deployed people and are working with the police, so we should be able to find him soon. More than anything, it seems like he wants something from you, CEO, so he’ll definitely contact you again.”
“True. His phone has to be on to receive my photos or videos.”
“Excuse me?”
“It’s nothing. Keep looking. And be ready to leave immediately.”
“Yes, CEO.”
After the secretary left, Emilia leaned back in her chair, exhausted.
When she took all the strength out of her body and relied entirely on the backrest, the chair spun around.
She sat still and looked at the rotating ceiling.
“…I knew my gut feeling was right.”
Go Mu-yeol.
He’s definitely different from the rumors.
Always high on drugs, enjoying cigarettes and alcohol, and indulging in women like it’s a daily meal.
And yet, he has no ability or ambition, so he’s a useless human being who doesn’t contribute to society at all.
These evaluations always followed him, but the Go Mu-yeol she experienced today was a different person.
‘Is he hiding it? His ambition and ability.’
She didn’t know about his ability yet because she hadn’t seen it, but at least he didn’t seem as incompetent as the rumors suggested.
And his ambition as well.
‘There’s no way someone with that personality doesn’t have ambition.’
If he wanted to, he could have pushed the fabricated contract as it was.
Korea Group has that much power.
But he didn’t.
He tore up 250 billion won just because he didn’t want to be used.
Could someone like that have no ambition?
With that pride?
‘He’s hiding it. Until he catches the right timing.’
If what she felt earlier was a rough feeling,
Now she was becoming certain.
Go Mu-yeol definitely has something.
– Beeeep.
“!”
Her phone rang.
The caller was…
“Kim Dong-ki…!!”
The person who had been pissing her off all day.
The bastard was calling.
She answered immediately.
“You turned on your phone? You know this can be tracked, right? The strike team and the police will be dispatched immediately. I wonder who will arrive first?”
– E,Emilia… A,are the photos re,ready?
“What photos?”
– Earlier… I told you. Wearing a school uniform without pa,panties… and the pose is-,
“What the hell are you talking about, you fucking loser? Didn’t you hear what I said? Why would I show my body to a guy like you when I can just pay you off?”
– ….
Dong-ki was silent at the unexpected reaction.
She thought he would at least be flustered, but what was he relying on to be so loud?
Could it be,
– Yo,you… Didn’t che,check the contract ca,carefully? If you saw it, you wouldn’t be like thi-,
“I saw it, you bastard. You were sneakily messing around? What? Pay 100 times the amount? I was so dumbfounded.”
– E,even so… Yo,you won’t tra,trade with me? It’s 250 billion won.
“About that, I talked to the Young Master over the phone-,”
She stopped, about to say that Go Mu-yeol tore up the contract.
Then she had a good idea and smiled coldly.
“-I decided to solve it with my body.”
– …What?
Dong-ki’s voice lowered.
It was a reaction as if he had heard news he didn’t expect and didn’t want to hear.
“I can’t possibly come up with 250 billion won. That’s more money than our company is worth.”
– Ju,just now… What did you say….
“So what choice do I have? I have to bow down to the Young Master and beg.”
– What did you just say.
The real-time reaction was satisfying.
Emilia smiled and replied.
“I’m kind of pretty, right? Enough for you to go crazy trying to get a photo. So the Young Master readily accepted. As his fucktoy.”
– ….
“Wow. The rich are really generous. He’s going to pay off 250 billion won with my pussy.”
– ….
“Thanks to you, my pussy is going to get fucked raw. You fucking bastard.”
– …Stop it.
“What?”
– I said stop it!!!
“What are you saying, you idiot? You started this.”
– Don’t move from there, stay still.
“Wha-?”
Click.
The phone hung up.
Emilia, feeling both satisfaction and absurdity, burst out laughing.
“Is he saying he’s coming here now? Crazy bastard.”
