Kun walked back in his office, he ed his coat before taking a seat. He had just finished a meeting with an investor, and he needed coffee.

“Sir,”

His secretary walked in with a cup of coffee, he thanked the male before dismissing him. He leaned back on his seat.

His mind went back to the scene of Kim Jiwook getting physical with Aeyoung, he shook his head.

“Something’s not right.” He said to himself, and then his phone started to ring. He looked at the screen and recognized the phone number.

“Your highness,” His answer was playful.

“Don’t.” Ten said, Kun smiled and turned his chair away from the table.

“I just got back in Seoul, Kun. And I heard what happened. Yeoshin…is raging.”

“Oh, that Kim Jiwook?” Kun murmured, Ten snorted.

“I also heard you were there, thanks for looking out for her.” Ten told him, Kun shook his head.

“I had a feeling that I needed to check on her. I’m worried, he doesn’t seem…to be who he claims he is.” The Qian heir finished.

“Why isn’t she reporting him yet? The man has fake documents.” Ten asked him, Kun glanced at his computer before replying.

“Aeyoung must have a plan, Ten. I don’t want to interfere. But I think, we should…all meet up to talk about this, Aeyoung…she might spiral out of control. And this man is dangerous.” Kun said with finality, he could almost see Ten smile from the other line.

He wanted to roll his eyes.

“She still drives you crazy, huh?” Ten spoke.

Kun paused, he loosened his tie before replying.

“She drives us all crazy.”

"I'll buy that. For now." Ten said before ending the call.

Aeyoung went down the steps, she was dressed in a nice pale blue dress and a pair of tacky white pumps, following with the engagement party’s motif. But deep inside, she wanted to burn the Roberto Cavalli piece into ashes.

“Have you seen Jeno?” She spoke to one of the maids, the lady nodded and pointed towards the south wing of the house, Aeyoung thanked her before walking ahead. She saw her brother, already dressed in a light colored suit, standing outside their late father’s office.

Aeyoung frowned as she slowly walked to him.

“Jeno-ya, it’s time we~” She paused when she saw how tears were rolling down her brother’s cheeks.

“Wh—What’s wrong?” Aeyoung cupped his cheeks and then Jeno pointed towards the room, Aeyoung turned her head and she froze.

“N—Noona, pa’s office…he…It’s been renovated.” He choked, their father’s study had been turned into a tacky music room, filled with rock and roll posters and checkered floors.

“He..had a portrait of us here, b—but’s it all gone. I helped….I helped put that up.”

“Oh my god.” Aeyoung dropped her hands to her sides, Jeno looked away and wiped his cheeks.

“Noona, stop this.” He said to her, the girl nodded back, her fists curling.

“This wont do.” She said as she looked around them, and then she took Jeno’s hand.

“Let’s change clothes. We don’t have to keep up with this bull.”

Hendery looked on as Yeoshin made her way towards the Ten, the prince smiled before enveloping her in a hug.

“Whoa, and now they are finally complete. That’s worrying.” Hendery recounted, Doyoung and Taeyong grinned at him.

About ten minutes earlier, Ten had arrived via a helicopter, it stunned some of the guests but they realized who he was and now everyone would glance at the young male with interest.

“But what do you mean? Are they really that bad?” Mina asked as she joined the three, Taeyong smiled and took her hand in his.

Hendery was about to reply when he noticed Kun walk in with Anqi in his arm.

“Bad? No. Those three, a catastrophe.”

The live bad started to play music softly, miss Jing and Kim Jiwook were both walking around, welcoming guests in. Mina glanced over her shoulder and pursed her lips.

“So, Aeyoung doesn’t know he’s already engaged?” She asked.

“Kun…I think he purposely didn’t mention it.” Doyoung smiled to himself, he looked at the couple again.

“What?” Taeyong was confused, he picked up a glass of champagne.

“It’s strange, huh? Why not mention it to her? She’s a family friend too.” Hendery murmured, they all cleared their throats when Kun and Anqi joined them.

“Anqi, hi.” Doyoung said politely, Mina grew amused.

“Aeyoung’s here.” Hendery spoke, they all turned their heads just as the Lee siblings joined the party. Mina paused, noticing the contrast of their outfits to the party’s pastel color scheme. Aeyoung was dressed in somewhat revealing dress that hugged every inch of her body, her s were pushed upwards, giving her the illusion of wearing nothing but a sequined bustier and the high slit showed a lot of her leg.

“Lee Aeyoung. A queen.” Mina chuckled, Anqi glanced at Kun as he was staring at Aeyoung. There was a look on his face that Anqi couldn’t quite read.

“What’s that? She got more daring.” Doyoung murmured.

“She looks good. Aeyoungie.” Hendery chuckled, his eyes were on Anqi, and then Kun spoke just as Ten approached the girl.

“Something’s wrong.” Kun said before picking up a glass of champagne for himself, he made his way towards their table and sat down.

“Qian Kun,” Yeoshin mused as she took the seat beside the male, Kun smiled at her.

“How have you been, Lotte?”

“Good, good.” She mused, then her eyes went to the girl beside him, her brows rose.

“Yeoshin,”

She looked up as the others joined their table, Anqi chewed on her lower lip. She didn’t know that Kun had so many friends in his circle, she always imagined that he was working with people older than him.

“Guys, this is Anqi. Kun ge’s fiancé.” Hendery announced in a friendly tone, Ten smiled at the girl.

“But, what’s this? Aeyoung’s not dressed like everyone. Good for her though.” Yeoshin mused as she leaned back, Kun nodded back.

“She’s in a bad mood.” He stated, Taeyoung smiled to himself.

“And now, we would like to invite the daughter of miss Jing to the stage to share with us some words for the couple,” The emcee announced.

Ten started to grin, Doyoung leaned in, interested.

“I’m going to use Chinese since it’s easier,” Aeyoung begun, Kun glanced at Yeoshin briefly, she grinned back.

“I am very pleased to tell everyone that I have finally accepted my seat at JingXi. Thank you for welcoming me warmly, even though the decision came out of the blue,”

The crowd cheered softly, Kun’s forehead creased. Anqi was looking at the girl, then for a brief moment she thought she was meeting gazes with her.

But no.

The girl was looking at Kun, Anqi turned to him and saw how the Qian heir tilted his head.

Aeyoung threw him a smile before facing the guests again, Anqi’s brows went up.

“And now, I would like to congratulate my mother and mister Fake Diploma on their engagement. I am so happy for my birthgiver because she met someone that genuinely, as per claimed, makes her happy. Mister Kim is a very pleasing man, and I would love to him as part of our family,” She stopped, the crowd had gone eerily quiet, confused with her words.

“Oh god.” Doyoung murmured, he was laughing, Hendery winced and shook her head.

“Oh, you were expecting that, huh? A warm welcome?” Aeyoung softly laughed, she looked around the crowd and saw her mother glaring at her.

“She’s pulling a classic Aeyoung.” Yeoshin hummed as she took selfies with her phone.

“Yes, it’s true, mister Kim Jiwook here has fake documents. He’s been lying to the company, and you don’t need me to explain to you how he got such a high position.” Aeyoung was now chatting with the visitors.

“But, there’s one thing I am sure of, he is not welcome in this family. In fact, I need your help, JingXi is under attack.” She announced, her mother finally stood up and walked towards her.

“Kun.” Ten spoke, but the male was already standing up, he was making his way towards the podium’s steps.

“You heard it from me. He will never be a part of this family. Thank you and enjoy the party.” Aeyoung winked, her mother was about to grab the microphone from her but she was already going down the steps.

Yeoshin watched as Kun approached Aeyoung, he was talking to her. And then Aeyoung looked up, she was shaking her head, the girl looked distressed.

“What’s going on?” Ten finally spoke, they noticed how Jeno was quiet on his seat.

“Who is she? A close friend?” Anqi asked, they all glanced at Hendery.

Kun reached out to touch her hair, it looked like he was trying to soothe her.

“She…She is his ex-girlfriend. The ex-girlfriend.” Hendery answered, and then Kun took the girl’s hand in his.

Anqi’s eyes widened and her forehead creased.

Mina’s eyes widened as she looked at the two, they were heading back towards the gardens.

“He better diffuse that bomb.” Ten chuckled to himself, Yeoshin gave him a high five.

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