Irene arrived at her apartment from the office. Today she went back a bit late since she needed to finish monthly report. Every end of the month she will work overtime together with some of her colleagues to settle monthly reports that they will submit to Manager Lee. She lazily walks to the elevator until the familiar voice calling her name. She hate that voice so much

“Irene!”

She turned around and glared at him “Song Mino, what are you doing here?”

The guy named Mino showed his playboy smile “I come to ask you out. Let’s go”

“How many times shall I tell you that I don’t want to go out with you? Stop hoping that I will be your girlfriend. It will never happen”

“Irene, please consider my feelings. I promise I will make you happy” Mino pleading shamelessly

“You are still the same playboy that sleeps around with many girls. Don’t think I don’t know”

“Irene! Don’t ever try to say bad things about me!” Mino shout

“Why? Would you be embarrassed if someone knew the son of Song Company is the biggest playboy?” Irene smirk

Mino grabs Irene's wrist and grip tightly “Don’t challenge me, Irene-ssi. You will regret saying such thing to me” he said angrily

“Mino, let me go!” Irene yell

Mino not letting Irene go. He tries to drag her with him until he feels his jaw almost broken because someone punched him. Mino fall to the ground holding his throbbing jaw

“Yah!” he yelling to anyone who dare to punch his face

“What a coward. How dare you treat women harshly?!”

Mino's eyes widened as he saw a figure in front of him “C…CEO Kang?”

Seulgi smiles while holding Irene's hand “Yes, I am CEO Kang Seulgi. The biggest shareholder of Song Company”

“S-sir” Mino shaking in fear then he bow deeply to Seulgi

“I can’t believe that the future CEO of the company that I invest in is this rude. What a shame” Seulgi gave a disgusting look to Mino “Just in case you don’t know, you’re harassing my girlfriend!”

“Your girlfriend?” Mino asking in disbelieve

“Yes, Bae Joohyun is my girlfriend and you are trying to harass her. You’re lucky that I have not taken any action yet after I know that you often disturb her. I’m waiting for this day to give you lesson”

“I’m sorry, sir” Mino looked so scare

“Sadly your sorry will not change anything. I’m thinking of making a police report regarding your underground activities. Mino-ssi, I know you’re involved in drug and human trafficking, underground bar and own many underground casino. You and your friends also make Irene as a bet. I have strong evidence to bring you to court. Once I do that, I will make sure you will receive insane punishment through law and myself. You know I can manipulate law, right?” Seulgi flashing an evil smirk. Irene gasped silently when she knew the bad side of Mino. She knows Mino is not a good person but she does not expect this far. She is angry when she know Mino and his friends betting on her

“Sir, please…I promise I will not disturb Irene again…I regret my action”

“I give you an option…if you surrender yourself to the police station, I will not get involved in your case but if you don’t want to, then I will do it for you and get ready to receive any sort of punishment that is out of your imagination. I will give you a chance to think until sunrise tomorrow. I’m waiting for good news from you”

“Okay sir, I will give decision tomorrow”

“Good, now leave this place. Don’t ever appear in front of me and Irene anymore”

Mino quickly ran away from their sight. Seulgi turns around to check Irene's condition. He is really worried about her. Luckily he follow her from their office building earlier, if not Irene might be in danger right now

“Hyun, are you okay?” Seulgi caresses the red mark on Irene's wrist. It must be hurt that the red mark obviously seen

“I’m okay” Irene mumble

“I promise no one will disturb you like Mino did. I will make sure he rotten in jail”

“Is it true that he made a bet on me?”

Seulgi nods his head “Yes”

“How do you find out?”

“I send my men to go undercover when we find out about Mino always disturbing you. My men dig out detailed information about him, that's why I know about his underground activities. At first we don’t know his bad intention until my men follow him to his bar and they talk about the bet. He met you today maybe has something to do with the bet. It is planned properly but I’m not going to tell you the rest. It will only hurting you”

Irene shut her eyes and sighs “Thank you for coming tonight”

“Don’t mention it, Hyun. It’s my responsibility to protect you. I know we’re not dating anymore but I will never leave you out of my sight. No matter what happen, I always make sure you’re safe and sound” Seulgi said in sincerity

“By the way, how did you and Mino know each other?” Seulgi curious

“We took same course before. He is my junior at campus but he is popular with his dark record. He bravely confess his feeling to me not only once but whenever he have chance. Mino not give up disturbing me. Luckily I in my final years so I don’t need to meet him for too long. I reject him but he never give up. After I graduate, I never see him again. Unfortunately we met again at KS event early this year and he start bugging me again”

“That person really get on my nerve. Now you don’t have to worry about him. He will get what he deserve”

Irene nods her head lightly. Seulgi spoke again, “You don’t need to come to the office tomorrow. Just rest your mind. Today a lot of things are shocking you. I want you to rest”

“I’m fine. I don’t need to…”

Seulgi cut off “This is my order. I’ll tell manager Lee that you take a day off. Tomorrow is Friday so it’s okay if you not coming”

Irene give in since she don’t want to argue anymore “Okay”

“Do you need help to treat your reddened wrist? I can do it for you or you want Eunbi help?”

“No, I can do it myself”

“Okay then, let me walk you upstairs”

“It’s okay, I will go alone. You should go home now”

“Alright, goodnight Hyun”

“Goodnight”

Seulgi stares at the girl who walks slowly to the elevator. His lips formed a small smile while staring at the figure that he missed so much. Now he is happy because Irene is free from danger. He go home after make sure Irene safely enter the elevator

……………

Business world was shocked by the news of Song Mino's involvement in illegal activities. It appears in news all around the country. The news said that the future successor of Song Company surrendered himself to the police station early in the morning. At first people did not believe it but the police showed strong evidence to prove his guilt.

The news of Mino detention gave a huge impact to Song Company. Now the real estate business that his family owns is shaking when the companies that work with them have cancelled their cooperation after the news of him being involved in various illegal activities. Investors also one by one withdrew their investments in the company following the news. The company’s situation deteriorated when KS Group, which is a major shareholder in the company, also withdrew their shares. With the loss of KS Group as their main investor, the future of Song Company is predicted to get darker and the chances of bankruptcy are getting bigger

“Song Company will seriously disappear soon,” said Seungwan as he read the news on his Ipad. He is busy reading the updated news about Song Company

“That is all Mino's fault. If only he does not harass Joohyun, his family will not lose their business this early” Seulgi sip his coffee then lean back on the couch. He cancel all his schedule today

“Eunbi said noona is not coming today”

“Yup, I asked her to stay at home”

“So, she still listened to you”

Seulgi rubbed his face “She looked scared last night. Her wrist hurt too. I’m so worry about her but I can’t contact her”

“You can contact her through office line”

“No, I don’t want”

“I will ask Eunbi to keep you updated”

“Alright”