Mrs. Sunhwa angrily moved towards Sulli as if she wanted to give her some slap after this unwanted revelation. Minho perceived it and went to block her mother.

"Ma, don't! Leave it to me okay? We don't need to hurt her." He told his mother, rescuing his sister. Sunhwa dropped her hand upon his plead and left them to follow Hasun and Juniel.

Juniel continued running, feeling out of control. The word "adopted" kept repeating inside her mind. Mrs. Hasun was able to catch her and held her tightly. The mother knows how heartbreaking the truth is so she tried to calm her daughter. They sat on the stair while embracing her to calm her.

"Hush down please, Mama loves you." Mrs. Hasun could not stop herself from shedding tears as well, her daughter has been suffering enough.

Juniel was long ago suspicious of her identity as to why her features and traits are different from her parents. She remembered one time when her teacher said normally a woman age 50 above is no more reproductive. She then asked her mother about it and Mrs. Hasun denied, saying she still has menstruation back then that is why she still gave birth of her.

"Ma, why did you kept the secret from me?" Juniel was sobbing hard, gasping with her broken speech. She wondered why they needed to lie.

"We're afraid that you might turn against us if we'll tell you. We love you Juniel and we're willing to give you everything you need." The mother explained to ease her pain.

"You don't have to give me everything to prove your love, Mama. You and Papa's presence are the most important for me. I love you so much." Even though she finally found out that she is only adopted, for her they will always be her real parents.

"Thank you so much my daughter." She hugged her again and kissed her on her forehead. She wiped her daughter's tears and said "Please remember this, you might not conceived from my own womb, but I carried you and delivered you inside my heart."

Juniel nodded "Yes Mama." She was moved by her mother's quote and will bury it to herself forever.

Sunhwa followed them on the stairs, seeing the mother and daughter comforting each other. She felt sorry for what had happened and so she came near wanting to ask some apology.

"I want to ask forgiveness Unnie. I got shocked too on what they did."

"Don't apologize to me but to Juniel." She asked the younger woman, still bitter at what Minho and Sulli did to her daughter earlier.

"Don't cry Juniel. I'll talk with your unnie after this." Sunhwa gently  the girl's back.

"I'm okay now Auntie. Don't say sorry." She answered politely, more calm now with such comforting words.

"Thanks."

"Juniel has a good heart. I really don't understand why she's always getting hurt."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

The frustrated father left the lounge while holding his aching head. Monghee already had so much stress dealing with his company and had no time to solve this chaos. While the siblings stayed inside the room. Minho was a little bit mad at the trouble Sulli had caused, yet he appreciates her aggressive defense for him. She had mistake but he needed to stand by her side.

Sulli slammed herself on a single couch, with cross-legs. She looked at his brother who seems like irritated "What? You will scold me?"

"Whatever you did, it's still wrong."

"I know. They're just annoying. They pampered Juniel way much to extend providing her a husband? And the worst part is they pick you? You're too perfect for her oppa."

"I don't  wanna think that I would marry Juniel only for wealth nor particularly filling her incapacities. They didn't give us enough trust or freedom to decide by ourself, that's hurt me."

"Oppa, she's really stupid, also very dependent. She can't handle herself so they need to provide everything for her. Even if she has a billion bucks, his husband is still too unlucky to marry such useless girl. And it's right you rejected it, you'll just turn miserable if you did."

"You know I feel like the only reason why our parents want me to marry Juniel is because of her money and JSB."

"You can surpass Uncle Sungho's wealth since you're smart. You don't need to rely on their inheritance. Consequently, Uncle Sungho and Uncle Jihu fought because of that." Jihu is Sungho's youngest brother.

"Really?"

"I heard that Uncle Jihu is so upset that Uncle Sungho doesn't have plan to share his properties to him contrary of what he promised before his adopted came. Actually, eversince Juniel came, Uncle Sungho and Aunt Hasun had changed."

"On the other hand, it's better that Juniel already knew her identity as they can't hide it forever."

"Of course." Sulli stood up and came to him, needed to brainwashes her brother's mind. She held his shoulder and told him "Oppa, even if they'll gonna force you, don't agree with their evil plan. Call Yuri to come here and marry her right away. I still prefer that commoner but ambitious woman than the useless girl."

Sunhwa approached Minho, still disgusted at Sulli's action.

"Where's Sulli?"

"Ma, I already confronted her."

"But where did she go?"

"She said she'll meet some friend." Sulli went out to spend the time elsewhere fearing of her mother's wrath.

"We still need to talk."

"Okay."

They entered a dark painted office room  so he switched the lights on.

"Aunt Hasun said before they leave that if you'll keep turning down their proposal, they might leave CFG."

"I see." It hurted Minho's pride. Despite his hardwork commitment in JSB, just because of his response they had to break away from its holding company.

"Not really threatening us, she said if they had found the right person who will take care of JSB then they'll separate from us. So I hope you change your mind."

"Let them do what they want."

"Are you serious? Do you not consider CFG's major contribution to JSB until now?" The mother puzzled as to how her son looks cool about it.

"What do you want? To force me in this marriage?"

That is what Sunhwa wanted to happen. She will come to regret once CFG and JSB got separated. "JSB has been established since 1975 by your uncle and father. It won't become second largest bank now without the help of CFG. I'm afraid that competitors will overtake it's position in the future."

"So you choose the company over your son 's happiness?" Minho could no longer hide his disappointment but still optimistic about it. "Let's believe that many more opportunities will come after JSB so please don't act like it's the only thing we have, Ma." He told her seriously.

"Why you opposed this offer so much? Juniel is a good girl too. Besides CFG and JSB's future, we know that you'll become good couple. We won't approve a girl who doesn't fits you." Sunhwa learned to like Juniel because she knows her personality ever since she was baby.

"The truth is, I'm engaged with my girlfriend."

"What?" The mother was surprised on what she heard.

"Yes Ma. I'm committed with a commoner girl. We're already ten years in relationship. I'm sorry for hiding it for the benefits of our relationship too. I'm planning to marry her when I return to U.S." Minho confessed to his mother who was in awe.

"Impossible."

"I'm also deciding to step down as chairperson of JSB. I think it will be fair enough with auntie."

"No, you can't do this."

"Seriously I could. I have no reason to stay in JSB. Sorry Ma." Minho remained hard and persistent to his decision. He is matured enough to handle things, not wanting to be controlled by his parents.

"Son..."

Minho left his mother who was dumbfounded by his confession. She rushed to tell this thing to her husband.

"He said that?" Monghee voice thundered the after hearing what his son had said "Why is he deciding to step down if I didn't order him?

"I think our son got hurt by his auntie's words. I don't know what to do."

"It was clearly said out of disappointed. But Hasun noona can't do anything about it since I have full control." Being a chairman of its holding company, Monghee still has words.

"You know why your son seems contradicting us now is because he has a fiance in the U.S." Minho is always obeying his parents that is why they hate it if he will not comply.

"Fiance?"

"Yes. The girl is just an ordinary person, he told me. But our son loves her and wanting to tied with her." Sunhwa disclosed it to her husband.

Out of anger, the chairman punched a wooden table "Is that the only reason why he wants to abandon his responsibility? Call the secretary and order him to investigate about that woman. If we can pay her just to leave our son, then we must!"

Sunhwa did immediately what her husband commanded her. They were too eager to dettach Minho from partner Yuri.

To be continued...