By Zephyria 
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“It’s true that I want to marry him because his face is my type, but that’s not all of it.”
“Then what is?”
“I don’t want anyone else to take him, and I think I would have wanted to marry him even if there were no business advantages… Also, I want to get him out of that house as soon as possible.”
At Cha Se-jin’s last words, the dining room fell silent for a moment. To think he was acting recklessly based on nothing but a face—Cha Se-jin’s expression held no trace of mischief as he spoke of wanting to get Eun-won out of that house.
“Are you sure you won’t regret it?”
“Honestly, I don’t know what will happen after we marry, but if I don’t marry him because I’m worried about that, I know for sure I’ll regret it.”
After maintaining eye contact and listening to him, his father finally nodded.
“Fine. If you go that far, I will proceed with this marriage.”
As his father picked up his cutlery and resumed eating, Cha Se-na, who had been listening as if holding her breath, looked at Cha Se-jin with a wide smile.
“Second brother, are you really getting married? Oppa, congratulations! I seriously thought you’d never be able to get married!”
“Either congratulate me or insult me, just pick one.”
“Then of course I’ll congratulate you!”
Cha Se-jin smiled at Cha Se-na, who had forgotten that he was sulking because she teased him, and then shook his head and covered his ears as Cha Se-gyu began to nag.
At Cha Se-jin’s antics, the other family members, excluding Cha Se-gyu, burst into laughter. Though he couldn’t hear well with his ears covered, seeing the smiling faces of his family as they nagged, Cha Se-jin thought of Eun-won, who had wept silently, tears streaming down his face.
Even thinking about it once more, he felt he could never be the cause of Eun-won’s unhappiness. Under any circumstances.
* * *
The table was full of delicious food, his father—whose life and death he had worried about—had returned, and the Madam had returned to being kind, but strangely, Eun-won felt uncomfortable at the meal.
Though there was no longer a need for formalities, the “greetings” from his father and the Madam, who spent the entire time telling him they were grateful and sorry, made Eun-won uneasy.
Still, he swallowed the food through his discomfort, relieved by the single fact that his family would not be torn apart because of his decision.
After receiving wishes to rest deeply and without any worries, Eun-won went upstairs. Overwhelmed by a day that had seen too much happen, he simply wanted to sleep without a single thought.
Wanting to wash away even a bit of the day’s heaviness, Eun-won showered in warm water for a long time. He sat at his desk and took a sip of the tea that had been left for him while he was washing, blowing on it first.
He felt like he could fall asleep if he just collapsed, but since it hadn’t been long since his meal, he worried he might get indigestion if he slept immediately. Deciding to hold out for just one more hour, Eun-won held the warm, pleasant tea with both hands, let a sip linger in his mouth, and then swallowed.
“…….”
Now that he was alone, Cha Se-jin, who had occupied the largest portion of his day, suddenly came to mind. Eun-won opened his laptop and searched for ‘Cha Se-jin’ on a portal site. He felt he knew far too little about the person he was going to marry, so he thought it would be good to at least search for him. Since he wasn’t an ordinary person but a chaebol, he hoped some information would come up.
The moment the screen switched to the search results, the scroll became short. Eun-won read the profile at the top.
Cha Se-jin
Businessman
Affiliation Sewon Group (Managing Director, Head of Strategic Planning at Sewon Retail)
Family Father Cha Tae-jun, Mother Min Seo-young, Older Brother Cha Se-gyu, Younger Sister Cha Se-na
Education Bachelor’s degree from Vandermere University
Career Managing Director of Sewon Group, Head of Strategic Planning at Sewon Retail
This information is managed by the individual or their representative.
“He has an older brother and a younger sister….”
Having learned that Cha Se-jin was the second son, he scrolled down a bit more and saw a section organized in something called ‘Wiki Story.’ As if possessed, Eun-won clicked the link.
Cha Se-jin
1. Overview
A South Korean businessman. Managing Director of Sewon Group, the top-ranked conglomerate in the business world, and Head of Strategic Planning at Sewon Retail. He is the second son of Chairman Cha Tae-jun and Chairperson Min Seo-young. He is a 0.01% Dominant Alpha, a rarity even among chaebol families and the power elite. Born on May 2nd, he is currently 28 years old.
2. Life
Born as the second son of two sons and one daughter to Sewon Group Chairman Cha Tae-jun and Sewon Cultural Foundation Chairperson Min Seo-young.
After graduating from Ainsworth Academy, a prestigious private high school in the US, he graduated from the Department of Economics at Vandermere University in the US, which is famous for gathering the children of global political and business figures.
After returning to Korea, he joined Sewon C&T as a regular employee, but resigned (?) after three days due to friction with his superior. Following formal successor training, he was promoted at high speed. He currently serves as Managing Director of Sewon Group and Head of Strategic Planning at Sewon Retail.
Unlike his older brother, Executive Director Cha Se-gyu, who followed a model elite path, he is a famous “Trouble Maker” in the business world with a history of flashy scandals.
2-1 Management Activities
While famous for being somewhat insincere, he is said to possess exceptional task-processing abilities and decisiveness when handling major projects, producing immense results that make people go from complaining to shouting, “Our Managing Director is the best!”
He is famous for an anecdote where, in the very year he was appointed Head of Strategic Planning at Sewon Retail, he thwarted a competitor’s M&A attempt to check Sewon with his sharp tongue. He became a hot topic for his remark, calling the competitor a “trash collector who pays a high price to buy trash.” Recently, he has been leading a large-scale resort joint venture project with the construction company Baum.
3. Incidents and Accidents [Edit]
Due to his unrivaled looks and the specificity of being a top-tier Dominant Alpha, he has a variety of scandals. While it is argued that these are merely private matters, it cannot be denied that he has caused “owner risk” (negative impact caused by the owner) through various scandals. Recently, he became a hot topic after a famous actress went live to publicly call him out.
It was once a trend to predict who Cha Se-jin’s next scandal partner would be. As a third-generation chaebol, many predict he will enter an arranged marriage and are anticipating who will end up with the “issue maker.” Many believe he will only live as a show-window couple for a few years.
Due to his unfiltered, blunt way of speaking and arrogant attitude, he failed to manage his scandals properly and made numerous enemies, though he himself does not seem to care at all.
4. Trivia [Edit]
Severe Face-con: The looks of every partner he had a scandal with were stunning, which became a huge topic. Some joke that his standards for looks are so incredibly high that he would have been better off running an entertainment agency rather than being a chaebol.
Sweet-Hater: He extremely dislikes sweet foods such as chocolate and cake, and naturally, he won’t even touch coffee if a single drop of syrup is added. He once expressed his disgust, saying, “Just smelling something sweet makes me feel like my brain is melting.”
Family Relations: Like most siblings, he is said to have a fluctuating relationship with his older brother, Cha Se-gyu. However, seeing that they are spotted attending Sewon Titans baseball games together every season, they seem to be on quite good terms. There are rumors that he is a “sister-fool” because he is very close to his younger sister, Cha Se-na, but there is a story that Cha Se-na herself told a college peer, “My brother is just a fool.”
After reading the entire page, Eun-won wondered what on earth he had just seen. He had expected some things, but Cha Se-jin was truly… far from ordinary.
Resigning after three days due to friction with a boss, and having so many scandals that predicting the next partner became a trend?
Since it was an arranged marriage and not a marriage in the general sense, it wasn’t something he needed to worry about too much… but the thought that he would have to keep seeing such things in the future felt a bit daunting.
Until now, it didn’t matter what kind of life he lived because it had nothing to do with him, but that was no longer the case. The moment they married, Cha Se-jin’s scandals would inevitably affect him as well.
Still, the family didn’t seem to be on bad terms. If the family relationships were poor, he would have felt truly hopeless, so he was very glad that wasn’t the case.
Leaving the Wiki Story and scrolling further down, he saw several scandal articles mentioning Cha Se-jin’s name. Cha Se-jin with another scandal, another casual fling this time, a relationship where only the partner gets hurt… Everyone was criticizing Cha Se-jin’s scandals.
“…….”
Since he could guess the content without even clicking the articles, Eun-won closed his laptop and headed for the bed. He felt he had to look into it because he needed to know who he was marrying, but now that he actually knew about Cha Se-jin, he felt quite… overwhelmed.
He didn’t know what mindset or attitude he should have toward an arranged marriage, and lacking confidence that he could do well, his heart continued to shrink.