Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 270: Improving Her Image

Later in the evening, everyone gathered at the hall in the hotel for dinner. Mrs Lee had refused for food to be delivered to their various rooms and had requested they all eat dinner together.

“Mother, this isn’t necessary,” Dan-Han murmured as he walked past her. He wanted to eat dinner alone with Eun-sun in their room. Spending time with her was the primary reason why he had agreed to embark on this trip.

Mrs Lee shot him a mock-glare before taking a seat beside her husband. She beckoned on Eun-sun to sit by her side, making Dan-Han frown at her slightly. But left with no choice, he let her, and he also took a seat by her side.

Mrs Lee had a happy smile on her face as she stared at all the faces at the table. It wasn’t just family at the table but also friends and colleagues who she had encountered and worked with at different phases of her life.

It was good to be surrounded by good people.

After the food was placed on the long gigantic table, they all began to eat.

They had only started eating when Father Lee asked one of the waiting staff to turn on the T.V in the dining hall. It was time for the evening business news, and he didn’t want to miss it.

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Though Mrs Lee wanted to protest, she also knew that this was a habit he had maintained for several years, so she let him be. After all, it was always business for the Lees.

Father Lee had barely started watching the news when the t.v presenter started talking about the big real estate contract currently causing an uproar in the whole country, and this was President Lee’s new project. Foreign investors were vying to collaborate with him for the project, and the project’s success rate was being discussed. Father Lee turned to Dan-Han with a proud smile, and so did everyone else, but the man was too busy stockpiling his girlfriend’s plate with food to pay attention to whatever was going on.

“Dan-Han.” Eun-Sun jabbed him by the side to gain his attention. He innocently looked at her while she gestured to the T.V with her chin. Dan-Han paid attention to what the presenter was saying about his newest project.

“That’s expected.” He muttered in a nonchalant tone making Eun-sun’s lips twitch. She could never forget how slightly conceited he could be.

“Congrats, President Lee.” A few people congratulated him, while he replied with a single nod.

“Good job, son. I knew you’ll do wonders with this project.” Father Lee said, making Dan-Han turn towards him.

“It isn’t me you should be saying that too,” Dan-Han said in a casual tone, making everyone look at him confusedly, most especially his Father.

“Then who?” Father Lee asked, not entirely sure what he was trying to say.

Dan-Han turned to Eun-sun, who was seated by his side. “You should be saying that to her.” He said, tilting his chin at Eun-sun.

“Hmm? Me?” Eun-Sun was confused about where all this was coming from. She couldn’t remember doing anything regarding the project except the work apportioned to her at the office, which was relatively small, as the big bosses carefully handled information regarding the project.

Even mother Lee was surprised by Dan-Han’s word. She looked at Dan-Han, wondering what he was trying to say.

“Why her?” Father Lee inquired.

“Well, because the project would have failed through had she not handed her brilliant ideas about the plans for the resort. You know we were stuck at it for weeks, but that changed when she showed up. Those hills proved to be difficult even for me.” Dan-Han said, a proud look glistening in his eyes as he stared at her. She might not have known it at the time, but that plan had been on his desk for weeks as he and the other engineers tried to come with a possible solution for the hills, but she had spurted out an attractive solution at her first glance at the plan.

Father Lee and everyone else could not believe what they heard from Dan-Han, especially father Lee, who shot Eun-Sun a sceptical look. She did that? Or was Dan-Han trying to improve her image in front of everybody?

Mrs Lee looked at Eun-sun, who was stunned, with widened eyes. She couldn’t believe Eun-sun had helped Dan-Han with something that huge.

She grinned and clapped her hands gleefully, “I’ve always known you were smart, my darling.” She praised before turning to her husband, who still had a sceptical look on his face. “Honey, I told you our son made the right choice.” She chirped excitedly, making father Lee nod his head.

“You did well.” He said, surprising Eun-sun once again, who didn’t know how she should respond to that. She bowed to him before looking at Dan-Han, who was trying to hide a smile on his face. She knew he had done that on purpose. He was trying to improve her image in the presence of everybody.

“You’re lucky to have a capable daughter-in-law,” Martos said to Mrs Lee, who bobbed her delightedly.

Eun-Sun felt quite embarrassed when a few words of praise kept coming to her from here and there. She wasn’t used to stuff like this, but it was good to know she had helped Dan-Han in such away. She could still remember how scared she had been of him back then.

She slowly raised her head to look at the faces of the people applauding her, and that was when she caught sight of In-Ha staring at her, but the moment their eyes met, he looked away.

Eun-Sun felt an awkward feeling in her heart. What was wrong with him? Did she really do something terrible to him? Eun-Sun couldn’t explain how she felt, but she knew she wasn’t comfortable with this new development. Because the In-Ha she knew would have said something to make her smile or glare at him by now.

In-Ha was her friend, so why was he treating her that way?

Eun-Sun was so lost in her thoughts that she didn’t notice the awkward change in the environment. But as soon as she lifted her head, she saw the stern glare father Lee was shooting at Dan-Han.

What the hell just happened now?

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