Eunji was sitting on his executive chair with Angelina in front of her.

Angelina had just gotten back from Paris the day before but she had to report in the office as Eunji asked her to.

"Have you cleared my schedule?" Eunji asked.

"Yes, Devie. I had already informed the Directors and the CEOs through a memo of your absence and warned them religiously that they should not slack off because you'd still be monitoring them." Angelina answered with a yawn. Which she then apologized afterwards.

"I'm sorry Devie."

"It's okay. Get yourself some rest. I want you to focus on the task I have given you. I already sent a proposal to Nathan's email. I'm sure he would be curious about it. Send our representative to negotiate with Nathan's side. You may come with them there if you're comfortable." Eunji thought that Angelina might have second thoughts of going back to Beijing

She won't force her to go there though. What she wanted from her as an output was to make the venture successful by hook or by crook.

And only Angelina could deliver that result for her aside from herself.

"Okay. I'll arrange a business trip for a week and book a flight to Beijing three days from now...And I'll be going." Angelina said.

"Are you sure?" Eunji asked her.

"Yes...I am sure, Devie." Angelina confirmed.

Angelina knew what was running inside Eunji's mind.

"I won't let you down." She added.

"I know...and thank you." Eunji said as she heaved a huge sigh of relief.

She was being oblivious with the fact that someone had showed up and wanted to take over the place she left in her family.

And for sure, when she learnt of this, she would take action immediately...hopefully.

"So, have you heard of J?" Angelina asked Eunji.

"Why? Didn't he come back with you last night?" She asked her back.

"No." Angelina said.

"But if this is your arrangement, please do inform me so I won't be shocked that one day, he's gone and a lot of office workloads would then be passed onto me." Angelina joked on the last part.

"Okay?" Eunji chuckled as she stood up from her desk.

"Well, let's say...he's on a safe place right now...You won't be affected if ever I'll kill him, right?" She asked.

"Devie, as I said to you when we're still in France, I will support you with your decision. If you wanted to kill him...I will still support you." She honestly said.

Eunji raised a brow as she looked at Angelina and the corner of her lips turned up a little.

She could not help but sigh because of what she had learned just now.

Her conversation with Angelina just confirmed of something.

And she hoped that Angelina would remain true to her words.

Speaking of J...where the hell was he?

"Let me go! Bastards!" A familiar man's voice echoed just outside an abandoned warehouse located just outside the boundary of Seoul.

His head was covered with a black sack. Both of his arms and legs were bound by rope. He was being forcefully dragged out from the black van that carried him and brought him here by a group of unknown people.

"Do you know who I am? And what you're doing to me?" He yelled at the three men who was dragging him inside the warehouse.

But the people who was forcefully dragging him inside remained silent.

He was then being thrown on the ground after they had walked at a certain distance towards the center of the warehouse.

*Thud!* the sound being produced after his body hit the concrete and dusty floor.

From the sound of his voice, both Angelina and Eunji could recognize him.

This man was none other than J.

He was doing his business inside the men's comfort room when a group of people appeared out of nowhere and covered his head with black sack and dragged him out of the men's comfort room.

The next second, he was being kicked in the gut and a hard object hit the back of his head causing him to pass out.

When he woke up, he felt that he was inside this van and was being transported towards this place.

And now, he found himself being thrown out on the cold and dusted concrete floor in the middle of nowhere.

He swore to himself that should he be given the chance to escape from this place, he would beat this people and kill them after.

He inwardly cursed when he felt the tightness of the rope which was binding his arms behind him.

The rough fall also might have caused his arm to sprain as it was aching after a few seconds when he landed.

"Aish!" He cursed when he felt the pain.

He didn't know how long he had been abducted and his exact location. He didn't know if it was night or day outside.

Most importantly, he didn't know who was behind this abduction.

J didn't know that all of his questions would then be answered sooner. For now, he will be held in captivity unless these people received a new order from the boss.

***

Eunji left the company with an indifferent mood.

She would be going to Busan to visit Layla and Sophie there.

She had decided that it's best for Layla and Sophie to stay there during her absence. That way, Layla would recover faster and Sophie would experience a childhood surrounded with nature.

Angelina was coming with her as Karina was also now in Busan.

It took them a few hours drive to get to their destination.

They had to drive in the rural area of Busan where Master Liu's manor was located.

While they were on the way, Eunji received a notification from her men that J was already on the warehouse.

She gave them the instructions on what to do to him and while waiting for her next instruction.

Eunji then observed Angelina who was sitting on the passenger's seat of her car beside the chauffeur.

"If you're curious about the call, you can ask me." Eunji said in an indifferent tone.

"What are you trying to hint, Devie?" Angelina inquired.

"Well, you looked interested about it. So stop guessing and I'll answer your question only if you'll ask me." Eunji said.

"As I said in the past, I'll only involve myself on the matters which you only allowed me to take part of." Angelina told her with conviction.

"Okay..." Eunji whispered and decided to look away from her.

Angelina on the other hand was curious as to what Eunji was trying to play.

Whatever she wanted to do with J, she won't interrupt her. She's in no position to stop Eunji in doing it.

She knew her place and what her role was in Eunji's game.

And she knew that betraying Eunji would never bring her good result.

Not that she planned to do so.

Yes, he cared for J. She's still human who had feelings and sympathy towards others.

She had indirectly hinted him to stop his obsession to Eunji as it would only bring him harm but he didn't listen to her.

J chose the path which led him to betray Eunji and now, Eunji's up to collect his payment for his betrayal.

She never lacked in reminding him...and so...she should not feel guilty of what he would end up in the end.

Deep inside, she still hoped that Eunji would not kill J and banish him somewhere else as punishment.

But she knew that she could never influence Eunji's decision.

The car came to a stop when they finally reached their destination. The door was then opened from the outside by the chauffeur and Eunji went out of it.

Angelina followed after her.

Master Liu's servants welcomed them.

"Where's Sophie and my mother?" She asked the woman whom she had gotten familiar already. She's the head of the servants in Master Liu's manor. She took charge in all the household chores inside the manor together with seven other younger servants.

"Good evening, Mistress!" They greeted her.

Although they were serving Master Liu, they were employed by Devie to help him in managing his place.

And it was Eunji who was paying their wages.

Thus, Eunji was there indirect employer.

They were also families of the KSA agents who was under Eunji so, just like their family members, they agreed to address Eunji as mistress.

Eunji didn't mind though.

The people working under her in the company addressed her as Chairman while those handling her other affairs addressed her as Mistress.

There's not much of a difference between the two anyways so she just let them.

"Young Miss, Lady Karina and Madame is in the training hall. Master Liu's training Lady Karina with martial arts now." The Head Servant replied.

"Okay. Please prepare for dinner and call us when it's served." With that, she dismissed them and headed to where the training ground was located.

As they walked through the covered path going to there, she could hear Karina's determined yell in a distance.

"Ha!"

"Kyah!"

"Pay attention to your form!" Master Liu's strict voice echoed on the hall.

Master Liu was strict to the core when it comes to training his student. Eunji knew of that since she had experienced it first hand.

She hoped that Karina could learn lot from Master Liu just like she did before.

That's why she was not against the idea of letting Karina to be trained by Master Liu in her absence.

After all, Karina was his indirect disciple.

Two of his ten students were training on the other side of the hall seriously.

Master Liu had four senior disciples including Eunji and Anastasia. But among the sisters, it was Eunji who adopted his techniques pretty well. In short, it was Eunji who's the best among his disciples.

She even defeated her senior brother in a sparring match when she was just ten years old and he was sixteen that time.

Eunji had a lot of potential and he was eyeing her to take over his position, to be his successor.

But she had a lot in her plate already that's why he decided to take Sophie as his successor instead of Eunji.

And he was over the moon when Eunji agreed to his request.

Eunji knew that being his successor would be a tough path for Sophie but she knew her daughter had the heart for that challenge.

In fact, the little girl had shown her interest with it in such a young age.

She would always go and watch Karina's training and her eyes would sparkle in delight and she was seriously watching her sister's every move every time.

As her mother, she will support her child with it.

If she decided to not pursue with this path, even Master Liu won't be able to force her daughter if she no longer wanted to do it.

Just like how the rules of the underworld didn't stop her to free herself from it, before.

Now...her problem was how could she make Nathan to understand about the path that she had technically chosen for Sophie to take on in the future.

Speaking of the man, she hoped that he's okay, especially Li Wei whom she had left alone while being sick.

Well, Alora informed her that he was discharged from the hospital that night so, he should be okay, right?

As she thought of her sons and her other daughter, she could not help not to be depressed.

She's such a cruel and bad mother to them.

And she knew she didn't deserve their forgiveness.