Looking at Baek Na-na's side and the many shareholders and officials at her side, Mr Kan walked up to Kim Hyun-Jun without hiding his downcast expression. He is one of the three major shareholders that remained loyal to Kim Hyun-Jun. He patted Hyun-Jun on the shoulder and said, "I guess we have no choice but to give in, we can make a comeback soon, but for now we are out numbered, I don't think we can make it." The man said with clear surrender reflecting in his voice.
Kim Hyun-Jun slowly removed the hand on his shoulder and cupped it in his, he glanced at the empty row of seats.
"Don't lose hope so soon, the process can not be concluded unless every shareholders and officials have casted their votes, who knows I might be in luck to have some of the ones yet to arrive that will side with me." Kim Hyun-Jun said as if he has the assurance,
'After all, I have treated them well over the years, at least there should be some of them who has some humanity left in them.' He thought as he glared at the traitors on the other side one by one.
His gaze landed on Kim Do-Joon and he gritted his teeth in regret, 'Did I not promise you KimJin?, you could have at least stood by my side and earn me victory, I should have known my security cannot be placed on you alone.'
As Kim Hyun-Jun had expected, the few shareholders and officials that are yet to arrive made their appearance soon and among them a little more than half had joined his side, narrowing the formerly wide gap between the two parties.
Right at the moment the announcer declared the arrival of another shareholder, a popular one that no one knows, the shareholder always hid her identity and everyone only referred to her as Ms K, she also always attended the conferences and meetings virtually and never revealed her face.
Though the percentage of shares she holds could not categorize her as a majority shareholder, since she was a foreign investor, KimJin treated her well and never sought out to discover her identity. Surely, at this moment, hearing of her arrival, though it stunned Kim Hyun-Jun, with all the strength left in him, he prayed that this woman hadn't come here to side with Baek Na-na.
It would even be okay if she remains neutral, that's because it would do him no good if she is here for the other side, it would finally be game over.
Min Ju-Eun carefully walked into the conference room and walked up to Kim Hyun-Jun where he stood. She bowed slightly and courteously and smiled as she introduced herself. "I am Min Ju-Eun..."
Kim Hyun-Jun was definitely surprised to see her, he stared at the stunning woman in front of him and couldn't help but fumble with words, "What... I, Ehm, what is this, I mean why are you here? What are you doing here?"
Min Ju-Eun's smile broadened and said, "Everyone here knows me as Ms K, so I think I should be here, don't worry I am here to side with you." She declared.
Mr Kan who had yet to return to his seat turned to Kim Hyun-Jun and questioned, "Sir, Do you know her?" He had also heard about Ms K's arrival just now and the only one who walked in was this woman. He had also heard her confirm her identity but seeing Kim Hyun-Jun's surprised expression he could not but ask.
Kim Hyun-Jun cleared his throat and turned to the Man, "Well she is..."
"The mother of his child," Min Ju-Eun interrupted, she was sure he was about to just introduce her formally but she would not allow that. If his own wife is going to betray him, maybe it's time to show up and stand by his side.
She flashed Kim Hyun-Jun a mischievous look that only lasted a second before she continued, "You must not know but I am the reason for this crisis. I am here to help put an end to this by myself," she explained to the man.
Min Ju-Eun then returned to find herself a seat not minding the gazes piercing through her. She could hear the whispers at the other side as she swayed gracefully to her seat.
Min Ju-Eun's words left a shocked expression on Mr Kan's face. He turned to Kim Hyun-Jun and was about to look for a confirmation but Kim Hyun-Jun didn't even wait for him to talk before speaking with guilt reflecting in his speech, " Yes, it's true... She is that Min Ju-Eun I wanted to get married to initially, you remember, don't you? I didn't realize that she was with child at that time. Bae Na-na is just being petty, forcing out her anger on me, she thinks I made a cuckquean of her..."
"... And that's what all this is about?" Mr Kan completed Kim Hyun-Jun's sentence. He then parted his friends shoulder and continued, "We all knew what kind of person Min Ju-Eun was, even now, she still wouldn't let anything get in your way. Such a pity that you couldn't get such a good woman. But this time around I think you know what to do once this is over, right?"
Kim Hyun-Jun chuckled at that last sentence, how would he keep the bunch of pests who betrayed him after seeing their destructive power?, he will stop at nothing to weed them all out. But it's still too early to think of that. The gap is not wide anymore but He still hadn't gotten ahead of Kim Do-Hyun.
Bae Na-na who was originally smug earlier was beginning to tremble upon seeing that Kim Hyun-Jun was closing in on them. Her expression completely turned ugly when she saw Min Ju-Eun walk in and speak to her man like it's a normal thing, 'She wouldn't be able to do that if Jun wasn't using her as security right?, I didn't know she has not learned her lesson yet. I won you in the past and I will do the same again!' she gritted her teeth angrily.
Just then the door to the conference room burst open and a young man walked in confidently, the manner to which the young man walked in had some arrogance to it.
As he walked through the path to the front, heads turned in his direction and gasps where heard from all directions,
"What is the CEO of Min Corporation doing here at KimJin's official meeting?"
"Is he here to make trouble?"
"What else do you think?... What are the security guards doing, why did they even let him in?"
Yo-Han did not even mind the whispers, he clearly did not care. He walked up to Kim Hyun-Jun and paid his respect and this stunned everyone. Is this not the young CEO, the rival of the Kim family's KimJin?
Even Bae Na-na and the twins could not seat comfortably anymore. They were scared of what trick Yo-Han might have up his sleeves and just as they feared the situation turned around for the worst.
After Yo-Han had greeted Kim Hyun-Jun, he explained his purpose for appearing here, "This son of yours has caused you a lot of trouble and I feel bad about it... I have acquired quite a percentage of shares under the disguise of investors in the period of three years and I initially wanted to use it against you but you are not my enemy anymore, I am glad I was able to get my grasp on that amount of shares, it's huge security during times like this."
Among the disguised investors, it was the Chairman of Ki Tae tyres who first rose from his seat and walked up to Yo-Han and Kim Hyun-Jun, though he felt awkward, he still managed to greet Yo-Han. "Mr Park, I just received the notice, and I assure you that our Ki Tae Tyres will stand wherever you stand."
The order he received from Wang Dae-Woong was to do whatever Yo-Han commands and he was doing just that. He had no inkling that Yo-Han had changed side and had joined forces with Kim Hyun-Jun else he wouldn't have joined Baek Na-na's train. Scared that Yo-Han will misunderstand his intentions, he hurried over to explain himself.
Soon, Felon AI, King Parts, Rising Tech and a few more investors walked up to Yo-Han. And also changed sides. All this people were those Yo-Han had planted in KimJin when he still didn't know the truth about the Kim family and his own identity. Now that everything is clear. He made use of them for his father's insurance.
Although the voting exercise had yet to begin, it was already clear as day that Kim Hyun-Jun already took the lead and the chances of loosing to Baek Na-na is just too slim. Little by little, some of those minor shareholders approached Kim Hyun-Jun with their tails between their legs.
Seeing this people deserting her, Bark Na-na was ready to burst in anger anytime soon. She had done all she could during the past twenty three years to get KimJin for herself. Now that she got the opportunity she was so sure that her dreams had finally come true. If not for the bastard and his mother, she would not lose like this. Fuming with anger she wanted to leave in the middle of the meeting even before the voting exercise began but she would really lose her dignity if she did that so she could only grit her teeth furiously.
Soon the Announcer returned to the podium after the recess and announced the commencement of the voting exercise.
Once Baek Na-na casted her vote, she did not wait for the result and left while her twin follow behind her. She stopped in front of Kim Hyun-Jun and glared furiously at him. "It is not over yet, just wait and see." She was about to turn and walk away when Kim Hyun-Jun said to her, "I think it's over. Don't worry my lawyer will be punctual when delivery the divorce papers to you tomorrow morning." He chuckled and walked away and found himself a seat beside Yo-Han and Min Ju-Eun.
The news hit Baek Na-na with surprise. She couldn't believe her ears, did Kim Hyun-Jun just declare divorce? 'After how many years? It's all because of Min Ju-Eun right?, wait and see what I will do to her. Let's see if you will still want her afterwards.' She picked up her pace and stormed off angrily. She didn't last two meters before tears started rolling down her face. She couldn't help but replay the memory of her youth.
As a teenage girl, she never crush on any other man, she never had her eyes set on any other man, she just wanted Kim Hyun-Jun to see her and no matter what she did, he didn't see her the way she hope he did but that was fine, at least he didn't look at any other girl. But ever since Min Ju-Eun appeared in his life, that was the beginning of her unbearable life.
Even after she managed to get rid of Min Ju-Eun, Kim Hyun-Jun still didn't view her as a woman, he only treated her the way he would treat the nanny taking care of his motherless children. Her marital life had been a series of hills and valleys up until now and it's all Min Ju-Eun's fault, isn't it? If she didn't walk into Kim Hyun-Jun's life, he would at list consider her as his wife, even if he couldn't fully love her, he would at least give her his attention, he wouldn't spend his years waiting for someone else to walk back into his life. That's preferable to what she is experiencing now.
If her marital life hadn't been the way it is, would she covet KimJin?, She wouldn't want to get back at him so much as to wage war against the man she wanted to give her heart to.
She got into the elevator and could not hold back the tears anymore.
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Where Kim Hyun-Jun sat, he didn't even bother about what might happen to the brittle-hearted Na-na. From the moment he realized she had drugged him in other to get herself pregnant with his child, that was when he began to lose hope in her but what she did today had thought him that she had no hope anymore. He didn't have to care about such useless fellow. He should pay his attention to his small family that stood up for him. He glanced at Yo-Han and asked. "You left the hospital with no guards again? Don't you learn?"
"Oh, Huh, I brought the guards but I don't need one following after me in my own father's domain. I asked them to wait at the basement park." Yo-Han explained.
Kim Hyun-Jun couldn't restrain a smile as he heard Yo-Han's explanation. "Yes, you are in your father's domain." He chuckled at his own words and a flutter of happiness spread through his heart.