PROLOGUE

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Myungsoo's pov
"Aish you brat! You cheated me again. This time too. This is no fair play. Chincha!!" I yelled at Sungyeol who won me today for the 3rd time consecutively, in the online mobile game we had been playing for past 2 hours. He smirked at me and said "That's because you are still just a rookie my dear boy. You still have a long way to go, for you to reach my level." He said standing up from the swirl chair and looked down at me with a smug grin, teasing me about my height.

I hissed while standing up and shot back "Look my dear boy. I'm almost at your level. I just lack by 3 centimeters from you." making a hand level from his shoulder to mine to justify my words. He showed his signature smug smirk and said "Whatever. I'm still taller than you." We were actually playing games in the office room situated in his mansion, instead of going to the company as we both felt bored and were in a mood to play around.

I rolled my eyes and shrugged at him when Uncle Jung entered the office room with a document in his hand. He gave it to Sungyeol and said "Sungyeol ssi......." I corrected him before Sungyeol would repeat the sentence nth time in this two years as "Uncle Jung it's Sungyeol for you." Sungyeol nodded agreeing with me and said "Thanks buddy for helping me save my energy from this old man."

Uncle Jung cleared his throat and said "Sungyeol ah, see what I've got." passing the document he was holding to Sungyeol, for him to read. He got it and lazily placed it on the table nearby and asked "Uncle Jung just say what it is about. I'm in no mood to read the stupid documents of the clients." Uncle Jung just shook his head in disappointment while I reached for the document and started scanning the details written on it.

Uncle Jung stated "It's not any client's document Sungyeol ah. Its a loan agreement made by your appa with a man named Park Jungho, before he went on his vacation. That is 2 yrs ago. This man really owes us a huge amount." Sungyeol furrowed his eyebrows and said "How much is it Uncle Jung?" I answered looking at him seriously after reading the document "It sums upto 500 million won and he had agreed to pay it within 6 months, Sungyeol ah." He banged the table irritated and yelled "Such a huge amount? That bastard dared to survive in this world, without paying back such a huge sum?"

He then looked at the old man and said "Uncle Jung, hunt this bloody rascal and bring him here by today." The old man nodded and left the cabin to accomplish his work. Few hours later a middle aged man was dragged into the cabin with a blood stained face. The gaurd boys who brought him here made him kneel down infront of us, who were seated on the table in a stylish way like a model. The man began begging to us "Oh young men. Please spare my life. I'll return the amount in three days. Just give me sometime."

Sungyeol glared at him like he was trying to set him on fire and said "How will I believe that you will stick to your words and not run away as you did until this moment?" The man gasped aloud and said "I'll leave you all my information and my current residence address. Mr Lee knows who I am." I scoffed a laugh at him and said to Sungyeol "Hey buddy, it looks like this bastard is taking us for fools."

The man shouted in panic "Aniyo. Aniyo. The house is under my name and you can verify it if you want. I have nowhere to go except for my home." Uncle Jung cleared his throat and said in a stern voice "Jung Ho ssi only 3 days considering that Jung Pyo who was a loyal man to Mr Lee. If you don't pay it as said, you will loose everything you have including your worthless life. Understand?" The man nodded frantically and ran away from here like he just met some aliens.

Sungyeol's pov
The three days passed and yet the man is nowhere to be found. So I called Jaeseok to my cabin once I reached the company and said "Jaeseok ah. Go to Jung Ho's home and drag him here." He nodded and went with some men to hunt that man. Just 30 minutes passed and I got a call from Jaeseok. Once I attended the call, he said "Sungyeol ah. That man has already absconded from here. There's not even a furniture here except for a old unclear couple's photo and a letter sealed with wax."

I ran my hands through my hair in frustration and said "Fine bring the letter and the photo to my office. It could give us any evidence of that bastard." He hung the call and I placed my mobile in extreme annoyance. Myungsoo entered our office cabin whistling happily and sat beside me. He noticed the dark expression in my face and asked a chuckle "Sungyeol ah. What happend? Why do you look so dark that one can witness black deadly aura around you?" I glared at him and replied "I'm in no mood to laugh at your jokes dude. It's better if you shut your mouth now." 

He nodded and asked "I guess it's about the man who owes us a large sum. Am I right?" I looked at him in awe for reading my mind at such an ease for a moment and then again went back to being annoyed. I banged the wooden table with a fist and said "That filthy bastard absconded. Jaeseok just called me that there were only a couple's photo and a letter in his apartment. Its all because of the old man. If it wasn't for him, I would've made that man repay already."

We two looked at the entrance when we heard Uncle Jung clear his throat. Myungsoo smirked and said "Speak of the devil." Uncle Jung walked inside glaring at Myungsoo and said "Hey Myungsoo! Who do you call a devil?" I answered him with a glare "Not you Uncle but the stupid old man who let that Jungho run away." Uncle Jung muttered under his breath as "I should have shut my mouth when they called me a devil." But we were able to hear it clearly that led Myungsoo to burst out laughing in a manner that made me chuckle in the process.

Jaeseok then entered the room and handed me the old photo and the sealed letter. I gave the unclear you canphoto to Uncle Jung and said "Uncle Jung I want you to recreate this couple's face in the photo and do a search about them. It may lead us to find that Jungho man." He nodded and went away and I cut the seal and read the letter. It was written as

Young master Lee,
I'm sorry for not sticking to my words and for running away. Please understand. I don't have a penny with me as I've used everything I had in gambling, believing my luck, with a plan to atleast pay half of the amount if I win the gambling. But this old man wasn't that of a lucky hero and I was left with nothing, not even a penny. So I decided to run away for my dear life coz I know you guys will hunt and haunt me.
But as a compensation for the loan amount of 500 million won with its sum interest, you can have my niece in exchange for it. Her name is Park Seoyun. She's just 25 years old and you may do whatever you want with her.
                                       -Park Jung Ho

I grunted in frustration and rage after reading the letter. I crushed the paper into a ball and threw it away, leaving back a confused Myungsoo and Jaeseok. Myungsoo walked to me and slowly asked  "What happened Yeollie? What does the letter say?" I gritted my teeth in anger and replied "That bastard sold his niece in exchange for the amount. He even mentioned for me to do whatever I want with her. Such a jerk, selling someone's daughter for his unpaid loan."

Jaeseok then suggested "Then we will make her pay for his loan instead. We don't necessarily have to follow that letter right. We will use the letter to threaten the girl and make her pay the amount back." I looked at him with a smile and said "Nice! Go ahead Jaeseokie. Bring me her information right now." He nodded with a smile before leaving and came back after 10 minutes with a sheet of paper and a smirk plastered on his face. He gave me the paper saying "She's actually an employee in our office and someone we all know. Here see it for yourself."

I got the paper and looked at the picture of the person and a smirk grew on my lips. Myungsoo who was curious peeped from my right side to have a clear look. He gasped loudly and snatched the paper from my hands and looked at it as if he was scanning the person's face in detail. He looked at me shocked and asked "Isn't she the Park Seoyun we know? The quite girl from our high school and the girl who already has a past with you and us?" I smirked at him and said "Yeah she is. Now I know why Jaeseok smirked while bringing in the paper."

Jaeseok then asked me "So what are you gonna do with her now? It looks like you two are destined together." I stood up and walked near the place where the letter was thrown by me few minutes ago. I picked up the letter and corrected the crumpled paper neatly and looked at the guys with a smirk. Myungsoo looked at me and asked with a suspicious tone as "Are you planning something Sungyeollie?" I nodded and replied "It's time for me to play with my toy named Park Seoyun once again."

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