“That’s what I was saying back then. You didn’t answer properly.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Is this your first time or not? Have you ever kissed anyone else besides me?”

“What? There must be something!”

When I asked the question out of the blue, the correct answer came out. Only then did I feel satisfied and shrug my shoulders.

“No, what? It doesn’t matter if I have it?”

“I don’t mind either? So, you?”

Look at that question he asked 0.1 seconds after I said it didn’t matter. I felt like teasing him for no reason, so I stroked his chin with my finger and rolled my eyes. I should just increase the temper as much as the ill-tempered black panther can bear.

I scratched Chase gently, as if I was waving a fishing rod with a tangled rope in front of a kitten. They were similar to black

panthers and kittens…

“Hmm. You said it didn’t matter, but I guess it does.”

“None. None. But I said it, so you should say it too, to be fair.”

“No? If it doesn’t matter, then it doesn’t matter either.”

“Are you kidding me? Why don’t you listen to me?”

“Chase said it first, right?”

“Dog, I’m really angry.”

Unfortunately. Chase’s shallow patience soon reached its limit. His expression hardened in an instant, and his pitch-black eyes flashed menacingly.

“It’s suspicious that you keep crushing him.”

What did you do with that kid? If you confess, I’ll give you a reduced sentence puppy. What sin did I commit! I didn’t know that jealousy could be so cruel. But is this jealousy? Just say no later. No, I don’t want you to be jealous, but……..

“No, no. Stop rolling your eyes!”

In the end, I hurriedly waved both my hands and grabbed it.

I don’t know what the original Leoruka was like, but since nothing happened to me, I decided to just leave it at that. I’ll ask the director later.

Thanks to the solution, Chase’s morning sickness showed signs of improvement for a while. But unfortunately… or rather, strangely, the kiss that happened that day never happened again.

Whenever Chase was having a hard time. I would go over to him and lean over, and he would snicker despite his haggard appearance.

“Would you like a kiss?”

When I asked hesitantly, he lowered his head toward me with wide eyes.

I quietly closed my eyes and waited for the kiss to follow. The lips that touched lightly and then parted were soft and warm.

The problem was that, that was the end…?

No, that’s not the problem……..

It’s not that I’m feeling bad, but if I keep giving bird kisses like this, won’t it have no effect on morning sickness? I have^[1]he has a lot of work to do, and I have^[2]he has to take over Tesati in the future, and after I^[3]he take over, I have to run it, so if Chase, who has to work like an ox is groaning from morning sickness, it’s only going to be difficult for me!

With such purely selfish intentions, he grabbed Chase’s elbow and asked timidly.

“Is this okay? I don’t think it’ll work…”

“It’s okay.”

“It won’t be okay…”

“Why? Do you regret it?”

“What are you talking about? Who is saying what is missing and why! Do you think everything can be resolved with words?” As I jumped up and down in excitement. Chase crossed his arms and said. “Hmm.” Then he closed his eyes and smiled wryly, and his face was so arrogant and pretty that it made me very annoyed.

“That’s not the problem now.”

I was grumbling with discontent as Chase turned on the TV and gestured to the screen with his chin. If this isn’t the problem, then what is? What issue is more important than kissing in the world?… No, what issue is bigger than getting over morning sickness in a healthy way?

“Why? Did you figure out how to make bossam kimchi?”

Chase looked dumbfounded when I grumbled back. I still felt resentful that I couldn’t figure out how to make kimchi that day…

I boiled pork, so I had to make do with a poorly made radish salad made by cutting radish and coating it in red pepper powder. I didn’t know why he was acting like that. I’m definitely going to figure out a kimchi recipe someday.

“Stop talking about bossam kimchi and watch TV first. I’ll definitely do that for you later.”

“You promised. You have to add some raw oysters too.”

“Okay, okay.”

The screen I glanced at with such a discontented expression was showing the noon news. On the right a picture of a large ship was displayed, and an announcer with a stiff expression was delivering the breaking news.

[BDI or shipping freight index, has been on a downward trend for four consecutive months. With the outlook for the shipping market uncertain, attention is focused on the fate of Tesati, the fifth largest shipping company in Korea. If Tesati, which has not been able to find a new owner for several months, goes bankrupt, large domestic shipbuilders that previously ordered new ships from the company will also not be able to deliver the ships, which is expected to have a negative impact on their performance. If we are not careful, this could lead to a chain of bankruptcies…]

The report went on for a long time, but there was not a single word that could be understood. So what was going on? Was that Tesati was going to fail?

Chase let out a deep sigh mixed with laughter as he looked back at the screen and wiggled his fingers.

“I’ve been giving you corporate reports for a month, but you still don’t understand?”

“So why waste time like that?”

“It’s a boast, huh?”

You could have just said it nicely, but you had to start by harassing me like this. Do you really like me? If you keep treating your crush like this, you’ll never be able to get along with each other!

I glared at Chase while muttering to myself. As soon as our eyes met, I had to quickly look down and pretend not to know anything.

“You can study the other story later, but let me just get to the point.”

Study separately? Do I have to study again? I frowned for a moment, then opened my eyes wide when he said he would tell me the conclusion. Chase smiled faintly and pinched my cheek, pulling me closer.

“This is the low point. Let’s get in now.”

What? That was really important!

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A few days later, I finally finished setting up my own investment company. It took a little longer than I expected, since I had

been in discussions with Chase since they decided to invest in the film production. I was listed as the largest shareholder with an 85% stake, and Chase, which was supposed to be in charge of operations, wasto hold 7.5%. But Chase did not readily accept this. “Why am I getting 7.5%? Does that make sense?”

If you gave it to me, I would have accepted it kindly. I didn’t know why you always talked so much. I got annoyed, so I waved my hand and gave a vague answer

“It’s a leash, a leash”

I said it as a joke, but in fact, I was serious. In the original, Chase joined the Kaisa Group around this time, and after experiencing various incidents he returned to the Arteon family with a burning desire for revenge against Leoruca, which was what concerned me.

Unlike the original, in this life, there would be no harm done to Chase’s mother because of my fault, and since our relationship was pretty good, I believed that such a thing would not happen. However, I thought it would be better to be careful because the original power or something like that might be activated. Above all, I couldn’t let Arteon take my only brain, so I had no choice but to keep this leash tight.

But if you listen to me, you are not a black panther.

“Don’t worry, just take it. I’ll work my butt off even if you don’t give it to me. What if I give shares to an undergraduate student who hasn’t even graduated yet? Are you going to continue doing business like this in the future?”

And then the nagging continued for another 20 minutes.

“Oh, really. Stop nagging me!”

I covered my ears with both hands and screamed. Chase had been refusing to take my salary for a while because there would be no income, so I decided to give him shares instead, but now he was making a fuss about the share ratio. Chase kept chasing me around all day, making a fuss, saying that I would live like this in this harsh world with my eves open and my nose cut off…