"That wasn't entirely my fault." Dakota walked up to him and spoke to him. "It's your fault you tried to take what I have." He emphasized one thing.If that woman hadn't tried to snatch the small ball that he took, then that kind of incident wouldn't have happened either. After all, she didn't pay any damages, and he was the one who paid for the fine, so he had no reason to be upset.The woman looked at Dakota with widened eyes. "My fault, you say?" Her body moved to face Dakota. From the look on her face, she didn't seem to accept Dakota's words. "Don't you understand the concept? How can you call that thing yours? If you haven't got it in your hands, then it's not yours. You haven't even paid for it!" Her gaze looked dumbfounded. "Damn it, how nice of you to accuse me of causing that mess while you're the one who hit me so hard." The woman spoke somewhat softly while glancing at the motorcycle she was carrying.The motorcycle would not start. Where the problem was, she did not know.
James sat on a large chair in a room different from the one he used to entertain Dakota yesterday. The old man seemed to be staring at a portrait of a boy whose approximate age was around eight. James looked at him with a look of longing in his eyes. "How is he doing now? Is he still alive somewhere and doing well?" James looked regretful within himself.He imagined again the events that had become his nightmare all this time. Even though it had been a long time, James could never be okay. Another reason why he cared so much about charities targeting orphanages and child welfare was because he remembered his grandson. Even though he knew that his grandson was no longer a child if he was still alive, he still remembered his little figure.Next to James stood Ray, staring at the same portrait. He looked silent, but his gaze held many stories on the figure. He regretted that he could not do anything, and his carelessness in ensuring the safety of the O'Connor family made a big loss to be
Dakota was stunned. He snorted an incredulous laugh, glancing at the ball, and then looked back at them. "You two are acting like children." He got up from her seat. "At your age, you should be aware of how the world works and be able to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate actions." He noticed them staring at him with indifference. "You should apologize to me." H stood near the ball that had landed beside him as he dodged.The two men looked at each other and laughed. One of them walked over and stood facing him. He was not to be outdone. So, he shows that he is not intimidated by what Dakota is doing. "Apologize?" He frowned. "Shouldn't you be the one apologizing to us?" He raised his hand to point at the sea. "You're the one who threw our balls over there." He stared in annoyance."If we hadn't quickly picked up the ball, it would have been washed away by the waves." His friend, who had thrown the ball at Dakota on purpose, added. He gave Dakota a fierce glance while
"Thank you," Dakota said to a waiter who came to deliver his dinner order.Dakota, who has been busy for the past two months, deliberately took time this week to take a vacation, and he chose an inn near the beach for his summer vacation. Even then, it was not a vacation that was too luxurious, just a vacation that he did without a preliminary plan, which he only decided a few hours before and then left.When he had decided to go on vacation he deliberately arranged everything his self, not even Anna was invited to join him because he really wanted to enjoy quietly on his own time.But it seems his plan didn't entirely work out. Dakota accidentally caught the figure of the woman he had met on the beach. The woman clearly realized that Dakota was sitting at the table, and she deliberately chose the empty chair next to Dakota to sit on."Just here, baby," the woman said to her girlfriend, who was invisible to Dakota because he didn't care what the woman was doing there and who she calle
"Sir?" The woman murmured, ensuring her ears didn't mishear her lover called Dakota by a polite-sounding title.Dakota looked at her. Then he remembered that face was one of the men he saw in the office bowing politely to her when he came in with Anna. He had only caught a glimpse of it, but he remembered it well."You don't need to be polite to him, dear." The woman spoke to her in annoyance, the look on her face looking at Dakota sarcastically, then back at her man. "He's a very annoying guy. He's been bothering me with his rude remarks ever since."The man she was talking to rounded his eyes. He looked choked up and panicked at what she said. Then he watched Dakota with a worried face.But the woman ignored the look on his face. She had no intention of stopping. "You saw for yourself even just now that she turned on me before you, right?" She snorted. "He's a freak." She seemed to hold a grudge against Dakota. "I want you to teach him a lesson."Despite being called a freak, Dakota
"Did you do any healing elsewhere, sir?" The doctor examining James asked, a look of surprise on his face as he examined James' body.James, who was lying down, looked at him equally astonished. "What does that mean? What's wrong with my body?" He who was lying down averted his eyes.Ray, standing guard at the end of his bed, walked over to the Doctor. "Is there something serious going on in the development of his body?" He remained calm, waiting for the Doctor's response to his question.The Doctor put his stethoscope back on James' chest, but he didn't answer Ray's question immediately. "Sir, try to inhale slowly and deeply, then hold it for a few moments." He directed James to follow his orders.James did what the Doctor directed easily. He didn't feel any problem in his body.The Doctor pulled the stethoscope from his chest. Then, he read James' health report from the overall examination. "There is no problem in his body." He finally voiced as he continued to open the result sheet
"What happened?" Dakota's mind was silent in the arms of James, who was currently holding him.From James' body, Dakota could tell that the man was in shock because his body was shaking. James suddenly hugged him after he got a whisper from Ray.Dakota moved stiffly. He didn't know what to do in that situation. When his eyes looked at Ray, the man smiled sadly."A-finally, after so long..... after so much searching, he is near me. I missed him so much." Dakota could only listen to the unclear sentence in James' mind.Dakota frowned. He was very curious about what happened to them but couldn't push James from his arms, so he waited for James until the man's emotions subsided.James released his embrace. "I'm sorry, I am. You must have been surprised, Dakota." The old man looked at Dakota with emotion and warmth. "I can't believe fate brought us together through my accident. You helped me then, and we connected."James never thought that fate brought them together in such an unexpected
"My father..." Dakota paused momentarily, staring at various photos of a man who looked to be in his mid-thirties, along with a small child who was himself and a woman who was the same age as the adult man.Dakota is currently at the O'Connor family home. James takes him to see traces of his father in a room that once belonged to him.Dakota's eyes stare blankly. All this time, he did not know the whereabouts of his parents until he concluded that he was an orphan who did not have parents, and it turned out to be true."What kind of person is he, sir?" Dakota turned to James.James smiled sadly as he heard Dakota calling him 'mister' instead of 'grandpa.' James knew it wasn't easy to accept a sudden change.He looked at Dakota warmly. "Your father was a warm man." His eyes seemed to reminisce those times with longing. "He was the opposite of your attitude. Your father was cheerful, friendly, and kind. Because of that attitude, people looked down on him, thinking he wasn't fit to lead.
"What is this? Why is the news like this?" the aunt stared at the screen dumbfounded.The news they prepared and presented to the media to attack Dakota suddenly turned around and attacked them. Moreover, the news exposed their family's confidential matters."It is known that the family of the O'connor family heir's adoptive father before returning to the O'connor family treated the heir with bad manners." The man presenting the news spoke loudly with the news. "They took the money from her father's death insurance without giving any of the money left to Dakota."They were dumbfounded, looking at each other. Not understanding how it could have happened. They had no idea that news about themselves would be exposed to the media. They weren't necessary, so they didn't think the press would target them."How did they find out about that?" They were stunned. Even Dakota didn't know about her adoptive father's insurance, and his will wasn't read in front of her. She hadn't received any supp
"What the hell is Dakota doing to us?" Said the uncle, who was currently on the side of the road not far from Dakota's company.They were all forcibly evicted by the security guards and threatened to be reported to the authorities if they were still there. So, with the people forced to leave, they looked disgruntled and upset."I don't accept what he did to us." The aunt coaxing Dakota with her sweet words now showed her true face. "She can't just kick us out."The people strolling and blocking the other pedestrians seemed to be very indifferent to the other people. They walked and stopped, walked and stopped again without caring.There were three women and two men, but none cared about Dakota.The woman who had blonde hair and looked younger than them looked at her brothers with a similar look on her face. "He can't be allowed. We must teach Dakota a lesson." The woman privatized hi,."Lesson?" The woman who approached Dakota earlier turned his attention to the woman. "What do you me
"Dakota, you're such a joker." The woman, whose face looked shocked a moment ago, now turned soft. She chuckled while patting Dakota's arm.But Dakota had a different expression. He ignored what the woman was doing and just glanced at her with her gaze looking down because they were quite short and too close to her.The woman touched Dakota's hand like she was used to doing that every time she met Dakota. She didn't seem awkward at all, even though to Dakota, what she was doing was a nuisance.The woman's eyes widened, and with her face as friendly as possible, she spoke, "You are very easy to joke with. I can tell that you're a good person." She complimented Dakota, flicking her gaze towards the others, and the men greeted the woman's words with pitched exclamations. "After all, we're the ones who took care of you when you were little. If it wasn't for us, you wouldn't be in this place right now." She spoke with pride."That's right!" The others exclaimed. "We are the family that too
"I told you to let me in!" Snapped the man, Dakota's uncle, while Dakota's status was unknown.Because the news about Dakota circulated across the country and appeared in the newspapers, people who recognized Dakota recognized Dakota's picture, which was only taken briefly because the O'Connor family still guarded his identity.But for people who intersect with her, of course, Dakota's silhouette is so easy for them to recognize. Therefore, the uncle is currently in the leading company owned by the O'Connor family to find Dakota."Sorry, but you can't come in." The guard at the building's main door blocked his uncle Dakota's attempt to break in.Since they were so insistent on getting in, they seemed normal at first. But when asked what their purpose was and if they had made a schedule to meet, the people, instead of answering argued to be allowed to enter.The man with slightly bleached hair near his ears brushed off the guard's hand. "I told you I was his uncle! Didn't you hear me?"
"How could this be Dakota?" The voice of a woman in the crowd on the street, staring at the street billboard that showed an announcement about Dakota.The woman stared wide-eyed at Dakota's appearance, which had changed 180 degrees from the Dakota she once recognized. The woman tightly clenched her hand that held her bag tightly, her eyes did not move from where they were, listening to the news being aired all over the country.She was Gea, the woman who rejected Dakota's love five times because Dakota was just a poor man. Gea used to really dislike Dakota because of Dakota's poor status. She was upset that a poor man like Dakota dared to like someone like her.But now, Gea seemed frustrated to know the truth. "I should have just accepted it back then." She regretted it. "If I was with him, my life wouldn't have been possible like it is today."She grumbled in annoyance, her past suddenly came back into her head, she remembered the figure of Dakota who used to like her but she rejecte
"I heard that there are many guests coming today." A glamorous woman in a dress cut low on the chest spoke to a man before her.The man nodded. "Yes. I saw from the guest list that the guests invited by them are three times more than the guests they usually invite." The classic-looking man responded.Many people dressed in luxurious clothes in the ballroom of the residence occupied by the O'Connor family as one of their leisure homes.They wore hand oes, clothes, and jewelry from world designers with limited items. They seemed to enjoy the party even though the main event had not started.Their conversations varied, ranging from simple greetings by those who rarely met because they had their own busy schedules, talking about business and what was trending among the upper-class people, to talking about their respective lifestyles as show-offs."Almost everyone who comes to this place is critical." In the middle of the party, the other guests were observing the guests.The woman with br
"I got a lot done today." Dakota stretches his shoulders in the spinning chair before the computer screen.A few days ago, James had given him various assignments that suddenly became jobs he had to take care of and learn about.Starting with learning about their family tree, the company run by their family, and the people involved with their family, all Dakota learned because of James' orders to him.James wanted Dakota to know that as a basis, then after he understood it, James made Dakota tour each of their subsidiaries, but Dakota was there to accompany him and look around.For a whole week, Dakota's schedule was packed with things James had in mind after observing him. Dakota still remembers that just when he thought his schedule was over, James said, "It's time to introduce you to the public. You've prepared everything you need to know, and now it's time for you to emerge as the heir of the O'Connor family.""I have prepared the guest list. Mr. James said you need to look at it
"Hands off!" she snapped at the officer loudly. "What are you doing?" he looked panicked and worriedly at Dakota. "Sorry I came late, sir."All of them looked shocked and couldn't believe what they saw, especially the manager and the security guard, who recognized the man with the cane as their senior officer in the mall. The man was the highest leader of their branch mall. He was the managing director.The manager looked nervous. He read the situation and tried to realize what was happening. "Mr. Director, what are you doing here?" he looked confused. "Don't you have an important meeting today? Why can't you?" Those questions came to mind.As he said them one by one, he was like getting the scattered puzzle pieces and being able to put them together clearly, then his face turned anxious and panicked looking at Dakota.He looked at Dakota with a fierce look. "No way, so he owns this mall, like he said? he's not lying?" the man thought to himself.Dakota glanced at him with a slight sn
"Come to the watchdog room section. Some people are giving me a hard time in this place," Dakota said right after their call was connected."You're currently at the mall, sir?" the voice on the other end sounded panicked. Without giving Dakota a chance to answer his question, he spoke again, "Yes, sir, I'll be right there." He ended their phone call. He ended their phone call.Dakota contacted one of the highest-ranking staff in the mall. It was true that Dakota did have the largest share there. But he did not run it and take a position as one of the board of directors there because his work was already too much, and he just wanted to take his profit opportunities.Being an investor for them was much more flexible because he couldn't divide his time while he had a lot of work.As their call ended, the woman looked at him with a laugh. "What are you doing? Who did you call?" She chuckled. She really couldn't believe that Dakota was the one who owned such a big mall.Even being one of t