Dakota held out flowers to a woman. "Will you accept me?"The woman's eyes widened perfectly. "What are you doing?" She clenched her hands tightly together, holding back her embarrassment. "This is so embarrassing."Dakota confessed his feelings to a woman he loved in front of a crowd. He had already been rejected by her 100 times. The woman's name was Ghea. Despite the constant rejections, Dakota still didn't want to give up.Everyone watching them laughed. "That crazy guy wants to confess his love to Ghea again? He will definitely get rejected again!""Still won't give up even though he's been rejected repeatedly!" The voices of the other students continued to ring out with laughter, making Ghea feel even more embarrassed.Ghea's friends gently nudged her arm. "Come on, just accept her. He's tried so hard that it doesn't matter that he's confessed his love to you hundreds of times."Laughing, they deliberately teased Ghea. "Yes, Ghea. Just accept it! He's already prepared that beaut
Dakota woke up with his eyes widened to perfection. He was breathing heavily. His entire body was drenched with sweat. He cast his eyes around. He was in an all-white room with medical equipment attached all over his body and a monitor screen beside the bed that kept beeping, disturbing the hearing.Dakota looked at the IV tube attached to her right hand. "Ah, where am I? Why am I here?"Dakota looked around once more. Then he was surprised by the arrival of a female nurse who walked into Dakota's room with a friendly smile. "Thank goodness. Apparently you've regained consciousness."Something made Dakota's forehead immediately wrinkled in confusion when the nurse spoke calmly like nothing happened at all, but strangely she could hear the nurse's voice. In fact, the nurse was not talking.It was lazy to serve a poor man like this patient. He is not a rich man.Dakota shook his head while blinking his eyes several times because he felt something was wrong with his senses of hearing and
The doctor's face instantly changed. He released his embrace on his wife. "One moment." He approaches Dakota. "Can you wait in yout room?"Dakota looked at the doctor named Loewi intently. "Why not stay here, Doctor? Are you afraid of your wife finding out you're cheating on her?"Loewi's brow furrowed. He didn't understand why his patient would say that. Loewi was still calm in front of his wife. "What do you mean?"The woman named Olive beside Loewi also frowned, feeling strange about their quiet conversation. "Why, is there something going on?"Leowi smiled kindly, hiding his surprise at what Dakota had said. "Yes, this patient needs my help." He looked back at Dakota. "You can wait for me in the room, sir. I'll be right there with you."Dakota smiled, then whispered to Loewi. "I know that you are having an affair with a nurse here."Loewi is getting a strange feeling from Dakota. He holds Dakota's hand while speaking in a low tone of voice. "Let's talk about this in my office, sir
Dakota smiled happily now that he was out of the hospital. Loewi agrees to pay for Dakota's treatment costs of 1,200 dollars, on the condition that Dakota must keep their secret. Dakota didn't even know what their video recordings were. Dakota walked slowly with stiff footsteps. He was thinking about something.It turns out that utilizing other people's fear can be very profitable for me.Dakota exhaled his breath with relief. "With a great ability like this, I can do anything."Suddenly, Dakota remembered Ghea, who had rejected him hundreds of times, and Bruno, who had humiliated him in front of many people. The look on his face instantly turned into anger. Their treatment last time to hi,, had really gone too far.Dakota clenched his hands tightly while imagining Ghea and Bruno's faces at that time. "I will repay what they have done. I'll teach them the saddest lesson they've never felt before!"His chest felt even hotter when the faces of the people who laughed at him at that time
Jay widened his eyes perfectly as he stroked his red cheeks, aching with throbbing pain. He looked at Anna with an incredulous look in his eyes. "Why did you slap me, Anna? Do you believe a word this man says?"Anna stared intently at Jay. "I already knew that all along, you wanted my property, but I didn't think that you were planning to do such a terrible thing to me. And I, for one, don't like men who cheat on me!"Jay was shocked. He shook his head. "That's not true, Anna. I mean it to you. We already have plans to get married. Don't you remember any of that?""Shut up!" Anna pointed her index finger in Jay's face. "I don't want to have a husband like you. You're a very bad candidate for me! I don't want to see you again!"Jay tried to grab Anna's hand, begging her not to part. "Please, Anna. We can't split up!"My wish wasn't significant. I just want a man who can understand and accept me for who I am regardless of my possessions, but that's very difficult...Dakota could hear An
Anna chuckled with a flushed face. "Never mind, you're praising me too much. I'm not that pretty."Dakota smiled in response. They chatted casually, just flowing for several tens of minutes. It wasn't uncommon for her to laugh. Anna felt very happy and comfortable talking to Dakota. It was different when talking to Jay, who often made her talk to herself because Jay was more focused on playing on cell phones in front of her.Anna watched Dakota with a slightly furrowed brow. "Ah, I had forgotten. How did you find out about Jay planning that bad thing for me? I didn't even know about it myself."Dakota, who was drinking, became silent and then smiled slightly. "You don't need to know that."Anna nodded her head. "Yes, you're right. I don't need to know that." She sipped her drink with her eyes, not leaving Dakota. "I'm glad I got to meet and talk to a man like you, Dakota. You can understand how I am."Dakota responded to Anna's words calmly. "I'm glad that our meeting made a good impr
Of course, that didn't make Ghea and Bruno believe Anna's words. They laughed until Anna frowned, confused. Dakota watched the two people before him with cold eyes, not moving at all.Ghea wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes because she was laughing too much. "Are you kidding me? That's impossible."Bruno chuckled and shook his head. "No need to make up stories. You think we'll believe those lies?" He glanced at Anna with a condescending look. "You must have been asked to pretend to be his girlfriend, huh? What a pity!"Anna frowned. She had a hard look on her face. "No, no, no. We are dating. Dakota is my girlfriend."Even though they weren't actually dating, Anna would have done the same thing Dakota did earlier for her to break up with Jay.Bruno raised both eyebrows with a great look on his face. "What reward did this man give you? A lowly man like Dakota would do anything to get his way. He's an imposter! We warned you to stay away from this man!"Ghea tilted her head sli
After leaving Bruno and Ghea, Anna continued to chuckle as she drove, remembering the faces of the two people who looked surprised that Anna was richer than Bruno. She glanced back at Dakota. "Did you see how surprised their faces were? It was so funny."Dakota smiled in response to Anna's words. She didn't expect that a seemingly shy woman like Anna could do such a brave thing. "It turns out you're brave enough to fight them too."Anna smiled, watched Dakota for a moment, then focused back on looking straight ahead. "That's because of you. You helped me first. Thank you, Dakota."Dakota nodded her head in response to Anna's thanks. "Now we're even. You don't have to treat me anymore."Anna immediately turned to Dakota with a severe look in her eyes. She shook her head, disagreeing with the man's words. "I can't. I've promised to treat you better than today, Dakota. And you can't refuse it."Dakota nodded with a chuckle. "Okay."Although she refused on her lips, she was pleased in her
"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