Kang Se-heon looked at him with a “What are you talking about?” expression, and Tae-seo, wearing an awkward smile, held out his spoon. Then he stalled for time as he ate the braised quail egg Se-heon had placed on his plate.

It was true that the Chairman wasn't someone who’d just let things slide, but it was mostly his own fault for forgetting to mention it earlier.

“It’s the rumor about me and hyung going around at the university.”

“The same rumor you mentioned before?”

Tae-seo shook his head, referring to the rumor that had only gone as far as “Yoon Tae-seo is seeing Kang Se-heon.”

“If it was just that, of course I kept quiet. But then a rumor popped up that could be a little damaging for hyung, so I asked Grandpa for help.”

So that’s why he outright went public with the relationship through a news article? As if asking, “Was that what you were thinking?” Se-heon glanced over at Chairman Kang Hak-jung, who remained perfectly calm.