I was possessed and it turned out to be a villainous sub dog?! — 6.3

“Tesati is doing well, but we still need to keep an eye on the situation. Right?”

“Yes, well… Right…”

As I mumbled my response with the ribs in my mouth to hide my expression. Chase snickered and continued speaking.

“These days, there’s a shortage of ships everywhere, but Tesati has been ordering a lot of new ships from shipyards for the past few years. There are also quite a few ships that are leased long-term at low prices.”

“Is it so…?”

“Right now, everyone is in chaos because they don’t have enough ships to carry the goods even though they are receiving a lot of orders, but we have secured a lot of ships at low prices, so we can receive as many orders as we want. These days, shipping costs are high due to the shortage of ships. We are charging a high price and securing a lot of goods, so our sales this quarter will be huge.”

“oh.”

I half-listened to it, but I understood how it was connected. I nodded while glancing at the TV screen that was showing the shipyard. So, to summarize in one word.

“Then it’s all good, right?”

“what?”

“It’s a good thing, isn’t it? Isn’t it?”

“…Yeah, it’s good anyway. But you.”

Chase answered with surprise, then narrowed his eyes.

Chase’s eyes filled with suspicion. I quickly turned my gaze to the bowl of braised ribs, but Chase grabbed my cheek with his hand. One side of my cheek sagged to the side.

“Puppy, I didn’t know what you were talking about.”

Of course I didn’t know, but I decided to hold on to it anyway. I tried to make an excuse to Chase even though my speech was slurred because my cheek was pinched.

“I know, but I know it all.”

“It’s suspicious that you’re telling me to turn off the TV while making a big fuss. This is all in the corporate report I gave you. Why do you look like you’re hearing this for the first time?”

“It’s wrong. I bought the company.”

Chase still didn’t look convinced.

But I felt wronged in my own way. How could I think of Tesati when you start with the shipyard story? Why don’t you just tell me the conclusion from the beginning? So this news is good, no… That’s enough!

“I can see what you’re thinking, but you need to know how the company is doing. Don’t you, Chairman?”

“Yes… Team leader…”

As expected, Chase didn’t give in even a single word today.

Finally, I sullenly replied with my tail hanging down —I don’t know when it came out— and the black panther finally let go of my cheek, seemingly satisfied. I’m sure there were red maple-leaf-like handprints on my cheek.

“But, these days, people understand things quickly, right?”

However, I can now understand quite a bit more. I said that it was a huge improvement over before when I couldn’t understand a single word, and that I hoped they would be considerate of me. When I appealed to them, Chase raised the corners of his mouth as if he was dumbfounded.

“Yeah, it’s a puppy’s job to eat well, sleep well, and be cute, but it was all my fault. Okay, now go eat some ribs.”

And then a piece of braised ribs went right into my mouth.

It should have happened long ago! I was eating galbijjim in a proud manner, but when I thought about it, it seemed like Chase had been feeding me all this time. There wasn’t a single piece of meat in my mouth. The amount wasn’t small, so why was that?

“Aren’t you eating?”

“The dog eats so well that I think I’d cry if I ate it.”

“What are you talking about? I’m not crying!”

“I’m already in tears. Stop crying and speak slowly.”

“Oh, I’m not eating!”

“You’re not eating? I’ll eat it all?”

“…”

“…”

After a while of staring at each other. Chase stabbed a piece of galbijjim with his fork. Then he brought it in front of my nose and tapped my lips with the piece of meat, and I couldn’t help but open my mouth.

“Isn’t it delicious?”

“…yes.”

I gulped down the remaining galbijjim as I replied in a loud voice. Chase quickly nagged me to chew it slowly and thoroughly because he wouldn’t take it away from me. But it was so delicious that I couldn’t help it.

I felt like I couldn’t live apart from Chase, if only for the sake of galbijjim. And samgyetang, and a whole chicken, and kimchi stew, and tangsuyuk…

“If this continues, my whole body will become fat.”

“So what? Just roll around.”

“what?”

“Oh, the puppy is cute.”

“That’s not what I meant!”

“That’s right. Have I been living a life of deception?”

Chase, who was smiling and taking the blow, looked annoying. I wish I could fatten up those cheeks that looked unusually white and soft today so that they would burst someday. I felt like I was the only one puffing up like a round balloon, and I was getting angry. This is not Beauty and the Beast… No, it’s not even Beauty and the Piglet.

Even though the baby was still nearly two months away from being born, everyone who saw me was asking how far past my due date I was and why my belly wasn’t coming out yet despite being this big. It was a really big deal.

Each day passed peacefully and comfortably, and in two months, he thought that he would be holding Yeon-tan in his arms and recovering his body while eating the food Chase prepared for him.

By then, my anxiety about the original story development had almost completely disappeared. It had already been several months since I had spent time with Chase, so I was now somewhat at ease and believed that Chase could not possibly hold a grudge against me.

Moreover, even if the Kaisa Group were to falter like in the original, it would not affect me. The Taylor Research Team, which was researching a cure for Pruss disease, was gradually achieving results, and Tesati was also making great strides, so regardless of the situation of the Kaisa Group, Yeontan and I had plenty of ways to make a living.

A few days ago, I got a call from a film production company. They said that filming was all done and editing was almost done, and that the director and lead actor would come to say hello soon. They also said that I was feeling heavy, so they wanted to set up a meeting place near here. But the lead actor here meant……

“Lead actor? Abel Blake?”

“…I guess so?”

It just so happened to be Senior Abel who was the problem.

“That kid… No, why is that senior here?”

“Oh, I should have asked the director about that!”

When I received a call from the director, I answered happily without thinking because he said ‘lead actor’, but was it really necessary to be that thoughtless?

But after that, as I continued to listen to Chase’s constant nagging, I started to feel aggrieved. I didn’t know why Chase was so excited when Abel came. Could it be that he was jealous? Was he jealous?

But who are you jealous of?

Chase has a crush on me, so of course he’s jealous of Abel, but I have a suspicion that there’s a sliver of ‘original power’ left, or something. You’re not jealous of me because you’re interested in Abel, are you? You’re not such an ungrateful black panther!

The fact that the opponent was none other than the original main character, Abel, was what really bothered me. Abel was the main character that Chase had given his all to as if he were in love with for a thousand years.

So if Abel comes to my house, it’s not Chase who should be angry, it’s me. No, actually, I don’t have a reason to be angry either…… Chase and I have no relationship and I have no intention of becoming such, so it doesn’t matter……..

But Abel is a big no!

It’s not that I’m jealous or anything, but no matter how I look at it, Abel doesn’t deserve to be the main character. That Black Panther guy really had no discerning eye. If I had just kept my eyes open, I wouldn’t have had to worry about Abel like this. Who’s causing trouble for whom! Ask everyone passing by. It was obvious who he would take. As we were busy blaming each other, Chase and I finally started glaring at each other and having a staring contest.

Chase spoke first, gritting his teeth and straining his eyes.

“That’s why you asked me to come?”

“Then what should I do if the director himself calls and says he’ll come?”

“Just the director should come, why is the leading actor coming?”

“Why? Can’t you come? Why can’t you!”

“What? Puppy, you really are…”