I was possessed and it turned out to be a villainous sub dog?! — 6.9

“It was fortunate that we had secured many new ships at low prices at that time. It was because of that that we were held back that Tesati came over to us.”

Even though I was just sitting there without a soul, I could hear the conversation clearly. It seemed that the effect of repeated learning was great. One day, I turned on the news and remembered what Chase had been explaining to me with great interest, and I could roughly understand what he was talking about. It seemed that we were benefiting now because we had bought a lot of ships when the ship prices were plummeting a few years ago.

So that was good news. It was really, really, really good news.

But that only lasts for a day or two.

I didn’t know how many months I had been hearing that Tesati’s stock price was skyrocketing. Of course, if it had been news that it was plummeting, I would have been yawning and groaning like this even if I had been hearing it for months, so this was all just a full stomach complaint, but it was still boring. And I couldn’t help but feel sleepy just sitting there listening…

“The debt we had when we ordered new ships from the shipyard has now been completely paid off. And the ships that we signed long-term leases for 10 years a few years ago are also generating very good profits!”

Eventually, I hung my head and kept headbanging until I ended up hitting my forehead on Chase’s shoulder. The cold gaze that seemed to ask me what I was doing alone came back to me and I felt embarrassed.

“You too, focus.”

He openly pouted his lower lip at Chase, who was grinning and harassing him.

“The dog is sick now!”

Chase sighed softly as I whispered back to him. He then tilted my head in his hand and rested it on his shoulder.

With the wide pillow, sleep came easier. I laid down on Chase’s shoulder with my cheek buried in it.

Anyway, the director was so excited that he didn’t even glance at us and was busy pointing at the numbers in the documents and shouting loudly.

“Look at this graph. Ship prices and shipping rates are skyrocketing. These days, it’s like people are scooping up money with a shovel!”

“This trend will continue for the time being.”

“That’s why! Thanks to that, I don’t know how hot our company is in the industry these days. Tesati is Tesati, but the attention pouring into the Lucais Company is incredible. The guys at Kaisa keep calling me.”

In Caesar?

My half-closed eyes opened wide at the sudden words.

Director Bruno, who has worked for the Kaisa Group for generations, had many connections within the group. I knew that he was still friendly with many people who worked diligently without getting caught up in the factional strife started by the vice chairman.

But what is it that makes you keep getting phone calls? I looked up worriedly, and Chase glanced at me and asked the director.

“Did the CEO from the Caesar Group contact you? Why?”

“Hahaha, that’s right.”

Fortunately, it was nothing special, and the director laughed heartily and accepted the conversation.

“It seems that the fact that the real owner of the Lucas Company is the master has spread to Kaisa. But, everyone knows that Lucas is the major shareholder of Tesati. That’s why I heard that the vice president is dying of stomach pain these days.”

“Vice President?”

This time, I completely lost my sleep. I recalled the shiny face of the vice president who had come to the parking lot in front of my house as if he was escorting Executive Director Arteon, and my fingertips trembled.

In the past, I just wanted to avoid the ambitious vice president. That was the reason I acquired Tesati Shipping in the first place. I thought that if I showed that I was doing well on my own, independent from the Kaisa Group, the vice president would believe that I had no attachment to Kaisa and would leave me alone.

“The vice president will leave you alone to that extent.”

(Why won’t you leave me alone? You said you’d do it without me knowing?)

“How can we not know each other? From the vice president’s perspective, your very existence is a problem.”

However, Chase told me to wake up and said that in order to escape from the Vice Chairman, I had to take back the Kaisar Group with my own hands. At that time, I looked at Chase, who was speaking with certainty, and was shocked, wondering if he was pushing me to jump into the successor fight now.

But when I saw Arteon’s absurd plan to take the baby away, I knew Chase was right.

It wasn’t something I could avoid, it was something I had to confront head on. I wanted to make sure the Vice President wouldn’t touch me, my baby, and……Chase.

But now, not only Vice President Kaissa but also the Arteon Group stood before us. I felt like I was going to be overwhelmed by the size of the opponent. My eyes felt dizzy, so I ended up tightly shutting them.

The moment when I felt the fear that something might go wrong with my baby. The pain of that time was still etched into my senses. Just the mention of the vice president brought up a vivid fear, and my whole body began to tremble.

At that moment, soft warmth enveloped the back of my hand.

Suddenly, I turned my gaze and saw Chase placing his left hand on top of my right. At first, he just placed it there, but soon he interlocked his fingers and gently stroked the inside of my palm.

As I looked on in some surprise, Chase smiled and spoke with his lips.

‘I have severe morning sickness, so hold my hand.’

lie.

Chase hasn’t had morning sickness lately because he’s been stuck in a small hospital room. He said that he feels much better now that he’s almost full-term.

But why are you suddenly talking about morning sickness… Are you trying to comfort me? That black panther guy?

“Kaisa Group mainly does domestic business such as distribution. It was good at the time because its performance was stable even during the recession, but when the economy recovered and other companies were doing well, the vice president became very impatient.

He briefly looked away from Chase and looked back at the director. One hand was still held by Chase.

The director continued talking about the vice president with an excited look on his face.

“Because the vice chairman is neither the direct successor to the Caesar family nor a gray wolf, he has been secretly ignored by the board of directors. So, since the economy is improving. I think he wanted to show that he can do something right by expanding the business. Not small domestic companies, but flashy and large businesses.”

“If it’s that kind of industry… doesn’t Kaisa also have a construction company?”

Chase frowned and thought for a moment before asking again. The director clicked his tongue and waved his hand.

“Construction of Kaisa? Well, that’s it. It was built for small-scale use when Kaisa needs something, so it’s small in scale and not well-known. The main focus of the Kaisa Group is distribution.”

“But it’s not just the mart sector that’s doing well, isn’t it? The Kaisa Hotel affiliates are also doing well in the hotel and department store businesses.”

“That’s right. I think it would be better to keep what we have, but the vice president seems to have a complex about only doing domestic business because he is very vain.”

“But at this point, you found out that Leo was the owner of Tesati.”

“That’s right! The vice chairman’s son, you can tell how angry he is at that temper. These days, he’s been poking around here and there, trying to find a shipping company that he can take over. But who would hand over a shipping company these days? It’s a goose that lays golden eggs.”

It was as the CEO said. Although not as great as Tesati, which has been making huge profits every month due to various circumstances, other shipping companies have also been experiencing a super cycle and showing significant increases in performance.

But…

“But sir, the shipping company won’t keep laying golden eggs forever. This boom won’t last long.”

I opened my eyes in surprise at Chase’s words, which seemed to have entered and come out of my mind, and said what I wanted to say instead. Yes. That was the problem.

“The current super cycle is likely to be a temporary phenomenon. The recession has been too long and governments have been spending too much money.”

“Is that so?”

I know what’s going to happen because I’ve read the original, but I was surprised at how accurate Chase’s predictions were. In fact, in the original, this boom didn’t last long and ended up falling even harder than before.