Taking over Sewa

It was early morning the next day but Kwan was still sitting on her balcony on the swing placed there. She was wrapped around a thick shawl and near her was a small portable fire pit. The sunrise from her balcony was a sight to behold and Kwan was mesmerized by the view in front of her. The soothing chirps of birds early in the morning and the ripples of the flowing river did calm down her worried being. Not being able to sleep for even a second the entire night once again, raised her frustration to another level. She was annoyed with how the entire situation had turned out and her bare minimum sleep was gone too.

Suddenly her entire attention was stolen by the blaring sound coming from inside her room. Long forgotten the beautiful sunrise which barely but positively kept her sane. She raised herself from the swing and wrapped her shawl more securely around her. With unhurried steps, she moved towards the balcony door and entered her room. In the dark room, the only source of brightness was her lit handphone placed on the bed. Her handphone was continuously ringing without any break. Sensing the urgency of the call, Kwan then rushed her steps and picked up her handphone. And her guess was correct. It was a call from work.

"Yes, Mr. Kim. Is everything alright?" Kwan asked in her usual professional distant voice. But soon a big frown was smeared on her beautiful face, upon hearing Mr. Kim's next words.

"I'm sorry Director Park to call you but the meeting scheduled with the higher-ups has been shifted an hour early. You need to come to the company right now." Mr. Kim ranted those words while panicking.

Hearing his words, Kwan simply hung up and stormed out of the room. With heavy steps, she rushed downstairs. As she went down she met one of the houses helps and asked about grandpa. When the house help told her that grandpa was on the lawn drinking his tea. She without any delay rushed towards the open lawn outside the mansion. Grandpa was sitting on one of the lawn chairs with his tea in one hand and the tab in the other. He was busy with the business headlines not noticing the approaching little fireball.

"What is the meaning of this? Why did you shift the meeting early?" the little woman asked with frustration and annoyance evident in her voice. When the old man raised his head on hearing her voice, he was utterly amused. The little granddaughter of his was standing in front of him with her hands raised on her waist and a little, an almost invisible pout on her face. She looked amusing to his eyes. He raised his eyebrows and told her to sit down.

Kwan just stared at him, annoyance was all she had to offer him. She had to reach the office as early as possible. Today she had a very important meeting and her grandpa had shifted the meeting an hour early without informing her.

"I would've happily obliged to your request but because the chairman of the company where I work shifted the meeting an hour early. I need to hurry up and leave for work. So please be understanding grandpa." Kwan uttered those words in a very sarcastic way, amusing her grandpa.

Grandpa chuckled at her words. He was amused at her sarcastic words. His granddaughter was pissed. Kwan raised her eyebrows when the old man laughed at her words. Kwan could just sigh at his unserious response and decided not to waste her time with his childish antics. She turned around and took a step to go upstairs to her room but was stopped by her grandpa. She was shocked at his next words. She was so shocked that she abruptly turned around and looked at him with her confused guarded eyes.

"You will go to the meeting with me as my granddaughter, so dress accordingly. It's now time that you step out as my granddaughter and take hold of the company matters." All his playfulness was gone. He looked at Kwan seriously and she knew he was not joking neither was he going to hear 'no' as an answer. She knew he was not asking. He was giving his statement and she had to follow it.

"Can't it wait, grandpa? Is it really necessary? And why so suddenly? You told me you would wait, till I'm ready to take over the company." Kwan asked taking a seat in front of him. She was not confident with this decision of her grandpa. After all, taking over Sewa Corporations was not a matter of joke. And if he wanted her to attend the meeting with him as his granddaughter then it meant the whole world would know who the heir of this large multinational corporation was.

"Look Kwan, I'm doing this because this is important. To protect you, I need to make you strong, and once Sewa will be your shield and make you strong. It is for your protection. Once I introduce you as my granddaughter, they won't be able to find you. Not even if you stand in front of them understood. So child, listen to your grandpa and just do it." Placing his hand on his granddaughter's, chairman Ko tried to assure his granddaughter. But Kwan still looked conflicted. She knew her grandfather was trying to protect her and her identity but taking over Sewa was not something trivial. What worried her was the responsibility that would come along with the identity of being the heir of such a huge corporation.

"But grandpa, taking over Sewa is not a matter to joke about. Just to protect my identity, I can't play around with the company." Kwan voiced out her worry to the old man. She looked at her grandpa with those conflicting eyes and pressed her lips together. Her grandpa had worked very hard to bring Sewa where it is today. She didn't want to joke around with all his life's hard work. Chairman Ko frowned. He didn't know his granddaughter was not confident in herself. He had always seen his granddaughter confident and bold in her life no matter what happened but he didn't know, she was not confident in herself with the company.

"I didn't know, you had this little confidence in yourself, and more than that you had this little confidence in my upbringing. Kwan, you are doing amazing as a marketing director right now. And you've got experience of years. I let you enter the company on your own without involving myself and let you work in the coming at your speed but still, you became a director after proving yourself. Moreover, you know the company and its value more than anyone because you are my granddaughter. Who do you think deserves this more than you? Don't have so little confidence in you and me. And don't worry about useless things. I'm there, if you ever need help I'll help you. Now if you keep sitting here and worrying about useless things then we'll be late."

Hearing his sarcastic remark in the end, Kwan stood up and rushed out of the lawn, and ran to her room. But not before uttering a few words to her old man," I just need half an hour. It's you who's always late. So, you better rush old man."

When chairman Ko heard his granddaughter snickering and calling him lazy and slow. He just shook his head at her sudden teasing and muttered, "Brat."

Kwan rushed to her, stripped out of her clothes, and entered the washroom to take a quick bath. After taking her quick but refreshing bath she entered her walk-in closet in her bathing robe. Her hair was dripping wet and had left a little trail of water droplets behind her. She stood in the middle of her closet and looked around. Again she was confused about what to wear. Her pale beautiful face had a little invisible pout on it and her eyes had a small frown above them.

Not knowing what to wear, she first went near her dressing table and did her skincare routine. After being done with her skincare routine, for the makeup, she only applied her nude lipstick to tint her pale lips and she was done with her face. She then took hold of the dryer and started with her hair. When her hair was finally dry. she combed them and left them free and turned around to pick her outfit, the most dreadful thing left in her hands.

Her eyes stopped at the black straight formal pant and her black turtleneck skin-fit top. She picked them out and then turned around to pick up her undergarments. Not minding much she just randomly picked up her undergarments without putting much attention to them and started getting in her clothes. After changing into her outfit, she picked a black cropped formal coat to wear. Done with her outfit, she then picked a silver Dior watch, a pair of Chanel white earrings, and Saint Laurent black heels. Putting these on her, she was finally done with her day's looks.