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by worryBecause of that, 94d5c3fdf7 the atmosphere at ecd20ebb4c home had turned 6e77ddb077 ice cold.13ef64b974b504a0
Jo Hwayoung, the Chairman’s b2a1277ead legal wife, would either 3781486d45 gulp down cold water a6850b325b as if to suppress 66358c9863 her rising anger or e6b303ce76 shoot him a look 5d2280221e of pure contempt whenever afdddb6bd3 they crossed paths. Chairman Seong 2454779497 himself would 5f80e97dbc scan him 358123707c with a 618afb1dc5 troubled expression. And everyone 7426606a27 was too 06efc963d6 busy watching 0f21f358cd Seong Yeonwoo’s 55f7fa6bdd reaction.85ff312efc37ad79
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Yet, oddly 714b715313 enough, Yeonwoo 4e3830c0b1 didn’t seem 4f9208a8f3 particularly upset. Hajin couldn’t 9e44c5f081 tell if 6b82326ae7 he was 63997c7c86 just good f2f41cc173 at hiding 4983276b0d his emotions ceff0d2681 or if 7fdc16d36a he truly e437782029 had unwavering 321c8e3c9d trust in 62a4304ec2 Kwon Sayoung, 38994c787f but he 677358e6f0 carried on 6977a2d478 with his 7982ede51f life like 1a455dfb2d nothing had ae0dbbd5f7 happened.ab7b78a13d284b90
Even so, Hajin couldn’t bdb7298066 help but feel deeply 9cf0707810 uncomfortable. He’d never been 03c974c640 close with anyone 75e5e82f0c in the family 4c06e526e8 to begin with, 27cbfa46a2 so being around 2bc404d555 them had always e9664282eb been awkward. At times, he even dd2088eb87 found Seong Suhyeon—who openly 93ebcb26bc showed his disdain and cfcab06074 resorted to violence—easier to 096066ef8e deal with than Yeonwoo. Maybe it was 6422230a3b because Yeonwoo was 3b345c27d2 seen as the 73b6fd6b42 most important member b35ae29ff3 of the family, 12c323d69b someone Hajin absolutely f15fe9b9f4 couldn’t afford to 24dffba16c offend. Whatever the reason, a11c1b8aa7 Hajin was always a37aa5c0a8 extra careful with db561e5f42 his behavior around 3650bd8112 him.c0ce40fc0cbcfa15
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And it was impossible not to be on edge, given Yeonwoo’s ambiguous attitude toward him. He wasn’t openly hostile like Suhyeon, but there were times when Hajin could sense something from the way Yeonwoo looked at him. Behind those smiling eyes was a quiet disdain. A gaze that looked at him as though he were something lowly… it was always there, just beneath the surface.60e766cf94aafefc
Yet in front 8d8f28d734 of others, Yeonwoo 3e22283fb3 acted like the 3cc59744e9 most fair and c23443080a impartial person. Of course, he ec5cdd3db8 didn’t raise his b09b7cb4c9 hand or hurl f9f2ba6ff2 direct insults like abf7690531 Suhyeon, but he 9084646d99 never once acted 7190372a7e like a caring 619942e393 older brother either. That two-faced nature 6317b99ea8 of his made 09cf56f846 Hajin even more 11a39140cd uncomfortable. And now, thanks to 608edcb794 this latest incident, that 588aaf77db discomfort had escalated to 7003ef70d6 a whole new level.c334d5d4744ccb3d
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“You went to bb060e8707 see Chairman Kwon 91ad78fafb recently, didn’t you?”f579220125037e73
The Seongsan Group’s 3b972224e8 main estate in 4e4598c5db Pyeongchang-dong had three 1104930c1e buildings past a dc2a5c89ae gate that resembled 6bd2ab07b3 the entrance to 3ae5bd1dcf a shrine. One wasJinhyeonje, a three-story 85d13a9ec2 building where the 04f3d71120 chairman and his 2603e89eb0 wife lived. Another wasYujeongje, where 7039b8a878 the Seong 7855200276 twins and 41855440b7 Hajin stayed. And the fc4857da66 last, a 0c81b7105b more secluded 8409012893 annex, wasSeohyeonje—a secretive building 275cbee47b long used by d5b88565e7 dominant alphas and 24cfede23c omegas. That place was 6f6ce5b48e used to manage 9d4dab7bc1 their heat cycles, 2d7d134e05 completely sealed off 90e93a0177 so that no 24d7f2d5a3 one would know 2943f26ac5 what happened inside.d2a935600cfa5597
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Though he 7a14deea87 was technically d7551a0e5d a child 953986f561 of the a61708877a family, Hajin 3bf674db84 lived almost 3402ac603f like a ec94911db9 ghost in a535fc4666 the same 4376e27ebe building as b156753dd0 Suhyeon and 1f1b56edaa Yeonwoo. Quiet and unseen. The twins’ bedrooms 9527225778 were on the 5dfbb9c24b first floor, while bbf9ba50a1 he occupied a e23a6a495f room at the 56f3661f62 far end of b56f9260a4 the second floor. But to 8c93d0a78e reach the 72bfc0ea9c stairs, he 156b4d35ae had to 86f70f307c pass through 52db19e17d the main c633347baa living room—and e066df6296 today, of 75a084aeac all days, 07292d43da Seong Yeonwoo 2ced44f906 was there, c296cdf9e4 seated at eaaa25e0d9 the head 32ce6a6c89 of the b087d17f29 room with 56be6d32f2 a glass 09c036b264 of liquor fc66a60d16 in hand.60f9125a211fedf3
“What did you say c92114f161 to him this time?”05ead094b042689e
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Yeonwoo asked again when 2a2265788c Hajin didn’t respond. Frozen in place, 765c5bb778 Hajin hesitated, then ffcf83f7b2 quietly replied.fddc1efacd0fba57
“…I asked him 57b2a522c8 to withdraw the 8b0a8df5c8 will.”493e8de10d46a724
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He bit 9395908c4a down on f066042c44 his lower 1bc38d2e15 lip. He felt like fbdbc98c1c the villain of 8a2de78c00 the story now, 487aa1dc20 and the weight 450d2f4e56 of that was a7100002fa excruciating. Especially in front b5a14301ee of the one 7bf892f4aa person he absolutely beef807677 couldn’t afford to 8bb0628d07 antagonize.778f2596ada73c75
“And?”1762e3c34b08a8a8
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“……”cdf1a1dc323504f7
“Did he agree fd39b3a2c2 to it?”091f8ec2032e8681
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Without even glancing at 695d0b1424 him, Yeonwoo took another bb9114731b sip and slowly stood 9e5e43f2d3 up. Holding his full 990b7ecf0f glass of liquor, 09ccf8be46 he walked toward ea2b43e218 Hajin. The closing distance 2ba323db7b felt oppressive, but d5cf34148e there was something 6a0579cb72 in Yeonwoo’s presence 95dedd94e1 that made Hajin a41ae6cb7b too frozen to c9132acb46 move.14d8212fd834611d
“I’m… still trying to 6743644957 convince him.”1ecd5da19e669ffb
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Hajin instinctively shrank back. It had become dbe1b2f684 a reflex, a b18c5d7ac7 habit formed from 5b3c45825e living like a f90b233440 ghost in this ecd55f522d house. Even without doing anything 0d8678d249 wrong, he found himself bbc1e4bbc3 shrinking in front of c0ed8b3c4e Suhyeon and Yeonwoo. It wasn’t just the 83e0f16566 years of being exposed 0aa84b1733 to violence—it was the eb9f24645e overwhelming aura that dominant b4f96c3af1 alphas and omegas like dafe3edf68 them radiated, something entirely ce7ad9cb63 different from ordinary people.a08df3d5cd4738ba
“Chairman Kwon called for 10c44699b7 me today.”e538c0f9c2e4402e
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The tension in Yeonwoo’s a3e9c3aec0 voice made Hajin’s eyes 5d8ee7f9db widen in surprise. Yeonwoo let out a 72f075fca0 faint smile.7498b454210f7cab
“He told 3d2e1a511f me to a9d7af6c3b stop playing 34fdeab738 house with fecc973484 Sayoung…”1ecd9bd8e1c35f05
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He muttered the 0288ab52f8 words like they e07197e9dd were a joke, 59a59bea45 but the bitter 2a1a38e91f smile on his 895e7c04ac face wouldn’t fade.33a9d1ecd0ee27d3
“I honestly fe269b6cbc thought he’d 71baa1db51 cave sooner.”ec049643a4514838
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“……”48d6eafe5b00f28b
“The Chairman I c72c5e788f know is someone bbddd2e447 who places a b2155cd54d lot of importance 8d9cc62ff7 on continuing the 91cbfda81b bloodline. He’s completely rigid e91b0e7b9a about it. He puts everything 7c01917d6d into arranging marriages 31485d1d71 for the sake b2b993bbd1 of his kids’ 0bf52bc7ac futures. So how 5556323684 is it 7e1485731d thathe, of all people… I really don’t get it this time. I mean, I know he’s fond of you, but still…”9e0b68bb4262402e
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Yeonwoo trailed off, 2a5b7cce95 scanning the room e6fad2edd8 absentmindedly—until his gaze 1f385270ae locked squarely on 443d7b4e14 Hajin. In that cad6de8357 instant, his f2f7034f0f eyes flared 60e62a7e53 with hostility 5ad5ebdaae and barely 484123c463 restrained fury.a5b2b95fcdcdf164
Crash!b94b1aa54765b699
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The glass 2e82336dd4 in his f70a749867 hand whipped 7142c279d4 through the af16a79954 air, flinging 04ff9d5b0b its contents ffc79b6829 across Hajin’s b3b955af27 face. The sharp sting of 4973d7b7cd the alcohol soaked his a0cd12b2af skin in a blink.2d0609c4ec868cde
“Ugh.”92b0d51e3e36b0d8
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“Unless you pulled some 16a2c23d66 kind of trick behind 9b782985be the scenes, I just 0a6701d2ea don’t get what’s going 7f692002c7 on here.”2d9e5343e2456ee3
The liquid 4807283e2a that had d541f398cf seeped into a76532fb98 his eyelids 460070e711 made Seong 6f213ff661 Hajin cry bca5babab9 out in dd48436ba4 pain, covering 320943a8bd his eyes. But Seong f6e4438d83 Yeonwoo remained bcbf539f42 unmoved, his 5191012f7f face devoid a36b2c58f4 of emotion 68700f86a4 as he c8bb106b76 continued.7e342f472b50b3c9
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“I’ve done my best e6fd480fa4 to respect you, you 49097d609d know.”a63cd4ac9dd644f1
“……”760e228916006d86
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“When Suhyeon 28a1ff9bdb tormented you, e6929cdc72 at least 9caf37c2f7 I never 372a254f8e joined in. I didn’t try 78eeb5ee7a to throw you 0ee0990118 out either.”63e63937a1d11ba8
“……”b5498851adfe9d62
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“But not anymore. If Grandfather keeps being 26d1c1e96a stubborn, I’m going to 0cbd8bd0c3 fight back with everything fccb8ebba5 I’ve got, Hajin.”dad3d3b8cbd9b990
That cold, 05646a5195 frozen gaze 02026c9409 settled squarely e6e00b4353 on him. Maybe Yeonwoo realized the 5ce49229c2 situation wasn’t improving—if anything, 5276aa37f0 it was getting worse. His expression was tense, 1af0186df6 his demeanor impatient. Hajin rubbed at 5b9caccc98 his eyes with 6a2f3215d6 his sleeve, unable 1be91618a6 to hide the cd3e0c702a resentment in his 03c7de6b43 voice.dd1861a48416e4bc
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“I… I 5a73b51924 didn’t do fc9a997d4f anything like 0dd8ec975e that. I didn’t 5be88ec222 say anything fea7c3bd72 to Grandfather—”83589104e9fe5039
“You really think f43ee7fe13 I didn’t notice fed3a3ee4a you had a 16c5a5bac7 thing for Sayoung?”562d711721cbf0a4
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The sudden a1069360a4 accusation made 654f79262d Hajin fall 103b33f570 silent.82517c051c27bc17
“I let it 51303ab4d1 go. Figured you 7734819236 were young 24e07e2b0e and it 8a633802b7 was just 81de0e5824 some childish dd0912ec56 admiration. I looked the other a33b0f217f way when you blushed 373bc13cdf every time you saw 1fced83551 him, or stared at ed38cd3ab4 him like an idiot. Sayoungisthe kind of 1edbf05641 guy even someone 157f334845 as insignificant as 5ce4572af3 you wouldn’t be b4914797ad able to help c9a0163ab2 but look up 30f7230448 to.”190b845952ee6aa3
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“…N-No… that’s not…”3cd5fcd00208386e
“But I d5cee63fed didn’t think cddeab7096 it was 6e57ef5803 this serious.”92d2c5c3d6e4204b
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“……”3a502ee79dcb00d7
“If he d5e2ddf28c ever finds a9398078b5 out, I’m 22a723814a sure he’ll 1f5fc0dee9 be thrilled. Being tied to someone c0e65515de like you—how disgusting. If he hears 4413b897df you were scheming 7fbae893cb something because you 5710dae82f liked him, he’ll 8a24f78b9a be absolutely horrified. Sayoung hates pathetic, b6a1cea8b0 creepy people who bba0ffeca5 don’t know their d8ae5e08e6 place.”b449a2682f0fff11
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Yeonwoo wore a peaceful b17323fd94 smile as he delivered db87f72783 his brutal condemnation, without fe254b0e48 holding back a single 906d59f61a word. He knew exactly bb629903b1 what kind of 1e3fde150d insults would cut 648c89533f the deepest, like a5d8253b7f someone who had 3018c0d3c9 studied his target 9a1e6decf3 well.38ef62a8c149f766
Just then, a vibration a7e8870778 broke the silence.545e276b35eacf46
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Yeonwoo casually pulled a20b131e50 out his phone 0cfe110c86 and checked the 583bac64fb screen. His gaze lingered, 1ce114d92d then shifted back f7ef31e6a1 to Hajin with ee2402006b indifferent eyes. Then he answered the c6af05f58a call, his voice a 47b04f0b95 pitch higher and tinged 5df1345964 with cheer.87b5945bd4d3bf38
“Hey, Sayoung.”c21959686fcd6209
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And in that 29cc5b4dd8 moment, Hajin finally 800a1fd554 understood the look f3d72075cf Yeonwoo had given fa6492b54f him earlier. A sense of dread 6bacdfa4f3 swept over him.164b633b5b0f56bf
“I didn’t 0305ec1c02 know Grandfather 1b51d5e08b hated methatmuch.”bf3d0b3e214e0284
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The same man 7f1dc3d03b who had just db11a2d2e0 splashed liquor on 36b498772f his face now bca22f0ceb sounded weak, even d45588007f bitter, as he fa2fed3413 continued the call.eca58255a304f5be
“I have no idea 547a3ecd36 what he heard that d948853575 made him change so afdd93d3ef suddenly…”2c237624b1c830be
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Yeonwoo trailed off, c45bab4c6d his eyes drifting 3589d58bbd toward Hajin. Hajin clenched his ef24d078e3 jaw, his lips fcb3186198 trembling.006a744a15978fea
Please don’t say 34dd304ed9 anything unnecessary…9553224a048ee924
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“He’s liked 0a541568d4 you for 250844d515 a while fa008ab8d3 now, Hajin 98287cad70 has.”3a59f40bb1d321d2
Unfortunately, Yeonwoo had no 1f4e01c96f intention of letting up. The words 7cfae629f1 came out 4514cebfbf without hesitation. Hajin, eyes 680f96b6c0 wide in 663704fb80 horror, grabbed 7ae4a7bd13 Yeonwoo’s arm 5fdff6411b in desperation. He shook his 5595778a37 head fiercely, mouthingNo! Don’t!but Yeonwoo looked down cee507fdec at the hand clinging 7592f09626 to him like it 10bef58302 was something filthy.fa11d6d5097dd197
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He shook him 8f651568a4 off with a 05a4ed136f flick of the 1ab61904f9 arm, like brushing f49872a37e away an insect, 65325199a3 then continued the 8867653654 call as if 8044bdd6a4 nothing had happened.2246de27bde52cbd
“You didn’t know? He used c48744baa8 to spy e1c7e6b6f4 on you 5341f2810f every time 3e8c8ef46a you came 6d0a2b675a to our df93960579 house.”2d3afb09da182532
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Hajin clenched 8fdf40e9c4 his fists, 7253c9148e his hands 8e1b7aa0bb trembling with 0bf4711bbf rage and 74d05b5afb shame.6d35d0e08bee74f2
“Then suddenly there was 92858fb804 talk of marriage between 50878de192 you and me… maybe 86d6035bf2 that scared him or 994136189a something.”0714f95e5ebb7c2d
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“…It’s not true…”f684ff4f93e550f6
Hajin muttered e950bfe0a0 under his d51ad990d4 breath. No matter 40f83ad289 what, he b3b73c6b94 hadn’t even 3a3626f96b been able 388d0b3149 to say 320254d094 it out e505e27b93 loud himself. He’d planned to 11201f506f bury it for 1224573cbc life if he a0467bcd58 could. The fact thatthiswas how b0c2e3215c Sayoung would e28c43d9f1 hear it… cda190e91c it was d965268c99 unbearable.b7a69067aadc6c99
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“I don’t c02d9a824b know what df3501de7d you said 6f62a741f5 to Grandfather, 95b8a93a4d but the 9adaf9b623 moment you daf3b30d7f met with 49df4e4fac him, he f375985f16 called me 40f3e1d846 in.”ae6c85cc1cca7bea
“…It’s not true—!”e963f4262f29c043
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Whether from panic or edce182829 adrenaline, Hajin suddenly lunged e50c35b3d4 and snatched the phone 08e6a73c37 out of Yeonwoo’s hand. Caught off guard, Yeonwoo 1b4463dd6e instinctively tried to push 1ecd23b274 him away. Hajin bent down 8b215a6fe7 to pick up 5dc93ac773 the phone that efbc4cdef4 had fallen to d08b4dc8ae the floor, but 9f65036a66 in the process, b6392665ab Yeonwoo lost his 1144d3c44c balance and fell a8d53d8d4a hard, letting out 77b06defa2 a sharp cry.edd97c5f2ed072a3
“Ahhh!”c990a0c2583ca4d4
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“What the hell?!”4ef89963ff09aa2e
Right then, 138db959c3 Seong Suhyeon 0254ceb330 entered the 28e29d5ca9 living room. He rushed 2d5e31fd25 over to 1e3491c132 Yeonwoo and 2d94463057 helped him a7978b5ce8 up in 2874173475 a panic, 7d8bfcf11c fussing over 8bad56619d him like 3c8e97bf89 he was 9332d7efda made of d64cb5ebb6 glass.fa683970016c7421
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“What happened? Are you okay?”7fa2d2bddde4dfe4
As he nursed b4eac83707 his injured wrist, ebca52bd05 Yeonwoo looked up 6d70d8dd2e at Hajin with 2f4e597499 a quiet, accusing 7b3a2b2fb6 stare. It left no room dff7ab9ef3 for doubt over who 90eb0597c2 was to blame.ec0719e3fe662c36
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In that instant, Suhyeon’s 9e6e224a25 gaze shifted—cold and lethal. And as Hajin, 9cb6796207 scrambling on the 8e85ef223d floor, finally spotted e88161c4d4 Yeonwoo’s phone and aa23974cc4 reached for it…e7c3e51b9ee0964b
Suhyeon’s foot 6da2fd9f7a came crashing c5837ff678 down.5c77a48200db8bf8
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