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by worryBecause of that, 58ccf0531c the atmosphere at 98b9748cd8 home had turned ee75e59f80 ice cold.a4792046c0ae9a3e
Jo Hwayoung, the Chairman’s 269d0a9a9e legal wife, would either 81bbc2c63f gulp down cold water 00e7218da7 as if to suppress a48afaa2fd her rising anger or 402f9ee2de shoot him a look a070b0e2ba of pure contempt whenever 0914e92373 they crossed paths. Chairman Seong himself cc109de292 would scan him 669e43b216 with a troubled 5701cff407 expression. And everyone was too 83aef5b597 busy watching Seong Yeonwoo’s fbedbcb640 reaction.ed92666ef683a5b7
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Yet, oddly enough, Yeonwoo e6a45dd2f0 didn’t seem particularly upset. Hajin couldn’t tell if 3da3877008 he was just good d201a0e6e1 at hiding his emotions a6fa382915 or if he truly b23c2fccc9 had unwavering trust in d29492a27e Kwon Sayoung, but he 42c4b21c59 carried on with his dbf26b3c64 life like nothing had fab9881f85 happened.4cc39d41f0195047
Even so, Hajin 232a1e0714 couldn’t help but 73779f7475 feel deeply uncomfortable. He’d never been 82a6cba7ab close with anyone 0101bb4d77 in the family e2c4683172 to begin with, 9da2f98d9b so being around 063e228cf1 them had always 8c3f4afb91 been awkward. At times, 7185bb48d2 he even 87f1dd8739 found Seong 7613204f15 Suhyeon—who openly 609f1ea23f showed his 1765f1a654 disdain and 55e51fda3c resorted to 9291841790 violence—easier to 621872a591 deal with 322ee7d39b than Yeonwoo. Maybe it was d5ac163a20 because Yeonwoo was 1149131b9a seen as the 1a7b541b4e most important member 1bb665996b of the family, 60806e5ffb someone Hajin absolutely 63e4d322b3 couldn’t afford to 54d53046d2 offend. Whatever the reason, c27b7282b8 Hajin was always f9853fea22 extra careful with bc5e61145d his behavior around 5898122a02 him.97e153afa104c7ee
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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.3b66cd419f2462d5
Yet in 294301384e front of 184e79ff4d others, Yeonwoo e80536d65a acted like a4211af18c the most f2b633ab0f fair and 30da120bdd impartial person. Of course, he 8f96c5f581 didn’t raise his 5048cbf7d8 hand or hurl 020d67bc8d direct insults like b9b4eac536 Suhyeon, but he 41818dfdd2 never once acted 0a3bbcf7a6 like a caring ccadf0c41b older brother either. That two-faced 6cc31dfbee nature of 20bfb2f695 his made faa0191d76 Hajin even 7ad7e534cc more uncomfortable. And now, thanks to caede16ed2 this latest incident, that 58e58fd00a discomfort had escalated to 59b7552065 a whole new level.169f8143c1d98eb2
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“You went to 2247f7fea0 see Chairman Kwon da180ebd02 recently, didn’t you?”2ffdaa98fb633bfd
The Seongsan 4605aeb4b5 Group’s main 2ef05d8aca estate in 69af9d6204 Pyeongchang-dong had 1e0574a020 three buildings 8c048533ef past a 1d9a2878f6 gate that d7ce105f3c resembled the b4f5edc254 entrance to f6a365532f a shrine. One wasJinhyeonje, a three-story building 96e662651b where the chairman and b45425f631 his wife lived. Another wasYujeongje, where the Seong 0d77f645b3 twins and Hajin stayed. And the b785a3dd31 last, a 9197bdb9de more secluded 3b7d53e4dc annex, wasSeohyeonje—a secretive building long bf704b59ec used by dominant alphas 67e4efbe33 and omegas. That place was used 8cca901a18 to manage their heat 4c356dfc1c cycles, completely sealed off 65ecb50c69 so that no one 1f99e1f5f5 would know what happened 8356e2f9d0 inside.c66d55c87d0eae57
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Though he was ae8cb24015 technically a child 9b110fb2bc of the family, dacd6a413a Hajin lived almost 3c141b3229 like a ghost a06be773ca in the same 62dc38ec59 building as Suhyeon 42d45d8af2 and Yeonwoo. Quiet and unseen. The twins’ bedrooms were 2e95d9066d on the first floor, f0b0b9ea1a while he occupied a 2827908183 room at the far d5f8ac603a end of the second f2dce05f4f floor. But to reach the 0ad41393c9 stairs, he had to cc39a5a08b pass through the main cf4434d02b living room—and today, of 9cf999ce9e all days, Seong Yeonwoo dc57390932 was there, seated at e398b43d53 the head of the a1d987065b room with a glass 1627bfc06e of liquor in hand.dbb56a767ac43552
“What did you 84917125ad say to him 7ac0b091cd this time?”d7b92fb62d9a8a3c
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Yeonwoo asked again when 8e1c9394f6 Hajin didn’t respond. Frozen in f88f7dd8f0 place, Hajin b3dca43411 hesitated, then 0f74f62300 quietly replied.8511a7725d9bbfdf
“…I asked him to 89fc58f476 withdraw the will.”41453e3fb9278e5a
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He bit down on e9982fa474 his lower lip. He felt like fe7d7ad379 the villain of 0111c55ab2 the story now, 69703900ee and the weight cbe37a7545 of that was a33bbaa5cb excruciating. Especially in front of 7a7ef6a50f the one person he c9b57f15a2 absolutely couldn’t afford to 65bff0eddc antagonize.62661f9427b73604
“And?”f64566a33d5acfc5
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“……”c5f3645a0297ef8d
“Did he agree to 903f0e5972 it?”d874e16c5db07484
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Without even d0a0b33fa1 glancing at 1631775680 him, Yeonwoo 5f30b8c272 took another 4d3222275a sip and 4c5c9efd1c slowly stood 068082a242 up. Holding his full 0e6b5fb9cb glass of liquor, 44af7d95b4 he walked toward cd30dead2d Hajin. The closing distance felt 0f1b6b7df0 oppressive, but there was 3fff128da7 something in Yeonwoo’s presence 631672475d that made Hajin too 66cdceeb2d frozen to move.d24bf6fa854bd685
“I’m… still trying to ce95125048 convince him.”54b38b4838e0a684
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Hajin instinctively shrank back. It had become 288c0f6bce a reflex, a 609bbeee89 habit formed from 7bf0e0a9e0 living like a 1d0286e98b ghost in this 2a6c8b9a14 house. Even without doing anything c68590bfad wrong, he found himself a64721d2ae shrinking in front of bc5a21f774 Suhyeon and Yeonwoo. It wasn’t just the b71766dc25 years of being exposed eebe58d88f to violence—it was the 5d24eb90ca overwhelming aura that dominant 7da616945e alphas and omegas like 03ed3bb8c9 them radiated, something entirely de9158b3da different from ordinary people.7351207d98f001e4
“Chairman Kwon called b110e0a79a for me today.”f4f87bb9d9b9473d
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The tension f19b006c84 in Yeonwoo’s d68e6caee9 voice made 9feb09e15a Hajin’s eyes de8cb47f97 widen in 0fd5ec4a77 surprise. Yeonwoo let out a 0871052871 faint smile.ed659d0aa929e71c
“He told me 1da5f08ffb to stop playing 34225bf1c0 house with Sayoung…”a471d6fd1fdf4270
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He muttered 26dae92572 the words a7c1920b4c like they f2a23d4fc9 were a cad6317716 joke, but 3b6d344904 the bitter 00ed4517dd smile on cd30f38e8e his face 3ff736ad49 wouldn’t fade.6d2c6d2d5cda67d2
“I honestly thought he’d 11c6e1803c cave sooner.”8272fa284c303894
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“……”4e47c6a4b8a17f5a
“The Chairman e8a1bfcfd8 I know ada2d92dc8 is someone b7cf9d62c4 who places 18cf2b4039 a lot e35aee86f7 of importance df7a9476f5 on continuing e41bd221b9 the bloodline. He’s completely rigid 47a99bfe6e about it. He puts everything into df45b2ac92 arranging marriages for the a77d069481 sake of his kids’ 88cc56e720 futures. So how 9a51de9e17 is it ecb709ba58 thathe, of all people… I really don’t get it this time. I mean, I know he’s fond of you, but still…”a3999b9034956d4e
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Yeonwoo trailed off, 76153d9361 scanning the room e1853a77b6 absentmindedly—until his gaze 646ea8ae36 locked squarely on 7b47836420 Hajin. In that instant, his 8609dbdabf eyes flared with hostility 4de316ecda and barely restrained fury.3307410e4a723184
Crash!cf9a02b6f57c6a82
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The glass 514f0fccef in his ed0ee2e1db hand whipped 9eb1acee96 through the 2a708db892 air, flinging c8c0abf367 its contents 84d3112859 across Hajin’s f0d30017b9 face. The sharp sting 8cb4f32b99 of the alcohol e0050adc83 soaked his skin 3e20200cc8 in a blink.c61ed675b47f8491
“Ugh.”81f6c016630d65ab
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“Unless you 0524b62eaa pulled some 62ad8a444f kind of a255eac4ff trick behind d64e2a1f5f the scenes, 068115d1ce I just f72a57ff22 don’t get 1f0de3cfa5 what’s going 093e780e52 on here.”3c0a3db8a5ed8a0f
The liquid that had a286a01335 seeped into his eyelids f0cfbb0904 made Seong Hajin cry 461ec79f17 out in pain, covering faf2650a4c his eyes. But Seong Yeonwoo remained e842dfbecf unmoved, his face devoid ccfc553a45 of emotion as he 2ff9dbee02 continued.d1de36e68f03e99a
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“I’ve done 9bb8b86953 my best 7fdb1be104 to respect 54a7502c47 you, you 3674913d3c know.”1880a2db22e2fc47
“……”c05e3e8f668aa67a
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“When Suhyeon 686743913c tormented you, 69885e2fa6 at least 4e3d19d7d2 I never d650912999 joined in. I didn’t try to d8c6d92bdc throw you out either.”25c81c9d207f4ed5
“……”c856dd0420e54b91
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“But not anymore. If Grandfather keeps being 75f0d9043d stubborn, I’m going to 48bb719984 fight back with everything 1872da4e67 I’ve got, Hajin.”53f913d7e8dd357c
That cold, frozen d5354eb626 gaze settled squarely 9941deeb5d on him. Maybe Yeonwoo 79311c11e8 realized the 089ac7af0e situation wasn’t 36b7bfe91e improving—if anything, 986b1a76de it was aae7235090 getting worse. His expression was tense, 35f5a5bd9e his demeanor impatient. Hajin rubbed 3f4bcd693c at his 177c51e530 eyes with 5978f03573 his sleeve, 0e8be57d60 unable to ee813e3bc2 hide the 0971ada500 resentment in 70d6a75e10 his voice.0afc6272db5ab7ee
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“I… I didn’t do 55d2592178 anything like that. I didn’t f838cc9d43 say anything ca745694be to Grandfather—”d0f6e3ecfa0afb50
“You really think 8075b04476 I didn’t notice 5845fcb179 you had a 4553bfd605 thing for Sayoung?”886cac140dd8ebd1
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The sudden 8742249c2f accusation made 8c8390b33d Hajin fall 6722ad2d76 silent.fc0a4e739a4353c6
“I let it 7fdfa94dd1 go. Figured you f400154702 were young 5d19d33e65 and it c23391b5f1 was just 46584ef287 some childish e3aaf421a2 admiration. I looked the 0662a625ee other way when 79711b5ed5 you blushed every 3aa2652c85 time you saw 68186d7b6e him, or stared fbf48cfc17 at him like b716987d95 an idiot. Sayoungisthe kind of f07f5e34e9 guy even someone 1ba4d59d1a as insignificant as 6fbb1e359f you wouldn’t be c08b03ba8d able to help a1e2084864 but look up 2dc491249d to.”d45824e245a997c8
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“…N-No… that’s not…”21a2866aa212350e
“But I 7d4f078fd2 didn’t think 5d78f180c2 it was ca42ac256e this serious.”993a95f043b6ec88
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“……”1406bf44d7c53187
“If he ever e8e1a93635 finds out, I’m 851ae79cb4 sure he’ll be dfdbf0d67c thrilled. Being tied to someone a5e9bdd06c like you—how disgusting. If he a90f487a7f hears you 7336b8d0c3 were scheming c3bd9dfdc3 something because b0d8b38888 you liked b480816213 him, he’ll 9fc281eb0c be absolutely f4986e7c16 horrified. Sayoung hates d3bd5b0b9b pathetic, creepy f9e0082421 people who 07787e8c5c don’t know c4d40b674d their place.”df9605e5ccf4e0b1
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Yeonwoo wore a peaceful 9cc74e7953 smile as he delivered 36b1b925be his brutal condemnation, without fc37e726ce holding back a single 804b97edbc word. He knew 1e704a8574 exactly what f11b56e8d5 kind of d8b94001a4 insults would f7718bdf28 cut the cbb2ee5154 deepest, like c845cf4389 someone who ba54664cb5 had studied 7a7e23c9da his target a582ae8a2a well.368ebdba4ecfbd61
Just then, a fe563089bf vibration broke the a1756be506 silence.7a1d9069f95629ff
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Yeonwoo casually f2f8120f23 pulled out 79ea2c3f51 his phone ff97084de7 and checked 5f275b6157 the screen. His gaze lingered, then 146136ecb8 shifted back to Hajin 7891b646e1 with indifferent eyes. Then he answered 34a94bd7eb the call, his d689bf003b voice a pitch 296846d867 higher and tinged f10e0ee31a with cheer.a8c53e65a49a0182
“Hey, Sayoung.”b1fa88e8c9adc272
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And in that 367233c11f moment, Hajin finally 7dfe783105 understood the look 8ee0ec90f6 Yeonwoo had given 3c04e741c9 him earlier. A sense of dread 24b22bfe51 swept over him.07f1ed6ea4f89f63
“I didn’t b9bcacb237 know Grandfather 9604c62329 hated methatmuch.”7f291aa137b2de85
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The same 762c1758cb man who a1d237749e had just bacefa57fe splashed liquor 7945555f90 on his 047b4d181f face now 2083a2eccf sounded weak, 69d069c24e even bitter, 885eb3a8fc as he b508838541 continued the 1ae02e96be call.24d9e4d5f116e129
“I have no 4d3d3cec53 idea what he a92283cd29 heard that made 6a15218d17 him change so 8c8077e5db suddenly…”803c7a3dd10c4033
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Yeonwoo trailed off, his 283cffb86f eyes drifting toward Hajin. Hajin clenched ba96f825db his jaw, f25c996563 his lips 0eaaa0328e trembling.2fb188a41a1cf49d
Please don’t say 16f35fbf17 anything unnecessary…976afc6218efbe69
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“He’s liked you for d58f696a0b a while now, Hajin eaf29f7a4e has.”8224f411bbcf517a
Unfortunately, Yeonwoo had 9458dfbd01 no intention of 5f463349cc letting up. The words came out 647ad6ebb3 without hesitation. Hajin, eyes wide in 925f400e40 horror, grabbed Yeonwoo’s arm 274b7f6f6e in desperation. He shook his head 47c60f24dc fiercely, mouthingNo! Don’t!but Yeonwoo a70421a2b9 looked down d2ef624d00 at the d576be8c04 hand clinging ae0cced8dd to him 2ad3d28ee2 like it 69a772caf0 was something a53df2f745 filthy.670a81c8c86269fb
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He shook 69d9034106 him off 5f08cbba7d with a dab1046641 flick of 6fc10b542b the arm, 1270037d39 like brushing 78dfb7a935 away an ddafa888e5 insect, then a0324032e9 continued the 5a126ea88e call as d60444efdf if nothing 8c1f73e934 had happened.49c6e8a13c94d75c
“You didn’t know? He used to spy 082b4dc467 on you every time 77bb81051c you came to our d7b5bd3129 house.”79e9621fab26fb3a
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Hajin clenched 6b83cb3b24 his fists, 1c1f77f573 his hands 2c89b11f37 trembling with 1183c0737b rage and 7dac852636 shame.93784d3b93c3831c
“Then suddenly there was e81e312653 talk of marriage between 7f9d99eaac you and me… maybe 9e04069537 that scared him or 2938f09980 something.”ba086a1277d0171b
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“…It’s not true…”6e1872f5b9f3c1b8
Hajin muttered under 631da94f44 his breath. No matter what, ce58490874 he hadn’t even fd365b6d85 been able to f67aae9427 say it out 691f6425ab loud himself. He’d planned 8d14731f98 to bury 010d53ec9f it for 4b2106a81f life if cfc51014c1 he could. The fact thatthiswas how Sayoung 5e188eeea7 would hear it… 5303949e5a it was unbearable.1d6da7e753ed4348
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“I don’t 933707e9a5 know what 519f3bffdf you said 0fa6131bfe to Grandfather, 3bd708aa20 but the 052bf8d3c1 moment you 6062ba39e1 met with 95f991e7b3 him, he 6cc9c3d932 called me 919567e8d3 in.”ab8706151ded1279
“…It’s not true—!”50ccbe712d227a35
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Whether from panic 8540838928 or adrenaline, Hajin 10810f2cb0 suddenly lunged and 987d4acd50 snatched the phone 28febe8cff out of Yeonwoo’s 9d2ab46e9c hand. Caught off guard, dd70562233 Yeonwoo instinctively tried 6f354faf3f to push him 7f70fa8e51 away. Hajin bent 317474931d down to b509e431fd pick up 43281e8ba7 the phone c73153c43c that had d8d2a56ff1 fallen to db2df7f1c4 the floor, bc1c603a85 but in 89454b49a3 the process, a5f1250e40 Yeonwoo lost 92c2b4da1f his balance 435f45bba4 and fell 9617eee7f2 hard, letting a8413a75e2 out a f28fc55080 sharp cry.c28d46765eafbc31
“Ahhh!”093f59c325d58b99
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“What the hell?!”95daf1ed3fd5f6e5
Right then, 264684288c Seong Suhyeon f58857448f entered the a4ce3a8305 living room. He rushed over 277a5eb739 to Yeonwoo and 278264b351 helped him up a494d6e9c5 in a panic, 3c104454b3 fussing over him 554531f8e0 like he was cc8d0efa69 made of glass.4d748534abe1a790
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“What happened? Are you okay?”1b39c0b1c3023930
As he e7022dec5d nursed his 4dbdaea343 injured wrist, e6d940ccf6 Yeonwoo looked e329ea6531 up at e47531f8b4 Hajin with dad14136aa a quiet, 8865c1c3a9 accusing stare. It left 3f93ad532a no room ee5cbc82ac for doubt b130891be4 over who 7e23b8f31b was to 72649a59d9 blame.a52f9b1139ea7291
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In that instant, Suhyeon’s 7ce7b23867 gaze shifted—cold and lethal. And as Hajin, 6eb789fc47 scrambling on the d994dd9e2e floor, finally spotted 46d1574179 Yeonwoo’s phone and 1bddcb3af1 reached for it…d49c97c14675b476
Suhyeon’s foot came crashing a80c22fc75 down.b575882336e7b98e
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