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    Eun-cho wanted to tell him that she was overheating because he was so close, to just get away from her. But with his gaze locked on her face, she couldn’t open her mouth.cf9842593c4899de

    “Why are you being so stubborn?”bd52405f62273e6a

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    His low voice 7b51783077 scratched powerfully at 708c4cb702 her ear.d44bb9d641c78466

    Tae-san leaned even closer to Eun-cho, who didn’t answer.23667ebfba9537af

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    Could there 22ae3cb2ae have been 57ee473e5e alcohol in 4d86351790 that peach b850018cde champagne?d86fe12220c1cf42

    It shouldn’t have made her drunk—it was practically just juice—but she felt her neck and ears burning up.b1506f5f69ea152a

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    He’d only taken one step closer, but Tae-san’s shadow loomed so large it felt like she was about to be devoured.dae2179b691367d6

    It wasn’t his usual arrogant look. There was a heat in his gaze that she couldn’t meet, so Eun-cho turned her head away.ce008cfbd650e5ed

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    She’d been standing firm, holding on for dear life, but it felt like she was finally about to crumble. She just wanted to escape this situation.d70dc6fd5d750349

    “Just a sec, I need to use the restroom.”3bec001fcbd1c805

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    Surely he wouldn’t follow her into the bathroom. Eun-cho pushed past him and all but ran into the restroom.e7c9ac7ee1f7fcb6

    If she could, she’d splash cold water on her face to cool it down, but with makeup on, even that was difficult.17a370abbf77b9d3

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    “Lee Eun-cho.”27169c4d60a9a706

    Then she d99e998e38 felt a 99c2df657e sharp presence b2d9a5b50a behind her.0d2dfa7c5a55625d

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    It was Mrs. Jung, her face filled bbf6074713 with anger, having followed e530ea7d5a her in.408cd295585672a4

    Arms crossed c71ae09845 tightly, she a6014165e8 looked incredibly affff170a4 threatening.c26ae8bc4ad78ef1

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    She must have been a72cde83ec watching me the whole e3a0a58d95 time.1cf937db96a447a0

    She probably ba281556ed followed her 3d953460ea the second 555c32e91f she got e399b97f7b up. She must have been a6c0856574 waiting for this moment, 550ef8bf69 when Eun-cho was alone 44266419da without Ryu Tae-san as 765e7c8a1d her shield.765e59357c43fb19

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    “Is there something you wanted?”3fa37af9157746fc

    “I have so many grievances with you, I couldn’t just stand by.”ac5e7ed6ed0ec94f

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    Since the inauguration ceremony wasn’t over yet, it was just Mrs. Jung and Eun-cho in the restroom.051b0a4b2aa0571c

    What kind of things efd3c40320 will she say this 92908c24ca time to rile me 54ea8ceb60 up?Eun-cho sighed before 972bbeee46 they even started 2813d9229b talking.01d0e5ddb456b131

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    “So you’re having the time of your life, huh? You think this spot is yours now that Yuri’s gone? Don’t get the wrong idea.”46decdd65e9ae9b2

    Right away with 70da398c29 the accusations.dc85e77307ef4632

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    This woman has d239c6a66b a real problem 83518d2b23 with delusions.db2edfbdd1cc8196

    She still couldn’t accept that her husband had another family before they started theirs. That’s why she treated her, the product of that family, like a bastard.0c42ab1ed72b7b5b

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    “It seems like I’ve finally become a useful child to my father. He even introduced me to Chairman Ryu as his daughter.”5ee1ad93e9dec4c8

    “Who’s the daughter? My daughter is the only one!”2f7d194f82920c33

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    It all started because her father introduced her as “his daughter” in front of Chairman Ryu.5bf924227f227706

    She purposefully poked bf9b41b2a0 at that sore 8e2019b12e spot, and it 7c2c7f2da1 was quite a 55d24128b9 sight to see 3f2492299e her explode like c39f74db9e that.d49e7bb55839e5d9

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    Plus, Chairman Ryu had even mentioned “his wife,” so Mrs. Jung, who had a huge complex about Eun-cho’s mother, was probably losing her mind.600cfe263aff2782

    There’s no way to win against someone who’s dead.093487736f2998fa

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    To Mrs. Jung, Eun-cho’s mother was an opponent she could never catch up to, no matter how hard she tried.e3fba2a0cbff3885

    She had no 4a19e76386 idea why her 78fe14ca05 animosity towards her 9821944f23 mother was so 9f80085648 great.abbddd948b7ea7b6

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    “Why didn’t you say that in front of my father earlier?”8fd8b56239e095d9

    “You really…! How dare you!”5f2d8f4b2f943b54

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    “Or you could’ve told Chairman Ryu that you’re the only ‘wife’.”06ce839ad8edc009

    How can 14f826830a she be bd4573e091 so transparent?3c43ee52aaaf3cc2

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    She was smiling 509ff9d5a9 so hard her 9ad919a690 lips were trembling 872708d4da in front of 75d7540efd her father and e9a26e3a5f Chairman Ryu, but df1839fd68 she came to 5fe9ace0c3 her to vent e51a2fd006 her anger.2d81cd1cbcbd66e7

    “You’re just like your mother. You’re shameless, just like her.”1f948b7180c21ccf

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    “How much money do you need this time? I’m so sick and tired of the Go family.”f703f23881f95369

    When she 332ab24762 was younger, d13af35040 Mrs. Jung seemed d85420a1bd like a a90c4612f1 formidable person 96eb9129be when she 77ba7fb082 was acting 986f0a50bf violently.c9153369e7fdd1f6

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    She hadn’t met her many times, but she was always scared and afraid of her, because she would change completely when they were alone and say terrible things.7db17843bcc3e2cc

    Now that I see it, she’s smaller than me.a2dd319121b9342c

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    What was she so c2d8d7216e afraid of back then?81c80d383fccf652

    Even in the hall just now, she shrunk back from Mrs. Jung’s force, like she always did.a5170397cb967c21

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    Eun-cho straightened her back e278f13aa9 on purpose.31d79ef31e6d6c9b

    She didn’t want to be wronged anymore without having done anything wrong.58082a05b884731e

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    “My husband only needs you for a little while. He doesn’t think of you as a daughter. If he really thought of you as a daughter, would he have let you wander around outside?”6ce5496ce26ff88c

    “Same here, lady.”1428eb9cb6a7a315

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    Her temples throbbed b5d094806a as she started 95446ee7b2 to realize she a22900fe76 was getting angry.6a8144c710998fa2

    Eun-cho wanted 42ec327cfa to end 214d0b2587 this tiring 8dc65c7ace conversation.0b2258fdfaafd4c3

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    A short tinnitus was 4fdbff3354 constantly ringing in her 7818cff40a ears like a warning a939d15320 sound.c93fd28fc1a2816e

    “What? Lady?”62ae3b48c6c61e9e

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    “I won’t bother saying goodbye since you wouldn’t want it.”ee3ea677f8f762a1

    Eun-cho turned around, a62b1b64c9 speaking calmly.83c6900ceef0a38d

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    She refused to be 73d9110a38 treated like a beggar 9b61582d83 who had received charity, 321cdf5397 let alone being treated def7e54f78 like a bastard.f451fa49a06764e3

    “How much more are you going to squeeze out of him, using Ryu Tae-san as a front?”1c910b7712f870a5

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    See, even if ffffaa4904 you give them 519015178c a little gap, b19869e904 they treat you 43f4d0c010 like a beggar 4c84e15d81 and a thief.cd3323e2020bdec1

    “Isn’t it enough that you’ve been taking child support all this time?”2a639e6ea1660969

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    Child support?2c65c1b2cfb23565

    Eun-cho stopped in 9bafe57f1a her tracks, ready edd5468548 to ignore her 4f2ef0dd23 and turn around.febd1337435047f4

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    According to her 334276ba12 grandmother and aunt, 5fa6c84dde her father had 414ac99075 never sent her 34c2a5e66a any child support.c2613496c7e09798

    Her aunt was always saying that she didn’t have enough money and that it was too hard to raise Tae-hee and her alone.c0994f27c89d6133

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    “Child support?”5af09a92ea0eda6b

    “All the while you were growing up, he paid monthly child support, university tuition, and even the deposit for your apartment. That shameless Go Hwa-ran even took business funds over and over again. Don’t tell me you’re going to play dumb and pretend you didn’t know?”90dee6c10354c184

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    Her breath caught in 168b5b0eb0 her throat.f183ce10ce5d8629

    Had her aunt been taking the child support all along and pretending she hadn’t received it?3d951ecd1b3325cf

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    University tuition, apartment deposit, aec7456cf4 and even business funds?8b48137402286b85

    It was like an 434b893877 onion, peeling away layers ac26cc6b5c and layers of rotten ab9907b891 skin.4cf678fca2b3a777

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    “Ugh…”1f22df2cf2c80a7b

    Why had her 18e11813fc father kept his ffa3572821 mouth shut about ff2efcb3df all this, even 68df061254 though he knew?9f899f5d2824de49

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    He hadn’t even made a single excuse when she went to him to get the child support in a lump sum.f4652ce7eecea1cc

    Eun-cho bit d16b17d8cc down hard 6660a90b19 on the ae5089a234 soft flesh 123fface3f inside her 51ea1ac037 mouth.d771ae4113a17915

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    Even as she 82129200d2 criticized him for 7c250e35ca being a hypocrite, e7ef061fc0 she wanted to 8879f97ff2 believe in her acd86bd56d father in the e26c22585c corner of her f79b3ada89 heart.e38005876e355789

    Even though she 3826cfa9de knew it was cc2d36b05d a hope that 05f68b840b would crumble every f7826445c3 time.bbd2bdd202f389e3

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    Whether it was then, when she didn’t know anything, or now when she knew everything.489c6934fb5191ad

    Gosh, this is 72b5247838 such a hopeless fb568a5c81 crush.fd0afb8be3c500b7

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    He even made it so that she couldn’t just hate him.bc830aba0eda1ad2

    “If you have even a shred of conscience, don’t even think about acting like it’s a big deal that you got my husband a mere president’s seat.”34d80fa53e9df11d

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    “…”6502009651869a7b

    “Compared to what you’ve taken all this time, it’s just a drop in the ocean, right?”9f158eacc8b48c18

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    How was she supposed to accept this double standard, where he kept his mouth shut about child support but didn’t hesitate to sell his daughter for his own success?9e8ce02aa4e216f3

    “Should I be offering congratulations for securing a position that might not even last a few years—all at the cost of your own daughter?”6e059fc7952ba951

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    Mrs. Jung trembled 6b35c75b6c at her 34323daae1 sharply pointed e449e2ecc6 words.ff2b8225b60d398c

    She didn’t think even a bit about the wounds she had inflicted.c5e6cfc0b9806978

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    It seemed like ef7afe4961 the conversation would f450a96d9b just go around 7132abad68 in circles, no 54de98f0fe matter what she a26e215075 said.81806a342c0ab92b

    Since they weren’t trying to listen to each other, there was no way the conversation could move forward.2bb4024456edbb80

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    “That brazen girl. It’s obvious since she grew up in the Go family.”c7c0c8e0fa85c5fe

    She was the kind 306195b1c6 of person who would 5d9ca33817 never realize that the f9afc93fe3 bad karma she was a8881d7486 making with her mouth 64809b4e8d would return to her 9b8b15ffec daughter.374e18ca0dc41621

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    Euncho refused 32052f666c to waste 33e2761eb3 another word d9249dd617 on someone 79292f0470 so utterly ac3345428d beneath her 3e9125c3de and stepped e3e28c17d1 out of 85f245b3c5 the restroom.d605193d222e116f

    And then she 1c93efdbb2 stopped abruptly.cf22edffadbeb996

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    “…”75f4ec406afdc7ce

    Ryu Tae-san was standing 5486252513 just three steps away.267d70ccabcfacab

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    His head tilted to 7281c6c47e the side.dfa20fb233147bf6

    Did he 188d4e4234 hear everything?adadfe2f649563b7

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    She’d been caught at her lowest by the person she least wanted to show it to.986312391471e69c

    She closed 3f95a31b0e her burning 129997c5e6 eyelids tightly.b92268e55bc1db6e

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    Before her swaying 570dd10185 body could fall c1e0261146 to the floor, b8f19a60c6 Tae-san caught her.b593dfe8b622e22c

    Like this man said, 0d5c242de0 it was becoming a fd40582e23 habit to fall into 040eb9b0d5 his arms again.736bb511ef05e5ab

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    “Listen carefully, Lee Eun-cho.”a4bad32dd4b7d1e1

    “…”81117a243e42a1a8

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    “If someone hits you once, you hit them ten times. Don’t think about the consequences.”6eaedc28070fe5ec

    In other words, don’t get pushed around.ed3e7bdb1bb9b8f9

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    Eun-cho felt 7bc60fc365 reassured when ec49206c0b she saw b009c8d50b Ryu Tae-san 2a632001a5 scowling as c7b37f7482 he coldly 62b0dd71d8 recited the a4647e92c0 words, his d2e094fe97 face angrier 60e78ef14c than hers.8738467c21a8819e

    This man 9d5dc0bd1c is being 9b55ff2cd6 extremely sincere.2179bd72fb58c9a0

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    It really felt like c2ea20433d Tae-san would take care d8ec3cf9ff of everything, even if d40851cc27 she recklessly caused trouble 5f91900033 without thinking about the c86b325a20 consequences.4ca0d5600e4acba9

    When she thought about eba43c5710 that, she smiled without a88b67d414 realizing it.78464083b71ec7f5

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    “You’re smiling now?”c31d895ccb73a89f

    “Is it because you’re saying something so serious in front of the women’s restroom?”cc65a5a45efc464b

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    Eun-cho stood up straight, a340f65012 fighting off her dizziness.92f1cf71b02c1075

    Tae-san frowned as if he didn’t like the fact that Eun-cho was trying to solve things on her own until the end, rather than relying on him.10936791cc2edf74

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    Just then, Mrs. Jung was coming out of the restroom and stopped for a moment when she recognized Tae-san’s face.34b4c58b1d481f90

    It was no wonder eb80045dd6 she was surprised, having 550da0dea3 just unleashed all her 61004f4eca anger and then running 12fffeaf49 into Tae-san.781fb6c42adf2f55

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    Tae-san walked ac96dab334 towards Mrs. Jung with long e288e61de8 strides.22e883a0f5219a56

    “Mrs. Jung?”e085918da96a7c48

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    “Oh, I didn’t expect to see Managing Director Ryu here.”0ffbf961d9f67c6e

    Mrs. Jung responded with 2d41f7e88e an awkward smile 1ed87c93cd to his polite 7a0b07425e address.9cbcb1ec125f0c6f

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    Tae-san took 9a254b115b out a acdebccdcc money clip 1ea05ffeca from his aa997d7e8d inner pocket.33f4f0eb14e1d024

    He grabbed a few 8caa03cfff crisp, neatly ironed bills 0f31fb2ff6 and handed them to aebc388f26 Mrs. Jung.644cd7d1335904bc

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    “Please take care of the restroom cleaning. It seems like flies keep gathering because it’s not being cleaned properly.”63dedc870c2afd59

    So he 769e55bbfb was talking a2f2eb6924 about her 6238dca372 when he 77f39db63c said cleaning 169168aa22 lady?ac943088e99c7fe4

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    Tae-san smiled to the end, kindly pressing the bills into Mrs. Jung’s frozen hand.d76062591faab147

    Mrs. Jung, who had d557b9f65b been treated like dd9e336113 a cleaning lady b7f93bf184 and a fly 29cbaf1b17 in an instant, a40c94f59e was shocked and 10b283c0f8 dumbfounded.8ace4ab909ddb19a

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    “I’m a professional at throwing money around. Don’t try to show off your money in front of me.”1a65c4f869dcd955

    “Managing Director Ryu, what is this…?!”6fa6302dfca2c478

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    “I can’t tolerate anyone damaging what’s mine. Keep that in mind.”172353f7c7344dd2

    His last words 1df276638c were cold, without 0e5a2366ff a trace of 3000ea5dc3 a smile.d7d478ed5b873aac

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    He turned back to d1122b2af0 Eun-cho.478ef287600acf75

    Eun-cho watched ea513b44ad him ruthlessly 015e2f7bdb suppress his 1499bc3aa6 opponent like 4b6680e055 a gangster b5f69a73d7 and thought.4577ec1ad537f813

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    Oh, that man ddae889fee is on my 1775cf50fd side.b5b4954fc0e512cf

    Ridiculously.a540ba25abc0a196

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    “Let’s go, honey.”82ba7a035525b22a

    Maybe it’s okay to trust him, just a little.fd36de1fcd7b855f

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