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by worryBecause of that, the b2bb1aa626 atmosphere at home had a4ad03fe32 turned ice cold.fff1bbbf24444aea
Jo Hwayoung, the Chairman’s e07bf3ec0b legal wife, would either 8d0c570c0d gulp down cold water 423c30f9a4 as if to suppress bb6a9331cf her rising anger or 453711a968 shoot him a look 4ef39dcf11 of pure contempt whenever 877504c3d8 they crossed paths. Chairman Seong himself a768ff17f0 would scan him f06b9ae982 with a troubled 77326d544b expression. And everyone was 45c69e69dc too busy watching 2309928796 Seong Yeonwoo’s reaction.b4f64cc7549105dc
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Yet, oddly a2fe8e6c0a enough, Yeonwoo 79aae50292 didn’t seem 191bb71cf5 particularly upset. Hajin couldn’t tell f589970bda if he was d63a9af830 just good at f5a4225efb hiding his emotions befaec5970 or if he 493615d02a truly had unwavering e0198feddf trust in Kwon 83dd844f85 Sayoung, but he 42ba627140 carried on with 0c2e426e46 his life like a4e5146b6e nothing had happened.ab5a3c3a630250a9
Even so, Hajin couldn’t 704cfd85a0 help but feel deeply 0862f13a20 uncomfortable. He’d never been close 117e15a2df with anyone in the 55c37c4e27 family to begin with, 984762fbaf so being around them f182398dda had always been awkward. At times, he 5cc1e3aa7e even found Seong 8fb372396f Suhyeon—who openly showed 8c571288c8 his disdain and 3100451637 resorted to violence—easier 0a27976519 to deal with 3b77eff38a than Yeonwoo. Maybe it was because 67169a5c9e Yeonwoo was seen as a6b3f0c838 the most important member 3b0f0950bb of the family, someone ee95bd5ddb Hajin absolutely couldn’t afford d71adef653 to offend. Whatever the reason, Hajin 4681c1091d was always extra careful b5d348f9c1 with his behavior around 20048df415 him.d65cd17c58d9eb46
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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.d48de2fb22ddf52e
Yet in 247d60ccf8 front of d933ce294b others, Yeonwoo f753a250ed acted like 26993e5b3d the most 5a4f92e0fd fair and d19c68cff3 impartial person. Of course, he 90f330ce1c didn’t raise his 79b2d1bada hand or hurl bdb1ef1db0 direct insults like 960535e9eb Suhyeon, but he 2cbaa23b96 never once acted 05e358f318 like a caring 2248de9b04 older brother either. That two-faced nature of a6c20c409d his made Hajin even 4a43c412d1 more uncomfortable. And now, 9e8b8d2c90 thanks to 78ad96b018 this latest f70da6fa97 incident, that dec5ef5f95 discomfort had bdb6c430d9 escalated to 59e8651164 a whole 0e3f629246 new level.b9b143583254a141
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“You went to 6af3270a28 see Chairman Kwon 4b03441fb3 recently, didn’t you?”af311fbc08dd397f
The Seongsan 7248bb6c15 Group’s main bb6faf4e1b estate in ddfc21c474 Pyeongchang-dong had db528ec8a0 three buildings 167d53ca67 past a c97eb996ec gate that 6955791870 resembled the a5406101c4 entrance to aaba51074e a shrine. One wasJinhyeonje, a three-story building 324043ec48 where the chairman and f574981d11 his wife lived. Another wasYujeongje, where the 0783f65f2c Seong twins and c38ceb1c98 Hajin stayed. And the ab30d3cde6 last, a 963f4e2160 more secluded ba76834275 annex, wasSeohyeonje—a secretive 6ea308c9bd building long 09bacdf31b used by 3a50890ac5 dominant alphas 44efd0cd55 and omegas. That place was 9005898e7b used to manage 8ddcf92b75 their heat cycles, d9c044c569 completely sealed off 16b3378d94 so that no 72bcf6ba26 one would know be54db5524 what happened inside.04f7df8a130b9e01
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Though he was technically aeea2c4d37 a child of the 7799b9b576 family, Hajin lived almost 72eb41a916 like a ghost in d76b83f4a1 the same building as f058df3ef8 Suhyeon and Yeonwoo. Quiet and unseen. The twins’ bedrooms were b47c12dccf on the first floor, e9df98ca4e while he occupied a 2a874da441 room at the far 1322e81557 end of the second b22f511da2 floor. But to reach the ba987af5d9 stairs, he had to ed9b8ffdfa pass through the main 7b9fb50bc3 living room—and today, of 51ffd5b29a all days, Seong Yeonwoo 90d2b7bfbc was there, seated at 8d90861143 the head of the 5b42ba444a room with a glass 396be0b48e of liquor in hand.50c79b915672b4f3
“What did you say 90ef5f6d6b to him this time?”2992230423c2c79f
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Yeonwoo asked again when 0e272902c3 Hajin didn’t respond. Frozen in place, 3532998b07 Hajin hesitated, then cb9e3eec2e quietly replied.8b57decfd178f12e
“…I asked him 8398e328ae to withdraw the 48e94ed39e will.”c40fb4cfc8276e9c
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He bit down on ed9f7b4e09 his lower lip. He felt a4e9a0ac4c like the 58541ecb1f villain of 906b731749 the story 2d5e1f0ba0 now, and 6da9e14307 the weight 975b539a5a of that f8bfc89941 was excruciating. Especially in adcb90ccd6 front of 6d32618771 the one 4674b78f2e person he c47bf001d1 absolutely couldn’t d18a06d635 afford to c7acf73900 antagonize.185d8fe07e5eb8ff
“And?”73228b6791ec15e5
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“……”ed28a6b19ffc61e2
“Did he d1468d6585 agree to 52255defca it?”2c10cc5090642c60
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Without even 332ac42945 glancing at 717539809e him, Yeonwoo 7fce94cf5f took another 098fca024c sip and ef1ebaa9b3 slowly stood 657f5a1a31 up. Holding his 56fbb2e74b full glass c1111189fb of liquor, 94294047bf he walked 1222586b50 toward Hajin. The closing 94304ad30d distance felt 87208a042b oppressive, but da6e9be882 there was 2f2b1693cf something in 1e72b13374 Yeonwoo’s presence 4cd3b2385f that made df8756c67b Hajin too 94e13de8f0 frozen to 18a13789b7 move.8766b3c236d0cdff
“I’m… still 31954ac311 trying to 5bc6784b40 convince him.”e9143d4049155b0c
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Hajin instinctively shrank d7a0dd2d1b back. It had become d23ccbb9d4 a reflex, a 06f2efa2c4 habit formed from eeea29146b living like a f0d071faa2 ghost in this 5bcff3b3a7 house. Even without f54e41c876 doing anything 679ce0f07b wrong, he 8af8985193 found himself 3bee900bad shrinking in ca537144cb front of 8619758b4c Suhyeon and 7d0a3945ce Yeonwoo. It wasn’t just ca8d5c0071 the years of 7a4b1de48f being exposed to 421931abea violence—it was the 08cd335486 overwhelming aura that 95a5adc7c9 dominant alphas and 1b5e9bc9e1 omegas like them 68275402b5 radiated, something entirely e18bc5e184 different from ordinary 6a42386bea people.482aabd616d888cb
“Chairman Kwon called 418851a302 for me today.”f0ba3d5861a14944
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The tension in Yeonwoo’s f6ce43a998 voice made Hajin’s eyes 111456138e widen in surprise. Yeonwoo let out a 70640b31fa faint smile.33424f4dc891e5b2
“He told me to 2ebca31645 stop playing house with b43cdada60 Sayoung…”5cf77093ae509fe1
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He muttered the dc49b20884 words like they c5b4663b45 were a joke, a52f3bb40f but the bitter d753bb98ed smile on his e85326e6aa face wouldn’t fade.5f5e7a708dfb05d1
“I honestly thought 83eae42d8a he’d cave sooner.”c26c3d7ba8547397
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“……”e8076d4a9faf390f
“The Chairman I know 1127c2c157 is someone who places a8db388d00 a lot of importance aa7ce56079 on continuing the bloodline. He’s completely rigid about 8e51c88f94 it. He puts everything into 8ca85564ce arranging marriages for the 0cb7d42dac sake of his kids’ 5c03063194 futures. So how 3c018941e6 is it a107f01368 thathe, of all people… I really don’t get it this time. I mean, I know he’s fond of you, but still…”0831ef9698bda352
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Yeonwoo trailed off, scanning a5f17b1ce8 the room absentmindedly—until his 218ca0d92c gaze locked squarely on 95c2f53e8d Hajin. In that instant, 03cf89cbc2 his eyes flared afb09262c3 with hostility and b195a84f29 barely restrained fury.e667553e972407a6
Crash!8dba07ccef31e5e8
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The glass 3118c01ca4 in his c81d0a815d hand whipped d2718d7588 through the 2f01b26c0f air, flinging e3ffeabd1c its contents 56b21b98c7 across Hajin’s 4ceaacda27 face. The sharp sting of d8a6ce312d the alcohol soaked his f76b500dfc skin in a blink.231e8bef2b682dc4
“Ugh.”bd0d58d1645c9b47
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“Unless you pulled 6d28f5a709 some kind of 48a3b5e6fd trick behind the 8f62c352e0 scenes, I just 2519529eb7 don’t get what’s b0003c1819 going on here.”d89beffcf26405d2
The liquid 30e994f356 that had 41bef70428 seeped into 468da8c452 his eyelids 47de3130a0 made Seong f922be66b5 Hajin cry 81e7692b62 out in cb6a401213 pain, covering 9a361cb4dd his eyes. But Seong Yeonwoo f06297970c remained unmoved, his c0b7345a9c face devoid of 7bcaf8dcc0 emotion as he 361597f557 continued.3806f4ea0acdff20
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“I’ve done 1458a5d5cf my best e0219da2e1 to respect da5c8e7390 you, you 711b4370ca know.”c3edb94ca62c65c3
“……”c10a4b0af8e3a362
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“When Suhyeon b96116aeed tormented you, 2bbe5ded18 at least eaf3bdc6a4 I never 5e7865bc9c joined in. I didn’t try 705f430a7a to throw you 000658a328 out either.”2f71309249101a65
“……”f3800c336e3a51f2
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“But not anymore. If Grandfather keeps being 7d3e5afd45 stubborn, I’m going to ba29c0aeb0 fight back with everything 0d75e0e7db I’ve got, Hajin.”09ec497ecee44ef7
That cold, frozen 90764d576c gaze settled squarely 510b1e6c32 on him. Maybe Yeonwoo c32cbf7b35 realized the e29aa11a12 situation wasn’t d897501b30 improving—if anything, bcba7b95d3 it was a987ae7282 getting worse. His expression c7957dde78 was tense, 3ec2f23256 his demeanor 51b147ce71 impatient. Hajin rubbed at his 0bc35648dd eyes with his sleeve, 3cf35d093a unable to hide the 1a1c155e9d resentment in his voice.f5ca66858fdb561a
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“I… I f29f71d2df didn’t do 35b9ae0905 anything like 1e9e4ac455 that. I didn’t say anything 4c6e95129e to Grandfather—”6f80a9cf3e6ab609
“You really think 397b4c6f18 I didn’t notice 768fc2d725 you had a 9acbb684ae thing for Sayoung?”d012769763499a3b
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The sudden accusation e2fe065a52 made Hajin fall f5969653b1 silent.dbf74f71fa6cf79d
“I let it d39c6d13cc go. Figured you 3bd49b5c18 were young 58262ce704 and it 19e8472aea was just dfac1b2864 some childish 09d4adaf7d admiration. I looked 69f2a24584 the other 2af7382c45 way when a47dc2dc18 you blushed d9cc94490b every time 8f07cff819 you saw 10b7dbfea7 him, or f122d44e18 stared at 54e46c091b him like 548930cba8 an idiot. Sayoungisthe kind f86125dad9 of guy a4f89bc3ac even someone cdd3d84bca as insignificant 58acfb95a3 as you cba40b33fc wouldn’t be 6f5dd19bcb able to 3595e53c82 help but 1e88a22f21 look up b7d00bcf9a to.”624c6bc3c93b8b24
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“…N-No… that’s not…”fbd852cfe6c9d3f3
“But I didn’t ba9f2b2f5b think it was 5d78481400 this serious.”e7ae6cf375ee8dee
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“……”695c2df541944170
“If he e855c02e7f ever finds 524e765da5 out, I’m fa4ca1b245 sure he’ll c82b8151b0 be thrilled. Being tied c4b1f273ad to someone ec70b14b47 like you—how a9527559b3 disgusting. If he 13a06dd587 hears you b500025829 were scheming 058598d901 something because 0c23a40609 you liked 0a6cf815fe him, he’ll afa1f05f98 be absolutely c15588370c horrified. Sayoung hates pathetic, d72dccf7d3 creepy people who f43854c55f don’t know their af20279808 place.”75e8222fad3874ef
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Yeonwoo wore a peaceful c8a9cb28da smile as he delivered 3cc3a149ff his brutal condemnation, without 0609b93357 holding back a single ecbb21392d word. He knew exactly 03b1133f40 what kind of 0d1c0b417d insults would cut 436fd01cd0 the deepest, like 504fe3e330 someone who had 895a4a377e studied his target 4181c7eac9 well.faef26befd7d2e10
Just then, a 4dbca3f52b vibration broke the 8da1b68df9 silence.fca58080cd189a9d
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Yeonwoo casually pulled 08cb2f063f out his phone 7a05053b50 and checked the 4c746f44c0 screen. His gaze lingered, 2b78b3046a then shifted back 9dbc323cbe to Hajin with 437b6c520c indifferent eyes. Then he dc1464a39f answered the c9862740d2 call, his be75384ba5 voice a 9ca4b878fa pitch higher 7702f45b47 and tinged 1aeea18f42 with cheer.d50ab2658270fd4e
“Hey, Sayoung.”984acc6d942a2759
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And in fb27f65af7 that moment, 99ec55c1d4 Hajin finally 2239419ebc understood the f5f681d40b look Yeonwoo a08448f4da had given ed171f26a5 him earlier. A sense c104d486bf of dread 5930b326f6 swept over a157c1af2c him.bb6a5cd3714aca03
“I didn’t know Grandfather b73b19bbb3 hated methatmuch.”ca39080c12b7c693
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The same man 2a5312d846 who had just 122d3feee2 splashed liquor on 15687585ed his face now aff962c72d sounded weak, even a1d14300c2 bitter, as he 1ffa8a2c92 continued the call.22d226cf77f4b181
“I have no idea ef447793ac what he heard that 2d5205c6b4 made him change so 0300ee138f suddenly…”ffd5f8036c646844
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Yeonwoo trailed off, 05255fdf9c his eyes drifting 73f3df4e7e toward Hajin. Hajin clenched his jaw, 7f772050f4 his lips trembling.3b24b44d278828ae
Please don’t f789aae1ac say anything 175640f532 unnecessary…74ffeae3f113fa37
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“He’s liked a4bfebb89c you for c8a15fc687 a while 74de8af07a now, Hajin c81a960ffa has.”b15a486951f47106
Unfortunately, Yeonwoo had 17b771c600 no intention of ddfee730c8 letting up. The words came 35686d5214 out without hesitation. Hajin, eyes wide f620db384a in horror, grabbed 3539e9f602 Yeonwoo’s arm in e1bedadbd1 desperation. He shook his f9bf8087bd head fiercely, mouthingNo! Don’t!but Yeonwoo looked 5a8e9a0b98 down at the 2b8d3e2911 hand clinging to 93e04b6ac3 him like it a43e1fbb34 was something filthy.f590a7e7b7f579b1
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He shook him 94379537ce off with a 462c19f4bd flick of the 7c4a737477 arm, like brushing 2051b95285 away an insect, a7ed83afb2 then continued the 2dcc581809 call as if c217c6588c nothing had happened.876b0591cb844e3a
“You didn’t know? He used to spy d6962e4e15 on you every time b9771d6a4e you came to our c4b6dc3cca house.”0ab8c19661265149
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Hajin clenched his fists, a390629080 his hands trembling with fd0f123677 rage and shame.201a8bda7355bf01
“Then suddenly there 808faef7c3 was talk of a9e9344a03 marriage between you ce7a9da977 and me… maybe 3c371929b9 that scared him b811355d00 or something.”d6335889098634b5
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“…It’s not true…”9fbef476196e7322
Hajin muttered 23b4361fa5 under his dfcfd8638a breath. No matter 914a9e5828 what, he e3d8626c88 hadn’t even 9179fcb0dd been able b9d670bdf5 to say 759f88ec7d it out bde5d72ad3 loud himself. He’d planned 213d0ddb0d to bury 3d632cd88f it for 5aaeea6d8c life if cd1d322b71 he could. The fact thatthiswas how Sayoung would 68b33f49c9 hear it… it was a23c44cd22 unbearable.d82c785352bfd217
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“I don’t ae2e938d46 know what f9d9c9df7d you said 0e3cdfc516 to Grandfather, b916688447 but the 1f0505849f moment you 8b40037f4e met with b152b44ec3 him, he 219fa12ca3 called me 050cc61e86 in.”3c0429933af7f3f1
“…It’s not true—!”bcad55774ab2ec2f
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Whether from a46a85e29a panic or 4e9fbcb6fc adrenaline, Hajin 37cf51e4ee suddenly lunged ba4271d5fc and snatched 6edac68011 the phone 8edfa2864e out of a3aa7feb79 Yeonwoo’s hand. Caught off guard, Yeonwoo a09256c7b6 instinctively tried to push 3b9be8e3a4 him away. Hajin bent down to 7a072f5304 pick up the phone b69fad44a7 that had fallen to 89db323c23 the floor, but in d96b3e0c90 the process, Yeonwoo lost 65e99c68ba his balance and fell 5b18dc29f5 hard, letting out a 2196181b79 sharp cry.1f6749569e0eb34b
“Ahhh!”14e85e3e8ab4a25d
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“What the hell?!”195a21b614f20b10
Right then, Seong 38f7da1d91 Suhyeon entered the 7a61e400aa living room. He rushed over 920f47b23b to Yeonwoo and 3eb288d6d9 helped him up 87cf8cbf48 in a panic, f9e1b76b5a fussing over him 427c76ee38 like he was 3881356df4 made of glass.eb3621cbdb07484a
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“What happened? Are you okay?”0636c8a04d2d67af
As he 23f76879f2 nursed his 165d56425c injured wrist, 06784dca08 Yeonwoo looked 81c814ff34 up at 987fdf194a Hajin with b359f3e1db a quiet, 385ba35bcf accusing stare. It left 897ec7f418 no room e83f160d6b for doubt d8e0304465 over who 1533321464 was to a816383dfe blame.de739f264f4dac6f
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In that instant, Suhyeon’s 3a51ac095f gaze shifted—cold and lethal. And as 9cd5b570f2 Hajin, scrambling f6cc0d14b3 on the 458938fce7 floor, finally 85f0b9ec6a spotted Yeonwoo’s 7b67e82f7d phone and c7d47890f8 reached for 01788f6c52 it…aeec15e03154427e
Suhyeon’s foot came crashing 2223985740 down.0f4a74220a8cb464
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