However, Kwon Chae-woo was misunderstanding her. Lee-yeon did not just sell Yoon Joo-ha for money. She found a way to help her because he felt that if she left her alone, she would surely die.
She could easily defend himself by saying that she only helped her to survive and see her son when she begged her to.
“When she wanted to go ho, it was her who wanted to see her son again.”
However, when she finished with her thoughts, Lee-yeon suddenly felt a shiver down her spine.
“…!”
That may be a comforting thought for her, but it could be another pain for the other person. The thought of it passed through her mind like a warning, causing her tongue to suddenly beco stiff. Is it okay to say this just to relieve her own unfairness?
Her mind couldn’t make a decision as if it was frozen.
While they were in that awkward silence, he bowed his head slightly, as if his nose was touching his chest.
“How can we continue to live together with this?” The man’s eyes were shaking like he was having a seizure.
“I’ll endure you, no matter what it takes.”
“….”
“Just looking at you makes tremble like this.” He said in a shaking voice.
There’s always a reason behind hatred. As it was with Lee-yeon’s upbringing, this ti too, she was being tornted for being soone’s wound. An emotion that made her feel like she was about to cry surged in her as she thought about how things always seed to go awry against her will.
Despite this, she didn’t want to beco like Kwon Chae-woo, like her aunt. Without even thinking, she hastily opened her mouth.
“It wasn’t , I didn’t do that. I was just running errands, I just made phone calls for her. It was her who wanted to go ho.”
“….”
The hand that was suddenly gripping her neck tightened. The man kept his lips sealed, but his eyebrows slowly furrowed. He let out a faint laugh with bloodshot eyes that seed about to burst.
“Better stay still.”
“….”
“How much longer do I have to put up with a woman who lies every ti she opens her mouth? Are you now telling to lick your spittle as well?”
“……!”
“Do you still see as an idiot who believed every word you said?”
“That’s not it, really, this ti it’s true!”
Her voice burst out desperately. Lee-yeon grabbed his wrist tightly, her face turning blue as she struggled to breathe.
Would a man who herded sheep say sothing like this? Her courage, which had barely been raised, shattered like glass as all her pleas and persuasion were imdiately denied.
Lee-yeon’s hands trembled. He seed to be going away no matter what. The ominous premonition was growing like a monster.
“Do you really think she’s crazy enough to turn herself in?” He released his grip on Lee-yeon’s neck as he spoke. The hot, seething anger gradually dissipated, and the gaze that had been fixed squarely on her was withdrawn without hesitation. Lee Yeon felt a sense of urgency at the sight.
“If you hate that much, then put next to you and make suffer.”
“What?”
“Our aunt does that to her cousins like that. The more you hate, the closer they get and they co to bother you regularly. I’m used to that kind of thing. Because I’m used to it… Mr. Kwon can do it to too.”
A breath that seed to burst with incredulity was more toxic than cigarette smoke.
“Why should I?”
The gaze that looked down on her was colder than a bug. The tone suggested that there was no reason to do it at all.
“Then, what about Mr. Kwon if I’m not there with him?”
Even though it wasn’t mid-winter, Lee-yeon’s chin was trembling. “If I’m not here… you can’t even get up. How can you expect to leave you and survive?”
Every word she uttered was precarious, as if hanging by a thread. Nonetheless, there was no solution. She couldn’t imdiately dispel his hatred and distrust, so all she could do was poke at his vulnerability with such petty words.
“Mr. Kwon needs , doesn’t he?”
“…Are you still deluded like that? I must have acted perfectly.”
“…!”
With a sneer, Kwon Chae-woo laughed. “It’s been a long ti since you’ve beco useless to .”
He effortlessly broke the rope that Lee-yeon had been holding onto until the very end. It was like shaking off a piece of straw that had stuck to his clothes, the chain that had bound the two of them tightly.
Lee-yeon, who had confird the stark difference in their weight, was so embarrassed that she couldn’t raise her head. Her heartbeats, which had been racing the whole ti, slowed down and her bones felt crushed.
Kwon Chae-woo drove a wedge into her in that state.
“I don’t need you.”
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