The gazes toward Taekyung were all filled with the same mixture of compassion, empathy, or even curious fascination.
Taekyung was very familiar with such things. A pitiful child without a father, with only scraggly hair and a solitary figure, a dictatorial and dry human being.
In the eyes of these insignificant people piercing through life, he once again felt like an animal behind bars.
So, he always tried to be alone. He didn’t give his heart entirely to his younger brother Jaehee, and even distanced himself from the embrace of his large and ambitious mother.
Taking care of someone with affection was the most difficult thing for him in the world.
For a long time, I was able to endure like a dull knife because I lived calculating even the human heart.
At the end of the corridor leading to the funeral hall, Taekyung left Section Chief Han behind and walked alone.
It was a path he walked alone every time anyway. The only seat he had allowed to Wooyeon once in his life was next to him, and she, who coldly vacated that seat, was the one.
Taekyung felt lonely in the venomous determination of Wooyeon, who broke her secret, which he had tried to protect until the end, and aired it on her news.
In front of the last room where there was nowhere else to go, Taekyung opened the door latch.
“…!”
The chemical smell pierced his nose.
The person lying quietly in the room was Jaehui. Draped entirely in purple, she eerily lay dead like a taxidermied figure.
Damn it.
Taekyung clenched his fist.
Jaehui’s house in Korea was personally organized by Section Chief Han. Using Section Chief Han’s liking for her, she made sure that he couldn’t attach any surveillance to her anymore.
Because of that, Section Chief Han missed a lot.
That she had been taking antidepressants for a few months before coming to Korea, that she wanted to separate Joinyoung and Kim Minjun, that she liked Wooyeon more than expected.
Jaehui seemed to have wanted to be closer to Wooyeon than Taekyung, even as his partner and as a human.
Did she sense the future? Moreover, she left a short note that seemed like a will in advance for Taekyung.
“That night, we were together at the hotel.”
It was a story that Jaehui and Section Chief Han exchanged their hearts with each other on the night of the accident.
No. Maybe Section Chief Han gave her his heart, but it might not have been Jaehui’s night.
“We shared a drink, and it wasn’t a large amount to get drunk. But looking at the fact that I didn’t wake up until dawn… It seems like I took a sleeping pill.”
“…”
“I’m sorry, Chief. You should go out now.”
Taekyung gestured for her to leave. Jaehui also knew that there was affection for Section Chief Han.
Closing off even that affection and going so far as to try to meet Joinyoung that night, what was the reason?
He recalled Jaehui’s words that she was just curious and wanted to know what kind of person the chairman’s biological daughter was.
“Idiot.”
Uttering curses in his mind several times, Taekyung opened the message left by Jaehui with an indifferent expression.
Oppa, hello. It’s Jaehui.
I don’t know. I just wanted to write something to you today, Oppa.
Actually, from the moment I found out that person was my father, I’ve never been happy for even a moment.
Every moment was unhappy, Mom was pitiful, and Oppa was so heartbreaking.
Oppa, do you happen to know?
Mom and I knew why you went out alone to watch the sunset every evening.
When the night turned pitch black, you would return with an indifferent face, looking strong.
You were cool even when you were young. You showed how amazing you were by beating up friends who bothered me and ignoring people who disrespected Mom.
But.
Did you have sad days too? Painful moments?
I found out very late about that.
I thought you were a self-centered and dry person who only thought highly of yourself.
I only now understand how you were living after you turned thirty.
I wanted to help. What you were trying to do. Ruining that person. Not forgiving that person.
But I can’t do anything now. So, I feel miserable and in pain. Too much pain…
Behind Jaehui’s last message, there were unknown scribbles, as if she wrote and erased it several times. Her thoughts were conveyed.
Perhaps she wrote it and erased it several times. Her intentions were read.
The revenge she thought up only led to ruining Kim Minjun and dismantling Joinyoung’s family.
Ironically, what was ruined was her own life. Taekyung crumpled the paper with Jaehui’s message with force.
He was angry.
He didn’t expect that trying to pull Joinyoung out of the world would result in such consequences.
“Still, you succeeded.”
Ruining that person. Not forgiving that person.
In the end, Chairman Jo lost his real daughter because of the fake daughter he brought in.
Taekyung, who had been biting his lips, crumpled the paper with his fist and finally sat down in that spot.
The eyes that resisted not to cry had already turned a sickly pale green, and it seemed like the blood vessels would burst at any moment.
If he had known she would leave like this, he wished he had been a bit more gentle. If he had known he would say goodbye to the world so quickly, he wished he had taken care of her a bit more.
He always thought he was alone, but it was ironic. Now he truly became alone, and the fact was piercing through Taekyung’s heart.
His face contorted severely.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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