Se Ji had known from the start. She was different from others.

She was smart, beautiful, and quickwitted. That’s why everyone who saw Se Ji admired her intelligence and beauty.

The only pitfall was the abject poverty of her family, her uneducated parents, her stupid and piglike brother areas beyond Se Ji’s control.

The moment she realized how unjust this was, her hatred for the world awakened.

She remembered the first day she saw Tae In. That day, Se Ji was immensely shocked.

The word lovely seemed to exist for Tae In. Her luscious brown hair and unusually white skin were so beautiful that she seemed almost angelic.

Unlike Se Ji, who couldn’t hide her cold demeanor no matter how brightly she smiled, Tae In exuded warmth just by looking at her.

She was so adorable, as if all the precious and good things had been combined, and ironically, her heart was warm too.

Although she was merely the daughter of someone working for her, Tae In treated Se Ji with affection.

Even if Se Ji soiled her pretty dress or broke her toy, she would only worry about whether she was hurt.

Such kind people could not exist in the world. It had to be pretense and falsehood.

With the thought, “Can you still smile after this?” Se Ji purposely bullied Tae In, pretending it was an accident.

‘I’m okay, but I wish you wouldn’t. It makes Butler Kim struggle.’

Despite being young, Tae In was elegant and refined. She possessed both innocence and maturity.

As if she was born that way.

As if even the blood flowing in her veins was noble.

Se Ji was jealous of Tae In, who was born with everything that she could never have, no matter how many times she died and was reborn.

‘Would you have been so kind if you were born under a violent father and a maid mother?’
‘I don’t know about my sister’s father, but your mom is nice. She cooks well, is affectionate, and even draws well. My parents are too busy to even see their faces properly.’

Se Ji was dumbfounded. She wanted to trample on the stupid and pitiful Tae In.

When Tae In’s mom abandoned Tae In, Se Ji was truly happy. So much so, she couldn’t sleep from laughing all night.

Yet, Tae In never blamed her mother, no matter how much she cried alone.

It was truly unbelievable.

Se Ji wanted to take everything Tae In had. She was curious if Tae In would still not blame her.

No, that might have been just an excuse.

She might have been covetous of everything Tae In had from the beginning.

Tae In changed since Arin was born.

She no longer conceded like a fool, and she didn’t endure when she was wronged.

The way she seemed to grow stronger as if she had something to protect was so ridiculous and bitter.

Anyway, Tae In died, and she got everything Tae In had. Se Ji won.

Just a few days ago, I thought as much.

It was another delusion of Se Ji.

I underestimated Tae In too much. To think she would have already written her will.

Se Ji coldly stared down at Secretary Im, who sat hunched over the desk, her knees folded.

Then, as if to vent her anger, she slapped Secretary Im’s cheek.

“Why do you think I kept you by my side instead of firing you?”
“…….”
“Answer.”
“……I apologize.”
Slap, another sharp sound resonated.

“That’s not the answer I want.”
“……You kept me by your side to prevent such situations.”
“Indeed. But why did this happen? My inauguration ceremony, which was delayed because of Seo Tae In, is tomorrow.”
Se Ji never had outbursts of shouting like Se Young.

She was usually calm. She killed people with her slow, smooth words.

“I may be the secretary, but I do not know everything about Director Seo……”
Slap, with that sound, Secretary Im’s cheek turned.

“Correct it.”
“……I could not know everything about the late Ms. Seo Tae In, especially about her will. I apologize.”
“No, you already knew. You were that bitch’s dog. That bitch commanded you to fuck me over, didn’t she?”
Truth didn’t matter to Se Ji. When she was angry, she insisted on hearing what she wanted to hear.

So, there were times when Secretary Im was confused if she really acted as Se Ji said.

According to her, even a simple mistake was seen as an intentional one made with malicious intent.

She believed everyone was slandering her and making her suffer if anything didn’t go her way.

Even while she was going insane, Secretary Im thought of her younger sibling and grandmother.

She had to endure somehow. The two wouldn’t know of this disgraceful situation.

She could do any dirty and difficult tasks.

“I’m really sorry, Director.”
“No, no. Get it together. You have nothing to apologize for. That’s not how someone who knows they’re sorry behaves.”
Apparently, Seo Tae In wrote in her will that she would leave everything to her spouse. Who in the world would tell their simple secretary that?

Se Ji was just venting her anger. Because she was the easiest target.

Tears welled up at that thought.

“When I see people crying over nothing, I feel like giving them a real reason to cry.”
Her words were light as a butterfly’s flutter, but the meaning wasn’t.