Arin was beaming all day. The thought that she didn’t have to return home made her ecstatic. She was overjoyed not only because she could be with Tae In, her older sister, but also because they had a cute puppy.

The brotherinlaw who saved her sister was so cool and wonderful.

I must marry a great person like my brotherinlaw!

Arin, who made a strong resolution, started to sketch her ideal type in her sketchbook.

In kindergarten, there were no ideal types. They were all either fools who liked to tease people with their bowlcut hair or crybabies.

Never a bowl cut. Neither a whiner nor a crybaby.

She was fully engrossed in her drawing when the mobile phone on the sofa rang loudly.

It was Tae In’s phone. When she looked at the screen, it was not a phone number but a strange number.

Arin, holding the mobile phone, stood in front of the firmly closed door and knocked, waiting.

There was no response from her sister and brotherinlaw, who might be in conversation.

What if they’re kissing?

Worried, Arin just answered the call.

“…Hello.”

Sister Tae Sik, it’s me, Jung Don!
Arin was taken aback by the boy’s voice, filled with sobs.

“Who, who is this?”

Isn’t this Tae Sik’s sister’s phone?
“No, it’s not! You, you dialed wrong!”
Arin, who hung up the phone, slightly frowned.

Who’s Tae Sik. A weird person.

Tae In was verifying the evidence given by Nok Hyun.

Even though she had regained her memory, she had to confront fragments of horrific memories she wanted to seal deep within her heart.

The recorded will was a sophisticatedly spliced file with Tae In’s voice recorded in it.

Nok Hyun not only found the original file but also manipulated it again to create a fake will. It was a will stating Tae In was giving everything she owned to Nok Hyun.

Tae In took a deep breath and checked the black box video.

The interior of the parking lot was dark, but she knew too well whose car it was and who came out of it.

Se Ji and Young Gab appeared on the screen.

Se Ji lured Tae In with Nok Hyun as bait. When Tae In arrived at the location, she lost consciousness due to an attack from behind, and when she woke up, she was tied to a chair.

‘Why are you doing this? Even if you don’t kill me, you already have plenty!’
‘I just hate you, your smile, your eating, your voice gives me the creeps, even your figure from afar. How can I face you when I hate you this much.’
‘I’ll leave, I won’t set foot in the company. I’ll hide abroad for the rest of my life, so please let me go.’
‘Deceptive X, do you think I will fall for your lies? And this is not my doing. It was father who ordered it, so don’t resent me too much.’

The memory of that time became a sharp weapon, tearing and gouging Tae In’s heart.

Until she lost consciousness, Tae In thought her father could not do such a thing.

But now, looking back, she thought Se Ji’s words could be true.

Probably, Young Gab was the one who knocked Tae In unconscious and tied her up. Young Gab was her father’s henchman.

She must have been scared, trying to steal the food bowl, acting as sweet as Seji and Seyoung, even though she wasn’t their own daughter.

Everyone in that house, except for Arin, was complicit.

Whenever Seji got bored, she would grind crustaceans into the food.

Knowing fully well that Taein had a shellfish allergy and that a severe reaction could lead to fatal swelling, she still did such things when she was upset.

And Seyoung, less cunning than her sister, constantly spat insults at Taein’s face.

And how was Youngmi?

She pretended to care more for Taein than her own daughter in front of others, but she insidiously sowed discord between Taein and her father and subtly tortured Taein through the house staff.

They all enjoyed tormenting Taein.

Knowing that Taein cherished Arin, they held her as a hostage, preventing her from running away.

Taein gritted her teeth at this.

Sadly, this wasn’t enough to identify anyone as a culprit.

Somehow, escape was inevitable.

Suddenly, she felt weak.

Her mother had abandoned her a long time ago, and her father was not her biological father.

Moreover, he tried to kill her.

Everyone was not normal, and she felt that she, who had been naive, was not normal either.

Taein clenched her trembling hand with rage.

She wanted to pay them back. She wanted to take revenge beyond what she received.

Then Nok Hyun, who had been silently watching Taein, came up and embraced her shaking shoulders.

Taein had no immunity to such affection.

Especially in her current state of emotional breakdown.

She wanted to bear everything alone, but she had a strong desire to lean on Nok Hyun.

Even knowing that he could be in danger.

It was a selfish feeling.

“The one who tried to kill me must be my father,” Taein whispered, and Nok Hyun, without showing any surprise, hugged Taein tighter.

“…Did you know that I’m not his real daughter?”
“I found out.”
“But why…? Then I’m not the successor of Taegang. I don’t deserve it.”
“No, you’re real.”
“What?”