Not for the First Time (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 53

Young In left Sung Hyuk on the first floor and went up to the second floor.

If he hadn’t come with her, what would she have done? Only now did a wave of relief wash over her.

Whenever she was punished as a child, she was always locked in the storage room next to the kitchen. She had to hold her breath in that narrow, pitch-black space until her mother told her to come out.

The reasons for the punishment were always different. For not eating fast enough, for not using chopsticks properly, for walking too loudly.

Even when her older sister threw a tantrum alone and ended up crying because she couldn’t control her temper, it was somehow her fault. Doing well in school was also wrong.

Even as an adult, perhaps because of those childhood memories, it wasn’t easy to go against her adoptive parents’ wishes. That’s why she was even more grateful to Sung Hyuk for standing up for her.

Just as Young In went straight to her room, opened the desk drawer, and was packing her laptop, diary, passport, and other things, a sharp voice pierced her ears.

“Hey.”

Young In’s gaze turned toward the door.

A Rim, who had been leaning against the doorframe, twisted the corner of her mouth and took one step into the room.

“Were you trying to fix your life by latching onto Cha Sung Hyuk?”

“…….”

Young In didn’t want to deal with someone who was clearly picking a fight, so she silently turned her head away. But A Rim’s provocation didn’t stop.

“This isn’t your first time, is it? Who else did you flirt with? Did you secretly throw yourself at Chang Geun oppa too before crawling back to Cha Sung Hyuk?”

“…….”

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