“…So, are you saying that you set the fire?”
“Yes.”
Under the high ceiling of Chaeun’s house.
Chae-ha scrutinized the dry man nodding indifferently with eyes full of suspicion.
Behind them, Kwon Kang-ho and Heo Young-joo kept their mouths shut, observing the situation.
A while ago, out of the blue, Baek Sara had caught the culprit and brought this man along with her.
In this absurd situation, they first summoned Chae-ha and her husband as the parties involved.
Standing next to Chae-ha, Seol-won stared at the man with anxious eyes.
He was a completely unfamiliar figure.
Moreover, judging by appearances alone, he didn’t seem like someone who would commit such a serious crime.
In contrast to the perplexed Chaeun family, Baek Sara seemed lively, like a seasoned commander facing an enemy general.
“Baek Sara, how do you know that this man is the culprit?”
“Oh. This man is a lower-level employee working under Baek Jaeyoung. I happened to overhear their conversation when I visited my brother’s company a while ago.”
In response to Chae-ha’s inquiry, Baek Sara easily revealed the details.
It seemed like a plausible story at first glance, but Seol-won quickly saw through the lie.
It was because of what Baek Sara added at the end.
“…What are you talking about, Baek Sara? This man pushed my car under the breakwater five years ago?”
“Yes. He confessed himself. Hey, isn’t that right?”
“Yes…”
Before the man could answer, Seol-won suddenly stepped forward.
“Don’t lie! I’ve never seen you before!”
“…What?”
“Five years ago, the man who pushed my car took me and even imprisoned me. Because of that person, I couldn’t even attend my mom’s funeral! But do you think I would forget that man’s face?”
In an unexpected deviation from the script, the man gave a sidelong glance to Baek Sara.
During the moment when Baek Sara and the man exchanged glances, Chae-ha once again blocked Seol-won’s path.
Then, with an endlessly pitiful look, Chae-ha glared at Baek Sara.
“Cornered and resorting to petty tricks. Do you feel that the script is too weak? Don’t you?”
“Chae-ha, you’ve completely lost it, huh?”
Accompanied by a scream that seemed to tear eardrums, Baek Jaeyoung appeared.
The person in front of them, accused by relying on this dry man, was the person behind the scenes being pinned as the true culprit.
“…What? How did my brother…!”
Stammering in surprise, Baek Sara faced Baek Jaeyoung, who seemed to find it amusing.
“You seem to be in quite a hurry. But haven’t you forgotten about this guy? I told you that this man is a very precious talent of mine.”
“…Really?”
“I didn’t attach my people to you for no reason. I’ve collected a lot of interesting things during that time. This time, I even gave you a horoscope to pin the arson case on yourself.”
“….!”
Baek Sara turned her gaze to the man, but he skillfully avoided eye contact, much like Baek Jaeyoung’s nonchalant attitude.
Then, Baek Jaeyoung took out a small recorder and played a few voice files.
The files contained instructions from creating rumors that Seol-won lived with an outsider on the island to Baek Sara’s various actions, such as hiring a YouTuber. When Baek Sara mentioned her meeting with Heo Young-joo and the story about the incident five years ago, Heo Young-joo jumped up in shock.
Although Chae-ha was already aware of everything, with her husband Kwon Kang-ho and Seol-won present, each of her sins was being exposed one by one.
On the other hand, Baek Sara herself smiled confidently, crossing her arms and laughing heartily.
“Oh, Oppa really put in quite an effort to shift the blame onto me. I did all sorts of manipulation, you know.”
“It’s not manipulation but the truth. Don’t you think so?”
“Really? But why conveniently leave out the fact that Oppa was the one who pushed the car?”
“Do you not know who the leader is, Sara? Think about who planned all this. Huh?”
In the living room of Chaeun’s house, a fierce confrontation between siblings was taking place.
Kwon Kang-ho’s expression solidified with anger, and Heo Young-joo clung to Director Yoon, swaying her body.
Watching the confrontation, Chae-ha, and even Seol-won, observed silently.
Within his dry expression, Seol-won’s suppressed anger was on the verge of exploding.
Finally, a sibilant voice escaped from Chae-ha’s lips.
Strangely, there was a hint of laughter mixed in her voice.
“Baek Jaeyoung, Baek Sara. There’s no need to fight like this. I’ve prepared a special gift for both of you.”
Before the words could sink in, the dry man pulled out something from his bag.
All eyes in the living room were fixed on him.
“Hehe. Here it is. Vice President Kwon Chaeha.”
“…?”
“…?”
Suddenly bending his waist, the man handed the item to Chae-ha, and the Baek siblings looked at him with expressions of incomprehension.
Once they realized what the item was, Baek Jaeyoung’s face turned pale.
“Why are you so surprised? You should know what this is, right?”
“T-This… How did you get that?”
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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