As the sunset completely disappeared, Inho’s face appeared translucently above the window.

It was a face she could see every time she opened her eyes and closed them, but her heart throbbed uncontrollably.

The pleasant tremor quickly relaxed the contracted muscles and relieved her anxiety.

Indeed, Seo Inho was the best medicine for Choi Sooyeon’s stability.

After finishing the dinner that had been prepared for him, Inho patted his filled stomach.

“Ah, I’m full.”

In just a few days, he had recovered a lot.

His once mottled face was regaining its original color, and his condition was improving day by day.

Except for the longing for Sooyeon, everything else was returning to normal.

“It should be full. I brought a lot of food, and you finished it all.”

“Really? No wonder I feel more full than usual today.”

Inho casually replied and looked at Sujin, who was leaning against the bookshelf.
Once a day, I wondered if he would come to bring meals, but since yesterday, Sujin has been bringing all three meals.

Not only did she stay in her place throughout the meal, but after leisurely spending some time, she glanced at Hyegyeong before leaving the room.

I couldn’t understand why she suddenly started doing this.

Still, Sujin’s visits were pleasant.

Guarding the room alone all day made it a bit stuffy, and there was a musty smell in the air.

Although the conversation with Sujin was short, it helped refresh the stifling feelings.

“Anyone who sees you might think you came to our house for care.”

She was annoyingly cheeky like this once in a while, but.

Inho, who briefly opened his eyes, quickly returned to his usual expression and shrugged his shoulders.

“People who don’t know will make a fuss like that.”

“My brother-in-law might misunderstand, so I’m saying this.”

Inho hesitated for a moment at Sujin’s words.

Moreover, the vivid image of Sooyeon became even clearer, making it more poignant.

‘Well, I hope you saw my face; it doesn’t matter how you misunderstand.’

With just a blink, Inho’s eyes were quickly filled with yearning.

Seeing that, or perhaps realizing her mistake, Sujin asked with tightened lips.

But it was an inevitable story, even if it was uncomfortable.

After a moment of contemplation, Sujin cautiously took a chance.

“By the way, what are you thinking of doing?”

“What?”

“Are you going to keep staying here like this? It’s a bit better than before. When it completely fades away, Donghoon will probably try to make plans with his brother immediately.”

Inho nodded his head.

He had been expecting it.

But he had nothing he could do differently.

Until Yeongseon and Sooyeon firmly grasped the victory, he had to somehow buy time.

To openly agree to a divorce now was simply a ploy to deceive the eyes of Chairman Choi and his wife, and it was a role he couldn’t avoid now.

Otherwise, there would be merciless violence again.

Inho let out a deep sigh.

Then he suddenly became curious.

“But why did you suddenly change your stance? Weren’t you, ah, no. Weren’t you the one who wanted to marry Nam Donghoon?”

Since the day he first met Sujin when she came up to Sooyeon’s room, on the day of their first conversation, he had sensed a change in Sujin’s feelings, but he couldn’t guess the reason.

Even beyond using Sooyeon to marry Nam Donghoon, she shamelessly told absurd lies.

But now, why.

“…It’s not that I don’t want to marry Donghoon.”

“But why? If that’s the case, shouldn’t you be pushing me away too?”

Inho looked at Sujin with a face that was even more incomprehensible.

Reading emotions through their locked eyes, Sujin showed a troubled expression.

After hesitating for a while, she raised her head.
“I don’t know. That’s in the past. So, what should we do? It’s going to be difficult for your sister to escape, even if it’s because of your mom. And considering that your brother-in-law has been silent since that day’s call… He’s not making any moves either?”

Sujin’s gaze as she spoke was more cautious than at other times.

It didn’t suit her at all.

Inho chuckled and shook his head.

“No. He’ll come, that person.”

“You’re so confident. Why, did your brother-in-law promise on that day’s call to definitely come for your sister?”

“Yeah. He said he’d come running, doing his best.”

Inho answered confidently without hesitation.

It was still vivid.

Everything Sooyeon had said that day.

“He’s probably still making his way here, doing his best, to an extent that’s admirable.”

Inho didn’t doubt; he believed she was doing her best for him even at this moment.

“So you should eat and sleep well.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You need to show that you’ve been doing well. He’s probably still very worried about me.”

Inho instinctively raised a gentle smile.

Every time he thought of Sooyeon, laughter came out like that of a lunatic.

If this was also an illness, then it was an illness.

It didn’t matter.

As long as he could be with Sooyeon, it seemed okay for everyone in the world to think he was crazy.

At first, he thought she could be a good partner, but now, she had become indispensable to his life.

He missed Sooyeon so much.

“So, if he comes, open the door for him.”

“…Why should I?”

“He hopes I don’t get divorced. Your mom and dad are in a state where they want to force me to divorce, and even if that person comes, there’s no way you would open the door. The servants in this house are probably employed by your parents, too, so it would be the same for them.”

“Your mom and dad? You’re talking about it like it’s someone else’s story. Well, does that suit you, Unnie?”

Sujin, who was silently listening, snorted and picked up Inho’s words.

Then followed by silence.

Only then did Sujin realize she had made a mistake, covering her mouth with her hand.

She looked extremely embarrassed.

However, Inho, on the contrary, nodded without any concern on his face.

“It’s true; well.”

It was an undeniable fact without any room for hesitation.

Biologically, excluding the fact that Sooyeon’s name was listed under Chairman Choi’s family, he was inferior to others.

He had been abusing her all along, and that cruel violence had probably continued until now.

To them, Sooyeon was just a daughter on paper, an existence not genuinely embraced with their hearts.

He was just reminding himself of a fact he already knew, but anger surged anew.

His face stiffened, and his jaw clenched.

But Sujin, who didn’t know his heart, could only think that her sister was upset due to her mistake.
However, from Sujin, who didn’t know his inner feelings, there was no choice but to think that her sister was upset because of her mistake.

After hesitating for a while, she carefully moved her lips, unable to speak out readily.