Someone intentionally trapped people inside the room, but identifying the culprit was a problem for later. Despite the intense heat from the fire, Seojun, without caring about it, called her name loudly.

“Eom Soyeon!”

“I’m here… Cough!”

As expected, a delicate voice that squeezed out the last ounce of strength could be heard clearly from the room where Seojun was standing.

“I’m here!”

More concerned about Soyeon’s coughing sound than her voice, Seojun quickly looked around the door and urgently reached out his arm. However, at the same time, flames soared high.

Moreover, the wall-burning flames were heating the door intensely, making it impossible to touch the lock.

Seojun stepped back, shouting loudly with his body and legs.

“Stay away from the door! I’m going to break it! On three, two, one!”

Thud, crash!

With a powerful kick like a force of nature, the broken door finally opened wide, as if gasping for breath.
In the room, as Seojun stepped in, the first thing that caught his eye was the two women embracing each other, squatting on the floor.

“Eom Soyeon!”

“Seojun…!”

When he called her, Soyeon, with no energy left, opened her eyes wide and directed her voice towards Seojun.

However, Dosun stared at the man behind Seojun as if his eyes were about to pop out.

“CEO…!”

“It happened somehow. Let’s get out for now!”

Seeing Dosun’s expression, which meant it might happen unintentionally in life, Go Won-hu, who showed a light smile with that meaning, lifted Dosun onto his back.

Seojun, who flipped the water from the first-floor counter, was told by Go Won-hu that he would never go up to the second floor. However, seeing the soaring flames and the towering firetruck, Seojun couldn’t just stand still, and Go Won-hu followed him.

Seojun also lowered his back, picked up Soyeon, and stepped out of the room.

“You endured well. See? I came quickly, didn’t I? Now, I’m going to run! Hold on tight so you won’t fall.”

“Hehehe…”

Without giving Soyeon a chance to wipe away the tears flowing down her cheeks, she tightly hugged Seojun’s neck.

The corridor was engulfed by an intensifying wildfire from all sides.

“Let’s go!”

“Yes. Let’s go!”

Confirming the strength in Soyeon’s arms, Seojun quickly broke through the flames and started moving towards the exit. Leaving behind the dense smoke and intense heat, he ran towards the exit without hesitation.

Finally, Soyeon, who was escaping from the building being engulfed by fire, buried her face in Go Won-hu’s broad back, more significant than Mount Taesan, and conveyed her gratitude with tears.

Escaping from a hell-like place.

More than the relief inside, the joy of being able to see Taeseojun again made Soyeon unable to stop crying for a while.

⭐⭐⭐

It was a close call.

As the two men carrying the woman came out, the entire building was engulfed in a huge flame. At that moment, firefighters who arrived late from the fire truck began to act promptly to control the fire.

Oh Minjeong, who was about to get on the ambulance that came out with the fire truck, suddenly ran to a luxurious car parked in a corner of the parking lot, shouting loudly.

“Hey, sir! Yoo Junghwa!”

Yoo Junghwa, who was standing still without moving at all for ten minutes, just stared blankly at the building that was burning fiercely. As Seojun’s car passed by, he had no idea he was here.

At that moment, Yoo Junghwa snapped back to reality with the loud siren sound when several fire trucks rushed in.

However, Junghwa couldn’t leave this place recklessly. In a gap, an ambulance and a police car were parked in the parking lot, and realizing that, she had no choice but to lock the car door tightly and silently wait.

Hurry up and load the body into the ambulance. And everyone in the parking lot, move to the front of the burning building.

However, Junghwa’s plan to wait quietly turned into a mess in an instant.

“Yoo Junghwa, come out! Come out right now!”
When Oh Minjeong couldn’t open the car door, she jumped around frantically, kicking her foot forcefully, as if she would break it, climbing up to the hood.

“Hey! Come out quickly! This, insane…!”

Thump, bang, thump-bang-thump-bang!

Due to Oh Minjeong recklessly pounding the car window as if she would smash it, Yoo Junghwa reluctantly got out of the car. At the same time, her words were absurd.

“Are you crazy? If you don’t want to be treated like a crazy person, please calm down.”

“What? Crazy? Wow! Yes! I’m crazy! It’s all because of you, that crazy…!”

“Nonsense. I have nothing to do with this fire.”

“Hey, you! I’ll…!”

With a calm tone, as if completely unrelated to the fire, Oh Minjeong went mad and jumped around. It was truly mind-boggling and nose-blocking.

“Even if your mouth is crooked, speak properly! The person trapped there was me and Eom Soyeon! You just watched the fire here!”

Oh Minjeong pointed her finger like a fire arrow at the building, which had turned into a blazing inferno, and boldly declared. Junghwa raised her shoulders slightly and calmly responded.

“Heh, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I just arrived to meet you.”

“Huh…!”

Yoo Junghwa’s expression, which was somewhat unfair as she frowned, looked overly clear and innocent, as if it had gathered all the acting skills of a top actress. This stimulated Oh Minjeong’s anger even more.

“Hey, sir! She’s lying so well! She told me to grab Eom Soyeon for her! After that, she tried to kill me? This is completely crazy!”

Minjeong’s words were accurate.

She wanted to get rid of the one she wished disappeared and the one who had become useless at the same time. However, Junghwa looked extremely puzzled, speaking as if asking what on earth she was talking about.

“What? Sunbae? Are you joking with me now?”

“Tsk tsk, you should be crazy gracefully. Where do you catch a living person and act like this?”

At Junghwa’s shameless attitude, Minjeong’s eyes rolled back, and now there was nothing to be seen. She only wanted to put Junghwa to sleep right away.

“Come on, you haven’t experienced real mischief yet!”

Smack!

Minjeong, who slapped Junghwa’s cheek with all her might, making the fire flash in her eyes, passionately continued.

“Who are you! Who do you think you are, hitting our Jung Hwa unni?”

“I hit her because it was worth hitting! Why!”

Smack!

“Ouch!”

Surprised, Seong Jina rushed out of the driver’s seat and even slapped Minjeong’s cheek, who was bouncing her chest and striking back strongly.

“If you have eyes, wouldn’t you have seen it clearly! Yoo Junghwa, she went into that building and came out! She tried to kill me!”

“Ah, really? We were in the car all the time!”

At least, for the Yoo Junghwa I know, she was definitely not that kind of person. Jina, while fabricating lies, praised Junghwa. To this, Junghwa added.

“I didn’t do it. Why would I book a reservation at a high-end restaurant? Is it really okay to do this to a senior who came all the way here to take care of you?”
Since I made the reservation, it seemed appropriate. Therefore, Seong Jina vigorously nodded her head and echoed Junghwa’s story.

“That’s right. Our Junghwa unni is so kind-hearted. Why falsely accuse her? They’re really bad guys!”

“Ha, kind-hearted? It’s hilarious! The lowest of the low! Are you the best at being shameless?”

At Minjeong’s sarcastic laughter at the end of her words, Seong Jina, who was busy supporting her side, let out a disdainful snort.

Prepare yourself, Yoo Junghwa! I will never let you off the hook!