It was just a hand.

The sensation digging into the spaces between her fingers felt so insanely good, it was as if every single cell was standing on end.

“Act natural.”
The wooden stick made the first noise, and a clear resonance spread.

“You’re here.”
“Yes, Kang Hyun…”
Tae Seok Kyu, who had been following Director Jo in, froze by the door.

In the stifling silence, two pairs of surprisingly similar eyes collided.

Was he surprised, or was he pretending to be surprised?

His uncle was more akin to a snake than a tiger, a man who opened his mouth from an unseen place to hide his insides.

He was not the type to risk danger, even to the point of getting his hands bloody. And if he were, he wouldn’t have been so careless.

But he gained the most from that accident.

“This, no, Seo Yoon was definitely!”
“Please sit down for a moment, Chairman.”
Director Jo, who moved calmly, took care of Tae Seok Kyu, who was stuttering with a blushing face, ignoring his dignity.

Kang Hyun, who had been tapping Jian’s back of the hand with his intertwined fingers, soon relaxed his grip and rubbed his tense back.

“Shall I make room for you?”
Acting naturally. Recalling Kang Hyun’s last words, Jian tried to smile as naturally as possible.

“Thank you.”
Kang Hyun didn’t forget his brief greeting.

His gaze, as if he had seen a ghost, followed Jian’s retreating figure until the end.

If it was an act, it was perfect.

“Seo Yoon.”
“You mean Seo Yoon?”
“She was living as if to show off.”
Kang Hyun clenched and unclenched his fist, drawing the hand that had disappeared.

“Huh! Really Seo Yoon? The last time I asked about the accident…”
“She doesn’t remember me. She’s living very happily with a different name. So I just watch.”
“I just can’t understand. Then who was the person who died then? What happened with the accident!”
“Well, who deserves to die?”
“You don’t suspect your father, do you?”
“Whoever it was, it’s a pity. If only he’d hidden it for about half a year more, it would have been buried forever.”
“What?”
Tae Seok Kyu, who knew the truth, moved one step ahead. He intended to alleviate his doubts a little before Kang Hyun, who became aware of Seo Yoon’s existence, began to move in earnest.

But why half a year?

Tae Seok Kyu’s eyes twitched in front of Kang Hyun’s unread move.

“Without Seo Yoon, would I live. She asked me to mourn for 5 years, so I was going to do that. I was planning to follow her on this year’s anniversary.”
For a moment, an annoyed Tae Seok Kyu lost his words.

If only Gu Se Jun had not let his guard down, everything would have gone smoothly.

Regret bit at his tail as his frustration reached its peak, and the mask he had prepared began to fray.

Damn it, think, you need a proper answer.

The longer the silence lasted, the more his tricolored eyes seemed to dig into his insides.

“Kang Hyun was not an opponent to be underestimated. The moment he gave an opening, he didn’t know whether the situation he had created would be disrupted.

It was also the reason why she had gone to Kang Hyun’s office when she found out that Seo Yoon was alive.

Suddenly, Tae Seok Kyu, his forehead wrinkled, harshly slapped down on the armrest of the sofa.

“You son of a bitch, is this the time to tell me that! Where are you even going to follow? Is your deceased father of no concern?”

That’s right, this much was enough.

Having completed a quite satisfying act, Seok Kyu gazed at Kang Hyun.

Kang Hyun, who had been leisurely stroking his chin, nodded as if he had been waiting.

“Your reaction is as expected. There’s nothing to criticize.”
“What?”
Even while openly showing that he was hiding Seo Yoon and that he was suspicious, there was no disturbance.

Tae Seok Kyu was the first to stagger on the ring he had walked into, confident of victory. It was a powerful hook that made his vision dizzy.

“I’ve done everything, now please tell me why you came.”
When did Kang Hyun start to take control?

Wrapped in Kang Hyun’s pace, Seok Kyu was unable to think of a suitable reason as he focused on controlling his expression.

“I got a call from my sisterinlaw. She said to leave the Seo Won House.”
The only thing he could think of as a talking point was his sisterinlaw, Gu Se Hee.

“Yes.”
“You’ve lived as your mother for 20 years, but now you suddenly have to leave the house. Isn’t this treatment a bit too harsh?”
“Why would that be? This is just the beginning.”
“What?”
“When she was young, Seo Yoon was really cute. She was small and white like a newborn puppy. Whether it was because the child who was picked up from the nursery without any blood ties was easy to handle, or because the hands that should have taken care of her were always too busy, she became quite arrogant in places I couldn’t see. She was crying, her spirit completely broken, and that’s when I first became angry. Do you know what I did then?”
Tae Seok Kyu desperately retraced his past.

He had a faint memory of a servant who had been busy hiding Kang Hyun’s flaws suddenly visiting one day and vehemently shaking his head.