Younger Man at Work (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 93

“It’s probably right before I entered the house in Pyeongchang-dong. ……Because from that moment on, it was hell.”

Seung Joo answered bitterly.

“At the time I lost my memory, I’d originally been dragged to my father’s house. I escaped after just a few days and returned to the house in Yeonsa-dong, but by then new tenants had already moved in.”

“So that was our family.”

“Yes.”

Seung Joo nodded.

“In the end, I had no choice but to live at my father’s house. Not long after, my stepmother came in with her own son under the excuse of taking care of me.”

“Don’t tell me your stepmother mistreated you?”

“No. She never once failed to be kind to me. Even when we were alone, her demeanor never changed. That’s what made her even scarier.”

Having personally experienced Ji Yeon Hwa, Eun Seo deeply understood his words. She was the kind of person who, wearing the kindest smile in the world, would stab you in the back as if it were nothing at all.

“If I so much as made the tiniest mistake, she’d report every little thing to my father under the guise of concern—‘What if our Seung Joo goes astray?’ Even if I replied just a bit rudely, she’d immediately burst into tears and rush to my father, saying, ‘Seung Joo must still hate me—it’s all my fault.’ Then I’d get scolded right away by my father, followed by a long, furious rant about how someone as green as me could never be trusted with the company.”

He finished with bitterness.

“At home, I couldn’t even breathe without worry. I always had to wear a perfect mask.”

Those days piled up, over and over, shaping him into who he was now—the boy who used to smile and shine so brightly.

She’d already suspected something like this, but hearing it firsthand made her teeth grind in anger.

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