CHAPTERS
When he first faced that unusually large build paired with a handsome yet harsh and taciturn face, the head of security had assumed the new superior would be extremely difficult and severe. But unlike other third or fourth-generation chaebols who had been spoiled since birth, he never lorded it over anyone. He ignored small mistakes, sometimes even covered for them. His politeness toward everyone, regardless of age or rank, made one wonder how someone so soft beneath the surface could possibly handle the…- 265.9 K • Completed
- Jeong Mok instinctively reached out. He wanted to hold him, stroke him, and reassure him that from now on no one would ever hurt him again. “Uh.” Seeing the hand coming closer, Ahn Haeri stopped wiping his tears and flinched. He glared at him with eyes full of distrust, his trembling lips jutting out. He hated it, hated it so much, was terrified, but lacked the courage to refuse and struggled inside. A dull ache began in Jeong Mok’s chest, as if a red-hot iron bar had stabbed straight…
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- “The messages we exchanged made it seem that way.” “So you knew. While we lived together we ate meals together and walked the dog together. The dog’s name is…” “…Gom-i.” Ahn Haeri answered. “Right. Gom-i. He’s a rescue dog. When we lived near here you insisted we adopt him. He’s very smart and very strong.” That was something no phone photo or message could tell. Interest sparked in Haeri’s eyes as he lifted his head and looked straight at Jeong Mok. “Gom-i…
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- The conversation ended in a strangely amicable atmosphere. Jeong Mok, who had suddenly become Hwarang Gwanchang, in truth had no thought at all of letting his head fall off like that. The Chairwoman did not expect that much either. She promised readily that so long as the second branch was trampled down firmly, she would never again pry into his private life. When he left the family home, it was already late at night. He had been relentlessly busy with work and the aftermath of the kidnapping…
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- If the coal meant him, then the rotten fruit that even poison could not cure meant the children of that side of the family. The eldest son of the second branch, who believed without doubt that he would inherit the chairmanship of Hyeonsan simply because he was born male, had poured his warped self-love generously into his own children. The result was that their third generation, the cousins in the same line who were rivals to Choi Sangeon, were all without exception trash. Even when taught by the…
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- The Chairwoman fell into thought. Had she been like this when meeting alone with Choi Sangeon too? Or was she sparing in her words only because it was him? The study’s soundproofing was so complete that he had never known what kind of conversations had taken place inside. “Sit down.” The Chairwoman pointed at an elegant chair with traditional patterns nearby. Through the intercom, the only modern object in the study, she ordered the kitchen to bring tea. It was a sign that the conversation…
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- Haeri could not believe it. Would an organization capable of committing murder really kill Lee Sangjin over a set of cheap manicure kits? It was nonsense. But there was no point in saying that. If they caught even the smallest slip, all he would hear was that Lee Sangjin deserved to die. “I don’t know.” He fixed his gaze and denied flatly. “Do you really know nothing? They said you were close with him.” “Do you have to know everything just because you’re close? And who says…
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- Haeri remained in a constant daze. Various drugs, including tranquilizers, lifted the fog a little. Even after recognizing that the white figures were doctors and the blue figures were nurses, he could not leave the bed and groaned in pain. He could not sleep properly, yet he was not fully awake either. Even while he was forced into drugged sleep, he repeatedly jumped awake at the sensation of falling. His head throbbed as if it would split, and his limbs burned and ached as though they had been spun…
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- *** Run! He shouted. Ahn Haeri, run! The voice was more desperate than ever before. Run! He was already running. But the command told him to keep running. Run where? Where was this place? He was running down a hard, cold road. The space was filled with blurred pillars, their outlines smudged. When he crashed into them, he was shoved back, then bounced upright again like a roly-poly toy. Strange heads, like soap bubbles made of muddy water, stared at him. They were bystanders. Strangers…
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- The man dropped the knife and staggered, he collapsed on the ground. Jeong Mok did not miss the chance and, just in case, kicked him squarely in the jaw. Thud! His jaw shattered completely, his lower face twisted out of shape. Blood splattered up Jeong Mok’s shin. If by some miracle he survived, he would live on porridge alone. “Aaagh! Get this dog off me!” The one pinned under Gom-i screamed. Jeong Mok kicked the fallen sashimi knife deep into the thick grass and turned. “Gom,…
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