Ever since he had informed her that this was her punishment, Min Yura wasn’t able to calm herself down. She wondered what could have gotten into him to turn her into an outcast. Min Jisoo gave her no space to come in contact with the man to ask about the details, and he ignored all of her messages. He prevented her entry to his mansion. At this point, she was desperate and did not know what to do. Due to the pranks pulled by her classmates today, she totally drenched. She was crouched down at the hallway while her body shuddered due to the low temperature. She felt quite chilly right now. But after how she had run away from them, there was no strength left in her legs, and she desperately sought for warmth at this moment. Right at that instant, she felt out someone their jacket on top of her, and having her wish come true surprised her. Immediately, she lifted her head, and her eyes fell on the man before. He was the root to all the problems that befell on her. But she was reall
But that peace did not last a long time for her. An occasion occurred where she had to visit Min Jisoo’s house for her father was invited, and this made her encounter with Ryu Yejoon inevitable. Knowing how her father was, Yura wasn’t able to reject it, and ever since that day, she was fearful of meeting Yejoon. Thinking that it would be best to let Youngjae know of it before visiting the mansion, that’s what she did. To her surprise, he did not prevent her from visiting and only mentioned to her to stay careful. Min Yura wasn’t foolish. She was well aware on how she was being tested by the man to see whether or not she was truly obedient. This wasn’t the first time this had happened after all. Despite how much it ached her chest to have him treat her in such a way, there was no helping this matter. She could merely comply. Like all the other times in this period of time, she was determined to ignore Ryu Yejoon. As long as she did that, he would be satisfied. However, it was get
Min Yura maintained a cheerful mood when she walked into the school building next day. Relief spread through her as she realized that no one was acting strangely with her. It seemed that Youngjae was not aware of what happened the previous day, and that was enough for the girl to feel at peace. The fear made it hard for Min Yura to sleep throughout the entire night. Although she was careful yesterday, there might have been somewhere she could have slipped. Last night, she really regretted her actions for approaching Yejoon. It was not like she was able to cause a change within Yejoon anyway. Nevertheless, everyone’s attitude more or less confirmed it to her that Youngjae wasn’t aware of it, and once she stepped into the classroom, she noticed how Youngjae was waving his hand at her. His smiling expression solidified everything for her. °°° The classes for the day had ended. Youngjae and she decided to return home together. While they walked through the almost empty outdoors of
Min Yura shivered due to the coldness spreading while she was inside the bathroom stall. Earlier some of the students drenched her with water and locked her inside. Although she tried to fight back, her strength was of use against them. Due to the influence they held, she knew that the door wouldn’t be opened any time soon, and this made her be scared. Of course, she knew that they were not outrageous enough to kill her, or it could be because how Youngjae did not want to be dead yet. There was a bleeding wound of her forehead due to being harshly attacked, and this made her feel dizzy. She could feel her consciousness slipping, and she had a feeling that sooner or later she was going to faint. Maybe that would be better since it meant that she wouldn’t have to deal with this any longer, and a part of her was really tempted to give in to it. But as she was about to close her eyes, the door in front of her opened all of a sudden, catching her by surprise. Due to it, a gasp escape
Getting closer to Ryu Yejoon, she extended one of the glasses holding the alcohol towards him. A smile was there on her face. Turning his head to face her, he suspiciously stared— an action of his she considered to be quite adorable although she did not think that she would ever have the courage to say that loudly to him. “For you,” she said, “don’t worry. I know that you don’t like anything with high alcohol content, so it is pretty low.” The last part slipped before she could control it, and she only stretched her lips further at the suspicious look he gave her. At first, she thought that he will be rejecting the drink. After all, although she tried to comfort him twice— which she wasn’t sure worked or not— both of them were not close. The only reason she wanted to do this was to anger Lee Youngjae. Seeing how Youngjae was seething right then was enough to satisfy her, and it pushed her to try further. Maybe he would get harsher on her tomorrow, beyond her imagination that too.
The two of them were in a restaurant. Ryu Yejoon was not reluctant when it came to booking the entire restaurant for themselves for the night. She wasn’t surprised to see him to do that. A proud man like him definition did not want the others to see him get drunk. Min Yura didn’t mind him doing so since she was already grateful that he was accompanying her to a drink. Right then, he felt like the friend that she lacked. The fact that he was willing to show her his drunken side meant a lot to her, and having him open up even a little was considered a great achievement to her. This drove away the possible thoughts of what might happen the day after this from her mind. Picking up the glass of alcohol in front of her, she winced as she drank down the content in it. She was impressed by Ryu Yejoon’s abilities when it came to drinking. He clearly drank twice as much as her yet he was barely drunk. Yura, on the other hand, was starting to get tipsy, and she just hoped that she wouldn’t
“So what will you be doing?” she questioned after much consideration. Since she wasn’t in the man’s place, this gave her no reason to judge it. His situation was way worse than her. He was way more attached to Jisoo than she was to Youngjae. Moreover, in a way, what Jisoo had done to him was way worse than Youngjae. At least Youngjae did not pretend in front of her and deceive her. He exactly showed her the type psychopath he was, and at this point, it was fair to say that he was sick in his head. But that same statement couldn’t be used for Min Jisoo. “I will do whatever she wants. If she is happier when I hand over my shares to her and invest in her father’s enterprise, that’s what I will do. All of this doesn’t have any value when it comes to her.” Seeing how he had honestly opened up about his thoughts managed to shock her, and instantly pushing her chair back, she stood up. Then, slamming her hands on the table, she stared at the man before her intensely. Her eyes showed the
Min Yura thought that he will be letting go of her once she was fully healed, but it seemed that he had no intentions of doing so. After resting at his house for a day more due to his persistence, she was about to leave the next day when she realized that the door to the room was locked. Seeing how he had the audacity to do that caused her to be baffled, and she immediately called the man to arrive right then. As she was seated on the bed, she watched as Youngjae stepped into the room with a smile on his face. This was enough for her to feel sick. Clenching tightly on to the material of the bedsheet, she watched as he locked the door behind him and was baffled. His eyes then caused a sense of danger to build up within her, and she realized that she was not comfortable with the idea of being locked at the same room as him. With her hands folded over her chest, she then stood up and voiced out, “Open the door up. I don’t want to stay here a second longer.” Not caring about how his