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" ···what? "
"We're not the type of people who can break up so easily."
"What are you talking about..."
Hye-yeon looked up at Min-gyu, who was stuttering in embarrassment at her sudden behavior, and looked at him with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sick······"
My sister stuck her cheek out at my brother, as if to show him the red mark on her cheek. My brother seemed quite surprised, and he pulled my sister up, who was slumped over, telling her to go inside and talk. He then led me to her room. I stood there dumbfounded, and as he left, I followed his lips and went into his room.
···No matter how much I think about it,
"Suspicious."
It was suspicious. I felt something unsettling, something I'd never felt before.
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" what? "
"He hit me in the face."
" who? "
Min-gyu, who had been expected to be outraged, remained calm and stared at Hye-yeon. That made her shiver with rage again.
"I don't know her name... She was an ugly, short female employee who often came here. I stopped her and told her to stand in front of me... That woman standing there..."
" ··· ···. "
Is it right to describe people that way?
Min-gyu suppressed the words that were rising to the tip of his chin. A sigh he couldn't hide escaped his lips, his eyes closed.
"Min-gyu, I'm so sick..."
"Why did you get hit in the cheek?"
" uh? "
That's not your attitude.
"How did it come to that?"
You, if not others, at least you, if I hit you, even if it was your cheek.
"I don't think he just hit me out of the blue without any context."
You can't be that calm. You should get angry and fire that person right away.
" ···that is, "
That's right. You, whom I saved, are the ones who should do that.
Knowing that Min-gyu would be very angry, Hye-yeon did not prepare an answer for him.
"Just... just suddenly."
"You suddenly hit me?"
"Ugh.."
"Did your sister hit him on the cheek?"
" ···uh? "
"His cheeks were also bright red."
" hey. "
" huh..? "
Min-gyu's expression, which had been frozen in place, relaxed slightly as if he was embarrassed, as she had never called him that before.
"Shouldn't you be doing that?"
"What are you talking about, you..."
"You can't do this to me!!"
"What did I do?"
"You, you are because I saved you. If I said I was hurt, you should be angry no matter what. And you can't be okay because you love me, right? How can you be okay after getting slapped by Min Hye-yeon? Are you the Kim Min-gyu I knew?!"
" ······. "
"Hah, huff······"
Min-gyu looked at her from afar as she shed tears.
"How could you change like this without even trying to comfort me?"
" ···are you okay? "
The times she'd tormented Min-gyu were traumatic. He didn't know how she'd shaped him, or whether it was truly good. He was simply bound to those times because she made him smile, and Hye-yeon was wielding them recklessly.
" yes···?! "
"I... I was disciplined for being rude to Min Hye-yeon. I barely avoided being fired."
"..Cheek.. Was it Hye-yeon unnie who did it?"
"That's right, that's okay. But I've never hit that woman in the face... No matter how much I complained, she wouldn't listen and just said that was okay..."
" ··· ···. "
"I really... no, I worked so hard that I didn't know it would end up like this. But I don't think I'll ever come back here again... The boss made sure I never had to come back. But whenever I saw Su-ah's scene, she was always so kind..."
It was quite shocking that this employee, who was one of the very few who came to Min-gyu's house to work, barely escaped being fired without any basis.
"That's why I wanted to tell you. I was grateful that you picked up the documents for me the last time I bumped into someone else, and anyway, that's what happened. And that woman Min Hye-yeon... I recommend that you don't get too close to her. I didn't do anything wrong this time, but sometimes when she comes and goes from the company as a lover, she looks down on all of our employees and only treats those she needs. Really."
"···Thank you. Please be careful on your way home."
The staff left and sat down on the bed.
...I really don't feel good. Really.
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"Brother...!"
My eyes met with my brother's as he came down from Hye-yeon's room. There was something a little uneasy about the smile he gave me.
"···Sua."
" yes? "
"I'm sorry for going back on my word... but I think it might not be confirmed that Hye-yeon will be leaving."
" ···yes? "
"I owed a lot to my older sister in the past. So, it's a bit... like, to just send her away."
"···Brother."
" huh..? "
"You know that things are different now than they were during the Joseon Dynasty."
"Oh, well..."
"It's not polygamy."
" ··· ···, "
"You want me and another girlfriend to start a family together? That's... not something I can easily accept."
"···That's not because I love you···, "
"Then you are my ex-girlfriend."
" uh..? "
"I don't like you anymore, but I still have feelings for you, and you're someone I have no intention of letting go of, even if it's because of some sense of duty. And we had all kinds of skinship."
" ···. "
"I think you have a plan too, oppa, but... when things turn out like this, I feel like I've gone back in time."
It was a time when lovers only looked at each other's faces and bodies and their contracts were determined by money.
" ··· ···. "
"I said I loved you, but if you do this... it's a little hard to believe. Of course, since you're my employer, if that kind of relationship is okay... then you can do that. I have no right to refute you."
" ···. "
My brother is looking at me with wide eyes, unable to continue speaking.
I think there must be something special going on. I know it won't be easy for my brother to let go of his sister. But that doesn't mean I can accept the idea of him living with his ex-girlfriend. I'm not the kind of person who would readily agree to a woman who likes him living with him, and I feel like there's something fishy about the way my sister treats me.
Certainly... I'm so frustrated, but there's so much I want to say, but I haven't been able to say it yet...
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Sorry everyone.. I couldn't upload what I wrote on my phone.. I'm looking for it right now so I can't tell you much. I'm sorry. ㅠㅠ
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