Chapter 225

The annex of Joo Su-deok's household.

Summoned back with her mind still in pieces, Su-yeon stopped short at the sight of the large suitcases standing in the middle of the living room.

She'd just fled the party as though running for her life.

Her trembling hands still bore the cut from where she'd gripped the glass, and the scratches she'd clawed into her own skin.

Her mind was still blank white with terror.

Joo Su-deok, who had called his daughter before him, stood with his back to the window and looked down at her with a face gone cold.

"Dad…… what, what is all this……"

Seized by a bad feeling, Su-yeon stammered, eyes darting between the suitcases and her father.

Su-deok spoke in a voice stripped of warmth.

"……I already know exactly what happened."

"D-Dad. Just listen to me for a second! Joo Sae-i, she provoked me first……!"

"Quiet."

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