Chapter 81

"You—! You rotten, worthless excuse for a person!"

Ryu Seo-hwa hadn't cooled down one bit. She jabbed a finger at him, huffing, her fingertips trembling.

"You talked my own father into this? You dared to strip me of my shares and throw us out? And you call yourself human?"

"……"

"Because of you, we got thrown out onto the street——!"

A torrent of abuse followed, curses so vicious they bordered on a curse in the literal sense. Even I, just listening, felt a chill crawl up my spine.

"They say you ate your own parents alive to grow this big, and now you're trying to swallow your aunt too? You ought to be torn limb from limb——"

The bodyguards, faces drained of color, lunged to drag her back again, but it was already too late.

Ryu Do-gyeong slowly turned his head. The scratch across his cheek, left by the ring…