“Stop talking nonsense. Tell me what you really want……!”

“Vice Chairman Seo has no patience. Do I look like I’m going to put you in jail for this?” Adam grinned.

Prison isn’t enough. Yeah, it’s not enough.

Adam broke down each word and put emphasis into the three letters of the name Kang Tae-oh. But Sera only slightly squinted one of her eyes, and she didn’t react much.

“I’ll make it go away.”

“…… what?”

“The misunderstandings you have about me.”

Adam shrugged his shoulders.

“I really want to get along well. Vice Chairman Seo is the family of the woman I love. So why don’t Vice Chairman Seo acknowledge me as a family now?”

“Don’t make me laugh, who’s with you, a family…” Sera gritted her teeth.

“Ah. So you’re going to keep doing this?” Adam asked back sarcastically.

“You know best that there is no second time. Your loyal dog is dead, so stop giving up and accept reality.”

“………Dead?” Sera asked back without realizing it.

When Adam hid Kang Tae-oh’s whereabouts, Sera’s face became noticeably pale.

“You can’t let a dog that bites, live.” Adam grinned. And once again, he added, waving his injured arm, “Anyway, it was a thief who hurt me.”

“…….”

“Thank you. Oh, and it’s almost time for Hae-won to come, so I’d appreciate it if you could leave.” Adam muttered, looking at the wall clock.

As soon as he finished speaking, she heard footsteps in the hallway. Soon the door opened and Hae-won appeared.

“Oh, sister?”

Hae-won was surprised to see Sera. She quickly went to the bedside and stood against Adam.

“Why are you…….”

“I think she came to visit me because she was worried about me.” Adam answered on behalf of Sera.

Hae-won glanced at Adam and turned her head toward Sera again.

‘A hospital visit?’

Adam’s words were a source of incredulity.

She must have come with a different purpose. She didn’t want anyone who was already hurt to hear bitter comments.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but go outside and talk to me.”

Sera, who was silent the whole time, burst out laughing.

Talk? What am I talking about with you? You don’t know anything……. Sera glared at Hae-won as if she was going to kill her and turned her back quickly.

“Sister?”

“Never mind, just let her go.”

Adam pulled Hae-won’s wrist to follow Sera.

“I guess I’m disappointed.”

“What do you mean disappointment…?”

“I was excited to hear that I was hospitalized, and you came running, but I recovered faster than I thought.”

Hae-won’s heart was crushed by Adam’s fresh answer. She felt sorry for no reason.

“I’m sorry.”

“Why is Hae-won apologizing?”

“…I feel like you can’t even rest comfortably because of me.”

“Huh? I rested really comfortably. Hae-won fed me, changed my clothes, drained semen from me.”

Hae-won closed Adam’s mouth.

She glanced outside in fear of anyone hearing. However, thanks to Adam’s pun, a heavy atmosphere was somewhat evoked.

Hae-won smiled faintly and lowered her arms. And she said, holding Adam’s injured hand carefully.

“You have to tell me if there’s something wrong with you. Got it?”

“Yes, I will.”

Adam answered like a gentle sheep.

However, it would be later that Hae-won learned all the inside stories.

* * *

‘A thief?’

Sera was so amazed that she almost laughed.

But there was not a single lie in Adam’s words. The detective’s visit was also real. The catching of the thief too.

The problem was that it was all an overnight coincidence. A fictitious coincidence.

‘I knew you were gonna try to kill me.’

Adam had already been aware of Sera’s impulsive plan for a long time. And with this alibi, Sera’s murder attempt has become, in a sense, a total crime.

Adam and herself are the only ones who know the truth.

‘You…. What do you want?’

‘Well. How about Vice Chairman Seo getting some sleep? When was the last time you slept well? People do this crazy thing because they can’t sleep.’

“……How can I fall asleep in this situation?” Sera, who was muttering, shouted, “What kind of person would sleep like this in a situation!

Sera sank into her place and tore her hair like a madman.

It was a dilemma.

Joo Adam.

He was dangerous enough to kill the contractor she sent.

But she couldn’t tell her mother.

What’s more, it failed.

‘It doesn’t matter what I do behind people’s backs. Threatening people, killing them, if it helps with Seohwa.’

Far from being helpful to Seohwa, she owed Adam.