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“You little shit. Getting cocky now?”
Hyun-seo, as if to show off, put the cigarette between her teeth and blew out smoke. The acrid smoke rushed towards Hyun-soo and Wan.
“Auntie. Wan, please.”
Unable to bear it any longer, Hyun-soo called the aunt who was standing nearby. The aunt, who had been watching Hyun-seo and Hyun-soo’s argument that wasn’t quite an argument, quickly came over and took Wan.
“Wan-ah. Stay with Auntie for a bit. Mommy will be right back.”
Hyun-soo, who had stroked Wan’s head as he reached out his arms to be held again, spoke in a whisper. Fortunately, Wan stopped crying and agreed with his mother. His face, nestled snugly in his aunt’s arms, was so innocent.
“Please take care of Wan for a bit.”
“Yes. Take your time and talk.”
Hyun-soo smiled instead of replying, and the aunt nodded and turned away. Wan’s face, leaning against the aunt’s shoulder as they moved away, gradually grew smaller.
“You’ve grown a lot since I last saw you. Living as the madam, you must think nothing of us now, huh?”
“Is that all you can think of?”
“Hey. Kim Hyun-soo.”
“What you said earlier. I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”
Just as Hyun-seo was about to reply, an enraged Hyun-soo reached out and snatched the cigarette.
“What are you doing right now?”
The cigarette butt thrown on the ground was ground out under Hyun-soo’s foot.
“Listen carefully.”
“......”
“It’s been almost two years since I left Seoul. And three years have passed since I came back.”
“So? Why are you suddenly bringing that up?”
“In all that long time, did you ever look for me even once? Did you ever feel sorry?”
At Hyun-soo’s question, Hyun-seo, who had been staring at her blankly, burst into laughter.
“Are you crazy? Why would I? What reason would I have to?”
This time, Hyun-soo stared intently at Hyun-seo. Soon, a smile also appeared on Hyun-soo’s lips.
“Should I say thank you?”
“Speak clearly, you bitch.”
“I’ve always dreamed of moments like this, but I was also secretly tormented by guilt. Still, she’s my blood relative, could I just cut her off? Could I just let go of my family’s hand? But.”
“......”
“Seeing you, I think it’s okay now.”
“You’re out of your mind.”
“Even though you’ve been regularly taking money from Guk and receiving all sorts of help, you haven’t even contacted me properly. You had already let me go too, hadn’t you? Or was I wrong?”
At the calm but accusatory words, Hyun-seo laughed in disbelief.
“You talk so much. So what? What do you want me to do? Stop the bullshit and get to the point.”
“It’s over.”
“What?”
“Our relationship is over now.”
Huh, Hyun-seo let out a hollow laugh and nervously ran her hand through her disheveled hair.
“I’m not your sister or anything anymore, so don’t even think about getting the slightest bit of help from my side in the future.”
“You little shit, you really...!”
Hyun-seo stood close, as if she would pounce at any moment. Hyun-soo didn’t back down and met the approaching face. Their intertwined gazes were fierce.
“Kim Hyun-soo. Do you know why I hate you?”
“......”
“You always pretend you’re not. Even though you’re just one step away from me, you always act so good, so righteous. But there’s one thing you don’t know.”
“......”
“It doesn’t matter how much you act like you’ve swallowed a morality textbook.”
Hyun-seo raised the corner of her mouth and smiled, taking another step closer. Her shadowed face was chilling.
“You’re a murderer. And you killed your own mother.”
Hyun-soo’s heart plummeted.
“And is it just one? You killed two people.”
Unlike the smiling Hyun-seo, Hyun-soo’s face, drained of blood, turned white. She didn’t know the truth about the arsonist, but the way Hyun-seo looked down on her scratched Hyun-soo’s heart fiercely once again.
“Stop being so cocky and just talk to Yoon Guk nicely like I told you earlier. If you talk nonsense, you’ll regret it.”
“......”
“Why aren’t you answering?”
“......”
“Hey, answer me.”
When Hyun-soo didn’t reply, Hyun-seo tapped her shoulder with her finger. Hyun-soo, who had been momentarily dazed and pushed, belatedly came to her senses.
Hyun-soo immediately slapped her sister’s hand away. Even her lips were trembling, but she really had to end it now.
“I’ll say it again. We’re over.”
“Wow, you’re impossible to talk to. Doesn’t my words get into your thick skull?”
If Hyun-seo’s sneering face was like hell, would that be too harsh of a metaphor?
“I won’t tell you to go bankrupt. Just barely scrape by, living exactly according to your abilities.”
“Hey.”
“If that’s the level of begging for food, then yeah. You should live like that.”
“You bitch!”
“Get out. Get out of my life, Kim Hyun-seo.”
In that instant, Hyun-seo, unable to control her anger, raised her hand. It looked like she would slap Hyun-soo’s cheek any second.
But even after a fleeting moment passed, nothing happened. Hyun-soo, who had tightly closed her eyes, slowly opened them and looked ahead.
“Aren’t you going to let go of this?”
Someone was holding Hyun-seo’s wrist. Standing opposite the grimacing Hyun-seo was none other than Yoon Han.
“Let go! I said let go!”
Han released Hyun-seo, who was struggling to break free, as if shaking her off. Because of this, Hyun-seo stumbled and stopped against the wall. Her face, as she glared at Han and rubbed her wrist, was fierce.
“Oh, for fuck’s sake...”
Turning to Hyun-soo, who was standing not far away, Hyun-seo huffed and left. Even her last action of shoving past Han was full of malice.
“It’s been a while.”
Han greeted Hyun-soo, who stood watching Hyun-seo’s retreating figure. From the moment she faced him again, Hyun-soo’s face was frighteningly stiff. She didn’t reply at all.
“I just stopped by briefly after visiting Father.”
“......”
“Have you been, well?”
As if expecting Hyun-soo’s reaction, Han continued speaking. However, he stumbled over his words as if his throat was blocked, barely managing to get them out.
“I haven’t been well.”
“......”
“If I had been well, that would have been a sin in itself.”
Han’s face, as he smiled bitterly, was quite gaunt. So much so that the vitality he once had was nowhere to be seen.
“I have nothing to say. I’m going in.”
But whether he did or not, it no longer held much meaning for Hyun-soo.
It was when Hyun-soo was about to walk past him.
“Just a moment.”
His voice caught her steps.
“I’m sorry for your loss.”
“......”
“About Father. It must be very hard for you...”
Hyun-soo turned around. Their eyes met.
“That’s right. My heart is heavy. It’s not easy. But.”
Her throat felt scratchy as she swallowed. Still, she had to say what she needed to say.
“Shouldn’t you be the last person to say that to me?”
“......Noona.”
“You don’t know what you took from me over ten years ago. You don’t know what kind of yoke has been placed on me all this time.”
“......”
“I hope you’ve thought about it carefully. I really hope you understand now.”
“I’m sorry. I’m really sor...”
“I don’t have any feelings for you anymore.”
Han’s eyes, which had remained seemingly calm even when she had said all sorts of stinging words, wavered greatly at this one sentence.
“So, don’t bother coming here to stir up past memories. Because I might want to kill you.”
He probably wanted to reply but had no words to say. It was clear from the way his lips twitched without him being able to utter a single word. Hyun-soo turned away from such a Han without hesitation.
“Noona...”
There was no trace of lingering affection in her expression. Hyun-soo walked further and further away, out of his reach.
Han’s expression, as he watched her, gradually crumbled into despair. He collapsed on the spot and covered his face with his hands.
Father Kim Hyun-sung’s cause of death was the worsening of symptoms due to acute liver failure. Among them, cerebral edema played the most fatal role.
A person who had been busy loitering around gambling dens every day had become a corpse in such a short period. Hyun-soo truly thought that life was unpredictable.
Before she knew it, a month had passed since the funeral.
“Ah, there...”
Hyun-soo moaned again at the feeling of a hand probing inside her.
“Your condition. Are you okay?”
Guk’s voice, asking her, burrowed into her ear. At the same time, the warm breath that reached her made her shrink back. Instead of answering, Hyun-soo hugged his sweaty, smooth back. It was a silent plea for him to continue without asking any more questions.
“Hiss...! Uh-huh, uh...!”
Guk couldn’t possibly not understand Hyun-soo’s meaning. He was always quick to check on her condition, anytime, anywhere.
Without asking further, Guk nuzzled his lips against her already flushed neck and shoulders. Then, with a soft thwack, he bit her skin, making Hyun-soo tremble.
In fact, the two had already been intimate several times. As evidence, the air was thick and warm, and the pungent smell of sex filled the room. Not to mention the crumpled and discarded blankets. However, unlike other times they had sex, there were no scattered gowns or clothes to be found anywhere. This was because they had started in the bathroom while showering together.
“Mmm.”
Guk, who had been sucking on her swollen red nipples, kissed Hyun-soo. Hyun-soo, who had been silently accepting Guk’s caresses, offered him access to her mouth as if she had been waiting.
“Uhh, mmm.”
The wet sound of their tongues intertwining echoed in her ears. She liked the feeling of his slow tongue tracing the soft mucous membrane inside her mouth and even brushing against her teeth. Hyun-soo sucked on Guk’s tongue more actively. Saliva she couldn’t swallow flowed down the corners of her mouth.
“Ah, ah...!”
But she broke the kiss because of the sudden movement of his hand. Because of his hand gesture that shook her so quickly that her vaginal fluids splattered.
Guk, who had inserted another finger into her slick vagina, grabbed her entire vulva as if holding it and shook it vigorously. A wet squish-squish-squish sound poured out from below. Hyun-soo immediately let out a moan.
As the movement of his hand became even faster, Hyun-soo felt an urgent need to urinate, as if she would wet herself any moment. It was hard to suppress the pleasure as her swollen clit was shaken along with it.
“St, op...! Stop, ah! Haaah...!”
She really felt like she might make a mistake like this. It had happened before, but she was still embarrassed by such an act.
Feeling like she couldn’t hold back any longer, Hyun-soo reached down with both hands and grabbed Guk’s wrist.
“Why?”
“Haa... haah... this is a bit...”
“Then how should I do it for you?”
“Heeuh......”
“Tell me. I’ll do anything for you.”
Guk, who had smiled faintly, stopped the shaking motion and pulled his hand out. His hand was also quite messy due to her wet vagina. Guk, who had looked down at his hand slick with viscous liquid, leaned down and approached her. The look in his eyes right in front of her wavered.