At South Korea's most prestigious high school, a scandal is brewing - but its privileged students will do anything to silence the truth. When a scholarship student enters the fold, he's determined to crack the school's impenetrable façade and reveal...
In Ha's expression hardened further, his anger blazing. "You should have known better!" he retorted, his voice echoing through the hospital corridor. "Now look at what's happened!"
Jae-i gasped at In Ha's outburst, stunned by his harsh words. She stepped between them, trying to diffuse the tension. "In Ha, please," she implored, her voice tinged with desperation. "This isn't helping."
In Ha's shoulders heaved with pent-up emotion. He looked at Rian with a mixture of anger and anguish before turning away, unable to face the sight of Rian's devastated expression.
Hera and Woojin arrived at that moment, witnessing the tense scene unfolding. Hera hurried to Rian's side, wrapping her arms around him in a comforting embrace. Rian leaned into her, his body trembling with the weight of his emotions.
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Woojin halted in his tracks, his mind racing with a sudden realization. He turned away from the tense scene between Rian, Jae-i, and In Ha, his expression clouded with concern. Without a word, he hurried down the hospital corridor, his footsteps echoing against the sterile walls.
As he walked, Woojin's thoughts were consumed by fragments of conversations and fleeting glances he had noticed throughout the evening. There were moments that had unsettled him, subtle clues and exchanges that now seemed to form a troubling pattern.
Finding a quiet corner, Woojin pulled out his phone, his fingers tapping nervously as he dialed a number. The call connected, and Ms. Han's voice answered, guarded but composed, "Yes, Woojin? What is it?"
Woojin took a deep breath, steeling himself for the question he needed to ask. "Did you know about the break-in at Ellie's apartment tonight?"
There was a brief pause on the other end of the line before Ms. Han replied, her voice tinged with surprise and feigned innocence, "Break-in? No, I had no idea. Why do you ask?"
Woojin's brow furrowed. He could hear the hesitation in Ms. Han's voice, a slight wavering that betrayed her unease. "Because you , what happen earlier she almost caught us "
Ms. Han interrupted quickly, her voice tinged with defensiveness, "Woojin, I assure you, I had nothing to do with any break-in. I don't know what you're implying. And I would never do that"
Woojin ended the call with Ms. Han and leaned against the hospital corridor wall, cursing softly under his breath. His mind raced with suspicion and concern.
He had known Ms. Han for a long time, their secret relationship hidden carefully from others. But tonight, the events had cast a shadow of doubt over everything.
As he stood there, contemplating the implications of his conversation with Ms. Han, Woojin's thoughts drifted to Ellie lying unconscious in the hospital room.
He couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to the story than Ms. Han had let on. The blood on her hands, her evasive answers—it all pointed to something darker.
