"Then I'm not letting you out of my fucking sight until I find it."
He lets her go.
Turns.
"Get your shoes. We're not done."
Yerin doesn't move.
She just watches his back as he walks toward the door, the command hanging in the air like a blade.
He reaches for the handle.
And she doesn't move.
Not because she's scared.
Because she wants to see what he does next.
One second...
Two...
Three.
Hyunjun's hand stays on the door, unmoving.
Then—
His shoulders rise with one slow inhale.
He turns his head just a fraction.
Not even enough to see her fully.
Just enough to sense her.
"You're not putting them on."
It isn't a question.
Yerin crosses her arms.
"...Maybe I'm not."
His jaw flexes once.
He turns fully now, eyes locked on hers again — and there's something new behind them.
Not fury.
Not panic.
Calculation.
"Don't play with me right now," he says quietly. "I'm not in the fucking mood."
She tilts her head just a little, lips curling in the faintest mock-smile.
"Oh, I know," she says. "You tore the whole house apart."
A muscle in his cheek twitches.
"Put. The shoes. On."
"No."
Silence.
No breathing.
No shifting.
No movement.
Just the temperature of the room dropping.
Then he steps toward her.
Slow.
Measured.
Danger wrapped in restraint.
"Yerin," he says, voice dipping dangerously low, "I haven't slept. I haven't eaten. I've been pacing this house for hours trying to figure out what the fuck you did."
He keeps walking.
"I checked your bag. Your drawers. Your pockets. Your room. Every inch of this house—"
Yerin cuts him off.
"You missed something."
He stops.
Mid-step.
Like his body just locks.
"...What?"
She shrugs lightly, the picture of calm.
"You missed something," she repeats, tone too casual. "And you know you did."
He stares at her.
Then — a humorless breath of a laugh leaves him.
"Fuck."
It's not irritated.
Not angry.
It's realization.
"...You actually planned for me tearing the place apart," he mutters, eyes scanning her again like she suddenly has layers he didn't account for.
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Mystery / Thriller© all credits go to esmeulor BAEK YERIN (played by liu haocun) RYU HYUNJUN (played by hong jonghyun/moon dohyuk) HAN TAEKYUNG (played by hong mingi) Baek Yerin looks perfect. She's rich, brilliant, polite- Korea's favorite daughter. But she isn't re...
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