And then slowly...
He smiles.
Not a soft smile.
A dark, razor-thin smile that never reaches his eyes.
"You think because you hid one thing—one fucking thing—I'm going to fall apart?"
She looks at him steadily.
"You already are."
That one line hits him like a fist.
His smile fades.
Completely.
He closes the distance between them in two steps — not grabbing her, just standing close enough that she has to look up at him.
"Where is it?" he murmurs. "The thing you hid. The thing you think gives you leverage."
She says nothing.
He inhales once through his nose.
"Fine."
He reaches out—
But he doesn't touch her face.
He taps her chin lightly with two fingers, like he's testing how steady she is.
"You're coming with me," he says again. "Because whatever the fuck you did... I'm not waiting until tonight to find it."
"And if I don't go?"
His eyes harden, voice dropping into something colder than he's ever used on her:
"Then I'll drag you."
She doesn't blink.
She looks him dead in the eyes and says:
"Try."
For the first time all day...
all week...
maybe all seven years...
He actually looks stunned.
Just for a second.
Just long enough for her to know she hit the nerve she wanted.
He exhales slowly.
"Okay," he whispers. "Okay."
He nods once.
Then turns toward the door again — but this time his voice is steady, almost eerily calm:
"Last chance, Yerin. Shoes. Now."
She still doesn't move.
And that's when his head slowly turns back toward her...
...with the exact look of someone who just decided:
Fine. I'll escalate.
Night.
The house is dead silent.
Yerin is asleep in their bedroom — knocked out so deeply she doesn't even shift when the AC clicks on.
Her hair spills across the pillow, her breathing steady, her face completely calm in a way that almost pisses him off.
Because he knows she's faking that peace.
Hyunjun hasn't slept.
Not even for a second.
He's in his office — door half-closed, lights low, screens reflecting in his eyes.
He's been checking everything.
Every camera.
Every log.
Every device.
Every lock.
Nothing.
Nothing.
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No Strings Attached
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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