"Where'd the money go, baby?"
She doesn't stir.
He leans in, lowering his voice even more—something only the dark would hear.
"And why the fuck didn't you hide it better?"
He exhales sharply through his nose.
He seriously thinks it's the card.
He thinks this is it—the thing she's been hinting at.
He thinks she's making her next move.
But what he can't see—
What he'll never guess—
Is that she didn't steal from him.
She didn't plan an escape.
She didn't buy a route out.
She took her own inheritance...
her assets...
her future...
And she gave it all to the girl lying unconscious in a hospital bed.
A final act of protection.
A final act of goodbye.
Because Yerin isn't planning to run.
She's planning to disappear.
But Hyunjun, staring at her like he can see through her skin, whispers to himself:
"I'll find the rest. Whatever the fuck it is."
He stands up slowly.
Still watching her.
Still calculating.
Still spiraling.
And as he turns off the light, leaving her in darkness, one final thought sticks in his throat like a blade:
"You really think you can outplay me."
He closes the door gently.
Too gently.
And stays awake the rest of the night.
Hyunjun goes back to look at the screen.
Not blinking.
Not breathing normally.
Just staring at the numbers like they personally offended him.
Millions.
Gone.
Not stolen.
Not hacked.
Transferred.
By her.
He sees a name.
His jaw tightens so hard a vein shows beneath his skin.
"...What the fuck is this."
He checks the recipient.
The name hits him like a punch:
Eunhee.
His chair scrapes back violently as he stands.
He paces once.
Twice.
His breathing gets heavier, not because of the money — he doesn't give a shit about the money — but because of the implication.
Yerin is planning for a future without her.
A long future.
A future where she's not here.
Where she's not alive.
Where he can't reach her.
A coldness he's never felt before slides down his spine.
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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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