Chapter 18 - Wretched girl (1/2)

"Young Master Jaehyun, Mistress is calling for your presence in her room."

The butler, dressed in his black and white uniform, bowed respectfully and closed the door to Jaehyun's before he left.

"Your mother dearest is calling you; It's my turn to leave now," Myunghoon expressed in his usual light-hearted tone— his hand touching over his subtle beard.

Jaehyun nodded. He could guess what his mother called him over for. Leaving Han Taeho's party was a decision on his own part as he was not interested in communicating with the guests present. Moreover, the infatuated gazes from Lee Jinkyung and other females pestered him. Nevertheless, the biggest reason was that without Jinhee, nothing in the party could catch Jaehyun's attention.

It tremendously angered him when he saw the girl framing Jinhee at the party earlier, and rage filled him when he could not step further due to his mom grasping his hand tightly.

This was a warning to him that Jinhee would further suffer if he interfered. Therefore, he could only concede. Nonetheless, he felt proud of Jinhee when she spoke out for herself. The girl he chose was not someone ordinary after all.

Although Jaehyun couldn't help Jinhee in front of everyone, he will surely take actions behind the scene and establish her position in front of the crowd. Only then, many would think before messing with her.

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"Is there something you needed, mother?" Jaehyun questioned.

A blue vase was directed towards him, and Jaehyun moved to the left to avoid it. The vase hit against the brown door before crashing against the marble floor— pieces scattering.

A glass piece scarped Jaehyun's wrist, causing blood to flow out. Growing up, Jaehyun was used to his mother's attacks for he was known to be quite disobedient, and his mother had low control over her anger.

There were times when he was injured to the extent of being hospitalised by his mother— one example being the time when he applied for idol auditioning.

Jaehyun was aware that his mother had no emotional attachment to him, and he felt the same way towards her. The only thing she demanded from him was to not cause her to be humiliated among the crowd; She wanted to hold her head above everyone regardless of what tricks she should play to achieve that.

His father, on the other hand, fancied his mother greatly, and rarely, there were requests of hers that he would reject. This was the reason Jaehyun was the one scolded everytime he was seriously injured by his mother.