Chapter 76 (1/2)

“Hey, did you work late? You don’t look so good.”

Jihoon came up to Woojin, who was sitting quietly at his desk and working. He put on his jacket as Woojin took his glasses off and looked up at him.

Jihoon was looking at Woojin as if nothing was wrong. He looked good. Eating well, wearing expensive clothes, and doing horrible things to others.

Jihoon Kang.

Woojin replied, “I took a day off yesterday.”

“Oh, that’s right. Did something happen?”

There was no trace of guilt on Jihoon’s face, making Woojin feel nauseous. It was just like the last time when Shin was in an accident. All Jihoon did was come up to Woojin with a blank face and tell him about it. It was clear that he knew everything. Who Shin Kim was, how he got hurt, and even how Woojin was going to react. When Woojin made a scene and insisted on returning to Korea to see Shin, Jihoon wasn’t surprised at all.

Ever since then, Woojin had been under Jihoon’s watch. Years and years of being spied on by him… Woojin was sick of it. He bit his lip so hard that his teeth hurt. Woojin slowly stood up. The work hour was almost over so everyone was getting ready to go home.

Woojin replied, “I would think you know what happened better than I do.”

“Hmm?”

His fists trembling, Woojin stared at Jihoon. When they were children, Woojin used to be afraid of him for no good reason, but not anymore. Now, his fear of losing Shin was greater than anything.

Woojin screamed, “… Why… why did you do it?”

“…”

Yeonwoo, who was about to say goodbye, jumped in shock. Thankfully, the team leader and the chief were out on a meeting, so it was just Jihoon, Woojin, and Yeonwoo in the room.

Jihoon replied, “What are you talk…!”

SMACK!

Before he could finish his question, Woojin punched him in the cheek. It was an instinctive move; an act of violence.

The very first time in his life for Woojin.

The room suddenly quieted. Woojin knew he should have done it a very long time ago, but when he was young he didn’t want to do this because he never wanted to be like Jihoon. He also was too young and too weak.

But things were different now.

Jihoon looked at him in shock, rubbing his cheek. Woojin said to him angrily, “I should have done this a long time ago.”

Jihoon’s eyes wavered and his cheek quickly turned red and puffy. He asked in a trembling voice, “What do you mean by that?”

Woojin clenched and unclenched his fists. Tasting blood on his lip, Woojin replied, “You are just like her. You don’t care about anyone.”

“… Woojin Choi!”

“Why do you hurt people around me, instead of me?”

Suddenly, Jihoon’s eyes turned sharp and cold, but Woojin continued, “Wouldn’t it be easier just to kill me?”

“…”

“Or did she tell you to make me suffer?”

“…”

“Does she enjoy that? Taking important people away from me?”