Chapter 43. The Young Maid

- Flashback -

Years ago, there was a beautiful eighteen-year-old girl who lived alone with her mother. She has a round face and bright eyes. She lives in a small village in the country with her mother. She is known as a hardworking girl who helps her mother work in order to meet their basic needs. Many people have been captivated by her beautiful face and kind heart. She is both brave and astute. She sincerely hopes that in the future, she will have a proper job that will pay her well enough to allow her mother to live freely and without worry.

One day, while doing her usual part-time job, she is approached by a handsome middle-aged man she has never seen before. He's quite tall and a foreigner. The man gives her a meaningful smile, and her mother soon joins them.

"Areum-ah... This is your biological father," says her mother. Areum had never met her father and had only heard about him from her mother. Her mother only told her that her father is a scientist with man