Chapter 35

I catch the dip of her brow, and she ponders my face as I remain quiet and don’t say anything else. It’s habitual, something even my parents trained into me, that should I ever end up in a situation that could cause news articles, I shouldn’t say who I am until I know I’m safe. Know the drama it might cause.

“So, it’s a secret?” she lifts a brow, and I hesitate and try to speak again, but that profoundly ingrained logic of a wealthy family who avoids scandals at all costs silences me. I’m not sure anyone should know who I am while here. The story would cause mayhem, and our stock prices would plummet over the genuine question of… who tampered with the car? How could I explain driving off a cliff? The media would pick suicide or attempted murder… neither will do OLO any good. Both raise questions, and Jyeon’s affair would come to light behind it all. I can’t do that to myself, him, our mother, and Yoonah.

I haven’t even begun to process all of that yet, let alone figure o