Chapter 45: The Second Child
Lee Mihyun couldn’t believe it.
That Ha Giyeon had calmly passed her by and gone upstairs to his room.
Did that kid really mean it when he said it was fine if they kicked him out? She kept doubting her ears, but there was no mistake—it was what Ha Giyeon had said right in front of her. The boy who once couldn’t even meet her eyes, stammering every word, now looked her straight in the eye.
The eyes that used to dart around, desperate for affection, had turned dull and expressionless. His tone wasn’t puffed up or laced with empty bravado.
He’d meant it. Every word.
‘No, no... that can’t be.’
Ha Giyeon couldn’t possibly leave this house. After having lived so comfortably, what could he even do out there with nothing? How could he survive?
She had started to follow him upstairs but stopped halfway.
‘And what would I even say?’
She couldn’t actually tell him to leave the house. There was the family’s public image to consider, and without a concrete reason, she couldn’t just throw him out. If he got caught in some scandal or started hanging around the wrong crowd, then she could justify sending him abroad or something later.
With that in mind, she turned around.
What she didn’t realize was—