His status [2]

The lights of the room were turned off, and the nurse carefully walked out of the room, trying to make as less noise as possible. Softly, the nurse closed the door behind her.

Couple of seconds after the nurse had left, Sihyeon pushed the blanket away from her face and sat up, leaning against the bed. 

A mischievous grin was visible on her face while she took out her phone from behind the pillow and opened the screen, revealing the contents of a game.

"That was close," she mumbled.

Few days over a week had passed since she was brought into this mansion by now, and ever since that day she was handed her smartphone by Yoon Jaemin, no one else had visited her.

If it wasn't for the smartphone, she would have been too suffocated and bored to death.

Although she was most likely forgotten by them, she enjoyed being left alone for now.

The smartphone was enough to keep her busy throughout the day. The games required her to give her full attention to it, and with the intense competition, she enjoyed being left alone.

Maybe a time would come when she will be bored of her smartphone, but she doesn't see any chances of that happening for a long time.

The corner of her lips curved upwards when realized how she levelled and saw her rank. After relentless efforts, she had finally managed to climb up to five hundred.

She believed that she would have had a higher ranking if it wasn't for the fact that she was outdated.

As much as she was proud of herself for reaching such heights, her competitive self wouldn't feel satisfied unless she reached top ten.

Noticing how the top players were equipped with expensive gadgets, she wondered whether not should she be shameless to ask money from her husband.

In-game gadgets will propell her to a higher level, and she was quite tempted to it. But the only problem to it was that her so called husband did even visit her until yet.

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Min Sihyeon considered it to be a pleasant surprise when Lee Hyunjin stepped into the room. The corner of her lips were pulled up to a wide smile for now she would be able to ask of him to purchase the in-game gadgets for her.

Instantly, she placed her phone on the bed and voiced out, "Hello!"

Having seen the man after a total of fifteen days, she was taken aback by how eye-catching he was. Previously, she was too occupied to pay attention to his visuals.

But now, she could say for sure that his visuals could rival those of the idols. He was literally like a Boss out of those dramas, and saying that, she wasn't even exaggerating it.

Just like her, the man assessed her looks.

Despite of the care put in for her, her skin was pale, and dark circles could be seen under her eyes, rivalling those of pandas. Her eyes easily gave off how her current condition was.

Clapping both of her hands together, she voiced out, "It's great that you are here. There were some in-game purchases I have been wanting to make for a while, but I lack in money. Do you mind lending me some, Mr. Lee?"

"Phone," he ordered.

His words caused a grin to appear on her features, and her eyes lit up although they seemed as if they will close any second.

'This was easier than I had expected.'

But that excitement of her dimmed when she noticed how he had no intention of doing so. In fact it appeared as if he was seizing her phone.

"I will be confiscating it," he spoke out.

His words managed to make her panic, and her eyes widened.

'There is no way I can allow him to do that! My progress! My game! My rank! My score! It will all go down the drain.'

Tears started to form at the corner of her eyes at such a negative thing.

"You can't do that, Mr. Lee. I hadn't broken any of the rules you set for me. Neither did I contact anyone nor had I posted my picture anywhere. I won't ask for money, so please return my phone to me," she desperately begged, hoping that he would take mercy on her.

"How many hours did you sleep?" he questioned.

"Well, I didn't count, but I think I had proper amount of sleep. Yeah! I feel so refreshed right now. That's why, can I pretty please have my phone?" she voiced out.

Her appearance was a different story from her words, and he spoke out, "Go look at yourself at the mirror."

With that, he turned her back on her and was about to leave the room. Seeing that caused a rush of urgency and anxiety to go through her.

"Mr. Lee, I assure you that I will take good care of myself. I promise you that. Moreover, aren't I an adult now? Shouldn't I have freedom for things like this? 

You don't know how harmful it will to be my mental health if you take my phone like that. I already skipped my sleep for days for such a rank, and now, if you take it away from me, I will have to give up more of my sleep. That's why, have pity on me."

Silently, the man opened the door and stepped away. Staring at the closed door, Sihyeon let out a loud cry.

"Why does this have to happen to me!?" she exclaimed. "I am not even a teenager anymore! Why should I get controlled by someone who is not even my parents!? Life is totally unfair!"

With that, she fell back on the bed, and a wince escaped from her mouth when pain spread through her body.

This made tears form at the corner of her eyes for real.

Thinking about her progress and game, she fell sleep with tears running down her eyes and branded Lee Hyunjin as a sadist in her head.