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The Past

Author: Shin Sungmi
last update Last Updated: 2022-05-23 20:13:26

“My parents died when I wasn’t even one, and from then on, my brother and sister-in-law brought me up. My sister-in-law was like a mother figure to me. You reminded me of my sister-in-law— small and fragile.”

At Asher suddenly revealing this information to her, she turned to look at him. She could easily see the agony on his features as he tightly clenched on to the steering wheel. It was as though he harshly pulled off a scab from over a wound while telling her this.

“Was?” she softly mumbled.

“She was killed, brutally by animals, to the point of beyond recognition. It was six years ago. It completely destroyed my brother. Made my entire family collapse. I had a terrible time with my temper.

That’s why, as a last solution, I was recommended to move far for recovery because due to my brother’s unstable state, the responsibility of taking over my family fell over me.

Then, there was you, and you made me think that if I let you in, the history will repeat. I didn’t want that pain or to
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