When she was very young, she felt like she was the protagonist of the so-called Cinderella story. She grew up being abused by her father, her stepmother, and even her siblings. Cinderella lived happily ever after thanks to the fairy godmother’s magic, but in the real world, there was no fairy godmother. The only thing she had was her brilliant brain and her determination to get out of that god-forsaken house. At that time, Bi-Ga had a hamster, and Ji-Cheok slightly resembled him. Ji-Cheok’s energetic activity and the fact that he was moved by the little things both reminded her of her hamster.

“I think I can understand why Ju-Ran likes him so much.”

Even Ju-Ran didn’t know how this happened, but Bi-Ga was starting to know a little bit about how she felt. Of course, she didn’t want to ruin Ji-Cheok’s life by fooling around with him as she used to do back in the day. In the past, her life had been a mess, so the people around her, especially her lovers, were caught up in her self-destructive behavior.

‘It’s different from that.’

She believed that she had matured, but she knew that her friend, Ju-Ran, wouldn’t believe her.

Bi-Ga felt the urge to hand...