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“Scars That Won’t Fade”

Eight years.

That’s how long Han Seon-yool carried the weight of a scandal that wasn’t hers to bear. The whispers, the judgment, the humiliation—all because of him.

Yushin.

The man who vanished without a word, leaving her drowning in rumors.

And now, after all this time, he had the audacity to stand in front of her again.

“Did you miss me?”

Seon-yool’s breath hitched. His voice, that damn smirk—it was like no time had passed at all.

“What?”

“Because you looked like that.”

As if he hadn’t destroyed her. As if he had any right to speak to her like this.

But then came the real blow.

“Don’t marry Kim Ki-chul.”

Her stomach twisted. How dare he? After everything, now he was judging her choices?

“He’s a worse guy than you can imagine. He’ll only hurt you.”

Rage burned through her. Who was he to warn her? To act like he cared?

But beneath the fury, a chilling thought crept in—

What did Yushin know about Ki-chul that she didn’t?