"I DON'T WANT TO BE RICH! I HATE THIS FUCKING LIFE!"

"WATCH YOUR MOUTH YOUNG LADY!"

"NO! I'M NOT THIS PERFECT LITTLE RICH GIRL YOU WANT ME TO BE! I WANT TO GO TO PARTIES, I WANT TO HAVE FUN, AND EVEN GET INTO TROUBLE, NOT JUST GET GOOD GRADES AND KEEP THIS FAMILY'S REPUTATION! I WANT TO BE MYSELF!"

"YOU'RE IN THE CHOI FAMILY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! THIS IS WHO YOU ARE AND YOU'RE GONNA KEEP BEING THAT!"

"I DON'T HAVE TO DAD! I DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE!" she starts crying as the trauma from everything that's going on hits her at once. "growing up... everyone I come in contact with... only want to be my friend because I'm rich... same with my dating life... changbin is the only one who stuck by my side and didn't use me!"

"well then you'll be homeschooled!"

"I DON'T WANT THAT!!! I WANT TO BE NORMAL FOR FUCKS SAKE!" his dad slaps her across the face.

"FUCK YOU! IM OUT OF HERE!" lia runs out of the house running as far away as she could from her family and her life that she didn't want.

she stops once she was by the school and catches her breath while crying.

"lia?" she looks up to see yeji. "what the hell are you doing?"

"go away!"

"I can't I'm waiting for my parents to pick me up" a car arrives in front.

"who's this honey?" she says as she takes out a cigarette.

"do you really have to smoke now?"

"answer my question" she says as she lights it and take a puff of it.

"I don't even know myself"

yeji's mom looks at lia.

"are you okay? do you need a ride home?"

"I don't want to go home, I hate it there"

"why? you're rich" yeji says.

"have you ever thought maybe I hate it!?" lia looks at yeji. "forget it, leave me alone"

"you ran away from home didn't you"

"no I left home! meaning I'm not going back! if I go back then that means going back to my rich life!"

"come on honey, let's take you back to our house"

"no I'm not going back to your family" lia says. "your children are annoying"

"that's my son, just come on" she walks lia into the car and they go back to the house.

it was different than what lia thought it would be, she was expecting it to be huge maybe similar to hers, but it was small.

"this is probably different compared to your lifestyle so you should probably leave" yeji says as soon as they head to the front.

"yeji!"

"what?"

"come on honey" they go inside and of course, hyunjin was there.

"what the hell is she doing here!?" hyunjin immediately says to his mom.

"she's staying here with us for a while"

"why?"

"stop asking questions and go fix up a bed for her!" she says and hyunjin rolls his eyes before going upstairs.

"you're being nice to me, I'm a stranger to you, why mrs. hwang?" lia asks.

"call me myeongsi, and because it's nice to have someone else here living with us"

"living with you?"

"you seem to know my children so it's okay, stay here with us hm?"

"um... I don't want to intrude though"

"you won't be!"

"yes she is" yeji mumbles.

"okay... I guess..."

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