"That petty woman won't even let you call me 'Aunt' in public," Lee Mi-kyung scoffed. "Does she really intend to sever blood ties just because I sneaked you out once? It's not like I was going to kidnap you and keep you all to myself."
"You technically did," Hyejin muttered under her breath, almost whistling the words aside.
Lee Mi-kyung shot her a sharp glare. With a snap of her fingers, a bottle of wine appeared in her hand. She tilted her head back and chugged it down in one go, clearly frustrated.
"If she hadn't hidden you from the family for a whole year, would I have gone to such extremes just to see you?" she huffed, her eyes reddening as her voice wavered. "I'm her only sister!"
Her nose twitched. Then—just as expected—she started sniffling.
…There she goes again.
Every time she drank, she cried.
Seo Hyejin sighed inwardly and reached out to take away the wine bottle from the woman's hand.
She gently patted her aunt's head like she was coaxing an oversized child.
