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*A Month Back*

Seohyun just left the cafe when she heard someone calling her from behind.

"Mrs. Song!"

She turned around only to find her lips to be captured by another man. Momentarily stunned, she soon gave in, enjoying the way his tongue was caressing hers.

"Let's go to my place," a dark haired man in his mid thirties murmured. His jet black eyes were staring back at her with a fierce passion and full of lust. There was no denying that he desired her and was eager to spend more time with this beautiful older woman who fell into his bed easily.

"I thought you said that there's a cop living next door!" Seohyun said.

"She's on duty today," Changseob winked. "I talked to her in the morning. She won't be back till night. We can continue our work in my flat."

"We just met a few moments ago!" Seohyun giggled like a schoolgirl.

"But that was just coffee," Changseob replied. "I still want my dessert…"

He leaned in to kiss her more, not caring that it was the middle of the street.

"Someone might see us," Seohyun said.

"So? Your husband isn't in town and your daughter is probably at school," he said in a seductive tone. "Let's go…"

He pulled her hand and led her towards his apartment which was not far from the coffee shop. Changseob was living in a small rented apartment for two months but he was planning to move soon. As an animal trainer, the place was too small and could get congested when he had to bring in many animals. Moreover, the stench was unbearable so many of the neighbors also complained. He had recently moved the animals to a nearby shelter except for a dog which was still with him.

"This place sure is small," Seohyun remarked when they entered it. "When are you moving to your new place?"

"Soon, my love," Changseob replied. There was a loud barking sound which startled Seohyun.

"What was that?" she frowned.

"It's this dog," Changseob sighed. "A German Shepherd. I'm supposed to be training it but the animal is a total monster. It keeps on trying to bite me so I have to wear a full PPE suit whenever I feed it. Thank god there aren't any more animals in the house at the moment. He would've scared them."

"It sounds scary," Seohyun whimpered. Changseob smirked and lightly kissed her.

"Don't you want to check out my new bed?" he teased. He slowly laid her on the bed, busy taking off her clothes. Soon, the sounds of their moans could be heard through the door. For hours, they did not leave the bedroom and pleasured each other in every way possible.

Seohyun lay on Changseob's bare chest. Both of them were naked under the blanket, content with their affair.

"Yohan will not spare me if he finds out," she lamented. "He has so many affairs of his own but if I try to have another guy, he'll go berserk."

"Just leave him," Changseob said. "Come to me! We can be very happy together!"

"I can't," Seohyun said bitterly. "My parents' company is still running thanks to him. If I leave him, he'll stop funding it and my brother, who runs it now, will go bankrupt. He'll hate me for it. I can't leave Yohan."

"Fucking bastard!" Changseob cursed. "He's such a crappy husband! Just expose his affairs and you can get a legitimate reason to divorce him!"

"The prenup I signed all those years ago was absolutely inescapable," Seohyun replied. "He'll tear me apart and take away everything. I'll not get any of his money. Not even a cent. Moreover, he hates me for giving birth to a daughter and not to the son he so desired. Do you know, he doesn't even talk properly to Rachel? Ever since she was young, Rachel did everything she could to get his attention but there isn't a single day when he was kind to her. It affected her a lot and now, she's gone haywire! The girl is sleeping with everyone and not even sorry about the consequences."

"What do you mean?" Changseob asked.

"I…" Seohyun sat up. "I saw-"

Her words were interrupted by the doorbell. They were both alert at the sound.

"I'll go and check," Changseob said. "You hide in the bathroom, okay?"

She quickly hid in the bathroom, listening intently while Changseob answered the door. He put on a robe before heading out to check who it was. Seohyun was completely quiet and remained still, trying not to attract any attention.

"WHERE IS SHE?"

Seohyun froze in shock. Rachel?

She was about to grab the lock to stop her daughter from entering when Rachel burst in through the bathroom door. Rachel stared at her mother's naked body, disgusted by her actions. Changseob appeared behind her, helpless.

"You...HOW DARE YOU?" She screamed at Seohyun. "Having an affair behind my father's back?"

"It's not how you think-" Seohyun began but Rachel grabbed the clothes off the floor and threw them at her mother.

"Get fucking dressed!" Rachel ordered. "And come with me otherwise I'll send dad the pictures I've taken of the two of you!"

She was glaring at them and meant every word of her threat. Pushing Changseob out of the way, she waited outside the bathroom to wait for her mother.

Seohyun's nostrils flared. She slowly wore her clothes and followed her daughter out. Changseob held her hand, trying to comfort her but Seohyun had another plan. She calmly faced her daughter.

Rachel was still furious at her mother's betrayal. "I'm gonna give these to dad," she declared. "And get you thrown out! How dare you ruin my dad's reputation? He's gonna divorce you and you won't get a cent-"

The sound of a slap echoed throughout the flat, causing even the dog in the other room to start howling again. Rachel was shell shocked that her mother had hit her. Seohyun never hit her before and always doted on her but for the first time, she slapped her daughter. To add further to the shock, Seohyun grabbed Rachel by the chin.

"Listen up, slut!" Seohyun growled. "You think you can blackmail me? But I know your deeds too! You're sleeping with that college frat boy, aren't you? You're cheating on that boyfriend of yours!"

Changseob's mouth fell open while Rachel was mortified.

"How did you find out?" she demanded.

"Your bank called me," Seohyun revealed. "They told me that you took out ten grand from the account. I had your activities traced and found out that you've been not just sleeping with the guy but also made pron videos with him. He was threatening you that he'd sell those videos on the net and ruin your reputation. So you gave him money and also kept on sleeping with him. But that's not the worst thing you did, was it?"

"W-What do you mean?" Rachel stammered.

"You realized that this is a big business opportunity," Seohyun claimed. "So you and that boy had seduced other girls to make videos of them. He recorded his sexcapades and together, you two were selling it online. I know all about it."

Rachel was now visibly scared of her mother who had the upper hand. Seohyun grinned while Changseob was also victorious.

"We can make a deal, little girl," Changseob said. "You stay quiet and we'll stay quiet. All of us will live our lives the way we've been living and no one has to suffer. Your family stays happy and you can also stay happy. Do we make ourselves clear?"

Rachel glared at them with spite. She wanted to rip out their smirks but they were onto her and there was no escape.

"Fine," she finally whispered. "I'll not tell dad. But don't you dare come near me again! Our relationship is over!"

Seohyun felt as if someone was stabbing her heart. Even though she loved Changseob, she was also sad that Rachel would never trust her again. She did not want thing to end up like this but it was inevitable.

"Fine," she finally said. "I won't. I'll not go anywhere near you."

Rachel pushed her away and left the apartment, shutting the door behind her and effectively, leaving her mother behind. Forever.

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*Present*

"Since then, I haven't talked to Rachel," Seohyun said. "I carried on my affair and Rachel was also going on with her activities."

"What about Changseob?" Jiwoon asked. "Where is he?"

"He's still in town," Seohyun said. "But he discovered that he was being followed by someone and warned me. It was a private investigator who was working for my husband. He dug into the matter and found out that the PI was going to give my husband all the evidence of our affair at Jung's party. When I heard he got into an accident, I panicked and tried to take the envelope-"

"But it fell into our hands," Jiwoon concluded. "So you have substantial reason to murder your daughter."

"It wasn't me!" Seohyun claimed. "I was at the party that night!"

"The CCTV footage shows that you were missing for a while," Jiwoon pointed out.

"I…" Seohyun took a deep breath. "I was in my bedroom with Changseob. We were...Anyways, if you don't believe me, you can talk to my maid, Hana. She always covers for me whenever I'm with Changseob. That night, I was with him for a while before going back to the party."

"How did he enter the party?" Jiwoon frowned.

"There's a door in the basement which unlocks if you know how to twist the knob," Seohyun said. He entered through there and even left through it. There's no camera around that place because I had it secretly removed a year ago. Even Yohan doesn't know about this. Moreover, I'm in charge of what the servants do in the house. I pay them more for their silence. They ignore everything happening around them."

"Song Yohan doesn't know about what happens in his own house?" Jiwoon questioned.

"When the space in a house increases, so does the space between the people," Seohyun sadly mused. "Sometimes, we lose the people we love within our own homes and when that happens, we can never find each other again. Welcome to our world, Detective. I pray that you can get out of it. Rachel couldn't and now, I can't either."

With that, she finally broke down, lamenting the loss of her only child. Jiwoon did not stay back but rather walked away, closing the door behind her.