As Yu-jin headed to the room where the girls were staying, he was seething with anger.

Recalling his mentor’s red-rimmed eyes, the choked-up voice, and the look of helplessness on her face as she leaned against him, spilling out her grievances—it was impossible not to be furious.

It’s only natural to feel outraged as a family man. Yes, absolutely. So I had every intention of giving them a good talking to…

Of course, punishment wasn’t part of my plan. They were my daughters, dear enough to be precious even if I had to endure pain, and they’d been traumatized as …