Chapter 1
The alarm went off so loud. However, it did not disturb a girl's deep sleep under the thick blanket. Instead, she tightened her hug even more comfortably on the bolster, cradling himself in a sweet dream. Even when someone's steps entered her room, she didn't notice it at all.
"Come on, wake up ugly girl, today is Monday. Later to be late for school, let's wake up" said a middle-aged woman, shaking her body gently. However, the girl did not care. Causing the woman to growl and with a swift motion, she grabbed the thick blanket open.
"5 minutes Eomma " muttered the girl as she tried to reach the blanket to cover her tiny body again. The middle-aged woman whom the girl called mother tried to hold back her anger, still with a gentle attitude. She returned to rocking the child's body, but now it is tighter than the first.
"Come on, wake up !!!! Ugly girl ... It's already 6.30, you don't want to go to school? Come on, don't make Eomma angry. Do you want to be punished again? If so, please .. Eomma will stop waking you" said the woman.
"Come on, ugly girl .. Wake up ..." she said again. Still didn't show any reaction. She let out a rough sigh, her hand then grabbed the Pikachu-shaped alarm clock and brought it right into the girl's eyes.
The girl, who was still in a semi-conscious state, turned her gaze from her mother to the alarm clock, suddenly her brown slices rounded.
"Aissssh, I'll be late again" she shouted in panic as she ran to his bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth, after that she put on his school uniform in panic, afraid of being punished by her homeroom teacher, yes again. Because she has received special gifts from her homeroom teacher too often due to the delay in coming to school.
The woman sighed again while rubbing her chest. "Tsk, you basic" she shook her head and left her daugther's room to prepare breakfast.
Come back to the girl. After finishing his routine every morning. She pulled roughly her school bag, then ran out of her room, in the dining room she saw her mother was preparing lunch for her.
" Eomma Ich, why you do not wake up early, right I was in a hurry" she whined to his mother who was sitting relaxed eat his breakfast after the girl finished preparing lunch.
"It's your fault, Eomma has tried to wake you up this morning more than three times, ugly girl. But, yeah, you're the only one sleeping absurdly. Even with that loud alarm sound, isn't it enough to wake you up, hm?" the mother explained in a mocking tone.
The girl can only snort at the mother's taunt, "tsk, I hear how" annoyed the child. "Then why don't you get up soon? Are you having trouble with your ears, ugly girl?" her mother sneered again.
"not so, eomma not you know I stay up all night last night. Completing schoolwork and scientific work that will be completed next week" sniffed the girl.
" Eomma understands, but you also have to take care of your health, don't get too late with grades and study, you also have to enjoy your teenage years, understand." advised the mother.
"I understand, really understand. I'll keep my health very well why eomma . But, eomma know, if I'm doing it so that our future change, and also to maintain my scholarship, I do not want to see eomma work too hard to live me. This, my turn to act, okay. I love eomma "explained the girl, hugging her mother from behind and kissing her cheek.
"but ..." before her mother protested she cut it off "never mind, this morning I don't want to hear eomma babbling, I have to go to school, I'm very late, I'm going, bye eomma".
The mother snorted softly at the child's behavior, but then smiled sadly, she felt that she was not a good mother to the child. if only, that incident never happened, maybe she would not live like this, she was dumped by her family.
"Ha Na-ya, forgive eomma, for hiding something from you, but you must know, you are the most beautiful treasure for eomma, eomma please don't leave eomma, eomma can not live without you" monologue itself.
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Meanwhile, a luxury house in an elite area which is one of the residences of the most successful businessmen in South Korea is enjoying breakfast together with wisdom and calm. But it didn't feel good at all, the atmosphere felt gloomy like the housing of lifeless people.
"hn, I'm finished," said a black haired young man who immediately got up from his chair, stepping away from everyone who was in the room.
"hn, me too" continued a brown young man who was younger than the young man. After the two young men left, there remained a middle-aged couple who were still eating their breakfast in silence.
A few moments, then one of them put the chopsticks back down and immediately left the dining room without saying a word.
"Hah, be careful, I hope the work goes well," said the middle-aged woman while escorting her husband to the front. Which only muttered back and kissed his wife's cheek briefly.
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After leaving the house, the girl was pedaling her bicycle at high speed, she was chasing time to get there before the school gates closed.
If he comes after the gate is closed, he will be punished again, why else, because Hana quite often feels the heat standing in the middle of the field, cleaning the school toilets and many more. So today Hana doesn't want to be punished.
But, fortunately, the gate was not closed. In her heart, Hana was grateful, she smiled broadly when she saw only a few children who had just arrived. Feeling proud to finally be able to set a new record, namely not being late to school.
" Annyeonghaseyo, Ajjusshi," she said to the gate guard. The middle-aged man looked strangely at Hana, maybe because it was so rare to see Hana coming earlier. Usually Hana always comes half an hour after the bell rings. So, don't be surprised if the guy is surprised to see her this morning.
"Ee..oh Annyeong, I'm afraid you come quickly, Hana" he said back when he woke up from his reverie. "hehe, I came quickly wrong, came slow wrong. How is this ajjusshi?" Hana joked at the man with her signature laugh.
He also laughed along with her, "there's nothing wrong with it. I just wonders, it's good if you come early" he said. Hana just smiled at him, "everyone can change, ajjusshi" Hana replied again.
"You're right," he said confirming Hana's words. "Okay, I'll go first ajjusshi" Hana said goodbye to the man as she pulled her bike towards the parking lot. The man nodded briefly in return.
After parking her bicycle in her usual place, Hana stepped into her classroom on the third floor. A little information, Hana's class is the best class of the whole class in their generation, the students who are in it are students who have good achievements and are the best than others.
This class is facilitated with full air conditioning, computers, books, and others. A class that according to Hana is the most comfortable among the others. Many advantages can be obtained if you are in this class, apart from these facilities, graduates from this class are likely to be able to continue their studies easily, whether they are accepted abroad or domestically through scholarships or not. That's why Hana expected a lot from this class.
Because the life goal of this girl whose full name is Hwang Hana is indeed getting a college scholarship so that her life and that of her beloved mother will be better. Because the girl only lives alone with her mother, whose full name is Hwang Hyerim.
And they are not a wealthy family, they are just ordinary people, their mother only works as a waiter in one of the Kim family's restaurants.
Hana enters the elevator to be able to reach her class which is on the 3rd floor, inside the elevator, Hana just stands still while reading a medical physiology book. However, this elevator opens on the second floor.
' Is anyone coming in? ' Hana thought for a moment. After the elevator door opened wide, Hana could see a 'handsome' young man enter and stand right beside Hana. Make the girl reflexively move her tiny body a little.
The short black-haired youth fell apart. His style of dress did not reflect a model student according to Hana. The young man glared at Hana with his onyx.
Hana knew that, but Hana tried to ignore it and continued reading. Enduring the tense atmosphere caused by him made Hana a little anxious. The girl did not like to linger around the young man.
' God, I'm so nervous. Hurry up the elevator, I can't stand being here anymore' Hana thought nervously.
The young man named Choi Daeho, the youngest of the conglomerate Choi family was still staring at Hana sharply. Hana didn't know what was wrong, but what was clear was that Hana was still trying to ignore the young man's existence. Even so, they just didn't say anything while they were inside the elevator.
'Ting'
The sound of the door from the elevator saved Hana from being awkward. Hana stepped out of the lift in a hurry, but her steps stopped when she heard a voice that was so heavy in her ears.
"Hwang Hana"
Hana turned around and looked nervously at the voice. "y..yeah" he replied haltingly. Dae Ho was still staring at Hana sharply.
"From now on, you are mine," he said dryly and coldly, after saying that. He left Hana with a frozen body, 'hey, what did he mean by that?' Groaned Hana.
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