I Became a Villain's Hero [Complete]

Chapter 87: Where Are You (2)

"...........How long have you been deceiving me?"

"..."

No words came from her open mouth.

Her vision blurred. Song Soo-yeon doubted her own ears.

"...What...?"

Finally, she managed to ask Jung-gyeom with difficulty.

The question she just heard couldn't possibly be real.

This was something that couldn't happen.

-Thud.

The cake she had carefully selected for Jung-gyeom fell to the ground.

The gift box containing a watch engraved with the affectionate phrase 'From Soo-yeon' also fell.

Jung-gyeom, covering his eyes with his palms, muttered quietly.

"Since when...since when...exactly..."

"...Mist...F*ck"

"When did you...as a villain...start deceiving me?!"

Jung-gyeom's voice, now laced with force, echoed loudly in the room.

Soo-yeon's knees trembled and then gave out.

-Thump.

She couldn't stand up again.

Breathing became too hard in this terrifying situation.

"Ha...ah...haah..."

Gradually, Soo-yeon started to grasp the situation.

Jung-gyeom had found out.

"No...it's not..."

With a voice drowned in fear, Soo-yeon hastily denied it.

Her mind went blank, unable to come up with even a sloppy excuse.

But she had to deny his words.

She had to argue by any means that she wasn't a villain.

"...No, it's not...it's not..."

She shook her head like a child, denying the accusations.

The walls she had built to avoid getting hurt were nowhere to be found.

Neither her sharp persona nor her shameless façade.

She couldn't act any of it out.

There was no room for that now.

And to Soo-yeon's denials, Jung-gyeom, through his tears, burst into hollow laughter.

"...Are you still trying to deceive me?"

"...Mister, Mister..."

"Was I...a fool for believing in you?"

Jung-gyeom had believed in her words so naively, to the point others would ridicule him as a fool.

He kept his distance when he heard of her misandry.

When she said her parents took her money, he readily found her a part-time job.

He offered her a studio apartment when she didn't want to go home, and comforted her whenever she vented out of the blue.

He trusted her without evidence.

He believed in her based on her words alone.

And he didn't mind that.

When everyone else seemed like an enemy, Jung-gyeom made her feel like he was on her side.