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she amended in her mind.
    “And he let you go just like that?”
    “Yeah,” she confirmed with a shrug. “I mean, I told him again that I’m not Soo Jin. I told him that Tae Hyun and I are over and that I’m done with the Underworld. I guess after all of that, he got tired of me and decided to let me go.”
    Kang Min shook his head again. Although he was only eighteen and had a face that resembled an innocent angel, the current hardened features on his face told another story. He looked pissed beyond measure. “I can’t believe he had five men beat you in a limo. That old bastard is sick.”
    “I handled myself,” Yoori hinted to him vaguely.
    Kang Min was not paying attention.
    “I know who the five trainers are,” he assured her, anger still radiating from him. “I’ll take care of them for you.”
    “There are five of them and one of you,” she reminded. “And they were the ones who trained Soo Jin.”
    “I was trained by An Soo Jin and Kwon Tae Hyun. I think I’m good—”
    Kang Min stopped talking when he saw the light change in Yoori’s once emotionless eyes. She had been spreading so many lies about being “fine” with her current predicament, but her anchor to this world would always be Tae Hyun. He was always the one who reminded her that she wasn’t fine, that she was broken.
    Kang Min shifted uncertainly. After a long minute of silence, he asked, “Do you want an update on him?”
    “No,” Yoori said at once. Even though secretly, she did. But she would not torture herself. He was out of her life for good. She did not need to be curious about his well-being.
    “Okay,” said Kang Min. He looked around uncomfortably again. “Well, I’m really glad you’re okay. Jae Won and Hae Jin will be relieved too once I update them.”
    Yoori looked at Kang Min. She pushed her book closer to her chest. “They know I was kidnapped?”
    “Yes.” He glared at the Serpents at the other end of the library. “Our fellow Serpents over there told us about your . . . bruised state last night. They didn’t know what happened, but they knew it was bad, which was why I decided to brave your wrath and make an appearance today.”
    “Brave my wrath?”
    Kang Min swallowed, looking more like a fearful teenager rather than a badass in a black leather jacket and dark pants.
    “I know you’re mad,” he reiterated. “And I wish you didn’t find out the way that you did, but please know that Jae Won and I only wanted the best for you. What Tae Hyun did was wrong, but he really fell for you—”
    “It’s done,” Yoori interrupted. “I have moved on. Your boss has moved on, and it’s time for you and Jae Won to move on as well. I was upset with you, but I’m not pissed anymore. I want to forget everything and not dwell on all this useless stuff.”
    He nodded. “Then does this mean that you’ll return Hae Jin’s calls soon?” When Yoori went still, he plowed on. “She truly didn’t know anything. She only found out recently when she noticed that you had been avoiding her. Out of the whole group, she was the only innocent party.”
    Yoori ran her fingers through her hair and tried to conceal her frustration. “I have to move on, Kang Min. That means I have to let go of things—and people—who will prevent me from doing so. I can’t be friends with Hae Jin anymore. I have to move on.”
    “Excuse me, we’re closing in ten minutes,” the female library assistant reminded Yoori and Kang Min as she made her rounds through the library.
    Yoori and Kang Min gave a polite smile. “Okay, thank you.”
    They stood up.
    Yoori slung her black wristlet over her wrist and pulled up the hood of her forest green hoodie. She then gathered her books and stacked them on a box to be shelved.
    Yoori smiled softly at Kang Min. “I’m going to call it a night.” She paused before saying, “It was good seeing you.”
    “You too, Yoori,” he said quietly.
    “Have a good night.”
    Without waiting for him to