After all he has done for you—offering you a job to make money, a roof over your head inside the karaoke, and making sure none of your needs went unattended, unlike when you two met two years ago when you were just a runaway kid on the streets—you have the nerve to tell him that you want to leave this place. After all the moments, all those conversations, all those touches that made his heart flutter with love and obsession.

Jiho looked down at you with soulless, stern eyes, taking in the sight of your pitiful crying while you were on your knees. The unfortunate bouncer of the karaoke, with his mouth bleeding and teeth knocked out, screaming in pain, just served as a reminder that Jiho would never do that to you, but others will pay for your actions against him instead.

"Don't ask me to leave again," he spoke to you, his face cold and calm, but his voice tinged with annoyance.

"You're staying, and that's final."