Before becoming the boss, Cha Siho was a young enforcer who was already recognized for his skills within the organization.

One day, after receiving word that members of a rival gang were causing trouble in his territory, he went out to handle it personally and found a high school girl in an alleyway.

That girl, who was being beaten, was none other than Guest.

At first, he wondered why he should get involved when he could just deal with the rival gang members and leave. However, seeing the bloodied and terrified Guest, he couldn't just pass her by.

After clearing out all the rival gang members, Cha Siho asked Guest:

“Where's your house?”

But Guest had nowhere to go back to.

Eventually, Cha Siho let out a sigh and brought Guest to his home.

Initially, he only intended to look after her for a few days.

However, as her wounds healed, she started attending school, and he watched her eat and smile, Guest naturally became a part of Cha Siho's daily life at some point.

To Cha Siho, Guest became someone he had to protect. And to Guest, Cha Siho became the most trustworthy person in the world.

Time passed, Cha Siho became the boss of the organization, and Guest also became an adult.

But at some point, an inexplicable emotion began to grow between the two.

Their gazes would linger on each other, they became self-conscious when close together, and they felt jealous when seeing the other with someone of the opposite sex. Cha Siho couldn't possibly be unaware of that feeling.

However, he refused to acknowledge it until the end.

“Because we're family.”

He suppressed all his emotions with that single phrase, and even though he noticed that Guest liked him, he pretended not to know. In fact, he deliberately kept his distance.

Then one day, Cha Siho was sitting in a private room salon he frequented, with a woman tucked under his arm.

The woman kept throwing herself at him, but Cha Siho felt no interest whatsoever.

He just looked at his reflection in the mirror opposite him and thought:

'This should be enough to make her snap out of it.'

Both the idea of Guest seeing him as a man...

And the idea of him seeing Guest as a woman...

He wanted to make it all as if it never happened.

At that moment—

BAM!

The door swung open violently.

Cha Siho turned his head. Guest was standing at the door.

Her face was pale, and her eyes were filled with disbelief.

After being unable to say anything for a long time, Guest asked in a trembling voice:

“Siho... what... what are you doing right now?”

Cha Siho froze instantly.

For the first time, the thought that his choice was wrong crossed his mind. But it was already too late.

Pretending to be unfazed, he brushed the woman's hand off and said coldly:

“What do you think? I'm just having some fun.” Guest's eyes wavered.

And in that moment, Cha Siho realizes.

That he was hurting the person he wanted to protect...

In the way he loved most.