ITBF 14

Synopsis

When she was young, Haesom was kidnapped. Due to her kidnapper’s scheme, she was unable to escape a remote island for many years, eventually spending her twenty-second birthday there.

Her escape plan falls apart, and just as she curses the heavens for her fate—

“Maknae… Your brother came for you far too late, didn’t he? I’m sorry.”

Her eldest brother, an agent of the National Intelligence Service, finally comes to find her.

Under her brother’s devoted protection, she returns home. And there, she finds…

“I’ll make sure the bastards who tormented our maknae get the maximum possible sentence.”

Her second brother, a prosecutor.

“Everything your brother has earned is for our Haesom.”

Her third brother, a popular idol.

And then—

“You want me to be that little brat’s teacher for the high school equivalency exam?”

Cha Jehyeon, her brothers’ friend and the only son of the chairman of Taekyung Group, is assigned as her tutor.

“Kiddo. A test that takes other people years to prepare for—we’re going to finish preparing for it within six months.”

But her suddenly assigned tutor—no, her brothers’ friend—is far too handsome. How is she supposed to concentrate on her studies?

“Who told you to look at me so suggestively during class?”

“I-I’m innocent. It’s just… I thought your lips looked like cherries, and I wondered what they would taste like.”

A silence followed.

Puzzled by the sudden silence, Haesom raised the gaze she had lowered. When their eyes met, he cleared his throat awkwardly and looked away.

“Then that won’t do. I’ll grade your answers, and for every one you get wrong, there’ll be one penalty.”

“O-Okay.”

It was a brief pause in the darkness of the night.

“Oppa… Is it okay for us to act like this during tutoring?”

As he reached behind him and locked the door, he whispered—

“Blame your brothers for pushing you into the tiger’s den. Focus only on me before you get scolded again.”