The Prince Who Loved Me - Chapter 27

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Chapter 27

Goosebumps rose on her body at the greeting that seemed to know her personal information.

Bada stopped walking and turned her head.

“…Do you know me?”

The man lifted his vicious-looking face and stared at her with snake-like eyes as he spoke.

“I’m Manager Park from PL Capital’s Financial Adjustment Department.”

‘PL Capital? I’ve heard that somewhere, where was it?’

Only then did memories related to that name surface, and Bada slowly closed and opened her eyes.

PL Capital was where her younger brother Kang-san had borrowed money from loan sharks.

“How did you find out about this place? You know this is stalking, right?”

The man slowly approached Bada.

Up close, his particularly menacing appearance and build created an unsettling feeling.

“That’s why I’m waiting here near home like this. These days, we don’t go to people’s houses and cause a scene like we used to.”

“…I thought the loan was all paid back. What are you here for?”

“The loan was paid back. It’s the interest that wasn’t paid.”

“Interest? I didn’t hear anything about that.”

“It’s about 300 million won.”

“How can the interest be more than the loan amount? Anyway, there’s no money to be had here. Contact the person who borrowed the money directly.”

“Haven’t you heard that your brother is lying in the hospital after a traffic accident? Come to think of it, your mother doesn’t seem to know either. What a fucking broken family, huh?”

Bada was dumbfounded and let out a bitter laugh.

A traffic accident?

What kind of trouble has that bastard gotten into now? Suddenly, a headache came rushing in.

“Even though Bada isn’t the borrower, she co-signed the loan. That’s why I fucking came all the way here to find you, got it?”

When the man spewed vulgar curses, Bada’s body stiffened.

‘Co-signed? Did that bastard Kang-san Yu steal my digital certificate or something?’

Feeling a sense of crisis, she immediately quickened her pace.

“I really don’t have money. It would be faster to catch Kang-san Yu, cut him open, and sell his kidneys.”

“This bitch, really, I’m being nice here.”

The man immediately blocked her path and said.

“Well, I’ll let you go today. But there’s something you need to know – we always collect the money we lend out, one way or another.”

“….”

“Considering that you don’t even have a house or job yet, I’ll cut you some slack and lower the interest rate from now on. I’m doing this much for you, so fuck, if you borrowed someone’s money, you should think about paying it back instead of pretending not to know.”

The man licked his lips with his tongue and disgustingly looked Bada’s body up and down.

Instantly, her face burned with humiliation and her body hair stood on end.

“Still, our Bada is broke but has one thing going for her, right? Pretty face and… nice body too. If you want, there are ways to pay back faster, and I can let you know anytime if needed.”

The man caressed Bada’s shoulder and whispered threateningly.

“Well then, be careful on your way home in the dark.”

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-Oh my! I wondered why Kang-san wasn’t answering his phone. He was driving a friend’s car and got into an accident, so he’s hospitalized. That poor thing!

After coming home and calling her mother, Bada finally learned the whole story.

“I thought it was strangely quiet lately. That bastard didn’t hit someone, did he? By the way, did you know he owes 300 million won just in interest?”

-Just the other day, some man came by with fierce eyes making threats… My legs went weak. Oh, what should we do! Bada, you have some emergency money saved up, right?

“I used up everything including my severance pay to pay off the debt. Where would I have emergency money!”

-A girl with no money went on an overseas trip?

“Mother!”

Mother explained that somehow Bada had to get money.

She worked at an investment bank but doesn’t know how to get cheap loans, try borrowing from acquaintances, in situations like this family should stick together, she scolded her for being heartless.

But when that didn’t work, she started getting angry.

-Selfish bitch. Who sent you to study in America with all kinds of support! What about our poor Kang-san. If you’re going to be like this, pay back what it cost to raise you! Pay it back right now!

Bada stood there speechless, holding her phone in a daze.

The cost of raising her.

Those words pierced her heart like a dagger and all strength drained from her body.

Bada laughed like someone who had lost her mind.

“…Mother, are you done talking?”

In her childhood, since her father ran a small business, Bada’s family circumstances were relatively comfortable.

In fact, her going to study in America was her mother’s idea.

They needed to focus on supporting Kang-san’s golf career, and having a student preparing for exams at home would be awkward?

Eventually, Bada was selected for a scholarship program at an American private high school as a regional math prodigy and went to study abroad.

The place she attended was a girls’ boarding school called Agatha Hall located in the countryside of Pennsylvania, which had very strict rules.

Most of the students were daughters from wealthy families, and her roommate Caroline was also the daughter of a family that ran large-scale businesses in Kentucky.

Unlike them with their comfortable family circumstances, Bada was always anxious as a scholarship recipient and constantly had to prove herself through grades.

Although her father occasionally gave her spending money, her parents’ investment was mainly focused on Kang-san.

While studying until her nose bled to get college scholarships and doing unpaid internships, she survived day by day on cup noodles and pizza.

Through her efforts, she succeeded in getting hired as a junior consultant at a Big 3 consulting firm’s New York office, but that dream was quickly shattered.

On the very day she was moving to a flat share in Brooklyn, coincidentally, Bada received a phone call from her mother.

Over the phone, her mother was crying as if she was about to die.

-Dad… your dad is dead.

Her father’s cause of death was myocardial infarction due to overwork.

When she hurriedly returned to Korea, everything was in chaos.

Mother was not in her right mind from shock, and Kang-san couldn’t even properly fulfill his role as chief mourner.

Moreover, father had been in great debt. Nevertheless, feeling conscious of mother’s feelings, he had been borrowing money from here and there to pay for Kang-san’s golf lesson fees.

When Bada, who had barely managed to handle the situation, tried to return to America, mother desperately held her back.

-Bada, how can mother live alone without you! Sob sob sob. At times like this, family should stick together. Please, please stay by mother’s side.

At that time, Bada fell into a deep dilemma.

Then mother half-threatened her, saying that if she left her like this, she might commit suicide.

So Bada decided to give up her career in America and stay in Korea.

With her eyes growing hot, she gritted her teeth.

Only then did she come to the clear realization that her mother had never once truly loved her.

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