However, on the way inside, I suddenly felt a persistent gaze following my movement. I raised my head to where the gaze was coming from.
I could only see a shadow from a room on the second floor but if it's that floor, and based on the original, I can roughly tell who it was.
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"This must be the starting point."
This was the beginning of everything.
The real daughter will return and as the flame of jealousy will be ignited, the fight between her and Arin, the fake daughter, will begin and the more the flame of jealousy grow the more the fight between the two will grow intense.
But is it worth it?
No, it's not. To be honest, when I read what happened, Arin seemed to sympathize with her, and I did too.
She was a child who lived as an orphan so of course, she must be dreaming of a warm reunion with her parents.
Anyway, for now, I should just stay away from her, not only her but that man who is supposed to be my father now.
-Knock, knock.
It was when I thought so, I heard a knock.
"Come in."
"Miss, the Master told me to inform you that the three of you will be eating dinner together."
Sure enough, as soon as I made up my mind, the first hurdle came. A maid opened the door, bowed, and transmitted my father's words.
I sighed inwardly while responding with a smile outwardly.
"Sure, I will make sure to come on time. It's rare to have a family dinner and I'm excited to see my Sister."
After getting my reply, the maid bowed and left my room.
All the maids and servants here are his eyes and ears so I should stay and act the same as the original Arin. To make him believe I'm still Arin who is playing in the palm of his hand.
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Awkward... so awkward...
After coming here, taking a bath, and getting examined by the doctor, it was already time for dinner.
I went down to the dining room thinking the three of us would have dinner together as Father said... but the one who suggested this was absent.
Father suddenly received a call, said there is an urgent matter to handle at the company, and left in a hurry.
In the end, I was left alone sitting face-to-face with Arin.
Actually, this is better since I want to talk alone with Arin.
In the original, neither the transmigrator Arin nor the original Aira had a good ending.
The author seems to not care about both of these girls. As side characters, there was only a sneak peek into their past.
To be honest, not only these two characters but except for the Male Lead the other characters either had a so-so ending or a bad ending.
Arin's ending was death. After she transmigrated, she wanted to stay away from this family and wanted to give Aira her rightful position.
The transmigrated Arin, unlike the original Arin, could tell at a glance how fake the father is. But that's all. There was no mention of how she died or what was her occupation in her original world nor was her original age mentioned.
Aira has also died, she somehow got involved with some gangsters who humiliated her and ruined her.
Aira, whose whole world has collapsed and had no one to turn to. Afraid that what her father would know about it, Aira could only think of ending her life. So she committed suicide hoping this would reassure her father that she was a victim if ever her relationship with those gangsters get exposed and that her father won't be disgusted and hate her after her death.
Anyway, during the period Arin and Aira stayed together, the transmigrator Arin has always pitied Aira who has always felt insecure about her father's love. She would try to stay out of her eyes and interact less with their father but even when she did all this Aira still hated her so much.
Why?
It's all because of that snake-like man.
He will whisper to each girl things that will ignite their jealousy towards each other.
[Aira, my baby, I have raised you for a whole 18 years. My bonds with you are much stronger than with Aira...]
[I'm sorry, darling. Aira kept nagging me to take her out to the amusement park. I wanted to take you as well but the way her eyes flashed... it's so creepy. Although she's my biological daughter sometimes the way that child looks at me is scary. As if I made an unforgivable mistake by mentioning you.]
[ I brought her because I felt guilty for all the hardships she had gone through and after all, she is my daughter so I want to build up my relationship with her... but, recently... I feel so strange when being with her. I want to try to limit her actions but I'm worried she will lose her temper and harm you in one way or another.]
[Darling, Dad is sorry... if I had known this would happen, I would have never brought her back *sigh deeply*]
After finishing his act on Arin's side he wi turn to Aira.
[Baby, did you wait long for Dad to come to pick you up? No, my Cinderella will only walk on a flower road. Dad will make sure that happens.]
[Baby, I'm sorry something happened and I couldn't attend the parents' meeting.
Jeez, Arin is using the same old tricks again. Actually, when I wanted to pick you up from the orphanage long ago but every time I free my schedule to go get you, Arin would get into an accident and would get injured so I would have to send her to the hospital.
At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but then I thought it was strange that every time I decide to pick you up something will happen to her. So I decided to move in secret and bring you without telling her.
I also wanted to catch her expression and reaction when caught by surprise. And today too she cause an accident to prevent me from attending the meeting.]