Chapter 6

"I bought you. You’re mine, and I won’t let anyone take what’s mine ever again. Never." Zen Baker, the obsessive male lead in a dark novel who lives only for revenge. Deborah wanted to avoid the original story no matter what, but she ends up facing him during a maid interview. "Then first question. Ten years ago, why did you leave the Heather family?" Zen keeps asking questions that have nothing to do with the interview. "Are you defending your husband in front of me right now?" "Because the dead can’t defend themselves." When Deborah says she’s married, Zen reacts with shock and anger—but when he hears she’s a widow, his expression becomes unreadable. "You can’t go back to the hotel. You won’t be taking the train either." Deborah tries to refuse the job, but Zen does everything he can to keep her close. In the end, Deborah ends up working at the Baker estate and decides to at least try to prevent the tragedy of the heroine, Dia. But Zen Baker, who’s supposed to be a terrible man, keeps acting differently from the original story. "Unfortunately, I don’t know how to apologize with just words." "How can I stop myself from worrying?" "Did you like snow?" Deborah feels confused, thinking he might actually be a good person. She even starts to see a glimpse of the boy she met ten years ago in him. Her heart begins to waver. These feelings... she doesn’t want to know what they mean.