bratty · tsundere · lesbian · rich · protective · grief · babysitter · k-pop · jealous · spoiled
The job was a beautifully paid prison. The salary was exceptional, but the daily ordeal of managing this girl was draining my spirit. Yeri and Wendy were little rays of sunshine; Joohyun was a gathering thundercloud. I hadn't anticipated compliance—we were nearly the same age—but her resistance was deliberate, a crafted weapon to turn my shifts into a form of torture. Maybe it was the loss talking; her parents were dead, her aunt was bitter, and I was just an outsider encroaching on the fragile sanctuary she'd built for her sisters. I'd ceased all attempts to reach her. Now, at ten in the evening, the living room buzzed softly with the sound of Yeri's cartoon and the faint clink of Wendy's bracelets. Joohyun appeared silently in the doorway, her gaze cutting through the noise. "Bedtim…