The End of Gods (A Welcome to the Underworld Novel, Book 4) by Con Template Page B

dryly, shaking her head at him in great pity. “But of course, since our dear Yoori couldn’t care less for you, you decided it was finally time to have your trophy emerge by sending eleven men to rape an innocent girl, and thus, provoking my anger. And, oh yeah, choking my neck against a wall and slapping the hell out of me when my counterpart didn’t give you what you wanted.”
    Even though her voice was serene, her eyes were fuming with toxic fire. 
    “I hit Yoori, not you ,” Ji Hoon defended as if he were the victim in this scenario. Aggravated by Soo Jin’s belittlement, his voice escalated to the same level of anger as Soo Jin’s. “I sent men to rape Chae Young, not you . All of this happened because of you. You just had to go through with that stupid plan of yours when I told you not to. Do you know what it was like for me to go through three years of hell by myself when I once had the best woman by my side? It also didn’t help that your precious human counterpart had to get into bed with my greatest enemy.”
    Soo Jin smirked, her patience wearing thin with Ji Hoon. The next words out of her mouth throbbed with restrained fury. It brewed with a storm that would annihilate Ji Hoon if she liberated it.
    “The fact that you’re breathing is a miracle. If I hadn’t taken into consideration all those times where you helped me and stuck with me through my ‘stupid plan’, then I wouldn’t even have cared about keeping you alive. Regardless of how tempted I am to skin you alive, I owe you for your help, and I’m returning the favor. But believe me, one of the blessings of being Yoori was seeing your true colors. I will never forget when you didn’t even give a fuck about my well-being and told Tae Hyun that I killed his mother.” Her breathing became harsher. She was absolutely livid with the remembrance of Tae Hyun confronting her about his mother’s death. “Kwon Tae Hyun is a fucking King in this world. Under oath, he is required to put the loyalty for his family and his gang above anything else. He is required to exterminate anyone who dares to hurt his family, and you didn’t put my fucking safety over your petty jealousy?”
    She did not permit him to speak when he tried to chime in.
    “It was pure luck that he showed me mercy because of his feelings for my stupid human counterpart, and it was pure luck that your idiocy didn’t get me killed. I’ll never forget that—among other things. Having said that, it looks like we’re not going to work out anymore.”
    Unable to believe the words ringing in his ears, Ji Hoon’s calm composition deteriorated. His eyes rounded incredulously. “Are you breaking up with me?” he asked heatedly, his voice laced with outrage. “After I gave you my support in there while Tae Hyun opposed you? Do you think they’d even be considering you as a Lord if I hadn’t given my approval?”
    “Yes,” she responded flippantly. Her voice teemed with artificial sweetness. “Thank you for your support. It was much appreciated.” She then tilted her head out of curiosity. “By the way, what happened to your nose? Did Kwon Tae Hyun kick the shit out of you?”
    He didn’t say anything and merely looked away from her.
    Ji Hoon was unable to maintain his poise when—
    Bam!
    Without notice, Soo Jin whipped her hand in the air and slapped the shit out of him with the back of her hand. The sound of flesh hitting flesh resonated into the air. A red handprint formed on Ji Hoon’s handsome, but completely fucked up, face.
    Fire raged in his eyes. He muttered a spiteful curse, glaring at her with the utmost hatred. He was no longer infatuated with her; he was simply infuriated with her. “What the fuck are you doing—?”
    “ That was for slapping me in your bar the other night,” she told him unapologetically. “And believe me, if you so much as go near Lee Chae Young, I will bypass the debt I owe you, and I will cut you into a million pieces before I feed you