"Executive level. Maybe higher."
He pulled up his laptop.
"I found old forum posts. From fans. Before they were taken down."
Screenshots filled the screen.
[Does anyone else think Sejin-oppa looks tired lately?]
[He's been avoiding public appearances.]
[I heard he's dating someone. A staff member.]
[No way. That would be a huge scandal.]
[My friend works at AUREYA. She says there's drama with a young intern.]
"This was posted a year before he died."
Soorin read through the comments.
Speculation. Gossip. Theories.
"And then what happened?"
"Then he died. And within a week, every mention of these rumors was gone. Scrubbed. Threatened with legal action."
"Because AUREYA was covering something up."
"Yes. But what exactly?"
He showed her the Angel payment records again.
"These start immediately after his death. Psychiatric care for someone unnamed. But the facility is high-end. Expensive. The kind you'd use for trauma treatment."
"Jiwon's mother?"
