11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

“……‘I’m not curious.’”

As if repeating the core of what Na Eun had just said, Jae Kyung murmured quietly.

The suffocating silence that had settled between them broke, and Jae Kyung smiled as though he’d never been flustered at all.

“Don’t provoke me like that, Na Eun.”

If you keep doing that, I’ll just want to make sure you think only of me for the rest of your life.

At that low warning, Na Eun tightly clenched her left hand, which had been resting on the table.

He glanced furtively at the pinky finger of her clenched left fist, then rose from his seat, holding the leftover americano Na Eun had been drinking.

“Don’t overdo your studying, okay? Don’t push yourself like you used to and end up collapsing again.”

Jae Kyung Han, who could become endlessly gentle whenever he wished, pretended to be the perfectly caring boyfriend from three years ago and spoke with feigned concern.

Seeing that loathsome act, Na Eun refused to respond and remained silent, so Jae Kyung gave a faint chuckle and left first.

Was this what the atmosphere felt like after a storm had passed?

Everything around her remained calm and bustling as usual, yet Na Eun felt as though only her seat had been hit by a bomb.

Only after Jae Kyung had completely left the café did she finally relax and take a slow, deep breath.

She belatedly felt cold sweat trickling down the back of her neck.

After barely calming her trembling shoulders, she ultimately gave up on studying and leaned her body onto the table.

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