He lives two houses away? In the same apartment? On the same floor?

The story implied that two walls away from her house was where he lived. She had heard various stories about moving, but this was a story she was hearing for the first time.

“Why didn’t you tell me you lived next door?”
Seol Hee’s voice had risen an octave. At her question, Eun Woo furrowed his brows. He looked as if he was angry, but also appeared to be troubled.

Eun Woo opened his mouth.

“I didn’t omit anything about the house.”
“I…I was just too flustered.”
“We’re not living in the same house.”
That wasn’t the case.

Just thinking that he lived next door made her heart pound. If they lived in the same house, she would be so nervous that she wouldn’t have any heart left.

Eun Woo tilted his head slightly. He blinked slowly with his eyes, which were covered with eyelashes, then shrugged his shoulders.

“If you dislike it so much, you can cancel the contract. I will return all the deposit. I will also handle all the costs.”
“No, it’s not that I want to cancel the contract……”
She didn’t want to cancel the contract, she just asked because she was flustered.

Eun Woo didn’t say that he lived next door, and suddenly, Seol Hee felt like she had been thrown off by the mention of contract cancellation.

No, don’t get caught up in Dr. Ok’s pace.

“Why didn’t you say so? I’m curious about that.”
“Do we have to know who lives next door or next to the next door?”
Well, in today’s world, there is no need to interact with neighbors, and it’s not a share house. There would be no problem if a normal landlord lived next door.

The problem was that Dr. Ok was living next door.

Seol Hee lifted her head and looked at Eun Woo. His lazy eyes and firm lips seemed to declare that they wouldn’t back down at all.

“It’s not like that……”
“I’m not that strange of a neighbor.”
“Of course, you’re not strange.”
That wasn’t the problem.

What was the problem……? Seol Hee was so anxious that she couldn’t figure out why and she couldn’t continue her sentence. Then, Eun Woo, with a flick, came closer to her.

His straight face was just 20cm away. His red lips filled her vision. Eun Woo lifted the corner of his mouth and whispered.

“It’s good if colleagues live in the same officetel. If Gom Gomi gets sick, I can look after him, and we can help each other if we need something. And……”
And what did Dr. Ok whisper after that? She couldn’t hear because he whispered so quietly. When she tried to get closer to listen

“And what?”
When Seol Hee asked back, Dr. Ok frowned and spat out at her. She was scared that she would get too close to him if she went any further. Then, Eun Woo straightened up and opened his mouth.

“Anyway, it’s not bad to live in the same officetel for various reasons.”
That was true.

Seol Hee has never raised a dog. No matter how much she learned and worked at the animal hospital, there were limits.

Even Gom Gomi, whom Seol Hee was going to raise, was not young and had a disk, so it was not bad to have Dr. Ok right next door.

But what about Dr. Ok?

After Seol Hee signed the contract for the room, she found out that the price she had signed for was much cheaper than the average.

The room was wellmaintained and clean. If Seol Hee lived here, she could live cheaply, raise Gom Gomi, and the hospital was close.

But what could Dr. Ok gain from me living next door? Low rent, a tenant who raises a dog, a coworker who knows little.

“Even if I do, aren’t you uncomfortable, Dr. Ok? There’s nothing good about living so close to me.”
At Seol Hee’s words, Eun Woo looked at her.

Sharp, piercing eyes brushed against her soft skin. Strangely numb, Seol Hee couldn’t move.

“Miss Yu Seol Hee, are you really asking because you don’t know?”
“……”
“If that’s the case, it’s really serious.”
His low voice resonated with Seol Hee. Eun Woo twisted his lips.

“I like living close to Miss Yu Seol Hee.”
“Ah.”
“I think that’s reason enough.”
Unable to speak, Seol Hee merely blushed and nodded. Her flushed face felt like it was on fire.

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The sky was blue and the sunlight was bright.

It was a clear day.

Moving today was the right decision. I glanced again at Mr. Ok, who was driving. What he was thinking, I didn’t know; he was silent the entire way to the furniture store. I continued to sneak glances at Mr. Ok while looking out of the window, until we arrived at the furniture store.

“Wow, it’s huge.”
The first time I had ever been to a furniture store, it was so wide that my mouth dropped open. There were more people than I expected. As I entered the exhibition hall with Eun Woo, I felt like I could lose my consciousness because of the bustling crowd.

“There are really a lot of people.”
“It’s the weekend. And this place is always crowded.”
“Have you been here before?”
At Seol Hee’s question, Mr. Ok nodded.

“Some of the furniture in my house is also from here.”