“What’s this?”
Startled, she opened her eyes and her mouth, and something soft and silent slipped in between her parted lips. A sweet taste touched her tongue tip.
“Chocolate.”
She could not articulate properly because of what had entered her mouth.
The thing that was melting softly was a choco pie.
Eun Woo was looking at her with his neck tilted. His neat lips drew a nice curve.
“Eat.”
When Seol Hee was surprised and just had a choco pie in her mouth, blinking her eyes, Mr. Ok urged her once more.
“Eat quickly.”
“Now?”
“Are you not hypoglycemic? So shouldn’t you eat now?”
His long fingers tapped the end of the choco pie again, pushing it a bit more into her mouth.
“Thank you.”
Seol Hee cautiously accepted the choco pie and took a bite. The sweetness spread throughout her body and her blurred vision began to clear.
What was this?
He was treating her kindly. Usually, he would have already started a long lecture. He would have talked at length about the importance of body care.
Was this the effect of last Saturday’s dinner?
Was it because he asked her to date him? Or was it because she cried in front of him and looked pitiful?
When she looked up at him, unexpectedly, Eun Woo was looking down at her with sharp eyes.
However, contrary to expectations, his gaze was not kind at all.
“Miss Yu Seol Hee.”
“Yes?”
“Why are you skipping breakfast? What would you do if you collapsed while working? If you are dizzy while holding a patient and fall to the ground, wouldn’t the dog get hurt?”
She sighed at the barrage of questions.
Questions not seeking answers. A person who could beat someone to death with a question mark. At his sharp criticism, Seol Hee gave a faint forced laugh.
Mr. Ok was Mr. Ok. Kindness is what? He probably told me to yell for help 100% if I make a mistake today. He’s more worried about the puppy than me being dizzy now.
What effect of last week? What effect?
But he was right.
If she happened to faint while assisting in surgery, it would be a big deal.
“I apologize. I will pay attention.”
As she obediently responded, Eun Woo opened his mouth, seeing Seol Hee’s lips twitch without her realizing.
“Miss Seol Hee.”
When she looked up at his slightly softened voice, the door of the ward room suddenly opened. It was the manager who oversees the entire hospital’s operation.
“Oh, what are you two doing here, Miss Seol Hee and Mr. Ok?”
Unbeknownst to them, while arguing over the choco pie, Eun Woo and Seol Hee were closely attached.
The manager’s black eyes were directed at them.
What should she say? Should she say that she was eating a choco pie?
Feeling awkward about eating food in the ward room, Seol Hee swallowed the choco pie that was still full in her mouth and opened her mouth as if she had not eaten anything.
“We were about to feed the hospitalized dogs breakfast.”
Even though she had done nothing wrong, she felt oddly guilty.
“Is that all?”
“Yes.”
A subtle atmosphere floating in the ward room.
The manager frowned for a moment and then shrugged her shoulders.
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
“The director came for the first time in a while today. He says he’s going to do rounds, so come out.”
“Understood.”
As the manager left the ward room first, Seol Hee mumbled.
Mr. Ok…
“But how did you know I was hungry?”
Was it that obvious?
How did he hear the words she had muttered under her breath? Eun Woo looked at her. She blinked at his penetrating gaze.
“Do you want to know how I knew?”
“Huh? Yes.”
Then Eun Woo brought up his hand.
As he approached again, she unknowingly swallowed saliva and took a step back, but he was faster. Eun Woo’s firm fingertip touched her lips.
“Ah.”
There was chocolate smeared on the end of her silent lips.
His finger wiped off the edge of her lips. She was startled by his unexpected action and took a breath instead of avoiding it.
His finger stroked her sensitive spot.
Her red lips flared up and grew hot.
“Miss Yu Seol Hee, when you’re hungry, your lips tremble.”
“….”
“It’s always like this. So, call before you get hypoglycemic. Don’t faint.”
He was too close. Her heart pounded.
Contrary to Seol Hee’s feelings, Eun Woo shrugged his shoulders and headed outside. She frowned at his retreating figure, walking with a clipclop sound.
She couldn’t tell if this was kindness, or not.
She wiped her lips with the back of her hand and hurriedly left the ward.
Her mouth was all sweet.
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A midsized Dolmare Animal Hospital with three vets and four staff members.
Today was a day when all employees came to work, gathered together in the waiting room for patients. The person at the center of it all was a short, friendlylooking vet, Park Hee Chul.
“Good morning, everyone.”
Light shimmered off his round, bald head.
Hee Chul was the director of the Dolmare Animal Hospital and Seol Hee’s uncle. His influence was significant in getting Seol Hee, who had never raised an animal, to work at an animal hospital.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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