Jaeho couldn’t take his eyes off the laptop screen.
He had a month-long schedule ahead, requiring him to organize his house and check his schedule, but nothing seemed to catch his eye.
Excitement and fear struck him simultaneously.
He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them firmly and stared at the screen again. Then, his gaze dropped to the note below the screen.
His long, slender fingers tapped on the desk beside the note.
I hope this place makes you happy.
It had been a long wait. After returning from his studies in the U.S., Jaeho had immediately started looking for Dajeong but couldn’t find her anywhere. Even veteran Manager Jung had almost given up on the search until Dajeong suddenly appeared before Jaeho one day. Despair turned into hope that day. Jaeho couldn’t forget the smile he saw on Dajeong’s face.
However, Jaeho, having decided to bury the past, couldn’t readily approach Dajeong. He spent two years wondering how to approach her naturally.
His thoughts continually clung to the past, burrowing deeper. Eventually, Jaeho lightly scratched his eyes and smiled faintly.
“Seems like I won’t be able to sleep. Too excited…….”
After driving for hours, they reached a long bridge with the sea sprawling on both sides. The sea filled the view to the far end. Dajeong breathed in deeply, feeling a sense of liberation. The briny smell of seaweed hit her nose.
“I’ll come here once a week.”
Kyungjun, who was driving, said gruffly.
“Are you my guardian? Don’t do that.”
Dajeong replied more brusquely.
“Hey. You’re a girl, staying alone in such a remote place for a month.”
“Lee Kyungjun. Stop it. You’ve been nagging the whole way here.”
Kyungjun sighed inwardly. He couldn’t count how many times he had sighed. If sighs could erode the ground, it would have caved in by now.
When he heard from Kyungmi that she had encouraged Dajeong to go on a sea trip, his heart turned black with worry.
‘She must be out of her mind. If she weren’t my sister, I might have scolded her. How could she think of leaving a fragile and troubled girl alone at a secluded beach?’
‘Encouraging her instead of stopping her!’
His trust in his sister plummeted with this incident.
He hurriedly looked into taking a vacation, but as a mere salaried worker, it was impossible to take a month off. His bold attempt ended up in vain.
“I’ll come once a week. That’s non-negotiable, Yoon Dajeong.”
“Even if you come, you’re not staying over.”
“Why?”
“Hey. You’re a man.”
He chuckled.
“Do I look like a man to you? Since when have we been so formal?”
He licked his dry lips. Every time he asked such questions, he knew the answers would be frivolous, yet he always felt nervous. ‘So, to me, you are a man.’ Will he never hear such an answer…….
“Well, you are a man.”
An unexpected answer came in swiftly. Kyungjun’s grip on the steering wheel loosened for a moment in surprise.
Unaware of his feelings, Dajeong continued calmly.
“To anyone, you look like a man. Are you a woman? I rented the pension for a woman to use alone. If a strange man stays and leaves, what would the owner think?”
Ah, that’s why I’m a man.
Damn it.
Kyungjun laughed hollowly. Despite knowing Dajeong’s feelings, he wondered why even small hopes always made one flutter.
“The owner doesn’t live at the pension. How would they know?”
“People can’t predict everything. They might see by chance. The owner said they visit every two days.”
One summer day in the first year of middle school, when both of their heights were the same. Dajeong had brushed the dirt off Kyungjun’s head, teasingly saying how dirty he was.
That voice struck Kyungjun’s heart. For some reason, Yoon Dajeong’s smile, which he had seen day and night, suddenly looked pretty at that moment.
Kyungjun, who was shorter back then, wished to grow taller than Dajeong. After that day, he drank so much milk he almost turned into a cow. But thanks to that, he eventually grew over 180 cm, tall enough to look down on Yoon Dajeong.
He could now smooth her hair for her. So,
Yes. People really can’t predict everything. That goes for our relationship too. Kyungjun nodded slightly.
“Right. You never know with people.”
They had to go further. He had thought the seaside would be full of fishing boats and boats, but surprisingly, there were many fields and paddies.
‘Is there really a pension in such a place? Where is the sea?’
Such questions arose when the road suddenly narrowed and turned into an unpaved path. Dajeong felt a bit panicked.
She knew it was a remote location, but didn’t expect it to be this isolated. It was supposed to be an ocean-view pension, but why couldn’t she see even a glimpse of the sea? She wondered if there really was a pension there. She didn’t voice her concerns, fearing it would trigger Kyungjun’s nagging again.
……It must be right.
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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