They came up to the room Kang Woo used to use. It was well maintained as it was taken care of every day even after Kang Woo became independent.

Se Ah, too, hardly ever came up here, so she didn’t know that the bed cover had changed.

It seemed to be the thoughtfulness of Hyun Sook, in case her son and his wife would stay overnight from their family home. Anyway, the mix of green and red checks looked cozy.

Kang Woo was showering in the bathroom. He was following Se Ah’s advice to cool the burnt area with cold water.

During that time, Se Ah had hung Kang Woo’s new shirt, brought by Mrs. Yeong Cheon, on the chair head. She opened the first aid box and found gauze and burn ointment.

Fortunately, she brought out some cooled tea. When he took off his shirt earlier, it seemed not too severely burnt.

Startled by a noise, Se Ah looked towards the bathroom door. A long bathrobe was wrapped around his sturdy stomach and long legs.

Se Ah naturally turned her head the other way as her face grew hot. Kang Woo, who approached calmly, sat on the bed first.

“Help me.”
Her mood was stranger than the first night. She had never looked directly at his strong shoulders, protruding bone structure, and clearly defined abs in the bright room without turning off the lights.

“Do you trust someone without a certificate?”
Contrarily, Kang Woo’s facial muscles didn’t seem to tremble at all. He teased with a sincere face and looked at me grinning.

“Then do it yourself.”
“It’s my right hand.”
“Do it well with your left hand.”
Se Ah coldly handed Kang Woo the scissors and gauze.

“Geneva Convention 1. Warring nations have a duty to protect the wounded, prisoners, and the distressed.”
“……”
“You’re meaner than you look, Ji Se Ah, being generous even when life hangs by a thread.”
“Give me your arm.”
Se Ah decided to help him without delay.

However, it was inconvenient to treat because she was a little far away. She couldn’t even see the burns well.

Without moving her hips, Se Ah brought her face closer to his arm.

Kang Woo looked down at Se Ah’s face. Her rounder eyes concentrating, wrinkling her nose, licking her lips.

“Wouldn’t it be better to go to the emergency room now?”
“The one who caused it should take responsibility.”
“…… I’m sorry, but I’m worried because it seems wide……”
Se Ah unconsciously expressed her true feelings. The fine muscles in Kang Woo’s arm, which was holding the bed sheet, flexed.

Kang Woo’s upper body leaned more towards Se Ah. The dark vein rose on his skin.

He tilted his chin slightly as he got closer. His long eyes narrowed, lifting the corners of his eyes.

“Why are you so pretty?”
“……”
“I just want to disobey.”
His intense desire was not hidden in his unshaken pupils. His gaze, slowly lowering his eyelashes, seemed to be on my lips.

Se Ah just wished that her ears and cheeks would not turn red. This is an accident. A happening that occurred unintentionally while pretending to be a happy couple.

If she kissed him like this, she would definitely regret it tomorrow.

What she wants from him is not like her in the past, to hug her warmly even for just a night.

“Do it, stop it.”
Kang Woo, leaning back his upper body, stretched out his arm to Se Ah. Seeing Se Ah’s rigid face, Kang Woo chuckled.

“Wasn’t it cold? I promised I wouldn’t do such a thing. I can’t be a bastard.”
“……Keep your promise. Don’t cross the line.”

With a loud laugh that echoed in his throat, he turned his head to the opposite side of Se Ah.

Surprisingly, the neck line of the worldrenowned Kang Woo was flushed red.

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After the feast ended, Kang Woo escorted the chairman’s daughterinlaw out to the main gate.

Once their sedan was out of sight, he turned around and saw a white sedan entering his home garage. It was the car of this executive.

He wondered if this boy had no weekends. His father’s heartthrob who had been strangely annoying since the first time he saw him. He was a man who had received Nam Tae’s guardianship like Se Ah, but he didn’t know the details. He didn’t want to know either.

He just thought so, but he felt uncomfortable after meeting at Han Sung University Hospital last time. As if it stank.

Recalling that time, Kang Woo furrowed his brows.

Se Ah and this executive were sitting across a round table. Se Ah’s shoulders, tight with tension, and her sharp gaze. The disgusting calmness of the executive watching her.

It was like the atmosphere of a predator watching its prey.

After considering for a few days rationally, he decided to let it go for now. There was absolutely no reason for this executive and Se Ah to clash.

Overreacting, he thought. Once he got hooked on something, he would obsess over it excessively. Whether it was a thought or a person.

But now, there were more things he should worry about.

Automatically, he thought of Se Ah, and at that moment, he saw her back. She put on her cardigan and moved briskly towards the back door.

With a slight pull at his lips, Kang Woo was about to follow Se Ah.

However, a little later, this executive was following Se Ah. Instinctively, Kang Woo also tread lightly.

They were out of sight. He was burning inside. Why the hell were Se Ah and this executive together again.

Se Ah’s voice was too tiny to hear. Trying to listen more carefully, he lowered his footsteps and as he took a step, he stepped on a fallen leaf making a rustling sound.

“Chairman, it’s been a long time.”
A tool needed for home repair was in the executive’s hand that suddenly popped out. His hands were definitely empty before. Kang Woo’s eyes twitched sharply.

“What are you doing?”
“The Congresswoman said that the window on this floor of the annex didn’t close well. As you know, the Congresswoman is not very comfortable with outsiders coming and going.”
“I didn’t know the executive handled such petty matters.”
“The range of work a secretary should do is wider than you think. Then, I’ll be off.”
He bowed politely and the executive was about to turn around.

“Executive.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
“You bother me.”
Tension hung heavy between the two of them in standoff.

“I don’t care what plot you’re in with my father. It should have nothing to do with me.”
A low sound that scratched the vocal cords. Kang Woo’s austere face suppressed the mood.

Kang Woo looked down at the executive who was keeping a poker face for a long while. A glint flickered in his sharp eyes.

“I have no idea what you’re saying, sir.”
Huh, Kang Woo’s cold sneer cut off the executive’s words.

“It’s a warning. Remember that.”