Finally, Se Ah answered my call. We arranged a meeting and I met her at a certain café.
Having recognized her as a woman, my emotions towards her felt new. It was a mix of sympathy and some unexplainable emotion.
“Why didn’t you answer my calls?”
“Just because. Why did you want to see me?”
The pupils of her eyes looked up at me cautiously. Meanwhile, Se Ah looked even more haggard.
“What can I do to help you? Do you want something from me?”
“It’s not because I want something from Mr. Kang Woo.”
“I will take responsibility. In any way I can.”
My heart ached at the sight of her lonely smile. At this point, I thought we might as well get married. I had never thought about marriage before, but with Se Ah, it seemed alright.
A few days later, when I proposed to her, Se Ah surprisingly accepted without asking for a reason. Even my family, where we expected some problems, easily gave their consent. Everything went smoothly without any hassle.
I rushed the process, worrying that if we dragged it on, she might feel uneasy.
But unfortunately, it coincided with the company’s move, and I was busier than ever.
“I can’t help it because of the business. It’s okay.”
From preparing for the wedding until recently, Se Ah had been saying this with a faint smile.
But all of a sudden, she had been longing for my affection for a long time, and desired love. I had thought that as long as she could live comfortably without any troubles, she would be satisfied.
I was so shocked I couldn’t continue speaking.
‘On that night’, she confessed just once, but I thought it was because she was drunk.
Before and after that, she didn’t give any hints.
She never sent a message first without any purpose, and she never touched my body. She just quietly, silently understood my busy situation.
But now.
“I find it too hard to live with a man who doesn’t love me. So please let’s break up.”
“I thought love would come naturally as we lived together after marriage.”
As I recalled these, Kang Woo frowned slightly.
What is this love that Se Ah is talking about?
I was satisfied with our married life. I was thankful for Se Ah’s understanding, and I felt comfortable when I was with her.
Whenever I saw her sleeping, I sometimes felt a strong urge, but I suppressed it. I was afraid she might think I was just satisfying my physical needs when I came home late at night.
“Ha.”
Kang Woo sighed and left a message for Se Ah.
She still hadn’t read the question ‘Are you awake?’ that he had sent in the morning.
He had definitely needed to register the marriage. The fact that he hadn’t fixed it in the documents had become a root of trouble.
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Se Ah went to the multihouse villa she had arranged with the real estate agent.
As the agent waited in the shared parking lot, her eyes widened at the sight of Se Ah’s luxury sedan and her clothing.
However, she quickly composed herself professionally.
“Hello?”
“Oh my! You’re as beautiful as your voice.”
Se Ah smiled faintly at the words said out of courtesy.
“But you’re here to see this house, right?”
The agent cocked her head and pointed to the old villa.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Shall we go inside then?”
Se Ah meticulously inspected every corner of the house.
“The house is really good for the rent price. The living room and the kitchen are open so it doesn’t look too cramped.”
“Yes, it seems so.”
It was incomparable to her newlywed house, but it looked much better than the house she lived in before she got married.
At that time, she had only a gas range and a mini refrigerator, making it difficult to cook anything. Considering that, this was excellent.
The room was spacious enough, even though it was a single room. There was a sliding wardrobe and a bed.
“The wallpaper was recently changed, so it’s clean. And it gets good sunlight.”
“That’s nice.”
“Then, shall we do it for this house? Make the preliminary contract since you’re here.”
The agent urged, but Se Ah only responded with a smile.
Overall, it was okay, but the monthly rent was a bit burdensome. All she had was the money she had saved from tutoring parttime and competition prizes before getting married.
Not only the rent, but she would have to furnish the house again….
“I’ll look around a bit more before I make a decision.”
“Okay, then. Please contact me.”
Se Ah took the business card that the agent offered and put it in her handbag.
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Kang Woo returned home from work. The house was pitch dark as he stood in front of the entrance.
“Se Ah.”
As he changed into slippers and stepped inside, the automatic sensor lights turned on.
‘Is she already asleep?’
Se Ah. He called her name a few more times softly, but there was no response.
He knocked briefly on the bedroom door and opened it. The room was empty, as if it had been vacant for a long time, and the lights were off.
For a moment, his heart sank.
He went to the dressing room and opened the dress wardrobe that occupied one room. Thankfully, her belongings were still there.
“Haah.”
He exhaled a futile breath, quelling his frantic emotions at once.
She didn’t seem to have left the house yet, but where on earth had she gone?
He sat on the sofa in the living room and waited. He even forgot his long habit of taking a shower as soon as he got home due to her sudden absence. He waited, stiff in the clothes he was wearing, not even realizing how stifling it was.
Eventually, he called Se Ah.
The machine voice saying it would transfer to voicemail kept repeating.
How can a gentle person become this venomous once they set their mind on being cruel? For ten days, he tried to strike up a conversation somehow, leaving work early, but she didn’t give him a chance. As the days passed, she became colder, as if she was preparing to leave him.
Finally, the anxiety he had suppressed with reason exploded.
Had she left without even a final goodbye? After saying that she had loved him so ardently, what was he supposed to do if she left? He felt abandoned by her, without even a chance to regret.
He picked up his car keys and phone and got up. Just then, click. There was the sound of the front door lock turning.
Kang Woo stood in front of the front door, crossing the large living room.
“Ah!”
Even the surprised sound she made at the sight of him, who had suddenly appeared, was small like her. Cute.
“Where have you been?”
“Just….”
As she was stuttering a reply and changing into her slippers, he suddenly pulled her to him.
Kang Woo tightened his arms around her as she struggled in surprise in his embrace. The heartbeat pounding in his chest seemed to be his own.
“I thought you had left.”
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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