As Sa Rang tried to get up, Do Han grabbed her hand and pulled her back to the bed.
Pulled back by his strength, she fell onto the bed and was drawn into his embrace.
“I’ll take you home.”
He said he’d take her home but continued to hold her tightly, making her laugh.
“When?”
“Sometime today.”
“What?”
She tried to get up to leave by herself, but it was no use.
“Did you sleep well?”
Moved by his gentle voice, Sa Rang nodded.
It was her first time waking up in a man’s bed in the morning, and her heart fluttered.
She had wondered if she could really sleep next to him, but they fell asleep talking and she had dozed off.
She hadn’t known how warm and comforting it was to sleep in a man’s arms.
Though nothing happened last night, she felt special to him.
“Can I ask you something?”
At Sa Rang’s cautious question, he relaxed his grip on her hand.
Their eyes met, and she hesitated before speaking.
“Are we dating now?”
“What?”
“I was wondering if I’m your girlfriend now.”
It was an important question for her.
Their relationship when they were twenty had only lasted two months.
It was so short that she constantly doubted if it had been real after they broke up.
So now, having met him again, she needed confirmation.
Whether he really wanted to date or if it was just curiosity.
She needed to know his true feelings, so if they broke up again, the hurt would be less.
Her heart, already deeply hurt once, had the duty to protect itself.
“It’s obvious, isn’t it? You have to take responsibility for me.”
“……But we haven’t done anything that requires taking responsibility.”
“Giving your hand is like giving everything, right?”
Do Han interlocked their fingers and waved their hands in front of her, showing off.
The original Korean paragraph consists of 50 lines. I will now translate it verbatim into English, ensuring that the English translation also has 50 lines.
“What are you going to do at work? If you suddenly show up wearing a ring, people will ask if you have a girlfriend. Everyone is already curious about who the woman Ji Do Han misses is. What are you going to say?”
“We can reveal now that the woman is you.”
“I don’t want that.”
Sa Rang firmly shook her head.
The stares she received at school after breaking up with Do Han and staying alone were uncomfortable.
She was tagged as ‘the freshman who dated Ji Do Han’ until she graduated.
She had just managed to escape that label after starting work and didn’t want to repeat it.
She didn’t want to attract attention for personal matters at work, especially not for a romantic relationship.
“So, you want to keep it a secret forever?”
“Yes.”
“Until when?”
Do Han gazed at Sa Rang, who had lowered her head, and then wrapped her hand in his.
“I’m not going to break up with you.”
Surprised at how he knew she was thinking of a possible breakup, Sa Rang looked at him with wide eyes.
“If you don’t like it, I won’t talk about it. But please put the ring on. I always wore it, and it feels empty without it.”
“Did you really wear it all the time? For five years?”
“I needed something to replace you. But I didn’t know you’d misunderstand because of this ring. When you asked if it was a couple ring, I couldn’t say no because, in a way, it was a couple ring with you.”
“Anyone would misunderstand that. My boyfriend suddenly disappeared to study abroad, and then you show up wearing a ring. And a couple ring at that. Any woman would think there’s another woman and that you broke up with me with lies.”
Sa Rang’s voice rose, recalling the time she encountered Do Han at the hotel five years ago.
What if she hadn’t run into Suho by chance in the lobby that day?
Would she have only longed for Do Han instead of resenting him?
Wondering which would have been better, Sa Rang shook her head, feeling it was pointless now.
“There will be no other woman for me in the future.”
Sa Rang blinked, her mouth agape.
Was it true that he hadn’t met anyone since they broke up?
She suddenly remembered him saying he loved her yesterday.
Was that also sincere?
Did he really love her?
Sa Rang’s heart fluttered belatedly.
Do Han extended his hand to her again.
The ring, please put it on.
Sa Rang hesitantly reached out and picked up the ring.
Then, after a moment’s hesitation, she slipped it onto his left ring finger.
The ring fit perfectly, as if proving his claim of always wearing it.
Ji Do Han’s hand wearing a ring, and it being their couple ring, was unbelievable.
Sa Rang felt her nose tingle and her eyes redden.
“I, I can’t…”
She couldn’t continue.
She felt she couldn’t wear the ring.
She wasn’t confident enough to announce to everyone that they were dating.
She was about to say that, but in front of his hand wearing the ring, she couldn’t speak.
Do Han hugged her as her eyes reddened.
“You can wear it later. When you have come to love me.”
He caressed her back affectionately, murmuring in his heart.
11:30 AM.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
