“But are you okay? Did you eat too much? Should I give you some digestive medicine?”
Ina looked at Juwon with a worried expression and asked.
“No, I’m fine. I’ll let you know if I feel uncomfortable later.”
At that moment, Aunt called Youngmin from the kitchen, and shortly after, Youngmin brought a plate of fruit and coffee.
“Hyung, please enjoy.”
Youngmin placed the coffee in front of Juwon and said.
“Oh, thank you.”
Ina also accepted the coffee and glanced towards the kitchen.
Meanwhile, the dining table was neatly cleared, and Mom was doing the dishes.
“Wow, wow. How much is this? The marbling is just amazing.”
Aunt’s admiring voice came from the kitchen.
Turning my head, I saw that the expensive hanwoo set that Juwon had bought was placed on the dining table, and Aunt was admiring it.
Extending her head towards the living room, Aunt spoke to Juwon.
“Oh, did you spend your money generously buying expensive meat, huh?”
“Oh, no.”
Juwon stood up from the sofa and answered.
“We’ll leave soon, so sit and enjoy your coffee, okay?”
“Yes, understood.”
After a while, Mom and Aunt came out of the kitchen and sat on the opposite side.
Aunt picked up the shopping bag next to the sofa and said.
“Oh, what’s in here?”
“See if you like it when you open it.”
At Juwon’s words, Aunt, with sparkling eyes, took out a cosmetic set from the shopping bag.
Aunt carefully untied the sophisticated ribbon on the luxurious wrapping paper and opened the lid.
And instantly, her eyes widened.
“Wow, wow. Isn’t this the brand advertised on TV? Oh, it must be incredibly expensive.”
Aunt looked at Juwon with her mouth wide open.
“No, it’s the brand that Mom and Aunt like the most, so I bought it.”
“Oh my, beef and cosmetics too… Our son-in-law spent too much money, huh?”
“…….”
At the words ‘son-in-law,’ Juwon’s pupils dilated, and there was a moment of silence among the three remaining people.
And a few seconds later, Ina’s mom, with a forced cough, said to her sister.
“Sister, he hasn’t even married yet, what’s this ‘son-in-law’? ‘Son-in-law.'”
“Yeah, Sister. That’s not it.”
Though Ina added a word with an embarrassed heart, she couldn’t look Juwon in the face due to the pounding in her chest.
“No, coming here to say hello like this means you’re getting married soon, right? Anyway, he’ll be called son-in-law, so why not call him in advance?”
“Uh, Aunt. Calling him like that makes him uncomfortable!”
Upon hearing this, Aunt stared at Juwon and asked.
“Are you uncomfortable being called son-in-law by me?”
Then Juwon grinned and replied.
“No, not at all. Since I’m Mr. Lee.”
In response to Juwon’s words, Ina and her mom looked at Juwon with surprised faces.
Looking at Juwon, who continued to appear awkward, Ina was at a loss for words.
Aunt, satisfied with Juwon’s answer, chuckled.
“Okay. How did you meet Ina?”
Ina’s mom quickly changed the awkward atmosphere and turned the topic.
“Oh. I’ve known Ina since middle school.”
“Middle school?”
Mom asked with a surprised face, and Ina’s aunt and Youngmin also became surprised.
“Since middle school? Nuna, you went to middle school in Seoul, right?”
Ina, with dry lips, frowned and opened her mouth.
“Oh, right… Mom, do you remember my friend Juhee from middle school? I used to visit her house often.”
“Juhee? Is that the slim and doll-like girl? The one who always stuck with you?”
“Oh, yes. That’s her.”
“But why her?”
“Actually, Juhee and Juwon are twins.”
“What?”
Mom asked in surprise, staring at Juwon’s face.
Then, after a moment, she raised her hand, covered her mouth, and made a surprised expression.
“Oh my, really! Listening to you, he really looks like Juhee?”
Juwon forced a awkward smile.
“Wow! Amazing! So, Nuna, are you dating the twin of your friend now?”
“Well… yes.”
“Wow, you knew each other since middle school, and only now started dating? You two look so good together.”
Ina’s aunt asked, picking up a strawberry.
Ina remained silent for a moment and then spoke.
“I came down here when I was in my first year of high school. We were busy and couldn’t contact each other, and we lost touch. Then, by chance, I met Juwon on the street.”
“On the street by chance?”
“Yes. So, we exchanged contacts that day and started meeting occasionally… and that’s how we started dating.”
Since there was no need to mention the story involving Park Junghoon, Ina neatly packaged her love story without any complications.
“Wow. This sounds like a drama.”
Beside the playful Youngmin, Ina’s mom looked at Ina with a sad expression.
It was when Ina, herself, and her daughter were going through dark days after losing her husband like a corpse.
The time she couldn’t take care of her sensitive daughter who was going through puberty and living like a corpse.
She knew how depressed Ina was during that time, so when her daughter cried, saying she lost contact with Juhee that winter, it was too heartbreaking.
Later, when she went to Seoul and tried various ways to find Juhee, she couldn’t locate her.
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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