“Park Junghoon might come and make a scene when I get off work, so he said he’d take me home for a week.”
Hyunju blinked and looked at Ina.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Didn’t you say he was prickly when he was young?”
“Yes, I did.”
“But has his personality completely changed now? To the extent of showing this kind of kindness?”
“That’s why I was a bit surprised too… But it’s a favor out of concern for me, so I decided to just gratefully accept it.”
“No, I mean, it’s obviously nice to be grateful… but…”
Hyunju paused mid-sentence, propping her chin with her hand, lost in thought.
“Is he doing this just because he’s a friend and he’s worried? There’s no other reason?”
“What reason?”
“Were you close to him in the past?”
“Well… I tried hard to be close. We got a bit closer later, even watching movies together… But just around that time, I had to move down to Yeosu.”
“…”
Knowing why Ina had to move to Yeosu, Hyunju silently stared at her.
Then, she gently took Ina’s hand and nodded.
“…I see.”
Hyunju’s hand holding Ina’s was warm.
“Yeah. Anyway, meeting him again like a hero after 13 years, it’s really an amazing connection. So, from now on, try to see him often and be friends. He’s already a 100-point friend just for helping you.”
“Yes. I should.”
Ina nodded and smiled.
Nothing unusual happened until Ina returned home on Sunday night after spending the weekend at Hyunju’s place, and then Monday arrived.
Ina, having gotten ready early in the morning, slowly went down to the first floor.
But as soon as she stepped out of the villa’s main gate, she found Junghoon leaning against a car and frowned.
Junghoon also noticed Ina and hurried over to her.
Ina tried to ignore him and walk past, but Junghoon grabbed her arm.
“Ina.”
Hearing his desperate voice, Ina bit her lip and looked at Junghoon.
“Are you not going to let go?”
Speaking in a low voice, Junghoon moved his lips.
“Ina. Uh…”
Having grabbed Ina’s arm, Junghoon seemed to struggle to start speaking and took a deep breath.
“Let go.”
Ina jerked her arm away and glared at Junghoon.
“You, I warned you clearly, didn’t I? If you contact me or come looking for me, I’ll report you to the police.”
Junghoon exhaled a long breath, messing up his hair, and looked at Ina seriously.
“Ina. I… I think I was really crazy from the alcohol that day. I said things to you that I shouldn’t have…”
“You mean asking how many guys I’ve slept with?”
At Ina’s words, Junghoon bit his lip and bowed his head.
“What kind of crazy person asks his girlfriend such a question?”
“…I’m really sorry. I’m speechless. That day, I must have been really insane. I’ll never… I’ll never drink again. So just give me one more chance…”
“Whether you drink to excess or not, it’s none of my business now. So don’t show up again.”
As Ina was about to walk past him, Junghoon grabbed her arm again.
“Ina. That’s why I came to apologize. You blocked my number, right? You didn’t read any texts or messages, so I’ve been waiting here for two days… You didn’t come home, did you? Where did you sleep?”
Ina couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
“Hey. Where I sleep or not is none of your business.”
“Why wouldn’t it be? I’m your boyfriend!”
“Are you crazy? Why would you be my boyfriend? We broke up that day, so stop saying creepy things!”
“Who says it’s over? Where does it say you can end things just because of a slip of the tongue?”
“A slip of the tongue? Calling such vulgar remarks a slip of the tongue? And you don’t remember dragging me away, twisting my hand, and elbowing me?”
Ina pointed to her still bruised lips with her hand.
Jung-hoon flinched and then moved his lips.
“Ina, I twisted your hand because I was drunk… But anyway, I really did wrong. But elbowing… that was because that crazy guy suddenly interfered. It wasn’t intentional.”
“Who are you calling crazy? If it weren’t for that man, you would have continued dragging me away. Who turned me into a monkey at the zoo that day?”
Jung-hoon’s eyes suddenly became sharp.
“You… are you taking that crazy guy’s side? Are you really acquainted with that guy? Huh? What’s your relationship with him?”
The apologetic look Jung-hoon had just moments ago, with tears in his eyes, quickly disappeared.
Instead, his look of doubt and obsession made Ina shiver.
“You’re really insane, aren’t you? Having delusions now?”
Ina stepped back with a disgusted look on her face.
Jung-hoon’s eyes then widened in disbelief.
“Hey. Why are you looking at me like that? Do I look like a bug to you?”
As Jung-hoon stepped forward, a woman coming out from the first floor of the villa looked at Ina and Jung-hoon.
She lived on the second floor and had exchanged greetings with Ina occasionally.
Embarrassed, Ina turned her head and waited for the woman to pass.
The woman glanced at them curiously before walking away, and then Ina looked back at Jung-hoon.
“I have nothing more to say to you and I don’t want to see your face. Don’t show up in front of me again. Got it?”
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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