“Sir, Professor Kim Yong Hoon is waiting for you.”
As Gyo Hwan returned from meeting Hwang Sa in the conference room, his secretary stood up.
“Yes? Is it my father?”
Upon opening the door and entering, Yong Hoon set down the teacup he had been drinking from and stood up.
“Sorry for coming without any notice. Are you busy?”
“No.”
Gyo Hwan took off his jacket and ordered tea for his secretary who followed him inside and sat across from him.
“Why is your hand like that?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
Gyo Hwan awkwardly hid his bandaged hand under the table.
“But what’s the matter? Is it about Yul, by any chance?”
What kind of pet is it this time?
No, Yong Hoon raised his head with a sarcastic smile.
“I was worried about Bong’s grandmother not feeling well, and I can’t express how grateful I am for your help.”
“What? How does my father know about that? Did Bong’s grandmother say something?”
Could she have already found out?
“Don’t worry. Bong’s grandmother doesn’t know anything.”
“But how?”
Gyo Hwan was even more puzzled.
“Why didn’t you say anything? Bong’s grandmother would have been so grateful if she knew. The same goes for my grandmother.”
“It’s fine. I’m grateful too. Bong’s grandmother made rice cakes for us and even packed eel lunch boxes for us recently!”
Gyo Hwan chattered away, then he laughed as if it was a great idea when his eyes met with Yong Hoon.
“Anyway, it would be burdensome if she found out, so please don’t say anything to my father.”
“Choi Seo Bang.”
“….?”
“I have a favor to ask you.”
“A favor? What…?”
He’s not the type to ask for favors or requests, even in his sleep.
Yong Hoon set down his teacup and looked at Gyo Hwan attentively.
“You visited Se In not long ago, right?”
“Se In?”
Gyo Hwan was taken aback and let out a forced smile.
“Oh, yes. I was asked to deliver some news to Yul. But why? Did you see a picture of Yul at the award ceremony?”
Perhaps it was about the picture from the award ceremony that Yul left with his wife.
“That’s what I wanted to talk about.”
Yong Hoon moistened his dry lips, hesitating.
“Stop seeing her.”
“What?”
Gyo Hwan questioned, momentarily doubting his own ears.
“Why?”
“If you stop, isn’t it enough for Se In? She’ll understand. I, as a parent and a father, can’t forget because she’s my daughter, but you’re not, right?”
So stop trying so hard for someone who’s no longer alive and start living with the people who are still alive. Just like now.
“But she’s still my wife. And she’s the mother who shared her life with Yul.”
“Then, from now on, only send Yul.”
“…!”
“Don’t come to me.”
To Se In. That’s the right thing to do.
“Father, what have I done wrong? Is there any rumor…?”
Startled, Gyo Hwan recalled Yong Hoon asking about Hyo Jin and let out a sigh.
“H Father, I’m not in that kind of relationship with Bong Seon Saengnim. As I mentioned, I’m grateful for what Yul did for me.”
“If that’s the case, what’s the problem?”
Yong Hoon’s eyes softened with a faint smile.
“I’m truly glad. Choi Seo Bang. I mean it.”
Now you can stop suffering.
“I don’t really understand what you’re trying to say, Father. Why did you suddenly come and talk like this?”
Yong Hoon, who had come to lighten the burden on his heart even a little, looked at Gyo Hwan with gentle eyes, unsure of what to do.
“If not me, who else will tell me?”
It’s not like you can talk to me about this first.
“No, Father. I’m not emotionally prepared yet.”
That’s why he had come to him like this. Why didn’t he know?
“If Se In finds out that Yul has a new mother, she’ll be extremely happy from up above. I’ll feel the same way too.”
So stop suffering and let Se In send her. It’s okay.
The vow made at the wedding was meant to keep us together until death separates us.
How can we follow that path?
He himself was living a tough life after losing his wife.
Yong Hoon didn’t want Gyo Hwan to walk that path, knowing what kind of life it was.
Even if it was for the sake of Seung Yul, his beloved daughter.
“Father, I really don’t understand why you’re doing this.”
I’ve been trying to sort out my emotions, thinking that a day like this would come.
In the stillness and heavy silence, time cruelly flowed, even in moments when words failed.
His time had stopped eight years ago, after Se In’s death.
Now, Yong Hoon was telling him to stop that time.
As if nothing had happened, as if the world was going back.
Then and now. It’s so cruel.
“I have an appointment, so I have to go.”
Yong Hoon, who didn’t want to steal his busy soninlaw’s time, left suddenly, as if he had come suddenly.
“Father…!”
Gyo Hwan, whose heart felt as heavy as a pile of rocks, couldn’t get up from that spot even after Yong Hoon left for a while.
“Where did you go and come back from? You said you’d make money even if you had to sell your organs.”
Hyo Jin, who was packing her hospital admission necessities in a bag after Manager Nam had left, looked surprised when she saw Hwang Sae enter wearing a suit.
“You went to a portrait studio?”
Why the sudden suit?
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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