Approaching Grandma Wang, Seung Yul sat down side by side on a nearby bench.
“Is it because of that bonehead again? That kid of mine, I swear!”
Upon seeing Gyo Hwan’s sharp eyes, just like in the old days, he reflexively looked down at his own lower body.
“Sigh. Bear with it. If you hate him, you’ll become just like him, Bang Mi.”
Baby laid his hand on top of the dried hand holding the laundry, sighing along.
“So, you’re saying I should just stand by and watch you upset because of him?”
“Bang Mi, you don’t have to worry about anything, you need to eat well, stay healthy and not get sick. When you go outside, dress warmly. If you dress like this, you’ll catch a cold.”
He buttoned up her open jacket to prevent the cold wind from getting in, and his gentle touch rubbing her curved back with a hand like a maple leaf felt warm and comforting.
“Daegam!”
Lady Bang Mi Hee wept her heart out in Seung Yul’s arms, as if her little groom had returned to life.
Hyo Jin turned her head to look at Gyo Hwan, who was standing next to her, as she watched Seung Yul take the dignified grandmother inside.
“But why is grandmother upset that she can’t beat my father?”
As Seung Yul fondly looked after her.
“When I was little, I always tried to beat my father. Because grandfather only doted on me, I thought I was really great.”
Unaware that my father was letting me win.
It was something he realized only when he became a father himself.
“Ah, so that’s why.”
Hyo Jin, who had been silently watching Gyo Hwan become a father, seemed to remember something and called out.
“Oh, Father.”
As Gyo Hwan turned around, Hyo Jin’s breath, warm like a spring breeze, approached him.
“Can you extend your hand?”
“My hand?”
“I have something to give you.”
With a secretive expression on her face, Gyo Hwan awkwardly extended his hand.
Thump.
Hyo Jin stamped a praise stamp with a cat drawing onto his palm.
“You did really well today. Seung Yul might not have said it, but I’m sure he understood your feelings.”
‘You did a great job.’
Seeing the stamp imprinted on his palm, a dumbfounded laugh slipped from Gyo Hwan’s lips.
“Huh? Besides disliking sweets, you have another thing in common with Seung Yul?”
“What?”
Hyo Jin pointed to his rosy cheek with her finger and smiled mischievously, as if she had found a hidden picture.
“See this dimple here.”
When he smiled brightly, the dimples on both sides were exactly like Baby’s.
That night.
After finishing preparations for the next day’s class and getting up from her desk, Hyo Jin yawned and stretched.
Oh no, I can’t be sleepy already.
Before solving the law aptitude test workbook, Hyo Jin went to the garden to cool her head.
As she huddled her shoulders against the chilly wind and closed her coat, light spilled from the window of his study on the second floor, along with the sound of a phone call.
“Vice Chairman, this is Gyo Hwan. How’s the weather in Montreal?”
“…?”
‘You said you finished all your work and leave the office punctually every day, were you working at this hour?’
The sight of him sitting at the illuminated desk, rolling up the sleeves of his white shirt and typing on the keyboard, exuded charisma, like a possessed Beethoven passionately playing the piano.
Ah, they say a working man is sexy. So this was what they meant.
“Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.”
Finishing the call as if he was putting out an urgent fire, he casually threw his headset above his head and absentmindedly turned his gaze towards the window.
Hyo Jin quickly turned her back and hid behind the beech tree where Madam Bang Mi Hee used to hide.
Ah, the wind is quite chilly because it’s night.
And it’s not even winter yet.
If I go out now, I won’t be noticed, right?
She extended her head to check if the light was still on, but she couldn’t see him, who should have been sitting by the window.
Huh? Strange. Where did he go? Did he go to the bathroom?
While she craned her neck and approached the window, a low voice from behind her captured her eardrums.
“Are you looking for me?”
Surprised. He had descended without her noticing and was now looking down at her from behind.
“Ah, I came out for a bit to wake up, but I saw the light was still on.”
Hyo Jin’s face flushed as if she had been caught sneaking a peek.
“Have you been working until now after spending time with Seung Yul?”
As he closed the distance with his long legs, the soft scent of his skin became more intense.
“Aren’t you hungry?”
“Huh?”
Why suddenly talk about hunger?
“Actually, I haven’t had dinner yet because I was working.”
If he had tried to eat quietly alone inside, given Jaehyun’s personality, he would surely have woken up all the employees to prepare a meal.
“Shall we go out and get something delicious to eat? I have something to tell you, too. I’ll pay for it.”
“For me?”
Hyo Jin, who was flustered in case he asked what she was looking at, blinked her eyes at the unexpected proposal.
What on earth was he going to say…
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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