“Will you marry me?”
Is it considered cheating for a prince to kneel and offer a ring? I took a deep breath and exhaled at my heart pounding as if crazy. The white breath briefly covered Seo-jun’s handsome face and quickly disappeared.
In Seo-jun’s hand was a simple but beautiful ring that sparkled. The ring urged for a prompt answer.
“Sure. I’ll become Seo-jun’s wife.”
Smiling at my words, Seo-jun took the ring and placed it on the fourth finger of my left hand.
“Thank you. I’ll rely on you from now on.”
The once frighteningly empty high school was no longer scary. The weather was cold, but it didn’t feel as cold anymore.
“Put on your clothes quickly! It’s cold!”
How long were we hugging each other? As the joy that had swelled gradually subsided, Seo-jun, still wearing only a sweatshirt, appeared. His nose and ears were red.
“Let’s go. Let’s go to the convenience store and have something warm.”
I handed my padding to Seo-jun and rushed out of the school.
My favorite convenience store. Today, someone other than the familiar part-timer was managing the store. If it had been that part-timer, they might have subtly tried to showcase my left hand, but that plan failed.
Putting aside the disappointment, I bought a warm drink and a cup ramen and took a seat inside the store.
“It looks delicious.”
Pouring water into cup ramen when you’re hungry, and why does the 4-minute wait feel so long? It felt as long as a one-minute plank.
“Is cup ramen okay?”
“What?”
“Because it’s cup ramen at a convenience store after a proposal…”
“So what? Besides, we can’t go to a fancy place right now.”
“Still…”
Seo-jun, who was still looking displeased with the cup ramen, spoke as I opened the lid after four minutes.
“In truth, I thought you might reject the proposal.”
While eating the ramen, Seo-jun said, “Why?”
“Speak after chewing.”
No, then don’t ask while I’m eating. I glared at Seo-jun while moving my jaw vigorously.
“Why did I think you might reject it?”
“I never thought about it, but my parents forced it on me.”
“Then when did you start thinking about marrying me?”
Actually, I hadn’t thought about marriage. But how do you reject someone who proposed so splendidly?
“What? Did you accept spontaneously?”
“No!”
Seo-jun, who had been drinking the warm canned coffee in a gulp, put it down with a loud ‘thud.’
“If I were to get married, I naturally thought it would be you. Really.”
This was true.
After dealing with Manager Kim and, later, with Yuna and Ms. Baek, if it hadn’t been Seo-jun, I would have turned everything upside down and would have broken up with someone like you without hesitation.
I endured it because it was Seo-jun. I endured it because it was Seo-jun.
However, marriage is a slightly different story.
“You. Don’t go play basketball elsewhere in the future. Especially those distant shots.”
I put down the wooden chopsticks and took the posture that Seo-jun had taught me earlier.
Why did I suddenly get into it? I hadn’t thought about it at all, but when Seo-jun made a cool shot, that thought occurred to me.
Yeah. Let’s get married.
“If you’re done eating, let’s get up.”
With somewhat drooping shoulders, Seo-jun tidied up the table. That guy is probably digging another burrow with his clever head.
I can’t reveal my feelings, and I don’t know how deeply Seo-jun is in my heart or if he’s overflowing, even slyly leaking out.
It won’t do. I need to talk. Since he doesn’t believe my words, at least through physical conversation…
“Are you going home like this?”
Leaving the convenience store and heading home. If we continue like this, we’ll reach the apartment.
“Do you want to eat something else?”
What does this guy take me for?
“The man said you can come in even if he doesn’t.”
Seo-jun stopped abruptly at my words.
“Should we go to a hotel?”
I looked at Seo-jun and smiled.
“Do they have rooms available today?”
Seo-jun hesitated, holding my cheeks with both hands.
“We won’t know until we try.”
So, we tried to catch a taxi that wasn’t easy to catch.
“I’m sorry. We’re fully booked for today.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The first attempt failed as expected. Undeterred, we went to a nearby hotel. However, the second attempt also failed.
“Where should we try next?”
“Let’s just go to a studio apartment.”
“No. It’s a hotel today. Let’s book a room and create a mood with room service and wine.”
“Room service isn’t available at this hour. You didn’t care about such things when eating cup ramen.”
“No. I want today to be special.”
After the third attempt, we were able to secure a room.
“Just go home.”
Although the third hotel we tried had one available room…
“A suite room.”
It was almost 3 AM now. But a suite room! I was glued to the glass window with a wonderful city view.
“It’s incredibly beautiful. It’s so beautiful, why do I feel a bit sad?”
The lights, like flowers blooming in mysterious black, created a magnificent scene. The wonderful night view and Seo-jun taking off his padding overlapped on the large glass window.
“Do you want to drink wine?”
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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