When they arrived at a convenience store near Taehee’s house, she stopped and turned to Sajun.
“Kang Sajun, sit here and wait… Where are you looking while I’m talking?”
Sajun was looking somewhere below Taehee’s face, his eyes furrowed.
“Get rid of this t-shirt as soon as you get home.”
“What are you talking about?”
Taehee frowned, puzzled. It was ridiculous to suddenly be told to throw away a t-shirt she had been comfortably wearing all day.
Instead of answering, Sajun slowly reached out his hand. His touch on her shoulder was careful, despite his irritated gaze. It seemed the strap of her underwear was showing through the long side-cut V-neck t-shirt.
His long fingers gently adjusted the t-shirt without touching her skin, fixing its angle. Not stopping there, he pulled the shirt back as if he was going to change its front and back.
“I didn’t notice before, but this is a terrible shirt.”
Taehee retorted, feeling like she was wearing the shirt backwards, “Don’t blame an innocent t-shirt, just speak clearly.”
“It’s not serving its purpose.”
“And what’s that purpose it’s not serving?”
“It’s cut too low at the front and sides. You’re giving perverts a good show. If you’re going to wear something like this, you might as well walk around naked.”
Taehee’s mouth opened slightly in astonishment.
The neckline was a bit low, and she had accidentally shown a bit of her underwear strap, but suggesting that perverts would come out or that she should walk around naked was extreme.
“You, on the other hand, fling off your t-shirt at the drop of a hat.”
Taehee’s muttered response was met with Sajun’s calm retort, “I only do that in front of you. You’re not right now, are you?”
Instead of arguing back, Taehee bit her lip, remembering that no one dared to enter Sajun’s suite uninvited.
But she had a point to make.
“Kang Sajun, when we go to Zio, I wear more revealing clothes, right? But why make a fuss over a t-shirt? What are you, a Joseon-era scholar?”
“The situation is different now.”
Of course, it’s very different.
That’s why Taehee found it hard to understand him.
When she dressed up nicely and wore makeup to Zio, he acted uninterested, as if he didn’t notice. Now, why was he acting like this?
“So what’s different?”
Challenging him to convince her, Taehee met his gaze firmly. Sajun chuckled lightly.
“Min Taehee. At Zio, you drink, so you take taxis, right?”
“Of course, I take taxis.”
“And you sit in the back, right? And the driver has to keep his eyes on the road to avoid accidents, doesn’t he?”
“Yes.”
She confidently answered, but felt a peculiar sensation.
Once again, Sajun’s absurd logic was pulling Taehee in like a black hole.
“At Zio, it’s just the two of us at the designated table on the second floor, isn’t it?”
“……Just the two of us.”
“No need to use public transport crowded with people, nor to walk in the streets.”
Her once raised head drooped slightly, and the strength faded a bit from her glaring eyes.
“Whether you’re wearing a revealing outfit or one stained with kimchi soup, it’s only me seeing it.”
Kimchi soup-stained clothes? Taehee felt unjustly indignant at the mention of something she never wore and glared briefly at Sajun.
“And what about you and me today?”
“…….”
“Answer me, Min Taehee.”
His voice softened, perhaps assured of victory.
“……One-day lovers.”
As Taehee reluctantly answered, Sajun finally showed a satisfied expression.
“I have to protect my woman.”
It was a moment when Sajun neatly wrapped up his absurd logic.
Tossing the things she usually had when drinking alone into the shopping basket, Taehee muttered quietly.
“Something’s definitely wrong.”
Otherwise, this complete reversal of the situation wouldn’t make sense.
Taehee was the one excited about going to the movies, while Sajun showed clear signs of irritation and annoyance.
But now, Taehee was the one feeling unsettled, and Sajun seemed to be enjoying the situation with a light expression.
Taehee wanted to ask him.
How was he adapting so well, and was the perfectionist behavior he had shown her until now all a lie?
Sajun’s words from earlier kept echoing in her ears.
‘I have to protect my woman.’
Yes, they were one-day lovers. But how could he say such a thing without even changing his expression?
Using the excuse of being one-day lovers, Taehee had wielded her power like an absolute monarch.
But that sweetness was like a fleeting breeze.
After it passed, Taehee found herself helplessly swayed by Sajun again.
She wasn’t even sure if she had watched the movie with her eyes or her nose. Why did the 15-rated movie have so much skinship? Sajun, who didn’t like his hands getting dirty, kept asking her to feed him popcorn.
Every little touch, the closeness of their bodies, the scent of his perfume, and his breath near her ear set all her nerves on edge.
Her heart fluttered at the slightest words and actions.
Instead of making Sajun give up, it was she who was being shaken.
Taehee sighed deeply, paid, and stepped outside.
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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