After finishing the shower, Jae Ha sat on the sofa placed in the center of the spacious living room.

With his head leaning against the back of the sofa, he closed his eyes.

The recent incident in front of the dressing table kept circling in Jae Ha’s mind.

The sensation of Yeo Jin’s touch, which had clung to his damp shirt, still felt vivid.

She, wearing a wet blouse as if testing his patience, looked at Jae Ha.

“Really… You have no fear.”

When he reached the dressing table and realized there was nowhere else to retreat, he didn’t look into Yeo Jin’s eyes.
Without hesitation, Jae Ha would have swallowed the moisture, his lips shining red.

“So you’ve been avoiding me like that.”

Jae Ha knew that Yeo Jin had been avoiding him recently.

She had been acting as if nothing had changed, but he could feel a distinct difference in the atmosphere.

“When did it start…”

If my memory serves me right, it was from the time she handed me the interview video I took after returning home.

That must be because of the story in the video.

Jae Ha smiled faintly, feeling like he might know what was on Yeo Jin’s mind.
As he listened to the approaching footsteps, he lifted his eyelids that had been drooping.

“Are you asleep?”

“No, I was just lost in thought for a moment.”

Jae Ha wiped his eyes and got up, approaching where Yeo Jin stood.

Yeo Jin, now in casual attire, noticed his changed appearance and widened her eyes.

“Do you have spare clothes?”

“I do.”

Jae Ha had to stifle a laugh, almost involuntarily.

After all, Yeo Jin had appeared wearing a bathrobe.

Naturally, he had asked the villa’s caretaker for spare clothes, not just for himself but for Yeo Jin as well.
However, when he saw Yeo Jin turn her head immediately, Jae Ha had the thought that he wanted to observe her a bit more in that state.

“Where’s the bedroom?”

“…….”

“Come to think of it, I didn’t get a chance to see the room because we went straight to the campsite.”

As Yeo Jin, who had been asking where the bedroom was, didn’t receive the answer she wanted, she bit her lip in frustration.

Whether it was because she was wearing a bathrobe or because of what had happened at the dressing table, Yeo Jin avoided making eye contact with him.

“But she’s still aware of my presence.”

Jae Ha thought to himself while observing Yeo Jin like that, and he crossed his arms.
She had driven him to madness with a single touch, but now she was making him smile happily.

It felt as if Jae Ha’s mood had gone up and down like riding a roller coaster.

Yeo Jin, who had been silently looking at herself, passed by and headed towards the stairs.

“Can I just use any room? There are several bedrooms.”

“Um, no. There’s only one bedroom anyway.”

Yeo Jin, who had been leading the way, stopped in surprise.

Then, she turned back abruptly towards him before going up the stairs.

“Just one?”

Yeo Jin’s eyes, tainted with bewilderment, were shaking unsteadily.
Her expression seemed to say, “How can there be only one bedroom in this huge villa?”

“That’s impossible.”

Yeo Jin stopped in the middle of the stairs with a bewildered expression.

“Stop teasing me. It’s so spacious here.”

“It’s true. Have I been fooled all this time?”

Jae Ha chuckled, thinking about the one and only bedroom.

Yeo Jin, apparently not believing him, began opening the doors one by one, starting with the one closest to the stairs.

“This is Seo Jae’s reading room.”

“There’s a study room in a place like this?”

Not convinced, Yeo Jin peered into the room, which was decorated like a study, and then closed the door.

“Are you going to check them one by one like this?”
“Yes, I think I need to see it for myself. It’s strange.”

“There are indeed many strange things.”

Jae Ha chuckled at her resolute response.

Yeo Jin passed by him in the middle of the corridor and headed for the door next to her.

Among the four rooms on the second floor, one was Seo Jae’s, and another was the bathroom she had just showered in.

“Not there.”

Yeo Jin, who kept stumbling while searching for the bedroom, was pointed to another room by the clueless Jae Ha.

“This is the bedroom.”

Yeo Jin alternated her gaze between the door she had pointed to and the room in front of her.
Then, her eyebrows arched slightly, and curiosity shone in her pupils.

“I’ll check this room first. In such a big villa, how can there not be a spare bedroom? It doesn’t make sense.”

Whether she thought it was a joke or not, Yeo Jin attempted to open the firmly closed door.

Seeing her from a distance, Jae Ha quickly grabbed her hand that was reaching for the door handle.

To prevent her from opening it.

Yeo Jin quietly chuckled at his unusual behavior.

“It’s better not to open it.”

“Why? I want to see what’s inside.”

As Yeo Jin exerted force with the hand holding the door handle, Jae Ha firmly shook his head.
The room she was trying to enter was not only off-limits to Jae Ha but also to the staff in this place.

“To be honest, tell me. Were you joking?”

Her suspicious gaze met Jae Ha’s.

“It was a joke.”