Seo Yeon, with her back against the wind, gazed at Kwon Yool. Her long hair danced, touching her cheek.
His large frame, like an athlete, and his distinctly masculine features contrasted strangely with his shy expression.
Seo Yeon thought he might have looked even more melancholic if cherry blossom petals were fluttering around like snowflakes.
“What if Seo Yeon hadn’t cleaned up the spilled coffee and just thrown the napkin in the trash…”
“……”
“Or I was worried if you knowingly threw it away even though my phone number was in it.”
As a cloud passed over the two people facing each other, brilliant sunlight poured down.
When Seo Yeon’s eyes began to squint, Kwon Yool raised his large hand to create a shade.
“I hoped again.”
Thanks to the shade of his hand, which was only a hand’s breadth, Seo Yeon’s eyes, which were much more comfortable, were watching Kwon Yool’s lips.
“I hoped I might get a call from Seo Yeon today. That kind of expectation.”
He was waiting.
Seo Yeon had been anxious to hear that, and Kwon Yool told her.
Seo Yeon’s gaze was fixed on his chin, waiting for the next words he would say.
“I hoped to get a short text before the day was over, even while looking at the silent phone every 10 minutes.”
“Why?”
Seo Yeon suddenly asked. She was genuinely curious.
She was asking why he was looking at her at the bar, why he took off his jacket to Ho Jin without asking her, why he asked for her contact without asking, and why he pretended not to know even though he subtly asked.
Many questions were hidden in Seo Yeon’s “Why?”.
Kwon Yool seemed to be organizing his thoughts, and he looked up at the sun.
Seo Yeon looked up at his thinned eyes and the Adam’s apple that moved up and down as he swallowed.
“I was thinking a lot. Not to weigh the pros and cons. I was wondering if I would be okay with Seo Yeon.”
Seo Yeon hesitated about what to say.
Then, a delivery motorcycle sped past behind her.
At that moment, Kwon Yool’s large arm pulled Seo Yeon’s shoulder towards him. His movement was very careful, but where his arm touched, her shoulder felt a painful numbness.
It was close. Too close.
For a moment, Seo Yeon felt like she had gone deaf, like someone who had suddenly climbed to a high place.
When she swallowed, she heard a thud in her ear. Then the surrounding sounds were heard clearly again. His voice, too.
“I guess I can’t help it. Shall we sit somewhere?”
At the end of the gaze Seo Yeon looked up, his sharp chin line was glancing around in case another motorcycle came.
In the middle of the street, Seo Yeon also nodded as she agreed it wasn’t a place for a conversation.
Only after Kwon Yool had moved Seo Yeon to the safe side of the path did he retract his large arm.
When the heavy arm that was pressing down on her shoulder disappeared, she felt as empty as if she had taken off the warm winter coat she was wearing.
The two of them retraced their steps and sat on a bench under a tree with tender leaves.
And then they both looked at each other, trying to figure out who should speak first.
Feeling awkward, Seo Yeon slurped on a beverage with silent jelly in it and munched on her cheek.
Then, she opened her mouth first as if she couldn’t stand it anymore.
“I thought, I was rejected.”
At the word ‘rejection’, Kwon Yool completely turned his upper body. He was about to say something, but Seo Yeon was faster.
“I’ve never been rejected before, so I naturally thought Yool would like me…… I am really unfortunate, aren’t I?”
“No, not at all.”
Surprised, he raised his hands and shook them vigorously, making Seo Yeon chuckle.
“The first time we met, you didn’t give me your number, and the second time we met, you still didn’t give it to me despite me asking. And the rest is a secret.”
She couldn’t dare to say that she had wanted to meet him under the guise of coincidence and had gone to the park to exercise.
“After hearing your story, Seo Yeon, I feel like a coward.”
“Did you just realize that? Ah, just thinking about that time……”
When Seo Yeon lightly pounded her chest as if she was frustrated, his face turned red with embarrassment.
“If I say there was a reason I couldn’t help it, would it sound like an excuse?”
He spoke like a person who had been in an unavoidable situation.
Seo Yeon’s piercing gaze was directed at him.
But she wanted to believe his words. She couldn’t judge him yet, but she didn’t think he would make up a lie to avoid the situation.
“But, it can’t happen twice. I’m weak to rejection, but strong to excuses. I won’t let it go now.”
“Then, can I wait for your call?”
“No. Don’t wait, do it yourself. However……”
Her round brown eyes stared straight at Kwon Yool’s face.
“Wait. I don’t want to tell you yet.”
Confident and firm, that was Seo Yeon.
“Yes. I’ll wait.”
Kwon Yool replied as if understanding Seo Yeon’s feelings.
“But aren’t you going to ask when I’m going to tell you? You never know, I might be making excuses because I don’t want to tell you.”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
