“……?”

Seo Ha looked at Hae Sun with an incredulous expression. Hae Sun’s eyes were still clear, a bit absentminded, and shone unwaveringly on Seo Ha.

“Mom. What did you say?”

“Don’t marry Lee Seung Oh.”

Hae Sun repeated.

“Guilt will eat him up. Seo Ha, I raised Seung Oh like my own son, but he’s not my real son. I only have one child, and that’s you. All I want is for you to be happy.”

Her mother always supported and cheered for Seo Ha’s choices. Even if they were completely wrong choices. That’s why Seo Ha grew up to be an even more cautious adult when it came to making ‘choices.’

She knew this time too. That’s why she gave more support and more encouragement.

The eaten Jjajangmyeon was abruptly pushed away.

“Jo Seo Ha.”

Suddenly, due to Kyung Joon calling her, Seo Ha snapped out of her thoughts.

“Yes?”

“Do you wish for Yoon Seo Ha to wake up?”

“…… Why are you asking that?”

“If I were Jo Seo Ha, I’d want to just live my whole life calling the CEO ‘mom.'”

Kyung Joon casually stuffed the empty dishes into a plastic bag and sprawled out on the wooden floor.

“I’m just saying. I’ve never been loved like that, so I don’t know, but I’m curious about what it feels like.”

Seo Ha didn’t know much about Kyung Joon. The hidden son of the Taeyang Group chairman, just that one thing.

He didn’t seem to have grown up well. He always maintained a rigid and elite attitude in the company, but when he sat on the rooftop room’s wooden floor, he was as relaxed as a neighborhood loafer.

Just like Jae Wook, who was now coming up with a pot in his hand.

“Why are you meeting here? Aren’t you going home?”

Between Jae Wook’s harsh words, Min Ji barked loudly.

“You should maintain the boundary between tenant and landlord. During the lease period, this space is for the tenant’s use, and it’s illegal for the landlord to enter without permission.”

“I’ve been coming up here and carrying things since Grandma Jo Seo Ha was alive. And now, are you going to bring up the law after Kang Yoon comes?”

Jae Wook grumbled and placed the pot on the wooden floor.

“Jo Seo Ha, eat this tomorrow. You had delivery yesterday, and again today. If I don’t give you food, will you eat delivery for the rest of your life? Who’s going to pay the overdue rent when you die?”

“Is the rent overdue?”

Wrinkles appeared on Kyung Joon’s forehead. He abruptly sat up and took out his wallet from his pocket.

“How much is it? I’ll pay it right here.”

Jae Wook always had a dissatisfied expression, but it was the first time he scrunched his face up like this.

“Why are you paying Jo Seo Ha’s rent?”

“Company welfare. They provide a certain amount of rent support.”

Of course, there was no such welfare. Even if there was, it would only provide officetel for highranking executives or main designers, not for the lowerlevel designers’ rent.

However, Jae Wook, who had no way of knowing that fact, showed a confused look.

“What, no. Never mind. I wasn’t thinking of taking it anyway. Damn it!”

Jae Wook, who messed up his hair, seemed oddly spirited.

“Anyway, eat tomorrow. If you’re done with the Jjajangmyeon, get out of here quickly and go downstairs!”

He seemed to want to say get out quickly.

Seo Ha tilted her head and opened the lid of the pot. A savory smell came from the steaming hot Doenjangjjigae, which seemed to have just been cooked.

“It smells delicious.”

“Jo Seo Ha, am I going to marry that tenant?”

Seo Ha almost dropped the lid in response to the sudden remark.

“What are you talking about?”

Kyung Joon’s incredulous expression, as if he himself couldn’t believe what he had just said, made Seo Ha even more baffled.

“Weren’t you two dating?”

“Why would you assume that?”

“So, it’s the landlord’s unrequited love. He looks like a good person, give it a try.”

She hadn’t even thought about it. The relationship between ‘Jo Seo Ha’ and Kim Jae Wook.

It was strange. Why had he waited for Jo Seo Ha for three years, leaving the rooftop room vacant, not pressing for the overdue rent, and preparing meals every day despite being busy?

It was only because his tone was so rough that she hadn’t thought it could be love towards Jo Seo Ha.

Assuming his tone had always been like that.

Seo Ha looked down at the Doenjangjjigae pot. The meals she had gratefully accepted suddenly felt burdensome.

Jo Seo Ha.

That night, why did you raise a red brick towards me? Why did our bodies have to switch?

Are you… trapped in Yoon Seo Ha’s body right now?

“Leave if you’re done eating. And stop talking nonsense.”

“I was about to leave anyway.”

As Seo Ha tried to chase him away, Kyung Joon grumbled and looked at Hae Sun at eye level.

“CEO, I will be leaving for the day.”

He introduced himself every day to Hae Sun, who was trapped in his memories, and reported his departure when it was time to leave.

It was now Hae Sun’s turn to tilt her head and ask, “Who are you? Are you a new employee?”

“Good work, Assistant Ryu. See you tomorrow.”

Kyung Joon’s eyes widened. Seo Ha didn’t know he could be so surprised.