Unexpectedly, Tae In was quietly sitting in front of the table. Tae In, who was making origami with the documents that Ik Yeong had handed over, was startled and jerked her shoulders.
When Nok Hyun just looked at her without saying anything, Tae In spoke up to explain.
“It seems I used to like making things with my hands.”
“Yes, you did.”
Touching the frog and the flower that she had folded, Tae In asked a question.
“What kind of person was I?”
Her voice was hoarse. It was a shocking question.
Nok Hyun, who had been lost in thought for a moment, sat down in front of Tae In. Tae In’s eyes were trembling slightly.
“You were smart. You also had a lot of ambition.”
“Anything else…?”
“You were good at everything, not just crafts. You had a competitive spirit, you hated losing, and you hated being taken away from.”
“…”
Perhaps it was not the answer she wanted, Tae In kept her mouth tightly shut and nodded mechanically.
“You hated losing, but you didn’t trample on others to climb up, and you hated being taken away from, but you didn’t rob others of their things.”
Tae In, who had been gently poking the posterior of a frog, looked up and locked eyes with Nok Hyun.
“Did I, by any chance… because I was too bad, so despicable, thought that you hated me enough to want to kill me…”
Nok Hyun envisioned Tae In who was the exact opposite of what she was now.
She had never confided in anyone, nor shown any sign of weakness.
Though she was petite, she was stronger than anyone, and was pragmatic when it came to her work.
She had never yearned for love, nor had she wished for anything.
Nok Hyun quite liked the Tae In of those times. Because she wasn’t annoying.
Yet now, in contrast to that time, he didn’t find her displeasing or annoying, even though he should.
He didn’t mind cooking for Tae In, something he had refrained from doing due to the hassle, nor answering her incessant questions about losing her memory.
Why on earth was that?
Was it simply because Tae In was necessary for his plan?
If not, could it be…
Nok Hyun, who was considering that possibility, shook his head and crushed the neatly folded items Tae In had prepared.
Without any hesitation, he dropped the crumpled items to the floor.
Tae In’s eyes shook left to right.
“What are you doing…”
“If I take away everything you have or destroy it, does that make me a bad person?”
“…That’s right, isn’t it?”
“So you would kill me?”
“…Well, that.”
“You may want to kill, but not everyone puts it into action. No matter what you’ve done wrong, it can’t be a reason to kill a person.”
Tae In, who was squinting at the brutally crushed frog, seemed to understand something and nodded her head.
It seemed like she was saying that regardless of what wrong Tae In did, it wasn’t a reason for her to be killed.
Could he be trying to comfort her?
Given that it was Nok Hyun, who had a cold face and spoke even colder words, Tae In was left feeling puzzled.
Tae In stealthily watched Nok Hyun’s reaction.
She wanted to ask something.
Did he ever love the smart, ambitious Seo Tae In who hated to lose?
She felt like that was the case.
Every time she saw him, her heart pounded, and sometimes it hurt, and she felt upset at his cold words. It was clear she had loved him, she wanted to say.
However, the words that actually left her mouth were completely unrelated.
“By the way, did many people come to my funeral?”
Nok Hyun’s eyes crinkled at her somewhat offbeat question.
“Jeong I Gyeong told me. That I don’t have a single friend. That can’t be possible, can it?”
As Tae In asked with an innocent expression, Nok Hyun was taken aback.
Despite that, he still managed to utter a blunt reply.
“That could well be possible. If you were the Seo Tae In that I know, there would still be some to spare.”
The sliver of hope Tae In held was completely shattered.
What kind of life had she led? Besides a goodlooking husband, she had neither a proper family nor friends?
“Why don’t you stop talking nonsense and try to recover your memories?”
“No, you need to know first if you want to find your memories. When I read the information about the people written in the documents, it was entered right away as if it was in my original memory.”
Tae In put on the most serious face I could muster.
“I need Mr. Kang Nok Hyun’s help.”
Nok Hyun didn’t answer. He had a bad feeling.
“Tell me everything about me, and our relationship.”
“What?”
“Oh, and one more thing. You said it’s not a strategic marriage, right?”
“……”
“So, we share a bedroom, right?”
Nok Hyun gritted his teeth. He wondered if he had heard correctly.
Before Nok Hyun could open his mouth, Tae In opened hers first.
“If we are a couple, we should share a bedroom, right?”
The eyes of the two collided.
It was a truly innocent sentence without any intention of seduction.
Her lightcolored eyes seemed to contain a sparkle, and a smile hung on Tae In’s lips, as if she had given up being serious.
“You dream big.”
At Nok Hyun’s words, Tae In’s face turned bright red.
“They told me to dream big.”
“Who?”
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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