Office Romance Scandal (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

It was late, and the surroundings were quiet. Beyond Tae Hong’s faint gaze—what was it that he truly wanted? Even as I kept digging deeper, something tugged at me from a distant edge. What is it that I want?

Within my deep, dark pupils, rising thoughts urgently demanded an answer.

He’d called me cute. My ears had flushed at those words. And what else had he said?

He’d said he was really worried when I collapsed. From his face, dripping with concern, I finally understood the worries I’d been vaguely sensing.

On top of that, he even brewed barley tea for me—stirring up every ounce of gratitude in me.

He kept making my heart flutter like this, so wasn’t I now searching for a way to stay by his side?

Though countless sharp thorns tangled around me, perhaps I could become a vine clinging to his solid wall.

As I walked, my thoughts grew clearer—and one new idea firmly settled in my mind. Had my heart ever remained unmoved by any of his actions?

Plop. The seed I’d planted began swelling, growing. It stubbornly pushed its way up through the firmly trampled earth. That sprout kept growing until it finally took root right before his wall.

Hae Jin slowly closed her large eyes once, then opened them again, as if she’d made up her mind. Even while fully sensing Tae Hong’s gaze still fixed on her, she didn’t let her resolve waver.

“I…”

It wasn’t even a confession, yet her throat burned as if it were.

“I want to commute to and from work with you, Team Leader.”

As soon as Hae Jin finally forced the words out, her thirst only deepened. His eyes, earnestly saying he wanted to be with her too, followed her steadily.

His constant, yearning look even made her want to keep speaking, to keep sharing more. Because she loved his gaze—loved how his eyes looked only at her.

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