Growing restless, Chae Yoon eventually sent him a message asking him to stop staring. He ignored her request and diverted the topic.
「Are you close with that guy?」
「Why aren’t you answering my question?」
「Are you close?」
I wonder if he’s the same man who told me to focus because the seminar would be helpful.
But, fearing he would keep staring if she didn’t answer, Chae Yoon responded.
「Not that close. I don’t even have his contact.」
「But you talk with him while laughing?」
「Should I talk with a grim face like you do?」
「Preferably?」
Chae Yoon sighed.
She shook her head at his ridiculous words and sent back a response.
「He was a senior with whom I shared many classes. I can’t talk to him with a frown.」
「When did that guy come back to school?」
Yet another pointless question.
Not understanding why he was asking, Chae Yoon sneaked a glance at Jae Oh’s reaction and replied.
「Maybe during the second year, first semester?」
Upon reading her message, he furrowed his brows. At the same time, a question mark appeared in Chae Yoon’s eyes.
Why such an expression? Was there a problem in the second year, first semester?
Jae Oh didn’t give any clues as to why he was acting this way.
Then, an answer arrived.
「I’m jealous.」
Chae Yoon tilted her head in confusion. Jealous of what?
She couldn’t understand his response and was about to ask him what he meant when the presentation ended.
She had to put down her phone to applaud, and couldn’t ask her pending question.
With the lingering question in her mind, and after witnessing Jae Oh staring at her during the subsequent meeting, she directly questioned him as soon as they were alone.
Why didn’t he focus on the meeting and kept staring at her?
Without batting an eye at her aggressive question, Jae Oh calmly replied.
“I wanted to see you. So what?”
She blinked at his unabashed response.
“Isn’t it okay?”
It wasn’t that it wasn’t okay. But the situation and place weren’t suitable for just staring at someone. And the biggest issue was…
Her heart, which fluttered uncontrollably under his intense gaze.
If the lighting wasn’t dim, not only the people focused on Jae Oh but he himself might have seen her blushing face.
Feeling restless and unsure, Chae Yoon closed her eyes.
“People will think something if you keep staring like that.”
The excuse she gave with a sigh didn’t hold much weight.
Yet, Jae Oh didn’t argue and simply replied.
“They might think I’m interested in you.”
Her eyes, which were avoiding him due to her rising embarrassment, met his.
The gaze that pierced through slowly was intense.
In their unwavering, deep eye contact, Chae Yoon momentarily lost her words.
Jae Oh, deeply locking eyes with the clearly visible Chae Yoon, spoke.
“They don’t know you’re my wife.”
His voice, flowing low, felt tinged with regret.
“What is he going to do with his secretary?”
While speaking, Jae Oh, who was observing Chae Yoon’s features, slightly furrowed his brows.
Feeling suffocated, he let out a long sigh and shifted the topic.
“Do the people you’re meeting tonight know you’re married?”
Stunned by their eye contact, Chae Yoon replied a beat later with a nod.
“No, they don’t.”
His eyebrows, which were lightly furrowed, deepened.
‘I should have had a wedding ceremony.’
How could he have let that slide?
Irritated with his past choices, Jae Oh clenched his teeth, turning his gaze from Chae Yoon to the vast window.
For a moment, surprise flashed in Chae Yoon’s eyes.
‘Is he upset because I didn’t tell?’
It seemed possible.
While she had only told Eun Ha about their marriage, he had been declaring his marital status everywhere he went.
Trying to gauge Jae Oh’s feelings, Chae Yoon gently began.
“The people I’m meeting today are my university friends. We weren’t as close when we got married, so I didn’t mention it.”
His gaze shifted from the window back to her.
Meeting his eyes again, Chae Yoon added, slightly lowering hers.
“But I did say I had a boyfriend…”
Seeming shy, her eyelashes slowly lifted.
“Don’t worry too much.”
Meeting her soft yet clear eyes, Jae Oh tensed his jaw.
This ever-clear woman was always considerate of him.
Checking if her actions upset him, holding back words that might hurt, and speaking up if misunderstandings might arise.
How could she be like this when he would never consider the feelings of someone who hurt him?
He had felt the same when he visited Chae Yoon’s house with Ji Pil.
Amidst the confusion brought by Chae Yoon’s incomprehensible nature, Jae Oh suddenly questioned his own actions.
Wondering if he was just being stubborn or if he was rationalizing based on her comforting smiles, the pleasant feelings of the past few days with Chae Yoon seemed like a lie and faded.
With his heart feeling heavy and his eyes darkening, Chae Yoon’s voice reached him.
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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