Which of these made him act out of character again?
“Let’s meet on a rainy day. I’ll take it then.”
Wishing it weren’t today, Ji Ho closed his speech.
“Contact me then. I’ll wait.”
Bending down to meet Lee Soo’s eye level, Ji Ho looked at her as if stamping her with his eyes.
Enthralled by his overwhelming gaze, Lee Soo’s head moved.
At that moment, Lee Soo’s wrist, caught by Ji Ho, felt as if it would burn.
((()))((()))
Friday morning.
As she dried her hair, Lee Soo blankly looked at her reflection in the mirror.
Her skin was dry, and her eyes were quite swollen.
‘This is terrible. Will it get better with time?’
Glancing at the unopened makeup in the corner of her vanity, her eyes landed on the perfume Ji Ho had given her.
Instead of makeup, she picked up the perfume.
She opened the cap and lightly sprayed it on her wrists and the ends of her hair.
As she rubbed her wrists and applied it behind her ears, a pleasant scent enveloped her body and gently spread.
Strangely, her headache from the hangover seemed to ease.
Changing her clothes, Lee Soo left her room.
((()))((()))
“Did you sleep well?”
“Yes, sit down and have some breakfast, Lee Soo.”
As Lee Soo entered the dining room on the first floor and greeted, Choi Soo Min kindly responded.
Despite the early morning, Soo Min, who wore flawless makeup and a colorful apron, exuded a patient and elegant atmosphere.
“I’ll enjoy the meal.”
Lee Soo politely greeted Soo Min and sat next to Won Jin.
On the dining table, sandwiches, salads, and fruits were neatly set on individual square trays.
“What would you like to drink? Coffee or juice?”
“I’ll have juice.”
A moment later, Soo Min placed a fresh fruit juice, blended from bananas and strawberries, on Lee Soo’s tray.
“Thank you.”
“Did you drink a lot last night? Your face is a bit swollen.”
Won Jin looked at Lee Soo’s face with worry.
Last night, Lee Soo had briefly shown her face to Won Jin before quickly heading to her room.
To avoid needless nagging, evasion was the best strategy.
“A little. We had a club party to celebrate the start of the semester yesterday.”
Recalling the warm bean sprout soup that Yumi or Dad would inevitably prepare the morning after drinking, Lee Soo took a sip of her juice.
She knew well she had no right to expect such a thing, but Soo Min’s discrimination was so nonchalantly subtle.
Lee Soo had returned home reeking of alcohol and run into Soo Min, but the next morning, her hangover was not of Soo Min’s concern.
“The ski club you’ve been doing since last year?”
“Yeah.”
“Why don’t you join a medical school club instead?”
Won Jin suggested, picking mozzarella cheese and olives from his salad plate with a fork.
“I wanted to try a central club when I have time. I also wanted to meet students from other departments. If it’s not premed, there’s no time.”
Lee Soo took a bite of the perfectly cooked shrimp.
Even in a plate of salad, Soo Min’s devotion to the finicky Won Jin was felt.
The salad, filled with various vegetables, tomatoes, shrimp, cheese, olives, and topped with homemade dressing, was delicious.
Thanks to Soo Min, she always had a delicious meal at home.
“Is it fun?”
“Yeah. We’re going to ski in the winter anyway, so there’s no need to make extra time. It’s fun meeting various friends.”
Lee Soo, who had finished her salad plate, took a bite of her sandwich.
“Even if you spend more time than in a medical school club. Isn’t it insufficient for studying?”
“Dad, I’ve heard countless times that I should play without regrets in premed. There’s no time to play when I go to the main course next year. There are hardly any hospitals that look at premed grades anyway.”
Won Jin knew, but he kept nagging because he knew how hard it was to regain lost grades once they slipped.
“Kids who had good grades in the preparatory course do well in the main course as well. If you lose the feel for studying, you’ll have a hard time later. Even though the seniors say so, have fun while taking care of your studies. I’m not telling you not to have fun.”
“Yes, yes. You know I’ve been getting straight A’s till now.”
As if to say don’t worry, Lee Soo showed a circle made with her thumb and index finger in front of Won Jin’s eyes.
“Of course I trust you, but I’m just saying it just in case.”
Won Jin was the head of JS Plastic Surgery, the largest beauty plastic surgery clinic in the country.
In addition to his major in plastic surgery, it was a beauty center equipped with all the beauty plastic surgery infrastructures, including dentistry, dermatology, and functional cosmetics, attracting many patients from abroad as well as domestically.
After Lee Soo dreamed of becoming a doctor, Won Jin expanded the scale of the hospital and even changed the hospital’s name to their initials, Won Jin and Lee Soo.
Won Jin knew better than anyone that Lee Soo gave up going to London with her mother and worked hard to fulfill her dream.
Won Jin always thought of Lee Soo with pride and admiration.
With a pleased smile, Won Jin gently patted Lee Soo’s shoulder.
Soo Min, sitting in front of Lee Soo, did not join in the conversation and just nodded her head occasionally.
“Dad, did you sleep well?”
At that moment, Yumi’s voice was heard from behind.
“Oh, yes. Did Yumi sleep well?”
“Yes.”
Yumi smiled brightly at Won Jin.
In front of Won Jin, Yumi was courteous and affectionate.
“Dad, what kind of perfume is this?”
Yumi, who had sat down, suddenly started sniffing.
“Perfume?”
“Yes. It smells so good. Isn’t it your perfume, Dad?”
“It’s not me, it’s Lee Soo. It’s been smelling since Lee Soo came down. Did you put on perfume today?”
Won Jin asked Lee Soo with a beaming smile.
Lee Soo just nodded while chewing her sandwich.
“Do you put on perfume too, sister?”
Yumi recalled Lee Soo’s sparse vanity table.
Lee Soo, who was sensitive to smells and didn’t even keep a diffuser in her room because it gave her headaches, had sprayed perfume. It was unusual for her to put on perfume while going about barefaced.
“Sister, what’s the name of this perfume?”
“Huh?”
What was the name? She only remembered the shape of the perfume bottle, she hadn’t bothered to remember the name.
It was something she couldn’t afford anyway.
“I got it as a gift, so I don’t know the name.”
Lee Soo shrugged nonchalantly.
“You received perfume as a gift? From whom? A boyfriend?”
Suddenly, Won Jin started asking questions with a halfsmile.
“No! Why are we talking about boyfriends all of a sudden during a conversation about perfume?”
Startled by the outofcontext word, Lee Soo almost choked on her juice and turned pale.
“Perfume gifts have special meaning. That’s why couples often give it to each other.”
Soo Min, who had been quietly sitting, joined the conversation.
“Really?”
Lee Soo searched the meaning of perfume gifts on her phone for the first time.
‘Please remember me always.’ That was the meaning.
Lee Soo remembered Ji Ho’s face who gave her the perfume like it was no big deal.
‘He didn’t look like he knew what it meant when he gave it to me.’
It couldn’t possibly have that meaning.
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