Su Min opened the door to Lee Soo’s room with a troubled expression and looked around the spacious room.
“Mom, what are you doing here?”
Yu Mi, who seldom came up to the second floor, followed Su Min up the stairs.
“Yu Mi, you said you wanted to use this room, right?”
“So what if I did. Lee Soo is hogging it.”
With a pout, Yu Mi seemed to be questioning why Su Min even bothered with the conversation.
Every time Yu Mi had a chance to see this room, she was always filled with envy and jealousy.
For years, this room was vacant, and before Lee Soo moved in, it had been perfectly decorated by an interior designer.
Not a single piece of the luxurious furniture, wallpaper, or curtains hadn’t been touched by a professional.
Yu Mi, who had only heard about Lee Soo, couldn’t help but feel jealous and resentful even before Lee Soo moved in.
However, on her first day at this house, Lee Soo showed no excitement about the room.
Lee Soo had what Yu Mi wanted but couldn’t have, and she seemed to take it all for granted without showing any sign of pleasure.
That’s why Yu Mi disliked Lee Soo from the start.
“When Lee Soo moves out, you could take over.”
“Huh! Is she moving out?”
Surprised, Yu Mi asked.
“She might.”
“Suddenly? Really?”
A look of joy quickly spread across Yu Mi’s face.
Standing by the door, Yu Mi walked in and flopped onto the large bed.
“I also want to sleep in a big bed like this.”
Yu Mi rolled around the bed, propped herself against the headboard, and looked at the large TV with a satisfied smile.
She also looked at the dressing room inside.
Just the thought of moving her clothes, crammed in her closet, into that spacious dressing room made her feel good.
“Mom, is it decided?”
“Your father needs to agree. But if Lee Soo says she will do it, she will.”
“Does Lee Soo want to move out? Then isn’t she moving out? Dad always listens to what Lee Soo says.”
“It would be nice if that’s the case, but this is a different matter. I don’t know if he’ll easily agree.”
Su Min was both worried and hopeful about the conversation the two might be having.
If Lee Soo decided to leave, she wouldn’t give up easily.
She was sure that she would hear unpleasant things from Won Jin because of yesterday’s incident, but if it was in exchange for Lee Soo moving out, she felt she could endure it.
Somehow, Su Min found herself rooting for Lee Soo.
“Wow, I really hope she leaves. I really, really want this room.”
“Yu Mi, be nice to Lee Soo for a while. Don’t irritate her, okay?”
“What did I do to irritate her?”
Yu Mi pouted again.
“You were drunk and knocked over the perfume yesterday.”
“Perfume? Oh my. I broke that perfume?”
Yu Mi looked genuinely surprised, as if she had no idea about it.
“That’s a really expensive one.”
It was true that she wanted to break it when she found out it was the perfume Ji Ho gave her.
But she never really intended to do so.
“Well, it’s a good thing. What. It’s not like I could have it.”
“Oh, really, because of you. Just keep drinking like that. I won’t let it slide next time.”
Su Min scolded Yu Mi.
“I don’t know how much Lee Soo will tell Dad, but what do you think he’ll say if he finds out about this?”
“I was so angry yesterday. She lied about not having any relationship with him, even after receiving the perfume.”
“And you behaved like that because of it? Use your brain. Tsk, tsk. Ji Ho doesn’t know about your relationship with Lee Soo, does he?”
With a sigh, Su Min spoke.
“Probably not. I didn’t tell him. Why?”
“Do you think Lee Soo and Ji Ho will just let things stay as they are even if they don’t know about your relationship?”
“So?”
Su Min knew that Yu Mi had liked Ji Ho for a long time.
If possible, she desperately wanted to match them up.
It might not go according to Su Min’s plan, but she didn’t want to see Lee Soo and Ji Ho together.
She had always felt as if Lee Soo was taking all the good things from her, and she couldn’t just sit back and watch Lee Soo take Ji Ho too.
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After dropping off Lee Soo, Ji Ho returned home.
Entering the quiet house, it didn’t feel real that he had spent the previous night with Lee Soo.
When Lee Soo opened the bedroom door where she had fallen asleep, the blanket on the bed was neatly arranged, and the bathroom was also tidily cleaned up.
It was as if no one had been there.
“How clean it is.”
Ji Ho, who was pensively looking at the space where Lee Soo had been, sat back on the sofa where Lee Soo had sat.
He closed his tired eyes, but due to an inexplicable flutter, it didn’t seem like he could easily fall asleep.
He opened his eyes again because of the unease that wouldn’t settle down.
Then, the phone he had left on the table vibrated.
With a hopeful expectation, Ji Ho quickly sat up from his half lying position and grabbed his phone.
A hint of disappointment flashed across Ji Ho’s face as he confirmed the caller.
“Yes, Brother Hyung Joo.”
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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