The tips of her trembling fingers, held together by tension and embarrassment, were sweetly shaking. Yeonwoo bit her lip, wanting to cry and give up on everything.

“How much is it going to cost for such a remarkable outfit? I’m curious. Let’s see the price.”

A low tone that chewed on the boiling anger.

Please, please······ Let it not be him. If only he didn’t witness this miserable and embarrassing sight.

But the hope that it wasn’t him was in vain; Junhwi, emitting a chilly air, approached closer.

“Move aside.”

And then, he pushed Kim Seungho, who was standing next to Yeonwoo, aside with a tissue in his hand.

“Hey, Attorney Kwon, that’s.”

“Is this enough?”

Suddenly stepping forward, Junhwi made Manager Kang and the onlookers start to stir.

He held a 50,000 won bill from his wallet as if it were nothing, showing an utterly indifferent expression. But Yeonwoo could tell. The flickering flames in his black pupils.

It meant that Junhwi was holding back his anger with all his might.
“Take it.”

“Oh, no, Attorney, it’s not······.”

“If it’s not enough, let me know.”

He forcibly placed the bill in Manager Kang’s frozen hand and immediately turned to look at Yeonwoo.

“Shall we go?”

With a flick, the tears falling onto her cheeks disappeared as his warm fingertips drew lines over Yeonwoo’s face.

The warmth of his gentle fingertips, which had been so cold that it seemed to freeze everyone a moment ago, made Yeonwoo doubt whether he was really Kwon Junhwi.

“······.”

As if they were the only ones here. In this space, it felt like there were only the two of them.

Manager Kang’s silent scream, Kim Seungho’s slightly surprised expression, the astonished silence of the people watching them—all felt monotonously like extras passing by in a movie.

It’s all because of this man.

He always made Yeonwoo the protagonist in front of him. Because she was grateful. Because she was sad.

“Let’s go, Kim Yeonwoo.”

He led the standing Yeonwoo, who couldn’t move at all.

Yeonwoo’s firmly held hand matched with his hand and fingers, tightly intertwined between each joint.

Thus, the secret love affair between the two came to an end.

“Attorney.”

“······.”

“Attorney Kwon Junhwi!”

No matter how much she called, he only walked forward without looking back. Even when Yeonwoo tried to shake off his grip, he only tightened his hold on her hand.

“People are watching, Attorney.”

Dragging Yeonwoo without answering, he stopped at the pedestrian crossing.

“Please!”

At Yeonwoo’s pleading voice, he finally turned to look at her.

“What?”

“Let me go, we’re near the company······.”

“Look, I told you. Don’t hide anymore.”

All the Ro&Yul people around started to gather and watch them. Although Junhwi only looked straight ahead and seemed stiff, Yeonwoo’s deeply flushed face gave away her embarrassment.

The two entered the building and, without saying a word, took the elevator to the rooftop.

“Why did you do that, Attorney?”

With the sound of the door closing, it became a space for just the two of them. Yeonwoo subtly withdrew her hand and asked.

He was dazzling like the summer sun setting behind him. Yeonwoo squinted her eyes against the bright sun.

“Why? Should I just watch quietly when my person is being insulted unilaterally?”

“······.”

“When another man steps in to protect my woman! Should I just stand there like a fool?”

Was the anger that had been pressed down in the cafeteria erupting here? Junhwi’s voice, blazing like the summer sun, was getting louder.

“Like this, now······ What should we do?”

“What! What should we do!”

“Our relationship has been exposed.”

As he ruffled his hair roughly, he let out a sharp scoff.

“Right. It’s all out in the open.”

“······.”

“What do you want to do with ‘us’?”

Ah. It was a question she had forgotten about herself.

So, Kim Yeonwoo, what do you want to do now?

The moment she worried about it, reality struck. She thought the world would end if our relationship was exposed. She thought her whole body would dry up and become dizzy.
However, what can I say, the feeling was more bland and indifferent than the worst-case scenario I had always imagined.

Is it because my mind is exhausted from the absurd rumors?

Yeonwoo, who had already shaken her head calmly, slowly opened her lips.

“People said that. Assistant Manager Kim Yeonwoo smiles like a fox and flirts with lawyers, wagging her tail.”

“Who! Who dares to say that? Why did you keep mumbling about it until now and only speak up now!”

“But, you know, that’s a realistic perspective.”

My thumping heart gradually found its pace. Yeonwoo took a deep breath and raised her head. He narrowed his eyes as if he couldn’t understand.

“At least, that’s how people around me, in the ordinary world I belong to, see our couple.”

A man who is perfect in appearance, career, and family.

His secretary. A very ordinary, average woman.

Dating that accidentally collided every day in this tilted state.

It was a sensational gossip topic that people liked to chew on.

And in a situation where false rumors about Yeonwoo and Kim Seungho were circulating, it showed the scene of Junhwi and Yeonwoo holding hands and running out to the entire company.

In the end, they couldn’t hide their relationship until the end, and they couldn’t resolve the unjust rumors.

“······Now, I’ll handle it myself. In a way that minimizes your harm.”

After a long time, he opened his lips and still breathed in anger.

“No. It’s not the best to just hide it, Attorney.”

The dizzying cliff, always in her mind, became one step closer. Then, what should she do?

“This is something I have to bear as well. So let’s each do our part.”

Even Yeonwoo herself couldn’t believe her resolute voice.

She has to find a way to live without falling off the cliff. Actively, diligently. She can’t just stand still and be pushed down.

Relief. Indifference. Or emotions that might be resignation flooded in. Now everything seems to be okay.

What do you want to do with ‘us’?

You have to believe. Both him and herself. With the intention that they will get through this well too.