“Director Yoon. Are you okay?”
“Ah…… I have slim ankles, so they sometimes give way when I wear heels.”
Kwon Jun Hwi bent a knee, as if to lower himself, and helped Yoon Ji Woo up.

She felt his strong arm wrap around her slender waist. Under the pretense of being supported, she was quite attached to him.

Even though it was only a few steps to Jun Hwi’s office sofa, Yoon Ji Woo seemed to be in so much pain that she groaned with every step she took.

She hung on to the spacious comfort of Jun Hwi, with her pitiful, weak face, eyebrows furrowed.

“I’m sorry. I’m heavy, aren’t I, Attorney?”
Having completely stepped off her 9cm heels, Yoon Ji Woo looked up at Jun Hwi with teary eyes. She was already leaning on him.

Most of the onlookers turned their heads away in disgust, one by one returning to their places. They must have seen enough of the grotesque scene.

Yeon Woo envied their ability to turn away from this spectacle.

“Is there something wrong? Can I help you?”
Reluctantly, as Kwon Jun Hwi’s assistant, it was her duty. His noble client was hurt, and as his secretary, she had to offer assistance.

Yeon Woo reluctantly followed into Jun Hwi’s office.

“Ah! Ugh.”
“It seems to be swelling. Can you walk?”
“Yes, it happens often, so I can walk once it calms down a bit……”
Jun Hwi seated Yoon Ji Woo on the sofa and carefully examined her foot. And Yeon Woo watched Jun Hwi do so.

His slim, long fingers touched Yoon Ji Woo’s white foot and ankle, pressing and tapping. Why was that sight so unbearable?

……He was treating Yoon Ji Woo exactly as he had treated Yeon Woo at the dinner party, and she hated him for it.

More accurately, she hated herself.

Only now did she realize that the tender care he had shown to her foot that day was simply his basic manner, generously bestowed upon anyone.

And she was pathetic for having blushed like a fool, not knowing that.

It was a good decision, after all, not to fall head over heels for him with her own delusions.

She felt she had clearly confirmed that he had no feelings for her. Because he wouldn’t take care of another woman so tenderly in front of a woman he liked.

Then why had he acted on his own to prevent her from resigning?

Because of that, she had to witness such a disgusting sight, and it seemed like she would be bullied by B Construction’s Director Yoon Ji Woo!

She also disliked the fact that he was going along with Yoon Ji Woo’s childish antics, knowing exactly what her intentions were.

Everything that was happening around Yeon Woo was simply infuriating.

“You look perfectly fine yet you’re such a baby.”
“What?”
“There are cleaning slippers in the bathroom, at least wear those.”
In the end, those spiteful words, not befitting a client, but a pathetic friend, slipped out of Yeon Woo’s mouth.

…And the moment after she spat them out, when she met the stoic face of the indifferent Jun Hwi, she instantly regretted it.

“I’m currently a client of your company, you know? And yet you’re treating me like this.”
“Do we not have a pain relief patch among our standby medicines, Manager?”
Thanks to Jun Hwi, who appropriately cut off Yun Ji Woo’s words and stepped in, no huge commotion ensued. Yeon Woo said she would find the patch and went to the storage room.

“…What is this. It’s irritating.”
Yeon Woo’s hand, opening and closing the sink cabinet door, was rough. Even the creaking sound of the cabinet door was annoying.

She had no idea why she was so heated up. Her mind was in a rush, but today of all days, the first aid box which used to be there was nowhere to be seen, which only made her more infuriated.

After frantically searching through the first aid box she finally found, she discovered a spraytype pain relief patch. Just as she was about to stand up from her crouched position with the spray in her hand, a familiar black wall stopped her.

“Give it here.”
When had he followed Yeon Woo? Jun Hwi took the spray from her hand.

At the slight touch of their fingertips, Yeon Woo slightly shrank back. Nevertheless, his back figure quickly returning after achieving his purpose seemed pitiful.

Right. Since their precious client got injured, he should show the courtesy of spraying the pain relief patch himself. She had failed to consider his position.

‘Be sensible, Kim Yeon Woo.’
Yeon Woo looked at her hand, now empty, having lost the object she had been holding.

The memory of his large hand, which had brushed against hers moments ago, lightly stroking her foot in a strange, prickly way, kept replaying in her mind.

Lawyer Kwon Jun Hwi had to take extreme care of his client, and Secretary Kim Yeon Woo also had a mountain of tasks to deal with.

Their paths were different. She really shouldn’t be concerned.

Why was it that her eyes kept lingering on his retreating figure? Was it because the person in question was the sly Yun Ji Woo? Was that really all there was to it?

“……”
Without going back to Jun Hwi’s office, Yeon Woo sat at her desk. She lightly clenched her empty fist under the desk.