Feeling stuffy, Na Young sluggishly got out of bed and walked to the door, thinking a shower might help.
Click.
As Na Young opened the door and stepped into the living room, intending to head to the bathroom.
“Did you just wake up?”
“Kyaa!”
Startled by the sudden male voice, she screamed.
Tae Hyuk on the sofa was startled too, as was she upon seeing him.
“Pro, Professor, how are you here?”
“I rang the bell and came in.”
That meant Seung Hee had let Professor Choi Tae Hyuk in.
Looking around for Seung Hee, Tae Hyuk informed her.
“Oh Seung Hee went home with Seung Jun.”
Remembering Seung Hee’s previous scam during the housewarming, Na Young gave Tae Hyuk a reproachful look.
“It’s true this time. There’s a memorial service today.”
Then, she remembered Seung Hee complaining about the hassle of going home for the memorial service.
“Then why are you here, Professor?”
“I came to go to the sea as I promised you.”
Unable to agree with Tae Hyuk’s matter-of-fact response, Na Young was taken aback.
“What? You never said it was today.”
“If not on your day off, then when?”
“You should have said something yesterday.”
“I thought it was obvious you knew.”
“…….”
“…….”
The argument seemed pointless, like the chicken or the egg debate.
“I need to shower first.”
Na Young hurriedly retreated to the bathroom.
Left alone, Tae Hyuk rose from his seat and headed towards Na Young’s room.
Click.
Entering her room, Tae Hyuk immediately walked over to where the fish tank was.
As going to the sea together was a pre-planned thing, Na Young got into Professor Choi Tae Hyuk’s car.
“Shouldn’t we buy something to eat?”
Concerned about going without any preparation, Na Young asked Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, who was driving.
“Everything’s there.”
Since his answer wasn’t incorrect, Na Young didn’t say more.
Escaping the congested Seoul streets and driving on the highway, Na Young felt like she was on a trip and leaned her arm on the window sill, looking outside.
The thought that even if an emergency call came, she couldn’t return to the hospital immediately made her feel somewhat liberated.
“Do you travel often, Professor?”
“Before starting work at the hospital, I used to go with Cha Hyun.”
Even though Professor Choi Tae Hyuk didn’t have a harmonious family, it was fortunate he had a friend by his side.
“I haven’t traveled since I was ten.”
Hearing her words, Tae Hyuk turned his head to look at the passenger seat.
Na Young, resting her arm on the window and looking outside, looked like a scene from a youth movie, but Tae Hyuk felt a pang in his heart.
He deliberately spoke in a lively voice.
“Then from now on, you can travel with me.”
At his words, Na Young chuckled wryly.
“How can a surgeon travel whenever they want?”
Even if they went to the airport, an emergency call could mean having to return to the hospital immediately.
Her point was valid, so Tae Hyuk’s brow furrowed.
He wanted to boastfully say he could take her anywhere in the world, but if that could end up being a lie, he had to stay silent.
After a three-hour drive, they arrived at the Yangyang beach in Gangwon Province.
Na Young, who had no idea she would be in Gangwon Province when she woke up that morning, stretched out her chest upon seeing the open East Sea.
The scent of the sea was refreshing.
But the strong sea breeze made her long hair flutter.
It was inconvenient since she had let her hair down for what was essentially a date.
As she held down her hair with her hand, the wind suddenly stopped.
Finding it odd and turning around, she saw Professor Choi Tae Hyuk standing behind her.
As she stared at him, Tae Hyuk admonished.
“Look at the sea. Don’t look at me.”
She turned her head forward again, biting her lip slightly.
Otherwise, she might burst into laughter for no reason.
“What do you usually do when you come to the sea, Professor?”
Since they came to the sea because he liked water, Na Young asked for his opinion.
Na Young had nothing else to do but stand and look at the sea.
“There is something to do, but you might not like it.”
“I’ll go along with you today, Professor.”
Tae Hyuk looked down at her with surprise in his eyes.
“Why so obliging all of a sudden?”
She had her reasons, of course.
“This might be our last chance. We might not get another opportunity like this. Ah!”
Her sentence ended with a scream.
Before she could finish, Professor Choi Tae Hyuk suddenly scooped her up and charged towards the sea.
Fearing he might jump into the sea with her in his arms, Na Young grabbed and tugged at his clothes.
“Professor! Stop!”
“You said you’d go along with me. Then naturally, you should enter the sea with me.”
If she had known the true nature of Choi Tae Hyuk, she wouldn’t have spoken so carelessly.
“Ahh! I didn’t even bring a change of clothes!”
Splash.
The incoming wave drenched Professor Choi Tae Hyuk’s shoes and trousers without mercy.
Her heart felt as if it was being salted with the sea’s brine.
“Professor!”
Na Young called out to Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, hugging his neck tightly and burying her face in it.
She couldn’t bear to open her eyes to witness the impending disaster.
But after a second, and several more, with no further movement, Na Young gathered the courage to lift her head.
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk was standing in the sea water, immersed up to his knees, still holding her.
Splash, splash.
The sound of the waves seemed to start from a distant place and rolled up close.
His deep, soothing gaze made it impossible for Na Young to look away.
“Do you really wish this sea to be our last?”
Her heart responded to his question.
It throbbed painfully, then flared up like a flame.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”