Even the scorching summer heat had considerably softened under the parasol.
Cha Jung Hyuk, leaning awkwardly on a flimsy plastic chair, unbuttoned one more button on his shirt.
It had been a while since he’d taken off his jacket and loosened his tie due to the heat. Yet, the tiger ears on either side of his head remained undaunted amidst all this.
Resting his chin leisurely on his folded elbow, his gaze turned to the opposite side.
Yoo Si Woo, wearing the same tigerear headband, was extremely busy spooning ice cream into his small mouth.
A faint smile played on Jung Hyuk’s lips.
Although he knew the boy who had appeared one day was his son, the reality of it still felt surreal.
By the way, did children always have such explosive energy? He had always prided himself on being fit due to regular exercise, but now he felt a sudden onset of intense fatigue as if he had hit a physical limit.
“You like it, don’t you? I’ve taken you to an amusement park and bought you ice cream.”
It was almost a leading question. Si Woo, blinking his innocent eyes, nodded vigorously.
Seeing him affirm so readily, the corner of Jung Hyuk’s mouth slowly curled up. Sensing his satisfaction, he carried the momentum forward with another question.
“You like me, don’t you?”
This time, the response wasn’t immediate. Instead, Si Woo’s small mouth clamped shut and his eyes rolled. At this, one of Jung Hyuk’s eyebrows shot up.
“Why are you hesitating?”
“Mom told me to be careful of people who are nice without reason.”
“……”
Jung Hyuk, taken aback, let out a long sigh. After momentarily squinting his eyes at the distance, he eventually nodded as if agreeing.
“Well, she’s not wrong. But the reason I’m nice to you is inevitable, an inevitable reason.”
Blinking his large eyes as if to ask what that reason was, Si Woo responded.
“It’s a secret. I’ll tell you when you’re 10 centimeters taller.”
Si Woo simply nodded in response, then scooped up another large spoonful of ice cream into his mouth.
Watching his small mouth lapping up the ice cream, Jung Hyuk, unable to let go of his lingering feelings, opened his mouth again.
“Yoo Si Woo.”
“Yes!”
“Do you like Uncle CEO or me more?”
“Uncle CEO!”
The reply that came back without any hesitation made Jung Hyuk bristle.
“It’s said that what you learn at three is still there at eighty. Learn to think before you speak.”
Throwing a tantrum at his fiveyearold son, he took a distasteful bite of his ice cream.
This wasn’t working. As he let the cold ice cream slowly melt on his tongue, he decided to pull out his trump card.
His large, innocent black eyes blinked as they gazed at the new mobile phone placed on the table.
He’d heard that no toy in the world could compete with a cuttingedge smartphone, the culmination of advanced technology.
Jung Hyuk couldn’t hide his confident smile.
“What do you think? Do you like it? It’s a pure gift, so feel free to accept it.”
“Um… Mom said I shouldn’t accept things like this……”
Even as she spoke, her cute fingers fiddled with the screen of her phone.
“You can take what I give you.”
Despite her gentle persuasion, Siwoo, who was tilting his head, quickly distanced himself from the phone.
“No, I can’t!”
Surprisingly assertive for a fiveyearold. The corner of Junghyuk’s eyes crinkled slightly.
He had lived his whole life on his own terms. He believed there was nothing he couldn’t do if he set his mind to it, but recently, nothing seemed to go his way.
Especially with Yoo Dajung and Yoo Siwoo.
Even pleading with them to just accept what he was offering was not easy.
With a sigh like a lament, his eyes aimlessly swept over the people coming and going from the amusement park.
“You’re living in the pure world of a child’s heart, so you might not understand, but the world is tougher than you think. Having something like this can’t hurt. I saved my phone number, your father’s, no, this man’s number. Call me if anything happens.”
“Uh…… What if nothing happens?”
“Even then, call me. Anytime.”
Siwoo chewed on his lips. It seemed like a habit of his when he was deep in thought. After a while, his lips that were deep in thought turned into a bright smile.
“I can’t! Mom will scold me!”
“You don’t have to tell your mom.”
“Lying makes me a bad child!”
“This is not a lie, it’s a secret. Everyone has secrets. It’s not a bad thing.”
His small mouth began to chew again. Then, he promptly shook his head.
Just like his mother.
Watching him, it was clear he took after the stubborn Yoo Dajung. If he was like her, who thoroughly scrutinized everything in the world, the child wouldn’t have rejected such a fabulous offer.
Could it be that even his secret weapon didn’t work? Junghyuk’s gaze, at his limit, flew to Director Min.
As if asking her to do something, he squinted his eyes, and Director Min, as if she was waiting for it, quickly picked up her phone.
“Siwoo, do you want to see this? This is really fun.”
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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