The blind date unexpectedly ended in a short period.
“How was the blind date?”
Director Park, who was driving, asked. Naturally, Woo-jin thought of Tae-eun’s black eyes.
Without answering, she turned away. However, in that short time, the impression she left on him seeped in deeply and couldn’t be erased.
-Why… Why do you want to marry me?
At the mention of marriage, her already large eyes seemed to widen even more. The way she rolled her eyes as if she was dizzy from being called beautiful. In fact, he didn’t think her answer would be easily accepted. But what could he do? The reason his prayer wasn’t answered was sincere.
“Darn it. It’s because it’s me, damn it.”
Not you.
The words slipped out without him realizing. And those words were genuine.
He had met countless beautiful women. Among them, Park Seo-woo was the top star that surpassed men’s hearts. However, strangely, the feelings he never had for such women flowed naturally to Min Tae-eun.
Was it because of those familiar eyes? The woman looked more beautiful. Her resistance to the proposal of marriage with a ‘Why?’ was also beautiful. The sight of her blushing with embarrassment when confessing her infertility was beautiful. And her reaction when talking about her grandmother was beautiful. There wasn’t a single thing that wasn’t beautiful.
Was that all? Until he met her, the various thoughts that had been tormenting his mind were organized in an instant. Because he could fully concentrate on her, even just for that moment in the restaurant.
For him, who had too many thoughts and lived with insomnia, the moment when he could be intoxicated by someone in front of him without any thoughts was undoubtedly healing.
As a result, he reached one conclusion. The reason he hadn’t fallen for the women he had met so far might be that he had very clear preferences. And that clear preference was Min Tae-eun.
It was an unreasonable logic, but these things had to fall into place for credibility in this absurd situation. Only then could he explain the entire process, from looking at her picture and choosing her, to sensing the familiar aura from her face when they first met, assuming he wasn’t insane.
Yes. I’m not insane. Just Min Tae-eun perfectly fits my taste.
A profound realization after 30 years.
Darn it, I’ve wasted my life until now.
But the woman was persistently resisting, not taking the seat next to him that others couldn’t fill. Despite feeling unpleasant, it seemed audacious, making him want to make her surrender even more.
“Director Park, I want to send some flowers.”
“To the one you just had a blind date with?”
“Yeah.”
“Really?”
The surprised Director Park’s last sound made a clicking noise.
“Oh, then what kind of flowers should we get?”
Upon Director Park’s words, he thought of Tae-eun. However, when he recalled her elegant yet stubborn face, he became cautious. A dilemma, which he had never experienced before, overwhelmed him.
Would she like flowers? And if she does, what kind of flowers?
It was more challenging than he thought. The strange emotion of pondering over a gift for a woman for the first time in his life welled up.
Indeed, she was a difficult woman.
Was a woman originally such a difficult existence?
However, he couldn’t give up. He had to do something. It was because of the woman’s shouting that echoed in his ears through the phone at the restaurant entrance. Her declaration that if he couldn’t secure an after-request, he shouldn’t even think about entering her house.
A wedge needed to be driven.
“Well, how much should I spend? If you’re going to propose, the more and the more extravagant, the better, right?”
“No. Moderately.”
“But still, if it’s a proposal, it should be extravagant and plenty…”
“I feel like I’ll get a slap on the ear.”
She was a woman with a small body harboring a huge storm. A woman who could express her emotions in various ways yet perfectly control them.
Therefore, excessive actions might result in an ear slap. Although no one dared to slap Seo Woo-jin’s ear, somehow, it felt like this woman might.
Looking at himself in the rearview mirror, Director Park exclaimed, “Hey, does it look like I’m joking?”
No, he thought while hearing the response, and Woo-jin turned his gaze out of the window.
Without him realizing, he casually stroked his own cheek once.
After the awkward and embarrassing blind date, Tae-eun couldn’t come straight home and wandered around the neighborhood for 30 minutes. It was because she was afraid of the consequences if she entered the house like this.
But when her entire body began to ache from the tension during the meeting with the man, she couldn’t endure any longer and entered the house. It was a desperate moment when she urgently needed sleep, but perhaps it wouldn’t come easily tonight. Jieun, who was waiting eagerly for the blind date results, would nag at her without end.
Before that, she should have a drink of cold water.
As she headed to the kitchen, a familiar voice stopped her in her tracks.
It was Jieun and her stepbrother Jihoon.
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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