The Problematic Helper (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 67

Talk about souls was just nonsense I spouted to lighten the mood and to steel my own heart—a pathetic trick, nothing more.

Yet this woman took that clumsy nonsense seriously and shook me to my core.

Strength surged into Ji Wan’s hand gripping the doorknob.

Below the exposed wrist, the veins that had turned stark red were the desperate struggle of patience laid bare.

“Even so, that’s not right. The soul… has to come back.”

It was a statement I couldn’t understand at all.

Was it rejection?

Was she saying I’m unattractive without a soul?

Ji Wan at the end of the hallway started striding toward Do Um, who could only roll her eyes.

“Between us, there’s no soulless pretense—and there never will be.”

A distance that would take Do Um at least twenty steps was covered by him in just a few.

“So bring that soul here right now. Before it’s too late.”

The moment the words left his mouth, Ji Wan scooped Do Um up in his arms.

As if there wasn’t even time to walk back down the hallway to his own room, he flung open the door to Do Um’s room.

Like being sucked into the moonlight that filled the space, the two of them tumbled inside.

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