Bo Mi looked at the scene of Ga Jin and Yeo Reum hugging each other happily with a bewildered expression.

“Wow. The parking lot is tiny but there are so many cars. I’m late. Did you wait long?”

“No. Thank you for coming.”

Yeo Reum bowed deeply. He truly seemed very happy that Ga Jin had come.

Why? Why on earth is Yeon Ga Jin talking so intimately with Yeo Reum?

Unlike Bo Mi who was in a panic, the gazes of the surrounding mothers were full of curiosity.

“Yeo Reum’s father?”

“Why… that single mother?”

“He’s so glamorous. Don’t you think he looks like he could be a celebrity?”

“The child must take after his father’s looks.”

Bo Mi got a headache from the whispers around her.

“Elder brother Ga Jin.”

“Bo Mi! Hello?”

Yeon Ga Jin greeted Bo Mi warmly, but Bo Mi was still uncomfortable.

“Elder brother. Why on earth did you come here?”

“Why? Yeo Reum called me, so I came.”

“Han Yeo Reum… You called him?”

Bo Mi glared at Yeo Reum in disbelief.

“Um… well.”

Yeo Reum lowered his head and fidgeted.

“Mom. I have a father too… My friends tease me for not having a dad. And even though you’re not a bad person, everyone keeps saying you are.”

Yeo Reum’s large eyes started to well up with tears.

Bo Mi’s heart ached as she listened to Yeo Reum’s rambling words.

“You said I shouldn’t contact father…”

“Sigh… Yeo Reum. How did you manage to contact and call that man?”

Bo Mi crouched down to meet Yeo Reum’s eye level. She felt sorry for Yeo Reum who must have worried alone, but she was also angry at him for calling someone on his own.

“Well… Uncle said…”

Yeo Reum hesitated and began to tell the story about Ga Jin.

Hwang Do Construction was in the process of remodeling part of the old municipal library’s stacks into a children’s library as part of their social contribution project. Ga Jin had joined the Hwang Do Construction project team for an inspection visit for the project.

City officials, foundation representatives, the library director, and people involved in the project had gathered for a presentation about the future remodeled children’s library.

Ga Jin came out of the library, leaving behind the unbearably boring presentation.

“Ugh. Why is this so boring?”

He slouched onto a bench that came into view as he reached the front of the park.

He rummaged through his pockets but finding nothing, he blew on his fingertips and then took out his phone. In the park, children from a daycare center were making noise during their outdoor activities.

“So noisy. Who let these kids loose in a public place?”

Ga Jin was irritated by the children’s voices interrupting his contemplation.

The suit he had put on after a long time for this formal occasion was just uncomfortable. Ga Jin had shown his face as a representative of Hwang Do Construction, but he didn’t particularly want to listen to information he already knew again.

If it weren’t for Min Jun’s pressure, he wouldn’t have attended…

His maternal uncle, CEO Hwang Min Jun, was supporting Ga Jin to establish his position by involving him in various projects, considering his sister, Madam Hwang.

Nominally sitting in the director’s position of Hwang Do Resort’s operations team, Ga Jin didn’t care what he did as long as he heard less nagging.

Ga Jin leaned his head back on the bench and looked up at the sky. Summer was already passing by.

“The weather is damn nice.”

Ga Jin took off his suit jacket as if he was hot.

A ball touched his toes with a tapping sound. What’s this?

As he looked irritably towards where the ball had rolled from, a child came running but stumbled, perhaps because their shoes were too big.

Ga Jin got up from the bench and helped the child who was about to fall.

“Kid.”

“Uncle?”

Yeo Reum smiled brightly when he saw Ga Jin. Look at this kid. Getting familiar and smiling.

Ga Jin thought Yeo Reum was cute like that.

“Uncle, what are you doing here?”

“Can’t you see? I’m working.”

“So uncle does this kind of work.”

Ga Jin lifted the puzzled Yeo Reum and sat him on the bench.

“Why are your shoes so big?”

“They’re not big. Grandmother bought these shoes for me. Look here. There’s a Gigaton robot drawn here. Isn’t it cool?”

He wiggled his feet to show the picture on the shoes.

“Hey. What is your mother doing? Ask her to buy you new shoes.”

“It’s okay because Yeo Reum will grow quickly. Grandmother said shoes should be worn big originally.”

Ga Jin made an incredulous expression.

“Shoes and clothes are supposed to be worn to fit. What’s with this unstylish look?”

“Hehe. But I like these shoes the best. Look at the Gigaton robot. It’s super strong.”

Ga Jin took off the shoe and held Yeo Reum’s foot in his hand.

“Ouch. Uncle, why are you doing that?”

“Just trying to see your foot size. Your mom used to always wear big shoes too.”

“Mom did?”

“Ga Young, that girl, used to give her shoes that she didn’t wear.”

So deliberately tripping her and throwing the fallen shoe into the pond was a mean prank he had played. It’s not entirely incomprehensible why Han Bo Mi makes that expression whenever she sees him.

When she glared at him with those big eyes full of anger, he actually felt good.

Because in those moments, it felt like Han Bo Mi was looking only at Yeon Ga Jin.

“Hey! Aren’t you going to get the ball!”

A chubby child shouted from over there.

“Oh, oh. I’m coming now.”

Yeo Reum dangled his feet and then hurriedly put on his shoes in surprise.

Ga Jin picked up the ball that had fallen on the ground and threw it towards where the children were playing.

“Oh. I should have gone to get it…”

Yeo Reum chased after the ball like a puppy, but when he saw another child pick it up, he came back to Ga Jin.

“Why did you come back?”

“Uncle! I have a favor to ask.”

“What is it?”

Yeo Reum breathed heavily with flushed cheeks.

“Tell me.”

Yeo Reum smiled brightly at Ga Jin’s friendly attitude. Ga Jin momentarily thought of Do Jae Kyung in that face. Ugh. To think there would come a day when he’d find Do Jae Kyung’s face cute!

Let’s just think he takes after Han Bo Mi.

While Ga Jin was having these unnecessary thoughts, Yeo Reum was moving his lips, choosing his words.

“What? Is it serious?”

Ga Jin’s voice tone softened considerably. Yeo Reum seemed to finally feel at ease and parted his lips.

“Please be my dad!”

At Yeo Reum’s proposal, Ga Jin’s heart sank. What… what? Did Han Bo Mi like me? Is that why the child is confessing on her behalf?

“Uncle?”

“Uh… Hey. But did your mom say she’d like me to be your dad?”

Calm down, Yeon Ga Jin. It’s just what the kid is saying. Don’t get excited. Besides, we can’t be in a relationship anyway.

“Mom doesn’t know. Mom shouldn’t know. There’s an event called Happy Day with Dad at the daycare… We have to bring a dad, but Yeo Reum can’t contact his dad, right?”

“So you’re asking me?”

Happy Day with Dad… What a ridiculous event.

Ga Jin too had sad memories of not having a dad at events when he was young because Madam Hwang had divorced his father. An event where fathers must attend, how awful.

“Okay. What the heck, I’ll be your dad.”

Ga Jin thought there was no point in thinking deeply about such things.

Today was a very nice day, and the child who resembled Han Bo Mi was cute. For such simple reasons, he decided to be Yeo Reum’s dad for just one day.

“… I met uncle in the park and asked him to be Yeo Reum’s dad.”

Yeo Reum continued speaking while watching Bo Mi’s reaction.

“I’m sorry for inviting him without permission. But if I don’t bring a dad, Yeo Reum will become a liar…”

Seeing Yeo Reum’s drooping shoulders, Ga Jin felt a bit sorry for him.

“Han Bo Mi. Are you scolding the kid to make him feel intimidated?”

Ga Jin stretched out his hand to block between Yeo Reum and Bo Mi. Thinking that Ga Jin had taken his side, Yeo Reum clung to Ga Jin’s leg.

“Elder brother Ga Jin… That’s not it.”

Bo Mi realized that she had underestimated Yeo Reum’s initiative. He was a son who had contacted Jae Kyung on his own to invite him to Gigaton Land or exhibitions.

What should I do? Jae Kyung will come too, what should I do about elder brother Ga Jin?

Bo Mi felt like she was getting a headache from the complexity in her mind.

“Uncle is Yeo Reum’s dad today.”

Yeo Reum chattered excitedly about something.

“Oh right. Try these on.”

Ga Jin pulled out shoes with Gigaton robot drawn on them from the shopping bag he was holding.

“Wow! Uncle. Are these for me?”

“Am I going to wear them?”

“Elder brother! We can’t accept such things.”

As Bo Mi blocked Yeo Reum’s hand that was about to grab them, Ga Jin frowned as if displeased. Bo Mi shrank her shoulders in fear.

“Why? You don’t like the shoes I’m giving?”

“There’s no reason to accept them from you, elder brother…”

“Because I’m the kid’s maternal uncle.”

Oh… Elder brother Ga Jin knows too.

CEO Hwang Min Jun had put Bo Mi into his family register 6 years ago without telling anyone, in preparation for Madam Hwang’s opposition.

Bo Mi, who had come to Seoul searching for the deceased Won Il without eating or sleeping, collapsed on the street. Her pregnant body was weakened to the extreme due to mental shock and forced movement.

The only thing in Bo Mi’s possessions when she was admitted to the hospital was CEO Hwang Min Jun’s contact information.

‘How dare you get pregnant on your own. Hah. Get rid of it. It won’t help your life.’

Min Jun raged furiously at the news of Bo Mi’s pregnancy. She was rather surprised by the emotion he showed, as she had thought he was always indifferent to her.

‘I can’t tell you who the baby’s father is, but it’s the child of the person I love. I’m going to have it. I’ll raise it for that person’s share too.’

When Bo Mi showed no signs of backing down, Min Jun said he would overlook the child if she became his adopted daughter.

‘If the whereabouts of the child’s father are unknown, of course I should be your guardian. If you want to raise the child alone, follow my wishes. If you won’t do this either, I can’t approve of you having the child as your guardian.’

Why did she think at that moment that Min Jun was sincerely worried about her?

Bo Mi followed Min Jun’s words out of fear that he might force an abortion, but as soon as her body recovered, she ran away. She didn’t want to be a burden to Min Jun anymore.

She believed she could give birth to and raise the child well on her own, like her mother.

Min Jun, whom she met again, was still impossible to read, but Bo Mi was still grateful that he had saved her then. If it weren’t for Min Jun, Yeo Reum might not exist now.

“So you knew too, elder brother.”

“What? No, more importantly, you act so smart but you make the kid wear such big shoes?”

“Kids grow… And Yeo Reum only wears those shoes, ignoring other shoes.”

Yeo Reum didn’t even glance at other shoes that fit him. Shoes without Gigaton robot drawn on them just looked too unfashionable in Yeo Reum’s eyes.

“Why didn’t you buy him a smaller size with that design? You’ll ruin the kid’s gait. Alright. You were always a bit slow. You can’t even take care of yourself properly, how are you going to take care of a child?”

Ga Jin grumbled as he put the shoes on Yeo Reum.

“Wow! Uncle. These are so great. I don’t think they’ll come off even if I run.”

Yeo Reum jumped up and down in place.

Bo Mi berated herself for her inflexibility in making Yeo Reum wear big shoes all this time, just listening to her aunt’s words, when she could have bought the same design in a smaller size as Ga Jin said.

“Thank you…”

Bo Mi was sincerely grateful for Ga Jin’s consideration. Maybe he’s not really such a scary person after all?

Ah… No. Han Bo Mi, you shouldn’t naively trust people again.

Bo Mi still couldn’t forget Ga Jin’s shadow standing in her room on that rainy night.

Since Jae Kyung was supposed to come, she couldn’t have Ga Jin participate in Happy Day with Dad.

How should I say it… Bo Mi worried as she watched Ga Jin’s reactions.

“But… Elder brother. I’m really sorry, but… Could you just go back?”

“What? You’re really cold-hearted.”

“No… Actually, the director is coming to play Yeo Reum’s dad role.”

“What!”

“Mom! Is dad coming?”

Yeo Reum, who had been hopping around, came over with a bright smile, looking happy.

“What? So because Do Jae Kyung is coming, I’m not needed so I should get lost?”

“No… It’s not like that.”

“No. I’m not leaving.”

Ga Jin leaned forward and said with a fierce expression.

“Besides, Do Jae Kyung probably can’t come today.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Bo Mi refuted with a trembling voice, thinking Ga Jin was lying to torment her.