Unable to quickly grasp the meaning, Summer blinked her eyes. What on earth does the phrase she just heard mean?
“Let’s start over from the beginning.”
It took quite some time for the voice that flowed through her ears to turn into meaning in her brain. Eventually understanding, Summer rose from the sofa in astonishment. She couldn’t bear to listen any longer.
“!”
Seeing Summer’s displeased expression, Taeseok felt his pride wounded. Was it necessary to compose himself so quickly without any room for reflection? Unintentionally, a harsh response escaped him first.
He grabbed the arm reaching for the bag.
“I told you, I forgive you.”
“Mr. Seo Taeseok.”
If it was a joke, there was no need to listen further, and even if by chance it was the truth, she still couldn’t accept it. Summer said this, biting down on her words that struggled to say, “There’s nothing I’ve done wrong enough to deserve forgiveness.”
“Because I have no intention of being forgiven, don’t forgive me lightly.”
And, as she walked quickly towards the entrance, Taeseok blocked her way at an angle. Summer looked up at him.
“If I forgive you, you…”
“…”
“Should be grateful, right?”
His haughty gaze looking down at her was irritating.
In Taeseok’s very own way of thinking, he was a man living in a world where if he bent, the other party should bend even more. Now, even his pride in compelling himself to this extent to make her yield seemed remarkable.
“Even if I express gratitude a hundred times, I won’t start over again.”
As Summer tried to speak again, he blocked her once more. She could sense how wounded his pride was without needing to hear it. Summer sighed briefly.
“Please move.”
“That’s how it should be.”
“…”
“You have a very confusing look in your eyes.”
“…”
“It seems somewhat exciting.”
Unable to withstand the persistent gaze, Summer retorted sharply.
“Hey, Mr. Seo Taeseok.”
“…”
“What do you want to do? Do you really want to meet again? Do you want to play with me until you’re satisfied and then discard me at the right time? Will that make you feel refreshed?”
“What are you saying?”
Taeseok visibly furrowed his brows.
“Pretending not to know. You’re trying to take revenge on me, aren’t you? Because I don’t comply with your wishes, you’re trying every possible way to control me.”
“What?”
Taeseok squinted visibly.
“Why pretend not to know. You’re trying to take revenge on me. Did you think I wouldn’t notice that you’re using every possible means because things aren’t going your way?”
“Is that a misunderstanding?”
“…”
“Why would I seek revenge on you? Have you always thought that way about me?”
Summer laughed self-deprecatingly, brushing her hair back.
“Well, is it true? Can you believe what I’m saying?”
“If you don’t believe, what can you do?”
“There’s no way. How could I want to start over after what you’ve done to me!”
“Well… I want to start over. I do.”
Admitting the emotions that had been boiling inside him since they met again, Taeseok felt surprisingly relieved.
“Is Seo Taeseok a fool? A sucker? You should at least say something sensible so I can pretend to believe it.”
“Ah. Sucker.”
“…”
“It sounds refreshing to hear it from your own mouth.”
“!”
“You know too. I’m obsessed with you.”
“That’s just, a joke from the past!”
Summer shot a cold gaze and headed back towards the entrance. Taeseok blocked her again.
“Even in the past, there were no jokes.”
“…!”
“It’s the same now.”
“I find playing with you fun.”
In the end, Summer’s voice trembled as she continued.
“Playing with you.”
Taeseok’s voice sank.
“If we have to choose who’s playing with whom, it’s not you.”
“!”
“Have you forgotten? It’s you who played with me to your heart’s content and then discarded me.”
“That…”
“Yet I, forgive you.”
“…”
“I said I would forgive you.”
“…”
“…Summer.”
When he called her ‘Summer’ in that sweet voice, her own common name sounded quite charming. That warmth, that familiar tenderness slowly lifted her head.
Summer quickly shook her head, covering her tangled emotions.
“I dislike you. I dislike you more with each passing moment like this.”
Finally reaching the entrance, Summer tried to put on her shoes, but Taeseok grabbed her arm.
“I still don’t want to let you go. If you keep coming out like this…”
“…”
“I’ll eventually say it like this.”
“…”
“Give me the script. Writer Choi Summer.”
It was only now that Summer realized why she was here. The daytime shooting location, him throwing the script, the added flashback scene.
It didn’t take her long to realize that, on the surface, she couldn’t even rebel against a small talk.
Summer’s expression twisted, but she couldn’t say anything more.
Breaking the silence that had settled, he spoke again.
“Give me the script and sit down.”
Taeseok painstakingly, very slowly, scrutinized the script as if he were about to cry. In fact, not a single word seemed to register. Only the absurd situation from earlier lingered in his mind.
‘What on earth was he thinking alone?’
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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