Do Jun’s throat churned as he turned off the engine.

Biting down on his lower lip, a touch of redness sprang up on the moist flesh that had been bitten.

Hae Joo, with her innocent eyes, could not promptly reply.

She subtly turned her head and aimlessly fiddled with her phone for no reason. Her gaze, which had been perfectly fine, aimlessly wandered about.

“Forget it. I won’t do it.” If anything was characteristic of Do Jun, it was this.

If a single stranger intervened in his relationship with Hae Joo, he became ruthless, showing no mercy.

However, when they were left alone, he turned into a fool who didn’t know how to win.

“It was too cold.”
“What?”
“Your lips, Do Jun. They were chillingly cold.”
“Is that so.”
“I can’t understand you, Do Jun.”
“In what sense?”
“You’re scary and gruff… but kind.”
“…?”
“I can’t quite put it into words. Anyway, shall we get off?”
Being trapped in a small space with Do Jun wasn’t good.

Even now, Hae Joo felt dizzy remembering how her senses had been clouded by his cold lips.

Maybe this was what they called trembling.

He was infiltrating deeply into Hae Joo’s heart, stirring up intense sensations.

She had never felt such emotions before, and it felt as if her rational thinking had stopped.

“I’m hungry.”
“Is there something you’d like to eat?”
“Sushi?”
With Hae Joo’s departure, the housekeeper had left for the day.

It was time for the restaurants to close, so Hae Joo quickly scrolled through a delivery app.

Fortunately, a nearby Japanese restaurant was still open.

“What would you like to eat, Do Jun?”
“I’ll have sushi too.”
After generously ordering from the menu, sushi and udon noodles were delivered 30 minutes later.

The two, who had hastily changed their clothes, picked up their chopsticks.

“I’ll enjoy the meal.”
“Me too.”
Just as Hae Joo was about to put a piece of salmon sushi in her mouth, the lights suddenly went out.

Startled, she unconsciously clung to Do Jun’s arm.

Then the lights came back on.

During that brief moment, Hae Joo was right next to Do Jun.

A unique sensation pressed against the muscles of Do Jun’s arm, which was accustomed to only work and exercise.

Startled, she quickly stepped away.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”
His once clear gaze was on the verge of losing focus due to the sudden excitement that had arisen.

Although it was unintended, Hae Joo felt greatly regretful for touching Do Jun.

“Are you okay?”
“You’re bad too. You know that, right?”
“What did I do wrong?”
Hae Joo returned to her seat as if nothing had happened.

Making her deprivation known would only make Do Jun pitiful, so she grumbled quietly.

“I don’t know how much longer I can hold on like this.”
“Huh?”
“Just eat.”
Having a man in the house was new in many ways.

Even if a power outage occurred unexpectedly, she had a sturdy pillar that she could hold on to.

Every time a day like today repeated, it felt like the trauma, which always seemed huge, was getting smaller.

This ordinary routine felt strange yet sweet.

During the meal, Do Jun’s phone, plugged into the charger, rang.

The name of his father, Chairman Park, appeared on the screen.

“Yes, father.”
Take me home.
“Is there something wrong?”
I’m bored because I can’t get out.
“You should take a walk during the day.”
Stop babbling and come pick me up.
“I can’t today, I’ll go over the weekend.”
After seeing Hae Joo, Chairman Park began to urge him more often.

He was always causing a fuss about wanting to come home, so he had to be brought home once.

After ending the call, he ran his hand through his hair.

“I think I’ll have to bring my father home for about a day next weekend.”
“Really?”
“You might feel uncomfortable. I’ll arrange a good hotel for you to stay.”
“Isn’t that more strange?”
“In what way?”
“Where is the daughterinlaw who stays in a hotel when her fatherinlaw visits?”
“Is that so.”
“I’m okay with it.”
It seemed difficult to go to work the next weekend when Chairman Park came. Having finished his meal with sleepy eyes, he washed up straight away.

Then he rolled up the blanket and went to Hae Joo’s room.

“Are you sleeping here today too?”
“Yes.”
Now Hae Joo was not sick, and it was no surprise to lose power while sleeping.

Still, Do Jun stayed by her side.

He wanted to do that today.

Just.

Let’s be together, Hae Joo.

Choi In Ho had been poking around the apartment where Hae Joo had lived for a few days.

The strange thing was that despite her living in this apartment for nearly two years, there were no residents who knew her.

“Hey, wasn’t this apartment Hae Joo’s residence?”
Choi In Ho scolded his junior reporter, Seon Gyu.

He frowned in the hot weather.

“Didn’t she live with Representative Park Do Jun?”
“There’s no way. It’s certain that Hae Joo lived here.”
The Hae Joo and Do Jun that Choi In Ho knew were not a normal couple.

Hae Joo had married a loan shark under her mother’s coercion, and the currently known partner was Do Jun.

The two had lived like strangers during their threeyear marriage.

It was not known why this gap had occurred.