“Will that be enough?”
“There should be some leftover fruits in the fridge too.”
Hae Joo took out a mango from the fridge and cut it into edible pieces.

There were also some beverages she had bought, so she prepared them as well.

Once the tray was filled with appetizing food, Jin Han naturally took over.

The two had been in such a relationship for two years.

“Seeing the sandwich, it’s not your craftsmanship, Ms. Hae Joo.”
“The housekeeper made it.”
“That’s why it looks tastier.”
“That’s mean.”
Jin Han quickly finished his sandwich and drank his beverage.

No matter how much he filled his hunger, the emptiness remained.

The thought of not being able to see Hae Joo eating breakfast in front of him anymore made him depressed.

“We’ve been together for 2 years already.”
“That’s right. Time flies, doesn’t it?”
“It’s regrettable.”
“I can’t live in the residence forever. I was planning to leave anyway.”
“Not that.”
“Then what?”
“It’s regrettable that I didn’t know you before CEO Park Do Jun did. That’s what I regret.”
Hae Joo swallowed the sandwich she had been chewing on.

It didn’t go down well, like there was a lump in her throat.

“Remember all these things here, Ms. Hae Joo? We collected them while we were moving around.”
“Yes.”
“It was really fun with you.”

“Anyone would think you’re a brother sending off his younger sister to her husband’s house.”
“I did get married… to Park Do Jun.”
“Director.”
Jin Han’s face had turned pale.

It was unlike him, someone who was always proactive and full of energy, to be like this.

He seemed to have lost his light, like a man on his deathbed.

“Hae Joo was too harsh.”
“I apologize for not discussing the marriage registration from the start. I am…”
“That’s right. Whether the other party is dead or not, it would have been nice if you told me about the marriage registration in advance.”
Hae Joo had nothing to say to that, even if she had ten mouths.

Would the result have been different if she had been honest when signing with the agency? If so, the current chaos might have been avoided from the start.

“I’ll leave that part to your judgement, Director. I did breach the contract after all.”
“So, if I tell you to leave, you’ll leave?”
“What can I do about it?”
“Why don’t you cling on like Yoon Ji?”
“Excuse me?”
“I get the feeling that you’re speaking like you have somewhere to return to.”
“That’s not the case.”
Jin Han stood up and brought a bottle of water from the refrigerator.

He wet his parched throat and sat next to Hae Joo.

“I wish Hae Joo was here.”
“Director.”
“It feels like the past two years would disappear if I threw away all these things.”
“Haah.”
“I shouldn’t have sent Hae Joo away. I shouldn’t have.”
The scene of Do Jun kissing Hae Joo tormented Jin Han.

He wondered if there had ever been a time in his life when his heart felt so hollow because of someone.

“Recently, that’s what I’m most afraid of.”
“What are you afraid of?”
“The saying that when the body grows distant, so does the heart. If you reverse it, it means that when the bodies are close, the hearts are also close.”
Hae Joo understood what Jin Han was worried about.

Do Jun and Hae Joo living together under one roof would naturally lead to that.

“On one hand, I’ve also thought about it.”
“Pardon?”
“What were we?”
“…”
“Hae Joo and I spent the last 2 years… Anyway, I will wait, so be sure to come back.”
Today, the blue sky seemed unusually high. The clouds were so big, they looked like a painting.

The scenery beyond the wide window was beyond Hae Joo’s reach. It felt like something always by her side, familiar yet out of touch.

For Hae Joo, Jin Han was such an existence.

“Director, I might not be able to come back.”
There was a reason why Hae Joo had been avoiding relationships.

She had trouble trusting people.

It all started from a severe trauma she had experienced in her childhood.

“So you’re saying that you won’t divorce Park Do Jun?”

Even if Hae Joo had known someone for a long time, if they hid something from her, she distanced herself.

Even if it was a lie of good intentions.

If this apartment was Jin Han’s and he approached her because he liked her from the start, she had to think differently.

“Director, do you like me?”

There was a side of Hae Joo that Jin Han did not know.

It was the extreme hidden behind her kind and gentle appearance.

The difference between Jin Han and Do Jun was that Do Jun had seen this side of her years ago on the rooftop railing.

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