Si Hyun’s face turned bright red. She was so cute, flustered and not knowing what to do, that Tae Ha wanted to kiss her again, but he held back. If he broke the promise he had made not to do it, she would refuse to ever ride in his car again.

In fact, the one who couldn’t get that thought out of his head was him. How long had he dreamt of that moment?

The lips he had only touched in his imagination were, in reality, far softer and incredibly sweet.

Last night, he had been nervous, his heart pounding so hard that he couldn’t sleep until the early morning. The woman sitting next to him probably didn’t even know in her dreams.

The car smoothly sped towards the company. Holding the steering wheel, Tae Ha was asked by Si Hyun.
“So, what about Miss Lee Bo Ra?”
Ah, her name was Lee Bo Ra. He always got confused. Thinking this, Tae Ha asked back.
“Why Lee Bo Ra?”
“You said you were high school classmates with Bo Ra.”
“Classmates?”
Just as the car stopped at a signal, Tae Ha thought about it. Was there a girl like that in high school?

He seemed to remember there was, but he couldn’t remember exactly.

Back then, all he wanted was to become an adult as quickly as possible. To become a real adult, he had to be economically independent. What woman would see him as a man if he was still receiving living expenses from his father?

So, he was out of his mind juggling school and app development. He never once played basketball or soccer with his classmates, no matter how much they nagged.

So, he couldn’t even remember the male classmates, let alone a female one.
“I’m not sure.”
Hearing the word ‘classmate’ actually made him feel worse. To think that such trash graduated from the same school as him?
“So why bring up Lee Bo Ra all of a sudden?”
Si Hyun didn’t know that Bo Ra was the one who had fooled around with her fiancé. He asked, worried that she might have caught on, but Si Hyun shook her head.
“No, it’s nothing.”
As the company building started to come into view from afar, Si Hyun suddenly became flustered.
“Let me off here.”
“Why?”

“If people see us commuting together, what would we do?”
“So what if they see? They’ll find out eventually once they receive the wedding invitations.”
Tae Ha shrugged his shoulders at Si Hyun, who was looking at him with a startled expression.
“Shall we do it next month? Get married.”
“That’s…..!”
Who would dare to contradict such words? While saying so, Tae Ha laughed softly as he stopped the car at the nearby crosswalk.
“Don’t just randomly throw out any words at you or me.”
“…..”
“Think carefully before you answer. I’m serious.”
Tae Ha let out a long sigh that he had been holding, watching Si Hyun who hurriedly got out of the car and fled towards the company.

He pretended to be calm on purpose, but he was nervous all the while they were together, just in case he got rejected.

Fortunately, Si Hyun had not yet refused, and Tae Ha decided to be satisfied with just that for now.

She would be confused by now, so he wanted to give her time to think. Waiting was nothing; he had done it countless times so far.

((()))

A computer can freeze if too many tasks are executed at once. Si Hyun’s mind was just like that now. Too many events had happened, causing overload, and she was blank.

Mi Joo urged Si Hyun, who was sitting blankly like a crashed computer.
“Si Hyun, why don’t you share the wireframe?”
“Huh? What wireframe?”
“You lost your mind, totally. I’ve been telling you since yesterday to share the one you made with Figma!”
“Oh, right. I’m sorry.”
Seeing Si Hyun finally start to search her computer, Mi Joo sighed.
“Never mind, let’s talk for a moment.”
Dragging Si Hyun to the break room, Mi Joo pulled out a coffee and sat down across from her.
“What on earth is going on? Did your boyfriend break your heart?”
Mi Joo chuckled as she looked at her with eyes as if she had seen a ghost.
“You excitedly went out at lunchtime saying you got a proposal, and came back looking gloomy on White Day. You’ve never even worn the necklace.”
She had guessed everything without a word. Even Mi Joo tilted her head suspiciously and said,
“I clearly saw you buying a necklace…. You didn’t give it to some other girl, did you?”
Now it was getting scary. Unable to admit it, Si Hyun just drank her bitter coffee.

“That man, from the moment he started talking about the dowry, I didn’t like him. They haven’t even printed the wedding invitations yet, if you’re not sure, kick him out now.”
Si Hyun suddenly felt the depth of Mi Joo’s heart. The suggestion that it would be good to do the dowry then, was her just telling me what I wanted to hear since we were getting married anyway.
“There are plenty of men in the world, switch to a younger, handsome, tall, and rich man.”
Are such men good for me? Before Si Hyun could retort, she closed her mouth. Yes, there were such men.

Mi Joo suddenly flicked her finger as if she had thought of something.
“Oh, what about him? That brother who hit the jackpot with the coin!”
Si Hyun almost spat out her coffee. She choked for a while due to the surprise and finally, with a red face, Si Hyun shouted.
“Are you crazy? He’s seven years younger than me!”
“So what? Better than being seven years older.”
“I’ve seen him since he was nine!”
“So what? He’s not nine now.”
Mi Joo even put her hands on her waist to argue.
“Seven years younger is exactly the age of our division chief. Look, does the division chief look like a child?”
Unable to tell her that he was the one, just then Tae Ha walked into the break room as if he had been waiting. Mi Joo murmured with shining eyes.
“He’s arrived at just the right moment.”
Mi Joo blocked Tae Ha’s way to the coffee machine.
“Division Chief. Excuse me, but I have a question for you.”
“What is it?”
“How do you feel about a woman seven years older than you?”
Unable to bear it anymore, Si Hyun stood up and fled. As she hastily left the break room, she heard Tae Ha’s answer from behind.
“It’s the age when they are most beautiful. Whatever they do, they’re cute.”

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