“So, I’m asking you. Please don’t accept Yoo Hyun’s feelings.”

Haeyeon bowed deeply. Arin was at a loss for words.

She never had any intention of accepting Yoo Hyun’s feelings.

What if Yoo Hyun gives up on me and meets Haeyeon again?

Or what if it’s not Haeyeon but another woman, and he finds happiness? Wouldn’t that be better?

‘Yeah. I understand the feelings. I get it, but… This doesn’t feel right.’

Arin wondered if Haeyeon had to tell her about it. She considered herself selfish enough, but she couldn’t erase the thought that Haeyeon was also selfish.

‘Would Yoo Hyun be happy if he knew about this? What if he finds out that I agreed to Director’s request? How would he feel?’

Haeyeon couldn’t give the answer she wanted.

If he knew that she came to me and said this, he would surely be hurt. If he found out about the words the past Haeyeon said to me, Haeyeon would undoubtedly be resented by Yoo Hyun.

‘Honestly, whether the director resents Yoo Hyun or not doesn’t matter, as it’s something the director brought upon herself. But I don’t want to hurt Yoo Hyun anymore.’

Arin, whose lips had been trembling, opened her mouth.

“Director.”

“Yes, Arin.”

“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”

“Arin!”

“Director. I understand your feelings. I can fully understand the desire to meet Yoo Hyun again. But, it’s not because of me that Yoo Hyun doesn’t accept the director’s feelings.”

The relationship between the two had ended because Haeyeon betrayed Yoo Hyun. Putting back together a broken glass was a difficult task, let alone someone who had someone else in their heart.

‘What if Yoo Hyun goes back to Director if he doesn’t like me anymore?’

Arin somehow felt that Yoo Hyun wouldn’t do that.

“Do you feel good asking me for this favor, Director?”

At Arin’s question, Haeyeon lowered her head slightly.

“Even when the director says this to me, it hurts my pride, and it hurts me. And the one who hurts the most is Yoo Hyun. If you want to get along with him.”

Even though Arin thought that Haeyeon and Yoo Hyun wouldn’t get along, she couldn’t understand why Haeyeon wanted to say ‘this’ now.

‘I don’t know if I have the right to say such things to her. I’m not doing well with Jaehyuk either. Who’s going to advise whom when we’re both struggling.’

Arin had failed in marriage once and twice in reunion. Now, in the third relationship, entangled by a contract, she was doing something irrational.

She wasn’t sure if she had the confidence to give advice when she was full of failed relationships.

‘No, that’s why I want to say more. If you act like Director, both Director and Yoo Hyun will undoubtedly hurt each other.’

But the reason Arin wanted to talk to Haeyeon was all because of Yoo Hyun.
Even with a selfish heart, Arin wanted someone to be by Yoo Hyun’s side. Moreover, she thought that if that person was Haeyeon, who knew all the facts, she could comfort Yoo Hyun even better.

“If there’s a misunderstanding, start by approaching it honestly. What if he can’t accept it? Avoiding it with such thoughts will only lead to deeper misunderstandings.”

“Arin.”

She boldly advised Haeyeon about her own failures, just as she had with Jaehyuk before.

“And there’s one thing I can tell you. I’m currently living with Ban Jaehyuk. I sincerely intend to meet him. I don’t know what will happen later, but even if we break up again, I treasure this moment. I think that should be enough of an answer.”

Haeyeon, who had been looking at Arin with a somewhat vague expression, finally lowered her head. Her delicate shoulders trembled.

“Yes. It’s enough. I’m sorry. And thank you.”

Haeyeon spoke in a very small voice that only Arin could hear. Somehow, Arin’s face also turned red.

Haeyeon said she would gather her thoughts a little more and come out.

“Sigh.”

Although she seemed to have something more to say, Arin didn’t feel good for some reason. Arin continued to think of Jaehyuk while listening to Haeyeon’s story.

Perhaps the words she had said to Haeyeon while pretending to be arrogant might have been what Arin was saying to herself.

It was when Arin turned around the corner of the lobby.

“Heuk heuk.”

A man passing by Arin looked surprised when he saw her.

“Team Leader Han?”

“Madam.”

Team Leader Han, out of breath, breathed heavily in front of Arin. He had been running around so much that he couldn’t even speak properly. Sweating, Team Leader Han was out of breath and disoriented. After a while, catching his breath, Team Leader Han said,

“Where have you been?”

“What?”

“Anyway, fortunately. Wait a moment. I have to contact now.”

Arin found Team Leader Han’s attitude bewildering.

“What happened?”

“Chairman Min is in a panic because Madam has disappeared…”

“What? Ban Jaehyuk?”

‘Oops. It seems like I got caught because I said I’d be back in a moment, but it took longer. Maybe Oppa noticed that I’m gone.’

Arin had left just like that, wondering if she should talk to Jaehyuk.

“Yes. Madam, we were looking for you because you weren’t visible.”

“Ban Jaehyuk?”

“I’ll contact him now.”