“My aunt is going to start working at the CEO’s house next week.”

Soo Young said as she sipped her coffee. An iced coffee was placed in front of Woo Jin, but for some reason, he hadn’t taken a single sip.

No, it had been quite a while since he drank iced coffee. Yet he always asks for coffee to be brewed at 4 o’clock.

“Lee Kyung Jun must be happy.”

When Woo Jin muttered as if for her to hear, Soo Young asked with round eyes.

“Why?”

“The house will become clean. She was good at cleaning.”

“Tch. This place is clean too, you know? I put in so much effort to clean.”

“You do it half-heartedly. No matter how hard you try, it doesn’t show.”

“What are you saying? It totally shows! You’ll see what happens to the house if I don’t come for a week.”

At that, Woo Jin’s eyes turned cold.

“Just try not coming. I might have to call a lawyer.”

“Oh come on, I’ve heard that threat so many times it’s not even scary anymore. Would the lawyer really come if Seol Woo Jin called? Isn’t he your grandfather’s lawyer?”

“Should I try calling? To see if he comes or not?”

As Woo Jin took out his phone, Soo Young said incredulously.

“Go ahead. Call. If you really talk to a lawyer, I’ll eat my…”

Just then, as soon as the phone started ringing, Seol Woo Jin spoke in a slightly deeper voice.

“Is Attorney Lee Hae Jin there?… Yes. This is Seol Woo Jin. Chairman Seol Ma Jung’s… Yes, I’ll wait.”

“What, what? Are you really talking to a lawyer?”

When Soo Young asked, turning pale, Woo Jin put his finger to his lips as if telling her to be quiet, then immediately switched to speakerphone.

“Attorney Lee Hae Jin? This is Seol Woo Jin.”

− Oh! It’s been a while. Have you been well?

“Yes. I’ve been doing well.”

As a lawyer really answered the phone, Soo Young was at a loss for words in a small voice.

“Are you crazy? What are you doing calling a real lawyer!”

However, Seol Woo Jin fixed his gaze on her, put his finger to his lips again, then removed it and continued the conversation with a calm face.

“I wanted to ask something. I made a labor contract with someone, but if that person quits work arbitrarily, how much penalty can I claim?”

Soo Young’s face gradually turned ashen.

“Of course, including all the business losses and mental damage compensation.”

As soon as Woo Jin finished speaking, the lawyer’s serious explanation continued for a long time.

Soo Young couldn’t understand the terms, but Woo Jin seemed to understand as he listened intently to his explanation, even checking in between.

When the lawyer finished explaining even the criminal punishment details, Woo Jin politely said goodbye and hung up.

Soo Young, who had been holding her breath the whole time, was red-faced unable to breathe even after he ended the call.

“Breathe.”

“You, you’re crazy, Seol Woo Jin… You really called a lawyer… Is your grandfather’s lawyer that free?”

He’s not free. However, Woo Jin had naturally become close to him after seeking legal advice while writing a web novel.

Of course, this was also at Chairman Seol Ma Jung’s direction.

When Chairman Seol Ma Jung heard from Kyung Jun that Woo Jin, who only stayed at home, was writing and seeking legal advice, he immediately connected him with a lawyer.

When that novel became hugely popular as a web novel and was published as a paper book, Kyung Jun gifted the book to his grandfather and Attorney Lee Hae Jin.

Needless to say, the lawyer’s response to Woo Jin’s calls became even more active after that.

“You know it wasn’t a lie now, right?”

Everything about Seol Woo Jin was real. Even the threats. While Soo Young was unable to respond, he summed up the situation in one sentence.

“Do a good job.”

Soo Young trembled with fists in anger, but Woo Jin calmly fumbled for the coffee cup in front of her and took a sip of the coffee she had left.

“Why are you drinking mine when you have your own!”

Angry at having a sip of coffee stolen, she made a fuss as if a bundle of money had been taken.

However, Woo Jin spoke calmly regardless of her behavior.

“Mine is too cold. I like yours because it’s warm.”

“Still, it’s something I was drinking…”

“I told you before. Everything about you is fine.”

Seeing the man who had just threatened her by directly calling a lawyer now throwing out sweet lines, she really thought he might be a fox reincarnated as a human.

“It’s not fine. You were just threatening me earlier.”

Hearing Soo Young’s voice soften a bit, Woo Jin took another sip of coffee. Simple girl.

“That was just showing you reality,”

With Woo Jin’s words, the conversation between the two ended.

At times like this when the conversation stops, you’re supposed to drink coffee, but thanks to Woo Jin taking Soo Young’s mug, she couldn’t drink.

On the other hand, Woo Jin was sipping well on the cold coffee, and what’s more, the leftovers that she had been drinking.

Watching Woo Jin nonchalantly drink what she had been drinking, Soo Young’s heart fluttered. It was a kind of indirect kiss. So she opened her mouth.

“No matter how clean the CEO’s house becomes, isn’t Seol Woo Jin better than the CEO?”

“Why?”

“Because I come.”

Thinking she might have been too forward, Soo Young’s words were tinged with a giggle.

However, Woo Jin silently fixed his gaze on her face.

His golden eyes, hidden behind long eyelashes, slowly blinked, and suddenly he rolled up his knit sleeve and started stroking his arm.

“What are you doing?”

“This is the first time I’ve properly felt goosebumps like this in my life.”

Woo Jin always made a gesture of pursing his lips when looking at Soo Young, but at this moment, she wanted to purse his lips.

Lee Kyung Jun and his wife Kwon Yeon Seo were truly a well-matched handsome and beautiful couple.

As soon as they entered, Soo Young diligently went out to the entrance hallway to greet them.

“I thought you might not have left yet, so I bought something delicious. Do you like lobster, Soo Young?”

Kyung Jun asked as he took out various dishes from a large styrofoam box and placed them on the table.

They weren’t plastic dishes, but proper ones. Even with golden lids covering them.

“Lo-lobster?”

Not only had she never eaten lobster before, but she had never even imagined eating it at home.

“I asked them to prepare it all shelled for the young master to eat easily. They said they’d deliver, but the restaurant looked so busy that I brought it myself.”

Yeon Seo said kindly as she sat down next to Kyung Jun. As Yeon Seo and Kyung Jun sat side by side, naturally Woo Jin and Soo Young ended up sitting side by side as well.

Kyung Jun and Yeon Seo looked at the couple sitting across from them with the same crescent-shaped eyes.

“I don’t like seafood.”

In contrast to their pleased expressions, Woo Jin said with a grumpy face.

Soo Young glared at him, swallowing the words “Even if you can’t see, at least pretend to be grateful…” considering how hard it must have been to bring it.

However, the good-natured Lee Kyung Jun ignored his younger brother’s reaction and placed a fork in front of him.

“I know, but this is a bit different. Sister-in-law said you’d definitely like this 100 percent.”

“I know the young master’s taste, don’t I? Last time when I ate at this restaurant with someone from a business partner, it was really so delicious. It doesn’t even have that fishy taste of seafood that the young master always talks about. So I bought it thinking of you. Just try a taste.”

Yeon Seo, who usually acknowledges him as a beta tester, said as she gently pushed the dish towards him with a slight sound.

Soo Young quickly picked up some crab meat with her fork and put it in her mouth. Oh my, it tasted completely different from imitation crab meat.

“Wow! It’s so delicious!”

When Soo Young said loudly, Yeon Seo smiled brightly.

“Right? It even tastes a bit like meat, doesn’t it? It’s really unique. This restaurant received 3 Michelin stars in a famous magazine. Since it was chosen by mystery diners, it must be real.”

At Yeon Seo’s words, Soo Young kept nodding as she inhaled the crab meat. That’s when Woo Jin scooped up a large portion of crab meat with his fork.

Just as they thought he was finally going to put it in his mouth, Kyung Jun, Yeon Seo, and Soo Young’s attention focused as he slowly moved the fork to dump that crab meat onto Soo Young’s plate.

Once, twice, three times…

While crab meat piled up on Soo Young’s plate, the three people watched his movements with bated breath.

His movements were slow and careful, making them focus even more.

After transferring more than half of the crab meat on his plate to Soo Young’s plate without spilling a single piece, Woo Jin finally spoke.

“Eat a lot.”

“Huh? Okay…”

Soo Young couldn’t even say thank you, unsure if he gave it to her because he didn’t want to eat it or if he really wanted her to eat a lot.

However, Yeon Seo looked at her husband and grinned, making eye contact.

That look was asking, ‘Am I right?’ Kyung Jun looked back and forth between Woo Jin and Soo Young at his wife’s gaze.

“Oh right, when I came into the complex, the light decorations in the park were so pretty. Did they decorate like that in preparation for Christmas?”

As Yeon Seo spoke in a bright voice as if trying to change the atmosphere, Soo Young agreed.

“I saw it too when I was coming home from work last time. It was so pretty. Especially that big lantern decoration standing in front of the cafe was so pretty that I spent a while looking at it before leaving. Places like that are best enjoyed with a boyfriend. You two should have a cup of tea at that cafe later before you go.”

“We should. What do you think, Kyung Jun?”

When Yeon Seo asked with a sweet smile, Kyung Jun nodded while looking at his wife with loving eyes.

“Sounds good.”

Soo Young looked at the two with envious eyes before quickly lowering her gaze to the crab meat.

That’s when Woo Jin slightly leaned his upper body towards her and asked.

“…Does Kim Soo Young want to go too?”

“What?”

“I asked if you want to go to that cafe too.”

“Of course.”

“Then go.”

“You want me to go drink coffee alone? No thanks.”

Then Woo Jin paused for a moment before speaking again.

“…Then, let’s go together.”

“Really?”

Soo Young looked at him in surprise, almost jumping up.

Woo Jin flinched slightly at her violent movement before regaining his posture.

“Don’t we have to pass by the fountain to get to that cafe? 10 minutes won’t be enough, right?”

“…Then make it 20 minutes.”

“We need to drink tea too, so 20 minutes isn’t enough either.”

“Then 30 minutes.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

Kyung Jun and Yeon Seo were listening intently to the conversation between the two, not wanting to miss a single detail.

Seeing this expression on Woo Jin for the first time, the two found Soo Young incredibly fascinating.

“Did you see, did you see, did you see?”

Yeon Seo exclaimed, stomping her feet in the elevator. Kyung Jun laughed silently and wrapped his arm around his wife’s shoulders.

“I told you it was certain, didn’t I? Even though the young master said it shouldn’t be. Ah, I really hope those two work out. I should pray for 100 days.”

“What, for them to date?”

“Of course.”

“Don’t do that.”

“Why not? Don’t they look good together?”

“Don’t you understand Woo Jin’s concerns? I’m worried too.”

“Because the young master is visually impaired?”

“Yes. Didn’t Woo Jin say that? If it were you, could you live with a visually impaired person? It’s good for them to maintain a good relationship, but dating is a different matter. Soo Young’s mother probably won’t like it either. How can she take care of a blind husband for life? We endure it because we’re family, but Soo Young is an outsider…”

“I’ve thought about that too…”

As soon as the elevator arrived at the underground parking lot, the two moved to the car.

They had planned to look around the cafe in the complex, but both naturally came down to the parking lot in case Woo Jin and Soo Young might go.

“Still, I think Soo Young would be okay.”

Yeon Seo said quietly as soon as she got into the passenger seat. Somehow Kyung Jun felt the same way, but he didn’t say it out loud.

If marriage were just between individuals, it would be different, but Woo Jin’s disability would clearly be a big obstacle in an event where families become one.

Yeon Seo probably knows this too, but the fact that she’s cheering like this is not because she’s trying to push it onto Soo Young, but because her sympathy for Woo Jin is that great.

“Our young master is really nice. Of course, he’s a bit ill-tempered, arrogant, inconsiderate, stubborn, and selfish, but he’s really nice…”

“…Is he really nice?”

When Kyung Jun asked with a helpless laugh, Yeon Seo laughed along but said firmly.

“His looks are top-notch, aren’t they?”

But as she spoke, Yeon Seo was recalling Woo Jin’s attitude towards Soo Young earlier.

In front of Soo Young, he wasn’t that ill-tempered, arrogant, inconsiderate, or selfish.

He was as gentle and caring as her husband, a beautiful man. Enough to make even Yeon Seo’s heart flutter.