Soo-yeong narrowed her eyes.

“Do you have connections at that school?”

“Hey, what do you think of me…”

“It’s strange. They’re hiring regular teachers outside of the new school term?”

Yeon-ho then looked caught and admitted,

“My father’s friend is the chairman there.”

“That explains it… Ah, this is why they say networking is important. I’m jealous. Darn…”

Soo-yeong’s blatant comments made him feel embarrassed, but he tried to maintain a cheerful tone.

“When is your part-time job? I’ll take you there.”

“Really? Wow!”

Just a moment ago, she had been criticizing him for being a jobless person with a car and using connections for employment. But now, her face softened considerably, especially since she was dreading the subway ride.

“Wait here for a moment. I’ll quickly pack my bag and come out.”

As she rushed back into the library like the wind, Yeon-ho chuckled to himself.

He felt embarrassed about giving up on the civil service exam and using his father’s influence for a job at a private school. But he was relieved that Soo-yeong accepted it so simply.
Eventually, Woo-jin’s door remained closed yesterday. Soo-yeong wanted to call him out for a meal, but she was too scared to even go near his room.

Based on their conversation, the woman was definitely not his sister-in-law. It seemed certain they were just friends. The woman appeared to have returned after being away for a long time, about eight years.

What, was our David dumped eight years ago? It couldn’t have been because of his looks, so it must have been due to his temper.

But the woman talked about waiting… What does she mean by waiting after leaving?

The conversation didn’t quite add up. The woman seemed shameless.

Oh, our David must have been deeply hurt.

Closing her eyes, Soo-yeong visualized his large amber eyes right before her. She instinctively stroked her cheek, imagining it was his. Even her hand felt his firm chest in her imagination.

The feeling was surprisingly vivid. She could even sense his rough stomach and slender waist… Wrapping her arms around her waist, she could feel his protruding hip bones.

Sitting up suddenly, Soo-yeong was startled. What was this? Why did it feel so real? Had she actually touched him?

You wrapped around me yesterday.

Did she really touch him? Really wrapped around him? Oh my, oh my…

Soo-yeong thrashed under the blanket, frustrated. How could she forget such a touch! How could she!

Suddenly, she remembered the woman with the innocent voice. Did she also wrap around him like that? Impossible, if they had been apart for eight years. Eight years ago, they would have been high school students. That would be outrageous.

This is why attractive people are… Tsk.

As she was jealously pondering the unknown woman and then cursing both of them, her phone suddenly vibrated violently.

Huh? At this hour?

Picking up the phone, she saw the caller’s name brightly lit in the darkness. Da, vi, d.

David? David’s calling me at this time?

Although she thought he might have dialed her number by mistake, intending to call Ji-hyun, Soo-yeong still pressed the call button.

“Hello?”

She tried to sound as sweet as possible, but immediately composed herself.

However, there was no response from the other side. Maybe he had called by mistake.

Waiting for him to hang up, he surprisingly didn’t react. She could only guess he was holding the phone from his faint breathing.

Soo-yeong also remained silent. It was an unusual experience. They were physically distant and not conversing, yet it felt as if he was right beside her.

She had enjoyed this feeling on the subway last time, so she didn’t hang up.

Phones are intriguing. They’re cold and hard, yet capable of such tenderness.

After exchanging nothing but breaths for some time, Soo-yeong turned on the bedside lamp and picked up the book she had read to him on the subway. She couldn’t remember where she had stopped, so she just started reading from where she hadn’t.

“In the underground dungeon made of stone, all sides were as hot as a furnace. Ian, Mark, and Heringer were working topless, but their uniforms soaked in sweat clung uncomfortably to their bodies. Only Leonard, wearing a thick fur coat, exhaled white breaths in the cold, shivering. As his arms and legs were chained, the knights retreated…”

As Soo-yeong read softly, Woo-jin’s breathing gradually calmed. When the characters in the book spoke, his breathing slightly fluctuated.
“Your Highness, are you alright?” The knights looked at him with pity as he couldn’t respond due to the severe cold, but there was nothing they could do in this situation. Shortly after, Luca, with his small, thin body and purple eyes, approached Leonard with a black medicine bottle in his hand. “Take this. It will hurt less…….”

Soo-yeong tried to vary her voice as she read aloud, but a chuckle came from the other end of the phone. It didn’t seem like he was laughing because it was funny. Regardless, Soo-yeong focused and continued reading.

As she read on, her eyes gradually grew heavy. It was partly due to the time, but also because of Woo-jin’s steady breathing.

His breathing, which had been fluctuating, had become orderly at some point. The soft laughter that seemed to escape had also ceased.

Soo-yeong stopped reading and stayed quiet for a moment, thinking that if he were awake, he would react to the sudden silence.

However, even when the reading stopped, his breathing remained steady and orderly. Confident that he had fallen asleep, she pressed the end call button.

She had been worried that he might be angry about overhearing his conversation earlier, but hearing his breathing reassured her. If he was still angry, he would have hung up as soon as he knew she was on the line, right?

Soo-yeong also put the book down and slid back into the bed.

Seeing him unable to sleep until late at night, she felt uneasy.

Initially, she thought he was just a good-looking guy with rude manners and nothing appealing, but the more she knew about him, the more things concerned her.

Yet, he ate meals with her and seemed to sleep well when she read to him. She unexpectedly felt grateful to him.

She wondered if she had ever been this helpful to someone else in her life.

Her job, which was supposed to be a housekeeper, increasingly felt like a babysitter, but regardless of the role, the time she spent with him was becoming more and more enjoyable for some inexplicable reason.

And the next day, she felt even more fulfilled in her role as a babysitter.