Wishing for Salvation (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

“What is it?”

Kang Hyun, who had been staring indifferently at Ha Jun as he frowned from having his wrist seized unexpectedly, loosened his grip.

Red marks stood out vividly on Ha Jun’s wrist, where it had been trapped in Kang Hyun’s tight grasp.

“I thought some stranger was hitting on you. There was one guy like that recently.”

Ji An, momentarily speechless at Kang Hyun’s reply, merely moved her lips without uttering a word.

Kang Hyun, who not only pretended not to recognize Ha Jun despite having exchanged greetings with him before but also curtly abbreviated his words without distinguishing individuals, appeared strikingly rebellious—yet his fierce eyes and arrogant demeanor gave off a strangely familiar aura.

“You said you’d left work. Why are you still here?”

Turning his back to Ha Jun as if unwilling to continue the conversation, Kang Hyun asked Ji An, who blinked blankly.

“I… ah, I ran into a college friend nearby.”

“So your important appointment was an alumni gathering?”

After his name was casually dropped, his sudden switch to familiar informal speech made Ji An instinctively brush her suddenly flushed cheek with the back of her hand.

Though he was noticeably older and occasionally lapsed into informal speech, this time it somehow felt different.

“No, it wasn’t like that. I’ll explain the details later.”

“Let’s go now, Ji An.”

Noticing the strange tension between Kang Hyun and Ji An as they faced each other, Ha Jun moistened his dry lips and urged her.

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