Siyun’s voice, familiar but mixed with anger, echoed. When Miju looked up, Siyun, whom she hadn’t noticed until now, was standing in front of her.
“Let’s go.”
Although Siyun extended his hand, Miju only stared at that hand. She wanted to grab it, but thinking it might make him uncomfortable, she couldn’t.
“If Choi Miju can’t grab it, I can.”
Siyun took Miju’s phone, put it in his jacket pocket, and grabbed Miju’s wrist. But he didn’t pull her. Siyun silently waited, fearing that exerting force might hurt Miju, who was already in pain.
Miju had no intention of getting up and was just staring at the held wrist. Siyun sat across from her.
“How did you find me?”
“I dodged and came to a mere fast-food restaurant.”
Though it wasn’t explicitly painful, it sounded like a painful remark to Miju, who wanted to go anywhere and hide but had nowhere to go.
“True… I should’ve gone somewhere else. Somewhere you couldn’t find.”
“Wherever you go, I’ll probably find out.”
Miju looked at Siyun.
‘Why does a person who knows and handles everything seem to pretend not to know that it’s difficult for me when he’s around?’
“Now let’s go home.”
Siyun’s voice, warm as if he was a parent coming out to find his daughter who had attempted a short escape to the playground, was comforting.
She wanted to follow Siyun, but thinking about how to handle the events that would unfold afterward, her body refused to move.
“If you don’t get up, I’ll carry you.”
Since he was a person who acted rather than just spoke, Miju sighed softly and stood up.
As Siyun held Miju’s hand and tried to leave the fast-food restaurant, Secretary Lim, who was standing at the door, bowed and greeted Miju.
While Miju spent the whole day sitting in the hamburger shop, Secretary Lim had been watching over her all day from the entrance. She didn’t know that.
When Miju returned home in the fast-food restaurant and in the car on the way back, she told Siyun about what she had been thinking.
Let’s stop now. She would go back to school and live her old life.
However, Siyun didn’t accept Miju’s words sensibly.
“Is that the conclusion you came up with all day outside? Just discard the contract when the luggage arrives, and we can live as we used to. What’s so complicated about it?”
Even if Siyun said it was okay, Miju only thought that she wouldn’t fit well with Siyun and would be a burden. In the United States, it was just the two of them, but she couldn’t handle life here and relationships with people.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know the contract was that important. If I had known, I would have brought it earlier.”
Always carrying an outdated sponsorship passbook, claiming it as her treasure, but failing to bring the important thing.
“It’s okay. I didn’t expect things to get this far. It’s definitely not Miju’s fault.”
It’s appreciative of you to say that it’s not my fault, but Miju is afraid of how many more mistakes she will make here and how difficult she will make Siyun.
“Tell Director Kim that I apologize. Don’t worry too much; I’ll make sure nothing bad happens.”
“What?”
Miju, who had been sitting at the end of the sofa, looking down at her toes, raised her head to see Siyun. He was staring at Miju with an expression that seemed quite displeased.
“Do you have plans to leave or run away, leaving just a final word? If so, it’s all too transparent.”
Miju remained silent. Siyun, feeling a positive meaning in the silence, became angry.
“Why do you keep feeling uneasy? Am I not enough for you?”
“Then, can I trust Siyun?”
Without any hesitation, Siyun nodded.
“Are you not worried if I brought a copy of the contract? Later, I might show up with it and demand money. If not, I might leak it to the press. Aren’t you scared?”
“Do you really have the confidence to extort money with that contract?”
As Siyun approached Miju, she quickly got up and moved to the window. Seeing Miju deliberately avoiding her, Siyun felt sorry that their relationship seemed to have regressed to the beginning.
“I didn’t know until now that you could use the contract to threaten and make money. Honestly, I can’t guarantee what will happen to me anymore.”
To let go of Siyun, Miju carefully chose her words to distance herself. But after saying this much, she felt like she had spoken too frighteningly, and her hand trembled lightly.
“Could I really be like that?”
“So, before it comes to that, I plan to return the contract. I want to stop worrying about contracts and marriages and just be comfortable now.”
Siyun’s heart ached at Miju’s words about wanting to be comfortable.
This woman still didn’t know how she could find peace and safety.
‘All she has to do is come into me.’
It was pitiful and regrettable to see Miju struggling to find peace and safety as if she were a little girl trying to fight against the wind outside the window.
It felt like lighting a match and standing against the cold, feeling a small warmth, slowly depleting oneself.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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