In the midst of the sudden accident, Chris couldn’t grasp what had happened.

All he could understand was that something suddenly poured down from above, he got trapped underneath it, yet, despite that, he was unharmed.

The reason for his well-being was that when something collapsed, the woman who was beside him quickly pushed him away and wrapped herself around him.

In a moment of misunderstanding, thinking he was covered, it turned out she had embraced him with her own body.

“Are you okay?”

Chris asked, surprised. The woman, now in a shape overlapping with his body, managed to smile faintly with a pale face.

“I’m fine.”

But she didn’t look fine at all. It was evident that she endured severe pain, as she tightly bit her lips. Even in the midst of this, the woman tried hard not to press down on him with her body.

However, that was impossible.

“I’m sorry. I can’t move.”

She apologized.

Chris was unharmed, but he couldn’t move either. The debris that had fallen over the woman’s body also pressed heavily on him.

Of course, he was merely feeling the weight, but the woman directly took the impact on her back.

“It seems like the roof collapsed. We’ll come to rescue you soon, so don’t worry.”

Ironically, the woman tried to reassure Chris. However, her expression gradually worsened. Cold sweat appeared on her pale forehead, visible even to Chris.

Having learned and grown up with Western manners, he couldn’t comprehend it at all. Normally, in such a disaster situation, wouldn’t it be right for a man to shield the woman? At the very least, this woman wasn’t even someone he knew, so why.

He didn’t know where or how much she was injured, but the woman’s eyes seemed tired, and she seemed to be getting weaker.

“Are you okay? Does it hurt a lot?”

As there was no response, Chris became desperate.

“Don’t lose consciousness. Stay with me. Okay? Wake up!”

However, the woman closed her eyes and collapsed. When her weight, unconscious, pressed on him, only then did he realize that even in that situation, she had been making an effort not to burden Chris with her arm.

No. Chris screamed incoherently.

“There’s someone here! Please help!”

Seung-joo decided to acknowledge reality.

The Seung-joo that Yun Eun-seo liked is not the current self. It is the self from the time when he was innocent and believed that the world was still beautiful.

However, that didn’t mean he was giving up. Beyond the realm of romantic feelings, Yun Eun-seo was the first beautiful, warm, and shining thing he had discovered in the world since losing his mother. He couldn’t let her go.

If only he could show her that the ‘Seung-joo’ she likes is still within him, perhaps there might be hope.
She sighed as she thought. She might not be given a chance to let him know. She literally trembled towards him.

Then, suddenly, Seung-joo thought of Sun-ah. Sun-ah was always on her side. Surprisingly, it had been that way even before losing her memory.

If it were Sun-ah, she seemed like she would understand and help.

“Kim Sun-ah from Planning Team 1, they say to come up if you have time.”

After giving the order, a secretary came in and reported something irrelevant. It was Choi, the internal secretary, who had scolded Seung-joo a while ago with a note for Yun Eun-seo.

“Ms. Kim Sun-ah is on sick leave today.”

“Sick leave?”

“Yes. She’s in the hospital because she got injured when Yun Eun-seo’s house roof collapsed a few days ago.”

Seung-joo dropped her pen.

“What did you say?”

When the roof collapsed in the summer, the repairman who came to fix it said that the roof was weak overall and might collapse someday.

That damn roof had unexpectedly caused an accident. Seung-joo cursed.

If her memory had returned, as the homeowner, she should have taken action immediately. But she stupidly forgot like an idiot. The guy who called himself the president of a construction company!

“Which hospital did she say?”

Her voice trembled.

“I heard it’s Korea University Hospital.”

Seung-joo immediately got up.

“Get the car ready.”

As soon as she spoke and was about to run out, Secretary Choi unexpectedly said.

“Ms. Yun Eun-seo is fine.”

“Hmm?”

“She seems to have not been there at the moment. Only Ms. Kim Sun-ah is hospitalized.”

For a moment, Seung-joo was relieved. She closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.

“……”

By the way, saying ‘Ms. Yun Eun-seo is fine’ is like they know something. Glancing at her face as if checking her expression, Secretary Choi was just neatly putting her hands together.

Well, for now, that wasn’t the problem. Seung-joo stopped thinking about it.

Although she felt sorry for Sun-ah, the next order could be given with a much calmer voice.

“Prepare condolence gifts and today’s offering.”

“Yes.”

After thinking for a moment, Seung-joo added a word.

“And, take Secretary Choi instead of Secretary Kim to the hospital.”

Sun-ah realized the greatness of our ancestors with her body.