When Eunseo returned home, exhausted, Seungju was still not back.

‘Today is the last day of part-time work, but is she even coming back after having dinner?’

While pondering, Eunseo smirked. Ah, she probably received money and went to buy a gaming console.

Sitting on the porch, Eunseo waited for Seungju to return, letting out a long sigh. The breath in the night sky spread white due to the suddenly colder weather.

‘Why does it have to be me…’

In fact, Eunseo knew the reason. How long would Kwon Seunghyun remain an ordinary employee? There were rumors that he would immediately become a department head during the year-end personnel reshuffle.

November was almost over, and there was barely a month left, but it was burdensome for Eunseo to figure out how to treat him during that time. Therefore, he delegated the responsibility to Eunseo, who was at the grassroots level, while complaining about basic training.

Actually, working together, Kwon Seunghyun didn’t seem like a bad person. He was only three years younger than Seungju, so he must be around thirty. Still, he was three years older than Eunseo. Nevertheless, he respectfully called Eunseo “senior” and treated her with deference. His friendly and approachable nature was significantly different from Seungju’s stern and cold elder brother.

“Senior Yoon, here’s your coffee!”

He even brought coffee, and Eunseo almost choked while drinking it.

‘If he finds out that I’m hiding my brother…’

Even just imagining it sent shivers down her spine, making it hard to focus on work. She couldn’t tell Seungju either, and each day accumulated fatigue.

Lately, Seungju had been feeling increasingly awkward. The girl who used to be careful not to make Eunseo uncomfortable was now casually taking off her clothes.

Just once, for a very brief moment, the image of that body kept popping into Eunseo’s mind. She was on the verge of dying. These days, it became embarrassing to look Seungju in the face. Strangely, Seungju was the opposite. Whenever there was a chance, she stared at Eunseo’s face as if her mind was elsewhere. To the point where the gaze was palpable.

‘Why on earth is she doing that?’

Sitting on the porch, lost in various thoughts, the front door finally opened, and Seungju entered.

“I’m back.”

As expected, she was carrying a large shopping bag. Eunseo sighed, as if she couldn’t hold it in.

“Is that it? You have to play games a bit and study, you.”

Although Eunseo thought she would go straight up to install it, Seungju approached Eunseo, put down the shopping bag, and what came out of it was not a gaming console but a snowy white coat.

The coat Eunseo had wanted.

“Try it on, noona.”

Stunned and speechless, Eunseo realized after a while.

“So, you’ve been working all this time to buy this…?”

“I promised to buy it for you. I wanted to get it for you before the weather got colder.”

Eunseo was at a loss. She had never received such a big gift in her life.

For this one piece of clothing, the girl who still found it burdensome to go outside alone worked at the convenience store for two weeks. There must be more than one or two things she wanted for herself.
Clothes made of good material looked warm but felt light. The heart inside the light clothes was so big and heavy that I couldn’t figure out how to react. Being treated as such a precious person by someone was a first in Eunseo’s life. I don’t even know if I have the qualification for that.

“…….”

Not knowing what to do, I just stood there in a daze. Seungju then personally put the coat on Eunseo and even buttoned it up.

After stepping back a bit, she smiled as if she were happy.

“It looks really pretty.”

His eyes were not on the coat but on Eunseo’s face.

Come to think of it, it was the same when she put on the necklace last time. Saying it’s pretty, but his gaze was fixed not on the necklace but on Eunseo’s face.

‘Could he possibly…’

An alarm went off in her head. It was not good.

Eunseo unbuttoned the coat, neatly folded it, and put it in the shopping bag.

“I’ll return it tomorrow.”

“What?”

Seungju had a shocked expression, as if struck by lightning.

“Why? Don’t you like it when you try it on? Should I exchange it for something else?”

“I don’t need it, so refund it and buy something like a game console.”

Saying it coldly, Eunseo turned away, but surprised Seungju hastily blocked her way.

“Noona, why are you like this? Did I do something wrong?”

Seungju did nothing wrong. If there was a mistake, it was in Eunseo’s absurd heart that made unreasonable sounds.

At that moment, Eunseo’s heart definitely made a pounding sound. It was an absolutely unacceptable sound to be heard by Seungju.

Now Eunseo regretted. She shouldn’t have brought him in the first place.

He’s only eighteen, he’s different from that guy, she kept making pathetic excuses to deceive herself. Now she realized that she had made those futile remarks.

If it really was like that, he wouldn’t have looked at me with those eyes or made crazy sounds in my heart!