“Then, please send my regards to our mother. See you later.”

Everyone witnessed clearly the trembling shoulders of Kwon Seunghyun left behind by Kwon Seungju.

Eunseo left the company and took a taxi to go home. When she arrived, it was already one in the morning.

She sat on the doorstep without even taking off her shoes, waiting for Seungju. However, no sign of the door opening appeared, no matter how long she waited.

Forgetting the cold, Eunseo tried to organize her confused thoughts somehow.

“Is it a problem for the CEO to have viewed internal data?”

Considering his explanation supporting her side, he was undoubtedly eighteen, confirming that her Seungju was right.

However.

The way he walked, the gaze, the expression, the way of speaking, and even the tone of his voice. It all unmistakably belonged to the thirty-three-year-old Kwon Seungju.

Moreover, recognizing each executive accurately and not approaching her younger brother, even the attitude toward him—those were things an amnesiac Seungju could not possibly do.

So, there was only one conclusion.
‘Memories… have returned.’

Before Eunseo’s eyes, everything turned dark.

What she had feared until now was whether Seungju, upon regaining his memories, might forget her completely. Would the affectionate and kind Seungju, the one she knew, disappear?

However, what actually happened was different. Seungju clearly remembered himself. Nevertheless, he looked at her with the same gaze as before, as if nothing had changed.

As if everything that happened until now was nothing.

Not forgetting what happened during her abnormal state meant he also remembered confessing to her.

Eunseo’s knees began to tremble.

What on earth would Kwon Seungju say to her?

Would he pretend that nothing happened during her abnormal state?

Or would he blame her, saying that she took advantage of him being an innocent boy to shake his heart?

A harsh voice, a cold expression—like they were real, they vividly came to Eunseo’s eyes.

‘Let’s not investigate the responsibility for the favor you did to me.’

In her imagination, Kwon Seungju blamed her coldly.

‘But it’s quite unpleasant.’

Even thinking about it made her feel drowsy.

While she had such thoughts, Seungju did not return. Suddenly, Eunseo had such a thought. Now that his memories had returned, wasn’t there no need for him to come back? He returned to his original home…

When she thought like that, the front door suddenly opened. It had been a full two hours since Eunseo arrived home.

Seeing Kwon Seungju approaching briskly, Eunseo turned pale. She wanted to disappear somewhere rather than hear the first words from him, which she feared to death.

However, his first words were like this.

“Noona!”

Hastily approaching, he quickly took off his suit jacket and wrapped Eunseo’s shoulders.

“Why are you outside in this cold? Your lips are all blue!”

Still dressed and with the same face as ‘Kwon Seungju,’ he looked at Eunseo with a deeply concerned expression.

“I was afraid you might be lost, so I took a taxi and wandered around for a long time. Did you wait a lot, Noona?”

All the strength drained from her body. Her Seungju was still here. He didn’t disappear…

Eunseo, feeling weak in the legs, staggered and hesitated. Seungju surprisedly supported her.

“Are you okay?”

Still, Eunseo burst into tears with a loud cry.

“What’s wrong with you!”

Clutching her fist, she struck his broad chest over and over.

“Who told you to act like that? Are you an actor? Do you have a debut coming up?”

Eunseo cried like a child, throwing a tantrum that made no sense. Tears seemed to never stop, overwhelmed by a crazy sense of relief.

“I’m sorry for surprising you. It’s my fault.”

While gritting his teeth and enduring the beating, the man who had nothing but the sin of saving her apologized again and again. As if he really did something wrong.
She cried for a long time, but she couldn’t seem to calm down. With her trembling body, Seungju eventually held her tightly in his broad arms and patted her back.

“It’s okay; it’s all over now. Those people won’t bother you anymore.”

Seungju didn’t know why she was so scared. It wasn’t about being taken to the security team for interrogation. It wasn’t about receiving threats that they would cut her off from the company, or sue her.

It was because you, who used to say you liked me, seemed to disappear…!

The feelings she had suppressed and endured for so long swelled up in her chest.

She couldn’t bear it any longer without saying anything.

“Let go.”

Seungju seemed like he wanted to hold her more, but Eunseo forcefully freed herself from his embrace. Looking straight into his face, she wiped away the tears streaming down.

“Sorry. I can’t accept your feelings.”

Seungju flinched. Before his beautiful face could be stained with sadness, Eunseo spoke again.

“Not now.”

“……?”

Facing his confused expression, she sniffled and said, “After one year, and one more month.”