Episode 7

 

Fortunately, Lee Seok-hyung did not further comment on Seung-hyun’s words, and Seung-hyun was finally able to leave the hospital. 

 

“Sigh. Living quietly is not an easy thing either.”

 

Seung-hyun, who had returned home, sighed softly and entered his room. The last thing he remembered was taking medicine and lying on the bed, but seeing the blanket in a mess and sprawled out, it seemed that he had really fallen to the floor and rolled around.

 

Seung-hyun roughly pulled the blanket onto the bed and found his cell phone under the blanket. He wondered why he couldn’t see it, and it seemed that he had dropped it while thrashing around.

 

“What’s this again?”

 

When he picked up the phone and turned on the screen, there were five missed calls from a familiar name. Seung-hyun frowned at the name he didn’t want to get involved with and unlocked his phone.

 

Missed calls: Ju Jae-young (5)

 

[Ju Jae-young: Are you really going to just end it like this? I knew Director Han was heartless, but.] 1:12 p.m.

 

[Ju Jae-young: Why aren’t you answering the phone? Did you block me by any chance?] 1:27 p.m.

 

[Ju Jae-young: I didn’t know Director Han Seung-hyun was so open-minded.] 2:39 p.m.

 

It was a little past 12:30 when Seung-hyun returned home, and now the clock hand had just passed 4 o’clock. It had been less than 30 minutes since the last call.

 

‘He’s really being annoying. What kind of personality did Ju Jae-young have….’

 

Seung-hyun slightly frowned at the text and recalled Jae-young from the novel. In “The Law of Conservation,” the main character and the main lead were a couple who only looked at each other, so there was no room for Jae-young to be involved with Seon-hu. However, even knowing that fact, there was a significant number of readers who liked Jae-young.

 

In front of Seon-hu, he had a cheeky, large dog-like feeling, but when dealing with Tae-sung, he became as fierce as a wolf with full vigilance, which was one of the charm points cited by people who liked Jae-young. His blunt way of speaking and actions were also popular.

 

Although he thought he shouldn’t cross the line since he was already married, the fact that his only interest in life was Seon-hu was also the epitome of a kind sub-male lead.

 

Of course, Seung-hyun also liked Jae-young like that, but that was only when he was a reader.

 

‘No, why is he doing this to me?’

 

 If he thought he had caught a weakness, he should quickly go and tell someone, or send a threatening text message, which would be more appropriate.

 

This attitude was as  if he was complaining that he had spent a night together and was being so heartless.

 

―♪♫

 

“Ah, I’m surprised.”

 

As he was thinking like that and contemplating whether to block this or not, his cell phone started ringing loudly again. The caller was the same person this time as well. 

 

―Hello?

 

‘Damn, I accidentally answered it because I was so surprised.’

 

Seung-hyun, who almost dropped his phone in surprise while trying to catch it, sighed as he accidentally answered the call. Well, since he answered it anyway, let’s just talk quickly and get it over with. 

 

“Yes. Hello.”

 

―I thought you might have blocked me, but fortunately that’s not the case.

 

“I’m going to listen to what you have to say one last time and then block you.”

 

Seung-hyun cut him off, not wanting to give him any room. A chuckle was heard over the phone.

 

―Was I that bad?

 

“Why? Is your pride hurt?”

 

―Rather than pride, it’s curiosity. Do you not remember how you were yesterday?  If you remember even a little, you wouldn’t be able to ask such a question.

 

It was a confident attitude. Of course, it was a confidence with a basis.

 

The relationship, which he had tried for the first time, was better than he thought. Since there was no comparison, he couldn’t judge whether it was good or bad, but  if asked  if he was satisfied, he was very satisfied.

 

 If only the other person wasn’t Ju Jae-young, he would have wanted to maintain the relationship steadily to that extent.

 

“…Well, honestly, it was good.”

 

―Of course it was. I tried hard to satisfy you, Director.

 

Why is he really doing this? Seung-hyun began to trace back his memory to properly recall what had happened the day before. But he couldn’t remember anything properly.

 

To be precise, he remembered the satisfying night he had with Jae-young, but he couldn’t remember what had happened before going to Jae-young’s house.

 

―I listened attentively to your story, and since you said your wish was to try it with a handsome man, I fulfilled your wish. How can you be so heartless and leave like that?

 

It seemed that he had talked nonsense before getting into the relationship. It would have been a little more comfortable  if he could remember, but he had no recollection of what he had talked about at all.

 

They met at the bar and he made a scene asking who he was, and when he said let’s go out together, they went outside. And then they didn’t go straight to his house, but stopped by somewhere…

 

‘I’m going to drink more.’

 

‘Do you know that you’re completely drunk right now? Sigh,  if you really want to drink… I know a private bar. Let’s go there.’

 

Right. He had followed him like that. And it seemed like they had talked about something after that….

 

―I thought we could become quite close.

 

At Jae-young’s words, Seung-hyun returned to reality. What kind of person would say things like he seems to have a lot to say as soon as he wakes up, or that he didn’t know he was that kind of person. He must be trying to get under his skin.

 

“That won’t happen. Mr. Ju Jae-young, aren’t you busy following Mr. Lee Seon-hu around? Do you have time to pay attention to me?”

 

―Thank you for worrying about that too. I’m deeply moved.

 

Even at the blatant rebuke, Jae-young did not back down. What kind of conversation did they have during the time he couldn’t remember that made him act like this? Seung-hyun became really curious.

 

―It’s true that the person I was most interested in my life was Seon-hu. But now, I’m interested in Director Han, not Seon-hu. Isn’t this better than being interested in a married man?

 

“Whether you’re interested in a married man or a married man’s grandfather, I don’t care as long as you stop being interested in me.”

 

―Director Han. I don’t know what whim made you do something like last night… but do you know how many weird people there are among those who do it for a one-night stand?

 

Jae-young spoke in a tone as  if he was teaching him. Who are you to give me advice? Seung-hyun was at a loss for words and just held the phone silently.

 

―Among them, how hard is it to find someone as safe, handsome, and well-endowed as me? It’s good that you’ve opened your eyes to a new taste, but  if you’re going to do it anyway….

 

“Thank you for your concern, but I’ll just keep that in mind. Don’t contact me.”

 

―Director Han. Don’t hang up….

 

Seung-hyun made a face as if he had heard all sorts of nonsense and hung up the phone. He wanted to turn back time and check what had happened yesterday.

 

‘I liked him because he was a cheeky and assertive character… but experiencing it in real life is completely different.’

 

Jae-young called again right away, but Seung-hyun immediately hung up and blocked his number. What Seung-hyun wanted was peace, not romance or anything like that.

 

“I can’t help it for a while, but I want to live very quietly.”

 

Seung-hyun stared at the blocked list for a moment and turned off his phone screen without any regret. There would be some annoying things when Chairman Han returned, but until then, no one could interfere with what he did.

 

‘But  if I go to a place like a gay bar again and run into Ju Jae-young, it will be annoying, so I should avoid that side. Should I spend some money? I bought a lot of clothes, so this time, something like a watch….’

 

Seung-hyun smirked as he fiddled with the card in his wallet. Who knew spending money like this would be so fun? With a balance that he couldn’t spend even  if he bought a house a day until he died, unless he really splurged, he had days left to enjoy this fun for the next year.

 

“Life is already unfair, so I have to enjoy what I can.”

 

Seung-hyun nodded as he said that. When it’s time to be sad, you have to play. The 1 year given to him was too precious to just cry.

 

‘Should I enjoy a hotel vacation before Chairman Han comes? I can’t go far, but it seems like there are good places nearby….’

 

Seung-hyun spent his time like that, looking for things to do on his cell phone. As they say, happy times pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, time passed and he received a call from Chairman Han, who had returned from a business trip, and had to go to the company.

 

‘Ugh, uncomfortable.’

 

“Director Han. The chairman tells you to come in.”

 

After informing the secretary of his arrival and fiddling with the unfamiliar suit jacket, the door to the chairman’s office opened after a while. Chairman Han was not a soft person to his passionate alpha grandson, so he probably wouldn’t hear good things, but Seung-hyun thought it didn’t matter since he would only meet him this once anyway.

 

“So. You’re going to quit the company?”

 

As he entered the chairman’s office, an old man with eyes so  sharp that it was hard to believe he was nearly eighty years old looked Seung-hyun up and down. Seung-hyun, who had flinched for a moment, straightened his posture and stood in front of Chairman Han.