Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 19

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#Episode 19

“Oh, this place is…”

Da-som, who had been sitting quietly in the passenger seat holding her breath, shouted when she saw the familiar hotel building.

The magnificent W Hotel was getting closer and closer.

“Why? Is there a problem?”

“Don’t tell me we’re going there?”

Kang Hyeok nodded leisurely.

No, why there of all places?

He had said they should start over from the beginning, but it seemed he had chosen the exact same place where they had their blind date.

What on earth was he thinking?

When she looked at him with wavering eyes, unable to understand Kang Hyeok’s incomprehensible behavior, he smoothly curved his lips into a smile.

His charming smile somehow felt wicked.

“I made a reservation at the Sky Lounge.”

“…It must be expensive.”

Kang Hyeok sent her a look as if asking why she would worry about such things.

For Da-som, who hadn’t lived comfortably enough to enjoy leisurely meals while savoring the atmosphere, it was a natural concern.

Today, no matter what happened, she was planning to pay the bill herself.

“I noticed you ate well that time.”

Of course, she did sometimes think about that tender steak that could be cut with just a knife, but she didn’t have the nerve to go back there to eat again.

Da-som, who felt a bit bitter since it would cost her entire month’s living expenses, looked at Kang Hyeok who was driving calmly.

“Let’s eat, drink, and chat comfortably like that day.”

Kang Hyeok firmly ended his words as if he had no intention of changing the location.

When he pulled the car up to the hotel entrance, a staff member rushed over to open the door.

That day, even though it was borrowed clothes, at least she had dressed properly.

Now she was wearing jeans and a military jacket.

The weather was still cold, and since she only needed scrubs and a gown when working at the hospital, she hadn’t paid much attention to her clothing.

“You must be embarrassed to be seen with me.”

When Da-som whispered softly as she got out of the car, he laughed out loud and looked over Da-som’s outfit.

“You’re just pretty.”

After finishing his assessment as if tossing it out casually, he strode over to Da-som’s side.

“Shall we go?”

Then he gently took hold of Da-som’s elbow as she stood there blankly and led her toward the hotel entrance.

Due to the sudden physical contact, Da-som’s face heated up as if it would burst.

At this rate, she was going to have an arrest (cardiac arrest).

Even in the midst of her confusion, she could feel people passing by glancing at the two of them.

Right, in their eyes, they probably looked like an older brother who came to catch his runaway sister or an uncle who came to catch his niece.

What else could it be?

Standing in front of the elevator after passing through the lobby, Da-som looked at the spotless elevator doors and said,

“Um, Professor.”

Their figures were clearly reflected on the stainless steel. Kang Hyeok tilted his head slightly toward Da-som.

“Hmm?”

“Please let go of this. People are staring. It looks exactly like an older brother who came to catch his runaway sister.”

When Da-som shook her captured arm and bit her rolled lips, Kang Hyeok’s eyes narrowed.

“Don’t we look like affectionate lovers? That’s what I think.”

In what way? You’re good at joking.

“Haha, i-is that so?”

“I can see all your thoughts.”

“Then we should do it like this.”

Let’s see if you still say that even with this.

Da-som pulled out her captured arm and linked arms with Kang Hyeok. Then Kang Hyeok’s downcast eyes twitched.

See? You don’t like this kind of thing, right?

When Da-som chuckled and tried to pull her arm away, Kang Hyeok put strength in his arm and pressed it firmly against his side. Da-som’s arm, which she was trying to pull out, was caught and wouldn’t come free.

“Nice. Should we walk around like this from now on?”

“…”

Sir, why are you blushing like that?

Unbelievably, Kang Hyeok’s earlobes and cheeks were slightly reddened.

Ding—.

Just then, the elevator arrived and the doors opened. Da-som got on the elevator alongside Kang Hyeok.

They were still linked arm in arm.

She had no idea what was happening or how things were unfolding.

Her heart was just helplessly pounding and racing.

***

Meanwhile, Eun Hyeok had just received Da-som’s call and was leaving the hospital with Han Byeol when something caught his eye.

No matter how dark and dim it was, there was no way he wouldn’t recognize his brother’s car. Wasn’t it a sedan with only a few in the country?

Kang Hyeok had opened a stock account since high school and started trading with his allowance, eventually earning money that surpassed the annual salary of most major corporation employees.

He had been making money like that since he was seventeen. Now, no one knew how much was in Kang Hyeok’s stock account.

Moreover, who was Kang Hyeok? Wasn’t he the eldest grandson of the Tae Family?

Kang Hyeok, who received full support from his grandfather who was the founder of Central General Hospital and the power holder of the Tae Family, had inherited several buildings unlike other grandsons. The monthly rent from those alone was enormous.

Anyway, the person getting into the passenger seat of the car that Kang Hyeok was driving was definitely Jeong Da-som.

Something had been suspicious since lunchtime at the restaurant today.

“Han Byeol, follow me. Hurry!”

“What’s wrong with you?”

“We, we need to take a taxi.”

Eun Hyeok flagged down a taxi that had just dropped off a passenger and was about to leave, shoving Han Byeol into the taxi.

“Hey, where are we going!”

Han Byeol put up weak resistance, but Eun Hyeok didn’t care and got in next to Han Byeol.

Thud!

He closed the taxi door and said to the driver,

“Driver, did you see the 70** car that just left the hospital? Please follow it quickly.”

“Let’s give it a try.”

The taxi driver immediately pressed the meter and left the hospital. Fortunately, they spotted Kang Hyeok’s car stopped at a traffic light at the intersection ahead.

“There, over there! That’s the car.”

Eun Hyeok pointed at the car with his finger.

“Okay, got it.”

The taxi driver with graying white hair straightened his posture and kept a close eye on Kang Hyeok’s car.

Feeling relieved that they wouldn’t lose it, Han Byeol looked at Eun Hyeok with strange eyes.

“I’m ready to listen, but aren’t you going to tell me?”

Han Byeol kept poking Eun Hyeok’s side.

“I think Da-som might have had her weakness discovered.”

Han Byeol’s thin eyebrows shot up. So he had no choice but to explain everything from what happened at the restaurant today to Da-som being called to Kang Hyeok’s research lab.

“But what weakness could Da-som possibly have?”

Han Byeol narrowed her eyes and asked back in a calm tone.

“That’s exactly what I don’t understand.”

Eun Hyeok said in an uncertain tone.

“Eun Hyeok, Eun Hyeok, what am I going to do with you? Does it make sense to follow blindly without even knowing where they’re going? Just call Da-som instead.”

“No way. Actually, I wasn’t going to mention this, but there’s more than one or two suspicious things about our little cotton ball. You saw how she cut her hair short, right? And what about those glasses that don’t suit her?”

Now that he said it, he really felt more suspicious. And that wasn’t all.

Remembering Da-som’s behavior when she suddenly sent a text asking about Kang Hyeok made it feel even more suspicious.

“That Person definitely discovered our cotton ball’s weakness. We need to rescue her from his clutches.”

Eun Hyeok looked at Han Byeol with the most serious expression in the world.

“Hah, I don’t know anymore. Do whatever you want.”

Han Byeol completely avoided Eun Hyeok’s gaze and closed his eyes.

“That car is going into the W Hotel, should we follow?”

The taxi driver asked, pointing at Kang Hyeok’s car.

“Ah, please drop us off at the entrance.”

Eun Hyeok quickly pulled out his card and paid.

“Thank you.”

Getting out of the taxi, Eun Hyeok grabbed Han Byeol’s arm and carefully made his way to the W Hotel entrance.

“Han Byeol, you saw it, right? You saw it clearly with your own two eyes, right?”

Han Byeol’s mouth fell wide open as he directly witnessed Da-som being dragged away by Kang Hyeok.

“N-no way, our little cotton ball…”

“What did I tell you? He wouldn’t act like that unless he really had something on her.”

Seeing Professor Tae Kang-hyeok taking Da-som away like he was arresting her, Han Byeol also became curious about why he was taking her like that.

“Let’s hurry and follow them.”

“No. Let’s wait in front of cotton ball’s house. That bastard is so sharp that if we get too close, he’ll notice us.”

Han Byeol thought for a moment and then nodded. There must be a reason why Eun Hyeok was being so cautious.

“Got it. Let’s go to the front of the hospital first. But Eun Hyeok, he’s still a professor, so he wouldn’t do anything weird, right?”

“I don’t know. Just thinking about how that bastard beat me up. Damn it.”

“Wasn’t that because you did something that deserved a beating?”

“Listen carefully to what I’m about to tell you. This is information you can’t hear anywhere else.”

Eun Hyeok began to explain just how crazy and persistent his brother was.

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