Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 20

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#Episode 20

“I have so much to say about him that even a 3-night, 4-day seminar wouldn’t be enough!”

He got all worked up, practically spitting as he spoke.

Usually so kind and seemingly able to live without any laws, Eun Hyeok pitifully transformed whenever his brother was mentioned.

Objectively speaking, Eun Hyeok alone was quite decent without any shortcomings. According to rumors, there were even women who liked Eun Hyeok, and though they eventually gave up after getting tired of being misunderstood about their relationship because of Da-som who stuck to him like glue, it wasn’t like he was unpopular.

Besides, wasn’t he the youngest son of Central General Hospital’s chairman?

Whether looking at his family background, appearance, or abilities, he lacked nothing.

“Alright. Just go catch your bus already. Are you going to keep doing this here forever?”

“You guys need to know the truth. That person’s true nature.”

“Yeah, yeah. I was wrong. Actually, you’re much better than your brother. Pretty boys are all the rage these days.”

“…Pretty boy?”

Eun Hyeok asked back. Fortunately, he seemed to have half come to his senses.

“Yeah.”

“…I’m a pretty boy?”

“Of course, didn’t you know?”

“I am pretty handsome. Let’s take a taxi. What’s this about a bus.”

Eun Hyeok pulled out his phone and opened a taxi app as if he’d never been angry. Han Byeol secretly let out a sigh of relief watching him.

On one hand, Da-som seemed amazing. She had been soothing this Eun Hyeok for years.

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The Sky Lounge overlooking Seoul’s night view was beautiful. Kang Hyeok, who seemed to be basking in the hotel’s lighting alone, was also dazzlingly handsome.

Without a doubt, Kang Hyeok’s appearance was better than any other man in the Sky Lounge.

They say eye candy is the best kind of nourishment, and the steak placed in front of her didn’t even register.

Watching Da-som barely touch her food with the meat right in front of her, Kang Hyeok asked.

“Doesn’t it suit your taste?”

“Oh, no. It’s delicious.”

Da-som cut a large piece of steak and put it in her mouth. As she stuffed her cheeks full and chewed away, he silently watched her.

Professor, if you stare like that, people might misunderstand.

Her heart pounded at his gaze that seemed satisfied just from watching.

But when should she bring up the topic?

She wished this nice atmosphere could continue forever, but since there was a purpose for coming here in the first place, she couldn’t keep her mouth shut indefinitely.

It seemed like he was planning to feed her first and then gently interrogate her afterward.

Da-som picked up her eating pace.

When her throat got blocked, she gulped down the wine placed in front of her and ate heartily. Since she was planning to pay for it herself anyway, she would finish everything without leaving anything.

Glug glug glug.

Kang Hyeok stretched his long arm and poured wine into her now-empty glass.

“Thank you.”

She greeted him like a polite student while emptying her plate.

“Eat slowly. You’ll get indigestion at this rate.”

Had she been eating too ravenously?

They do call interns gluttons, but now that she’d become a proper resident, it was time to break free from that habit, yet it unconsciously slipped out.

Da-som quietly put down her fork and looked at Kang Hyeok’s plate.

Kang Hyeok’s plate, where he had been cutting large pieces of steak and eating appetizingly, was also empty by now.

However, the vegetables remained untouched as if he hadn’t even bothered with them.

Kang Hyeok, who had been leisurely leaning back in his chair sipping wine, quietly straightened up and put down his wine glass. Then he picked up his fork and started eating the vegetables.

Seeing the slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, it seemed he disliked vegetables as much as beans.

The sight of such a big man being a picky eater was both amusing and humanizing.

Da-som pretended not to notice and cleanly finished her own plate.

After the meal ended, dessert was served.

Da-som wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin and stared intently at Kang Hyeok, ready to seriously bring up the topic.

“What’s your relationship with Jeong So-yeon? Are you sisters?”

After rinsing his mouth with water, Kang Hyeok looked at Da-som and asked casually.

“Yes.”

“But you don’t look alike at all.”

How does he know what my sister looks like?

When Da-som looked at him puzzled, Kang Hyeok continued.

“I went to the hospital after the blind date and saw a photo.”

“Ah, I see. Haha, actually my sister and I don’t share a drop of blood.”

Kang Hyeok’s handsome eyebrows twitched.

It wasn’t like her parents’ remarriage was a flaw. Da-som took a deep breath and confessed honestly.

“When I was six, my father remarried. The sister my stepmother had is two years older than me, but we’ve been close since childhood.”

Kang Hyeok nodded while resting his chin on his hand, listening attentively to Da-som’s words.

When she was young, even bringing up such stories was painful, but now it flowed out smoothly and matter-of-factly.

“My sister takes after our mother and is incredibly beautiful.”

At Da-som’s words, Kang Hyeok chuckled.

“Then did I miss out on a precious opportunity? The chance to meet an incredible beauty, I mean.”

A faint smile played on Kang Hyeok’s face as he leisurely crossed his legs and asked.

He was definitely teasing her.

But wasn’t it true that no man would refuse a pretty woman?

“…So, how about meeting my sister again? That would bring things back to square one, wouldn’t it?”

Of course, saying such words didn’t leave her feeling unaffected.

Being outstanding is one thing, but this is too much.

He was so exceptional that she couldn’t even dare to be greedy, so it did sting a bit that her sister would meet such a man.

But she thought it might be okay since she could still see him as a professor at the hospital.

Then her sister would become the daughter-in-law of Central General Hospital’s chairman as their mother wanted and live happily.

She had been thinking this way ever since Kang Hyeok suggested going back to square one in the car.

“Before arranging another meeting, there’s something we need to discuss first. Shouldn’t you tell me why Jeong So-yeon sent you in her place?”

Kang Hyeok asked as if he already knew the circumstances behind why her sister had sent her as a substitute.

She had come as a substitute because her sister had a boyfriend, but she couldn’t bring herself to say that outright.

And hadn’t she just suggested with her own mouth that he meet her sister again?

“…Well, there were circumstances…”

“Fine. You don’t have to say it. I can roughly guess. But Jeong Da-som.”

“Yes, Professor.”

Kang Hyeok’s eyes were cold as he wiped the smile from his face.

Her eyelids trembled under his gaze that sent chills down her spine.

“Do you remember when I said I wanted to seriously try dating you?”

She remembered. Of course she remembered.

Hadn’t she looked at the text he sent countless times?

When Da-som nodded slightly, he stared intently into her eyes.

“Whether your sister is beautiful or not doesn’t matter. I fell for you that day at the blind date.”

Da-som’s eyes gradually widened.

“Just let me catch you, I thought. How dare you hit me from behind, if I catch you I won’t let it slide – I was grinding my teeth like that, but there you were right in front of me during orientation. Do you know how I felt then?”

“…Did you want to kill me?”

When Da-som asked stammering, Kang Hyeok smirked while touching the corner of his mouth.

“I was only angry then, but mostly I felt sad thinking I might never see you again. But when you appeared in front of me like this, how happy do you think I was? I couldn’t sleep properly for days.”

What is he saying right now?

Da-som was completely out of it.

“I’m sorry. I feel so guilty about unintentionally deceiving you. I’m not usually such a bad person, but I was blinded by the 30 million won… Anyway, I’m truly sorry.”

Flustered, Da-som rambled on with whatever came to her mouth.

Get a grip.

He said he was happy enough to lose sleep, but she shouldn’t take those words at face value.

He must have been delighted that the sinner walked right into his hands.

And she was his younger brother’s friend and a first-year resident at that.

He probably thought she’d be worth pushing around.

What good was having a crush when she was the woman who had backstabbed him?

When Da-som wiped away her cold sweat and smiled sheepishly, Kang Hyeok smiled back.

“Would you run away if I asked you to marry me?”

“Pardon?”

Marriage all of a sudden?

When Da-som asked loudly in shock, the smile gradually faded from Kang Hyeok’s face.

“Is that really so shocking? It was a blind date with marriage in mind anyway, and I met a woman I liked there, so isn’t it natural for me to think that way?”

“…!”

“Ah, but you went there as a joke, didn’t you?”

What should she do? The conversation was taking a strange turn.

Da-som fidgeted restlessly and kept wiping away the cold sweat with the back of her hand. Under Kang Hyeok’s expressionless gaze as he stared at her quietly, she felt like she had to say something.

“I’m not even at the age to get married, and moreover, I’m just a first-year resident now—would that even be possible?”

“Then what do you think we should do?”

Kang Hyeok crossed his legs the other way and rested his chin on his hand.

Why are you asking me that?

She wanted to retort immediately, but sensing that wouldn’t be wise, Da-som smiled sheepishly again.

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