Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 24

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#Episode 24

…What are you saying.

As Da-som snorted in disbelief, Kang Hyeok let go of her hand and stepped back a few paces.

The tension that had been floating between them faded, and a warm breeze blew through the space.

“I was just thinking I should make you exercise anyway, so this works out well. Should we start with morning calisthenics?”

“Morning calisthenics? I don’t remember how.”

“Just look at that mirror and follow me.”

Da-som tilted her head at the strange feeling that washed over her.

Kang Hyeok was acting so naturally, as if they had known each other for a long time.

He had said he wanted to close the distance between them, and it seemed he was quite determined about it.

Still, is it normal to greet the morning doing morning calisthenics bare-faced with a professor?

“It’s not cold anymore, right? Then put down the jacket and come here.”

She took off the jacket Kang Hyeok had put on her, hung it on the exercise equipment, and stood in front of the mirror following him.

…Excuse me.

“Spread your arms.”

Excuse me. …How can the professor be so natural about this?

You’re not the one who left the personal PT inquiry note, are you, Professor?

She awkwardly spread her arms and widened the gap between them.

“Then let’s begin.”

“Yes.”

“One, two, three, four….”

Following the low commands that echoed through the gym, she moved her arms and legs and began doing morning calisthenics after Kang Hyeok.

She must have been so out of shape that the sound of her joints creaking came out like a refrain.

Oh dear.

Whether he knew Da-som’s feelings or not, Kang Hyeok was doing the morning calisthenics in order with a calm expression.

Occasionally, when Kang Hyeok’s sharp gaze from under his lowered eyelids touched Da-som’s thighs, it stung.

Crack, pop.

Why were the sounds of her stiff joints creaking so loud?

Kang Hyeok’s slightly upturned lips seemed to be mocking her.

Her cheeks turned red as if they would burst. If she stayed a little longer, she felt like she’d ripen like a persimmon.

“Rotate your waist big!”

How much bigger?

Since she had come this far anyway, she thought she might as well let go of her inhibitions.

At least she wasn’t wearing a crop top that showed her belly button.

She placed both hands on her hips, stuck her butt out far back, and made big circles. Then a groaning laugh escaped from Kang Hyeok’s mouth.

Fine, do whatever you want.

“This is driving me crazy….”

What’s there to go crazy about?

Da-som pretended not to hear and diligently rotated her waist.

***

“Good morning.”

Ma Seong-ho, wearing a crossbody bag, entered the research lab and greeted Kang Hyeok. Seong-ho was carrying a 2-cup coffee carrier in his hand.

“Here, drink this.”

Kang Hyeok, who had been lost in thought, only lifted his eyes to look at Seong-ho.

“Why do you look like that? Did something happen?”

Seong-ho offered him the warm coffee. Kang Hyeok uncrossed his fingers and accepted the coffee.

“I’ll drink it well.”

Coffee probably wouldn’t be much help to Kang Hyeok, who was struggling to calm his excitement.

Still, since Seong-ho had brought it with good intentions, he accepted it graciously and set it down on his desk.

“You’re acting strange today. Should I tell the kids to go easy on you?”

Seong-ho didn’t drop his suspicion and kept watching Kang Hyeok. After observing him for so long, he could instantly tell when his mood was even slightly off.

Despite looking dull as a bear, he was sharp as a ghost when it came to reading people.

“Crazy bastard.”

The real crazy one was none other than himself.

Normally, he would have gone down to the Emergency Room to check on patients and examine their condition from the previous night, but today he couldn’t easily do that.

This was the price for underestimating Jeong Da-som’s charm too easily.

From the moment they met at the Rooftop Fitness Center until they left that place, he hadn’t been in his right mind.

Seeing Da-som’s flushed cheeks and the beads of sweat on her nose bridge, Kang Hyeok had briefly considered whether he should withdraw his plan to exercise together in the morning.

He wondered if he could really handle that creature who was dangerously cute and lovable enough to be harmful to his heart.

The desire to touch and hold her whenever he saw her would obviously become more and more intense.

Right now, Kang Hyeok was no different from a beast boiling with lust.

He had relieved his desire several times under the shower, but the burning thirst wouldn’t easily be extinguished or disappear.

Even while bringing Da-som to the hospital in his car, he had to work hard not to let her notice his inner thoughts.

Da-som did seem to be reading the situation, but his own situation was more urgent, so he didn’t have the luxury to look after Da-som.

He was finally realizing the seriousness of his yang energy that Goh Ah-reum had been nagging about until his ears were calloused.

Cursing inwardly, he gulped down the coffee to quench his irritable thirst.

“That hot thing.”

Seong-ho shouted with a surprised expression.

“Damn it.”

Why is this so hot?

When Kang Hyeok spat out a curse, Seong-ho burst into laughter.

He silently stared at Seong-ho, then composed himself with his usual flawless and cool expression.

Right now, Da-som was following along, caught up in Kang Hyeok’s pace somewhat carelessly, but there was no telling when she might bounce back. So it would be troublesome to lose control during this important time.

Seong-ho, sitting across from him, habitually stripped off his clothes without any hesitation.

Watching this, Kang Hyeok’s brow furrowed slightly.

Yesterday, he too had been changing his shirt when Da-som visited the research lab.

Lost in his own emotions, he hadn’t considered Da-som’s feelings, but had Da-som felt like this then?

If so, she probably would have been quite uncomfortable.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Embarrassed?”

Seong-ho covered his chest with both arms and made exaggerated gestures.

Crazy bastard.

“My eyes feel like they’re rotting. Hurry up and change.”

“My body’s amazing, right?”

“Your belly fat is laughing.”

“Come on, don’t compare me to you. Honestly, for my age, this is pretty good. Haven’t you seen Professor Hong from GS’s belly?”

“How would I know that? Am I a pervert? Going around just looking at bellies.”

“I don’t know about that either. But our Professor Tae, from what I saw yesterday, he’s going to cause trouble.”

“…What do you mean by that?”

Kang Hyeok, who had an inkling of what this might be about, asked back in a calm voice.

Seong-ho, now wearing a gown over his scrubs, grinned and picked up his iced coffee.

“You’d know better than anyone. Whose behind your eyes were following around.”

“So?”

“What do you mean ‘so’? Stop tormenting that newbie who just started. Everyone’s making a fuss saying they feel sorry for Dr. Jeong.”

“…What?”

Kang Hyeok’s eyebrows shot up.

“You picked on someone last year too and drove them out. Don’t you remember?”

“He ran away, I didn’t drive him out.”

Someone who can’t get their act together and keeps wandering around is bound to cause accidents. What’s the point of talking about someone who walked out on their own before causing trouble?

“Anyway, let’s go easy this time. Let’s try to get through without losing even one of the five.”

Seeing Seong-ho rambling on about something completely different from what he expected, he couldn’t even laugh.

When Kang Hyeok looked at him as if he was dumbfounded, Seong-ho spoke seriously.

“And don’t be too hard on your brother either. Everyone said the kids these days are kind and well-mannered, unlike typical young people.”

Such an unnecessarily serious guy.

“He needs to be scolded if he doesn’t come to his senses.”

While talking with Seong-ho, Kang Hyeok refreshed his mood and pulled himself together.

He wouldn’t deliberately give Da-som a hard time because of other people’s attention, but he needed to treat her fairly with strict standards.

Kang Hyeok, who most despised being unable to distinguish between public and private matters and getting clingy, reminded himself why he was working at SJ University Hospital.

It was because he hated working at a hospital run by the Family more than anything.

Anyway, Central General Hospital would be taken over and operated by his sister Bo-kyeong, and he planned to work here as long as possible.

So he must never show favoritism toward Da-som or waver due to personal feelings.

Even if the staff later found out that the two of them were dating, that would be a problem to think about when the time came.

Kang Hyeok picked up his coffee and stood up from his seat.

“I’m going down first.”

“Okay. I’ll come down soon too. Oh, but I didn’t buy that coffee.”

Seong-ho said while sipping his iced coffee through a straw.

“Then who bought it?”

“Choi Eun-ju. I met her in the lobby and she bought it for me.”

Kang Hyeok’s eyes narrowed. It was coffee with extra shots, perfectly suited to his taste.

“Don’t ask her to buy things like this from now on.”

“Huh? How did you know?”

Kang Hyeok glared at Seong-ho and left the research lab first.

No one knew how many patients would come today. Working with new interns and residents required more attention than usual.

It was fortunate that he came to his senses before showing Da-som an ugly side of himself.

Armed with a cold and rational demeanor, Kang Hyeok headed to the Emergency Room with his usual expression.

***

“Hello. Thank you for your hard work.”

Da-som greeted the doctors who had worked the night shift as she entered the Emergency Room station.

Everyone looked like their dark circles had dropped down to their chins.

“You came early. Did you sleep at the hospital yesterday?”

“No. I’m on my way from home.”

“You still have a long way to go before starting shift work, so come at the right time from now on.”

They seemed to think it was a newbie’s eagerness.

Of course, that was partly true, but she had arrived earlier because she came in Kang Hyeok’s car.

“Yes, I will.”

Da-som smiled brightly and went to find her seat.

Maybe because she wasn’t familiar with the system here yet, she felt like work wasn’t clicking.

But what on earth had happened last night? There were 58 patients in the hospital.

At her previous hospital, there were often white board days (days when there were no patients remaining in the morning).

But having 58 patients in the hospital probably meant that patients had been pouring in by the minute last night.

Hell Gate had definitely opened.

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