Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 77

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#Epilogue 7

“Don’t try to sugarcoat it. Nothing’s going to change anyway.”

She watched coldly as the woman clenched her fists with a shocked expression.

“I thought Dad had cheated or something. But I’m relieved. At least it wasn’t for that reason.”

Dad must have rushed into remarriage because he couldn’t raise a young daughter alone.

Though she hadn’t grown up in a wealthy, warm family, she was still grateful to her current parents who had raised her without abandoning her.

“You might not understand me now, but once you get married and live your life, you’ll understand someday.”

“Understanding or not, what does it matter? Do you think we’ll have days like this, sitting face to face and talking?”

“…Da, Da-som, I have some leeway now and…”

“No. I don’t want to see you anymore. Even if we run into each other unavoidably like today, please don’t acknowledge me. As I said before, I only have one mother… Live well.”

Da-som tidied up the scattered items on the table, picked them up, and stood from her seat.

She gave a light greeting to the woman who was staring up at her blankly, then threw the items away and left the store.

She could feel the woman’s gaze following her from behind, but she didn’t look back.

There would be no reason to meet again, no reason to think of this woman. Even if they happened to run into each other like today, she could pass by like strangers.

After shaking off the resentment that had built up in her heart, she felt much lighter.

Rrrrr. Rrrrr.

She stopped walking at the sound of her ringing phone and checked the number.

It was Kang Hyeok. A smile unconsciously formed on her lips.

“Hello?”

―Where are you?

“I just left the store. What about you, Professor?”

Kang Hyeok, who had worked the morning shift, would be getting off work soon.

―Look ahead. Can you see me?

Kang Hyeok was approaching Da-som with his phone to his ear. Eun Hyeok must have contacted his brother.

That’s why he appeared at just the right time.

“No, I don’t see you? There’s some handsome man who keeps looking at me and smiling though?”

When Da-som played coy, she could hear Kang Hyeok’s laughter.

―I missed you.

Her nose tingled because of this man who whispered so tenderly that her ears could melt, even though they’d only been apart for a few hours.

“…”

Her throat choked up and she couldn’t respond, just standing still in place, when Kang Hyeok strode over with big steps and embraced Da-som.

She buried her face in his broad chest and took a deep breath. Smelling his familiar scent, a deep sense of relief washed over her like a tide.

“You did well.”

“…”

“I’m proud of you.”

Did he think she would cry like last time?

“Mm, I’m not a crybaby, you know?”

When Da-som poked her head up and looked at him, Kang Hyeok pressed his lips to Da-som’s forehead and said.

“I know.”

Her eyes naturally closed at the soft touch.

Being held in his broad embrace, she couldn’t think of anything. Da-som, who had been completely absorbed in the comfort Kang Hyeok provided, belatedly realized where she was standing.

Oh, I’m crazy!

She was startled and pulled away from his embrace. Kang Hyeok was already smiling with the corners of his mouth raised, as if he knew everything.

Passersby had stopped walking and were whispering among themselves.

Some were even shouting openly.

“Hey, Tae Kang-hyeok! You bastard, really!”

That was probably the Internal Medicine Professor?

“Get lost.”

Kang Hyeok said nonchalantly while wrapping his arm around Da-som’s shoulders.

“Ha, you bastard. See you at the alumni gathering.”

After the Internal Medicine Professor left, Da-som looked up at Kang Hyeok with an expression asking what to do.

“Pro, Professor…”

The Emergency Medicine Department knowing was a completely different matter from the entire hospital knowing.

When she pushed his arm away and tried to escape from his embrace, Kang Hyeok pulled Da-som back to his side as if there was no way.

“Everyone already saw.”

“…What do we do.”

“There comes my sister too.”

Sister meaning Professor Tae Bo-kyung?

When she turned her head in the direction Kang Hyeok pointed, Tae Bo-kyung was approaching, leading a group of people in white coats behind her.

“Good afternoon, Professor!”

Greetings poured toward Kang Hyeok. They looked like well-trained soldiers.

Da-som, who had been gaping in surprise at their momentum, also hurriedly greeted Bo-kyung.

“Good afternoon, Professor.”

“I’m always doing well.”

Bo-kyung’s face was full of laughter as she looked down at Da-som with both hands thrust in her coat pockets.

“How have you been, sister-in-law? That guy isn’t bothering you, is he?”

Si, sister-in-law.

Da-som’s face turned bright red.

“Do I have no one else to bother that I’d bother my woman?”

Kang Hyeok looked exasperated as if he was hearing all kinds of nonsense and wrapped his arms around Da-som.

“Take it easy. Is this your bedroom?”

Oh, bedroom.

“Just go away.”

Kang Hyeok retorted coldly.

They said just a few words would start a fight, and the momentum these two were giving off was no joke.

“Let’s go.”

Bo-kyung glared at Kang Hyeok, then spoke to the group that had been standing a step away and left.

“Senior, so are you two married?”

A resident who seemed to be Kang Hyeok’s junior, appearing to be in his senior year, broke away from the group and asked about their relationship.

“Aren’t you going?”

“No, it’s just that she called her sister-in-law…”

“Call her sister-in-law from now on.”

When Kang Hyeok delivered what seemed like a joke but was serious, the resident looked at Da-som and bowed his head.

“Please take care of me, sister-in-law.”

“Oh, no. I should be the one asking you to take care of me.”

Da-som also greeted him awkwardly with an uncomfortable smile.

“Well then, I’ll be going now.”

She could see the junior, who had been looking at Da-som intently as if to memorize her face, leave and join the group.

“…What should we do?”

When Da-som muttered to herself, Kang Hyeok smiled and said.

“What do you mean what should we do. We have to go see patients. So, shall we go now?”

Kang Hyeok naturally extended his hand. Da-som, who had been staring at that hand, took it.

Now the rumors would spread in an instant.

It might be embarrassing for a moment, but what did that matter? When it felt this good.

“Yes!”

Da-som answered with a bright smile.

Then Kang Hyeok smiled broadly and laughed out loud.

The unpleasant emotional residue from the sudden meeting with her birth mother had completely disappeared, and happiness and joy filled that space instead.

As if to prove this, Da-som’s steps were lighter than ever.

***

Should I start getting ready now?

Da-som closed the book she was reading and got up from her seat.

There wasn’t much time left before her promised meeting with Kang Hyeok. When she opened the door and went out to the living room, the study door was tightly closed.

Whenever Kang Hyeok was concentrating on work, he would close the door like that.

It was because he couldn’t concentrate when he saw Da-som swaying around in front of him.

It was the same for Da-som.

The two of them, who would get distracted and playful whenever their eyes met, had decided to set aside specific times to work separately when they were home together.

Soon, Kang Hyeok would open the study door and come out.

Quietly returning to her room and closing the door, Da-som took out the clothes she had carefully stored in the closet. It was a gift from her sister So-yeon.

“Wouldn’t you get tired of eating the same side dishes and the same rice every day? That’s why sometimes you need to be bold and try surprises like this.”

I don’t know.

If the dating expert says so, then it must be true.

Holding the sexy underwear that didn’t seem to suit her at all, she stared at it for a long time before steeling her resolve.

She went to the bathroom, quickly finished showering, and put on the underwear that seemed like it wouldn’t function as underwear at all.

Wow, why is this so sexy? What if he thinks I’m crazy?

Seeing herself wearing underwear that could only be seen in adult films, a strange excitement washed over her.

Right, it’s okay to try this at least once.

Da-som put on a bathrobe over the underwear and carefully left her room.

With each step, the tightening sensation felt strange. Resisting the urge to keep touching it, she approached the study.

She pressed her ear to the door and listened for Kang Hyeok’s movements.

No sound came from inside.

Is he sleeping? …It’s time for him to come out.

Even in this situation, she twisted her body this way and that because of the constricting underwear, and finally pulled at it with her hand.

What kind of seduction is this when I can’t even stand it for a moment?

Should I just go back?

As she bit her lip and hesitated about what to do, Kang Hyeok’s voice came from behind her.

“What are you doing here?”

Ah, you startled me.

Da-som, who was shocked, tried to act nonchalant and laughed it off.

“Haha, ah, it’s nothing.”

Kang Hyeok raised his thick eyebrows as if puzzled and looked down at Da-som.

“Pro, Professor, you were… drinking water.”

Kang Hyeok was holding a water bottle in his hand.

“Could, could you give me some too?”

In her panic, she said whatever came to mind.

Kang Hyeok crushed the empty water bottle and took Da-som’s arm, leading her toward the kitchen.

Ah, damn you Jeong So-yeon.

Because of the underwear that kept shifting to strange positions with every movement, Da-som stopped walking and frowned.

“…Are you uncomfortable somewhere?”

Kang Hyeok stopped walking and looked down at Da-som.

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