Emergency Instinct - Chapter 54
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Tae-jun stared straight ahead with a brazen expression as he spoke. As if hiding just his hands behind his back would fool everyone.
Ji-an glanced at the CCTV and hung her head low.
She could have pulled away, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
Her ears turned red all the way to the tips, and their interlocked hands grew hot.
Lately, the Dongsan Hospital issue had become a hot topic among her colleagues too.
Ji-an tried not to pay attention, but she couldn’t help overhearing.
Most of the doctors were furious.
It was natural. But Ji-an, who couldn’t casually join their conversations, would quietly slip away.
It was uncomfortable.
Even though she had lived her whole life unrelated to it, Ji-an wasn’t completely unconnected to Dongsan Hospital either. She couldn’t easily criticize it like others.
She deliberately put aside her interest and focused only on her mother’s recovery.
In doing so, she ended up avoiding Tae-jun under the excuse of being busy.
She seemed to need time to sort out her emotions. Her own foolish behavior was frustrating too.
But when she actually faced him, all her worrying seemed pointless.
Just seeing his face made her happy.
She couldn’t think of anything else, and holding his hand after so long simply made her heart flutter.
What was this that made her blush so embarrassingly red all over?
As she felt thirsty and moistened her lips with her tongue, he pulled her closer with more force. Close enough as if to embrace her in his arms.
Ji-an snapped back to her senses and whispered.
“We agreed to be careful in the hospital.”
“That’s why I’m holding back.”
This was him holding back?
She looked up with a face that had turned bright red. Then.
“Ji-an.”
His low, deep voice drew closer and flowed out breathlessly.
“Don’t neglect me too much.”
His gaze, which had been looking straight ahead, slowly settled on her.
Persistent and jet-black eyes.
Blazing flames were burning within them. Hot enough to devour her at any moment.
Gulp.
At the warm breath that came right up to her nose, Ji-an unconsciously swallowed her dry saliva.
Ever since they had confirmed each other’s feelings, he no longer hid his desire. He was even more unrestrained, as if he didn’t care about being caught.
But conversely, Ji-an had become more cautious and couldn’t help being careful.
They needed to separate quickly. If she let her guard down even for a moment, being swept away by the enormous flames he emitted would happen in an instant.
But her body and mind were at odds. Even though the precarious heat had come right up to her nose, she couldn’t move.
Far from pushing him away, Ji-an stared up at him as if mesmerized.
Just as his hot lips were about to descend.
Ding!
Reminding them that they weren’t alone in the world, the elevator stopped.
Ji-an snapped back to her senses and belatedly turned her head faster than light.
Thump thump, her heart pounded as the elevator doors opened.
Medical staff happened to get on.
“Good day, Chairman.”
Someone was startled and greeted Tae-jun after recognizing him.
“Yes.”
He looked straight ahead and nodded naturally.
He was calm as if nothing had happened. But Ji-an couldn’t be like that.
Thump thump. Her heart beat like crazy.
Tae-jun still hadn’t released Ji-an’s interlocked fingers that he kept hidden behind their backs.
She was burning red all the way to her ears like a fever patient.
As she held her breath thinking they might get caught, he couldn’t stay still and playfully curved his fingers to tease her.
At the sudden tingling sensation that penetrated her palm, Ji-an was startled and trembled.
It was as if his fingers were stirring not her hand, but inside her belly. Her whole body tightened and tickled.
Afraid that a moan might escape without her knowing, Ji-an bit her lips even tighter and endured.
Ding.
When the elevator stopped again.
He finally released their intertwined hands. And with a sigh of regret, he leisurely got off.
Through the closing doors, she could see Tae-jun looking back.
Ji-an almost lost her reason for a moment and nearly followed him off, but she held back.
She rode the elevator back up and got off on the 9th floor. With a face flushed red like a persimmon.
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“That person came and went?”
When Ji-an entered the hospital room, she was so surprised that her voice rose.
She had a lot of catching up to do with her mother. Naturally, that included stories about Tae-jun.
But though she had sat down with a fluttering heart, Ji-an couldn’t say anything.
Before she could even open her mouth, her mother first informed her that Tae-jun had visited.
It seemed the reason she had run into him in front of the 9th floor elevator earlier was because he had come to visit her mother.
Ji-an hadn’t thought of this at all. That he would meet her mother without saying a word to her.
Why didn’t he say anything to me?
Her fluttering heart quickly plummeted into confusion.
“He was really handsome.”
Her mother spoke with an extremely excited expression.
“His eyes showed he truly likes you.”
Her mother seemed to like Tae-jun at first sight.
She patted Ji-an’s hand several times with a moved expression.
She understood completely. She knew very well how wonderful he was too. But somehow, Ji-an couldn’t smile back comfortably.
“You did well. Ji-an. You really did well.”
Her mother looked at Ji-an with an excited expression.
She looked like she wanted to hear many things. But Ji-an, who couldn’t sort out her emotions, couldn’t easily open her mouth.
She knew that Seo Tae-jun wasn’t a man who moved around asking for permission from anyone.
Unlike the hesitating Ji-an, he never hesitated about anything. She sometimes envied that unwavering confidence.
But as similar situations repeated, Ji-an found it increasingly difficult to hide her uncomfortable feelings.
Seo Tae-jun, what was this man in such a hurry about?
If only he would wait a little…
Her mother’s body hadn’t fully recovered yet. What if her mother was greatly shocked by his visiting here without saying anything?
Ji-an, who hadn’t been mentally prepared at all, looked at her mother with confused eyes.
“Mom, actually I don’t really know what I should do.”
“Ji-an, what do you mean…”
Woman Police Officer, who had been full of expectations, felt her heart sink at her daughter’s wavering eyes.
She seemed to have gotten ahead of herself. She should have checked first.
Tae-jun, who had come to ask for marriage permission, seemed so reliable that she had gotten excited without thinking.
“Don’t be surprised and listen. I have a lot to tell you from now on.”
Ji-an’s chest heaved roughly as she opened her mouth with difficulty.
Only then did Woman Police Officer realize that she wasn’t simply trying to talk about marriage. She exhaled deeply and nodded.
“Ji-an. Mom is okay now. So don’t leave anything out and tell me everything.”
As if determined, Ji-an began to tell her one by one about what had happened while she was asleep.
“I went to see Grandmother.”
When the story began with her mother-in-law, Woman Police Officer unconsciously felt her heart drop and clutched her chest.
“Wh-what do you mean….”
“I needed money for hospital bills.”
“Ji-an….”
“I was desperate enough to grasp at straws.”
Ji-an’s despair could be felt completely.
The woman police officer’s whole body trembled. Her eyes filled with tears, but she gritted her teeth, trying to hold them back somehow.
Though she spoke calmly, all the humiliation Ji-an had endured became daggers that pierced straight into her heart.
She felt sorry, and sorry again, and yet grateful that Ji-an had endured it all.
Ji-an’s eyes began to sparkle for the first time as she talked about her first meeting with Tae-jun.
Her blushing cheeks were so pretty.
The woman police officer felt excited along with Ji-an as she watched her.
Honey seemed to drip from Ji-an’s eyes as she talked about how he took care of her meals to an annoying degree.
Even while saying he was annoying, even while saying she was upset, even while sighing that he was really so selfish. Ji-an’s lips were smiling.
Perhaps it was because of this kind of tenderness that she had decided to marry him.
Her heart ached at that thought, and shadows gradually settled over Ji-an’s face.
The walls blocking reality, and the anxiety and fear she felt from his unrestrained nature.
Feeling her thoughtful daughter’s tangled confusion, the woman police officer’s heart ached.
Why did she have to resemble her even in love?
Looking at her daughter, the woman police officer recalled her own youth.
She had been the same way.
When she first began her love with her husband, she had pushed him away and worried countless times.
How could it have been possible for her, an orphan with only a high school education working part-time at a cafe in front of the hospital, to date a doctor? But unable to give up her loving heart, she married him despite the opposition.
She had no regrets about loving her husband and marrying him.
But there was just one thing.
There was something she regretted deep in her heart.
She hoped her daughter wouldn’t make such a mistake.
“Ji-an. If you love him, honestly tell him how you feel right now.”
Ji-an couldn’t answer readily and only bit her trembling lips.
“The reason you’re anxious right now. He needs to know that too.”
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