Emergency Instinct - Chapter 63

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A corner away from the Emergency Room.

In a place where people’s gazes couldn’t reach, Kyung-seok carefully began to talk about the new love that had come to him.

Ji-an’s expression, who had been quietly listening, changed moment by moment.

Seeing Ji-an’s wide-eyed look, Kyung-seok made an embarrassed expression.

“I know it’s confusing. But no matter how much I think about it, you’re the only person I can ask, so I’m being honest.”

“Senior…”

Ji-an barely composed her expression and looked at him.

Kyung-seok, with his cautious personality, was never someone who acted impulsively. But this time he seemed somewhat irrational and hasty. It probably meant he was that desperate.

“Please do me a favor. Check on her often. I want to be by her side, but I think I’m being burdensome.”

He gave a bitter smile.

“Okay. I’ll go see her every day.”

“If anything happens, please let me know.”

“Yes. Of course. But what are you planning to do now?”

Since it looked like a difficult path, Ji-an asked with concern.

“What do you mean what am I going to do. If you’ve drawn the sword, you have to cut something.”

Kyung-seok, filled with determination, didn’t seem to have any intention of backing down.

Seeing his confident gaze, Ji-an felt she should give him courage. She clenched both fists and said.

“Senior. Fighting! I’ll sincerely cheer you on.”

“Thanks. By the way, are you really not hurt anywhere?”

“I’m not.”

“Really?”

“Yes. If nothing’s broken or torn, I’m fine.”

Ji-an spread both hands and smiled brightly.

“Hong Ji-an. You seem to be getting tougher these days. Please be more careful with yourself. You can go home early. You must have been very shocked.”

“I was more shocked by what I heard from you than by the kidnapper. My heart is pounding.”

“Hearts are supposed to pound.”

“Ah, Senior. That’s not funny.”

Ji-an laughed loudly at Kyung-seok’s childish joke.

And that’s when it happened.

“What did you hear that made your heart pound?”

Suddenly the surrounding air turned cold, and Tae-jun’s voice was heard.

Startled, Ji-an quickly turned around.

Tae-jun, who had appeared without her knowing when, first scanned her with a dark gaze. Then he turned toward Kyung-seok and spoke coldly, filled with hostility.

“Dr. Min Kyung-seok. I’d like to know too. Just how shocking this story is.”

It was a calm voice. But Tae-jun’s eyes were cold as ice.

Seeing the murderous intent in Tae-jun’s gaze directed at Kyung-seok, Ji-an was even more startled and shook her head.

“Don’t do this. It’s a misunderstanding.”

“What misunderstanding?”

His voice became as sharp as his gaze.

Usually Tae-jun was subtly conscious of Kyung-seok. Sometimes she found his jealous gaze oddly cute, but now it wasn’t at a cute level.

At the chilling coldness, Ji-an quickly blocked his gaze and said.

“I’ll explain later. So please relax your eyes.”

Ji-an sent a desperate look to Tae-jun, then looked at Kyung-seok and said.

“Senior, please go ahead. I’ll stay a little longer and then go in.”

“Alright.”

Kyung-seok started to walk away, then stopped and glanced at Tae-jun’s deeply furrowed brow before leaving a comment.

“Chairman. There’s nothing to misunderstand. Please relax your expression.”

Kyung-seok lightly bowed his head and turned around.

Even so, Tae-jun couldn’t take his eyes off him with a stern face until his figure completely disappeared.

Finally, the corridor corner with just the two of them left.

Only heavy silence settled in the place where human presence had ceased.

Tae-jun grabbed his stiff neck as if he had a fever.

His insides were slowly but clearly boiling up.

He couldn’t readily name what to call this emotion, even to himself.

Then Ji-an glanced up at him and said.

“Don’t be jealous of Senior Kyung-seok.”

Jealous?

“This isn’t jealousy.”

Tae-jun twitched his eyebrows and shook his head. He couldn’t admit it.

“Then what?”

“It’s displeasure.”

The corners of Ji-an’s mouth slowly rose.

“That’s the same thing.”

“No, it’s different.”

Tae-jun said firmly.

“You two were secretly hiding and having a secret conversation, so there’s no way I’d feel good about it.”

“No, what secret…”

“That’s right. You two secretly had a secret conversation.”

“Haa.”

Ji-an, who had been looking at him in disbelief, finally burst into laughter.

What he said with such a serious face was too childish.

While pretending to be indifferent, he always showed his true colors in situations like this.

He was a man who was much more jealous than she thought.

For a moment she thought about pretending not to know and making him worry more. But Ji-an soon smiled and satisfied his curiosity.

“Senior Kyung-seok said he has someone he likes.”

Tae-jun’s eyes wavered quickly.

“…What?”

“Of course, it’s not me.”

Ji-an deliberately added clearly.

“Since it’s someone I know, I just listened to his story.”

She smiled as she spoke, thinking it would be fine as long as she didn’t reveal who the person was.

Only then did his gaze soften slightly. As if trying to hide his relief, he spoke with feigned nonchalance.

“Well. If it’s that kind of matter, I don’t need to know more.”

“Ha, ridiculous.”

Ji-an didn’t miss the slight upturn of his lips.

Ji-an, who had been glaring at him intensely, soon changed her tone.

“More importantly, Chairman Seo Tae-jun.”

“What.”

“Don’t you have something important to tell me?”

“What do I have to tell you?”

He looked at Ji-an with a face that truly seemed clueless.

“About assigning a bodyguard. Why didn’t you tell me?”

Ah, Tae-jun briefly inhaled and spoke in a firm voice.

“The bodyguard was a safety measure. Thanks to that, you were safe today.”

He spoke as if it was no big deal, but Ji-an didn’t let it slide.

“Either way, you should have told me.”

Ji-an said with more emphasis.

“If you knew, you would have said no.”

“Of course. Why would I need a bodyguard?”

“For everyone’s safety. Just bear with it for a while.”

At his suddenly serious voice and deepened gaze, Ji-an, who had been snapping at him, couldn’t immediately continue speaking.

She bit her lips and lowered her gaze.

Just as she was about to feel frustrated thinking that Tae-jun was acting on his own again, she had an intuition that there must be a reason he was going this far.

Was it because of Grandmother?

It was a reasonable suspicion.

It might not have ended with just detention. Rather, she had even more questions she wanted to ask.

However, neither the time nor place was right. No matter how deserted the area was, if they continued arguing, they would inevitably catch people’s attention.

“Fine. Just for a while. And when things get better, you must tell me the reason.”

After thinking for a moment, Ji-an took a step back.

“Alright. When the time comes, I’ll tell you everything.”

He extended his hand as if asking for a handshake of reconciliation.

Ji-an also extended her hand with a slightly softened expression. But then he gripped her hand tightly and said something unexpected.

“Where’s an empty treatment room?”

“Why the treatment room? Are you hurt somewhere?”

Ji-an belatedly examined him.

“Let’s go in first and talk.”

At his heavy tone, Ji-an hurriedly looked around and said.

“This way.”

She pulled him into an empty treatment room.

As she turned on the switch, he clicked the door locked.

“Ji-an, take off your clothes.”

“What? Chairman! What are you doing in the hospital right now…?”

“I think I need to see with my own eyes that you’re okay to feel at ease.”

“Ah, I’m not hurt anywhere. Look. I’m perfectly fine.”

Ji-an moved her body to show him. But he began examining her thoroughly as if he really would make her undress.

At the delicate touch suddenly brushing her wrists, waist, back, and nape, Ji-an felt heat rising.

This wasn’t a physical examination, what was this.

She didn’t know where the man who had been consumed by jealousy just moments ago, rushing at her and refusing to bend his will, had gone. At his touch that had become gentle with concern, Ji-an didn’t know what to do with herself.

“D-don’t do that. No, there, it tickles.”

“Here, you have a bruise. Here too.”

He finally found blue bruises on her forearm and shoulder. Then he frowned deeply and looked at them seriously.

“I bruise easily. It’s nothing much, gasp!”

Suddenly Tae-jun’s lips descended onto the bruise on her forearm.

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