"I give you these two choices. You can choose between them. I won't force you. You can choose whatever you want, no pressure," said Shi Hoon.
"No pressure you say," grumbled Mi Rae.
"I won't rush you to give me an answer. Take your time to properly think this. Give me a call once you make your decision," said Shi Hoon.
"Can I ask a question? Why me? There are many girls you can ask to be your girlfriend and with your status, most of them will say yes," said Mi Rae.
"That is because I have your weakness so if we dating, you won't betray me," said Shi Hoon.
"Is that so? If I agree to this, will you take this relationship seriously?" asked Mi Rae while looking down.
"I told you that I want you as my real girlfriend, so of course I take this seriously," said Shi Hoon.
"Will you fall in love me?" asked Mi Rae.
"Love… I'm not sure if I can love you but to me love is something, we need to give efforts to have. If we both put more efforts in this relationship… maybe, no, I am sure we can love each other," said Shi Hoon.
"If we start this relationship… what if in the middle of this relationship… you found someone else you love… will… will you… leave me?" asked Mi Rae.
"…" Shi Hoon stayed silent. He did not give an answer to Mi Rae as he was not sure what he will do if that really happen. Upon waiting for Shi Hoon's answer, Mi Rae realize that Shi Hoon did not have any answer for that. Mi Rae stood up from her chair.
"Once I think this properly, I will give you my answer. Please take care of my notebook, that notebook is really important to me," said Mi Rae while smiling. That was the first time she smiles that day however it was not fully a smile of happiness but there was a tinged of distance mixed with it.
After she said that, Mi Rae left the café. Shi Hoon, however still not moving from his chair and stared somewhere blankly. "Maybe… I will leave you, same as everyone else," said Shi Hoon. After that, Shi Hoon also left the café and went to his office.
Mi Rae's Home.
Mi Rae arrived at her home after she left the café. She entered her home and went to her room and then sat on her bed. She stared blankly into space without doing anything. She grabbed her smartphone and opened her Instagram scrolling for interesting or new posts from people she followed. Nothing interesting came up and she locked her phone and put it on her bed.
"It almost lunchtime… Now that I know where my notebook is, I am more relax," said Mi Rae, 'Growl~' Mi Rae's stomach let out a sound. Mi Rae touched her stomach and said to herself, "and I am hungry. Let's make my lunch."
***
K University Hospital. Kang Woo's office.
Kang Woo was sitting in front of his desk reviewing his patients' chart when suddenly someone knocking on his door. 'Knock, knock'.
"Come in," said Kang Woo. A young doctor entered his office.
"Doctor Kang Woo, the chairman is here and he is asking for you," said the young doctor.
"Huh? Okay, I will be there in a minute," said Kang Woo and the young doctor left the office. "Why asking someone to get me when he can just call me," said Kang Woo. He stopped everything he was doing and left his office. He took the elevator and went to the highest floor where the chairman's office was.
"Is the chairman inside?" asked Kang Woo to the secretary outside the chairman's room.
"Yes, he is waiting for you," said the secretary with a bright smile on her face.
Kang Woo knocked on the door and entered the office. "Sir Chairman, what do you need?" asked Kang Woo.
"What with the formality?" said the chairman.
"Well, we are at our workplace, so it will be inappropriate to call you 'dad'," said Kang Woo. Kang Woo is the heir of K University and the chairman is his father.
"You never use any formality before, why so sudden?" said Kang Woo's dad
"Haha, just for fun," said Kang Woo nonchalantly. "And? What do you need? You even used someone else to call me here when you can just call my phone."
"I did call your phone but you were not answering so I called your department and asked them to get you," said Kang Woo's dad.
Kang Woo checked his phone and his phone was in silent mode. "Ah, I am sorry dad. So, what is it?" asked Kang Woo.
Kang Woo's dad looked at him, "It is almost time for your birthday," said Kang Woo's dad with a soft voice.
"Ah…," Kang Woo's smile slowly disappeared. "And what of it?"
"Your mom said she wanted to hold a birthday party for you," said Kang Woo's dad with soft voice and smiling. Kang Woo's face changed.
"Huh?" said Kang Woo with blank face.
"Your mom wanted to tell you this last night but she did not know how to say it so she asked me to tell you this," said Kang Woo's dad.
"Has mom… finally decides… to let go everything?" asked Kang Woo with a sorrow face.
Kang Woo's dad looked at Kang Woo and he lightly nodded. Kang Woo eyes wide opened. "She has been trying to let go everything for a while now. You are okay with this party, right?" said Kang Woo's dad.
Kang Woo did not reply to his dad's question. He just stood there motionlessly and then he walked out of his dad's office. Kang Woo's dad decided to let him be by himself. Kang Woo walked towards the hospital rooftop. Once he arrived at the rooftop he stood there while looking at the scenery. Kang Woo took his smartphone out and called someone.
'Toot~ toot~' a calling sound heard from his phone. 'Teet' someone picked up the call.
"Kang Woo?" asked the voice at the other end of the call.
"Mom… Thank you," said Kang Woo. He was calling his mom.
"Your dad told you, right? I'm sorry Kang Woo. I put you through so much pain for the past 20 years," said Kang Woo's mom. Kang Woo did not say anything and he listened properly to what his mom were saying. "I won't live in the past anymore. I will move forward and treasure the ones who is still with me," said Kang Woo's mom. "Kang Woo… Please forgive me… I'm really sorry… I'm really sorry," said Kang Woo's mom with shaky voice and then she started crying.
"Mom, I am happy that you finally decide to let go everything and you don't need to ask forgiveness from me, I know that everything happen because of me so I understand your action in the past. We will talk more tonight," said Kang Woo. He ended the call and stared at his smartphone. A drop of water fell on his smartphone screen followed by few drops more. It was not rainwater but Kang Woo's tears. That day Kang Woo cried like a baby by himself on the rooftop of the hospital.
***
Mi Rae's Home, night.
Mi Rae sat in front of her desk typing something on her laptop but when she typed something, she deleted it. She did that a few more times and decided to stop typing anything. "Sigh" she sighed. "What should I do with Shi Hoon ssi's proposal. Should I accept it? but accepting it is the best choice. I don't want to have a criminal record… Be his girlfriend… I don't see anything good from it. There will be lots of problem especially trust. Will he trust me since he is suspicious of me? This will surely be an unhealthy relationship… There are too many minuses in this relationship," pondered Mi Rae.
"Maybe I should look at it with different views. Rather than thinking about the minus, I should look at the plus. The plus, plus… Ah there are some obvious thing. He is rich… well, money is not really that attractive to me and it is his money not mine and focusing on money actually will cause more damage to relationship. No good, no good," said Mi Rae.
"His face…" while Mi Rae was thinking about Shi Hoon's face, she blushed. "W-w-well, I admit that he is handsome and sexy. When he shows his scary face, it is scary when I am in front of him and it was directed at me but when I think it properly, his scary face is more handsome and sexy…" Mi Rae blushed more, "It won't be bad to be his girlfriend if I can see his scary face more…" Mi Rae was in a trance and she quickly shake her head. "What am I thinking? I am not a pervert," said Mi Rae while putting both her hands on her cheeks.
"I should think about this more," said Mi Rae.