About the emotions that swirled through those dark eyes of his, Chaerin did not know what to think of it. Having a stranger to stare at with her worry in their eyes gave mixed feelings to Chaerin.
"Why wouldn't I be? Didn't you hear? I am cold-hearted monster, and this kind of things doesn't affect—"
Before she was able to continue further, Chaerin was pulled into a hug, surprising her. His hand patted on her back softly and rhythmically as if trying to comfort her. Awkwardly standing at this position, she did not know what to make of this.
Very rarely would one dare to hug her in such a way, and she couldn't recall when was the last time she was hugged like this— as if she was something fragile. Nonetheless, it did not make feel bad to her.
Once Chaerin was able to pull herself into her senses, she grabbed on to his shoulders and moved away from his embrace while staring at him questioningly.
Patting the back of his head, he expressed, "Sorry for hugging you all of sudden. It's just that you looked to be in punch and you would be breaking down. I wasn't able to hold myself back."
His words managed to shock her. Even Chaerin did not know she felt or looked that way, or maybe because she had been going through this for years, that these emotions have become too much of a norm for her to notice them.
However, Chaerin had perfected the mask she had upon her face. Brushing it as of as a slip by her, she decided to not think further about it. Not a woman like her, such affections were not suited.
Chaerin understood it well.
"This could have considered to be a sexual harassment," she pointed out.
"Getting sued by you sounds exciting," he voiced out, "Quickly get freshened up and come down for dinner. It's a great thing that you have returned early today."
She nodded.
One thing about him she appreciated right now was the fact that he wasn't being nosy. Being with him for this short amount of time, she knew about his habit to pry into things. Nonetheless, seeing how he didn't insist in his made her feel pleased.
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As Chaerin swallowed down the soup, she questioned, "Other than this, are you doing any other job?"
Regardless of how Kim Minseok tried to investigate, there were a lot of things about Ryu Seyoon that remained to be blank. This confirmed to her that there had to be someone powerful behind him to erase his past.
Although they had already signed a contract and she made sure close all the ways of getting into problem with this, her curiosity bugged her to figure out the identity of the man before her.
"Not exactly," he answered, "I just roam around the entire city throughout the day since there is nothing for me to do. If you take me under you forever, I can live this leisurely all the time."
"Is that your motive behind trying to please me?" she questioned.