Ji-hun was startled, taking a beat to question whether this was even real, or if he had dozed off due to sleep deprivation and was caught up in a dream or perhaps, his state of constant anxiety had blurred the lines between his imagination and reality.
'He stopped himself before turning around, surely, he couldn't be so lucky that he was getting three consecutive things back to back, as he had already received two. Not only had he been fortunate enough to meet her, but secondly, she fit in perfectly with his family. No, this was definitely another dream again, even though there was something different about it. He must have started hearing voices again...voices- wait a minute, his brain kicked him hard. It was almost taunting him, all his senses had worked so hard to let him know that she had said,"stay with me, please", and what was all that for? Just so he could sabotage the efforts and ruin it!'