In silence, Daehyun suddenly kissed my head. I lifted my chin, staring at him with a frown.

Kim Daehyun showed a gentle expression on his face. He touched my chin and was about to kiss me again on the lips, but I immediately looked away. "You kiss me a lot lately."

"I thought you wouldn't mind either."

"I let you do it once and it doesn't mean you can do it however you want," I replied, indifferently.

"But, why are you just saying it now?"

"I'm just thinking about it now and I feel like you've been kissing me too often. I'm afraid that I'll hurt you one day."

"But, you just hurt me by telling me that. What about that?"

"I know. But, it's better to hurt you now than later so you can understand, that I'm just a person who can't give what you want." I smiled meaningfully, then continued, "I once loved someone too deeply and now I know it hurts so much when the person you love doesn't respect you anymore. I don't want you to feel that. It really feels like something you never imagined in your life."

"Heh, really?" He chuckled. "I even know that you still love him till this time. And, as you know, that the more often you think about him, the more you will fall in love with him. Don't you feel it in your heart? I can even see that in your eyes and it feels not much different from what you were talking about just now. The difference is, you will never feel it in your life. That's how I feel when I'm with you. But, I don't want to think about it. Heartache doesn't mean that I will stop helping you through all of this."

Hearing his words, I couldn't help but smile. "Brother Kim, you leave me speechless."

Daehyun paused for a moment before saying awkwardly, "Oh, I'm sorry."

I grinned a little. I had wanted to ask him this for a long time ago, so I asked, "Daehyun, why are you apologizing to someone so easily? And, why are you so humble to me?"

"You think so? Because it is you, not anyone else."

Hearing those words, I turned my head towards him, lifted my chin slightly, and looked at him questioningly.

He stared back at me, then continued, "But, you know, I'm exactly the type of man who isn't easy to apologize. You're the only one who make me like this."

"Doesn't that mean—"

Kim Daehyun cut me off. He said as if he knew what I was trying to say, "It's probably because I like you. So, somehow I often feel guilty when you start commenting on whatever I do. So, I feel that I need to back down and apologize."

I was silent, staring out the window. I never thought that Daehyun was so good at flirting.

However, it felt strange, the more I talked to him, the more I felt that something was wrong with me.

I wondered inside, am I starting to reopen my feelings now? Or is this feeling just a temporary comfort?

When I thought about this, there was a comfort that suddenly filled my empty heart. It was like when I was a kid, when people walked away from me, thought that I was weird, and bullied me, Daehyun suddenly came and wanted to be friends with me. He was like an angel in human form that was sent by God.

Suddenly I remembered our first meeting at TU Company. At that time, I didn't recognize him. If it wasn't him who immediately recognized me, perhaps until this moment, we wouldn't have gotten as close as we were today.

However, the thing that was the most unbelievable was his feelings for me. I didn't think that he harbored feelings for me for many years.

I smiled, feeling that the world had many unexpected scenarios in it.

Even though I had no feelings for him, I also never expected that Daehyun would be the one who would stand beside me and be there for me for the rest of my life.

Previously, I thought that Donghwa would always be with me until I died, and would become my true love.

However, it seemed that such a relationship was just a dream many years ago, and was slowly being answered by time. We parted ways without a negotiation.

On the other hand, from the bottom of my own heart, I still dreamed about it. Even though when I remembered the bad things from him would make me disappointed over and over again, I couldn't lie to myself that I still had feelings for him.

I glanced at Daehyun beside me, who was currently still focused on the scenery beyond the window, and thought, 'Do I deserve to think about Donghwa when I'm with someone like him?'

It shouldn't be appropriate. I had started to open up to him. Thinking of another person when I was with a nice person like him, I wasn't that different from a jerk who liked to play with other people's feelings.

A few moments later, Daehyun's deep, deep voice suddenly broke the silence, "Chunghee, what are you thinking about?" With a pause, he took a soft breath before continuing, "You know, sometimes I think that I'm pushing your feelings too hard."

I smiled. "Why do you think so? I never felt that you did that."

"Your face shows that. Every time I see your face, I think that you're just pretending to be happy when you are with me." He paused for a moment, then continued to say, "You don't have to do that. Don't push yourself just because you think you owe me."

Hearing Daehyun's words, I sighed heavily, then lifted my face to see his face that looked sluggish when he spoke. I asked, "Daehyun, do you really love me?"

He chuckled, but expressing another feeling on his face, without saying anything. I asked him again, "Do you really love me? Please, answer me ..."

He froze for a moment before answering, "Words can't measure how deep my feelings. But, if you really want to hear it, then I will answer, yes, I do love you. Do you still doubt my feelings?"

After answering, I said, "I trust you. I'm happy to be with you for the rest of my life. So, stay with me."

Our togetherness had changed my previous thinking. Back then, I thought that spending the time alone for the rest of my life was a better decision. But, when I was with him, made me think that being with Daehyun wasn't bad.

After finishing my sentence, he immediately touched my face with his two big hands, which seemed to give off an aura of glory within them. He looked at me deeply, then suddenly said coldly, "Liar. I don't see that in your eyes. I've learned many expressions in competing in the business world. You can't fool me." Daehyun smiled. His voice sounded gentler, "But, after all, I'm still glad because of those words. Thank you."

He then hugged me, and I could feel a dominant and soothing warmth of his body.

I smiled. When I was in his embrace, seemed to make me merge with the warmth of his body.

Previously, I thought the same thing as him, but now, I felt that those words weren't pretense. I was glad to be with him and this wasn't making it up.

Then, a few moments in his arms, he exclaimed as he remembered something, "Ah, the food, the food. I have to go get it before it freezes."

I frowned in confusion but gave no response.

In a hurry, he went downstairs to get the food he bought when he was about to pick me up at the hospital, which I didn't know where he put it on.

A few minutes later, he yelled from downstairs, "Chunghee! Come down. You have to eat before you rest."

I immediately walked down the stairs.

Downstairs, I sat on a chair at the dining table and watched Daehyun, who was waiting for the food in the microwave while chopping vegetables. In a white shirt and black coat vest as a president in a huge company and a kitchen knife in his hand, at first glance, he looked like the figure of a perfect husband.

He just needed an apron to make his appearance become perfect, both as a hard-working husband and a pleasure to do housework.

Resting my chin, this thought made me smile silently.

If the women in his company saw the appearance of their handsome president currently, they would definitely scream and go crazy.

Like a high dignity was softened by meekness.

After a while, the food was ready on the dining table, and made me impatient to taste the food that was made by a young master.

Taking one bite, it didn't taste bad. At least, he wasn't a spoiled young master in his family.

"Brother Kim, why don't you get married? Your father can't keep you single for life." While asking, I returned to taste the food in front of me.