[“Brother, when will we go home for greetings?”] And so, from around her thirties, she had inadvertently become nagging.

[“We are both still young, why the hurry?”] Every time, Woo Jin had shown an indifferent attitude. If it wasn’t so, they would have been married several years ago.

[“Don’t you want to get married, Brother? If so, tell me honestly.”] Even when asked seriously, Woo Jin always laughed it off.

[“Hey, you know that’s not the case, so why are you like this?”] Although the discussions had been moving forward since the start of the year, she could still occasionally sense an ‘I’m not in a hurry’ attitude from Woo Jin, as if he was getting married only because she was nagging.

Perhaps that was why Woo Jin had not even formally proposed to Si Hyun. He probably didn’t intend to.

[‘What’s so important about a proposal? We’re going to get married anyway, it’s just a formality.’] Si Hyun tried to convince herself it didn’t matter. It’s common to have many thoughts before getting married. It’s the same for me.

However, she couldn’t help but feel troubled.

Do other people get married like this? When I was young, I thought a cool guy would give me a bouquet and passionately propose…

The high heels she hadn’t worn in a while felt uncomfortable, and Si Hyun slowly walked down the street. Cherry blossoms were just starting to bud on the roadside trees, but spring still seemed far away.

As she trudged back to the office, Bora came running from a distance.

“Deputy Kang! Where have you been?”
Bora playfully folded her arms. Si Hyun, who would have been delighted on any other day, responded tersely due to fatigue.

“I had a lunch appointment.”
“Oh, you met your boyfriend because it’s White Day, didn’t you?”
Sharpwitted Bora quickly smiled at Si Hyun and sneaked a glance at the shopping bag she was carrying.

“Did you receive a nice gift? I want to see it too.”

Si Hyun quickly hid the shopping bag behind her in embarrassment.

“It’s nothing special.”
“Why not? Show me.”
After a bit of wrangling, she ended up having her shopping bag snatched away. Bora’s eyes widened at the sight of the hand cream from the box.

“Wow, this hand cream is really good. He must have taken great care to choose it.”
“Really?”
“Definitely. I always debate whether or not to buy it when I go to the department store, but it’s too expensive so I always put it down.”
In fact, Bora was a rich man’s daughter. Her father was the owner of the ‘Jo Han Newspaper’, a central daily newspaper.

Knowing that Bora could surely afford a hand cream like this, Si Hyun felt a little less disappointed.

Yes, he must have tried to buy something good in his own way.

“Lunch break is about to end. You should go back in, Bora.”
Returning the shopping bag, Bora waved cheerfully.

“Then, fight on in the afternoon, Manager!”

((()))

Coming back from his lunch outside, Tae Ha ran into Si Hyun in the hallway.

“Director.”
Tae Ha was surprised to see the woman who bowed lightly to him, her face noticeably darkened. Wasn’t she like this when he saw her in the morning?

[Hello, Director!] Her face was so beautiful as she cheerfully and energetically greeted him. The already beautiful woman had put on proper makeup, making her almost impossible to look away from. He lost his mind without realizing it, staring at her.

‘Ah, it’s White Day.’
She definitely had a date.

From the time Si Hyun had casually rubbed his belly, Tae Ha had come to a definite realization. No matter how much he tried to seduce her with his body, Si Hyun wouldn’t even blink.

So he decided to stop doing that. It wasn’t even in his character to begin with.

Instead, he had prepared a candy to approach her more seriously.

[Oh, are you remembering our White Day?] In the end, he couldn’t even hand it over and it was stolen by the wrong people.

Anyway, the woman who was shining so brightly in the morning, why did she suddenly lose her energy?

Tae Ha gathered his courage and awkwardly initiated the conversation.

“Miss Kang Si Hyun. If there is anything……”
But Si Hyun didn’t answer and just went straight to the office. It seemed more like she didn’t hear him because she was lost in thought rather than intentionally ignoring him.

Si Hyun, who even her gait seemed gloomy, made Tae Ha restless as he watched her back.

What on earth had happened?

Back in his office, he couldn’t focus on work. Without much thought, Tae Ha stormed out of the office. Coincidentally, one of the female employees he had seen in the break room in the morning greeted him with a bright smile.

“Hello, chief!”

Tae Ha tried to recall who she was. Wasn’t she the secretary whom someone referred to as a goddess? Then, she must be from the Goddess Team.

But he could hardly remember her name. It was some color, wasn’t it…?

He discreetly glanced at the lime green blouse she was wearing, but she wasn’t even wearing an ID badge.

In the end, Tae Ha called her by the first name that came to mind.

“Miss Lee Yeon Du.”
“Yes?”

From her startled face, she might have been Lee Bun Hong. However, her name wasn’t what was important. Tae Ha cut straight to the chase.

“Did something happen to Deputy Kang Si Hyun from the Won App team during lunch?”
“She went out for lunch with her boyfriend.”
“Thank you.”

As soon as he heard the answer, Tae Ha turned around.

He had wondered what kind of guy wouldn’t even come to pick her up, seeing that his fiancée was so drunk. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed plausible.

Maybe she wasn’t that happy.

What on earth did that boyfriend do at lunch to make Si Hyun look like that?

While anger was building up, his heart started beating faster.

…Maybe, there was still a chance for me?

((()))

“Ha!”

Looking at Tae Ha’s back receding down the hall, Bo Ra let out a hollow laugh.

“Does he really not remember?”
She thought he couldn’t recognize her because it was dark in the hallway when they met before. She thought he couldn’t admit he recognized her because there were many people around this morning.

But now, it seems he really doesn’t remember.

Even worse, what, Miss Lee Yeon Du?

“…You can’t forget me, Yoon Tae Ha.”
In the crooked smile on Bo Ra’s face, the clovershaped necklace on her neck sparkled.