When Your Pain Becomes Mine

Chapter 28: Chapter 28.

 

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When she came out of the shower, she wrapped her hair with a towel and applied lotion to her face.

She looked at her phone with a smile.

It was strange that he called first, and it was hard to believe that he actually took Labong to the animal hospital.

“Hmm. ”

As she shook her head, she looked up with a shallow sigh.

Looking in the mirror, she saw a small box against the wall.

The tail of the crocodile doll was jutting out of the half-opened box. She got up and pulled out the small crocodile doll inside the box. The doll had beaked eyes, but he was a vulnerable and delicate character, unlike his eyes.

Before coming to Eunyoung’s company, it was her first character that she created in her first job. The memories were tailed back, and it soon reminded her of him.

On the day the project was completed at her work, Sun reached out to Gyeonhui and greeted him.

“You’ve struggled for a long time on this project, and you’ve done a great job.”

She encouraged him to shake hands, but he didn’t hold her hand.

“You’re saying it like you’re never going to see me again.”

“Huh? No, that’s not true.”

She had no choice but to take her hand back.

However, an unexpected word came out of his mouth.

“I’d like to see you more often.”

Suddenly, his words opened her eyes wide.

“Gyeonhui Woo. Remember it. That’s my name.”

He confessed his love to her with his steady eyes.

She felt like his dark, black eyes were drawing her closer. Recalling her old memories, she smiled reminiscently.

All the memories she had with him while they were together weren’t all painful ones. At least, in the beginning, they made each other smile as she thought about it.

“Hah.”

However, it was a story that had already become her past. She broke up with him, and she had to stand alone.

As the memories grew hopeless, Sun shook her head and put the doll back in the box.

“This is not the time to do this. I have to think about meetings now.”

Sun tapped her cheeks and reaffirmed her concept.

A magical stone hanging around a cute dog’s neck caught her eyes.

She turned her head toward it and pulled the stone from the drawer she had received from Eunwoo. The feeling of the soft rock brought her a hint of comfort despite being cold.

“Cheonsun, you can do it.”

She looked at the rock, and a smile appeared on her face.

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The next morning, Gyeonhui, in a clean suit, arrived at the office, and the female staff politely greeted him.

“The CEO of the W. Department Store has been waiting for you.”

At that moment, Gyeonhui recalled Chunduk’s face.

When he opened the office door, Chunduk, who was dressed in a handmade suit, was scanning the insides of the room. It was bad enough to make Gyeonhui scowl because Chunduk had placed the book down on the table with a displeased expression.

Gyeonhui deliberately closed the door hard.

‘Kung.’

Chunduk turned his head on the sound of the door closing.

“Hey. Brother.”

Chunduk, who had noticed him in hindsight, said.

“How dare you come in here?”

“I’m here to benchmark the business. I wondered how the CEO of Consencio’s office would look.”

Chunduk scanned the interior of the room again.

“Well done. You deserve the title of second place at this company.”

Chunduk deliberately emphasized the word ‘second place.’

Chunduk’s suit caught the eyes of Gyeonhui.

“Oh? Look at you in that suit.

“Oh, I see you understand quality. It’s one of the most elaborate masterpieces ever built by an Italian craftsman.”

Chunduk shrugged his shoulders and brushed his suit with his hands.

“Is it? I thought you had rented it. Hmm. Is it because the person in the suit is shitty?”

“What… what did you say?”

Chunduk’s face turned red upon hearing his words.

“If you’re done spying on me, why don’t you go back to your room and work harder. In the meantime, while you’re doing that, I’ll continue to be ahead of you as usual.”

With a relaxed smile, Gyeonhui headed to his seat.

At that time, Chunduk could not bear his resentment and opened his mouth.

“Your ex has made a proposal to enter into our department store.”

Chunduk’s words stopped him.

“Yeah, no matter how you guys broke up, you’re cold-hearted. You have to at least make sure your ex pays her bills. Isn’t it a true Nobles Oblige?”

Chunduk’s tone was sarcastic. Gyeonhui’s serious expression slowly turned and looked at Chunduk.

Chunduk was relaxed.

“It seems you still care for your ex.”

Chunduk smiled wryly and said.

“So, are you accepting her?”

“Well, I don’t know yet. I think it can be changed depending on your actions.”

Chunduk’s face had a craven smile.

Gyeonhui was also smiling as he looked at Chunduk, but Gyeonhui’s eyes sank coldly.

“It’s funny.”

Gyeonhui reached out and picked up a thick book on the table. As he examined the book back and forth, he looked at Chunduk as he weighed it.

“You… What are you doing now?”

Chunduk, who was watching his actions from beginning to end, asked in a slightly frightened tone.

Gyeonhui said nothing as he approached Chunduk.

Feeling threatened by Gyeonhui’s steps, Chunduk unwittingly stepped back.

Chin.

However, Chunduk hit the shelves and had nowhere to retreat.

“What… what? Are you going to hit me with it?”

“You said, what am I doing with this?”

He smiled and suddenly raised the book that he was holding.

“Aaaaaak!”

Chunduk’s screams echoed through the office.

1. We Don’t Have a Chance

A few days later, in the morning at the Kids Fan office.

“Hmm.”

Eunyoung and Ari looked at the proposal seriously.

Sitting opposite, Sun seemed a little nervous as she alternated between the two and the proposal.

After a long time, there was still no response, so Sun asked carefully.

“… How is it?”

Both of them, who had read the proposal, put the papers down and crossed their arms. Eunyoung and Ari exchanged glances for a moment, again moving their eyes to Sun.

“… It’s a big hit.”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing Eunyoung’s indifferent voice, Sun asked again as if she misunderstood Eunyoung.

“What an idea, it’s a jackpot!” Ari cried with joy.

“Re, really?” Sun asked, once again.

“It’s neat. The story, the concept, the design.”

Eunyoung also nodded with a satisfied smile.

“It came out really well. This is good enough to make the deal happen.”

Eunyoung’s face had a hopeful smile.

“… I’m so glad.”

She comfortably lowered her shoulders as if she were relieved.

“When did you prepare all of this? Who helped you?” Looking back at the proposal, Ari asked.

“Of course, I got help.” Sun smiled as if she were thinking of someone.

“Who was it? If that person is good enough, then don’t we have to recruit him?”

“Unfortunately, he’s not a person in this industry.”

“No way, he’s not the director of a veterinary hospital, is he?”

Sun slowly nodded upon hearing Eunyoung’s question.

“The doctor? Who? Who is he? Why is it always me who doesn’t know anything?”

The two responded slowly as Ari spoke while pouting her lips.

“I met him, coincidentally, when traveling.”

Reluctantly, Sun replied.

“Are you still in touch with someone you met coincidentally, and he helped you with the concept too?”

Ari, who was triggered and full of curiosity, scanned Sun up and down and asked.

“Just… I got some help. …”

Their relationship was still difficult to explain, so Sun had to blur the end of her words.

“So they helped you, then we can’t just let it go. Let’s have dinner together on this occasion.”

“Dinner?” Eunyoung’s suggestion struck Sun which prompted her to ask.

“Will he be available today?”

“That’s… I’m not really close to him.”

“Come on. We’re getting to know each other through this opportunity, aren’t we?”

Eunyoung nodded at Ari’s sharp insight.

“But he’s a little busy. Would it be a burden if I suddenly asked?

“Did you ask him already?”

“Huh?”

“How do you know what he thinks? Who knows if he likes meeting with people?”

“Right. Just try it. If he minds, then we can’t help it.”

“Oh… Okay.”

The two pushed her, so she responded reluctantly.

Holding her cell phone, Sun hesitated for a moment while looking awkwardly at Eunyoung. However, these two seemed to have no intention of backing down.

“Hah.”

Eventually, when she realized that she could not escape, she hesitantly picked up her phone. After a while, when she heard the phone connecting, Sun unwittingly swallowed her dry salvia.

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***

“It would be great if you invited me.”

Eunwoo responded with a bright smile.

“Oh, so are you available today?”

“Yes, but what if your people mind me going there?”

“No! Please come!”

Ari’s voice was heard over the phone.

“Okay, don’t go away. Then, I’ll get back to you once we’ve decided on a place.”

“Yes, then I’ll see you soon.”

Eunwoo looked at his phone with a smile, even after the call was disconnected.

“It seems you have good news?”

The nurse, who was watching him, asked.

“Yes. Oh, I’ve been invited to dinner.”

“What invitation? With the lady last time?”

Eunwoo nodded slowly at the nurse’s question.

“It’s a great time to have a date. It’s finally spring.”

As he turned his gaze out of the window, the warm spring sunlight came through the window.

Labong was also enjoying the spring sunlight as he took a nap. Eunwoo gently stroked Labong, who was asleep.

“Spring has really come. I’m overjoyed.”

He showed a smile resembling the spring sunlight.