Contract marriage with the manager

03. The Beginning of the Incident (3)

He paused for a moment, but then chuckled and downed his drink.


Min: "Do you know my situation now?"

Dong-Hyeon: "If you look into it, you'll easily find out, right?"

Min: "Then do that."

Dong-hyun: "But then I don't know how you feel. I only know from objective, hard-hitting documents. I'll help you, sis."

min : ".........."

Donghyun: "Or help me."

Min: "Me, sir? Well... I don't think there's anything I can do to help..."


He held my hand and shook his head as he spoke.


Donghyun: "This is something only you can do... Please, sister..."

min : "............"


The word "sister" must have been quite powerful. I downed the entire bottle. The burning sensation in my throat quickly took its toll, and the headache I felt must have caused my brain to malfunction... I found myself complaining to the child without realizing it.


Min: "Ex-boyfriend... I didn't even like that son of a bitch... I tried to like him......."

Donghyun: "You dated someone you didn't even like? Why?"

Min: "......He said he would treat me well. When I told him I didn't like him, he said he would try harder....... Just buy me one once........"

Donghyun: "So you asked me to date you?"

Min: "No... I still said no. That's rude... But..."

Donghyun: "But?"

Min: "Rumors spread..... that I'm dating that son of a bitch........."

Donghyun: "I told you not to..."

Min: "I was going to do that... but he said yes. That we were dating."

Donghyun: "It's trash."

Min: "Haha, it's trash........."

Donghyun: "And then you broke up?"

Min: "Yeah. That son of a bitch cheated on me..."


I closed my eyes tightly. Scenes from that time, voices from that time, flashed before my eyes...


Jinyoung: "N....I only love you."

Min: "Even after seeing this now?"

Jinyoung: "G...just...I needed a woman who would love me because you didn't love me...let's keep going like this. You receive my love and I receive G woman's love."

Min: "I don't need your kind of love. Goodbye, senior. And live well. Until your black hair turns gray. Ah. I'll be rooting for you with all my heart."

Jinyoung: "If you had just held my hand, kissed me, and hugged me, this wouldn't have happened."

Min: "Stop whining."

Jinyoung: "If only you had called me oppa..."

Min: ".......Why me? Did I date you because I liked you too? Let's just stop talking nonsense and go our separate ways."


Sadly, the more I closed my eyes, the clearer it became. I never really liked him, never satisfied with our relationship. Not for a moment. I was just uncomfortable. His actions, his appearance, everything about pretending I really liked him...
But... the reason I'm crying right now is... I feel so bad for myself for trying so hard knowing he liked me... I feel bad for myself for not shouting no back then... That's why I'm crying... I'm angry at myself for being so annoyed by these annoying times


Min: "You're so stupid."


He said, wiping my tears away


Donghyun: "That's stupid. Back then, I couldn't have said no because I was your senior."

Min: "Still, I feel so stupid."

Donghyun: "I can't turn back time, but I can help you deal with it to some extent."

Min: "Okay. I'll just ignore it."

Donghyun: "It's too bad... I need a sister too."

Min: "What is it? Tell me."


He hesitated, lowering his head and fiddling with his glass.


Donghyun: "Um.........."

Min: "What is it?"


Then he raised his head and stared intently at me. Startled by his gaze, I turned my head and heard him call me.


Donghyun: "Noona... look at me."

min : "............."


I had no choice but to take a deep breath and slowly turn my head towards him. When our eyes met, he swallowed hard and opened his mouth.


Donghyun: "Sister.... Marry me."

Min: "What??????????"