A large mirror and lighting decor in the spacious entry hall,
A showroom-style shoe cabinet displaying luxury shoes and accessories
Even the large mirror mounted on the wallJust the shoe cabinet and the entryway alone were more than I could have imagined
As I passed down the hallway and faced the living room
Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows the city skyline was visible
The sofa placed in the center of the living room
was big enough for several adults to lie down on and still have room left over
and more than simple furniture, it was like a work of art
filling the space
On the wall opposite the sofa, an oversized TV was installed
Unlike the TV I knew
the screen was built into the wall as one with it
and a high-end audio system was arranged around it
It didn’t look like a TV in the living room
but more like a small movie theater
As I scanned the paintings hanging throughout the house
a medieval Western oil painting caught my eye
Staring blankly, I looked over each frame one by one
Then I heard the sound of a door opening upstairs
“Looks like you’ve seen enough.”
As Hwang Hyunjin came down the stairs in a robe
he gave his wet hair a brisk towel-dry and frowned slightly
Looking at him, I squeezed my eyes shut and lowered my head
He’d suddenly grabbed my wrist on the way home from school and put me in his car,
brought me to his father’s company,
and then casually lied that I was his girlfriend,
and honestly, even right now, I still couldn’t believe any of it
Not only were we not the kind of people who usually talked to each other,
he’d invited someone he wasn’t even close to into his house
and then suddenly gone and taken a shower, which made no sense
From start to finish, there was nothing about it I could make sense of
I asked him about the situation
”I really don’t understand anything that just happened “
After hearing me, Hwang Hyunjin half-closed his eyes, tilted his head, and then
flopped down onto the sofa
“What don’t you understand?”
“Everything, you.. “
Hwang Hyunjin sharply tugged my wrist as I stood across from him
and sat me down on the sofa
“As you know, the whole house issurrounded by glass windowsand
marble, so sound echoes
If you have something to say, come closer and say it.”
I bit my lip, swallowing the words that had risen to my throat
Where should I even start explaining,
what should I ask first
I thought I had roughly sorted out what I wanted to say
while looking at the frames hanging on the wall
but the moment his scent rushed in at the narrowed distance
my mind went blank in an instant
“Go on, tell me what’s so strange about it.”
