The heroine’s heart pounded hard.
It was a line she had already heard countless times from Seongho and the younger ones, but
when Taesan called her “noona,” it somehow felt different.
'So when he says that with that face and that voice...
there’s no way I can’t get excited...'
The heroine calmed her pounding heart and sat down in the chair.
Taesan closed the book.
He had finished reading the new novel in just two days.
"... Noona, could I by any chance..."
"Huh? Why??"
The heroine reacted loudly without even meaning to.
Seongho stared at the heroine, startled.
He knew she was good at expressing her feelings, but
it was the first time he had seen such a big reaction.
"Um... could I maybe get a reading report... for it?"
"Oh, of course. Wait a sec."
The heroine went to the bookshelf and opened a drawer.
Taesan approached the heroine.
clatter- clatter-
Maybe because it was so deep inside,
the bookshelf shifted slightly as she searched.
Taesan looked up, feeling uneasy.
'That book looks like it’s going to fall...'
The book, shoved in carelessly, moved as if it might fall.
"Oh, found it!"
As soon as the heroine found the reading report,
the book that had been wobbling anxiously fell.
Taesan gently wrapped an arm around the heroine’s shoulder, pulling her toward him,
and with his other hand caught the book.
"...!"
The heroine’s face turned red in an instant.
At Taesan’s face, suddenly so close,
the heroine’s heart started pounding again.
"Are you okay?"
The heroine nodded.
Seongho watched from afar and gave a small clap.
...
As the heroine returned to her seat, she muttered quietly to herself.
'Ah... my heart is beating way too fast...?'
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Ah, objectively, this is seriously so boring
