We decided not to cross the line.

Episode 74. Cleaning up after

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before Mr. Hoonji leaves Paris tomorrow,

I decided to stop by my room for a moment and say hello

and finally said goodbye.





After he went back to his room, I turned on the laptop.

There was an email from Suyoun.





[Jung-ah, did you arrive safely in Paris?

I’m honestly so jealous of you...

With the kids in exam period, for pickups,
 
and snacks, every day is a war.

When things are this hard, if only you were here

we could at least meet up and chat it out...

Lately I keep wondering what kind of state I’m in to get through the day.

By the way!!

After you went to Spain, because of Park Hoonji’s scandal

the agency had quite a headache, right?

I heard it from Seokjin sunbae’s wife

that there was something going on with the English teacher.

You said you introduced a junior after me.

After that, when you took over again

didn’t you notice anything suspicious?

Do I know them too? Who is it?

I heard the other person was older?

Were they a few years junior to us?

Tell me the name.

Let me figure out who it is hahaha]




The moment I read Suyoun’s email

my heart sank.





On the first day in Paris,

after meeting him again

I was happy, as if we had returned to the way things used to be...




Not feeling the fact that it had been more than half a year since we last met,

it felt familiar and fun.


No,

if anything, it felt even more tender and precious.





So,

while thinking of the couple Antonio and Maria

I thought maybe I had been wrong.





Recalling Miguel’s words,

I kept repeating to myself that you can be happy without big goals or dreams

over and over again.





But all that time, Hoonji and President Kim

had been taking responsibility for the rumors in my place

and fighting reality...





It felt like I had slipped out

of that chaos all by myself and been enjoying peace

and it left me with complicated feelings.





'Yeah.. right...

My judgment was right...

I should throw away futile hope and go back to reality...'





I still had one more day left in Paris, but

I packed my bags early in the morning and checked out.





'Hoonji...

Until we meet again...

Take care. And...

I’m sorry.

I didn’t even know you’d been having such a hard time all this while...'




Drunk on my happy feelings,

I regretted telling him that I was staying in Spain.

I was worried it might bother me.





From where, again, today

would I unexpectedly run into him, I wondered,

so I decided to leave at once for Rouen, my second planned destination.

I decided to leave right away.




A huge sense of emptiness after great happiness.

I resolved never to open his emails again.




After arriving at the train station,

while having a simple breakfast,

I kept feeling someone’s gaze.




"Excuse me... didn’t we run into each other yesterday?"