We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 40. The Axe of Betrayal

Today, for the weekend, to Mr. Kim, the CEO

is the day we decided to learn how to ride a bicycle.





Since we have to load the bicycle into the car,

I went to Mr. Kim's house first.




He was busily cleaning the bicycle.




"Taehyung, you’ve been riding a bicycle for quite a while too, huh?"





"Uh... I think it’s been a few years.

I’m busy with work even on weekends,

or busy sleeping."




He said with a laugh.





"See?~

Because I can’t ride a bicycle,

even your bicycle, Taehyung,

has made it out into the outside world."





"Huh? You heard?

The bicycle says, Thank you, Jeong-ah, and stuff?"





"Tell it not to fall down while it’s carrying me today."





"What have you been doing all this time if you haven’t even learned to ride a bicycle?"





"Maybe because I didn’t have any brothers,

I never had the chance to ride one.

So I get to learn from my boyfriend like this,

and how nice is that?"





"Well, I guess that’s true!"





I lifted up the cooler bag we had brought along.





"Ta-da!!

I made kimbap for lunch!!"





"What? Really?

Did you bring it back from heaven or something?"





"No, I didn’t!

I really got up early this morning and made it."






"You know how to make kimbap too?"






"I used to make it sometimes when I was in Canada,

but I haven’t really cooked much lately,

so I don’t know how it’ll taste."





"Today is going to be so much fun.

We’re riding bicycles and eating kimbap,

it feels like a picnic."





"I’m super excited too!!

But you have to hold on to me properly. Got it?"





We loaded up the bicycles

and headed to a fairly large park.





Falling over and over, scraping our knees,

learning to ride a bicycle turned out to be

much tougher than I expected.





Still, under the bright sunshine,

we laughed, sweated,

and had a great time together.





Only after riding for quite a while

did we finally find a spot to eat the kimbap.





There was even the iced Americano I’d brought in a tumbler.



Everything was perfect.





"Did you know kimbap and Americano go surprisingly well together?"





"Really?"





"If you look at it calmly, Taehyung, besides work,

you don’t seem to know much.

There’s more than one or two things I need to teach you."





I shook my head and said,





"There’s cold barley tea and fruit here too.

Let me know if you need anything."





"Our little one is secretly a wife material queen!"





"No.

I’m not exactly wife material.

And I don’t plan on being a wife material queen either."





"Then I’ll be the one who takes care of things at home."





I stared at him for a moment, then said,





"Are you going to marry me or something?"





"Why not?

Have you never thought about it?"





"It’s not impossible...

I’ve just never thought about it."





"Then you can start thinking about it now."





"Marriage, huh...

I don’t think I’d suit it..."





"Don’t people get married because once they’re dating, they don’t want to break up?

I don’t want to break up with you."

"Really?






I like breaking up and getting back together."

"I guess my future is going to be rough too...






Yeah, there really is no such thing as an easy life."

Only after we finished all the kimbap and fruit





did we pack up and head back to Mr. Kim's house.

When I got home and sat on the sofa,





all at once, tiredness washed over me.

"I want some hot coffee."





"I’ll go buy some from the convenience store.





There’s nothing to eat at my place."

"No coffee either?"





"Only water."





He gave an awkward smile





and went out with his wallet.

I was catching my breath on the sofa when





a message notification rang on my phone.

It was the publisher.




[Writer, sorry on your day off.





It’s something you need to check before tomorrow’s meeting,

and I forgot and left it out last time.]

"Do we have a printer at home?"





When I went to the study, there was a laptop and a printer,





so I immediately went over and turned the printer on.

After opening the laptop and logging into the site,





I downloaded the file and sent it to print.

While it was printing,





I absentmindedly clicked an icon on the laptop desktop.

But then...





an unexpected photo caught my eye.




Photos taken of Hoonji with a female actress at a shopping mall while he was filming in Jakarta.





And photos from a year ago,

even pictures taken with a female actress he briefly met.



'Why is something like this on Taehyung's computer?'

It wasn’t just one or two.





These were photos someone had followed them around to take




from multiple angles on purpose.


I clicked them one by one

and checked the photos.





Just then, I heard the front door open,

and Taehyung came in.





"Little one, drink your coffee~!"

He wandered around looking for me,





then came into the study.





"What are you doing in here? Jeong-ah?"

I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen





as I looked at the photos and spoke.





"These photos..."

I paused for a moment and looked at Mr. Kim.





"Why do you have these... Taehyung?"


The coffee he was holding


 
slipped and dropped to the floor.





"So you thought I was a hopeless romantic?"