Counterfire Marriage — Chapter 6

MAY YOUR FATHER REST IN PEACE.

DAD...

DAD...

I COULDN'T EVEN BE THERE FOR YOUR FUNERAL...

I JUST LAY THERE, COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS...

EVEN THOUGH YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE TO SAVE MINE...

MY LITTLE PRINCESS!

I WANT TO TELL HIM I'M SORRY, BUT THEY SAY HIS NUMBER IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.

I'M SO TERRIFIED OF A WORLD WITHOUT DAD.

ALL I EVER DID WAS COMPLAIN TO HIM...

DAD...!

DAD...

DAD, I'M SO SORRY...

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITHOUT YOU...

MY POOR DAD... WHAT AM I GOING TO DO...?

SOB...

SOMETIMES,

YOU END UP CONFIDING YOUR DEEPEST THOUGHTS TO A TOTAL STRANGER.

BECAUSE THE BLANK GAZE OF SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T KNOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE COMFORTING.

LIKE WRITING SECRETS IN AN ANONYMOUS DIARY.

NOW THAT I'M DONE CRYING, IT'S SO EMBARRASSING...

WHO KNOWS HOW OFTEN I'LL HAVE TO SEE HIM FROM NOW ON.

IT FEELS LIKE I'VE EXPOSED ALL MY WEAKNESSES.

IS IT BECAUSE HIS FACE JUST DISARMS ALL MY DEFENSES...?

HE LOOKS LIKE A WALKING STATUE.

PLEASE DON'T TELL MY SISTER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

WE'LL SEE.

I GUESS... I REALLY HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR HANDSOME GUYS.

I'M NOT JOKING.

MY SISTER MUST WANT TO LEAN ON ME AND WHINE ALL SHE WANTS NOW.

HOW WOULD SHE FEEL IF SHE HEARD HER OLDER SISTER WAS BAWLING HER EYES OUT?

THEN YOU'D BETTER TREAT ME WELL.

HE'S TOTALLY ENJOYING THIS...

HE SEEMS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

THERE'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO ME TWO YEARS AGO?

YOU MADE SUCH A SHADY PROPOSAL TO ME BACK THEN.

SAYING YOU'D BUY MY PROGRAM IF WE DID... WHAT WAS IT AGAIN~?

WHAT DID I ASK YOU TO DO?

OH MY? YOU KNOW YOU'RE BEING REALLY SHAMELESS, RIGHT?

I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER.

WHAT DID I SAY?

YOU ASKED ME TO SLEEP WITH YOU.

...ME?

I DID SUGGEST WE SEE EACH OTHER.

I DON'T THINK I WENT THAT FAR, THOUGH?

SEE, YOU DO REMEMBER!

HONESTLY SPEAKING,

AREN'T YOU EMBARRASSED?

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN.

YOU'RE PRETENDING NOT TO REMEMBER BECAUSE IT MIGHT TARNISH YOUR REPUTATION, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HELPING ME OUT NOW.

AFRAID I'D WAKE UP AND SPREAD WORD OF YOUR SHAMEFUL PAST, MANAGING DIRECTOR!

HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, DIDN'T I?

SO, ARE YOU GOING TO SPREAD RUMORS?

AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE DONE FOR YOU?

DEPENDS.

UNLESS YOU WIPE OUT SOME OF MY DEBT.

JUST A MOMENT AGO, YOU SAID YOU'D PAY ME BACK DOWN TO THE COST OF A TISSUE BOX.

PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.

THINK BACK CAREFULLY TO WHAT HAPPENED THEN.

I BELIEVE I PUT IT LIKE THIS.

I WAS ABOUT FIVE PERCENT INTERESTED IN YOUR PROPOSAL, HONG YOO-YEON.

THE OTHER NINETY -FIVE PERCENT IS MY PERSONAL INTEREST IN HONG YOO-YEON.

WHEN YOU TURNED ME DOWN, HONG YOO-YEON,

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW OUR CONVERSATION WENT?

...I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN, DIRECTOR.

I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND PERFECTLY WELL.

TO PUT IT SIMPLY, LET'S SL—

I MUST DECLINE, DIRECTOR.

Time Windows

I MEANT,

LE...

LET'S PUT BUSINESS ASIDE FOR A WHILE AND SEE EACH OTHER..

...DID THAT NOT SOUND LIKE WHAT I WAS SAYING?

WELL...

I MEAN...

ISN'T IT BASICALLY THE SAME THING...?

JUST WHAT KIND OF MEN HAVE YOU BEEN DATING TO THINK THAT'S THE SAME THING?

HAAAH...

EVERY MAN I’VE EVER MET WAS LIKE THAT.

EXCEPT FOR DO YONG-TAE...

I'M SORRY FOR MISUNDERSTANDING...

BUT STILL, IT'S TRUE THAT YOU APPROACHED ME WITH PERSONAL FEELINGS, MANAGING DIRECTOR.

I WAS THERE STRICTLY FOR BUSINESS.

THAT'S TRUE.

AND IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT, DEEP DOWN, I WANTED TO SLEEP WITH YOU.

?!

BUT I DIDN'T LOOK AFTER YOU OUT OF EMBARRASSMENT OVER WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN, HONG YOO-YEON.

THEN WHY ON EARTH DID HE HELP ME?

WAIT, MORE IMPORTANTLY... WHAT DID I JUST HEAR...?

...ANYWAY, I'M GLAD THE MISUNDERSTANDING IS CLEARED UP.

I'D LIKE TO GET SOME REST NOW...

ALL RIGHT.

...THANK YOU.

SEE YOU AGAIN.

SO THAT'S WHAT SHE MISUNDERSTOOD.

WHETHER YOU BLUNTLY ASK SOMEONE TO SLEEP WITH YOU,

OR HIDE THAT DESIRE BEHIND ASKING THEM OUT,

I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE EITHER WAY.

IT'S TRUE THAT MY INTENTIONS BACK THEN WERE TWISTED.

AND THAT I WAS OUTRIGHT RUDE.

BECAUSE I ALREADY KNEW WHO HONG YOO-YEON WAS.