The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace — Chapter 18

...WHY ARE YOU BEING SO KIND TO ME?

DON'T BE SO KIND...

WHY NOT?

WHY AM I BEING NICE TO YOU?

BECAUSE I WANT TO, OF COURSE.

I'M CERTAIN THAT MY FEELINGS HAVE CHANGED.

"WILL HE REALLY BE ABLE TO HELP ME?"

I ADMIT THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WOO-WON. IN FACT, I'M STARTING TO LIKE HIM.

AM I A BURDEN? I'M NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING FROM HIM...

BUT HE MIGHT, BY NATURE, BE FEELING OVERWHELMED BY MY ACTIONS.

I'M FOND OF YOU.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

DAY AFTER DAY, YOU WORK AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.

YOU WORK SO HARD, BUT WHY WON'T ANYONE NOTICE?

FROM NOW ON, I WISH YOU ONLY THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE.

WHEN DID IT GET DARK?

WHAT ABOUT SEO-AN...?

OH, HE'S STILL HERE...

I CAN SENSE THAT SEO-AN IS INTERESTED IN ME.

IT WASN'T HARD FOR ME TO NOTICE, HAVING GROWN UP SELF-CONSCIOUS MY ENTIRE LIFE.

A CLASSMATE ONCE ASKED ME OUT IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS GRATEFUL FOR HIS FEELINGS, BUT THAT WAS ALL.

THAT'S WHY I CAUGHT ONTO SEO-AN'S FEELINGS.

NEVERTHELESS, I KEPT HOPING THAT I WAS MISTAKEN.

IT HAD TO BE THAT WAY.

BUT THEN I TOOK NOTICE...

IN ANY CASE, I LEARNED THAT A MAN COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER MAN...

AND WASN'T REPULSED BY THE IDEA.

...OF MY OWN FEELINGS, THAT I HAD TRIED TO IGNORE.

IT WAS AS IF A WARNING LIGHT TURNED ON WITHIN MY HEART.

THIS HOPE STALLS MY RATIONALITY AND MAKES ME WANT TO BE MORE SELFISH.

I WANT TO RELAX AND ACCEPT THINGS FOR MYSELF.

BUT I KNOW...

...THAT'S NOT THE ROLE I'M MEANT TO PLAY.

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP WASTING TIME?

COME BACK TO WORK. YOU'RE TOO OLD TO BE SITTING AROUND AT HOME.

YOU BETTER BE PREPARED FOR SEOJIN'S RETURN.

I'M CONSIDERING HANDING OVER THE REINS OF HIS OVERSEAS DIVISION TO YOU.

HOW FRUSTRATING, STILL ACTING LIKE A CHILD. WILL YOU EVER GROW UP?

DO I HAVE TO KEEP HEARING THAT I CAN'T EVEN CONTROL MY OWN SON?

STOP THE CAVALIER ATTITUDE. YOU'VE PLAYED AROUND LONG ENOUGH.

NO ONE WILL PUT UP WITH THAT IMMATURITY OF YOURS FOREVER.

...I APOLOGIZE.

COME IN.

IT'S TIME TO ATTEND YOUR NEXT MEETING, SIR.

ALREADY? GIVE ME A MINUTE.

YES, SIR.

IDIOT.

MASTER SEO-AN.

SECRETARY KIM. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

YOU LOOK BETTER THAN BEFORE.

I GUESS. ALTHOUGH I'LL PROBABLY RELAPSE, THANKS TO MY FATHER.

ARE YOU GOING HOME IMMEDIATELY?

I WAS THINKING OF SEEING JINYOO FIRST. IS SHE HERE?

NO, LADY JINYOO HAS GONE OUT.

THAT'S TOO BAD. HOW IS SHE? I HAVEN'T BEEN IN CONTACT LATELY.

THE SAME AS ALWAYS. SHE EVEN GAVE ME A TICKET TO HER BAND'S UPCOMING CONCERT.

HAHA

HER DREAM OF PERFORMING IS FINALLY COMING TRUE, HUH?

I'LL BE OFF NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

TAKE CARE.

UGH...

...HIC.

...HIC.

...HNGH.

...UGH.

...HIC,

I'M USED TO IT.

IT'S OKAY.