Actually, It’s a Messy Melodrama Chapter 106

Fortunately, Youngmin seemed to have no intention of throwing more punches and just sank onto the sofa as he continued.

“So… it was an unfamiliar face?”

“Yes. He looked familiar, but not a face I knew precisely.”

“He wasn’t someone you could handle?”

“He seemed to be very skilled in physical combat. He said he would report it immediately, so I judged it would be better not to get entangled in a commotion, but it was my mistake.”

“And Cha Haeshin also resisted fiercely, is that it…”

“Yes. He even acted as if he had been afraid of you, Department Head, from before…”

Hearing the secretary’s continued explanation, Youngmin furrowed his brow and fell into thought.

It was a reaction consistent with the text message he had received last time. Cha Haeshin, who had accepted all the goodwill he had shown until now, was suddenly treating him like a stalker. The saying ‘to repay kindness with enmity’ was a perfect fit.

“He quit all his jobs… Did he really hook a sugar daddy?”

Although the circumstances were suspicious enough, there was one major flaw in this hypothesis.

If Cha Haeshin had decided to use someone to escape poverty, he already had a ready-made person in ‘Jin Youngmin.’ He didn’t know who this sugar daddy Cha Haeshin had hooked was, but there was no way he would have better conditions than himself.

Youngmin knew well the nature of the wealthy. It might seem that being rich would make one detached from money, but in reality, the more one has, the more one obsesses over money and honor.

He, who had chased after Cha Haeshin until now, was the unusual one; there was no way the wealthy would volunteer to be a sugar daddy to someone like Cha Haeshin. Therefore, the best answer among Cha Haeshin’s options was already all but decided.

But for Haeshin to throw away the treasure that was already in his hands and deliberately choose someone with worse conditions? It was nonsensical, logically speaking.

“What on earth is he thinking.”

Youngmin’s questions went in circles and had no choice but to return to the starting point. No matter how deeply he thought and pondered, he couldn’t understand it at all.

In the end, only Cha Haeshin knew the answer, but it wasn’t easy to ask him directly. Except for the convenience store where he had sent his secretary today, Haeshin had quit all his jobs, and the people around him knew nothing.

No one was coming or going from the house Youngmin knew, and there was no information about Cha Haeshin’s mother after she had received tests at the hospital. It was as if someone was blocking any information from leaking out.

He couldn’t even guess what on earth had happened. The anxiety he had tried so hard to suppress began to rear its head again. While thinking it couldn’t be, he grew impatient, afraid he would lose Cha Haeshin forever like this.

“Find Cha Haeshin. Bring him before me no matter what. Understand?”

“Yes, I understand.”

It was equally daunting for both of them as to how to bring him, but the secretary bowed his head and answered for now.

Youngmin loosened his constricting necktie and leaned back on the sofa. The most humiliating part was the fact that even at this moment, he missed Cha Haeshin to an absurd degree.

If Cha Haeshin knew his heart, he would have no choice but to come to him in the end. He himself was the best choice Cha Haeshin could make.

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“Cha H… Haeshin…”

Haeshin wriggled at the voice coming from a far distance. Had he fallen asleep? His eyes wouldn’t open properly, and as he tried to frown, a soft and gentle touch carefully massaged the area around his eyes.

Aided by that touch, Haeshin slowly opened his eyes. The blurry world gradually came into focus, and a man’s face came into view.

The memories slowly returned. Jin Youngmin’s secretary had come and he was almost dragged away, but Ingyu had stopped it, and they had come to Taejun’s company together. He had decided to wait while Taejun finished his remaining work, but it seemed he had fallen asleep on the sofa without realizing it.

“Want to sleep more?”

While Haeshin slowly blinked, regaining his memory, Taejun asked in a low, gentle voice. It seemed he thought Haeshin was still groggy with sleep.

Strangely, at that moment, Haeshin felt a massive wave of longing wash over him. He felt a surge of sorrow for no reason. It felt like it had been too long since he had last seen Han Taejun, and as if he had missed him for a very long time. And this was despite the fact that Haeshin was living with Han Taejun now.

“Taejun-ssi…”

Haeshin opened his mouth and called Han Taejun. He saw Taejun’s momentarily startled face. He wasn’t unaware of the reason. It was understandable that he would be surprised when someone who had always called him Mr. President suddenly called him by his name.

Haeshin hadn’t intended it either. The words had just popped out on their own. While his head knew this was an awkward form of address, his mouth was naturally calling that name.

Even after calling him that, he didn’t feel like he had done anything wrong. So, instead of correcting the form of address, Haeshin opened his arms toward Taejun.

He wanted to be childish. He wanted to say, why did you leave me alone, shouldn’t you have come to find me before I missed you this much, but his last remaining shred of reason barely stopped those words. Because he himself knew it was ridiculous nonsense.

Taejun’s expression, which had momentarily stiffened at the unfamiliar form of address, quickly relaxed. And he familiarly hugged Haeshin, who had his arms open, and carefully helped him sit up from the sofa.

“Did you have a dream?”

“No…”

Haeshin mumbled while being held by Taejun. Only after rubbing his forehead against the broad, firm chest did his sorrowful heart seem to be soothed a little.

“But why are you so down?”

“I don’t know. Did I dream…? I feel sad.”

“Sad? About what?”

“I don’t know. I just feel like Mr. President did something wrong.”

Even at Haeshin’s brazen words, Taejun did not refute them.

“If you say so, it must be so. I did something wrong.”

“Don’t do it again.”

“Okay. I won’t.”

Only after hearing Taejun’s reply did Haeshin feel a little better. He hadn’t been sad for any particular reason in the first place, so there was no reason for it not to be resolved. Rather, once he came to his senses a little, he felt grateful to Taejun for accepting his groundless whining.

“But why is Mr. President apologizing?”

Haeshin asked, pulling away from Taejun’s embrace. Taejun silently gazed at Haeshin’s eyes for a moment.

Does Cha Haeshin know what kind of face he’s making right now?

With a face as if he’s fallen in love anew, without hiding his inner thoughts that he trusts and relies on you more than anyone else in the world, yet still trying not to be an overly brazen person—does he have any idea how lovely that is?

“You said you were sad.”

“Actually, Mr. President didn’t do anything wrong…”

“If Cha Haeshin was sad, then that’s my fault. Is there any other reason?”

“That’s really… foolish.”

Haeshin’s cheeks reddened at Taejun’s confidence, who said such embarrassing things without a hint of hesitation. The embarrassment he felt for himself, for not disliking Taejun’s attitude, was a bonus.

Cha Haeshin had never whined or been childish to anyone in his life. From a very young age, that was not an attitude permitted to him.

After he started working, he had shown a similar attitude to people in a position of ‘power’ over him, but that was closer to a survival strategy. There was no one in the world Haeshin could fully trust, whine to, and rely on. Until now.

So, Haeshin found his current self unfamiliar. It was amazing that he had found someone he trusted so completely, so sincerely.

“I got broken like this after meeting you, Cha Haeshin, so you have to take responsibility.”

“Me?”

“Yes. Surely you’re not planning to turn a blind eye after making a person into a fool.”

At the sight of Taejun, a chaebol heir no less, saying he became a fool so casually, Haeshin finally burst into laughter. He thought it would be impossible for anyone in the world not to trust and rely on a person like this.

Haeshin playfully scowled and grumbled.

“It’s not like I told you to become a fool.”

“So? You’re not going to take responsibility?”

“Hmm, I’m too nice, so it’s hard for me to turn a blind eye.”

Haeshin, who answered slyly, soon burst out laughing. Taejun, who was appreciating Haeshin’s laughter as if admiring a beautiful landscape, soon tidied Haeshin’s hair and asked.

“Are you awake now? Shall we go home?”

“Did you finish all your work? You didn’t just rush to finish because of me, did you?”

“No, I’m all done. Let’s go home and rest comfortably. You might seem fine now, but your body might have been shocked.”

At Taejun’s words, which were so delicately caring for him, Haeshin felt his cheeks warm up again and nodded. And Haeshin, who was about to head out side-by-side with Taejun, stopped dead in his tracks at the door as if he remembered something.

“What’s wrong?”

“Um… But are we just leaving like this?”

At Haeshin’s question, Taejun tilted his head.

“We leave like this, so how else were you planning to leave?”

“That’s not it…”

“…?”

“People will see us.”