Actually, It’s a Messy Melodrama Chapter 125

“Don’t come out and stay lying down. See you later.”

What made Haeshin’s emotions fluctuate even more was the attitude Taejun showed afterward. Even after making a confession of love, he was trying to back away cleanly as if he had no further desires. He showed absolutely no will to receive the words ‘I love you’ back from Haeshin.

Haeshin knew the reason. Literally, for Taejun, that was not the important thing. Haeshin had already gone beyond his limits to confess his true feelings, and with that single occurrence, Taejun was undoubtedly thinking that he had obtained something more than he deserved.

However, for Haeshin, it was different. It wasn’t enough. To Haeshin, Han Taejun was a person who deserved to have more than that.

Haeshin naturally grabbed the wrist of Taejun, who was trying to lift his body from the bed.

“Why?”

Taejun asked with a puzzled face. In Haeshin’s eyes, it was a foolish face. Foolish like someone who endlessly gives and gives like this, yet expects nothing in return from Haeshin.

Haeshin let out a long breath. Doing it while fully conscious made him feel more embarrassed and ashamed, but he didn’t want to back away.

Not only for Taejun but also for himself, Haeshin wanted to become a person who expressed his heart a bit more honestly. Because that was the way Cha Haeshin had lived.

“I…… I love you too.”

And so, at last, the moment love flowed out of Haeshin’s mouth once again in the form of clear language, Haeshin saw the sight of a universe exploding inside Taejun’s eyes.

It was a very wondrous spectacle. It was fascinating that his love could change a person’s life this passionately.

“I really love Mr. President too…… Mr. Taejun.”

Because experiencing that ecstatic moment made his heart swell, Haeshin confessed his feelings once more.

It was only natural that Han Taejun couldn’t endure it and crashed his lips against his just like that.

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“……Mr.? Department Manager!”

“Huh? Uh-huh.”

Mr. Jin Youngmin’s secretary looked worriedly at Youngmin, who seemed out of his mind for some reason. Youngmin’s condition had not been good all along lately, but today, his state looked uniquely serious.

“Han Taejun reserved…… a restaurant for lunch today?”

However, the secretary didn’t dare utter those words out loud. Youngmin’s emotions were already swinging like a seesaw these days, so if he said unnecessary words and the sparks flew toward him, it would be troublesome.

“Yes. Seeing that he reserved a quite expensive place, it seems to be an important meeting. I think there is almost no probability of it being canceled.”

The secretary replied while being careful not to make eye contact with Youngmin. Still, it was a relief that he found out something today.

Lately, it had become extremely difficult to find out information on Han Taejun’s side. As if predicting that Youngmin would approach this way, all the routes through which the secretary usually found out information were blocked.

Fortunately, thanks to finding a guy addicted to gambling in that secretary’s office, he was able to lure him with money; if it weren’t for that, the secretary might have already been slapped on the cheek by Jin Youngmin and been rolling on the floor.

“Right……. He’s going to eat a meal……”

Youngmin chuckled while mulling over the words like a monologue. At that moment, the secretary felt a chill that did not match the season. It was because Youngmin’s laugh was somehow goosebump-inducing, giving him a sense of aversion.

There had been many times when Jin Youngmin was scary before, but this kind of feeling was a first. It wasn’t simply that he was afraid he would use violence against him. It was a more instinctive aversion than that.

“Yes. Do you have…… anything more to, to order.”

The secretary stuttered his words before he knew it. Fortunately, Youngmin did not care about the secretary.

“Rent a car. One that doesn’t catch the eye easily.”

“Ah…… yes, I understand.”

“I will drive that one, and you, take my car, leave before me, and go home.”

At the words of Youngmin that followed, the secretary’s heart thumped loudly. His command seemed to precisely have the intention to shake off a tail. Could it be that Han Taejun was monitoring him? The secretary’s mind began to run complicatedly.

“Yes, Department Manager.”

However, instead of demanding an explanation from him, the secretary replied tamely. Because even if he asked Jin Youngmin here, there was a high probability he wouldn’t get the answer he wanted, and there was plenty of chance he would merely incur his anger.

“I will let you know when it’s ready.”

The secretary tried hard to greet him as usual and left the office. Only after closing the door and coming to the hallway that couldn’t be seen from the office did the secretary lean against the wall and pant heavily.

His chest felt suffocated, so he tried loosening his tie, but his breathing wouldn’t stabilize easily. Because he couldn’t tell what on earth was happening, his mind was anxious.

Why did Jin Youngmin tell him to rent a car? What was he trying to do with the rented car? Finding out Han Taejun’s schedule and renting a car—what kind of connection would these two things have, indeed?

He was extremely curious, but at the same time, he also didn’t want to know the truth. However, he was also worried whether he might get caught up in a strange matter after doing work while knowing nothing.

‘Well, I’m not exactly telling you to betray the person you serve. If there seems to be a situation that is hard to handle, feel free to contact me anytime. Han Taejun Mr. President will help you.’

What Han Taejun’s secretary said when he came to find him a while ago and gave his business card came to mind.

Could the ‘situation hard to handle’ that Secretary Choi mentioned be a situation exactly like right now? But it wasn’t certain. There could be nothing much happening. If he stepped forward unnecessarily, wouldn’t he take the blame alone in the middle? They said if you stay still, you go halfway. Would a big shot like Han Taejun even care about him?

Confusing thoughts to which he couldn’t know the answers scrambled messily inside the secretary’s head.

“Get a, get a grip.”

The secretary urgently slapped his cheek with his palm and took a deep breath. In any case, for right now, processing the work Jin Youngmin ordered was the priority.

These days, Youngmin’s violence had increased rapidly. He didn’t know what he would suffer again if he dragged his feet. The secretary pushed the anxiety that kept arising to one side for now and hurried his steps.

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“Hello, Mr. Secretary.”

Watching Haeshin deliver a gentle greeting toward Secretary Choi as soon as he got into the car, Taejun pouted his lips.

“You greet Secretary Choi before me?”

At Taejun’s words, which were childish beyond description, Secretary Choi tightly shut his mouth in the driver’s seat with an absurd expression. No matter how much love makes a person childish, he never imagined in his dreams that his boss would reach this state.

Sitting tightly right next to Taejun, Haeshin burst out into a light laugh.

“I’m going to keep talking with Mr. President from now on anyway.”

“Why is it Mr. President again?”

“Come on, Mr. Secretary is here too.”

The exact moment Secretary Choi felt that the two of them had changed somehow was right then. He had been adjusted to this level of sweet atmosphere since a long time ago, but strangely right now, there was an unknown, subtle feeling.

To force an explanation, the density of intimacy had changed, so to speak.

Before this too, Haeshin treated Taejun with a friendliness that others couldn’t even imagine, and Taejun also placed Cha Haeshin as an absolute exception and gave him special treatment, but the intimacy felt between the two now was different from before.

“What does it matter who is here. Then are you saying you’ll call my name only when we’re alone?”

“No, it’s not that…… I’m just worried it might look arrogant for no reason.”

“Don’t say such nonsense. Who would dare think that way.”

“Alright, alright. I’ll call your name so don’t frown. Wrinkles will form on your handsome face.”

As the appearance of Haeshin rubbing Taejun’s brow with his hand reflected in the rearview mirror, Secretary Choi hurriedly turned his gaze away. It felt exactly like peeping into someone else’s honeymoon room.

Even without hearing the circumstances, he could feel it—that his boss’s tearful unrequited love had properly ended. The problem was that as the unrequited love ended, an even more eyesore couple-act had begun.

“By the way, is your body okay?”

“Yes, it’s very good.”

“If it’s hard, tell me anytime. I’ll take you home.”

“Yeah, I will. But I’m really okay. And I…… also like being together with Mr. Taejun.”

Haeshin said the last words in a low voice, almost as if whispering. As for Haeshin, it was an action done because he wanted to maintain his own etiquette toward Secretary Choi, but Taejun was instead stimulated by the act of whispering right against his ear and planted a quick kiss on Haeshin’s cheek just like that.

“Ah……!”

Unable to even say anything, the face of Haeshin, who let out a single exclamation, flared up bright red.

As for Haeshin, who had done all sorts of social life while living, he could feel the sorrow and joy of Secretary Choi who was desperately pretending not to know the situation in the back seat, making him embarrassed and sorry, but Taejun was merely laughing contentedly.

“It’s okay. Secretary Choi earns a lot of money.”

Whether he noticed that heart of Haeshin, Taejun said in a voice full of playfulness. From the driver’s seat, Secretary Choi took over those words equally playfully.

“Yes. Since I receive a lot of salary from Mr. President, you don’t have to concern yourself.”

Not that it was a lie, considering the salary he received from Taejun, enduring something like a couple-act was no big deal. Furthermore, Secretary Choi also felt satisfied because Han Taejun seemed to be enjoying a happiness he had never experienced before.

“Hmm……?”

It was right then. In the eyes of Secretary Choi, who was making a U-turn after receiving the signal, a car standing to make a U-turn in the same way entered his sight. It was a common car model, but the appearance tinted to the point that the inside couldn’t be seen at all strangely grated on his eyes.