“Cho, take your time.”
The two people’s legs were dangerously entangled as they stepped on the marble floor. The way Lee Han stood close behind Hae-joon, with Hae-joon at the forefront, was reminiscent of the movements of a wild beast that would not let go of its prey.
“Hey, Chairman. for a moment.”
“Seo Yihan.”
“… … .”
“Are you still confused about our relationship?”
Hae-joon gulped as his heavy voice reached his ear right after. I still can’t figure out what’s going on. Lee Han asked to meet, and his mother called him again. And when she came to her senses… … .
“Let me put it mildly. “There are a lot of people.”
“If anyone sees us, they will think we are doing something we cannot do.”
“Hey, Mr. Lee Han.”
“If you let me go, what are you going to do then?”
As soon as she could take Hae-joon’s hand away, he came out in front of her. As if telling her where she was going to go, her eyes, which were darker than ever before, pressed down on her so that she could not move.
“Is this what that important promise was?”
“… … This is Lee Han’s mother. “You said you have something to share just between the two of you. What should I do?”
Hae-jun, who didn’t know what to do with Lee-han’s momentum, raised his head too late and asked, “What did I do wrong?” It wouldn’t be unfair if I really cheated. In an instant, the tip of my nose became hot and filled with resentment.
“I said I do it for myself too. “I was so careful that I might come out today and make a mistake with my mother, no, Lee Han’s mother.”
“… … .”
“Although I was embarrassed, I tried to understand whatever my mother said because I felt like I knew why she was like that. Even though she kept crying and stopped crying, I couldn’t help but wonder how surprised she must have been, and I really did my best until she handed me the envelope.”
“Did you try to get it?”
“… … yes?”
“Did you really want to get that?”
Hae-joon tilted his head as if he did not understand the sharply lowered light and dark in his eyes. Is what this man saying right now what I know it to mean? I squinted my eyes, but only the long shadow of the man standing in front of me flickered like a flame.
“Are you saying that you will take that envelope and break up cleanly with a guy like me?”
“Oh, I didn’t get it! No, I didn’t even check! To be honest, I was curious about how much something like this would have cost, but… … .”
no. Isn’t it natural for debtors to be curious when they see money?
Hae-joon, who was trying to make excuses, resolutely shook his head. Aside from the fact that her heart tightened the moment Mrs. Cha handed over the envelope, she couldn’t help but feel curious.
In dramas, only the money is shown, but not how much is given.
Isn’t it funny that people wonder how much it costs to just pick up a pack of gum at a convenience store, but are not interested in how much it costs in the envelope of money handed to them by a chaebol? However, I never even thought about taking the money and keeping it.
No matter how much money it is, I have no intention of changing it with this man!
“Uh, anyway, I’ve never done anything wrong for the Chairman to get so excited and criticize me. I.”
Hae-joon’s chest rose and fell visibly as he overflowed with resentment. I wanted to criticize his mother, who had called me, not me, but I couldn’t.
“Then it must be my mother’s problem.”
“… … Mr. Lee Han.”
If it were this man, I wouldn’t stop by driving a nail into my mother’s chest, but I would even pour molten iron into it and weld it so she wouldn’t even think about it again.
“I understand why Mr. Lee Han is like this, but there was nothing worth worrying about. “No matter how conscienceless I am, I’m not the kind of person who just accepts everything you give me in an envelope.”
“Don’t you get it three days in advance?”
“When before…” … iced coffee.”
Are you really talking about Junho?
Hae-joon, thinking that he finally understood something, relaxed and touched his forehead. I don’t know when I saw that again, but before I could explain, all I could say was empty laughter. A little while ago, he was an ordinary debtor, but now, with 476,000 won added, he has become a miscellaneous criminal with only one criminal record.
“Junho is my friend. He’s been my friend since college.”
“… … Jun Ho?”
“yes. “This is emergency medicine doctor Kim Jun-ho.”
Hae-joon looked around, saying he should lower his voice for now. He was a very conspicuous man, but as he stands in the hotel lobby, there is no one who doesn’t look at him.
“We live and help each other when times are difficult. It’s even more like that with friends. And if you’re curious about that, then tell me now. What is it?”
“Mr. Hae-jun Yoon.”
“Even though I am full of debt, I don’t do anything that goes against morality. Mr. Lee Han doesn’t have to act like he’s going to eat you, but he knows what he can and can’t do well.”
“… … .”
Anyway, why do I have to make excuses like this?
I started to comfort him, but the more I got upset, the more my eyes heated up as I looked up at Lee Han. I came here with such a nervous heart. I don’t know if I was sitting there with the mindset that I might be told not to meet him. Although my circumstances were my own, my heart sank to the floor every time Mrs. Haedo Cha’s lips parted.
“Look, Seo Yi-han!”
What does this man say? What’s good about a man who gets angry without even knowing what’s going on?
At the same time, his heart became indescribably complicated by the presence of Lee Han looking at him with cold eyes. I wanted to tell them that there was nothing to worry about until I filled all five remaining meetings, but I couldn’t.
After all five times are over and I break up with him, I think I will not be able to sleep in a different way.
“I don’t know how I looked in the eyes of someone like Lee Han, but I didn’t do anything wrong.”
“… … .”
So this is the best for now. Ambiguous words that are neither complete lies nor complete sincerity may be no different from the relationship between him and me. Although it may not be as natural as a real lover, it is a relationship that makes your heart beat out of your chest as if it were fake.
“I’m a thoracic surgeon!”
“… … .”
“I look into other people’s hearts every day, and I can’t deceive or deceive people even if I’m scared. No, I don’t. Even if Lee Han doesn’t do this, my job alone is hard and overwhelming! Do you understand?”
“Then what about me, who likes that tough thoracic surgeon?”
“That’s it… … yes?”
Hae-joon, who was about to leave his seat and turn around as tears welled up in his eyes, hesitated. Did I hear it wrong? okay. You must have heard wrong. In extreme panic, all the thoughts in her head were clearly reflected in her eyes, and Lee Han’s hot, growling breath flowed down her white forehead.
“There is no need to say anything wrong, make fun of it, or be mistaken, so you don’t have to ask if it’s real.”
“… … “To me now.”
“why. “How dare you compare yourself to a cardiothoracic surgeon who has never eaten on time, never slept properly, and is in debt to people like me, driven to his death?”
“… … .”
It was different from the relaxed beasts until now. For the first time, the wild beast that was so hungry that he could not see anything and that seemed likely to devour him without even a trace of a bone if he did anything wrong revealed its full strength.
“I don’t think you have anything to feel unfair about. “I’ll add to the fact that I couldn’t eat and sleep.”
◇ ◆ ◇
“If you check the echocardiogram, it appears that there is no other way than surgery. AS (aortic stenosis) and AR (aortic regurgitation) occur together… … .”
At the conference that started ahead of the surgery on the patient in the VIP room, Minguk, the head of the medical department, posted a photo of the patient’s heart. Perhaps thanks to the higher-than-usual interest of the faculty, the enthusiasm with which each screen was turned was great.
“… … .”
Likewise, Hae-joon’s eyes, which were looking at the black screen, were blurry and unfocused. There was no particular problem in hearing the content mechanically and keeping it in my mind, but the blinking speed was definitely very slow.
“The patient is young, so we took that into consideration… … . “What are you doing there, Professor Yoon?”
“… … yes?”
“Usually he was anxious because he couldn’t say even one more word. why. “Are you dissatisfied with me becoming a surgeon?”
Professor Choi, who was in front of the screen for some reason, turned around in disapproval. He blinked his eyes blankly for a moment before slowly shaking his head.
“no. “It can’t be.”
“If not, you should participate in advance. “It is basic to know a little more about the patient’s condition before surgery.”
Professor Choi’s words like this are very strange, but his enthusiasm for the patients in the VIP room is second to none. Perhaps because she was aware of the whispers around her that Hae-joon was getting a spoon belatedly for her surgery, which Hae-joon had already decided to do, her control of him grew even stronger.
“We are all the same best patients, so what is so important about my surgery and your surgery? Since ancient times, it is right for a doctor to focus as much as possible on the condition of the patient being operated on. If you look here now, the size is… … “Why isn’t this coming out?”
“Valve width 0.7.”
“… … .”
Professor Choi’s hand, which was trying to enlarge the screen as if to show off, hesitated. I wondered if I could see all of this from far away, but Hae-joon’s eyes still hadn’t completely returned to focus.
“what. “Here you are, Professor Yoon.”
“Stage 3 aortic valve regurgitation due to rheumatic fever in childhood, aortic diameter 45 mm, valve width 0.7 cm, pressure difference between left ventricle and aorta less than 0.75 mm H, ultrasound and CT (TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve ) Replacement surgery) is difficult to position due to internal stenosis, so it will be replaced with a mechanical valve made by Edwards through thoracotomy. The size will be known only when it is opened in the operating room, but L will be the correct size. “Is there anything else I need to know?”
“… … .”
If not, it’s over.
