A secret meeting through fingertips.

Even a fleeting touch like that was enough to set every nerve in her body on edge, heightening her senses.

Though Suin made her way to the garden lounge and Jaehee headed toward the elevator, the shared warmth of their brief connection lingered.

Each step she took on the marble floor felt lighter, as though she were walking on air.

“Ihyeon!”

Her thoughts snapped back to reality when Ihyeon waved at her from the garden lounge entrance, holding up two cups of coffee.

***

[Have you reached out to Suin yet?]

"Here are your two iced Americanos," said the café worker, just as a voice in Ihyeon’s earpiece overlapped with the announcement.

[You can’t afford to delay. If you miss the timing, Lee Suin will drift further away. You need to find a reason—any reason—to meet her as soon as possible and sort things out.]

Ihyeon took the coffees without responding, walking away from the counter to put some distance between himself and prying ears.

Only once he was out of hearing range did he reply.

“Ajin, stop pressuring me.”

[I’m doing this for you, you know.]@@novelbin@@

Her words might sound altruistic, but Ihyeon knew better. Behind her supposed concern for him lay her own desires.

“Rushing won’t change anything.”

[The worst thing you can do in love is be lukewarm. What’s the point of watching from the sidelines if you never get to hold her in your hands?]

“I’m thinking things through carefully. I don’t want to put Suin in a difficult situation.”

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