| never again | Vincenzo Kdrama

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Na-Ri entered Han Seok's hospital room but didn't see him anywhere. She asked the bodyguard where he was and he said Han Seok had somewhere to go. Na-Ri sighed and went back into his room. She tried calling him but he didn't pick up. Even though she knew he wasn't going to answer she called Han Seo.

Na-Ri was right, he didn't pick up. She was going to leave but the guard stopped her. He told her that Han Seok didn't want her to go anymore and to wait at the hospital. He said that Han Seok would come back soon. She believed him and went back inside his hospital room.

Na-Ri sat down in a chair and waited for him to come back. She sat there for hours and hours until she heard the door finally open. She turned back and saw Han Seok walk in with his IV attached to him. She got up and walked to him, gently grabbing his face.

"Han Seok, where have you been?"

"I needed to take care of something." He put his arm around her shoulder and walked to his bed.

"It couldn't have waited. You've just woken up," Na-Ri asked calmly. She didn't know why he couldn't tell her.

"I revealed myself as the real chairman." He sat on his bed.

"What?"

"Han Seo was going to auction off the Babel building and I told them I was going to be taking over Babel."

"Why would you do that? I thought you wanted to keep your identity secret."

Han Seok looked at her and smirked. "I was just following your advice."

"Advice?" She thought about what he meant. What advice did she give him? She looked up at him and scoffed, "Why would you follow a drunk person's advice?"

"Because it was good. I'll blame someone and then I'll run the company legally. That's what you want, right?"

Na-Ri stared at him. She did want him to do that but it would be wrong if he dumped it all on an innocent person.

He wasn't hearing an answer and pulled her closer to him. "Na-Ri, I'm tired. Let's go to sleep." He scooted to the side of the bed.

Na-Ri looked at him and got in the bed. He put his arms around her and she rested her head on his chest.

Na-Ri whispered, "I love you," and gave him a peck on his cheek. She laid in his arms and fell asleep.

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Na-Ri opened her eyes. She blinked them as the sun blinded her. She then wondered where she was. She sat up and looked around. She saw that she was in Han Seok's bedroom. How did she get here? Wasn't she just in the hospital? She heard something from his closet.

Na-Ri got out of bed and walked to the closet. She saw him changing.

Han Seok noticed her. "Good morning, Na-Ri."

She was super confused. "How am I here? We were at the hospital."

"You were still asleep after I was discharged so I took you here." He explains.

"You were already discharged?" She walked to him and turned him around. She pulled up his shirt and looked at the bandages. "You shouldn't have been discharged, you were just shot."

Han Seok turned around and grabbed her shoulders. He looked into her worried eyes. "Na-Ri, I'm okay. It doesn't hurt and my doctor cleared me."

"You paid off the doctor, didn't you?" She scoffed, "Why did you do that? Can't you wait a week at least?"