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Chapter Seven

A single tear escaped my eyes.

I couldn't move. I felt numb in my legs.

I saw Kang Yohan hand the machine gun over to who he took it from and say in flat tone.

"You're given these to use."

And then when he turned around he was a totally different person. He made his way towards me.

As I try to regain my steady breath I saw him come closer and extend a hand towards me to take.

I didn't even know to take that hand and get up. I just stared at it.

Kang Yohan sat down in front of me. Took it on himself to pry my hands and take Suyeong. As he carried Suyeong on one hand he used the other to support me and pull me up. He help me walk with shaky legs into the building then into an elevator and then to that familiar corridor that I got lost in.

He took both of us into his room.

"Your office is big."

I said as he helped me sit on the sofa in his office comfortably. I have already regained myself a lot. He sits Suyeong down on the sofa by my side and goes directly to the other side of the room.

He fills up a glass of water and extends it to me.

"But it's empty."

I take the glass and look up at him. He has this certain smile that makes us feel comfortable and also uncomfortable at the same time. As if he was assuring that he can make us feel safe. Also we wouldn't know what that safety comes at the cost of.

"Suyeong ah. Are you alright?"

He held Suyeong's hand and asked her.

My daughter nods at a complete stranger who she somehow feels comfortable around. I never understood why she would feel comfortable around him and I would feel totally annoyed at him. But somehow after what he did to me I felt like the annoyance at him was melting a little.

"She feels comfortable around you."

Kang Yohan smiles as my daughter plays with his hands. I could see the little tremors in her hands still present. My baby was shocked a lot today.

"Maybe because to her I don't feel like a threat."

I rolled my eyes.

"Or you're just jealous that she likes me." His eyes shows a mischievous smile.

At this moment looking at him he felt so mundane. So much so that the reputation that he's the devil judge didn't feel at all real. I don't know him but still felt that he's not what he looks like, or what people say he is. He's so much more than that.

And looking at him right now, playing with my daughter, laughing, making her giggle stunned me. Made me feel a weird connection to the Kang Yohan I thought of as annoying.

Unconsciously a smile appeared on my face.

I wouldn't have known if Suyeong didn't point it out.

"Appa is smiling!"

Her loud voice startled me. And my face heats up. I could feel the certain wave of shyness run through my ears and then spread to my whole face and neck.

Kang Yohan looked at me but didn't push it further, which I'm very thankful for.

In the end, he offered to drive us back home. And seeing Suyeong's happy face I couldn't say no.  After all the commotion outside was over we took my car to go back home.

In the car, Suyeong kept talking about her favourite everything to Kang Yohan.

"You know Ajussi, appa always reads me my favourite book before bed. It's Pinocchio. And I love to listen." Then as if conspiring with the one in the driver's seat and hiding her lips with her palms said pretty loudly. "Tell you a secret? Papa always falls asleep before finishing."

"Pfft!"

An odd sound came from the man on the driver's seat. But then he said pretty considerably.

"Maybe your papa works too hard that he gets tired."

He said it to Suyeong but his eyes remained trained on me. The dark eyes indicating something. As if daring me to refute. But his eyes moved away from me and looked at Suyeong in a moment.

"Then I'll read you Pinocchio before bed. How about that? I won't fall asleep before finishing, I promise!"

The judge said, as if he can keep that promise. The sentence sounded pretty creepy if you ask me. Who gives that proposal to a kid you barely know.

"But you don't live with us, no?"

Suyeong said matter of factly. That's my girl. I looked at Suyeong sitting on my lap on the front seat trying to hide the smirk on my face. Because well that makes sense. She's my daughter after all.

I heard Kang Yohan say something in the line, "Your papa has to give me that honour, I guess."

But I might hear wrong. Kang Yohan of all people wouldn't say that. And I'm pretty sure, I'm not into men. Though I can't explain the sudden doki-doki hearing his words but that might be because of fear, right? Right!

As we reach our small home, Kang Yohan parked the car on the roadside, where I normally park under my direction and stood at the entrance waving Suyeong goodbye.

I let Suyeong get in first as I stood there to wait to see off Kang Yohan.

"Thank you for driving us back. But what about you? How are you going to go back home?"

Kang Yohan cocked his head to a side, squinting his eyes he enquired. "Are you worried about me, Kim Gaon?"

"Of course not."

I definitely didn't rush to answer. No I didn't.

Kang Yohan ssi laughed. "Well one, I'm actually going back to the Supreme court. And two I can take a cab."

He raised his eyebrows. "How's that? Worried anymore?"

"I'm not worried."

I emphasized on my words. And then rushed to get in. Then thinking twice, I got back again.

"I'll see you off." I said to Yohan who was still laughing at me.

A cab enters the ally where we live as Kang Yohan stopped the car and gets in. Pulling the car window down he said something on the last moment that left me standing dumbfounded at the entrance.

"You can consider the offer. The one I gave Suyeong."

And then then the car left the alley without any trace.

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