"Ash..you came? I thought you weren't going to come to work after..what happened yesterday.." Jung said as he followed Ash inside the office building
"Hi Jung, I uh will come back in the afternoon, I have to go to the hospital now, I forgot my phone here yesterday.." Ash replied
"oh right! here..I saw it on the desk and I thought I'd give it to you after work but we got off really late and so I.."
"thanks Jung, you're the best.." Ash simply replied, taking her phone from Jung and turning around
"Ash..about yesterday..I'm sorry..I shouldn't have let you go inside alone.." Jung said
Ash gave him a smile and lightly shook her head telling him everything was alright. But her smile disappeared when she saw Tania and Haneul coming her way, smiling and talking.
Ash clenched her jaw and walked in their direction, Haneul looked at her and stopped momentarily, as if he wanted to say something to her but Ash didn't even look at him, she walked past him, not giving him a chance to say anything at all and Haneuls frown returned
"ahaha Sir, good morning!" Jung exclaimed, trying to neutralize the situation
Haneul, whose gaze was still on Ash, turned to look at Jung, nodded and then turned to look at Ash again, who was stepping inside the elevator.
"sir! uh..she came here for her mobile phone, she left it here in a hurry last night..she'll join us in the afternoon after her shift in the hosp-"
"bring my coffee and the file for the Busan project in my cabin in 5 minutes" Haneul cut him off and went inside his cabin
Tania flashed a smile at Jung who replied with a forced smirk
"I'll take his coffee, you can bring in the file.." Tania said showing off a coffee cup to Jung
"but he won't drink that coffee..he only likes the coffee I-"
"we'll see.." Tania said, brushing him off and going into Haneuls cabin
"God! I hate her! Haneul is never going to drink that coffee..he'll definitely scold her!" Jung thought as a mischievous smile took over his face
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"Mr. Lee, there is nothing to worry about, we'll do further tests to confirm our diagnosis, you can get your wife tested today, and Mrs. Lee, take care of yourself, exercise and a proper diet plan should be observed carefully.."
Ash walked out of her office with her last patients for the day, saying goodbye to the staff.
"Doctor Ash,if you don't mind, may I ask you where you go after getting off from here?" a nurse asked Ash
"no of course not..I just uh..I have another patient to look after, she's a friend, she had an accident and she's recovering well but she's lonely.." Ash explained
"I hope she gets better..good luck!" the nurse said
" how did this happen to her..why doesn't Haneul talk about it..what happened to them while I was gone..?" Ash kept thinking about these questions on her way to Seung Constructions.
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"hi Yuna..how do you feel now?" Ash asked, entering her room, which was on the top floor of the office building, the 6th floor, in the condo given to her by Haneul.
"Ash..you're here early today.." Yuna whispered weakly
"I..missed you, I wanted to spend more time with you.." Ash replied, sitting next to her and caressing her hair
Yuna smiled, "the only person who doesn't miss me is my brother..he doesn't come to see me, let alone sit with me..he has given me this place, he has arranged a full time nurse for me, a doctor..yet he still hasn't given me the one thing I want the most..his love..him to be next to me.." a tear fell from her eye
"don't think like that..he loves you a lot..he's always thinking about you..even before..his love for you was unconditional and now too..his love for you is unmatched and unconditional and nothing is ever going to change that in the future too.." Ash whispered softly, wiping Yunas tears away
"he has changed Ash..he distanced himself from me after you left..something happened..he stopped talking to me..he became bitter and then he left the company he was working at..that day, I got into an accident.." Yuna gave a breathy laugh, "an accident that destroyed my whole life..that destroyed our life..things were never the same after that..My boyfriend left me..I saw my brother shatter into a million pieces every single day...he blamed himself for what happened to me, he still blames himself and that is the only reason he can't face me now..it wasn't his fault Ash..he needs to know that..but he doesn't talk to me, you work with him don't you? Please tell him that he did nothing wrong..tell him my condition isn't his fault..tell him to forgive himself..please Ash.." Yuna begged Ash
Ash held Yunas hands and gave her a reassuring smile, "I'll tell him everything..don't worry.." After that Ash did what she always did, switched off the lights and told the nurse to go in on her way out
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tell him to forgive himself..Yunas words kept playing in Ash's head, again and again, I saw my brother shatter into a million pieces everyday..
Ash got inside the elevator, it was empty, the door closed, on the next floor the door opened again and Haneul got in, ignoring Ash. Ash didn't move, she was blankly staring at the floor, Haneul pressed the button and glanced at Ash.
He cleared his throat, no response, he cleared his throat once again but there was still no response
"which floor are you going to?" he asked, which made Ash jump in surprise,
"what!" she looked around and saw Haneul, who gave her a questioning look,
