Hwayugi fanfic (Korean odyssey) : Guardian

Work part 9

Next morning, the man appears leisurely at the company door with flowers again. This time, she rejects him in front of everyone.

He doesn't seem to mind and tosses the flower into the back of the car seat and drives away.

She calms her beating heart and begins her work. In the morning, Kim Bum Chul receives a sudden schedule without warning. He is to attend a promotional activity for an 'S' brand mobile giant. The owner must be really rich and powerful to be able to arrange a promotion without prior arrangements. (You know, 'S' for SOG, wink wink.) She attends the activity with him but stands away from the crowd as he's surrounded by a sea of people who are trying to take photos of him. She is then arranged to have lunch with other assistants inside that company and was giver her own restroom. Shortly after, a staff rings the bell at her room and delivers a box.

When she opens the box, she sees.......

The flower that was the same as yesterday.

But this time, it's not in a bunch, it's just a single lone flower.

She doesn't know the name of the flower, but she can already associate the flower with the person who sent it.

It almost made her think that......maybe all of this was set up by that man,

But she quickly dismisses the ridiculous thoughts.

In the afternoon, he notices the flower inside her folder while they are sitting inside their transport vehicle. She replies honestly.

"Should I throw it away?" She asks.

He thinks about it for a moment.

"Doesn't matter." He replies.

It's just a flower.

"But if I say I'm really bothered, would you throw it away?" He asks.

"I will." She looks towards him without avoiding his gaze.

"But, I feel like, I do hold some liking towards him."

He's shocked.

So straightforward.

And at that moment, he finally realizes why he has been feeling anxious.

To him, her 'love' was against her will and a result of manipulation. But to the other person, it's truly genuine.

Even when she's forced under his spell, she has never lost her sincere feelings.

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She can tell that he's not himself for the past few days.

In her memories, he has never appeared this anxious and agitated.

He becomes even more unusual after she told him that she thinks positively of the other man.

He has been trying to confirm their feelings for each other repetitively but why does he feel so uncertain.......

Her mood is also affected and goes up and down. At night, the flower scent inside his room is too strong. So concentrated to a point where it's suffocating. Therefore she places the never-wilting flower next to her pillow. The soothing calming scent finally allows her to sleep.

For the past few days, the flower scent inside the house is making her headaches. This is not a strange smell yet it's not the smell coming from his cologne........sometime, he gives off a feeling that will........make her want to tremble in fear.

In the early morning, she had a dream. But the silhouette is not Kim Bum Chul's.......

Someone is telling her not to worry. But that voice is also not Kim Bum Chul's.......