Chapter 173 - Reconcile [1]

Oh Sookyung had dragged her off to a nearby park, and she was angry at him for doing something like this out of the blue. 

Although a walk in the park felt calming to her usually these days, that was the last thing she was feeling at that moment.

Her nerves were all around the place, and she was unable to calm down her rapid beating heart. Constantly, she swallowed her saliva that seemed to form continuously.

Taking in a deep breath, she let out a sigh and swung both of her hands while she walked by Oh Sookyung, waiting for the male to start talking. 

All of a sudden, she felt a cooler and larger hand clutch on to her other hand, and Jiwoo found her eyes widening due to how she was caught by surprise due to that.

Turning her head, she looked at the male beside her with astonishment written upon her features clearly, and glancing at her, the male just smiled at her.

Moon Jiwoo did not find herself hating his touch, and therefore, she did not try to resist it. Red blush covered her cheeks due to the small contact, and the beating rate of her heart started to increase tremendously.

It has been a long time since she was able to take such a walk with Sookyung by her side, and slowly, she was able to find herself getting comfortable at his side. Her nerves were starting to calm down.

"How have you been all this while?" Sookyung asked, destroying the silence that was between both of them.

"After all this while, you are asking me such a question? No, I haven't been fine because you ruined my days. I am sure you are very much aware of that, and do know that I haven't forgiven you until now."

Oh Sookyung chuckled and stated, "Come on, you got to move on from those by now. It's not as if I have done something that horrible. It's just that you have lost a lot of your stamina and I wanted to test you. It seriously seems that you have become a whole lot weak."

"It's not that I am weak or something. It's just that I am delicate and fragile lady. I have to be more angry than this to you. You are lucky that I even agreed to go along with you."

"Honestly, you deserved all of this. If you did not want to go along with those so badly, you should have just exposed us. But no, it was you who started to treat me like a stranger and boss. That's why, I wanted to go along with that act. This is how I act to my employees."

Upon his words, Moon Jiwoo stopped in her steps all of a sudden, and while her eyes stared at the ground, she slowly voiced out, "That's because I wanted to hate you."

"What was that? I can't hear you!" Oh Sookyung vocalised while a smirk formed on his face. The cheerful expression was clearly visible on his features along with a tint of tease.

Knowing how he was just making fun of her, she glared at him, and raising her fist, she hit him at the back of his neck.

"Shut up! If you keep on being this annoying, don't think that I won't hesitate to leave. Don't think that you will be able to stop me from leaving."

"What a joke! You do know that you can't stay hidden from me forever. No matter where you go, I will be finding you. 

Didn't I just find you? No, I will make it that you never need to run away from me again. Trust me when I say this, Shin Daerin, I won't allow you to run away from me this time."

Moon Jiwoo scoffed and vocalised, "Didn't you say that the last time around as well? But didn't I end up running away from you at the end? Let's be honest, you are not that good at keeping me."

"There is a difference. You did not run away. I let you go for a short while to get fresh air before I capture you back into your cage!"

"That sounded so wrong, and what do you mean by that? And why do you even think there will be something between us again? We have already broken up, and I don't get together with my past lovers."

"Are you actually playing hard to get? You are really cute when you try to attempt like this. But I don't remember doing anything like breaking up with you, so don't worry! You are not going against your principles."

"That's a lie! We clearly broke up. We are not dating anymore."

"When did I say that I was breaking up with you? I just wanted to let you escape for a while since you were getting that restless at that place. I don't want you to feel suffocated. There is nothing more than that!"

"Liar! Stop twisting things like that. If you say it like that, it makes it seem as if you brought up the matter of me leaving the Underworld first. That's not the case. I made the decision and convinced you let go of me.

Moreover, aren't you acting too casual about the matter? Shouldn't you be hating me and cursing at me? I was the one who was cruel to you, so why are you back for me again? Didn't I say how I just used you?  

I would understand if you are here for revenge, but that doesn't seem to be your purpose. This is just so confusing!"

Oh Sookyung giggled and said, "I didn't think that you would think you are at the fault. Well, you are indeed at the fault, but it was wrong of you to believe that you are smarter than me. Do you think I would easily let go of you if you are that desperate?

It's funny how you didn't find the entire thing suspicious. This just shows how much of an idiot you are! But at least you are cute enough to make up for it."

His words caused Moon Jiwoo's eyes to widen while she stared at him in confusion in her eyes. Although she clearly understood what he was trying to say, she wanted to know about what the flaw was and why he had let go of her.

"Well, about the entire thing I had planned, I knew that it would be too dangerous for you to stay at the underworld, and it seemed that Han Sungmin was planning for something grand.

That's why, I schemed for the entire thing to be in a way so that you will want to break up with me and want to go to the surface. That's just how the things went."

Moon Jiwoo found herself feeling baffled at what she had heard. Throughout this entire time, she was played by the very man she loved, and it seemed that she was guilty for absolutely no reason.

Oh Sookyung was truly a scheming man!

Now, thinking about it, it was truly suspicious how the man had let go of her that easily. Knowing the man's personality, he was supposed to be more persistent.

But back then, she was too immersed in her emotions in order to notice details like that, and she wanted to curse at herself for never being able to be smarter than Oh Sookyung.

"Wow! Now, I really hate you! You could have at least told me about the entire thing. But no you had to keep me in suspense and make me suffer throughout the entire time! Do you know how I felt? You are seriously horrible!"

"Trust me. It's not like I wanted to make you suffer on purpose. It's just that there were eyes on us from all sides, and I didn't know whom all to trust. Moreover, you are not the brightest, and that's why, I did not want to take risk of revealing all of it to you.

Immediately after I was done with handling the matters there, I came at here to surprise you and clarify about the matters to you. But you started to treat me like a stranger and your boss. 

That's why, I wanted to play along with it and tease you. I thought you would have exploded sooner, but it seemed that you have gotten better at holding in your temper."

"I don't know I should be happy or sad after hearing those words of yours, and if you really were meaning to come back for me, why did you look at me so coldly back then? During our first meeting, you looked like as if I was your enemy! So, you are the one who treated me like a stranger first!"

"Oh that! I was just playing with you. I thought that you will be getting angry at me. But who thought that you will be feeling intimidated instead of that?"