Chapter 169 - Pride?

Eun-sun had forced Hei-Ran to go to work despite her plea to stay and accompany her, and even after informing her that Jinhai had given her the day off to stay by her side, Eun-sun had blatantly refused and had asked her to return only after the close of work. She didn't want to burden her by staying in the hospital, after all, one Lee Dan-Han hounding her about food and rest was more than enough.

Eun-sun sat on the bed alone as she looked outside the window staring at nothing in particular. A lot of thoughts were going through her mind at the moment. Thoughts about herself, about her life and funnily about a particular person who had not shown his brooding face for the last half hour swarmed her mind.

She looked at the time and she wondered where he could be. He had boldly declared he wasn't going to leave her side all day so where's was he now? Taking a break perhaps?

She shook her head to drive out the thoughts of him out of her head. She smacked her head for thinking about him, but then the face he had made when In-Ha gave her that flower suddenly flashed through her mind, and she couldn't help but chuckle out loud.

"What's funny?" She heard someone say from the door. Snapping her head towards the door she was surprised to see him standing there, his hand buried in his pocket, while he stared at her with those cold eyes of his.

Shaking her head, Eun-sun replied "Nothing."

Dan-Han cocked a brow at her as he walked closer to the side of the bed where she was sitting, "Why do I feel you're lying?" He asked.

Eun-sun looked at his face, "I'm not. I just thought about something" she replied.

"Something related to me?" He asked making Eun-sun absentmindedly nod her head, she vigorously shook her head when she realized what she had done.

Dan-Han couldn't help but chuckle at her cuteness. She was really looking cute shaking her head like that.

"You should think about me more often," Dan-Han told her, a warm smile gracing his face, while she looked down and bit her lip. 

Eun-sun's looked at him when she remembered something she had been meaning to ask all day but she had not been able to. Or maybe she had been too scared to.

"Mr Lee?" She called softly.

"Hmm"

"Can I ask you a question?" She asked while Dan-Han nodded his head affirmatively.

"About that guy–"

"Which guy?" Dan-Han abruptly interrupted her, a frown already forming on his face. Why was she always talking about other men around him? Wasn't he enough?

Eun-sun almost rolled her eyes when he interrupted her like that. Seeing the look on his face she could already tell what was going through that brain of his.

He was already acting so possessive when she hasn't even considered him yet. Tch.

"I mean Carlos. You know that guy from–" Eun-sun's speech slurred when she remembered Carlos's face. She suddenly felt a rush of anger. Nothing would be as good as she pummeling his face to the ground and beating him real bad.

Dan-Han heaved a sigh of relief when he realized who she was talking about.

"You shouldn't bother about him anymore" He quickly told her.

"Why? What happened to him?"

Running his hand through her hair –he was doing it constantly like he owned her head. 

"Just don't bother yourself about him anymore, and you should consider his debt paid." He informed her. 

"Huh?" Eun-sun was confused. What exactly did he do to him?

Dan-Han lifted her face with his finger so she could look him in the eye.

"Don't bother about it, neither should you worry yourself about the bank or any other debt" He didn't want her bothering herself on how to pay those debts of hers.

"Why?" Eun-sun couldn't help but ask. She didn't understand what he was trying to say. Was he saying he paid her debt, or what?

"What I'm trying to say is that I had them paid, so you don't have to–"

"No" Eun-sun snapped, making Dan-Han cock his brows at her. He looked at her and he could see she was angry, but why was she gets angry now?

"No what?" He asked confusedly.

"You can't do that. Those are my debts and I should be the one paying them, not you. Take your money back" Eun-sun told him in a firm and angry tone. 

Dan-Han looked at her without saying anything he could tell she was serious but he wasn't going to do as she had said. Dan-Han stared at her with an inscrutable gaze and the more he stayed quiet the more upset she became.

"Did I ask you to pay them? Did I ask to do that?"

"You don't need to ask me before I do something for you. Those debts are going to swallow you up. An average working man can't even pay them, talk more about you. Do you know how long you're going to work to pay every one of them? Years or maybe never!" Dan-Han snapped back. He was trying to help her so what has he done wrong? Was it so bad to do something nice for the person he cared about? Why was she getting angry at him for good reason, and she was even shouting at him.

Anger flashed through Eun-sun's eyes, "President Lee you're looking down on me and I don't like it. My family owes a debt not yours so I'll pay. And if I ever need help I won't ask from anyone neither will I come to you. So go take your money back!" She hollered.

Dan-Han looked at her with cold eyes. Complicated emotions searing through him.

"You've got a lot of pride issues and you should work on it" Dan-Han drawled as he turned to leave the room.

Eun-sun felt riled up at his words. She jerked at her feet and looked at his back with so much anger. "Pride? I'm not proud. You're the proud one. You're the one throwing your money around to win my heart. You're too overbearing. If I say I don't need your money, I mean I don't need your money or your help. So go take it back" She hotly fired back.

Dan-Han didn't know why but her words caused a pang in his heart. He turned to look at her, with an expressionless look in his eyes.

"Eun-sun is that how you see me? You think I'm throwing money at you?" He asked in a low and somewhat hurt tone.

Eun-sun opened her mouth to say something but her lips quivered. She didn't know if it was his question or the tone at which he had asked that question that was making her suddenly feel weird.

"I –"

"Never mind," Dan-Han said before walking out the room, slamming the door on his way out. The look on his face was dark and gloomy as he stared at the door behind him. The emotions he was feeling right now were new to him. For some funny reason, he felt like going back in there to explain things to her and subtly convince her to accept his help. And let her know he wasn't throwing money at her to get her love, but that he was doing everything thing for her because he likes her and he cared for her with all of his soul, and he'd do more if she let him.

Sorting her bills and pulling her out of debt was one of the things people did for love right? So why was she acting this way? Even if he didn't do it for her, he would always do it for someone else.

What was the essence of having all the wealth he has when he couldn't help the woman he cared about? How would he be able to leave with himself and sleep at night comfortably when she was so deep in debts. Debts she didn't even owe by herself.

But no matter how he wanted to go back in there and talk to her, he just couldn't. He'll give her some space and he also needed it too.

He simply hissed and walked away.