Chapter 45 - 44. The Circle
They put the bike in the hotel basement of their ’basecamp’ and returned to the mansion with the car. Sarah still felt a little bit awkward about the sudden intimacy that had happened not long ago, but she was also curious about the part that Hajin didn’t talk about in detail.
Glancing at the man through the reflection in the window, Sarah asked cautiously. "So...she didn’t make it in the end?"
"In the first place, that operation was only to prolong her life," Hajin shrugged.
"Oh..." she turned her head to look at the nonchalant face.
Like before, he said it as if it were someone else’s story. Was it because he had made peace about it...or was it an effort to detach himself from the leftover pain? If he felt so indebted to Sarah for a chance to talk things over with his mother, he should love her quite a lot, right?
Perhaps as much as Sarah loved her mother. After all, both were their only family.
"But you used your triple crown to find me instead?" Sarah frowned.
Hajin arched his brow before laughing in the next second. "I told you I earned enough money for the operation and the hospital fee afterward, and I kept earning money each fight," he said after finishing his short burst of laughter that got Sarah furrowing her brows deeper. "I can get the money for the hospital bill myself, but I can’t find you without management’s help."
"You can use it to try and cure her..."
"Even Song Yonghwa couldn’t produce a miracle, Master," Hajin curled his eyes. "Besides...she didn’t really have any willingness to live long. Three years was enough for us to be together."
Sarah felt her fingers twitch at that. Willingness to live...it stung her heart and made her stomach churn. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly to get rid of the anxiety in the corner of her heart.