Chapter 59: Useless
None of them were tolerable.
Kwon Jongseok, who beat Ha Giyeon and tried to cover it up. Choi Mujin, who pretended to be generous after stealing Giyeon’s clothes. Nam Taekyung, who faked familiarity and pretended to care. Ha Giyeon himself, who begged to be ignored.
And on top of that, Secretary Kim, who subtly looked down on Giyeon.
Ha Dohoon had originally intended to ignore Ha Giyeon just as he wished—to watch quietly until Giyeon came to him of his own accord. He hated to admit it, but Kwon Jongseok had a point: when things got hard, Giyeon would eventually come looking for him.
So when Dohoon had spoken to Giyeon, who was sitting off in a corner of the department store, it wasn’t concern—it was more of a notice.
Since he hadn’t worn the clothes Dohoon had given him, he figured: if he didn’t like them, he should just throw them out.
“What clothes?”
But Giyeon didn’t even seem to know what he was talking about. Had he put them away and forgotten? No—if it were Giyeon, he would’ve jumped up and down with joy. He would never forget.
Dohoon even explained when he’d bought them, then waited for a reaction.
“I didn’t get any clothes. Seriously.”
Giyeon sounded genuinely confused. For a second, Dohoon wondered if he just didn’t remember—but that didn’t seem right. If he’d been in a bad mood back then, he would’ve returned them, like he did with Mujin’s.
And Giyeon wasn’t the type to lie. He didn’t have the guts to.