Bitna accepted a glass of vodka from Janghae. The emerald-colored vodka glistened in the transparent glass. She swung it sideways and smelled the deep fragrance of alcohol before putting it against her lips.

“You should drink some too, oppa.”

Bitna filled Janghae’s glass.

“Weren’t you going to play golf today?”

They were in a relationship where they had to reserve each other’s time to meet, as a form of respect that is. Also, both of them were busy. They couldn’t meet whenever they wanted to. But today, Janghae told her one-sidedly that he wanted to meet her. Bitna accepted since she was free at that time, but she was curious. Why did this meticulous man suddenly want to meet her?

“It got canceled.”

“Now that makes me disappointed. So you called me just because your appointment got canceled?”

“Then should I leave?”

“Whatever,” saying those words, Bitna fell over on his lap.

Although she had said those words, she was very happy that he came to meet her while she was free. Janghae stroked her hair.

“We should’ve met somewhere else. I mean, you seem hungry.”

“We can’t be like this in other places.”

“Is that so?”

Bitna ate the grapes that Janghae fed her. Janghae was the type of person who would immediately voice his opinion out loud if his mind was set on it. The fact that he was keeping quiet meant that he was organizing his thoughts. She didn’t need to urge him to speak.

“It’s very interesting when I think of it as a challenge. It hasn’t been a long time since that last happened,” Janghae spoke after a long while.

“A challenge?”

“Yeah.”

“Didn’t you achieve everything you wanted though? Being a senior managing director is a position everyone would be envious of, isn’t it?”

“Still, that’s all I amount...