He found it strange. Why would she avoid her eyes? She was young, so she might feel shy when looking someone in the eyes, but from the minute tremors in the corner of her eyes, there seemed to be a different reason. Giwoo had seen numerous people avoiding his eyes like that. The executives that lowered their eyes in fear after being found out by his grandfather while pulling tricks looked like that. He wondered if he should ignore it, or if he should probe her out. It hadn’t reached the point of wanting to ask her everything, but it did tug at his mind. Everyone was looking at him with goodwill, but she stood out as she looked at him with wariness.

“Gaeul.”

Just as he was about to approach Bitna, who was by herself in the distance, he saw Gaeul, who appeared with coffee in hand. He put away his doubt about the brat and talked to Gaeul first. It was a trivial problem like a sore on his tongue, so he didn’t need to resolve it immediately.

“What is it?”

“I don’t think I’ve heard your answer to the question I asked yesterday.”

“Yesterday?”

“If you’re going to tell me that you forgot about it, then give me some time. I’ll go to the bathroom and wipe my tears for a bit.”

“I haven’t forgotten. I just didn’t get to talk to you about it because I was so caught up with the shoot. I’m grateful that you invited me, but I don’t think I can make...