章 115: ‘I don’t want to’

The moment he saw her glance at him, Ji-Won quickly averted his eyes and took a step backwards from her bed. He looked like he was startled by some great enemy. 

The rest were watching the scene in curious silence. Yeon-Ah and Min-Jun were sitting on the bed, while Seo-Jun found himself a chair in one corner of the room. He sat there, slowly shifting his gaze between his friend and Su-Jin, as if he was curious to see which one of the two would break the silence first.

Eventually it was Su-Jin who acted first. 

She cleared her throat, causing the wave of stifling silence to gradually disperse.

"Director Kang, I… Uhm… I wanted to say… Thank you." she finished in a low voice, bowing her head in Ji-Won's direction.

Hearing her words, Ji-Won was startled. His eyes instinctively searched for her face, wanting to make sure that she was indeed the person who said those words.