—At Kang Ji-ho’s company.

Seo Hyun was talking to a female employee.

And Kang Ji-ho saw him talking.

—Who is that woman?

She’s talking to something that belongs to me.

I think I have to fire her.

—No... I’d better ask Hyun.

Kang Ji-ho muttered, looking at the two of them.

—Who was she?

—Hyun looked up because he was looking at some papers.

—Who?

Ji-ho was clearly annoyed.

—The woman you were talking to a moment ago.

“She’s an accountant.”

“But she smiled at you.”

“...Because we were talking.”

Ji-ho frowned.

He crossed his arms.

“You don’t smile at me much because you do it with other people,” he muttered.

“I think I’d better let her go,”

— Kang Ji-ho said...

Hyun let out a small smile.

—Are you jealous?

Silence.

—Yes.

Straightforward, no lies.

Shameless.

—

Hyun fell silent.

—It doesn’t make sense.

—I don’t care.

Kang Ji-ho moved closer.

Too close.

“I don’t want anyone to look at you like that or smile at you.”

—

You get it.

Hyun felt his pulse quicken.

Because of Ji-ho’s words and because he was so close.

“Ji-ho… this isn’t normal.”

“Neither are you.”

Silence.

—

And for some reason...

What Kang Ji-ho said.

That didn’t sound like an insult.

End of Chapter 5:

"If it’s with you... I don’t need to be normal."