Chapter 127

127 The Offense

Jae-Geun looked around. Luckily, no other tenants were out of their houses.

“Are we going to have a full-fledged conversation right at the door?” teased Jae-Geun.

“Huh... ahh, sorry! Please come in,” Nivritti bowed down to him and apologised. He smiled at her cuteness. “Please sit! I will get something for you.”

She started moving towards the kitchen, but Jae-Geun grabbed her wrist and stopped her immediately. She looked at her hand, shocked and instantly pulled her hand from his grip. Jae-Geun could not believe that he touched her. The sensation of touching her soft skin was still lingering on his fingers.

He clenched and unclenched his fists multiple times making sure that her touch would seep into his skin. “No need. Please don’t trouble yourself. I just came to give you a message.”

“Please sit!” she requested again.

“It’s fine, I won’t stay here for long,” he replied. Nivritti finally noticed that the white thing in his hand was his doctor’s coat, and the metal thing was his stethoscope.

“Did you come here directly from the hospital?” questioned Nivritti, surprised.

“Yes, I had some time so I thought of getting my phone repaired,” he took out his phone and showed it to her. The whole screen was shattered into million pieces.

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“What did you do? Step on it?” she teased.

“Ha-ha, no, I was talking on my phone when it slipped and fell down the stairs. The whole screen shattered, and everything turned black. I can’t even tell if this is switched on or off,” smiled Jae-Geun.

“Oh, so, what did you want to tell me?” she came straight to the point.

“Yes, right! I talked to my friend in the Psychiatry department. They have a slot empty, tomorrow evening at 7.30 pm. I wanted to ask you if I could book an appointment for you, but you know my phone,” he again flashed his phone. “so, I booked the appointment without asking you. Hope that is okay. You will have to come tomorrow to Seoul General at 7.30. Is that okay with you?”

“You could have called me from any phone at the hospital,” suggested Nivritti.

“How? I don’t remember your number. And my screen is blank,” he replied.

“Right, sorry! But why did you have to come? You could have gone to your house and made Jae-Hwa call me,” advised Nivritti.

“I am not going back home. I have to return back to the hospital,” replied Jae-Geun. “Why does it feel like you didn’t want me to come? I thought I was helping you,” sulked Jae-Geun. He was so happy that he got to see Nivritti so soon. But here she was disappointed that he came.

Nivritti realised that she was being rude. “No, no, I didn’t mean it like that. Sorry for the offensive words. I am very sorry. I just... I...”

“You didn’t want anyone to see you in this dress,” Jae-Geun finally understood why she was behaving like that.

“Yes, sorry! I didn’t mean to offend you. Thank you for making the appointment. Thank you for helping me. Thank you for coming here to inform me. I am really, really sorry,” Nivritti hung her head low with shame and guilt.

Jae-Geun smiled at her sweet reaction. She was already wearing a cute outfit and on top of that, her red nose and red cheeks were making her look cuter. When she lowered her head due to guilt he saw the hoodie of the outfit. It had cute eyes and two yellow bunny ears protruding from the dress. He could only imagine how much cuter she would look after wearing that hoodie.

He made an angry face and with a fake angry voice, he said, “Jae-Hwa asked me to help you, that’s why I came here. But you...”

“I am extremely sorry. Please forgive me,” said Nivritti in a guilt-ridden tone.

“I can forgive you...”

“Really!!” shouted Nivritti and lifted her head up.

“Yeah, if you agree to treat me to dinner for getting you an appointment so soon,” said Jae-Geun with his nose up in the air.

“Now?” asked Nivritti, shocked.

“Ha-ha,” laughed Jae-Geun. “Not now, I told you I have to go back to the hospital. I just came out to get my phone repaired and also, my friend is waiting downstairs in the car. But you have to promise that you will take me to dinner, and I can order anything I want.”

Hearing him laugh, she relaxed. She smiled, “done. Anything you want. Just inform me when you are free.”

“Okay. I will do that.”

“You will have to pick the restaurant too. I am still making myself familiar with the surroundings so it would be better if you chose one,” suggested Nivritti.

“Then I will choose the most expensive one,” teased Jae-Geun.

“Hey! I work for idols, I am not an idol,” pouted Nivritti. Jae-Geun slouched his shoulder and tilted his head after looking at her cute expression. He wanted to grab her pouting lips. He scrunched his nose and smiled at her.

“Okay, then second expensive,” he smirked at her.

She realised that he was teasing her. Her smile widened and she replied, “okay, done.”

Her smile was like a cupid’s arrow to his heart. He stopped smiling abruptly and gasped for air. His heart skipped a beat when she smiled sweetly at him. He could not believe that he would spend time with her alone. The fine lines at the end of her eyes, while she was smiling, were like the flatline of his heart. She could easily kill anyone with her cute smile.

The twinkle in her eyes, the lift on the corner of her lips was enough to race even the toughest of hearts. Jae-Geun could only blink after looking at her beauty. He had no idea why this girl had such a pull on him.

Since the day he met her, she was the only one in his mind. No matter where he went, or what he did, he could only think about her. Everywhere he went, he saw her, hallucinated her. He would find reasons to talk to Jae-Hwa and would wait for her to talk about Nivritti. He kept staring at the t-shirt that she gave him.

He had no courage to wear that yet. He wanted to save the t-shirt for a special occasion. That special occasion would arrive soon, the day he would go on dinner with her. He was unable to control his excitement, but her sweet face was making him swoon more.