Absolute Advantage Chapter 27.2

In the end, Hae-won turned her eyes first.

“I was surprised that you suddenly came to my house without telling me.”

It was an apparent break-in. However, Hae-won expressed it euphemistically.

She was relieved by the hearty meal, and she didn't want to raise her voice with Adam.

“I apologize for breaking into you without permission by pressing the password you didn't tell me.”

And Adam kindly pointed out points that Hae-won did not try to ask. In the end, Haewon had to ask.

“How did you get the password?”

“Combining the numbers left by fingerprints.”

“……Are you serious?”

“Of course it's a joke. Oh, I'm so embarrassed when Haewon looks serious.”

When the conversion pun didn't work, Adam's eyebrows were curved. Haewon couldn't laugh.

“I asked your secretary.”

“How can you call someone on vacation for something like that?”

Haewon was appalled.

“It was your secretary who was worried about not being able to contact you. That's why I decided to go and look at you instead.”

The smile faded from Adam's face.

The calm, sunken eyes seemed to blame himself. No, come to think of it, it was her fault.

“If you don't believe it, check your missed call.”

“I'm sorry. I misunderstood you.”

Hae-won's voice gradually decreased.

“It's me.”

“……What?”

“I thought Haewon didn't answer my calls because you were mad at me.”

Adam said sullenly.

When she looked up, her eyes met him, who was unusually depressed. Only then did Hae-won realize that she did not contact Adam for nearly a week to solve the sponsor problem.

“I'm not angry. I couldn't contact you because I was busy with work.”

Haewon shook her head.

“Really?”

Adam asked back, looking like a puppy. Haewon shook her head as hard as she could.

“Some people suddenly stopped sponsoring, so I was out of my mind. But it's all worked out now.”

She added details of the progress in case she caused Adam unnecessary concern.

Adam paused, pretending to think for a moment. His exceptional acting wholly deceived Haewon that he knew nothing.

“I see.”

At last Adam murmured with an acceptable face.

“I'm glad.”

“What?”

“Because it's better to be pushed aside than to be ignored on purpose.”

“That's….”

That's a sad thing to say.

Hae-won didn't know what to say, so she shut up. He was worried about her today. He worked so hard.

'I've been wondering…….'

Hae-won secretly looked at Adam while pulling at the end of his T-shirt and asked in a friendly voice.

“How have you been, Adam?”

“Yes, I've been well.”

Adam smiled softly.

The narrowly curved eyes and the raised corners of the mouth looked like a person hiding a sinister inside. But Haewon didn't notice.

“I went around the exhibition hall that I visited with you,”

He was tracking where Haewon was.

“I was contemplating whether I should send a text message or a phone call, but when I got up the courage to call, I was upset because it wasn't answered.”

He wondered why Seo Hae-won didn't contact him for some reason, and then did a check.

“And I spent my time doing that.”

Trampling on the pride of Seo Ellie, who is egoistic.

The week went by so quickly when he finished.

“……Is that so?”

Hae-won was very embarrassed when she heard Adam.

Adam's words were studded with thorns, and every time he uttered a word, Haewon's heart throbbed.

“Haewon.”

Adam stood in front of Haewon and carefully stroked Hae-won's puckered cheeks.

“I'm sorry. You were so busy that you fainted, but I couldn't care less about you. I'm being childish.”

His voice was soft, as if he was applying medicine to the wound he himself had clawed.

“No, I'm more sorry. I will contact you often if I can from now on. Feel free to contact me, Adam.”

Hae-won answered with a keen sense of responsibility.

Adam smiled. But he wasn't laughing. He heard that Seo Hae-won was sorry, but why? He didn't feel very comfortable.

Why? Everything went my way.

He even gave Seo Hae-won a strong sense of guilt, induced sympathy within her, and finally had a way to keep in touch with her.

Adam frowned involuntarily.

“And thank you.”

Then Hae-won gently grabbed Adam's hand. Adam stared at her little hand.

Ah.

He finally realized it.

He didn't want to be apologized to.

He wanted Haewon to understand his feelings. She took sides with him at best, but he was angry that Ellie was the only one who took the lead in everything he wanted.

He's upset.

“Thank you for clearing things up with me then, Adam.”

Yeah. He was agitated. I'm sorry for resenting you then. I shouldn't have done that. The light brown eyes looking up at him seemed to whisper to him.

Chapter end