21 — Chapter 21

Gyu-yeon didn’t notice Geon-hyuk. He didn’t have the presence of mind to look around—so out of it he couldn’t even register the man standing in front of him.

He hadn’t felt this even after breaking up with his first girlfriend, nor when his third, longer-term relationship ended. Those regrets had been short-lived—he’d moved on—so he couldn’t understand why Naru, someone he wasn’t even involved with, had hit him so hard.

At the department store entrance the automatic doors slid open. People brushed past him, but Gyu-yeon stood frozen, not taking another step.

If he walked out that door, he might...