Happy new year Pixie!! What an interesting chapter. I’m getting a weird vibe from the ex even though he seems genuine in his apology to Garam. However, he was basically taunting Jaehyuk at the end there because why tell Garam he misses him as he’s walking off if not to get under both Garam and Jaehyuk’s skin? I don’t like him and I can see him trying to weasel his way back into Garam’s life. He knows Garam’s past, his likes, dislikes in a way Jaehyuk doesn’t and I feel he will try to use this to his advantage. I’m hoping our guys won’t let this come between them and derail their budding relationship.
me too! the look on his face when jaehyuk appeared was so suspicious, and yeah, he was definitely taunting them. i think it shouldn't matter whether he knows garam well tho because garam is so angry at him. it would just be annoying if he keeps pestering garam at work while pretending to be a good guy. i hope jaehyuk or garam can find some way to get rid of him.
I agree, however, Garam’s anger could also mean there’s still some low-key feelings there. I’m hoping I’m wrong, and Garam just plain hates the guy. I could just see him leaving snacks on Garam’s desk at work and finding excuses to see Garam at his office during working hours. Ugh, I just don’t have a good feeling about him.
You have all my gratitude for this translation I was dying to know what the ex was saying. He's definitely acting sus. The fact he saw Jaehuyk means he'll get jealous over their relationship and will try to mess things up. I have the feeling Jaehuyk will not stand staying apart from Garam while the ex is around. With his mother threatening to kick him out of the house, he may find the worst solution possible to solve these two problems: join Garam at the same company so he can spy on them and also get money to reimburse his parents. Jaehuyk is not chill enough to sit back and watch lol
ohh that could definitely happen lmao jaehyuk trying to solve two problems at once
- Sehan (the ex) wanted to apologize to Garam because Garam was still angry about the past. Garam asks him, "Aren't you bringing up the past just now to make yourself feel better?"
- Jaehyuk interferes. He introduces himself as Garam's friend, but Sehan caught on and asks if he was the guy who Garam is seeing right now. He also made a comment about how Garam's tastes changed.
- Garam drags Jaehyuk away from there, but Sehan continues talking and says that it was still good to see Garam and that he missed him.
- Jaehyuk asks who the guy was. Garam says it's just someone he knows. He thinks that Jaehyuk would be angry if he said it was his ex. Jaehyuk asks if Garam found it uncomfortable to talk about and says that it's fine already because Garam doesn't have to tell him about every single person he meets.
- Jaehyuk fails at acting nonchalant. He was saying stuff like "I was really bothered that he said he missed you, but you seemed uncomfortable so why bother. Well, I'm not really curious," while gripping the steering wheel. He was insisting that he's not curious throughout the chapter but his actions say otherwise lol
- Garam can tell that Jaehyuk was really very curious. He gives in and says that the guy was his ex, that they met in high school and that he was his first love.