He was annoyed... and frustrated. Ever since that night, he just couldn't stop thinking about it. Kang Moyeon's soldier boyfriend... no matter what, he just couldn't understand it. That man... no matter how 'manly' he looked, he didn't seemed to be any older than him. Yet, Kang Moyeon... chose that guy over him?

And that guy... just because he was some captain from some special force, think he was better than him?

"Mr. Han... there's a request from the military..."

Han Seokwon looked up towards his secretary in annoyance. Why did the military kept bothering him these days? First, it's because of this boyfriend business. Now with his hospital?

"What? What do you mean request? And what's this about the military taking over a VIP room?"

Secretary Kim smiled apologetically. "Well, there was a gunfight earlier... and the hospital received two patients this morning. Apparently something went wrong with the rehearsal for the upcoming summit..."

"Why the hell did they choose this hospital?" he exclaimed, slamming his desk as he got up. The man chuckled nervously.

"Ours was the nearest hospital that the ambulance could reach, so they had to come here. And err... not sure if this had to do with anything; apparently one of the patients was Dr Kang's boyfri..."

Immediately he felt another headache coming. Why did he keep having that couple's relationship thrown to his face all the time! As if he needed reminding how his attempts kept failing on him on trying to break those two apart!

xxx

"You handle this! Either as his guardian or his doctor!"

Minutes after he said that, he started regretting his decision. Why on earth did he tell Kang Moyeon to be in charge of her boyfriend and everything? That's just going to make them grow even closer

—he turned around to see Kang Moyeon speaking comfortably with the officer he has just spoken to earlier. He immediately shook his head as he headed back towards his office.

Brilliant, Han Seokwon! You're so clever!

xxx

"Where's Dr. Kang? I haven't seen her these few days..."

His secretary hung his head low. "Umm... actually, she applied for emergency leave. For a week."

He frowned. "Emergency leave? Why?"

"She said it's a personal matter. She had to take some time off."

Seokwon shrugged at his secretary as he picked up the newspaper on his desk to resume reading. Without really paying attention, he idly turned the pages towards the obituary section and stopped himself. Something caught his eyes from one of the many items in the page.

[OBITUARY]

[CAPTAIN YOO SIJIN AND MASTER SERGEANT SEO DAEYOUNG]

[DIED IN A CAR CRASH DURING A ROUTINE TRAINING EXERCISE]

He paused for a moment before gathering his thoughts. And then took a closer look at the picture included in the item as he recognised Yoo Sijin's face as well as the other man who were among those involved with the previous North Korean patient incident. His mind immediately recalled the time when he first met Captain Yoo Sijin.

"I'm really good at fighting."

He rolled his eyes. "Hah! What's the point if you're good at fighting? You couldn't even avoid getting shot last time... and now you've died in some car accident!"

It may be inappropriate for him to say something like this considering the situation. But it doesn't change the fact that this means he still had some chance!

xxx

Nope. Who was he kidding?

A year. He let her have a year. He convinced himself that he allowed her to have a year to come to terms with her boyfriend's death. It's not because of Dr. Kang working herself to the limits; taking every single surgery operations to the point she barely had any free time left, that he wasn't able to do anything to sway her heart in his favour. He couldn't even do anything to try to get her to warm up to him!

And he thought he could act as a concerned friend, offering her comfort... in which she would then start to lean on him for support and finally choosing him to spend the rest of her life with. But instead of doing that she left for some volunteer job in Albania!

"WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

That took him by surprise. He frowned as he walked towards the cafeteria. Sometimes he just couldn't understand his staff. This is a hospital, and they should know better than to create some—

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! CAPTAIN YOO'S ALIVE!"

"HE'S NOT A GHOST! HE REALLY WASN'T!

"THIS IS A MIRACLE!"

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THEM!"

He just couldn't believe what he was hearing. The captain... was alive? How...? How did a guy come back alive a year after he supposedly died in a car accident? What hospital could have made that kind of mistake? Was this even possible?

xxx

But then a week later as he was about to head out for a meeting, he caught sight of the couple. That damned guy was really alive! There goes his plan again.

Perhaps now's a good time for him to just give up. Captain Yoo Sijin, whoever he was really, didn't look like someone he could beat. And Kang Moyeon, also appeared to be someone that he could never get.