Pay With Your Heart

Dan-Han didn't wait long before Eun-sun stirred up from sleep just as he had expected.

He stood up from the couch where he had been sitting and slowly walked closer to her. He picked up a bottle of water and from the refrigerator and passed it to her,

"Thirsty?"

Eun-sun slowly nodded her head as she sat up, while Dan-Han opened the bottle up. She reached for it but he moved his hand away from her. Eun-sun raised a brow at him, but he ignored her and placed the bottle on her lips.

"I'll hold it for you," He said softly. Eun-sun looked at his face, but when she saw the stoic look on his face she knew better than to argue with him. She opened her mouth and began to drink.

After drinking to her satisfaction, Dan-Han removed the bottle from her mouth and capped it back.

He picked up some tissue and wiped the side of her mouth clean while Eun-sun looked at him with confused eyes. She had many things to say to him, and also questions to asks him, and also she was feeling quite embarrassed for crying in front of him like that. But before she could say anything Dan-Han spoke up first.

"Hungry?" He asked, but Eun-sun shook her head. He narrowed his eyes at her and sighed.

"I'm not sure if you had dinner last night, but you're not skipping breakfast under my watch," He told her as he reached for the food pack on the bedside table.

He unpacked the food on the center table in front of the couch, before walking back to Eun-sun who had been looking at him awkwardly. Dan-Han's attitude towards her was making her feel uncomfortable in her heart. She couldn't stop looking at him.

"Come on, let's eat," He told her, but Eun-sun was still looking at him in a daze. Noticing her stupified state, Dan-Han sighed and scooped her into his arms, and that jolted Eun-sun back to her senses.

"Mr. Lee?"

"You're so light-weighted," Dan-Han said as he carried to the couch.

"Mr. Lee I can walk" Eun-sun struggled to get down from his hands, but the man held her tightly.

"I know, but I don't want you to" He replied before placing her on the couch. Eun-sun kept looking at him but Dan-Han didn't mind her gaze. He opened the food packs and placed a chopstick in front of her while he sat down to eat as well.

"Eat," He told her but the girl just kept gazing at him.

"Mr. Lee, can I ask a question?" She asked him.

"Yes, but not now. After you're done eating"

"But–"

"Either you eat or I'll feed you. Which should it be?" He cocked a brow at her.

Blinking her eyes rapidly, "I'll eat" she quickly replied as she picked up the chopsticks to feed herself.

"Good" Dan-Han began to place some Vegetables and beef stripes on her plate. Eun-sun paused her hand which was moving to her mouth to look at him. She couldn't help but observe his face as he continued with what he was doing. There was this awkward feeling she was getting inside of her as he kept acting this way. Her heart was slightly fluttered.

Dan-Han looked up at her and their gaze met, he flicked her forehead and said, "Keep eating"

"Ouch" Eun-sun frowned at him as she rubbed on her forehead. She eyed him before she continued with her food. Dan-Han's lips curled up when he saw the stink eye she had sent him. It was good to know 'his Eun-sun' was still in there.

They ate in silence, with Dan-Han placing more food on her plates at intervals. But Eun-sun didn't complain. She liked the food, and she could tell it was prepared by his chef. She had come to love the man's food, but she wasn't going to tell Dan-Han that.

After they finished eating, Dan-Han took a tissue and leaned to wipe the side of her mouth again, but this time Eun-sun leaned backward.

"I can do it," She said as she reached for the tissue, but Dan-Han moved his hand from her reach.

"You're sick, I'll do it," He said as he moved his hand closer to her mouth, but she nudged her head backward again.

"Park Eun-sun, behave," He said in a cold tone making her freeze. Dan-Han gently wiped the side of her lips, before running his hand down her hair, a small smile tugging the side of his lips. Eun-sun's was quite enthralled by the smile playing on his lips. Does he know he kind of looked different whenever he smiled like that? It was like he was teasing her whenever he flashed that quick smile.

Eun-sun shook her head when she realized what she was thinking. Was she drooling over her boss right now?

"I'll call the nurse to come to dress the injury on your leg"

"Injury?" Eun-sun didn't know she had an injury on her leg. Dan-Han pointed his chin to her bandaged calf. Eun-sun followed his gaze and that was when she the injury on her leg. She had not seen it before.

"Hold on, I'll be back" He turned to leave but Eun-sun suddenly held his hand.

Dan-Han's eyes fell on Eun-sun's hold on his wrist, he raised his gaze to her and noticed she was nervously looking at him. He sat back down and looked at her fully.

"What is it?" He asked while Eun-sun glanced at him for a while before lowering her eyes. She had a lot of questions to ask him and also a few things to say but she couldn't voice them out.

"Ho...how did you.."

"Find you?" Dan-Han completed her question, while she nodded her head.

Dan-Han chuckled, "Don't you know I'm a capable man?" He asked her back, while Eun-sun slowly raised her head to look at him.

"I'm serious Mr. Lee, how?" She asked again.

Dan-Han sighed when he realized she wouldn't let go until he told her the truth

"I had your phone traced. I was waiting for you at home but you didn't show up."

'He was waiting for her at home? Why?' She asked herself.

He briefly paused by and continued, "I'm not sorry for having your phone traced because I wouldn't have found you on time if I had not made that decision"

"What about my...my...." Eun-sun stuttered. She felt embarrassed knowing that Dan-Han had to witness what had happened and also know about her dysfunctional family.

"If you're referring to that guy, then you shouldn't bother yourself, I've handled him appropriately. But I'm sorry I had your mother locked up, I think she deserves it. She hurt you and I can't easily forgive that. But if you want me to let her go, then I will" He knew he had to tell her the truth about what he had done to her mother.

Eun-sun was both shocked and surprised to know he had gone as far as handling both her mother and Carlos, but she didn't say anything. As a matter of fact, she felt grateful for his actions. She didn't know why he had come to find her at home, but she was glad he did. And she was also grateful for handling her mother and Carlos because she was sure she might not have been able to do anything to them, most especially her mother.

Dan-Han noticed the weird look on her face. He didn't know what she was thinking at the moment but he thought it might be related to her mother.

"I'll let her go if you want me to. It's totally up to you" Dan-Han told her. In as much as he badly wanted to teach that mother of her's a lesson, he also knew it wasn't in his place to touch her.

After keeping quiet for a while Eun-sun said, "Let her go" Dan-Han nodded in understanding. He had expected this.

"Mr. Lee–" She attempted saying something but Dan-Han cut in.

"If you're going to apologize or say thank you, then I'd advise you to refrain yourself."

"But-"

"Park Eun-sun, when I said I wanted you to be my woman, that meant I'll take care of you and protect you will all I have, my life included. Though you haven't agreed to be my woman yet, consider this as my practice session, so don't say thank you neither should you apologize" He paused and held her small hand in his.

Eun-sun's eyes looked down at her hand in his, before she looked at his face again.

"I don't know how hard things might have been for you, but know that I'm going to help you change that. I'm going to make sure that never get a reason to cry again. I'll never allow anybody to bully you or harm you in any way. Let's just say I'll protect, and spoil in every possible way, so don't say thank you." He told her.

"That's a lot of promises" Eun-sun couldn't hold herself back from saying that.

Dan-Han's lips curled up, "There's no promise that I can't keep, most especially when it's you I'm making it to. I'll keep my every word" He raised her hand to his lips and placed a kiss on it.

Eun-sun couldn't help the way she was feeling right now. She was feeling giddy and her heart was beating too fast. Her eyes wouldn't even move from him.

"Mister–" She attempted to say something again, but Dan-Han interjected her.

"If you're so bent on thanking me, then I think there's a way you can"

Eun-sun's brows tilted up, "How?" She softly asked.

Dan-Han smiled and inched closer, "Kiss me"