My hands were still shaking while making the peach coffee.
I didn't understand this man.
First he remembers me .
Now he just keeps asking for coffee.
My phone buzzed.
Min-ah: Are you alive?
Hee-jin: What did he say???
Ji-soo: Nothing asked me to get coffee.
I carried the cup carefully back to his office.
I knocked once.
"Come in."
I placed the coffee on his desk.
He took a sip.
"Good."
Relief filled my chest.
I turned to leave—
"Assistant Han Ji-soo."
I froze.
"Yes sir?"
He opened a drawer and took out a file.
Then slid it across the desk toward me.
"Read."
I looked down.
My brain stopped.
Relationship Contract
"…Sir?"
He folded his hands calmly.
"I need a girlfriend."
I blinked.
I'm sorry?
A fake one.
"You will pretend to date me for three months."
My mouth opened but no words came out.
…Why me?
No interest in me. No connections then why me I asked,
He said nothing.
I pushed the file slightly back.
"I refuse."
He spoke again.
Min ho:"My grandfather arranged my marriage and I won't marry her."
Silence.
Then he said,
"Your family debt. 2.3 million won."
My heart stopped.
My fingers tightened.
"How do you know that…?"
"I checked your records."
The room felt smaller.
"If you sign," he continued calmly,
"I will pay it."
I couldn't breathe.
Three years of struggle…
gone in one sentence.
I stared at the contract.
This was crazy.
But so was my situation.
I picked up the pen slowly.
"…Three months only."
His eyes softened slightly.
"Three months."
I signed.
The moment I did—
I knew my peaceful life was over.