Kang Jin-Ho tilted his head. “I was asking you if you wanted to drink something.”

“Oh, uh…” Lee Hyeon-Ju blinked her eyes in stupefaction before pinching her thigh really hard.

Kang Jin-Ho wasn't even asking her about something monumental, so why was she panicking so grandly like this? Then again, how could she not? The 'Kang Jin-Ho' in Lee Hyeon-Ju's head was definitely not capable of uttering those words, after all!

Indeed, threats like “wanna die?” or “If you don't cough up the information right now, I'm gonna chop your head off and use your skull as a bowl to contain my booze!” would fit Kang Jin-Ho so much better. Asking something as mundane as what to drink just didn't match the image of this man in her head. The gap between the two was just too severe!

Kang Jin-Ho frowned a little. “Don't you want to drink something?”

“...C-coffee.”

“What kind?”

“M-macchiato…” Lee Hyeon-Ju muttered that out, only to curse herself for making her choice in a situation like this. Wouldn't it have been fine to drink whatever? Why was she choosing what kind of coffee she would like to drink?!

Kang Jin-Ho wordlessly nodded, then got up. However, that only made Lee Hyeon-Ju flinch nearly off her chair. “B-but, why?!”

Kang Jin-Ho stared at her dazedly for a second or two, then frowned again. “I'm going to place the order, that's why.”

“...Oh.” Lee Hyeon-Ju's face went beet red in an instant. Kang Jin-Ho left the table while shaking his head as if he couldn't understand...