Chapter 243

POV: Harin

“I…” he began, “I truly want to apologize to you.”

“It’s okay, Jae,” I whispered.

“No. I know it’s not. I messed up yesterday. I brought you fear, and I can’t forgive myself for that.”

“I’m not afraid of you. I never was. I acted purely on reflex, it wasn’t intentional.”

“You acted out of fear, Harin. And the only thing I promised you was that you would never feel that fear, and yet, I failed. I made you feel that, and I feel like the worst person in the world.”

“You’re not,” I hugged him on impulse. Jaewon still didn’t touch me, he really seemed to want to avoid me, but I didn’t care anymore in that moment. I just wanted him to understand that it was okay.

“I…,” he touched me slowly, then pulled away but kept touching my hand, “I found out you canceled the performance and your presence at the award ceremony.”

“How could I keep something like that?”

“You can’t do that, Harin. It’s your career.”

“And it’s o