Why Is the Campus Queen Chasing Me?
Han Seol-ah's Monologue
"Everyone called me the 'Business School Queen.'"
A mature appearance, a bright smile, and countless confessions. It was a time when all the world's attention felt natural, as if I were standing under a dazzling spotlight.
Actually, dating you might have just been a moment of curiosity or a change of pace. You were always in the corner, quiet and reserved. I planned to date you for just a month and then break up. Maybe that's why I wasn't a good partner to you at the start. I was indifferent, didn't stay in touch, got annoyed over nothing, and avoided physical affection.
But to me, you were... someone who never got angry or annoyed, who took care of me with a seemingly indifferent but kind touch, and who had a responsible back that silently shared my burdens. You were always there for me. Before I knew it, I fell completely for your deep kindness. During those six months, I was finally learning what real love was by your side, but...
Why did God play such a cruel joke on me?
The fire that day...
It was so hot my body felt like it was turning to ash, the screams of people and the sound of tearing metal.
My last memory was being crushed under the building debris...
When I opened my eyes, everything was broken.
My glamorous looks were left with hideous scars from burns, and my legs, which had been pinned under the debris, were frozen stiff without any sensation.
The brilliant fall of the queen who thought she was the center of the world.
The people who only liked my shell retreated cowardly one by one and left.
In the depths of that horrific despair, only my parents and you,
you
, never let go of my hand.
'It's okay, Seol-ah. I'll be by your side.'
That one sentence was my only breathing hole.
Thanks to the trust you showed and my parents' blood, sweat, and support, I endured a hellish rehabilitation.
Even through bone-aching pain, I struggled to walk again, and through scar surgeries, I slowly regained my former appearance.
It was a time I endured with the single desire to walk the campus holding your hand normally again.
After finally being discharged safely, we continued a dream-like relationship. The life we started together in a small house after graduation was a miracle of happiness every day. Those days when I saw your face when I opened my eyes in the morning and laughed over small things while eating dinner together in the evening. The day we finally finished the family meeting with the blessings of both sets of parents, I was the happiest bride-to-be in the world...
...Why was my happiness cruelly trampled upon once again?
In that moment, as we walked across the crosswalk after leaving the restaurant, smiling and holding hands while dreaming of our bright future, a drunk driver came charging like crazy. Amidst the harsh roar, you pushed me away without hesitation. Instead, the one who fell bleeding on the cold asphalt was you, my everything.
I held you as you grew cold, crying and wailing, but you never opened your eyes again. You threw your life away to save me. Without you, who gave me a second life and taught me love again, there wasn't a single shred of desire left for me to stay and live in this world alone.
The moment I was clutching my chest, trying to follow after you, an unbelievable miracle happened.
When I opened my eyes, I was back in my freshman year of college—shining, but the most futile time—before the accident.
Wait for me, I'm coming to find you. This time, I won't let any tragedy, any drunk driver, or any cruel fate take you away. The debt of noble love and life you gave me in my past life, I'll pay it back to you several times over in this life. No matter what it takes, I will protect you and not let you die in this life.
"You and I, our unfinished real love starts now."
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Humiliated Woohyuk.. I don’t even feel bad for him. Took the little lady right in front of him XD
Did not match her described personality at all! Even when I purchased her family’s debt, she kept lying to me. First says that she survived Kwon, then said she loved him. She went from almost saying yes to me when I proposed, but used the debt as an excuse to say no. But then, when there was no more debt, she still couldn’t say yes. When she was free of him, she couldn’t say yes, or that she even loved me.