CEO'S OFFICIAL MATE
CHAPTER 8; The Stolen Heart

“Doctors will explain it to you later, but patients must undergo hospitalization to monitor their condition. May I know what your relationship with the patient is?” ask the nurse while reaching out the form to San Hyuk.

“I am her husband..” the short sentence that just came out of San Hyuk's lips shook her heart. How not, the status of his relationship with Aleya has never been disclosed to anyone other than family and certain agencies that require official status. Legally and in writing, both are indeed husband and wife. But not in a born and inward way. Over these ten years they lived each one to forget the fact that they were both bound by the force of the law of the country.

“Let's follow me,” a nurse guided San Hyuk's step into a room. There was nothing special about the room. Just like the hospital in general. A doctor had been waiting for San Hyuk with a big smile on his face.

“Shin San Hyuk!” his yell.

“Kim Si On!” San Hyuk was surprised to find that the doctor in charge of Aleya was a person he knew, “how are you?”

“If the situation is not like this of course my news is fine. I'd love to see you again if the atmosphere wasn't like this. You're really outrageous!” reprimand him while letting San Hyuk sit down.

“I'm sorry..”

“But I was surprised to find out that you are both husband and wife, all this time you guys lied to the public?” search Si On. He also attended the same university as San Hyuk despite different majors. Both of them have known and kept the relationship. Of course, rumors of San Hyuk's closeness with a foreign woman also reached his ears. In fact he also knew Aleya firsthand because San Hyuk often took part in meetings of his peers.

“I'm not lying, we just don't talk about it,” San Hyuk replied honestly, “how is Aleya doing?”

“You didn't force him to work too hard right? Or do you guys have a serious problem?” San Hyuk did not answer Si On's question because he did not understand the direction of this conversation. Why he asked if his job was to explain to the patient's family about his condition.

Si On took a deep breath after seeing the confused look of his colleague, “Aleya seemed to have a serious problem to make his blood pressure rise. His heart was defeated to disrupt his circulatory system, in short. he had a mild heart attack.”.

“APA! How can?” San Hyuk could not help his surprise.

“Stress,” Si On reply briefly.

“He can heal right? Can't you help her? What am I supposed to do? Why are you quiet?” san Hyuk Attack. Hearing Aleya being convicted like that made her fear peak.

“Pacify yourself, how can I answer if you keep asking!” Si Oh touched San Hyuk's shoulder and told him to sit back, “he's fine as long as his blood pressure returns to normal. Therefore, he would have to be taken care of the next few days to make sure that everything returned to normal. I think he also ignored his eating and sleeping hours. It was one of two factors that made it to such an extent,” Si On completed his explanation. He looked at San Hyuk's face covered in cloudy, “there are no problems in your household right?”

“Come...” replied San Hyuk sanctions. He himself had no idea what had happened to Aleya. The change in his attitude clearly showed that there was something hidden from him.

“Alright, I leave him to you. I came out first yes..” San Hyuk came out of Si On's room.

"You really changed." Si On said as he followed San Hyuk out of the room.

San Hyuk walked slowly to the IGD. He opened the curtain where Aleya lay helplessly. He was still in the transit room while waiting for the room to be prepared. He approached the side of Aleya's bed. Before sitting on the chair next to the cage, San Hyuk gently rubbed Aleya's forehead and set aside the child's hair on her forehead. His eyes were fixed on Aleya's face which was now asleep. Look at him so softly. Anyone who saw it would know how much San Hyuk loved that woman.

“Do not like this..” San Hyuk could not continue his sentence. Her heart felt so agonizing to see Aleya suffer. Sort of like there was a gaping wound that made her chest tormented. The rubbing of Aleya's face, her fingers trace the indentation of the beautiful face of the idol.  The face that now looks much more mature still keeps its beauty.  In the mind of San Hyuk she is still an ayu girl who stole his attention from the beginning they met. A prelude to the fate line that brings them together for the first time.

San Hyuk has just returned from his mandatory military service as a Korean citizen. Two years he left his studies and returned as a fourth-grade student who had to complete his studies at the second level. Of course his classmates had changed with new faces that he did not recognize. San Hyuk couldn't help but feel awkward being among his juniors. But what can be done, it is a very common thing.

“San Hyuk!” the call made San Hyuk turn his head. The one who called him was of course his old friend. He did not use the seonbae greeting behind his nickname.

“Yong Nam! How are you!” San Hyuk greeted his partner happily. The sudden farewell due to the task did not widen the distance between the two. They still feel comfortable with each other.

“Of course not as good as you!” there was an envious tone in the sentence spoken by Yong Nam. Of course he was envious because San Hyuk had already completed his mandatory military service at the beginning of his college semester while he was still waiting for when it was his turn to serve his country.

“You will get your ration later, just relax!” San Hyuk comforted his comrade who looked both happy and worried.

“I know!” Yong Nam hits San Hyuk's shoulder slowly to get rid of the awkwardness between the two, “oh yes, you joined the group this weekend? You heard the news, right, that we're going to have a night of familiarity?”

Yong Nam's question was not ignored by San Hyuk because at that time his attention was fixed on a girl who walked past him. In one look, San Hyuk already knew that the girl was not his citizen. But it did not make San Hyuk belies her charm and beauty. His heart suddenly trembled and made his breath restrained. There was a strange swish that crept slowly from his throat to make his stomach feel tingled by a feeling he had never felt before. Unknowingly San Hyuk's eyes continued to follow the girl's steps until she was dashed from his sight.

“Aleya...” Yong Nam said as he realized which way San Hyuk's eyes were headed.

“Ha?”

“The name of the girl who stole your attention was!”