Sister, Back-off From MY MAN

"Bored?" Song Ji Hun's voice was suddenly heard and when she turned around to see him, she realized he was still reading his book seriously not moving his sight from it.

"Hmm, a bit" she answered him and kept looking around the Song Mansion, which she was already familiar with.

"Would you like a tour of this house?" Song Ji Hun casually asked startling her.

"Huh?" Kiaraa looked surprised but shook her head, "I know your house very well."

"Hmm would you then like to see the movie collection Ji Hwan has?" Song Ji Hun was still looking into his book and not at her.

"I am not a movie buff like him" Kiaraa politely declined.

"I have a coin collection from ancient Korea, you'd like to see that?" He finally popped the question.

"What? Coin collection?" The bored girl suddenly felt alive.

"Hmm" Song Ji Hun casually nodded his head.

"How old are they?" the question naturally came out of her mouth.

"Around three hundred years old" Song Ji Hun kept his book aside and finally looked at her.

"Wow" Kiaraa was genuinely interested in taking a tour but remembering Ian's words of staying away from Song Ji Hun, she decided to decline again.

"Thank you but I'll pass" Kiaraa wished to see the coin collection but she didn't wish to upset Ian.

Song Ji Hun chuckled hearing her refusal as if he expected it.

"I thought you are one strong, modern and independent girl, who makes her own decisions and doesn't let a man decide for her" Song Ji Hun's attention was again hooked to the book in his hand.

"Excuse me?" Kiaraa was greatly affected by what he just said. It wasn't wrong to say she felt borderline offended.

"Huh, sorry, I was talking to the female protagonist of this book" Song Ji Hun waved the book in his hand and explained with a smile, "When I read books, I completely immerse myself in it and interact with these characters" 

"Oh" Kiaraa believed him and thought he was indeed a weird guy.

"Yeah, the female protagonist of this book first portrayed herself as a strong, independent woman, who cannot be controlled by a man. But later, her childhood best friend starts controlling her actions and he keeps deciding for her, like what she can do, what she can't, whom she can meet, whom she is not allowed to meet, how she should spend her time etc, etc." 

"This strong woman, then slowly starts becoming dependent on this childhood friend and even kills her wishes for his sake. Slowly, she starts losing her own happiness and eventually she loses herself. The strong woman is now replaced by a dumb, weak woman who is dependent on this guy and can't imagine her life without him"

Kiaraa was frozen at her spot still trying to process what Song Ji Hun just said.

This was the first time she heard Song Ji Hun use so many words in one go. His words had a strong influence on her as all of this suddenly felt relatable.

Although she still didn't do so many things for Ian and tried to hold her own ground against him but Song Ji Hun's words hit her very hard as if he gave her a sneak peek into her future.

'Is this how I'll end up if I let Ian have his way over me?' she wondered.

After a few minutes, Kiaraa finally spoke up, "Song Ji Hun, can you show me the coin collection you just mentioned?"

She decided she won't let Ian control her life the way some man controlled that female protagonist's life. She will do what she wishes to.

Song Ji Hun hid his face behind his book as he couldn't control the wide smile spread across his face.

After composing himself, he indifferently agreed to her request and led her to the room where he neatly arranged all the coins for her.

In a spare guest room, he professionally arranged the coins as if it is his own collection. It took him hours to neatly arrange them in small, flat, coin boxes.

He purchased coin boxes for special coins and put a lot of effort in making it look like it is his own collection, which he values the most.

Right now, walking next to Kiaraa, heading towards that coin room, Song Ji Hun felt like every second he invested in preparing all of this was worth it.

"Did you tell me about that female protagonist because of what Ian is doing to me?" Kiaraa suddenly asked Song Ji Hun as she was still thinking about his words from earlier.

"What are you talking about? What is Ian doing?" Song Ji Hun acted like he had no idea what is going on.

Kiaraa looked at him and he looked honest. There was no trace of a liar on his face and neither did he flinch even once.

Therefore, she believed him.

"Nothing, don't bother about what I just said, I was blabbering gibberish"

"Hmm"

Song Ji Hun then opened the door to the coin room for her and like a gentleman waited outside, signalling her to step in first.

Kiaraa didn't care about such gestures and was least affected.

She walked in and stepped towards the long table in the centre of the room where all coins were neatly arranged.

She stepped towards it, and observed the first coin neatly placed there.

Surprisingly, there was a small card taped below this coin, which actually had the information on when was this coin manufactured, its history, till when was it in use and why it was stopped being in use.

"This is amazing. It feels like I am in a coin museum, right now" Kiaraa excitedly exclaimed.

Song Ji Hun took pride in himself as he personally wrote all this history to help her know more about the coins.

"Yeah, that's what I wanted to do, create a mini-personal coin museum for myself. I am interested in expanding my collection by including coins from other countries" Song Ji Hun just blabbered whatever that came into his mind to show-off.

"Wow, that's amazing" There was admiration in Kiaraa's eyes which made him happy and it felt all his efforts were well paid.