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"Eomma! Please sit with us!"
Hoon was asking his mother to sit with him and the agent, who Mi-jo was still trying to put distance with. Cha Mi-jo smiled. "Don't mind me, Hoonie. I'll sit here with Auntie Joo Hee," Mi-jo said, pointing to a nearby table.
Joo Hee made a face. "I'm going to sit with them. I want to get to know Agent Dae-sik."
Cha Mi-jo made a face. "YAH."
"What? Hoon and I invited him. Why would I sit with you?" Joo Hee asked. Adding, "I love you, you know that, right? But, Hoon and I want to chat with Dae-sik-ssi."
Park Dae-sik stepped in. "Please, Dr. Cha? I can sit farthest from you, if you wish."
Hoon stared at the exchange before he started sniffing. "Eomma does not want to be near you, Agent Dae-sik? Why? Are you smelly?"
Joo Hee copied Hoon and they both covered their noses. "Oh no! A bad smelling agent!?'
Dae-sik looked at them with an exasperated expression. "I do not smell bad!" With Cha Mi-jo unable to hold in her laughing as she agreed, "Dae-sik always smells nice."
Dae-sik and Mi-jo caught each other's gaze, blushed and then turned away.
"Good then!" Joo Hee clapped her hands. "Let's sit. I'll sit beside Agent Dae-sik."
"Yah, Auntie!" Hoon protested. "I'll sit beside Agent Dae-sik."
Joo Hee rolled her eyes. "Oh boo! Fine," she pouted before pulling a seat and helping Hoon up. "I'll sit across him so that I can stare at his face."
"Joo Hee!" Cha Mi-jo reprimanded.
"Because of his burn! Didn't you tell me he had a burn? How did you get that, Agent?" Joo Hee smoothly transitioned, hands on her chin as she sat across Dae-sik and batted her eyelashes.
"Don't you have a boyfriend?" Mi-jo muttered.
"I do, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating handsome men," Joo Hee said.
"Is Agent Dae-sik handsome?" Hoon asked, staring at the agent's face as if to assess it. Then, he shrugged dismissively . "He's okay, I guess."
Dae-sik guffawed. "I'm okay? So I'm not handsome."
Looking at Mi-jo, Hoon asked, "Is he handsome, Eomma?"
"I don't know," Mi-jo quickly replied, suddenly busy with the menu.
"But aren't you the face and skin doctor? Can you fix his face to make him handsome?" Hoon pursued.
"Why do you want to make him handsome?" Mi-jo wondered.
"You like handsome boys!" Hoon replied, making Dae-sik snort.
"Who taught you that?"
Hoon pointed to the other woman with them. "Auntie Joo Hee."
