Around 10.30 p.m., Chunghee had not been back since he left after our argument this afternoon.

Only this time he was acting strangely like that. However, when he looked at me with such complicated eyes, he seemed to pour out all the complaints in his heart. It made me feel guilty more than anything as if my heart had been torn by the pain.

Now, I started to think, is he unhappy with me?

Now, I was still waiting for him in the living room — never even leaving my seat — leaning back sluggishly. I even canceled all of my appointments today, only to wait for him to come back.

I had been trying to call him several times. However, he didn't activate his cell phone, as if he was doing it on purpose because he didn't want to receive any calls from me. It also made me so worried about him and it kept increasing every time.

"Chunghee, where are you now?" In a low voice, I asked myself, as if whispering to myself.

However, in silence, it would be possible to hear the slightest sound so clearly, even for the sound of a breath, so it sounded like a small groan.

Inside, I kept wondering with unsavory concern, 'did he think that I mean with what I say?'

I gripped my hair tightly. Now, no matter how much I tried to be calm, I truly couldn't stop thinking about him.

However, I could swear that the words came out of my mouth without thinking them first. I was also quite shocked when I heard the sentence just come out without me expecting it!

And what he said ..., was he serious about those words? Is he really not coming back to me?

I wouldn't forgive myself if Chunghee really wouldn't come back.

Taking a deep breath, I grabbed my cell phone on the table, trying to call him back several times without giving up. However, it was still the voice of the same operator who said that my destination number was still in an inactive state.

I just threw my back on the back of the sofa, closed my eyes, and tried to calm myself down in this restlessness.

However, suddenly I remembered something. I immediately straightened my back and called Hoonsik directly.

"Mr. Lee, may I help you, sir?"

"Go look for Chunghee. Check all the surveillance cameras on the streets around my place. Don't ever come to me if you don't find evidence of his existence even if it's just a little." I walked into the room and put on my coat. "Track his location. Find him asap."

Hanging up the phone, I hurriedly went to the security room in this building and asked one of the securities at this place to open the surveillance camera footage this afternoon.

Camera 1 showed Chunghee exiting the door leading to the elevator. The security also opened camera 2, this footage showed Chunghee walking out of the elevator and then out of this building while crying. It was visible on the screen and at once piercing my heart. I really did that to him. I was useless.

Gritting my teeth, my fists clenched tightly, holding back the urge to punch the screen in front of me.

In the last camera, it showed Chunghee waiting in front of a restaurant. Then, not long after, a taxi stopped in front of him. He got in and the taxi drove him away.

Suppressing the restlessness, I asked, "Don't you have a surveillance camera near the restaurant?"

"Sorry, sir. The cameras are installed in every corner of the building, but not near the restaurant. Cameras are installed at points that can reach this area of ​​the building only. You can contact the manager of the restaurant or call the police for further investigation."

I was speechless. There seemed to be no other way but to browse through all the surveillance cameras in this area. Even if I needed to overturn the earth to find Chunghee, then I would.

I forced a smile, thanked to the security for his help, then walked out.

With quick steps, I entered the elevator and went downstairs shortly, then headed for the restaurant where Chunghee waited this afternoon.

When I arrived, the restaurant was closed. I peeked through the window and saw that there was a woman in there who was busy cleaning the table. Then, without wasting time, I immediately knocked on the door.

Not long after, the woman opened the door. "Sorry, sir. We are closed."

"I'm not a customer. I just want to ask you for a favor, please."

"What is it, sir?"

After explaining that I was looking for someone, she immediately agreed and took me to the security room to see the surveillance camera footage.

When she opened the monitor screen, it showed the same footage as the surveillance camera in the security room of the building, but with a different angle. The recording took a closer angle so that Chunghee's crying face could be seen more clearly. I could see how he was hurt because of what I had done.

Seeing Chunghee was crying because of my attitude at our argument, made the regrets feel even more piercing my heart.

I gritted my jaw tightly and clenched my fist, subconsciously hitting the table with a fist.

The woman suddenly gasped. "S-sir, what's going on?"

Silent, I shook my head lightly in response as I continued to focus on the monitor screen.

I felt like killing myself right now. I was stupid and unforgivable.

The surveillance camera footage provided no further information. But, at least, after seeing the location he was headed to, I knew that Chunghee was heading to district A.

But why did he go to that district?

After being together for a long time, Chunghee once said that he didn't have a family — he had but only that he didn't know where they were, apart from his grandmother who lived in Sokcho. But, she was gone a long time ago, Chunghee wouldn't be able to roam without clarity in this country.

I wasn't sure that he went to his family in the district — impossible. It sounded strange. But, even so, there was a small hope that slightly tamed my uneasiness. If it was true that he headed to District A, it meant that there was still hope for me to find him.