Being a Brother

The boy next door who lovingly raised me in place of my deceased parents. I confessed my lifelong crush on him with courage, but all that came back was a kind yet cold rejection. "Lee Seon-ah. You're still young and mistaking your feelings. You're confusing infatuation with love." Am I really not an option? He'll cherish me forever, but he won't kiss me. He'll pat my head like I'm precious, but he won't spend the night with me. Lee Seon swallowed her sorrowful tears. *** "I'm all grown up. I know as much as I need to know. Don't treat me like a child and ignore me." "You know as much as you need to know?" Yoon-jae's pale face, bathed in the bluish dawn light, was astonishingly expre...