But that peace did not last a long time for her. An occasion occurred where she had to visit Min Jisoo’s house for her father was invited, and this made her encounter with Ryu Yejoon inevitable. Knowing how her father was, Yura wasn’t able to reject it, and ever since that day, she was fearful of meeting Yejoon. Thinking that it would be best to let Youngjae know of it before visiting the mansion, that’s what she did. To her surprise, he did not prevent her from visiting and only mentioned to her to stay careful. Min Yura wasn’t foolish. She was well aware on how she was being tested by the man to see whether or not she was truly obedient. This wasn’t the first time this had happened after all. Despite how much it ached her chest to have him treat her in such a way, there was no helping this matter. She could merely comply. Like all the other times in this period of time, she was determined to ignore Ryu Yejoon. As long as she did that, he would be satisfied. However, it was get
Min Yura maintained a cheerful mood when she walked into the school building next day. Relief spread through her as she realized that no one was acting strangely with her. It seemed that Youngjae was not aware of what happened the previous day, and that was enough for the girl to feel at peace. The fear made it hard for Min Yura to sleep throughout the entire night. Although she was careful yesterday, there might have been somewhere she could have slipped. Last night, she really regretted her actions for approaching Yejoon. It was not like she was able to cause a change within Yejoon anyway. Nevertheless, everyone’s attitude more or less confirmed it to her that Youngjae wasn’t aware of it, and once she stepped into the classroom, she noticed how Youngjae was waving his hand at her. His smiling expression solidified everything for her. °°° The classes for the day had ended. Youngjae and she decided to return home together. While they walked through the almost empty outdoors of
Min Yura shivered due to the coldness spreading while she was inside the bathroom stall. Earlier some of the students drenched her with water and locked her inside. Although she tried to fight back, her strength was of use against them. Due to the influence they held, she knew that the door wouldn’t be opened any time soon, and this made her be scared. Of course, she knew that they were not outrageous enough to kill her, or it could be because how Youngjae did not want to be dead yet. There was a bleeding wound of her forehead due to being harshly attacked, and this made her feel dizzy. She could feel her consciousness slipping, and she had a feeling that sooner or later she was going to faint. Maybe that would be better since it meant that she wouldn’t have to deal with this any longer, and a part of her was really tempted to give in to it. But as she was about to close her eyes, the door in front of her opened all of a sudden, catching her by surprise. Due to it, a gasp escape
Getting closer to Ryu Yejoon, she extended one of the glasses holding the alcohol towards him. A smile was there on her face. Turning his head to face her, he suspiciously stared— an action of his she considered to be quite adorable although she did not think that she would ever have the courage to say that loudly to him. “For you,” she said, “don’t worry. I know that you don’t like anything with high alcohol content, so it is pretty low.” The last part slipped before she could control it, and she only stretched her lips further at the suspicious look he gave her. At first, she thought that he will be rejecting the drink. After all, although she tried to comfort him twice— which she wasn’t sure worked or not— both of them were not close. The only reason she wanted to do this was to anger Lee Youngjae. Seeing how Youngjae was seething right then was enough to satisfy her, and it pushed her to try further. Maybe he would get harsher on her tomorrow, beyond her imagination that too.
The two of them were in a restaurant. Ryu Yejoon was not reluctant when it came to booking the entire restaurant for themselves for the night. She wasn’t surprised to see him to do that. A proud man like him definition did not want the others to see him get drunk. Min Yura didn’t mind him doing so since she was already grateful that he was accompanying her to a drink. Right then, he felt like the friend that she lacked. The fact that he was willing to show her his drunken side meant a lot to her, and having him open up even a little was considered a great achievement to her. This drove away the possible thoughts of what might happen the day after this from her mind. Picking up the glass of alcohol in front of her, she winced as she drank down the content in it. She was impressed by Ryu Yejoon’s abilities when it came to drinking. He clearly drank twice as much as her yet he was barely drunk. Yura, on the other hand, was starting to get tipsy, and she just hoped that she wouldn’t
“So what will you be doing?” she questioned after much consideration. Since she wasn’t in the man’s place, this gave her no reason to judge it. His situation was way worse than her. He was way more attached to Jisoo than she was to Youngjae. Moreover, in a way, what Jisoo had done to him was way worse than Youngjae. At least Youngjae did not pretend in front of her and deceive her. He exactly showed her the type psychopath he was, and at this point, it was fair to say that he was sick in his head. But that same statement couldn’t be used for Min Jisoo. “I will do whatever she wants. If she is happier when I hand over my shares to her and invest in her father’s enterprise, that’s what I will do. All of this doesn’t have any value when it comes to her.” Seeing how he had honestly opened up about his thoughts managed to shock her, and instantly pushing her chair back, she stood up. Then, slamming her hands on the table, she stared at the man before her intensely. Her eyes showed the
Min Yura thought that he will be letting go of her once she was fully healed, but it seemed that he had no intentions of doing so. After resting at his house for a day more due to his persistence, she was about to leave the next day when she realized that the door to the room was locked. Seeing how he had the audacity to do that caused her to be baffled, and she immediately called the man to arrive right then. As she was seated on the bed, she watched as Youngjae stepped into the room with a smile on his face. This was enough for her to feel sick. Clenching tightly on to the material of the bedsheet, she watched as he locked the door behind him and was baffled. His eyes then caused a sense of danger to build up within her, and she realized that she was not comfortable with the idea of being locked at the same room as him. With her hands folded over her chest, she then stood up and voiced out, “Open the door up. I don’t want to stay here a second longer.” Not caring about how his
The next couple of days went with her trying to avoid Lee Youngjae while he approached her with a smile on his face. It wouldn’t be him if he accepted her rejection nicely. No matter how much she wanted to get away from him, he would force her to comply with him, and although she tried to resist him for the most part, he always had ways for taking things in his own way. Just like right now. Even though she did not want to go to the class with him, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her along. Since she had already learned that struggling against his strength wouldn’t bring her any kind of advantages, she gave it up. She did not want anymore bruises to form on her wrist due to how tightly he gripped it. No one looked at her with unfriendly gazes anymore, and this made her wonder how almost everyone in the campus was so good at acting. It was if a single command was enough to get them to change their attitude a complete 180°. The one whose sour face rivalled that of hers was Min Jisoo
Unable to catch a wink of sleep, Yura decided to visit the swimming pool. When she reached there, she saw that someone was already present there. On a closer observation, she learned it was Yejoon.Hearing the footsteps behind him, Yejoon turned his hand. Surprise flashed through his eyes for a second before a smile appeared on his face. Yura gave him a smile in return.She walked over to him and sat beside him, dipping her legs in the cold water. It felt refreshing."Why are you here?" he questioned."I probably slept a lot in the afternoon. What about you?" she said."Thinking," he mused before raising his head to stare at the sky. "On?" What could have needed him so think so deeply in the middle of the night."A lot of things," he answered furtively.This made her frown, wondering what the issue was since he hid from her. Nonetheless, understanding he had his boundaries, she didn't push it.Following his line of sight, she looked at the sky. The blanket of darkness had shiny, sm
The corner of her lips curved to form a smile as she received the call and brought the phone closer to her ear. Before she was able to greet, Mirae stated, “Wow! Did you see the picture!? I feel baffled right now. I thought that he was decent guy, but I am changing my mind right now. I know that you have only returned recently, but how could that man go and hug someone after claiming to love you for so long? I am telling you that he is the worst kind of man. You should slam the phone on his face and demand an answer from him. Men like him shouldn’t be trusted. You can’t imagine how infuriated I feel right now.” Yura knew that the only way Mirae was acting so angrily about it was because of how she hated Yejoon with passion at this point. But she did not point that out to the girl, knowing that Mirae would not be accepting that. “Is that so?” she voiced out, “I thought that you said to me you will not be helping me reject him, and you also complimented him greatly.” “I don’t know
Ever since that day, Yejoon’s friends started to contact her, and she had gotten a lot closer to them. A feeling within her told her that Yejoon knew about it all but did not interfere in the matter despite that. She couldn’t guess why he was all of a sudden alright with her getting to know his friends, but so far, she thought that it was because of how she mentioned that they were not of her type. Although Yura said that to calm him down back then, that did not mean that she was lying. They were the bunch she did not want to date. In all honesty, she did not want to go for someone who would attract a lot of attention. This wasn’t because of the past but due to the fact that she wanted to lead a peaceful life. Certainly Yejoon did not meet those criteria, but she knew that he wouldn’t do anything to cause her life to be in a turmoil. Moreover, he was the only person who would be allowed to make her life troublesome, and she couldn’t get angry at him for that. Yejoon’s friends wer
“Isn’t it a coincidence how we meet at the same place all the time?” Her words caused Youngjae to turn his head in her direction, and his eyes widened slightly. Her eyes then fell on how his thigh was injured and bleeding. She shook her head at him due to that. “That looks terrible,” she commented. Although he was struggling to stand up, she did not make her way over to him to help him. That was because of how she did not have the desire to do so. It’s not like seeing him in pain caused her to feel any kinds of emotions. She knew that he was going to be in this state sooner or later, so she wasn’t surprised to see him in this way. A groan escaped from his mouth due to the pain, and he collapsed. His face contorted due to the pain, and she shook her head at it. He reaped what he sowed. She gave him a chance to have a better life, but since this was what he chose to follow, who could he blame other than himself? “Shut up! I am in mood to entertain you right now. If you are not s
A solemn silence was present in the room after that, and even she was able to sense how the atmosphere of the room had change to a much serious one after those words had left her mouth. Nonetheless, she did not regret those words of hers. When it came to Ryu Yejoon, this was the most she could do. It’s not like she could judge them since his choices and hers differed a lot. Yoon Shihyuk was the first one to break the silence. Not knowing what to say to that, he awkwardly rubbed the back of his head and answered, “Yes, we will make sure of it.” Their friendship was something that couldn’t be described in words. Although they might not tell each other about their feelings or life, they still got together and played around. She grinned and voiced out, “Why don’t you guys continue eating? Just let me know if you need anything.” However, the peace in the café was immediately broken when the door to the place was pushed open, and a man walked in through it. “What do you think you three
“This should be the place, right?” Yoon Shihyuk asked while he removed his sunglasses. Beside him was two of this other friend— Lee Junghyun and Jung Yugyeom. The three of them showed interest in this place with their level of that varying. “I want to go in, but I am scared of Yejoon. The three of us will be dead for real if he gets to find out that we came here,” Lee Junghyun commented. The three of them stood in front of Yura’s café. Finding the location to this place was hard for them since Yejoon tried his best to hide it. After they bribed Jung Yugyeom, they finally got the information on this place. Junghyun and Shihyuk wanted to see this lady for a long time, and now given the opportunity, they did not want to miss it. “We die then. Who cares about that? Yejoon is out of Seoul, and this is our only chance to meet her,” Shihyuk bravely vocalized. It wasn’t as if he wasn’t scared; it was rather that he did not prefer to think of the consequences right now. That would be ruin
As Yura was mixing the batter for the cake, the man walked over to her and wrapped his hand around her waist. Yejoon’s actions caused her halt her movements, and she turned her head to face him. One of her eyebrows was raised. He placed his head at the nape of her neck, which caused her to speak out, “Didn’t you say that you are going to maintain a distance from me? Then, why are you being this close to me?” “I thought I could, but I can’t do it anymore. You don’t know how much I want to hold you like this, not let you escape from my arms.” Yura believed that it was normal for her heart to flutter when she heard such words, and when her heart did so, she did not think too much about it. In this matter, overthinking might ruin what the two of them had between each other, and it was just better to go with the flow. One thing Yura knew that not every time did thinking way too much makes one reach into a perfect decision. Most of the times, overthinking just makes the situation much
Yura could see how his cheeks were slowly turning red due to her words, and because of that, she was starting to feel flustered as well. Throughout this entire time, she acted calm for his sake and thought of the best possible way for him. But all of a sudden today, she had the urge to let out all of the thoughts that went through her mind. That’s what she did right now. After doing so, she had to admit that she had felt better than before but did not want her emotions to be burdensome on the man. Although he had such feelings towards her, she wondered how long they will be lasting if she did not give a proper reply to them. After that, wouldn’t it be normal for him to find someone else and fall for that person? She did not want to see him in such way. She felt disturbed that she felt in such a way. At first, it was her who did not dare to accept him yet she had the audacity to act so selfishly. Even though she knew that he wouldn’t be angry from her words now, there was no sayi
As Yura walked out of the car, Ryu Yejoon moved towards her and hugged her from the back. As his hands wrapped around her waist, she raised one of her eyebrows, waiting for his next set of actions. “Do you really have to go and meet him? You know that he is not a good guy and clearly dangerous,” Ryu Yejoon voiced out. This wasn’t the first time Yejoon tried to convince her out of trying to visit Youngjae, but what could she do if she wanted to check up on him every now and then? “I want to check up on him before he falls into any trouble and die,” Yura voiced out. Yejoon’s grip on her waist tightened, and he trailed off, “What do you mean? Are you planning to…” “What are you thinking? I am just curious. As a person who hurt me for so long, tried to keep me under control, I want to see how far he will go, how long will he be surviving for. Take this as a side effect of being too bored. And these days, he got involved into something dangerous and big. As someone pampered and spoile