It has been at least a week since her mother had passed away, and throughout this period of time, she spent it at Mirae’s house. She was grateful at the girl for being patient towards her. Although this wasn’t necessary for Mirae, she took care of her really well. Words would not be able to express the amount of thankfulness she felt towards the woman. Probably due to her, she was able to get on her feet so fast. Yura did not want to burden Yejoon with her depression when his mental state was at a terrible condition. That’s why, she did not stay that close to him over this period of time. But to her surprise, the man came to visit her a couple of times. It was great to see that he cared for her this much to see her on a regular basis. If it wasn’t for the fact that she didn’t find herself in the mood to do so, she would’ve teased him about this since the man always insisted on the fact that he did not care for her. All of a sudden, due to Mirae and Yejoon, she did not feel all th
“He is the illegitimate son of your father,” he revealed. Although Yura was somewhat expecting that to be the result, hearing it from him right then made her feel as if her world had collapsed. She was currently at his apartment after she had been called over by him, and this piece of information caused her to lose her balance. Seeing how she was stumbling led the man to extend his hand towards her and grab on to her shoulders in order to stabilize her. She had her heart beating rapidly within her chest. It was one thing if Ahn Jaemin was born before her parent’s marriage, but judging from his age, his birth after her parents got together. She knew that her parents marriage was something that wasn’t done due to the will of both the parties; it was more like a business cooperation. Even if that was to be the case, it wasn’t as if her father was completely forced into it. If there was someone her father was fond of, he could have just left her mother alone by sacrificing his busine
In order to discuss about the matters further and check up on him, she decided to visit Ryu Yejoon at his office. It had been a while since he had returned home, and she was worrying about him. Although she believed that he was perfectly capable of doing things right now, that did not mean that he was completely healthy. Moreover, staying home alone didn’t feel good to her, and it caused sentimental emotions to rise within her. At this moment, she preferred to stay away from those. That’s why, in the end, although this might get bothersome for him, she wanted to check up on the man. Over this period of time, he had grown to become much more tolerant of her, and she knew that she would be able to comfortably let out her feelings to him without him feeling anything negative towards her. At first, she was worried that he would consider her to be unreliable, and although he did not put it in his words, she knew that he did not think of her in such a way. That was enough to make her
A year had passed by quite fast, and Min Yura was finally returning to South Korea. Over this period of time, she got to see and learn a lot of things. She felt that she was lucky to have gotten this chance. Although she wanted to continue this, she was homesick and missed Yejoon and Mirae quite a lot. That’s why, she decided to return. Of course, there was that promise with Ryu Yejoon that she had to honor or else that man would come to search for her all over for world. This made her wonder how cute he could have gotten over this period of time. The plane was just about to land, and a little earlier, she recalled about the day Yejoon got determined to take revenge on Min Jisoo and everyone else. She remembered that day just like yesterday, and the corner of her lips curved up as she thought of the events that happened from that day on. The path of revenge did not go smoothly for them, and there were lots of times that they have failed. This was to be expected since both of them
Her words caused his eyes to get gloomy, and his sudden change of expression caused confusion within her She knew that he wanted to test her about something, but she wasn’t able to pinpoint what that was. “I don’t have a girlfriend,” he voiced out. After that, his next set of action took her by complete surprise. He gripped her wrist and reversed both of their positions. Right now, she had her back against the tree trunk while he placed his hand on the trunk in order to have her cornered. Caught off guard by his sudden action, her eyes widened for split of a second before she raised one of her eyebrows, waiting for him to provide an explanation for his actions. “What do you feel when I do this to you?” he questioned. Although it wasn’t likely for him to feel so, she wondered whether or not he was offended due to her earlier actions and wanted to get back at her due to that. “Nothing,” she answered. Even if she thought deeply about it, there was nothing she felt at this moment.
Yura’s mind was at a confused state while she opened the door to the apartment. After that confession, Yejoon did not do anything further and drove her home. Meanwhile, she just stayed absentminded. Although he told her to not worry about it, there was no way she would be able to do so. It did not seem as if his mood had gotten worse after her words, and she did not know how to feel about his determination. It’s great that he did not get sad from it, but she did not want him to be enthusiastic either. An idea about setting up him up with other ladies to give them a try came in her mind, but considering that to be too disrespectful to him and his feelings, she did not opt for that. Now that he was treating her sincerely, it was only right for her to do the same in case of him. She was caught off guard when someone came over to her with a spatula, and this caused her to raise her head. Her eyes widened instantly. But more than her, it appeared that Mirae was as shocked as she seem
“Don’t tell me that you want me to accept his feelings and give him a try or something like that?” Yura said. That’s when, she noticed the expression on Mirae’s face and, in disbelief, continued, “You got to be kidding me! Do you think that I will be able to play around with his feelings like that? This is absolutely crazy. Yes, if it was someone else I platonically liked, I might have tried to give this thing a try. But Yejoon is the last person I would want to give this false hope to. Do you know how much he will be breaking down? When it comes to him, I need to handle things much more carefully.” “I really feel bad for him at this moment. Getting you to accept him romantically will be a difficult task for him. Yura, do you think that he is as same as he was in the past? Don’t you think that he had grown up to become stronger over this period of time? Moreover, he was that weak when it came to Jisoo was because he was manipulated to that extent. When it was all over, he clung
As the man was about to hit the billiard ball with his cue stick, his phone started to ring, and seeing how this was the ringtone he had specially assigned for Yura, he instantly stopped playing the game. Other than him, there were three more people inside the room. While one of them played the game with him, the other one was concentrating on his laptop. One was seated on the couch while he flirted with two women who were seated on his either sides. When they saw him quickly take his phone out, it fell into their attention that his eyes brightened up for a moment, and they was about to tease him about it. But all it took was a glare from him to silence three of them. Yoon Shihyuk, who was playing billiard with him, moved closer to him in order to get to know of the content. But Yejoon extended his hand and pushed the man away from him, not caring whether or not he had used too much force. Yejoon did not want anyone to disturb him when he was talking with Yura. Bringing the phon
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