Min Yura had no idea on why Mirae was sitting beside for an hour now. Due to this, the air around her felt quite awkward. Although she was able to communicate with Yejoon well, it did not imply that she was sociable, and that’s why, she did not know what to say to Mirae for a while. Even though she insisted on the fact that it was alright, Mirae argued that she could wait for her, and faced with such a situation, she did not know what to do anymore. She mentioned to Mirae that someone was coming to pick her up when there was no one actually, and this made her seem a little pathetic in her opinion. Han Mirae got her to exchange her numbers with her, and Yura was surprised by that since rarely anyone wanted to do that. No, actually, she never got the opportunity to do so due to Lee Youngjae. He used to be controlling over who she could contact or not, and back then, this did not bother her for she wasn’t searching for anyone to be friends with in the first place. One of her regret
One thing Yura would be able to say about Mirae was that she was extremely good at persuading people. That is why she ended up coming to her house. If she left behind all of her suspicions, she had to agree with the fact that she was grateful to Mirae for allowing her a place to stay at. Maybe also for the reason that Mirae was willing to be her friend despite how the conditions are around right now. She did not think that anyone would be willing to approach her. Strangely enough, she ended up spilling about everything to Mirae as well, and at the end, the girl did not judge her. The feeling was different from when she had let everything out in front of Yejoon. At least before Yejoon, she had to maintain this front of being strong, but with Mirae, she could just let everything out without any restriction. As Yura cried, the girl was there to hand her the tissues and even cursed Youngjae in her behalf. This was the first time she had gotten such support from someone after all of
“Block her number,” Yura voiced out as she saw the name on Ryu Yejoon’s screen. It seemed that Jisoo had been trying to contact him a lot, and all the effort she had put into cheering the man up had gotten to waste after noticing how dull his expressions had gotten to become. Nonetheless, despite how irritated she felt, she maintained on a smiling expression after noticing how troubled Yejoon was about it. It seemed that Yejoon was reluctant to do so as he turned his head to face her, and he then said, “What if it is something important? What if she is in trouble?” Yura held herself back from cursing at the man out of frustration and just shook her head. Then, grabbing the phone from his hand, she stated, “Why don’t I receive the call for you then?” His eyes widened at her words, and he voiced out, “What?” Before the man was able to stop her, she already received the call and put the loudspeaker on the phone, so that both of them will be able to hear it. Currently, they were in
Over this period of time, she spent some days at Ryu Yejoon’s place while the rest of them were at Mirae’s place. In the beginning, she was quite bothered about disturbing both of them, but after they have assured that it was alright— Yejoon’s silence was taken as an okay from him— she got used to staying at here. Min Yura really missed her mother at times and tried to find as much as time as she could to visit her mother. Her father neither did Lee Youngjae tried to contact her after that day, so she did not know what was going on with both of them. Nonetheless, for now, she took it as a good sign. At least they were out of her life for the time being. Even though Jisoo tried to contact Ryu Yejoon, Yura believed that she did a decent job as his bodyguard by keeping the girl away. She even went to his office and drove the girl away. She tried to keep her eyes on the man as much as possible, and probably because of how she was genuinely worried about the man, she did not find this
The doctor’s words clearly rang in her mind continuously, and Yura wasn’t able to bring herself to believe those words. There was no way that could have happened. The doctor mentioned something along the line of how her mother couldn’t be saved and apologized for it. As for the rest of the details, they were blurred from her mind completely, and she wasn’t in the state to comprehend anything. A part of her wasn’t able to accept the truth yet. This must be a cruel joke someone was playing on her or this could be just a nightmare that she had been having. That was what she wanted to see the current situation as. Maybe, that’s why, she wasn’t able to bring herself to cry. The fact that she was unable to accept this as the reality made her feel no emotions right then. Her mind was completely blank. Her heart started to beat rapidly within her chest, and anxiety started to build up inside her. She started to feel sick, and the urge to throw up came within her. Her knees were starting
Today was the day for her mother’s funeral, and she was in no state to attend to the guests. Although her father was slightly angered at her due to it, she was glad that he did not push the matter further. Earlier Lee Youngjae and Min Jisoo had arrived— not at the same time— and said couple of things to her. But none of those words were properly able to go through her mind. She had no clue on what they have said. What she appreciated about this moment the most was how Ryu Yejoon was beside her throughout the entire time. Although he did not say anything, his soft pats at times and his presence right then was enough to feel at ease. It was good to have one person who at least cared about her even though it was barely much. Moreover, she was grateful towards the man for driving Lee Youngjae away for her and not attending to Min Jisoo even after she had clearly tried to call for him. It appeared that he felt much strongly for her than she had originally thought. Although she would
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
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