PLAYBOY [제이크]ᴇɴ⁃ Vol.2

6: catch a cold

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Today was so exhausting. I just wanted to go home and rest all day long before the next day comes. After a few hours of arranging for the upcoming marriage, Jake finally drove me home. We haven't eaten since we went to the boutique and of course, we were starving for food.

It was eight at night, the perfect time to have dinner together. I was too scared to tell him that I was hungry because he seems so exhausted after everything happened. So, I called Namjin to order some food on the phone and eat together when I arrived home.

"Namjin," I spoke on the phone. I could feel that Jake frequently took a glance at me, so I lowered my voice and continued talking to Namjin as she respond.

"What's wrong, Jina?"

"Do you want to eat black bean noodles together?"

"I will buy them. Let's meet at the house."

"Alright. I will go home soon."

As soon as I ended the call with Namjin, I was confused when Jake suddenly parked his car near the small restaurant that was filled with customers. Jake took off his seatbelt, lowered his couch, and just fixed his eyes on one of the staff who was busy working in the restaurant.

I thought he wanted to get out of the car, but all he did was lean his back against the couch and watch every movement of the staff silently. I could see the gaze he gave her.

A gaze that filled with passionate and sincere love. Not the same gaze he used to give to me. It was a gaze of love. I was curious, so I looked at the staff too and realized that it was Choi Yurim.

I stared at her for a long time, finally got the reason both of them loved her so much. The beauty in her was so ethereal. All she did was send the food to the customers and take the order from their table, but she still look so pretty doing that. And as soon as she smiled, the beauty in her shone so brightly.

"Her life would be so much better if she got married to me. She didn't need to work at this small restaurant anymore. She just needed to live with me in our house and be happier with me." Jake mumbled.

I listened carefully.

"After a few years of courting her, I still failed to make her mine."

"Just if you didn't hug me that night, you didn't come to me, and you didn't hold me that night, everything would be so much better to me."

"I would go to the wedding boutique with her. I would go to the jewelry store and choose a ring for her. I would be happy seeing her in the wedding dress."

"It would be so much better if you didn't exist."

I replied softly,

"But it would just last for two months."

He fixed his gaze on me,

"I would confess my feeling to Heeseung and if there is any luck on me, I would propose to him and get married to him."

"And if there is no luck on me, I would love someone else and get married to someone who will make me happier."