A Rhapsody in Blue

10. May I Start Liking You (again)?

'It's reporter Kang.' Yejin gave back his phone.

And he could hear Minhyuk talking fastly from over the line, 'Sunbae! Before you come to the office, please prepare what you need to say. Whether you denied it or not, just discuss it with your wife first. Everyone going crazy now. Rumors circling around why you hide your marital status when you already have a daughter as they tried to dig about your wife too.'

Dig? I'm not even a celebrity, why bother digging on news anchor's private life. People nowadays really! He was about to open his mouth to criticize those people but stopping short because he knew it's useless. 'But did they really say anything about...Yejin?' Bin stopped for a second, not knowing how to call her in front of Minhyuk.

Yejin continued to teach Ayeon to eat her breakfast with a spoon, but the little girl studied her appa's face carefully. 'Eomma, appa...angry.' Ayeon pointed her itty-bitty finger at Bin.

Knowing this, Bin smiled at her and kissed the top of Ayeon's head before continue to talk with Minhyuk in the living room.

'At least not for now, but they already mentioned about your wife working at one of a governmental institution. I think it's only a matter of time for them to know that she's actually...I don't think that it will be good if the public knows about her, Sunbae. Especially about her job.' Minhyuk said carefully.

Damn! He almost cursing under his breath, 'I'll talk to her first, I'll call you later.'

Kim Jaewook really getting on his nerves about this. It's Yejin now, who knows what he's going to do next.

'So...?' Yejin asked him when Bin walked back to the dining room, she was eating her breakfast after helping Ayeon before.

Bin slowly talks, afraid about what she might say. 'Some recourses mentioned about you working at one of a government institution. Minhyuk thinks that it's just a matter of time before they really write your name on the article...What do you think we should do, Yej?'

Yejin forcing a laugh out of irritation, 'These people...Kim Jaewook really started getting on my nerves now!' Her hand smacked the dining table. 'And why you have to be this popular, Bin? Not only good at your works, but you also have this unrealistic good body, handsome face, and amazing dimples which obviously made women go crazy over you!' She 'scolded' him.

The news anchor pressed his lips together to keep himself from smiling. Realizing what she has said before, Yejin biting her lips. 'Anyway, if the only way to make them stop is saying that we're married. Let's do that. I mean I don't want them to dig about Ayeon too. Let's make them stop here while we deal with Kim Jaewook.'

After they agreed to it, Bin gave Ayeon a bath while Yejin getting herself ready for work. The professor had a morning class to teach that day.

'Today Ayeon-i needs to stay with halmoni and halabeoji. But eomma and appa will pick you up tomorrow evening. Be good, okay our little gongjunim?' Yejin talked to Ayeon who respond to her with a firm nod. Yejin had some work to do that day, so she'll be home late. Whereas Bin needs to go to a team dinner after the news live.

'You know what eomma has said, Ayeon-ah?' Yejin blinked rapidly. And Ayeon showed her a cute toothy smile.

'I was looking for the TV's remote control the other day and I was just mumbling to myself, Yej. But she suddenly got up from her seat and gave me the remote control! Isn't she our smart little girl? Aren't you, Ayeon-ah?' Bin showered her with kisses on her belly, which made baby Ayeon giggled hysterically.

'Please don't grow up too fast, Ayeon-i.' The little girl's eomma feeling melancholy all of sudden.

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