Make Me Yours

Chapter 31

Seanne's POV

[He left. Come out now.]

I sighed and pocketed my phone, emerged from the benches behind the tall bushes and went back to where Julia is.

She gave me a fed-up look, "Do you have an LQ?"

"None," I sat and opened my notes in baking. I need to take note of what our group did wrong with the croissants we baked this afternoon.

"Why do I have to lie? It seemed like he wanted to spend time with you," Julia drained her coffee. "He looked down when he came back and you're not here."

"Julia, I'm just...," I sighed and closed my notes. "Well, Dad talked to me."

Julia nodded, ready to listen.

"He learned I was hospitalized and was angry because he thought something had happened and I didn't tell him."

"You can't blame Prof. Sevy though," she said grinning.

"Good thing Mom didn't heard about it," I looked at my phone. Kookie is calling.

"Aren't you answering?"

I put it inside my bag. "I am actually thinking about what Jayden told me."

Julia frowned, "But you said he's just over reacting."

"Dad told me the same." I stared at Julia's eyes, "Julia, be honest with me... Do you think they are just using me... for cover ups?"

It took a while before Julia answered. She cleared her throat and spoke in a calculating tone. "Well... for me, there's nothing wrong with it, unless you're being at risk."

I nodded. Dad's words echoed in my head.

"They're asking you to cover up issues about their artist? Seanne, these are simple 'requests' for now. But what about next time? It wasn't the first time it happened, that you were put in a cover up article. If this happens again, I won't sit still. You should think about continuing to be that boy's PA. With what I see, he doesn't need one, so why bother? Unless there's something between you that you have to remain having that position?"

I sighed and opened my notes again. "I want to think about it, I guess. Then I'll tell Kookie if I'd continue being his PA or not."

"I see," she leaned forward, "but Seanne, if you stop being his PA, how could you have time together?"

I clenched my fists. Julia is right. If I stop being Kookie's PA, I can't have any excuses why I have to be with him at times. What if his manager forbids me to meet him? Then we'd lose the very little time we have just to see each other.

Julia tapped my hand gently, "I think you should talk to Kookie about that. By the way, is he close with Yumi Nakamura?"

I looked at her, "I don't think so. Why do you suddenly ask?"

Julia laughed, then waved her hands, "Nothing! I was just curious... You know, when I saw their commercial..."

I nodded then resumed studying the recipe. She kept quiet, and opened her book.

---Julia's POV

Arriving at home, I immediately took out the wine from the paper bag, then a white card fell. Thinking it was one of those thank you cards I see among celebrities' IG posts, I opened it.

My mouth hang open.

[Dear K,

I'm really looking with the collab. I hope they'd agree to it. Thank you too, for looking after me during the shoot. I was really happy I got a new friend. See you on August 1st!