A Drunken Mistake | Lee Jeno

Chapter 12

Solji and Jeno had gotten considerably close. She would visit his place often, and he would always look forward every time she would drop by.

It was one of those days when Solji had nowhere else to be so she chose to pester Jeno instead, not that Jeno minded in the first place.

After the heart-to-heart talk that they had, Jeno didn't feel an ounce of jealousy towards Mark anymore even though he would flounce and bother them all the time.

Jeno learned how to cook, courtesy of Solji who patiently taught him. He was grateful for the help but that wasn't what he was most happy about. It's the fact that Solji was so comfortable around him that she would sometimes initiate their contact and Jeno would hum in satisfaction at the slightest touch.

Right now, he was cooking food for their lunch and Solji was exploring his penthouse.

There was nothing much to see since she had seen the details of his house before but there was something under the coffee table that caught her eye. When she fished it out from its hiding place, she realized she was holding a photo album.

The pink photo album looked old. The plastic cover was ripped and yellowish in color and the cute stickers barely stuck on the paper. It had a label BABY JENO.

A smile instantly spread on Solji's lips when she flipped the cover, barely containing the excitement of seeing baby Jeno.

The first picture was a one-year-old Jeno taking a bath on the small bathtub with soapy bubbles on his head. He looked utterly adorable. The second picture was Jeno posing in front of the camera with his signature eye smile. He was charming ever since he was born.

Solji had to applaud whoever was updating the photo album that moment because everything was so detailed, from the event to the picture was taken, the date, a little note, and a couple of stickers as decorations.

She saw all sorts of Jeno. Smiling, crying, whining, playing. She couldn't help but smile fondly as the pages progress, showing Jeno's growth. She also saw pictures of Mark who didn't seem to change. He still had the same baby face and adorable smile minus the sharp cheekbones.

On the last page of the album, Solji saw a picture of Jeno with a little girl clinging onto his arm posing in front of an ancient grandfather's clock.

"What are you doing?" Jeno asked from behind her which made her jump.

"You startled me!" she reprimanded him which he only returned with a deep chuckle. Solji tried to hide the blush that crept to her cheeks when she thought about how sexy his deep voice sounded. Jeno joined her on the couch and looked at the album.

"All of these pictures were taken when we lived shortly in New York," Jeno explained and flipped back the pages from the beginning to skim at the pictures before returning it to the last page.

"You were cute when you're young," Solji said and an easy smile spread across her cheeks as she remembered toddler Jeno.

"Why? Don't I still look cute now?" Jeno asked, expectant. Solji stared into his dark eyes and momentarily got lost in its depths.

Still cute. But you're hot now, Solji thought but didn't have enough courage to voice it out. Instead, she only gave him a mischievous smile which made him whine.

Her eyes darted back on the last page of the album with the little girl clinging on his arm. She recognized the pink beaded bracelet on Jeno's bedside table. That bracelet didn't leave its place over the course of her visitation and she never once asked him about it. Now that she thought of it, he was keeping it close because of its sentimental value.