HATE GROWS

CHAPTER-9

Lighting up your world

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The day began, all executed and organized in a highly composed manner for the professional setup. Jaemin was not aware that the seats will be labelled and that he would have to sit in an assigned place like he was in highschool.

He had no problem though.
It wasn't like it was a big deal.
Until...he saw the label right next to him, printed in bold and neatly starring back at him: Lee Jeno.

A certain body stood close to him and without even looking back, he knew who that was. The same fragrance, the same aura and the same heartbeats,...his Jenmongie.

Jeno took the initiative to move forward first. He dragged the chair designated for Jaemin and glanced at him with puppy gazes. As though he was bewitched, Jaemin complined and sat down on the chair. Only then, he saw the man smiled in pure happiness and he too, peacefully took a seat.

No words were being exchanged between them and it was rather very awkward.

Jaemin saw some stolen glances from the man beside him but he couldn't respond. Actually, it took him all the nerves inside him to control himself from looking back at his handsome Jeno.

This man...really was stunning.
He always has been that way and Jaemin knew it by heart.

At that moment, a tall body sheltered over Jaemin and both of them looked back because they sensed the presence. Although Jaemin had his calm face for the intruder, Jeno seemed offended.

Jeno was calming his mind and forming sentences in his head until this tall man showed up and had to steal the words he wanted to initiate the conversation.

"Is everything alright Jaemin-sshi?"

The deep voice caught Jeno by surprised because the youthful face looked like he had a high pitch voice but in fact, it took a surprising turn.

"Oh, Jisung sshi, yeah thank you."

He blossomed a smile and Jeno couldn't even blame Jisung for being stunned by that beautiful smile. As much as Jeno wanted to be jealous, he had no right when he wasn't even sure if he could make Jaemin smile again for him.

"I will be right there but if you need me, you can always text me. "

Jisung pointed to the corner of the hall.

"Oh, alright. Thank you Jisung"

And with that, they fell into silence again. Jeno was angry at himself for not being able to form a single word to communicate. Jaemin was sitting right beside him and he had to be scared enough not to start anything. If this wasn't a good opportunity, he didn't know what else.

Before he could even finish making up his mind to actually form a sentence, other business people showed up. Jaemin's face lit up in a friendly manner and he politely stood up to greet the other people stopping by their table to take a seat.

It was a grand circular table that could easily fit ten people.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Kim. "

The man in his mid 30s still looked as handsome as ever. He got better than the last time Jaemin saw him.

"Mr. Na! What a great coincidence! I thought you wouldn't come. We met last month in Japan, didn't we?"

He gave out a fatherly chuckle. After greeting Jaemin, his eyes landed on the person right behind him, who was looking quite intimidating for a social event.