Several moments in Millie's story lead her to believe that all may not be as it seems. She becomes convinced of this in many ways, but the most important one is precisely Su-Jin. He immediately evokes several feelings in her, which she cannot get ri...
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Though the daylight was slowly growing brighter, I didn't know exactly what time it was.
I called Mrs. Kwack several times during the night and unless she said in one of those conversations that Mr. Jee had been found, I knew there would be no peaceful sleep for me. It was only fair that night became day and so this whole thing has a better chance of ending well.
I've been in my bed for a while. After I couldn't find him in any place, I thought he might be, I decided to return home. Maybe it was a bad decision.
However, I knew that Mr. Jee had much more knowledge of Seoul than I did, so it was me who was more likely to get lost.
After a while, as soon as my eyes began to close, I heard a loud knock at the door of my room. ,, We have to leave in half an hour, Mill!"
I rested my cold palm on my forehead and slowly sat up.
,,Mill?" she spoke again after my pause.
,, I'm coming, give me a minute." I replied in a hoarse voice.
I unwieldy went to the closet, where I hurriedly chose my clothes. Trying to wash away the fatigue from my face, I spent most of time in the bathroom.
,, Are you going too?" I asked in surprise when I saw Aurora standing in the kitchen dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt.
,,Yep, I let our boss know I was returning sooner so she could put me back on shifts." she reached out to me with a cup of black tea.
,,Great."
,, Come on! It should have come as a surprise to you." She exclaimed when she noticed my expression.
,, Oh, it was beyond a surprise." I nodded. ,, It almost caused my heart to stop."
,,Oh God, how I missed you." She rolled her eyes and after we finished our drinks, we both started to shoe in the hall.
During my trudge to the cafe, I forcibly kept my body upright and it didn't escape Aurora's attention.
,, If you hadn't spent the night, you could have been in a different ehm state." She measured me with her gaze. ,, Well, you couldn't help yourself, could you?" she grinned at me.
Then I began to realize what she was suggesting in her words.
,,Yeah, right." My reaction was terse. I didn't want to encourage her to think further on this topic.
A little later I was turning on the various machines and wiping the cups. My head dropped regularly and I kept raising it to its original position. When I thought I let my eyes closed for just a second, I later found that it was much longer. While taking away the empty dishes from the customers, I tripped over my own feet a few times and I didn't miss Aurora's laughter after it happened.
