Euphoria

Chapter 8: If He's Not the One

Bride is the word that made Heather feel sorrowful but she wanted to remain strong and forget about Malcolm and their romance that had just gone in the middle of the journey. Providentially, she met up with Philip for the second time, and somehow – there was a spark between them. 

The Seoul journey has over for both Philip and Heather and they were back to their places respectively. Even though Philip could not hide his excitement to meet the only crush he has as well as knowing that he would be a father someday, Heather was feeling otherwise. Although that prosecutor has slightly changed her perspective about the man, she could not convince herself to trust him entirely. 

Since Malcolm whom she knew for almost a decade could break her heart – how about the man that she barely knows besides he has a good profession and is multilingual as that Korean man could speak English, Korean, Chinese, and Spanish. What an impressive talent!

Back in her simple residence, she was resting herself since she did not have any desire to go out during a weekend. What she wanted right now is to sleep until she could forget about all the bad things that ever happened to her life. While she was resting her body on the couch with a Netflix series broadcasting on her television – the talented painted received a guest when the bell has been pressing numerously.

"Hold on a second." She shouted, and slowly marched to the front door. Once she opened the door, she saw her neighbour was standing in front of her with a Tupperware bowl that she still holding close.

"Hello, Heather. How are you?" Mrs Kim asked, trying to be friendly with her new neighbour that she thought suitable for her eligible son. Since her son was so busy with his work as a prosecutor, she did not have any chance to introduce both of them yet but she could not wait for them to unite later as she wants Heather to be her daughter-in-law.

"Oh, hi Mrs. Kim. I am fine, as you can see me." She replied, did not know what expression she should use because this lady that becomes her neighbour during her stay here – seems way too nice and she was not so used to it before.

"I brought you this food. Hopefully you would like it." Mrs Kim said, giving Heather the Tupperware that contains a delicious Korean meal, made with love in her humble kitchen.

"Thank you." Heather smiled lightly, and both of them were conveying farewell a few minutes later.

 The young woman straightly went to the kitchen and opened the Tupperware that contains a traditional Korean pancake that is called 'Jeon'. The last time she tasted this dish was a few days ago when she was in Seoul with the father of her child and it did bring the nostalgia back.

'I don't know why but once I landed in New York, I was craving badly for Korean foods. Perhaps this half-Korean baby of mine are longing for the food of his father's heritage that is why he cannot stop begging me to eat more Korean delicacies. One more thing, I don't know what the gender of my baby but I hope I would conceive a boy since he can protect his mother someday. And the Korean pancake in front of my eyes is tempting and I am so grateful to Mrs Kim for making this food. She appears like a mother figure to me and this neighbourhood was not a bad thing at all.'

Heather brought the Tupperware alongside a hot chocolate to the front where she wanted to continue watching her favourite series on Netflix – alongside good food as a company. For the first time, she was able to eat without experiencing the morning sickness that she hated the most since most of the foods are becoming her new enemy, especially her favourite dish, Tacos.

In the meantime, Philip was at his home in Florida; cooking something for his dinner. Since he was living on his own, that prosecutor by profession always spent his time cooking and baking in his kitchen instead of wasting it outside. Thanks to the talent he received from his mother, Philip can cook anything but the ones that he majors the most are Korean foods since it is his staple every day. And he could not wait to let Heather be the first to taste his dishes once they got married later.