The Hired (Completed!)

Chapter 27

*Shin Young's POV*

"I-I see...", Soon hyung stuttered. He knows that I'm here listening with them and he regretted asking her such question.

As for Jo Eun, just hearing her made my heart skipped a beat right after she spilled everything out. And it ached even more to the fact that Jahoon hyung...

He isn't just my brother, and I even trusted him to take care of her. How can he say all these things so suddenly? I thought he knew it already but just how could he do this to me when all I ever wanted was my best friend to be mine? I mean, there's pretty much a lot of girls out there, why try stealing her from me instead?

'So this must be the reason why he keeps shutting down his mouth whenever I opened up and talk about Jo Eun-ah.', I thought as my brows slightly creased. He's in love with her yet then, never did I assumed that he really does until now. Worst is, those skin-ships they've been doing for days, and Jo Eun didn't even complained about it. In fact, I saw her enjoying the holding hands with him.

Was it possible. . . That she likes him too?

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Few days later...

December 5, Friday.

Since that day, I started avoiding Kimja hyung and Jo Eun as much as I could. Even at the mansion, I kept myself from being near and talking to them. It was of course, difficult in my part because Jo Eun was the only one I have ever since our childhood and she knows me very well.

I mean, although there's mom and dad around me, we weren't able to spend time together due to their work outside the country. Also, we barely see each other a few days after I leave the house and accompanied Jo Eun here in the mansion. The last time I saw my parents was when uncle's birthday, Jo Eunie's dad, last March of this year.

"Ya, Shin. You look terrible. What's wrong?", KD asked me from behind while carrying his food tray and immediately sat right in front of me. It was peculiar. I never eat alone myself but now.

"없어요(nothing). Just...", I paused and got right back to eating. In my peripheral, vision though, I could see him staring at me suspiciously and I bet he noticed me acting weird lately as well. Because the other guys, especially Soon hyung, they were all looking at me differently since this Tuesday. Even Jo Eun look so worried yet I still tried not to mind her.

"Youngie-ah! Seriously, I'm your best friend too, aren't I?", he spoke up but received no response from me. He then threw me a deep sigh because of that until the person I've been hating since Monday came walking towards us.

"Heeeeey, look who's here! Ya, Shin Young. What's for lunch?", he grinned, slumping his palms onto the table. Yeah, well, It was Seung Heon and his two friends. *Sigh, another butt ache of the day! {(-_-)}

". . . ."

"Ya, I'm talking to you. Has the cat got your tongue?!", just as he started throwing me the same insult he's throwing out to everybody, KD spoke up.

"Seung Heon-ssi, please, not here. We don't like the other students seeing you messing up with us, do we? You're the vice president of the student council, after all. You should know that.", he informed which caused him to be taken aback. I smirked to myself while still focused on digging in my food. And then he finally left afterwards.

"*sighhh... That guy, really. Tsk! . . . Ahh Shin! Do you wanna come with us after class?", he muttered, suddenly shaking my shoulders in excitement. I lazily look up at him in curiosity.