Author's Note:
He's making an effort.
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Kim Go Eun lived in a crowded neighborhood with rows of tiny flats, flower pots, and toddlers running around. Min Ho parked his silver Bentley on the narrow space existed and locked it, ignoring how the kids were staring and began to discuss who dared to touch it first.
He went up a staircase and walked until he found a door with a card written near the doorbell with her name.
And then he pressed the bell.
Somewhere inside, she questioned loudly, "Who is it?".
He didn't answer.
He pressed the bell again twice, and she grumbled inside, saying, "Yes, yes, I'm coming!"
She peeked through the peephole and then opened the door angrily.
"Why are you here???"
He offered no smile, only saying, "Let's talk."
"In your dreams!" she answered, slamming the door on his face.
He inhaled and willed himself to not just break the door, and called her repeatedly instead.
He was ignored for more than thirty minutes, before he finally gave up and decided to wait in his car.
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Around 7 pm, Go Eun left her apartment to the nearest supermarket, having to buy supplies and groceries. She couldn't believe her eyes when he saw the Bentley parked near the building.
What, so he hadn't left?
She scowled to that direction before leaving the complex, walking to the bus stop while listening to music.
The Bentley followed her.
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Min Ho had to park his car first, and lost her for a short time. He searched for her in every aisle before finding her in the toiletries area.
She put in her favorite shower gel to her basket, looked up, and saw him standing at the end of the row.
She ignored him yet again and went to finish her shopping list.
Min Ho kept a distance from her, but he followed her from aisle to aisle, looking at her ticking items from a piece of paper until she finally nodded in satisfaction and began to queue at the cashier.
Of course, he went to stand behind her. He watched as everything she bought was being totaled and offered her his credit card silently.
She looked down, reached for the card, and threw it to the floor.
Next, she took cash from her purse and paid everything herself. Everything was put into two full plastic bags and she left the counter.
It had to be one of the worst humiliations he ever had in his life. Giving a credit card to a girl for her to pay then got it thrown to the floor like it's trash, and having to bend down and take it from the floor.
He hadn't had many humiliations in his life. Kim Go Eun probably gave him all of it.
But still, he chased her out of the supermarket and caught her, reaching for one of the big plastic bags.
"I'll help you carry it. I'll drive you home."
"Let go. Or I'll scream and tell people you're trying to rape me."
He let go and she walked away, up onto a bus and left for her home.
He arrived back to her complex when she climbed the staircase, was close to her when she walked in the hallway, and stood exactly by the door when she slammed it once more on his face.
