CH- 2 Lie

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"Name?"

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"Name?"


"Lizzie."


"Leijji?"


He confirmed again a little confused. My eyes widened a little as I grasped the reason behind his confusion.

I had east asian ancestry somewhere in my family tree from my mother's side. Since I inherited her features and to top it off with my pretty fluent Korean, it was obvious he thought I was one.
No! I had to be one now. There was a chance that this wasn't a dream and I shouldn't take risks. My existence is a scandal. I didn't want to be locked away as an illegal immigrant or worse, as a spy. Thank you mother!

"Ah, I meant Lee Ji--"
Wait! Korean names mostly had three syllables. Lee Ji was just two and it didn't even make any sense. Think! I should quickly think of a third syllable.



Think. Think. Think.



"yoon! My name is Lee Ji-yoon."

Brilliant! Could I be anymore creative? I just used Min Yoon-gi's 'yoon' to complete my name. I hope it made sense. Was it even a girl's name? It did sound like one but I wasn't sure.
He studied my face for a while wearing a blank expression. What was he thinking? His face gave nothing away. Now I could understand how others must have felt while talking to me. He must be having a hard time trying to read me as well. Hah! We are like that spider man meme right now.

 Hah! We are like that spider man meme right now

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"How did you know my name?"


Holy shit!


"What?" I asked in a small voice, my brain was shutting down on me slowly.

"You screamed my name to stop me, didn't you? How do you know me?"

What do I say to this?
I considered myself good at making things up, I guess I overestimated myself. Maybe the pain in my shoulder was the reason behind my lagging brain or maybe his intimidating presence was doing the magic. I'd be perceived as a stalker at this rate.

"We have met before." Okay here was a start.
"Really? Where?" He was curious now. I had his full attention. Was he taking advantage of my condition knowing that the pain was driving me crazy? But I had to calm down, I couldn't make a mistake.

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