The Bad Boy And His Baby

Chapter 16

We sit in a small café right next to the window. The place isn't full and soft jazz music plays from the speakers overhead. I order a strawberry milkshake for myself while Lucky gets a custard doughnut and a cappuccino. "Are you sure you don't want anything to eat?" I shake my head. "I'm fine, thanks."

She takes her phone and I stare out the window at the people passing by. I hope we don't get into too much trouble for skipping work. I know Lucky said she wouldn't let me get into trouble but I hope she doesn't take the blame.

"I might quit my job." She says, putting her phone down on the table and looking at me. "What? Why?" Lucky is the only one that speaks to me at Golden Ray. The other workers don't seem to speak much and I can't imagine how boring it would be without her. "My boyfriend said I don't need to work there. Told me he could get me a better job."

"But, what if you break up?" She shrugs. "I don't think we'll ever break up. It's weird but I just know in my heart that he's the one."

I think about Ji. After being around him and so close to him, I got that same feeling. The feeling that we were almost connected.

"What work does your boyfriend do?"

"You know Night Fever? The club?" I nod. "He's the owner." My eyes widen. How did she manage to get a guy like that? I think back to when Ji said he wants to work as a bartender there. If I remember correctly, he said he was friends with the owner. Maybe that's how Lucky knows about us.

"Your boyfriend is a friend of Ji's?" She smirks at me and our drinks and her doughnut arrives. "They're good friends."

"So, Ji's been telling your boyfriend about me?" I roll my eyes. Of course he has. I'm nothing more than a random girl. He's obviously gonna talk about me to his friends. "It's not like that. He doesn't talk about you two much, I swear. Ji went to him for advice."

"Advice? For what?"

"He said he needed help. He spoke about meeting you and going on about how hot you are. I asked him if he likes you. He didn't deny it but he didn't say yes either. He just said it's too early to like you. But then he came to us again and told us about the tension between you two and how he wanted to kiss you so bad but ended up kissing you on your forehead cause he wasn't sure how you felt about him."

I almost want to touch the spot where he kissed me. He wanted to kiss me? He should've. He didn't deny his feelings for me. Does that mean something?

But what about yesterday? He got so annoyed with me. He didn't even call to apologize. I must've ruined my chances with him.

"He told us about your argument. He didn't go into detail but he told us you stormed off. Are you still mad at him?" She takes a sip of her drink. "I... don't know." I'm so confused with all this information. Does that mean he feels it too? The string connecting us? Maybe I shouldn't have stormed off. Maybe we could've talked it over like adults. Maybe I should apologize. But if I do, he might think I'm desperate. Am I?

"I told him to apologize to you. Did he?" I shake my head. She leans over to hold my hand. "Ji... he has a really weird life that I can't explain. You two would look great together, trust me. But, maybe he's not the one. He's... dangerous and I don't want you getting in his mess."

Dangerous? How can he be dangerous?

She pulls her hand away. "But enough about that. The music they're playing is actually fire. Almost makes me want to dance." She giggles.

I want her to tell me more about him. But I'm afraid that if I ask, I'll come off as desperate. I really need to forget about him. Whatever we had, I need to erase it from my mind. He doesn't care about me in the way I care about him. He made that clear yesterday.