Hate You, Love You. | Jenlisa

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"Let's head to Target first." I inform Hyejun as we enter the mall and make a right to the bright red establishment.

My shopping list isn't that long considering Winterwood has a dress code and I can't buy cute outfits. The only stuff I want to get from the clothing store is high knee socks, probably a new shoe and a camisole.

All my old clothes still look fresh to me and besides, I can't just blow all my money on unimportant stuff. I have to start saving up for university.

"What are you getting?"

"Lucky Charms, Maltesers, Doritos, Bagels, Jam, Ham, Bacon, Pop Tarts..." I start reading my list from the top of my head. He just shakes his head and grabs a cart from the place holder. He pushes the cart with me by his side and we head to the closest aisle-the cereal aisle.

I grab 3 boxes of Lucky Charms. "Do you like Lucky Charms?"

"Not a big fan of sugary cereal in general."

I scrunch up my nose. "Don't tell me you're a health freak like my mom."

"I wouldn't call myself a health freak, per se, I just watch what I eat." He gestures to his body, with particular focus on his lower region where his abs are located. "It's not easy to look this good."

"Cocky much?"

"You love it."

I stretch again and grab an extra Lucky Charms and toss it in the cart. "I don't care what you say. I'm buying you Lucky Charms and you are going to take it home and eat it."

I wag my forefinger at him because I know he's going to protest. "I wouldn't take no for an answer." He sighs in resignation and I move on to the next cereal box.

"To buy Kelloggs or not to buy Kelloggs?" He turns to me. "I thought you only wanted Lucky Charms?"

"I'm buying a bribe." I grab a box from the neatly ordered arrangement and hand it to him. "And concealing your identity in the process."

He examines the box in his hand. "A Kelloggs box is meant to do that?"

I look left and right and no one seems to be paying attention to us so I tip toe and whispers in his ear what the Kelloggs box is for. A look of realization crosses his face and he stretches his hands to grab another Coco Pops. "Maybe we should get two just in case."

"I like your thinking."

Ella loves Coco Pops and I know that she said I shouldn't get her anything but my plan is to bribe her so she doesn't accidentally let it slip that Hyejun came to the house.

She already knows too much just by knowing his name. I'd rather be the sacrificial lamb than let my family get involved in this mafia nonsense. I caused this anyways so I'm going to end this, with the help of the investigators of course.

Ella would obviously not say no to the sugary cereal, she'd keep her mouth shut and everything goes back to normal-well my new normal.

"Let's bounce."

The next place we go to is the chips aisle and I grab as many Doritos pack as I can, with specific focus on the Nacho cheese flavor because let's be real, who doesn't love cheese?

I add in an extra few packs for Hyejun who just follows me without saying anything about my eating habits. I'm a foodie so you can't blame me. Plus, school is starting tomorrow and I need all the food I can get because I'm going to lose a lot of weight due to all the studying I'm going to be doing.

"Have you ever been to Victoria's Secret?" I question randomly as we push the cart to the chocolate aisle. He looks flustered by my question and I resist the urge to squeeze his cheeks. I've never seen him flustered before so it's a welcome development.