TGJ 2: My Grumpy Jerk (On Hiatus)

Chapter 32

He keeps reading my draft and sometimes I see him smirk or raise his brows. I don't know what happened to me but I stopped protesting and watch him read my ideas written in that notebook.

He suddenly moves closer to me and I can feel our skin touch. That makes me uncomfortable, honestly. I can feel his warmth from just that. I secretly move my arm away from his without him noticing it.

Even though I already moved an inch away I can still smell him. I can't explain what smell it is. It smells manly yet a little sweet to the nose.

I sigh, a very deep one to take that nonsense away from my senses. I need to do something and retrieve my notebook.

He closes my notebook and faces me. "Are you done reading?" I ask with a brow raised at him.

"Yeah. By the way, I like your idea overall. You allow every department to showcase what they got which I have secured in my proposal as well," does he mean I copied his work? Guess not. It's just a coincidence perhaps.

"Nana failed to execute that during her time as the council's leader and I wished to improve once I win the election but it's impossible now," there's regret in his tone. But he does not encourage me to give up my place for his sake, does he?

"But I want you to consider my advice. If I won the election, I might have presented my proposal to Ms. Yuko today," he boasts and smirks at me before he left.

I just roll my eyes at his back and cross my arms in disgust. "He truly is an arrogant idiot!" I whisper and Chocho approaches me.

"What happened? What did you guys talk about?" she mutters and puts the wet cloth she used to clean the tables on the counter's deck.

"He is a nosy, arrogant bastard!" my anger did not pass.

"What?" she is puzzled and worried at the same time.

"He meddles with my proposal and acted arrogantly by sharing his ideas and he said if he had won the election, he should have presented his proposal to Ms. Yuko today," I think my nose flares and an invisible smoke comes out from it.

"He is undeniably an annoying boastful brat!" she shakes her head and put both her hands on the side of her waist.

The door opens and shuts and then that moron appears who just changed back to his school uniform. "He is leaving," Chocho whispers yet I can hear her say it.

He walks past us and then the boss follows him. "I'm leaving now," he says without turning his back to us.

"You take care on your way home, Shinki," the boss smiles at him and he keeps his pace to the door and completely leaves us all.

"You girls be ready to go home too. If you are done with your tasks you can leave now and rest. Thanks for your hard work today," he smiles gently at us.

His smile feels so warm and his thanking us is so genuine. "Thank you for today, boss!" Chocho and I bow our heads to show our gratitude to him. He laughs awkwardly.

"By the way, boss," I call out for his attention.

"Yes, do you have a word for me?" he asks still has that smile on his face.

Chocho looks at me and I guess she already knows what I wanted to say to him. "Yes, I wanted to ask permission to take absences from work. I have an important role to fulfill especially this upcoming big event at school," I watched him patiently and attentively listen to me and smile.

"Of course, you are the new Student Council President, right?" I nod to answer his question. "There's no problem with me. Chocho, Shinki, and other staff are still here to help me with the store. You don't have to worry about it,"