Divorce : This is a Trivial Matter

21

Chapter 21 – A Third Party

The three graduate students worked themselves to the bone to get their manuscript up to Professor Jeon's rigorous standards before the Friday deadline. They spent Saturday collapsed in their dormitory, limp and boneless.

Lisa had also been planning to spend the day in bed, but Rosé had asked her to a buffet that day. She crawled out of bed and cleaned herself up, only to find that the water supply had been cut off. Remembering what her mother had said about water getting cut off when there was not much left, she looked about the bedroom but could not find the water card.

Rosé would be expecting her soon. Lisa hunted through the closet for a while before reluctantly calling Jungkook.

Jungkook, at that very moment, was preparing to pick up Auntie Zhao from her hotel. He had just buttoned up his shirt when the phone on the table lit up. On the buzzing screen, the word "Darling" was particularly conspicuous. He paused a moment before hastily answering the call. "What's the matter?"

That cool, cold voice, like little pieces of ice, hit Lisa's ears and put her at a momentary loss. "Where did you put the water card?”

“The second drawer on the right of the bedside table. The water tank is in the corridor, and the third of the seventh row belongs to our home. If there's no water at home, that means that water has run out. You can pay the fee to have it refilled at the supermarket downstairs."

Though his tone was gentle, Lisa's ears were red from embarrassment. She felt like a foolish kindergarten kid who knew nothing.

"Thank you." She said the words quickly and hung up without hesitation. He smiled to hear the busy tone on the phone, and stood there listening for a while before picking up his jacket and heading out the door.

The Western restaurant Lisa and Rosé had chosen was on the second floor of the Grand Europe Hotel. It was a Western buffet, which was very popular among the younger generation.

The handsome doorman held the door politely for her, and Lisa walked up the spiral staircase to the second floor of the hall. The hostess there greeted her with a bow and a sweet smile. "Welcome, do you have a reservation?"

Lisa peered into the interior of the restaurant and quickly found Rosé. "I'm meeting a friend. It looks like she's here already."

The hostess gestured politely for her to enter. Really, Lisa thought, this place was worthy of being a 5-star hotel. Such service! Also, hadn't Eunwoo said that he worked here? She wondered if she would meet him?

Finding the table Rosé was at, she looked down at the dishes currently on it. On the table were a caramel pudding, a stack of banana pancakes, and two strawberry cakes.

This particular restaurant was famed for their desserts. Not only were there a wide variety of delicacies in their selection, but they were oftentimes actually better than that of an actual cake shop. It was quite common to come here specifically just for dessert.

Lisa eyed the cakes on the table and felt her mouth water. Forking up a corner, she bit into it - the sour taste of strawberry and the sweetness of cream blended together, and she closed her eyes in bliss. "Mmmm! The strawberry cake here's just the best!”

Rosé smirked. “Why do I get the feeling that ever since your divorce, your standards have been getting lower and lower?”

Lisa picked up a strawberry with her fingers and tossed it into her mouth carelessly. "I prefer to call it 'returning to my natural state'."

Her friend rolled her eyes, a smug smile hanging on her face. "How's life after divorce? Lonely? "

Lisa contemplated the question for a moment. "It's pretty great. Slippers no longer have to be perfectly perpendicular to the head of the bed. The toothbrush head can face whichever way it wants, and there's no need to separate the towels from each other by exactly 5 centimeters!"