Reborn

16. Chocolates

"Come out, you idiot, how much time do you need?" I scream at Rowan who is busy dressing up for our party. Those who have passed the semester early and start the final semester from next week have organised a party to celebrate it. Of course, Rowan and I are also starting our final semester from next week, so we are invited. A few juniors with good grades are also

I didn’t want to go first, but Rowan's constant begging,  telling me to enjoy my life a little more.

It would hurt my reputation as a CEO if it were a common party, but since only a handful of people are attending, it's okay.

Finally, that shit came out, dressing up in a black shirt and black pants. Wait, why is he wearing black?  He never likes dull colours, he says it doesn’t go with his personality. Also, according to him, I should wear more colourful clothes.

Today our role reversed cause I'm wearing a green dress and he is in black

"Hey, are you okay? You're wearing black." I asked, furrowing my eyebrows, he gave me a disgusted look and said, "From now on, I'm gonna wear dull colours. You know practicing for work clothes. By the way, why are you wearing a dress? That too colored one?  You are looking like a girl."

See this bitch, always dramatic.

Should I punch him?

When we went to the party, everyone came to greet Rowan, the social butterfly. I ignored everyone and went to the bartender, " The finest wine you have. "

He nodded and handed me a seat on a stool, took a sip, and watched students dancing on the dance floor,sodrunkk some not. I feel some pairs of eyes on me. I ignore them I saw Rowan with his friends in the corner. I have no intention to talk to them 

"Can I have a dance?"

"Are you alone? Mind if I give a company?

"Hey, beautiful, wanna dance?"

I polity diny them and enjoy my wine. Many came and tried to start a conversation, but got disappointed and left at my rude words or silence. I placed the wine glass on the bar, elbow resting on the counter, and my face resting on my palm as I made a circle on the wine glass with my other hand.

I got lost in my thoughts. How far I've come at such a young age. In this life, I work hard for myself; in the meantime, I try to do things that I enjoy. What if I have never been given a second chance? Simply, my life would be wasted, and I had no one to blame but myself.

Even if I achieved so much, my parents still don’t acknowledge me. Kim Taehyung, who was my entire world in the past, now feel so different. My sister still has the whole world revolving around her, living a perfect life.

Time changed so did I.

I'm gonna be happy this time. Already I can feel myself become happy in small things. Like when I eat food, go on vacations, when my grandparents smile, when I work hard, when Rowan's father calls me daughter, when my uncle is pleased, when I watch some silly comedy show while eating, when I explore street food stalls with Rowan. All my past life, I thought that to become happy, I needed everything.

I needed money, luxury, expensive clothes, jewellery, talent like Rose, my parents' affection, and Kim Taehyung. I thought I needed everything in the world to be happy.

But little did I know how wrong I was.

I can be happy just like that. All I have to do is let go of the bitterness and hate inside me.

I have even grown to love the plants and flowers that Butler grows in the greenhouse. He always brings fresh flowers from there and keeps the house fragrant.

I do projects that in my past life I never dreamed of touching. I work so hard sometimes that I stay awake for two or three days. I didn’t know I was capable of it. Life changed so much.

I feel someone nudged my shoulder, breaking my thoughts. I look up and see Rowan looking at me with a frown.

"You okay? I've called you but you seem deep in thought," he said

"Yah, don't worry," I answer.

"Let's go."

"Where?"

"A new seafood buffet. Thirty minutes from here," he said happily. My eyes lit up and my mouth watered. I love seafood. Food is happiness, happiness is food.

I've seen my sister eat those stupid salads to be in shape, I've also done this in my past life, afraid of the criticism and comparisons from everyone. I bet Rose and my mother would not touch the foods I eat in a million years. Hehe, their problem.

I followed Rowan like a lost or, may I say, hungry puppy.

When Rowan and I were at the desert section, I saw a chocolate fountain, and something hit me. Jeon boy would love it if he were here; that boy loved chocolates. A chuckle escaped my lips. I still remember how he used to devour the one I would give him. I heard he never came to school after that day he disappeared.

Where did you go Jeon boy?

I wish you good luck, Jeon boy, may you find all the happiness in the world, you deserve it just like I do. But I wish you happiness from the bottom of my heart. Cherish your life and work hard for the second chance you got, not for others but yourself.

While eating, Rowan keeps asking me about Kim Taehyung. He said, " Why does he keep staring at me I simply answered that he has a staring problem. But that didn’t stop him; he kept nudging me for more tea, but he might have forgotten that Taehyung is my sister's fiancé.

Whatever my feelings for him, he will always be my sister's, and if I try to win him over, I'll be called a slut. It's so funny how feelings can be so pathetic. And I'll never go after a committed man in this life.  I need to keep my stupid feelings out of my way.

After finishing dinner, Rowan bought some for his father and grandma.

See a family man.

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