His Keen Desire-A Typical Love Story

Ch. 30. Acceptance

"Wanna talk to her?"

"Uhm... actually... it's been many days since I'm here, she will be getting worried about me. I just want to tell her that I'm fine..." She hesitated a little not looking at his face. "I won't tell her where I am... I'll just..." Before she could finish speaking, Jungkook placed his phone beside her anxiously fidgeting hands. She raised her head in his direction.

"Talk to her." The warmth in his eyes made her heart melt. "And you can tell her that you are with me, with Jeon Jungkook."

She was a little taken aback because Iseul was yelling 'hello, hello'  on the other end of the line.

"Yes Iseul. It's me, Aabi... Yes, I am fine... How are you?"

"Yeah, I'm perfectly fine..." She was speaking in a very slow voice but still Jungkook could understand her conversation.

"Yes, I am happy... Don't worry about me... How is aunt's condition now?"

"No, it's not my phone..."

"Yes Iseul, I am very happy, believe me... I've never felt the emotions I'm surrounded by nowadays."

Jungkook snapped his head towards her who was talking as low as she could, not wanting Jungkook to listen to whatever she was saying in response to everything which her friend asked. "I'm learning to adopt the feeling of love Iseul... The love I was unaware of until I came here."

"Yes Iseul... A stone hearted person can turn into a soft hearted one when it comes to love, I never imagined that..."

Sensing his observing eyes on her, she hung up the phone immediately. "Okay Iseul, say hello to aunt from me, I'll talk to you later... Yeah, about that... I'll tell you... but not now..."

"To meet...? Uhm... yes... I will find time to come to meet you someday soon... Take care... Okay, bye."

"Do you know Iseul?" She asked, giving his phone back to him. She had made Iseul satisfied by saying that she would make time to visit her, but she was not at all sure that Jungkook would ever allow her to visit Iseul's house.

"No." He shook his head placing his phone on the table beside his mug. "The day I brought you here from that restaurant, I also took her number from the counterman."

"Oh okay. Thank you so much."

Observing the shades of satisfaction spread across her face hearing his answer, his lips pursed up forming a thin line. "No need to say thanks. You can talk to her whenever you want."

Jungkook saw that her withered face had lit up now.

She just nodded in return.

"Where is this sound coming from?" Suddenly her attention diverted towards the looping sound of a machine-like object buzzing somewhere in the background.

"From the aquarium." He pointed his eyes somewhere behind her. "It might be the noise of water filters or water ejectors."

"What?" Her eyeballs almost jumped out in excitement. "You also have an aquarium? Where is it?"

"Get up and find out for yourself." Inviting her, he gestured to her with his hand to get up, turn around and go to the other side of the terrace. "It's up there."

"Really? Can I see for myself?" She asked in a voice burdened with uncertainty but a lot of hidden joy.

"Absolutely. You can roam freely." He nodded his head assuring. "That's why I brought you here."

As soon as she got permission from Jungkook, she stood up from the chair with childlike excitement spread over her face and started walking in the direction from where the sound was coming.