Not Your Ordinary Love Story

Chapter 31

Joshua's POV

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Okay? It seems like Mr. West is having a problem. He sounded irritated.

"Mr. Lee? Are we going to start with the renovation of the area?" Said Mike. The head of the construction team.

"Yes, please. Make sure to inform me after the renovation and don't start the build up if I'm not yet here."

"Yes sir."

I checked my watch and it's already near 7pm. I should go now, there might be traffic near there since it is in a downtown area.

Finally I'm here. Shoot. I'm ten minutes late. Well, this ain't a business meeting right? Whoo.

Scanning the whole place to look for Mr. West but I still can't get a shadow of him and so I decided to go further and got my phone from my right pocket. It is better to call him but on a secone thought, never mind. I saw him near the bartender.

"Mr. West?" Woaaah. He drank 4 bottles of beer already.

"Oh, Joshua. You're finally here. Come, join me. Two more bottle of beer please."

What is this? I mean, what's happening to Mr. West? I'm thinking I should make a call to Isha to ask her about her boss. . . Or maybe I should not. Less contact to her. Lesser problem.

"Is there something wrong Mr. West?"

"How's the coffee shop?"

Okay. Ignored question. Something is definitely wrong.

"It's fine sir. We're about to start working on the area but I think I'll need Ms. Baek to assist me in giving instructions."

"Well, do what you need to do. Contact her if you need to but let me inform you that she's already fired from working in my company."

Fired? What did she do to get fired easily? Wait. So, Mr. West's problem is somewhat related to Isha. MR. WEST LIKES ISHA?!

"Do you like Ms. Baek sir?"

"Yeah, I liked her." I stared at him and I felt something different inside me. The thing you feel when you see your girl with another guy. Jealousy is what I'm feeling right now. But that is stupid. Why would I feel jealous?

"So, she rejected you?"

"Oh. Not the like as in liking a girl in a romantic way. I just liked her like a sister. That's all."

"What seems to be troubling you?"

"You wouldn't understand."

"I'll listen. You know it is better to speak it all out."

"It is just a stupid love. . ."

I listen to him telling me what happened and how stupid he is. They see that no matter what you say your eyes speaks it all. I looked at him in the eye. He is speaking full of anger but his eyes shows love and sadness. Is that even possible? Shouldn't you be happy when you're in love?

I should know the answer to that question but I just can't. When he finished telling me the story, that's when I noticed he drank 8 bottles of beer. And he is getting a little tipsy already.

"It's pretty boring, don't you think?" He asked me.

"Not really. Do you mind if I tell you a story too?"

"Yeah, sure. Go ahead."

"This is about my cousin. She really loved the guy so much that she was willing to die for him. Well, they were happy in their relationship. The guy wasn't rich but he can afford to buy the things they need. My cousin didn't know that the guy's family was rich but she didn't care. What's important for her was that, they both love each other. One day, she called me she said that the mother of her boyfriend went to their place and told her he already left her. Pretty sad, isn't it? The morning after the incident I received another call. It was from her. At first I was scared that she might get a suicide but I know she's strong. She told me that she's pregnant. I asked her who's the father and she told me her boyfriend that got away. That's when we decided that she must go to our relative's place in the country side. She gave birth to triplets there and with the help of our Uncle, she built her own company. Sadly, only one child survived due to some complications. After 5 or 6 years, she want back here in London with her child to make her company stronger. Her child is fighting to avoid death and the only way to survive is to have the father of her child back."

I finished my 4th bottle of beer and wiped my tears. So gay but that's how I love my cousin. Suddenly I felt love towards Isha. I admit, I still love her but what can I do? We can't even talk properly. Giving up is my only option here.

"Joshua?"

"Yes, sir?"

"Do you want another bottle?"

"Uh. Yeah sure."

"Two more bottles please." He asked the bartender and afterwards he started drinking again. Tsk. I didn't know he's alcoholic.

"I'm sorry if my story bored you to death Mr. West."

"What? Oh no. It is interesting. Her boyfriend is so stupid for leaving her."

"Yeah I agree but I find it mysterious on why his mother was the one who told her."

"Mama's boy, I guess. The guy deserved to be beaten up."

"I would do the honor to beat him up." I said that with all strength. Beating him to death if my niece dies because of him.

"I'll help you. We'll make sure he won't be able to have another child in his life."

We started laughing and continued drinking until he felt that another bottle will make him drunk already.

I drove him to his place because I know he'll face an accident if he drives. It is better to be safe than sorry. That's my motto.

When we arrived at his parent's house, he asked me something.

"Joshua, I know it is somewhat confidential. But, what's the name of your cousin?"

"Disiree."

His eyes widened and said something surprising to me.

"Vale Disiree Hustens?"

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"She was my girlfriend who left me for another guy."

"WHAT?!"

Shocked hit me. When I turned to my right, he is already out of my sight.