Spellbound

9.

"Lisa, did you listening or not? He said he has the scene of me shouting to everyone that we're fake recorded in his security camera. Bobby slightly grunts, "it doesn't matter if we broke up or not, he would still use it as the weapon."

Lisa sighs, "Then what would you do?"

Bobby didn't say anything.

"instead of breaking up with me, why don't we..." he paused, "...make this real?"

She suddenly snorted, "are you asking me to date you for real to avoiding being June's lawyer?"

"No...No..." Bobby stuttered, "I—" the words might blurted before he couldn't stop himself, but there are truths in the sentence, thinking about her dating him for real got him excited. But the changing of expression in Lisa's face right now signalling that she's not happy with the situation.

"Pull over." She said.

"What? No, Lisa, let's talk about this—"

"Pull over!" she repeating in a stronger tone.

Bobby turn the steer wheel, approaching the wayside.

"I'll help you if you need to see Nana or any family event whatsoever, but that's it, let's make this relationship as professional as possible." She un-click her seatbelt, "thank you, good evening, Mr. Kim."

She's overreacting, Bobby scoffed at the fact he keep telling himself that she's overreacting. But he familiar enough with the sentiment trailing inside his chest. Maybe shame, or humiliation, but mostly agony.

+

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Donghyuk groaned when he has to picked up Lisa out of nowhere just because she jumped out of Bobby's car.

"The question is what is wrong with him." Lisa rolled her eyes, "is love's a game for him, don't drag me in."

"Yeah but—"

"Listen to me, Dongi, do you think I want to be in a relationship with someone who has a dictating grandma, prideful mother, and overly famous father?" Lisa asked.

"But the parents never done any harm to you."

"I get it, Dongi, but I am practically alone, I don't have any close family at the moment and all I longing for is to have a normal relationship who has a normal family at the back. Not some TV drama kind of family."

Donghyuk just nodded to her words, she probably have her on reason of being too cautious. And how Bobby asked her out is clearly too sudden, it does look like he only wanted to save himself from another setback.

"So, you still gonna see him?" Donghyuk asked.

"As a business partner in the fake game, yes. But I'm going to find a way to broke up with him publicly so I can detach myself from him... forever." She murmured at the last word since it strangely pinched her heart.

+

"Of course she'll overreacting." Hanbin rolled his eyes when Bobby tell him what happened between him and Lisa, it was lunch time and they were sitting at a coffeeshop near the hospital where Hanbin work, "you guys never gave a clear sign of how much you fell for each other!"

Bobby about to defend himself when Hanbin cut him.

"Not that I didn't know, oh my God, that's been too obvious."

"So what should I do?"

"Anything but suddenly asking her to date you." Hanbin said, "it's normal to think that you're not serious."