10 일만 내놔 : Give me 10 days (MICHAENG)

CHAPTER 23

[Chaeyoung's POV]

"What am I going to find out eventually?" Mina asked again.

It's like I've been poured with a bucket of ice water in winter. I'm frozen like a Popsicle stick. Jeongyeon and Momo are doing the same thing and I couldn't blame them. We've been talking about the unidentified person who took our photo last night. How we can't go out alone until we figure out who that person is.

How much of our conversation did she hear? Do I have to come clean?

I looked at Jeongyeon unnie. Ottoke?

She looked at me and nodded.

"Arraseo." Jeongyeon finally talked. "We'll tell you the truth. But promise don't be mad at Chaeyoung. Don't be mad at us. Arraseo?"

Oh crap. She's gonna say it. I'm trying to catch her attention but she didn't even bothered glancing at my direction. Unnie, please. Don't tell her yet. Jebal.

"What is it?" Mina patiently waited for Jeongyeon to continue her confession.

"Mianhe, Minari." Jeongyeon paced slowly towards her. "The truth is..."

She paused in front of Mina. "What?"

Jeongyeon placed her hand on Mina's shoulder. "We didn't cook our dinner last night. It's just a delivery order from the restaurant three blocks away from here. Mianhe."

Eh?

"Eh?" Mina and Momo said at the same time.

Jeongyeon quickly side-eyed Momo then looked at Mina.

"Yes. That's the truth. Actually, it's all Momo's fault. She poured the whole container of salt in the pot. It was... tragic." She sighed dramatically.

Mina looked at me. I can see Momo cursing Jeongyeon silently as Mina stared at me.

"Right, Chaeyoung-a?" Jeongyeon urged me to say something to back her up.

Ani, unnie. Crap. Arraseo, I'll have to work with this.

"A... Actually, I was going to tell them." I gulped as I awkwardly smile at Mina, turning to Jeongyeon. "Unnie. I was actually about to tell you that... that I already told Mina unnie last night that w-we didn't cook the food. I... I just couldn't keep a secret from her." I can feel my scalp breaking out with cold nervous sweat. Why can't you just tell her the truth, Chaeyoung-a?

I'm just digging myself into a deeper hole. I have no idea what facial expression I'm using anymore, Mina's blank stare is killing me and so does Momo and Jeongyeon's confused faces.

Momo blinked and clapped. "Aigoo! Is that what you've been trying to tell us a while ago? Oh. I get it now." She finally catch on. Thank goodness.

She then hid behind Mina and made an OK sign with her fingers. I fought the urge to shake my head.

"Ah. Arraseo. Arraseo. Gwenchanha, Chaeyoung-a. Well. It's good that we cleared it all up. Arraseo..." Jeongyeon animatedly tapped my shoulder. Unnie, please don't make this weirder. I'm sending her signals with my eyes but I don't think she was able to decode any of it.

Mina is still staring at me, not saying a word. I can't read her expression and it made me even more anxious.

She finally smiled. "Let's go out for breakfast."