Thorned Rose // chae hyungwon (#31)

Twenty-Four

Hyungwon

I must really be that crazy to be behaving like that around Woo Yiwon, I have no feelings towards her and I don't even think that I would ever like anyone in my life, I come from a humble background and I don't have a lot of money in savings and I am basically struggling to make ends meet every single month. I have to send money back to my parents who depended on me and I have to do whatever it takes to make the money for them to use, it is a thing that I have been busy for the past 3 years and because of that, I don't have the time to even think of anything or anyone.

And I don't even deserve to be able to have feelings for anyone, it is not for me and I have accepted the fact that no one would ever want to be with me because I am too poor and too busy for anyone and they wouldn't be happy with someone who has all of those qualities that I mentioned, it is the ultimate combination that makes any woman leave you. And plus, once I mention that I don't have any money to provide for their meals, they are quick to reject me and never want to see me again.

Especially those materialistic girls who lives a lavish lifestyle and has everything that they need and wants even more and Woo Yiwon is one of them, she is an heiress of the Minatozaki empire in Japan and they are the top business corporations in Japan, thus making Woo Yiwon's family extremely rich and she is very materialistic.

And she has showcased some of those traits a few times ever since we met each other, she didn't look that pleased when I brought her to buy clothes, it is just a few pairs of neon tracksuits and she didn't seem that she wants to wear them at all and wanted me to buy better-looking clothes for her. Those things cost a lot of money and I don't have that kind of money to buy her that, those neon tracksuits are affordable and it is a set, it definitely saves more money to buy 2 pieces of clothing for the price of one rather than to buy a skirt for the same price.

And she broke down crying, later on, she definitely doesn't like anything that I have bought her but I don't have the choice, it is not like I have the money for her to buy anything that she wants. She should be happy that I am buying her clothes even though I have no idea how long is she even going to stay here for.

But there are a few instances that she was not like a rich and snobbish woman, she was willing to work as a waitress when she can do other things, she didn't mind how tough the job was and she now works almost everyday and she hardly takes a break at work as well. Maybe she is just trying to save money as fast as she can so that she can get out of this apartment earlier, it is not the place for her and she would like to live in the mansion that she used to stay in.

She also didn't really want to buy her a phone when I noticed that she didn't have a phone with her, it would be a hassle if she doesn't have a phone and I needed to be away from her. And when I really bought it for her, she wanted to reject the phone which made me a little confused but at the same time, she could have been just wishing that it was a newer phone model and not a phone that existed almost a decade ago.

But it also could be because she is trying to hide her identity even better so that no one can track her whereabouts and have a chance to raid our apartment, I definitely don't want that to happen and be on the headline in the newspaper, it is a very embarrassing situation to be in.

Why am I defending her all of a sudden? I am supposed to be against her at all costs, I can't be on the same side of her or I will have to risk my life and then suffer all of the consequences alone while she gets out of trouble that she created herself. 

I looked towards Woo Yiwon who is currently watching the television, her eyes are totally glued to the screen as she listened to the news being reported and the news is now reporting about a gruesome death and the culprit hasn't got caught yet. She is indeed a very scary woman, normally a lot of ladies would avoid listening to such news because it is gruesome and scary but she is listening to it like it was nothing, she didn't even break eye contact not even once and she kept her eyes on the news the whole time.

Why would I like a woman like that? She is dangerous and I would be landing myself in deep trouble, I am literally risking my life and my roommate Kihyun's life by allowing her to stay at our apartment when she escaped from her own home country in order to pursue a better life here and she is doing it illegally. And I am involved in that whole dangerous situation but yet I am still here cooking vegetarian steak for such an escapee, why should I be so hospitable to her when she is being so dangerous to everyone?

I should have told her to pack her bags and leave this apartment the moment that she told me the truth about how she pretended to lose her memories in order to sneak out of the hospital, why didn't I do that?

"Woo Yiwon!" I yelled her name and she immediately looked at me, with a confused facial expression. "What are you watching? You seem so engrossed at it."

"I was watching the news, they haven't caught the culprit that killed his own family for his own benefit and I don't think that he will ever get caught for the rest of his life, he is way too smart for the police." She shook her head and she looked at me. "Don't you think so too?"

"Oh, yeah. I hope that he gets caught soon." I ended the conversation and went back to cooking, I would have to prepare myself for the day that she would leave this place, I think that I would be very happy and I would celebrate with Kihyun who would probably have no idea about this entire thing until then.