Café Latte | JUNGWOO

Chapter 3

Hayoung heard the sound of Yuta's fork drop from his hands as her mouth hung open. She glanced at Doyoung but judging from his shocked expression, he didn't know about the arrangement either.

Mr. Kim and Mr. Nakamoto had then began to explain how the marriage would be beneficial to both companies, but the words weren't going to Hayoung's head. All she could do was focus on the two rings inside the red velvet box sitting in the middle of the table.

One of those rings ended up on her finger than night, as she sat in the passenger seat of Yuta's car. Doyoung sat behind her, as their parents insisted that Yuta drive the siblings to their shared house.

"Did you know about this?" Yuta asked her as he drove. Hayoung shook her head.

"No, I had no idea." Hayoung admitted. Yuta just simply nodded his head, continuing to drive in silence.

...

Hayoung rubbed her temples as she stared at the large stack of folders in front of her. They consisted of all the files that she had been given along with the ones she had taken from Doyoung so that he could focus on his café.

Hayoung looked at her watch, which read 12:00pm. She eyed the folders and let out a deep sigh. I guess I'll just have to skip lunch today.

Suddenly her door swung open, Doyoung waltzing in with a huge smile on his face. Hayoung glared at him.

"At least one of us is happy." Hayoung mumbled to herself. Doyoung let out a small chuckle before picking up the huge stack of folders from her desk, much to Hayoung's surprise.

"What are you doing?" Hayoung asked, trying to take the folders back but Doyoung held them away from her.

"I'm taking back all the work I handed off to you." Doyoung said, grinning from ear to ear. Hayoung narrowed her eyes.

"Well what do you expect me to do?" Hayoung asked him. Doyoung glared back at her.

"Go out for lunch maybe. You've been stuck in this office for months." Doyoung said to her.

"I don't really want to leave this building." Hayoung said, crossing her arms as she leaned back into her seat. She raised an eyebrow as a mischievous grin spread on Doyoung's face.

"Well lucky for you, there's a nice café on the first floor." Doyoung said to her.

Doyoung let out a small laugh as Hayoung's eyes widened as she remembered that Doyoung's café was open now.

Doyoung chucked to himself as he left her office, folders in his hands.

Well, at least I don't have to skip lunch now.

...

Jungwoo was happy. The café was doing quite well for its first day, filled with people that walked by or businessmen from the building.

Jungwoo was alone for the time being, as Mark was in his college classes. Jungwoo had told Mark to only come when he had spare time, knowing how busy college could get. Thus, Jungwoo spent long days at the café, working from 8 am to 12 am everyday, but he didn't mind. Brewing was part of his passion, and it was a pleasure to work at the café.

Doyoung had said that he would help after his work hours but Jungwoo shook him away as well. Knowing how tough office work could be, he knew that Doyoung probably wanted to go home and rest instead of taking extra hours at the café that he owned anyways.

Plus, all these extra hours helped Jungwoo pay for the many expenses he had back home, so he really didn't mind the extra effort.

Jungwoo called out the order he had just finished when he heard the bell ring. He looked towards the door, immediately recognizing the girl entering the café. It was Hayoung, Doyoung's sister.