Love Contract / Mark Lee

Chapter 44.5

"Hear me out Areum. It's Chamomile tea. The best tea when it comes to relaxing." Hanah said.

"I don't drink tea, though." Areum protested. Hanah nodded.

"Trust me. It works!" She said. Jeno walked into the kitchen.

"What's going on?" He said. Areum looked over.

"You're mom is trying to get me into Chamomile tea." She explained. Jeno shook his head.

"But Areum doesn't drink tea." He said. Areum nodded.

"I said that" She replied.

"Areum, when I was pregnant with Jeno, I had a lot of stress. Especially because Jeno was always kicking me. Chamomile always soothed me the whole pregnancy." She said. Areum chuckled.

"Ok. I'll have some later." Areum said. Hanah shook her head.

"I know you too well Areum to know that you are not gonna drink this so... more for me." She said. Areum and Jeno laughed.

"I'll let you two be alone." She said, walking away. Areum grabbed an apple, joining Jeno on the couch.

"So what are we watching tonight?" He asked. She shrugged.

"I don't know. Nothing too long, I have work tomorrow." She groaned. He chuckled.

"Ohhh the joy of being a normal person with a normal job in their twenties." Jeno said. She rolled her eyes.

"Yet who's the one who still lives with their mom all the time to avoid paying rent?" She said. Jeno scoffed.

"At least I'm having fun" He joked.

"At least i'm the one who's gonna be out of debt and be able to retire early because I have all the money in the world." She teased. Jeno bit his lip.

"Yeah that's what I thought." She said. They were about to start watching when her phone rang from upstairs.

"Ugh. I'll be right back." She said, standing up. Jeno was scrolling through his phone when he heard the front door ring. He walked up to it, opening it.

"Mark? What are you doing here?" He asked. Mark sighed.

"I uh... I came to drop this off." He said, handing him a hoodie.

"Why would I want this?" Jeno said. Mark rolled his eyes.

"It's not for you. It's for her. Look, I don't have time to explain. I told Johnny to call her, distracting her so she wouldn't answer the door. But just make sure she gets it. She likes sleeping with it. She can't sleep without it." He said. Jeno sighed, grabbing it.

"Hurry up. She is trying so hard not to think about you. She's pretending to be strong but I know her. She's really hurting. Please just do something, and do it fast." He said, closing the door. Areum came down the stairs.

"It was just Johnny. He said something about Jaehyun" She said. Jeno nodded, hiding the hoodie.

"Uh ok." He said. Areum and Jeno sat down, watching the movie. She got a notification on her phone, causing her to open it. She saw her screensaver, which was a picture of her and Mark. She smiled, clicking on her camera roll to scroll through more pictures of her and Mark.

"Areum." Jeno called. She hid her phone.

"Yeah?" She called. He sighed.

"Why aren't you watching the movie?" He asked. She sighed.

"I'm kind of tired. You know, the whole baby thing. I'm gonna go to bed early." She said. Jeno nodded.

"Ok. Lemme just go get something from the guest room that you're in." he said, running up the stairs.