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Chapter 10
WB POV
All I could think about, as I looked through my work for the day, was the events of last night's party. Yi Jung's behaviour, the note he wrote to Sandy before he said he loved her, and how he came to have that waitress as his partner for the treasure hunt, it was a whirlwind in my head driving me crazy. I couldn't comprehend that night at all. Yi Jung was going to need my help to fix what he had done. He may not have realised it but by doing that last night it proved he loved Ga Eul, to go to such extremes to protect her from himself and to deny his feelings, so his actions wouldn't hurt her any further. I was sure if he did this for her he would never do anything that would purposely hurt her in the future. He already subconsciously saved her from pain caused by others, wasn't that why she loved him in the first place?, I was sure of his love for her and sure that he would shield her from any hurting if he would just trust himself too do so. He needed to realise he wasn't his father. The one relief I had from that night was that Sandy knew that he didn't love her, that was one less mess I had to clean up for him, thankfully the note said it all, " THIS IS AN ACT."
What had me really confused was, how Penny was at the party, Yi Jung didn't take her I know that because I saw him arrive. This question ran through my mind for the rest of the morning. she ran through my mind that morning, her beauty held me for a moment when I first noticed her there, though she seemed so worried when she saw I recognised her. Why? As I sat in the overpowering chair behind my desk, my head rested in my arms that were lying on the table, the solution occurred to me, actually it knocked on my door. As I heard the knock I lifted my head and told the person on the other side to come in. Ji Hoo's tall form filled the doorway as he passed through. He simply said " do you think I could call in your raincheck now?" I was out the door before he had the chance to blink, this was perfect the office was suffocating me, I needed to get out.
I felt myself calming as I sat across from Ji Hoo, it seemed he had that effect on people, he was calm so much of the time that it became contagious when you were with him. He seemed to be thinking as we sat and waited for our food at the restaurant he had picked down the road from my office, as his thoughts were apparently whirling through his mind a smile played across his lips and his eyes started to sparkle. I just had to know what was on his mind. So when i was only told it was nothing important upon inquiring I was driven mad with curiosity. Until he started talking again taking my mind off his giddy mood.
JH POV
I had really picked the oddest people to spend my time with over the years, it seemed old habits die hard. As I sat across Woo Bin trying to figure out why I was about to do this, I realised it was just that girl, I don't know why but I couldn't say no to her. So here I was to clear her name after that party and rid her of the fear of discovery. To think I was helping someone who sat on me last night like I wasn't even there, I suppose maybe my habit of sleeping all the time was getting out of hand. The voices of the two young women's' voices woke me up from the garden bench I was sleeping on, away from all the noise. One of the girls was obviously the birthday girl asking how her friend thought the surprise part of the party went . when the friend spoke her voice was so familiar I had heard it before. Lost in thought I didn't even notice the girls move to sit on the bench I was slowly getting up from, until the girl with the familiar voice almost sat on me. I cleared my throat to notify them of my presence, they both jumped at the sound and I felt a bit guilty for scaring them. I was about to apologise, when the girl with the familiar voice spoke again "oh, you're here too." A grin breaking out on her face.
There was something about this girl, for some reason I felt a connection to her, being around her just made me smile. After introducing her friend, Jae Kyung, they told me about the party with excitement sparkling in their eyes, they were, the both of them like children they were so happy. Neither of them cared that I wasn't talking much they were fine with doing all the talking for me. Of course Penny wouldn't just let me off for scaring her like that. She insisted that because I scared her I should help her out, she moved to escape this life for a bit, but Woo Bin had recognised who she was and she didn't want anyone to know where she had gone or who she really was, this was where I came in she was hoping I would pretend I brought her to the party. For some reason I agreed, now that I thought about it, this could get Woo Bin off my back about Jan Di. I didn't feel anything like that for Penny, Woo Bin didn't need to know that I thought of her simply as a friend though.
The sight of Woo Bin's hand waving in front of my face snapped me out of my thoughts and back to the present. "What were you thinking about so deeply? I felt like I was sitting across from a statue!" I knew he wouldn't believe me if I said it was nothing again so I responded with what I thought was the most believable comment " I was just starting to fall asleep" he narrowed his eyes at my response but didn't make any comments. So I figured it was time for me to keep my promise and make sure Woo Bin wasn't suspicious of Penny. I didn't want to be too obvious so I decided to try to approach the subject in a subtle way. "Penny told me she was partnered with Yi Jung for the treasure hunt last night, aren't you worried you are going to lose your bet?" I had now decided it was definitely worth helping penny with this, just to witness Woo Bins reactions, at first annoyance and disbelief flittered across his face, only to be replaced with complete confusion at what I had just said, I could see that he was questioning if he had heard me right. Nevertheless I wasn't going to give him any answers until he asked me the questions. He remained quiet for a while, in that time I closed my eyes, I could feel myself starting to sleep. Woo Bin wasn't going to accept that, so he finally asked me, " When did you talk to penny? I didn't see you at the party." Now I smiled at him. I couldn't wait to see his jaw drop. "I took Penny to the party and back home, how else would she have gotten there?" just as I had predicted Woo Bins jaw dropped he sat there for almost 30 seconds with his mouth wide open from the shock. Before he collected his thoughts and said he had to return to work. And now I had kept my promise, I could relax again.
I was actually rather happy, to just sit there by myself watching everyone pass, it was so peaceful. When I called to ask Yi Jung how he found the treasure hunt with Penny, expecting that he would be surprised, Penny told me he hadn't recognised her, apparently she had been wrong. He had recognised the dress she wore, he did pick it after all. However he was surprised that she came with me, he had been meaning to ask her how she got there, before he saw Ga Eul paired with another guy. Penny had mentioned something about being worried about the guy she saw Ga Eul paired with on our way home, I didn't tell Yi Jung this though. Questions as to who the guy was went around in my mind as I walked to a nearby park and sat under my favourite tree, I loved falling asleep on the soft lush grass, the fresh smell of the trees and waterfall to my left were always calming. All questions left my mind as I drifted off to sleep. Hoping someone would wake me up before the nightmares started…
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