Chapter 20 - Butterflys Return 7:Jin Yihan (1/2)

White liquid poured down from the porcelain teapot towards the brown mixture in the hot mug. The liquid rippled in contact as the aromatic blend lightened in color.

Kang Jinho watched silently as Yihan stirred his coffee seriously with his teaspoon like he had all the time in the world, making him clench and unclench his fists on the table several times. His lips remained pressed together as he observed the other man, but his mind was in utter chaos with the plethora of questions he wanted to be answered, and the man in front of him was the only one possible to satisfy those queries.

He was testing him.

Jin Yihan, from the moment Jinho admitted his involvement with Yunjae had been doing his own observation, the businessman surmised. Though the other man had casually dealt with him earlier, Jinho knew the man still wanted something, still looked for something. Based on how those intelligent eyes underneath the other's pretense of indifference measured him up, he knew it would not be easy to earn his approval.

If this was any other day, Jinho wouldn't have given a damn. But this wasn't an ordinary day and theirs was far from an ordinary circumstance.

Brother. Until now Jinho couldn't believe that the man he had thought was Yunjae's husband was, in fact, his lover's sibling. The one he had been jealous over was not someone he should have been jealous of at all, and it left him weak as soon as he found out.

The arrival of nurses in the room had sent the men towards the cafeteria where Jinho had planned on quizzing Yihan. So far, however, since his mind was still reeling from the revelation, he was not yet able to start asking.

”What is it?” Jin Yihan suddenly spoke without lifting his eyes from his coffee and Jinho started. Again, his observation that the other man was not someone he could deal with easily was proven.

When he remained silent, the other man spoke again. ”You look like you have a lot of things you want to know,” he mentioned casually, and the businessman finally decided to throw diplomacy away.

Jin Yihan would put him in more confusion with his vague answers which Jinho was sure the other would bestow him if given a chance. He decided to be frank.

”Jae never mentioned you to me,” Jinho said bluntly which made the other look up at him. Instead of being offended, however, amusement danced in the other's eyes.

”Well, my sister never mentioned you to me either, so I guess we're even,” he retorted in equal bluntness and Jinho grunted as he smirked. The guy's smartass answer reminded him of the sarcastic Yunjae years ago when they first met.

Even if they did not share a physical resemblance, this kind of warped humor must run in their family, Jinho thought.