Chapter 87 - Theres No Rush (1/2)
”Oh my lord…”
Yanee Lee stared flabbergasted at the grinning Marian. Then, she tried to recall the sweet and quiet young man who she met at the party back in South Korea. Liam Kang, Jinho Kang's younger brother was an epitome of a very calm albeit sweet man. Who would have thought that…
Both Marian and her husband were… dorks.
”What do you think?” Marian asked eagerly. ”How's my story, huh?”
”That was a rollercoaster of misunderstandings, frustrations, and craziness. But I don't know it's also cute in a way but it's the kind of feeling that makes one cry or laugh or both.”
Actually, while listening to Marian earlier, Yanee did just that.
Immaculate conception…
Accusing her friend as the father of her baby…
Marian's brain surely worked amazingly different.
”You must be thinking that I'm such an airhead,” Marian said, and Yanee slipped in the hot spring and sank. ”Yanee!”
Yanee resurfaced and sputtered as she sat back properly within the hot water. ”I'm alright.” She was just surprised that even if Marian was a little bit blunt sometimes, she had a very sharp sense on what she was thinking.
”It's alright. I'm good at my work. But when I'm pregnant my brain cells retire and go out of order until I give birth,” Marian ȧssured her laughingly. ”Blame all that to my younger twin who took all the brainpower in the wȯmb.”
Oh?
Yanee looked at Marian in surprise. ”You have a twin?”
This time, it was Marian's turn to be surprised. ”You mean you haven't…” she said but paused and sighed. ”Nevermind, I'll present him to you one of these days. But when you do finally know him, please forgive him. He may be very smart in most areas but he has a very low EQ. I mean his EQ is okay but he's never really had any relationships before since he's never interested.”
Er…
”It's fine. You don't have to apologize for that. I don't really mind.”
Yanee really had no idea why Marian had to say that. She didn't really mind about people's personalities since it really didn't have anything to do with her. But since Marian and her family seemed to be very warm towards her, Yanee just chalked it up that she didn't want her to have a bad impression on the mentioned twin in case she met him. Nonetheless, she was a bit confused earlier since she thought that she already met everyone in Marian's family. Yanee reckoned Marian already said so earlier, but she didn't linger on it. Marian might have forgotten that she missed one member.
”Anyway, about my story…” Marian prompted, her huge doe eyes looking expectantly at Yanee.
Yanee smiled. ”It's actually a very good story all in all. It's like a gift,” she answered honestly.
Actually, this was the very first story that ticked all the boxes in Yanee's checklist. Marian's and Liam's story began and developed in an actual office setting. It was a perfect example for her project. She really didn't have to revise anything from it.
”Ah…you really should smile more often. You're so pretty,” Marian commented and Yanee suddenly felt self-conscious that the smile of her face became weird. ”Nevermind!”
Marian laughed out loud and Yanee massaged her face as she too let out a peal of laughter.
”So, do you think you can remember everything? I mean you're taking a bath and wasn't able to take down notes. But don't worry. We were supposed to talk about my story tomorrow so we have enough time. If you have questions I can always go over with you with the details you forgot.” Marian looked at her worriedly and Yanee smiled.
It seemed Marian just realized and felt guilty that she talked about her story when Yanee couldn't take notes.
”Don't worry. I have a very good memory,” she ȧssured her, then remembered something. ”By the way, I'm wondering how's your friend now?”
”Which one?” Marian asked.
”The one who got accused of fathering your child,”Yanee answered with a giggle, and Marian giggled back.