Chapter 173 - Overlapping Shadows (3) (1/2)
He finally understood why Kaya told hih she said to do so, he couldn’t help hihts Jo Minjoon stared at Kaya with a blank expression before slowly starting to speak
“……Aer in puberty?”
“No Take the puberty out of it”
“Even before puberty, boys noret colder As if saying he understood, Minjoon just started to crush a poor french fry with his fingers with a sad expression Kaya pushed him to hurry up and make up his mind
“So ill it be WIll you stay with me or not?”
“Hold on”
Jo Minjoon took out his smartphone He then iht] Kaya started to shake her head
“Are you a kid? Why do you have to report your every ht be worried if I don’t contact her and stay out What about you? Are you going to contact your mom?”
“…… I don’t know Later If I call her now, I don’t knohat to tell her”
“Did you say Ms Grace was still in New York?”
“She lived a rough life, but she spent half of her whole life in New York I do want to take her away fro here here to California…but I will have to wait and see”
“What about you? Are you going to keep living in California?”
Kaya hesitated for ahad been decided yet and she couldn’t answer However, the fact that she could leave California ain in the near future She didn’t want to say that
For Minjoon’s feelings, for her own feelings If it is an uncertain farewell, she didn’t want to bring it up if she didn’t have to do so
“I will live in California for at least the next sixhere and there frequently, but since they said they’ll pay the rent, Iabout this?”
“Then shall we talk about the night ill be spending together?”
“Don’t say it like that I told you to becoht Isn’t it your ear that is not innocent?”
“……The nuance was corabbed a handful of fries As he ondering whether she was going to eat all of it, Kaya quickly grabbed Minjoon’s back with her other hand and reached out her hand full of fries
“Open youron saying he didn’t want to, but now that he thought about it, he had to open his mouth to respond Kaya shoved all those fries into Minjoon’s mouth and spoke with a triumphant voice
“S that puberty stricken teenager inside of you along with those fries”
He had a ton of things he wanted to say, but he could not say anything It wasn’t only because of the french fries Kaya’s face was right in front of his nose She opened her mouth Her lips approached slowly and bit one of the french fries that was sticking out of Minjoon’s mouth Her head started to turn, and the sound of her teeth biting the french fry felt like it was echoing in his ear
“The puberty stricken teenage girl inside of me, I will s her with this as well”
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Kaya did not have a house in California yet Thatat a hotel That also meant that the place the two of theether was none other than a hotel
It wasn’t weird for the at a hotel together They both knehat that usually meant… Kaya planted her butt on the couch and started to speak
“……The fenize us?”
“If she didn’t recognize us, I’aze”
“Oh osh……what do I do if they post it on the internet? Do I need to sue them?”
“If you’re worried about that, you’ll first need to take care of all those people at the hot dog shop that took pictures of us”
Kaya hugged her knees with a depressed expression at Minjoon’s words Her tight skinny jeans looked like they would burst Jo MInjoon suddenly felt aard and turned his gaze away Kaya started to mumble
“That person……do you think he saw it too”
He didn’t even need to ask who that person was Jo Minjoon quietly answered
“I’m not sure What I can be sure about is that that person probably looked up all videos related to you and Grand Chef Maybe they even encouraged that Tess Gilly to speak up”
“……Now that I think about it, it’s very weird The person who toldfor otten that information from is that reporter But why does it have to be that woman? She used to post those nasty posts about me”
“I don’t know Ask him yourself You’ll et on a plane and fly to LA that is”
At that e froent Kaya had a scared expression on her face as she looked towards Minjoon
“…Will it be a text saying he’s not co?”
“Don’t worry about it and just open it”
Kaya unlocked her phone with shaky hands Her anxious gaze read through the screen and then she let out a sigh as she leaned against the couch
“He doesn’t need a plane Apparently he lives in Orange County”
“Pretty oes well……you could see hi like I will forgive hih reason for what he did, I’ive him You prefer to like people than to hate people Plus, I’m sure your dad had a reason for what he did No, I hope that he did That is the only way for you to understand hiet a dad”
“……I don’t need sory tone The thing that ry was the fact that she knew better than anybody that what she had just said was a lie This was the person she thought aboutHer dad, he was so over her froht it s, but the word ‘dad’ held a deepthat echoed in her heartThat hy she couldn’t help but to hate him more Someone that special, someone who should be that special ……never showed his face in front of her mom or her for twenty years
It was at that moment Jo Minjoon came next to Kaya and quietly put his arm around her shoulder Kaya turned her head and looked up at Jo Minjoon’s face She started to speak while scrunching her lips
“Didn’t I tell you to get rid of the teenager going through puberty?
“If I was a teenager going through puberty, I would not have been satisfied with just your shoulder”
“…… Pervert”
Although she was giving him a look, she slowly leaned her head on Minjoon’s shoulder Kaya then started to speak
“Practice with me”
“Practice?”
“For when I meet that person You pretend to be him”
Kaya moved herself away as she said that As Jo Minjoon started to look at her with a slightly confused expression, Kaya’s eyes became fierce as she started to speak
“Who do you think you are?”
“……What?”
“You really thought that I would be happy to see you after all these years just because your blood runs through my veins?”
“How a skills”
“……Minjoon Just don’t say anything You’re taking me out of the zone”
“Your dad won’t just sit there without saying anything”
“I need to do this so that I won’t shake to that’s on my ently If you get angry like that, it makes you look more nervous You want to show him your confident self”
Kaya started to take so Minjoon speak As he mentioned, she didn’t want to show a shabby appearance Jo Minjoon looked at Kaya and asked a question
“Thank you”
“……For what?”