Chapter 38
Third Time Lucky? [EDITING]“Happy Birthday to you” everyone started chanting and Ji Hoo was playing the violin on the DJ’s platform. A five tier chocolate fudge cake was presented to Mandy and everyone started gathering around her, continuing with the chanting. Mandy blew on the candles and when she cut the cake, the first slice she fed to her parents. She then continued on to her grandparents; her sister and brother-in-law; her niece; then her aunts and uncles; her cousins and their spouses; and then her other nieces and nephews. She then fed the cake to Niya and then moved onto her Korean family. The last one was Ji Hoo
“Do aaaah” Mandy said as she stuffed a big slice into his mouth
“Yah! Why does he get a bigger piece than I did” Jun Pyo demanded
“Yah! Are you a kid? Fighting over cake” Jan Di said
“He gets a bigger piece because he organized all this” Mandy explained
“But I transported your whole family on my plane” Jun Pyo argued
“You did?” Mandy asked and when Jun Pyo nodded she stuffed a piece of cake in his mouth too “So you get one too” she laughed
“I convinced them to come here” Yi Jung joined the childish comparisons
“Ok, then you get one too” and fed him a slice
“I got your best friend here and this is my club” Woo Bin also joined
“Then do aaah” and she fed him a slice too
Seeing this, Niya, Ga Eul and Jan Di laughed out loud at the grown men’s childish behavior
“You have got them eating out the palm of your hand; literally” Niya commented
Mandy laughed out loud
“What are you laughing about?” Jun Hee asked as she and Harleen joined the group
“She’s got them eating out of the palm of her hand” Jan Di and Ga Eul explained them in between laughs.
“Just like you two huh?” Jun Hee commented and smiled
“Noona, no one has got us eating out of the palm of their hand” Jun Pyo argued
“Yeah, it shows” Harleen commented and both she and Jun Hee laughed out loud.
“I see that you two got real close” Mandy observed
“We have a lot in common; hotelier husbands; we both run businesses ourselves; and above all we have trouble makers as younger siblings” Harleen commented
“But we still love them dearly” Jun Hee added
“Also to add that you are both really pretty” Ga Eul added
Both the elder sisters chuckled and Harleen patted Ga Eul’s head fondly “You really are as cute as a Barbie doll” she said
Miraya came running towards Mandy and pulled on her dress to get her attention “Maasi, I want to dance” she said when Mandy bent down.
“Will you dance with me then?” Ji Hoo asked her as he offered the little girl his hand and smiled charmingly at her.
“Do you think you will be able to handle her” Mandy asked Ji Hoo. He just nodded
“Okay” and looked at Miraya. “Do you want to dance with him?” Mandy asked her niece
“Is he your boyfriend?” Miraya asked her aunt unsurely
“Why, do you want him?” the aunt questioned
Miraya nodded and everyone around laughed out loud
“I see you got another proposal, Prince Doctor” Jan Di said
“If only I got that from her aunt” Ji Hoo said overdramatically and laughed as he took Miraya’s hand and carried her to the dance floor.
“Where did Miraya go?” Sarabjeet asked as he joined the group
“Off into the sunset with her Prince Charming” Mandy said dreamily which made the whole group laugh out loud again. Sarabjeet just stood there
“Your daughter is getting big really soon, she proposed to Ji Hoo” Harleen said smiling
“You have to stop reading those fairytales to her. Not every good looking guy is going to be her Prince Charming.” Sarabjeet said
“She’ll learn it on her own; let her enjoy for now” Harleen said
“And I think I should go check on Ji Hoo too, to see if he acting all ‘charmingly’ or not” Mandy joked and moved towards the dance floor.
Mandy’s other nieces and nephews had joined Miraya on the dance floor and all were dancing around Ji Hoo in a circle
“You’re looking good” Mandy shouted to him over the music
Ji Hoo just nodded and dragged Mandy along with him to the rhythm of the bollywood music
“Can you understand anything?” Mandy asked referring to the lyrics
Ji Hoo shook his head
“What did you bribe them all with?” Mandy asked
“That I’ll take them to the amusement park tomorrow” Ji Hoo shouted
“But they have to go tomorrow” Mandy said
“Their flight is for 4pm tomorrow; we’ll go in the morning” he said and continued on copying the steps the kids were doing around him
Mandy laughed out seeing this carefree and wild side of Ji Hoo. She then again shouted in his ear “I’ll be back” she said and went off the floor.
She returned back after 10 minutes with the F4 and the girls. She pushed everyone on the dance floor. Her cousins had started dancing on their own. The F4 were hesitant in the start but slowly got the hang of it and joined in on the fun.
Most of Mandy’s aunts and uncles had started retiring to their hotels and soon her cousins started doing so too. Soon only the F4, Jan Di, Ga Eul, Mandy and Niya were left.
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