Twenty Two
Marriage in Disguise
JI HYO
The moment I woke up and tried to sit up, my head ached immediately like how many bottles did I drink last night? Ugh. I heard my phone ringing, which was on top of my bedside table. I grabbed my phone and saw a total of 16 messages and 10 missed calls. Oh Jimin. And then I realized that it was already nearing past noon. I slept that long? Wow. I decided to rest some more while I read my messages.
From: Jimin
Ji hyo! [7:57am]
Are you home? [8:00am]
Yah! Are you still sleeping? [8:23am]
JI HYO! Answer your useless phone!! [9:01am]
Yaaaah! [9:05am]
I’ll just go to your house and slap you with your fluffy pillow. Love you! [9:56am]
Okay. I can’t go. Something came up. [10:30am]
I laughed at her messages, silly Jimin. The rest of her messages are typed in big letters, I can imagine her getting frustrated with me. Then my eyes stopped on the name on my phone, messages from Joonmyeon. A dismal feeling came hitting me hard, my insides churn. Joon was the one who comforted me last night. I don't remember half of what I said or did last night but I know he was the one who carried me to my room. I sighed, it's really uncomfortable that he had to see me in that state.
From: Joon
Hey. I dropped by your room while you were sleeping and left a pain reliever and water. I assumed that your head aches. Right? So rest well. [7:41am]
And Good Morning. Hoped you had a good sleep last night. [7:50am]
I propped up and went to reach the pain reliever Joon was talking about, I was in the middle of drinking water when someone came knocking on my door. “Come in.” I tried to push the words out of my mouth.
“Miss Jihyo.” The maid courted. “Your mom wants you to join them for dinner.”
“Why so early? It’s like,” I unlocked my phone. “only quarter to six.” I asked tiredly.
“Your Mom said there’s something she had to discuss with you.” She informed slowly. I just nod and she left.
So the moment I reached the dining hall, I was greeted with a hug on my leg from sulli. This girl always seems to transfer energy to me. I walked her to her seat and sat across her, beside my mother. I saw Joonmyeon sitting silently and eating silently. Everyone was serious except for sulli who was eating noisily. “So, your flight to bora bora is scheduled, this coming weekend.” My mom informed. Bora bora? OH yeah. I definitely forgot about that. "Who do you want to go with?" She pondered.
The maid was serving food on my plate, my right hand playing with the glass, my eyes concentrated on the water inside it like it will answer for me. My mom held my left hand. "I don't think I still want to go." I answered honestly. Actually I wanted to go but with whom? And I don't want to spend my time far away from here it will just give me enough time to sulk for Chunji which is very unlikely of me and frustrating. But nonetheless, staying here would be a bu
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