Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 186: Neutral

Eun-sun was the first to clock off work the moment it was closing hours. She didn’t want to spend one more second there and bump into you-know-who. The last thing she wanted was to see his face right in front of her, she wouldn’t know what to do or say if that happened. It was going to revive all the feeling of embarrassment she has been feeling since yesterday.

Eun-sun hurried into the elevator and pressed the ground floor button. She whipped out her phone from her bag as she contemplated turning it on. After much deliberation, she decided to leave it off till she leaves the premises. He might just call her the moment she turns it on.

Eun-sun had only walked past the security check when she saw someone waving at her with a smile plastered on his face. Seeing him waving at her smilingly made her face lit up as she sauntered over to him. It was good to see a neutral face today.

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When In-Ha saw her walking over, there was a sudden thud in his heart. She was looking pretty as ever. It seems every day she looked better than the last. And when he saw her smile at him like that, all the anger and pain he had been feeling before getting there, thanks to Ji-A and her craziness completely dissipated. She was like a breath of fresh air.

“Hey Shuga” He called with a bright smile.

“No pumpkin now?” She cocked a brow at him smilingly, while In-Ha looked at her in surprise.

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“Look at you enjoying the pets names, huh?” He teased.

“Just shut up” She slightly smacked him on his arm while In-Ha chuckled.

“What are you doing here?” Eun-sun curiously inquired.

“What did you mean by what am I doing here? Do you by chance have a knack for that sentence?” In-Ha asked with a serious expression. As far as he could remember, she had always asked him that’s question whenever he comes around.

Eun-sun raised a brow at him and sighed. She didn’t have the energy for his crazy antics.

Noticing her bored look, he said, ” I came here to pick up my honey bunny from work.” He chirped.

“Huh? Honey bunny now? In-Ha where do you come up with these cheesy endearments?” Eun-sun couldn’t help but ask. She had come to understand his sunny-happy personality and that he liked to use endearing words so it didn’t bother her anymore, but how he always came up with them was baffling.

In-Ha chuckled, “I have a thesaurus of them tigress and they are all for you” He pinched her cheek, which Eun-sun smacked off.

“Tch, still so violent” He teased.

“So are you ready to go?” He asked excitedly, making Eun-sun look at him in confusion.

“You really came to pick me up?” She asked with uncertainty.

Furrowing his brows, In-Ha replied, “Of course, why else would I be here?”

“Well, Mr Lee?” She shrugged. He could come here to see him right, after all, they both lived under the same roof.

Understanding what she was trying to say, In-Ha flicked her forehead, “You’re so dumb”

“Ouch” She winced as she eyed him.

“Do you want to die?” She snapped as she rubbed on the place In-Ha had flicked her. She was sure it was red by now.

In-Ha looked at her with disbelief, not minding the death glare she was shooting at him, “I used to think you were knowledgeable, but it seems you’re going to disappoint me” He hissed making Eun-sun glare at him again.

“In-Ha it seems you’ve forgotten how my shoulders feel like,” She said in a cool manner like she had not just threatened him.

In-Ha’s eye’s widened as he looked at her in disbelief, ” You..” He was speechless.

“Just tell me why you’re here?” Eun-sun asked again prompting In-Ha to look at her like she was a teeny tiny bit dumb.

“Haven’t I told you? You’re really disappointing me Park Eun-sun”

“It’s you who is disappointing” She fired back, making In-Ha laugh.

“Okay you’re not disappointing, you’re smart. But I really came here to pick up and not your tyrant of a boss. He has a car and he can find his way home. But you pumpkin, I’m taking you for a treat tonight” He chirped and teasefully pinched her cheeks again. He removed his hand quickly when Eun-sun glared at him and tried to smack his hand off her face.

“What kind of treat?” Eun-sun asked. She wasn’t really up for it, but she could use a bit of distraction from all the thoughts that have been hounding her all day. And she was sure if she goes home now, it was going to get worse.

In-Ha scratched the back of his head. He hadn’t really thought about what they were supposed to do or where they were supposed to go. He had only wanted to be with her and that was why he was here in the first place.

“I don’t really know” He cutely pouted his lips. Eun-sun shook her head when she saw him like that.

“Stop pouting your lips, you look like a pretty fool” She laughed when In-Ha distorted his face into a frown.

“That’s not fair” He glared at her, but she kept on laughing amusedly. In-Ha was stunned when he saw her laughing like that. For the first time, he realized how perfect her dentition was, and how her hazel eyes shone brightly when she smiled. Even her smiles made her more beautiful.

“Serves you right. That’s payback for pinching me and calling me dumb” She said as her laughter died down. In-Ha pulled out of his reverie when she spoke up.

‘Focus In-Ha’ He chided himself.

“So where do you want to go? I can take you there and we’ll have fun” In-Ha told her. Thinking for a while, Eun-sun remembered something. She brought out a flier from her bag which some kid had given her on the bus on her way to work this morning.

“There’s a street dance-off taking place tonight, let’s go there,” She told him, passing the flier to him.

In-Ha received it and took a quick look at it, before saying, “Okay let’s go”

“Cool,” Eun-sun smiled.

Grabbing her bag from her, In-Ha threw his arm across her shoulder and said, “Let’s hit the road pumpkin. I’ll make your night spectacular”