Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

She had intended to take just a small bite, but in her panic, she stuffed the entire chrysanthemum bread into her mouth.

And in that state, she made eye contact with the customer standing next to her.

It was Seol Jaejun.

“Ugh. Urgh.”

Her mouth wouldn’t close, and it was so hot that she groaned and made strange sounds.

“Sp, spit.”

“Spit it out. You’ll burn your entire palate.”

He directly held out his palm in front of Yoomin.

Yoomin shook her head frantically while tearing up from the pain.

“I said spit it out. The moment the red bean filling bursts, it’ll be hell.”

Just as Jaejun said, she just hadn’t burst it in her mouth yet.

If the outside was this hot, the inside would be beyond imagination.

“Hurry.”

At his urging, Yoomin finally spat the chrysanthemum bread into his hand.

Pain had overcome instinct.

Jaejun, as if it wasn’t hot at all, calmly threw it in the trash like someone who had just caught watermelon seeds.

Meanwhile, Yoomin felt like her palate was completely burned, so she opened her mouth and fanned it with her hand while swallowing the pain.

How did I run into Senior Jaejun at a moment like this? And I even spat chrysanthemum bread into his hand.

Ah, this is really ugly and the worst, Hong Yoomin.

She wanted to quickly say something and get out of there, but her mouth was burning so she couldn’t speak properly.

“Owner.”

That was the moment.

“I’m not leaving. Please keep making the bread.”

After Jaejun said this, he suddenly left.

Yoomin could only stand there blankly and watch his retreating figure.

The mister who was baking chrysanthemum bread casually spoke up.

“Tsk tsk, are you okay? Who puts freshly baked chrysanthemum bread in their mouth like that all at once? You’ll get burned.”

“Ah… you’re right…”

Yoomin stuck out her tongue and looked at the mister.

However, the mister quickly lost interest in Yoomin and just baked bread.

She was standing there embarrassed with only her burning tongue sticking out when Jaejun returned.

In his hand was a cool water bottle.

In the meantime, he had been to the convenience store on the 1st floor of the commercial building.

He even opened the cap himself and handed the bottle to Yoomin.

Yoomin chewed her lips and hesitated about whether to accept it or not, then took the water.

“…Thank you, Senior.”

Without even hearing his response, she put water in her mouth and swished it around.

Only then did the burning sensation improve a little.

Still, after swallowing the water, a faint pain remained.

Like how last night, even though she had deleted Jaejun’s contact and decided to erase him from her heart, something faint still remained.

Yoomin had no idea what this situation even was.

She was so bewildered, and with Jaejun standing next to her, her brain couldn’t function even more.

“Ha.”

When she let out a small sigh, she felt him looking at her.

Yoomin didn’t know how to react to that gaze, so she shifted her eyes here and there before holding out the bag in her hand to Jaejun.

“Do you want… to eat one?”

“If I eat one, what kind of trouble are you going to give me again?”

Her energy completely deflated.

She brought the bag back to her chest with an even more dejected expression.

However, Jaejun grabbed the bag again and put his hand inside to take out a chrysanthemum bread.

“But the trouble you give is kind of addictive.”

“…”

“It makes me curious again.”

He looked at her intensely as if piercing through her eyes and brought the chrysanthemum bread to his mouth.

As he took a bite, Yoomin felt like her throat was burning up for no reason.

She was swept up in a strange emotion, as if his chewing had become her own.

Forgetting her hunger and just watching him chew, she unconsciously moved her lips.

“…It’s really strange, isn’t it? From yesterday until now… a total of three times. To meet by coincidence like this…”

He showed no particular reaction.

He just moved his jaw quietly and elegantly.

And that too while keeping only her in his sight.

“I’m asking just in case, Senior…”

“…”

“Are you stalking me?”

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Between the two of them, a white bag suddenly appeared.

“This is the miss’s, this is the young man’s. It’s all done, so go fight somewhere else. Geez.”

The mister’s expression didn’t show it, but he tried to drive them away with rough words.

Well, other customers needed to come too, but with two people standing there like that, they might not come thinking it would take a long time.

“Sorry, just a moment?”

Yoomin held out a total of 5,000 won to the mister.

Originally hers was only 4,000 won, but she was paying for Jaejun’s portion too.

It seemed pointless to make a big deal about 1,000 won, so Yoomin hurriedly left the food stall.

And she was about to quickly enter the Academy Shopping Center.

Her wrist was grabbed and her body spun around.

Jaejun’s eyes looking at her indifferently had a subtle displeasure in them.

What emotion was that supposed to be?

Bad feelings about me from the past?

“You know I can’t live being in debt to someone.”

While Yoomin looked at him and interpreted his emotions.

He spoke in a flat voice and glanced at the chrysanthemum bread bag in his hand.

“Ah…”

Yoomin was troubled.

It was awkward to say she’d treat him since it was only 1,000 won, but it was also awkward not to…

Did that make him feel that bad?

“I’m sorry. It was only 1,000 won so I just paid for it. Then… could you just give me that 1,000 won?”

“I don’t have cash.”

Yoomin’s mouth fell slightly open.

“No, then why did you order chrysanthemum bread in the first place?”

“You can do bank transfers.”

“Didn’t you see it clearly written there ‘No bank transfers’?!”

“Then you were planning to sell me off, why.”

Yoomin’s face twisted ridiculously.

“Why. Someone sells off other people’s assignments, so can’t I sell off someone too?”

Yoomin felt frustrated.

Certainly her past self had done wrong.

Whatever circumstances she had, from his perspective, she was definitely someone detestable.

But it was already 5 years ago.

Moreover, he looked like someone who lived without any money worries whatsoever.

Couldn’t she let it slide just once?

She had apologized so sincerely.

Besides, if she asked for money instead, she would promise to pay it back, but how could she repay a debt to someone who had already graduated from university?

She let out a deep sigh.

“Senior. I’m really, truly sorry.”

Even at Yoomin’s exasperated tone, Jaejun’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.

Had he always been this blunt?

Had he always been someone who showed no reaction like this no matter what I said?

Suddenly she felt sad, as if the Jaejun from the past had disappeared forever.

Even though she couldn’t get back together with him and had no intention of doing so.

She could at least keep the memories of someone who used to cherish her terribly in the past.

Why wouldn’t he let her even do that?

Why make her not want to remember even that anymore?

Why was he being so harsh to her?

“I still thought we had a deep relationship in the past.”

Then unexpected words came from Jaejun’s mouth.

“We even tangled tongues, so I didn’t think the chrysanthemum bread that went in your mouth was dirty and accepted it.”

Yoomin’s face reddened at the suddenly escalated intensity.

“What. Had you forgotten that we were the kind who kissed passionately? Is that why you ignored me so coldly yesterday and left? Hanging up the phone like that too?”

Yoomin looked around.

If any academy student’s parent happened to pass by and caught her having this kind of conversation with a man, it would definitely have a bad influence.

“Wait, just a moment.”

Yoomin bit her lips as if troubled.

“Senior. I don’t know what exactly you’re trying to do with me. We’re nothing to each other now.”

He laughed lowly.

That laugh was so cold that even in summer, the temperature around Yoomin seemed to drop instantly.

However, Yoomin didn’t back down.

Meeting three times yesterday and today wasn’t a coincidence either.

And come to think of it, seeing how he called without me giving him my phone number, there was something going on.

Whether he wanted to get back together with her, or whether he was someone with time to spare who wanted to torment her out of spite for his past self…

“I don’t want to be involved with you anymore, Senior.”

“For that, it seems like we’ll have to see each other quite often.”

Yoomin’s brow furrowed.

“…What do you mean.”

“I’m quite a demanding parent, you see.”

“…”

“Seorin’s piano, Teacher Hong Yoomin.”

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