2025 ; jungwon

CHAPTER 18

Minjoo couldn't take her eyes off of him. She couldn't stop herself but to stare at him and admire his breathtaking beauty. He look so manly, so attractive, so warm and so..... him.

From the way he talks, the way he laughs, the way his dimple shows whenever the muscles in his face moves, the way he sees things....she couldn't help but to see the man from the past in him.

Well, basically, they're one but still, she couldn't help but to compare them. In a very good way.

"Hmm, this is sweet. " Jungwon moved the other box with breads in it closer to the other. "You should try this one. "

Minjoo did and he's right. It's sweet. Not too sweet, just enough to her liking. And that made her smile.

"Jungwon. "

"Hmm? " He glanced at her as he took a bite of his bread. His mesmerizing eyes that reminds her of a cat were looking directly to hers.

"Are you aware that we already meet each other before I interviewed you the first time in your building? "

Jungwon's forehead furrowed. "Really? When? Where? "

Remembering that day, Minjoo couldn't help but to smile as she heaved a sigh. She still remember that day, she very much remember that day.

The overflowing feelings she had when she first saw him in this lifetime, how the world literally stopped for a couple of seconds and it slowed down just like how they make in movies...

How her heart beats once again...

"In Busan. " She started. "In the aquarium, I was the one who's with that little kid you saw there. "

Jungwon stared at her. He stared at her, trying to remember that time. And when he did, his eyes widened as shock is well evident on his face. He pointed his finger to her.

"It was you? "

Minjoo smiled and slowly nodded. "Yeah, and that was my niece. "

"Woah, what a small world. "

What a small world, indeed. Small world because of the countless times they had been running to one another by pure accident, the fact that she happens to be the one who interviewed him when there are lots of journalists out there from that agency and them, meeting in that certain aquarium before.

"You think? "

The man nodded. "So, you're from Busan? "

Minjoo shook her head. "No, I'm from here, in Seoul. It's my grandparents from my mother side who lives there. " She answered. "What about you? "

Jungwon shook his head. "No, i just went there to unwind. To have a quick vacation. "

"You're from here then? "

"You could say that. " He answered. "I was born here but I was raised in Gwangju. "

Gwangju.....

The smile in Minjoo's lips faltered as moments of the past started flashing on her mind.

"Where are we? " Jiyeon asked as soon as they got off the horse. She followed Jungwon who walked towards the said house. "Who owns that? " she added to her question while pointing to it.