God of cooking

Chapter 88: The weight of a restaurant (1)

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"47, 48, 49, 50....... Okay. Get up, Chloe."
".......Whew, difficult."

Chloe was letting out rough breaths while lying on the mat. Jo Minjoon, who was holding her legs, released his hands and asked.

"Isn't it difficult to train everyday? People who exercised also do it in intervals. You will get injured."
"But instead, I don't do that much. And there aren't that many training machines here.........."

Chloe looked around the gym with regretful eyes. They gym that was made not only for the participants, but also for the staff, wasn't on the good side. Jo Minjoon looked at Anderson that was doing squats next to them. Anderson had a body that was unexpectedly built up. It was certainly different compared to him.

".........Should I also do some exercise?"
"You came here to do that, didn't you?"
"Rather than coming to do exercise, I came to get some motivation."
"You don't get motivation from others, but you have to get motivated yourself. 'I have to do some exercise......' You just mumble these words by yourself and your body is still the same? And your will is also the same."
"Fine. Then, should I start to......."

It was at that moment that he was going to end the word 'today' that his phone rang. His handphone rang. Jo Minjoon raised his hand to Chloe for a moment and got outside the gym. The name that popped up the screen was 'Jessie Dean'. It was a name he hadn't seen for a while, so Jo Minjoon put on a welcoming smile.

"It's been a while since you called. What happened?"
[ Just so. I was bored and I don't have anything to do. ]
"But shouldn't you be at school right now? Ah, New York is one hour behind."

The conversation continued this way by catching up. She was still making jelly, how big was Grand Chef's house. And of course, a question that couldn't be out appeared.

[ Aren't the both of you really dating? ]
"I told you that we aren't."

At the voice that was filled with curiousness, Jo Minjoon replied bluntly. Jessie groaned as if she didn't believe him. Jo Minjoon let out a sigh and changed subjects. He was certainly tired of this theme. Because it wasn't only Jessie, but also his family and friends asked him about Kaya when they called.

"How is Mr. Lucas doing?"
[ Well, it seems like he was starting a new company...... He doesn't tell those things to me much. But he's doing well.]
"That's good."

More than anything else, Jessie's voice really brightened up. And with just that, he didn't have anything in particular to worry about. Jessie asked him something that she was concerned of.

[ But, that Lotus girl....... There were bad rumours in the internet. It's not true, right? ]
"By all means, it's not. People always tend to think that they were the victims. Tess Gilly, so...... You can look at it as the same kind."
[ Well, you should see people well. ]
"Also tell it to the people around you. Kaya, she's not that kind of person."
[ ......That isn't so difficult. But it seems like you really take care of her? ]

Jessie asked as if she was suspicious. Jo Minjoon replied with a voice he was sick of.

"Let's end this. I have to exercise."
[ Ah, I'm sorry. Don't cut. I'm bored. I'm bo......! ]

Even after Jessie's eager voice, he couldn't pull back his already extended finger. It was at that moment when the call ended and the screen was turning black. He heard a familiar voice.

"It seems like you were talking about me."
"Ah! What a surprise...... Go making a sign."

As he turned back to look at the owner of that voice, he saw Kaya pointing at her feet instead of replying. She was wearing high heels. Her feet moved. Clop clop. It was too clear of a sound to say it was silent. Jo Minjoon scratched his chin with an embarrassed face.