Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 198 - Messy Life

Eun-sun sighed out loud when she looked at her phone and there was still no call or text from Dan-Han. This was the second day since he went on his business trip and he had not called her, except the day he landed. If she had known he'd be traveling immediately she had foolishly confessed her feelings to him, she would have refrained herself from doing so and would have waited for him to return first.

Now she didn't know if she should call him.

There was still that awkwardness she feels whenever she tries to call him and also she didn't want to disturb him just incase he was in a meeting.

She hissed when she looked at Hei-Ran who was sitting in her daze by the window. She

has been doing that lately. She would sometimes zoom out and she hasn't been able to tell her about what had happened with Dan-Han.

Eun-sun stared at her for a while, but Hei-Ran was oblivious to her gaze. She was acting strange.

She rolled off the bed and walked closer to Hei-Ran. She placed her hand on her shoulder and that starlted her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." Eun-sun apologized as Hei-Ran raised her head to look at her.

Hei-Ran sighed as she straightened herself to seat upright, "It's not your fault, I was just lost in thought." She told her.

"Yeah and you've been doing that lately. Tell me, what's wrong?" Eun-sun asked with concern. She didn't like it whenever she saw her friend this way.

Hei-Ran sighed heavily as she shook her head, "Nothing" She blandly replied.

"I don't believe you" Eun-sun told her. She could tell something was wrong from a mile away. "Tell me the truth, Su Hei-Ran" Eun-sun drawled.

Hei-Ran looked outside the window as she looked away from Eun-sun. She didn't want to hide the truth from her best friend, but she just didn't know where to start and also Eun-sun had issues of her own so she didn't want to bother her.

How could she tell her that she was feeling lonely? Her boss had been taking this fake relationship thing to another level and it had made her realize how lonely she had been in this last few years. He had been nice to her, and his romantic gesture to her was making her want more, so much that she was beginning to dread the end of their so called relationship. She didn't have someone who would treat her that way and yes, she wanted someone who would treat her that way.

There was also the problem of the tabloids circulating as she being the boss' fiancee. She couldn't count the number of people that had called to ask her about it. Neither could she forget how excited her mother and her aunt were. Even her dad had called to confirm if it was true.

She was feeling bad for lying to her family and this was her fault. She couldn't blame it on Jinhai because she had started the lie in the first place.

How was she going to tell everyone in a ten days time that they were no longer together especially when they were going to talk about it today at dinner. Jinhai and her were both visiting each other's home this weekend. Her current life was too much of a mess and she didn't want to bother Eun-sun with it.

"It's just my mum–"

"What happened to aunt?" Eun-sun cut her short. She was surprised to hear something about Hei-Ran's mother. If there was someone who was as good as Mrs Lee it was Mrs Su. She was a good person.

Turning to look at the surprised girl by her side. "Nothing happened to her."

Eun-sun heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that, "Then what happened. What did she do?" Eun-sun asked.

"It's just her and her marriage talk" She lied. Not entirely a lie, it was part of the issues that were troubling her though.

"Is she troubling you again? Do you want me to talk to her?" Eun-sun asked with concern. She didn't like her friend looking like this. She knew Hei-Ran's mother' concern but she should at least calm down a bit. She could drive Hei-Ran into depression because of this.

"There's no need for that, I'll be fine" Hei-Ran assured her, but Eun-sun shot her a suspicious gaze.

"You're not fine" Eun-sun pressed.

Hei-Ran was about to say something when Eun-sun's phone started ringing.

"You should get that" Hei-Ran said pointing at the phone. She would be grateful if Eun-sun just let her be for the time being.

Eun-sun shut her a suspicious look, she could tell she was trying to aviod telling her what was wrong with her.

"We'll have this discussion whether you like it not" Eun-sun said before sauntering over to the bed to pick up her phone.

She was surprised to see it was Mrs Lee calling. She reminded her about their outing scheduled for today and when she was coming to pick her up.

Eun-sun had almost forgotten about that, she immediately got ready and met Mrs Lee outside the house. The smile on her face broadened when she saw her. They both headed out to the mall and later went to the spa. Eun-sun had only wanted to company her but Mrs Lee had refused and bought her stuff as well as gave her a special treat at the spa.

"Eun-sun dear, can a ask you a question?" Mrs Lee asked in a serious tone making Eun-sun to look at her.

"Yes auntie, you don't have to ask" She already saw her like a mother and friend so she shouldn't be that formal with her.

"I know we haven't talked much about your parents? So can you tell me about them?" Mrs Lee asked. 

Eun-sun's heart skipped when she heard Mrs Lee's question. Her parents? What was she going to say about her parents? That her mother was gambler and an alcoholic, or that her father had abandoned them for the past the years? What exactly was she expected to say now?