Chapter 289 – Side Story – What Do You Do for a Living? (5)
Lauren got into the elevator, pressed the button for the floor where Zion lived, and fell back into the same worries she had been having all day.
‘Maybe I should have contacted you in advance… ?’
Lauren, who was lost in thought with a serious expression, shrugged her shoulders at her subtle discomfort.
‘No, it’s right to just go find it. She said that she wanted to see him, but she hinted that she would contact him, but Shion was always ignoring her anyway. …’
Lauren, who had not been able to meet Zion recently, was quite dissatisfied, and because of that, she felt like her self-esteem had dropped a bit.
It wasn’t that she didn’t have low self-esteem because she couldn’t see her face, but her problem was the other women who stayed around Zion.
When she met Zion’s other women during filming, Lauren unknowingly asked about Zion’s current situation, and she was more uncomfortable than she thought hearing about her man’s current situation through another woman’s mouth.
Of course, it could be said that it is a problem that can be solved if you don’t ask in the first place, but as she talked with those women, the topic of conversation eventually naturally flowed to Zion.
And, the crucial problem was this.
These young women are much closer to Zion than they are.
Although she was by no means lacking in external aspects, Lauren was fully aware of how beautiful and powerful a weapon her youth was to a woman, and that part was more sensitive than she thought.
She didn’t suspect that Shion didn’t love her, but she didn’t want to allow herself to be pushed down the ranks.
That’s why Lauren decided to go to Zion without any contact, even if it was a little too much for her.
Of course, since there were quite a few women around her in Zion, she might encounter other women, but even though she didn’t like them, she had no intention of avoiding such a situation.
Because she will be able to appeal her presence to other women.
Others may think this behavior is meaningless, but it wasn’t like that to Lauren.
When Lauren thought of Zion, she felt a strange sense of alienation, to the point where the surrounding women automatically came to mind.
‘It seems like you rely on Ha-eun a lot in many ways… Lee and Su-ah met her at the last photoshoot, and we talked about her, and it seemed like she drinks a lot…’
Even Ha-ryeong, whom she thought her relationship with was not that good, saw her blush and get upset when the topic of Shi-on came up.
When this thought occurred to Lauren, she realized that she was so childish and felt embarrassed. She soon let out a long sigh to relieve her embarrassment.
‘I miss you, but what should I do?’
Light jealousy and disappointment.
It’s a simple feeling, but it’s what ultimately brought Lauren to her Zion home.
While Lauren was repeatedly tormenting herself with thoughts that were meaningless now that she had come anyway, the elevator door opened.
After swallowing her saliva, Lauren checked her appearance in front of her mirror and lightly straightened her hair, before barely opening the closing elevator door and stepping out into the hallway.
And then, standing in front of the door, I worry about nothing again.
‘Huh?’
Bang!
She was so preoccupied with useless worries, such as whether to ring the bell or call Kakao Talk, that she couldn’t react at all when she heard the door open.
Feeling the shock on her forehead, Lauren squeezed her eyes shut and held her forehead, and after a while, Zion’s voice tickled her ear.
“Sister? What are you doing here?”
Although it was difficult for her to raise her head due to her pain and embarrassment, Lauren managed to control her expression and looked at Zion.
Although she was successful in managing her facial expression, she couldn’t help the tears that were welling up because she was stuck on her forehead.
His face can’t be seen properly due to the accumulated tears and his voice is embarrassed.
She had been feeling sad about Shion a little while ago, but with just those two things, Lauren’s negative feelings seemed to melt away.
Lauren smiled softly and said hello.
“… Hello?”
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Lauren, with tears in her eyes, greeted me with her forehead pressed against hers, and I, feeling embarrassed and embarrassed at the same time, spoke in an urgent voice.
“No, what do you mean by hi… Are you okay?!”
“Oh, yes. It’s okay.”
Lauren was waving her hand as if there was no problem, but her face was blushing because she was quite embarrassed by this situation.
I grabbed Lauren’s wrist and pulled her close.
“It’s okay…! I just heard a bang in my head! Look where I am.”
“No! Jin, it’s really okay!”
Lauren holds on as if she doesn’t want to be seen.
“Let me take a look. Isn’t your head broken?”
Even though she spoke in a worried voice, Lauren laughed out loud.
“Why are you smiling? You know when I cry and then laugh, right?”
“You didn’t cry?”
As I worked hard on the timing of her smile, Lauren lowered her hand as if she had no choice, and her red forehead caught my eye.
There were no injuries at all, and fortunately there were no bumps.
… This is quite a stone head.
Anyway, while I was thinking that I was lucky that my pretty face wasn’t hurt, Lauren, who was laughing, opened her mouth.
“I’m not crying, my eyes are still moist.”
“You said you didn’t cry? If you don’t believe me, would you like to check?”
Lauren said, her gaze drifting slightly towards her own buttocks, and I, who was shocked by that sight, smiled lightly.
It’s not just a wound, it looks painful enough, but in the meantime, you’re making a joke.
But I didn’t want to lose again, so I threw my hand down and threw it away.
“Really? Then let’s check.”
Naturally, my hand went under her and massaged Lauren’s leggings-clad buttocks, and she turned her body slightly in surprise.
“No…! Not here…”
I found Lauren, who was embarrassed and twisted her body, quite cute, so I wanted to torment her even more.
I was thinking of just massaging it once to tease her, but the feel of her elastic buttocks and leggings was so good that I massaged it a few more times without realizing it.
“Ugh…”
Ignoring Lauren’s cries, I continued massaging her buttocks, and when I tried to put my hand inside the band of her leggings that went up to her waist, she hurriedly pushed me away.
“Wait a minute…! Stop, what if someone comes…”
“If people come, they come.”
There was no one to come in the first place.
I spoke firmly and looked at Lauren with a questioning look.
Lauren looked embarrassed by my attitude, and she spoke quietly as if she had resigned.
“Go in and do it…”
I took out her hand that was halfway inside my leggings and laughed.
“It’s okay.”
“… What.”
Looking at Lauren’s embarrassed expression, which seemed to be strangely mixed with disappointment, an unexpected sense of satisfaction filled her.
I looked at Lauren with a happy expression, not knowing what to do, and gently rubbed her red forehead with the palm of my hand.
“So why are you so close to the door and distracted? It’s dangerous.”
“No… I was contemplating whether to press the bell or send a KakaoTalk message, and suddenly you appeared…”
… That means I was out of my mind.
It was absurd, but I decided to stop arguing because I felt sorry for myself for being embarrassed.
“So, what brought you here?”
As soon as we got to the point, Lauren seemed to have finally come to her senses and made eye contact with me and said.
“Ah…! It’s just that I feel like it’s been so hard to see your face these days…”
Lauren boldly met her eyes and then lowered her voice as if she was crawling away.
I was puzzled by how she opened her mouth with a confident expression and then suddenly became passive by the end of her sentence, but I was able to get a rough idea of why she was like that.
Haha, that’s right.
Although she hasn’t received any calls or done anything like that, she hasn’t been going to my house or doing anything like she used to.
Well, even though it was a hassle to go out, there was a line of women coming to the house to ask for food, so she didn’t have to move.
Anyway, Lauren is probably upset because she’s been going through this situation for weeks.
The problem is that right now I don’t have the passion to care much about who is upset.
While she was wondering what to say to relieve Lauren’s upset as much as possible, she opened her mouth again.
“Are you busy right now…?”
“No, I was planning on going to the gym. But I’ll leave later. Well, come back first.”
It seemed like she didn’t want to reject Lauren, who had come to see her because she was talking about exercise and all, so she decided to invite her into the house.
I’m already upset, but it’s a bit weird to do something like that.
Just because I don’t have the energy to care, doesn’t mean I’m going to ignore the woman in front of me.
When I returned to the front door, I opened the door wide, gesturing for Lauren to come in, but she opened her eyes wide and shook her head.
“No! If you decide to exercise, you should do it!”
Hmm… I don’t know if he’s doing this out of consideration for me because he wants to be with me, or because he literally thinks exercise is important.
This woman is also a person who likes exercise as much as Ha-ryeong, so there is no distinction.
Well, anyway, it’s true that I was glad to see Lauren for the first time in a while, and she shook her head because she wanted to spend time together, enjoying Lauren’s unique comfort.
“It’s okay, you can do it later.”
“No! You can’t put off exercising!”
Lauren looked at me resolutely even though I said that it was nothing compared to the person who came to exercise.
… After all, this woman is similar to her subordinate.
It seemed pointless to stand in the hallway and argue further, so I spoke in a soft tone to settle the situation.
“Then do you want to wait inside?”
If you just run for about 30 minutes, there will be no problem.
As I was planning a simple course in my head, Lauren, who was unusually hesitant, asked me carefully.
“… Exercise, can I come with you?”
I answered the unexpected question with a puzzled expression.
“Am I just going to run?”
“Then I want to run too.”
“No, you exercise separately. It won’t be hard, right?”
“It’s okay. I was planning on going to the gym after being with you, so that’s why I’m dressed like this too, right? I decided to go for a run today instead.”
Hmm… It seems like a lie.
In the past, I would have believed it, but now I don’t.
Every time Lauren came wearing tight leggings and a top, I found it gorgeous, and from then on, whenever we met alone, she always dressed like that.
At the time, he was complaining and telling me to stop touching him, but recently he’s been sticking to the clothes I like, even making excuses.
Well, it’s true that it suits my taste perfectly, so I have no complaints.
Leggings and tight cropped clothes are easy to touch, so it’s fun to tease them outdoors.
As I was thinking about these things, my eyes naturally caught sight of Lauren’s breasts and slim waist that were puffing out her T-shirt, and my gaze, which had been focusing on her wide hips and fine legs as they naturally flowed downwards, now turned to her thin ankles, which were overflowing with a strange shapeliness. …
No, what are the shoes?
“What about shoes? I can’t run in those.”
Lauren said she would run with her, and she was wearing Crocs with cute Jibbitz patterns on them.
“Just go to the car and change your clothes!”
I thought she had hit the nail on the head, but Lauren answered bravely.
… The preparation is thorough.
I was embarrassed by the unexpected situation and found fault with it unintentionally, but if I’m going to exercise, I like doing it with Lauren.
“I understand.”
“Yes! I’ll change my shoes downstairs!”
Lauren smiled brightly at my answer and headed toward her stairs, and I smiled happily at the sight.
Why bother taking the stairs instead of taking the elevator?
