Love Chef
Give Up

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COME TO LIGHT

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"Please reassure Aya, especially her heart. You know how Jeno Lee is?...

... You're his cousin, you know more than I do."

Chanyeol's words a few hours ago made Mark think about it. Whatdoes thatmean? What happened to Jeno?

Mark tried to dismiss those thoughts, until he accidentally poured a lot of sauce into his bowl.

"Mark, the gravy will spill if you keep pouring it!" exclaiming Aya who realized to watch Mark daydream.

Stunned, Mark immediately put the vegetable spoon back into place. "Oh geez! What's wrong with me!"

"What do you think, Mark? I saw you daydreaming from the ground" said Aya.

Sighing softly, Mark looked at Aya. "I'm thinking about what your brother said, Ay."

"Chanyeol oppa? What's wrong with her?"

"Ah, there is no. Just continue eating it. After this, how about we go to Crazy Caffee?"

Aya nodded as her answer. He was still curious about Mark's words. What's with her brother? What did Chanyeol talk to Mark about? That was the question that filled Aya's mind at the moment.

A few minutes passed, Aya and Mark had finished lunch in silence. There's no chat that Mark used to throw.

"Mark, you think... What's jeno like?" aya asked a little randomly. Because he does not like the atmosphere of silence that exists, even though there is the sound of classical music that is heard.

Mark was quiet for a moment. He was thinking what to answer.

"As you think. What do you think Jeno looks like?"

Instead of answering, Mark asked back. "Why even ask? Not answering my question."

"Yes, I answered. Just like you think. So, now you have to answer my question."

"Ah, yes I will answer. As you think, Mark," Aya replied with a smile.

Inevitably Mark smiled until his eyes narrowed. "You're following me. That's cheating on his name."

"Let it matter I've answered your question, right?"

"All right then. Do you know what I think of Jeno?" ask Mark.

Aya shook her head slowly. "I don't know."

"My answer is the same. I don't know how Jeno Lee is. I just know, he's my cousin. The rest of us are not too close. So, I think you know Jeno better than I do."

"Hm. You're wrong Mark. To me, Jeno is my best friend. But, until now I have not been able to understand Jeno fully. He is very good at hiding things. Different me...

... I always tell him all my problems. It's not just a problem, whatever I tell him. But never once did Jeno tell me the problem. He. good listener. He doesn't like donuts. He also liked to laugh while closing his eyes. He'll be so angry when something makes me cry." Suddenly, Aya missed Jeno.

For some reason, lately Aya felt that Jeno was like keeping her distance. Is something wrong? Could Aya make a mistake to make Jeno angry?

"You know what, Aya? Daritadi, you keep talking about Jeno. Even what you just told me, isn't that her name you know Jeno better than I do? It's just, you haven't paid any attention to him this whole time."

Aya speechless. What Mark said is true. All this time, Aya never looked at her best friend. Because all he thinks about is his own problems.

"Yes... Have you ever put your feelings on Jeno? Even if just a little?" ask Mark to the point.

Nodding in doubt, Aya said, "me. But it was Mark before I realized that Jeno wasn't reciprocating my feelings."

"Then, what if it's the opposite now?"

"You mean?"

"Yes, what if it turns out Jeno really likes you? Ah, even love you, Aya?"

Surprised, Aya straightened her back. He never thought that far. He only knew that he was the one who was silent - silent love Jeno, first.

"Are you going to pay it back? Didn't you ever like her, too?" Mark again - again asked and made Aya confused.

Swallowing the saliva violently, Aya grabbed a glass and sipped the mineral water available on the restaurant's dining table. Then I answered Mark.

"Now, that feeling is different Mark. I don't know why either. Bottom line... Jeno is my best friend, nothing more."

"You're right Mark. I'll end it all with Jeno." Without a second thought, Aya steadied her heart to finish what she had started with Jeno.

Finally, Mark could breathe a sigh of relief. At least the mandate given by Chanyeol has been carried out. Yes, Chanyeol asked Mark to help Aya end her fake relationship with Jeno.

But it's all too late. Jeno starts to love Aya. Ah, no. Jeno has turned her love for Aya into an obsession.

Whys?

Jeno and Taeyong are currently in Jaehyun's room. The two of them were settling down - sludge to steal the recipe downhill that had been passed on to Jaehyun.

All for the sake of the obsession Jeno had with Aya. At Taeyong's instigation, Jeno begins to change. Jeno who used to be, before knowing Aya began to return. Jeno with another personality sticking to the surface.

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"Appa, sorry I have to go to the restaurant now. Just now Johnny sent me a short message, there's something he wants to talk to me about."

Jaehyun hurriedly finished his lunch. Making Yunho and Seohyun frown at the confusion of seeing her son.

"Finish your food first, Jae," said the mother-Seohyun.

"Sorry Eomma, I'm done. Then I'll go now. Spend suppa and eomma lunch without me huh," Jaehyun said as he moved from his seat.

"Hey' son. Wait, what's wrong with you? Your face is so worried" Yunho said.

"I can't explain it now. I'm leaving."

Jaehyun immediately ran to his room and grabbed the keys of the car that was on the mattress. Without waiting for long, Jaehyun immediately rushed towards La Bosseade.

Ten minutes ago, Johnny sent a short message to Jaehyun. That contains, that Johnny overheard Jeno and Taeyong's conversation.

"Where are they John?" jaehyun asked Johnny upon arrival at La Bosseade.

Even Jaehyun passed by the VIP dining table that automatic Aya and Mark saw the man was walking in a hurry.

Johnny whispered something to Jaehyun.

"Don't be rash first Jae —"

Not yet Johnny finished talking, Jaehyun had already stepped his feet first into his room. With great curiosity, Jaehyun hurriedly wanted to catch his brother wet. Yes, Lee Taeyong .. adoptive son of Father and Mother Jaehyun.

"Jeez Jaehyun!" screech Johnny while shuffling his hair rough. He followed Jaehyun's steps.

While on the other side. Mark and Aya were confused by Jaehyun's attitude of ignoring the presence of the two of them.

"Mark, that was Jaehyun, right?" ask Aya.

Mark nodded. "Didn't he see us?"

"Are you Mark? Clearly, he passed in front of us. Is he ignoring me?"

"No way Aya. Or don't don't, Jaehyun is in a hurry so he doesn't realize we were."

"Maybe Mark. Yes, let's go home."

"This fast?"

Aya. "I have to get to the office and finish my proposal, Mark."

"Augh! I was very upset to remember how the proposal I made was rejected raw - raw by my superiors!"

Mark and Aya were walking towards the parking lot. For some reason, Mark likes it when Aya starts telling stories while changing her facial expression. Especially as now. Conical lips and wrinkles on the forehead, as well as unrelenting babbling, made Mark anxious at the girl.

Until unconscious, Mark smiled to see Aya who continued to babble. Walking side by side with Aya is fun, according to Mark.

"... Mark!" is!" exclaim Aya arrived - arrived.

Mark stopped stepping and scrunched his forehead. Because Daritadi Mark only watched Aya without listening to her chatter.

"What?"

"What if you were the model? Maybe I'll get lucky? You want Mark?"

"Huh?" Mark gawking did not understand.

"What are you doing in my room?!" jaehyun jolts when he finds Taeyong and Jeno in his room.

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