Chapter 101
Chapter 101: The mirror recipe (4) God of Cooking
Name：God of Cooking
It was really clear what those words meant. Jo Minjoon’s eyebrows shook. He could only get more perplexed because he had never thought that a situation like this could happen. He had felt that Chloe’s eyes were warm and gentle to the point of being strange. However, he had never thought that there would be affection of the opposite sex in it because Chloe was gentle to everyone. He didn’t want to become a dull fellow that misunderstood that.
‘In the end, I was a dull fellow.’
As he tried not to misinterpret, he couldn’t even know the things that were clearly seen by the eye. His heart beat. Was it simply because he was surprised, or because there was a similar feeling like Chloe in him……He couldn’t even know that himself because this situation itself was really unfamiliar for him.
“It’s not that I want to do something immediately.”
Chloe said with a careful voice.
“Whatever answer you give me, we can’t do a thing immediately because reality is like that. I’m sorry. But I can only be like this. Because if we were to separate without saying anything, I know that that would be the end. If at least I were to tell you…..”
Chloe’s words dimmed. An awkward silence flowed. Jo Minjoon just looked at Chloe’s face. Because of exercising, her skin was solid, but it didn’t mean that even her mentality was solid. Chloe was basically a soft person. It would be a lie if he didn’t want to protect her…..
Jo Minjoon’s lips trembled. In his mind, his mouth opened a few times, and said many things. But there was nothing he could actually say. It wouldn’t have been easy for Chloe to say those words. While he didn’t know, she would have pondered, and at the same time feared and expected. Thinking about that time, thinking about her heart, Jo Minjoon couldn’t give her an easy reply.
“……..I did go out with a girl.”
It wasn’t someone he fell at first sight. She was a person he met through the connection of a friend. She was a college girl that specialized in the violin, and just like most of music students, she was a girl that grew without lacking even a bit of sophistication.
The conversation stopped there. The two of them looked at the fluorescent lamp that was shining at the ceiling as if they were looking at the stars of a night sky for a really long while. Kaya that came in after hitting Anderson’s shin and breathing hard frowned when she saw at the two of them.
“What are you doing?”
“Photosynthesis.”
“Photosynthesis is done by the sun. Even I know that much.”
Kaya noticed that Jo Minjoon was next to Chloe compared to before. But she didn’t want to mention it. She opened her mouth with an angered voice.
“That bastard Anderson. He even lied to me on purpose just to make fun of me. I already knew that he was retarded………”
Anderson appeared while limping his leg behind. Chloe sent her gratitude and sorry through her eyes, but Anderson just sat as if nothing happened with an innocent face. Jo Minjoon too could vaguely knew the situation.
“Anderson. You were a fox?”
“Not a bear like someone.”
At those words, Jo Minjoon dropped his head with an embarrassed face. Kaya sharpened her eyes and said.
“What is this? It seems like there’s something only I don’t know of.”
“Nah. It’s nothing.”
“You are only going to exclude me? What is it? Tell me.”
“I told you there’s nothing of the sort.”
“……..I will hold it today just because of Chloe.”
They didn’t have much time that they could be together. That’s why nobody could say a thing. Rather than saying this or that, they spent the time by looking at their faces. In the middle of that, Kaya noticed something weird. Chloe’s eyes were directed to Jo Minjoon frequently. With a warmth that couldn’t even be compared to when she looked at them.
‘…….Nah.’
Kaya forced to erase that thought in her head. Will that really be it, she thought. For what, to that special guy Jo Minjoon. Of course, his face was fine. His character was reliable and he also had quite a fierce manly side…….
She shook her head. It was then that the voice of the staff rang. “There’s not much time for the plane. You have to go now.” Those were some heartless words, but they couldn’t do anything about it. They all went to the garden. Just how hateful did the car that was parked right before the entrance feel. Chloe swirled her tongue and looked at the two.
“We are separating here. Everyone……Thank you.”
“………Chloe.”
Kaya embraced Chloe by surprise, and Chloe sweeped her back. Chloe whispered with a calm voice.
“Be well. Kaya. I will cheer for you.”
“Yeah…….”
Kaya replied with a voice she seemed about to cry. Chloe, that also hugged Anderson, looked at Jo Minjoon and smiled faintly.
“Now that I see, I couldn’t say the most important thing.”
“…….What?”
Chloe embraced Jo minjoon instead of replying. And after standing on her toes, she placed her chin in his shoulders and whispered.
“I really like you.”
It was a voice so low only Jo Minjoon could hear it, but it was clearer than anything else. Chloe, that took two steps back, smiled sweetly and said.
“Many things will change through time, but at least that much isn’t going to change.”
He didn’t reply anything back. Chloe got on the car. The window of the car got down and Chloe let her head out and smiled brightly.
“I can’t tell anyone to win, but your cooking was the best. Cheer up.”
“Cooking……..You will keep doing it, right?”
At Kaya’s question, Chloe looked at Jo Minjoon for a moment and slowly opened her mouth.
“I realized this time that life doesn’t progress as one wishes, and that dreams also don’t come true as one wants. And my dream is in cooking right now. Even if people throw anything else…….”
Chloe smiled.
“…they can’t throw their dreams.”
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