Chapter 239 The Embarrassing Hug
Nivritti kept staring at Manager Park who in turn kept staring at Jeong-Eun and Jae-Hwa talking and working in the kitchen. She knew what they were talking about, but Manager Park had no clue. He thought they were on the verge of having an affair.
His behaviour made her search for ASD's previous girlfriends. Google was ready to show her the results when suddenly Kyung-Soo shouted from the bathroom, "Park-ssi! Please hand me my clothes."
Abruptly, Nivritti closed the search tab. She didn't like that she was snooping on ASD's private life even though it was just a matter of a small Google search. She felt like she was committing a crime. She saw Manager Park walking with a duffel bag and handing it to Kyung-Soo in the bathroom.
It meant that he was done with the cleaning and was ready to take a bath. She removed all the distractions from her mind and concentrated on her scripts. She had a lot of work to do.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Jeong-Eun and Jae-Hwa were oblivious to the eyes that were staring at them.
"Sorry, you had to sleep on the floor because of us," apologised Jeong-Eun.
"Huh…" said Jae-Hwa who was too shocked because Jeong-Eun was close to her and helping her. Her brain fried the very moment he approached her near the table and helped her carry all the boxes and utensils to the kitchen.
"Are you okay?" asked Jeong-Eun.
"Yeah, yeah. What did you say before?" Jae-Hwa came back to her senses.
"I said I am sorry that you had to sleep on the floor," repeated Jeong-Eun.
"Oh no, no worries. It is fine. And thank you for helping me," she raised a plate that she was washing to show him. She kept washing the plates and he kept drying them.
"Oh, come on! It's nothing after the mess we made in her house," Jeong-Eun pointed at Nivritti.
"Yeah, I have seen her keeping her place spotless and she was angry when she saw her bathroom," smiled Jae-Hwa.
Jeong-Eun's heart stopped when he saw her cute smile. Her eyes squinted when she smiled and fine lines near her mouth and the corner of her eyes appeared making her even more beautiful. He kept glancing at her eyes and her lips alternatively when she handed him a wet plate. He came back from his dreamland and awkwardly smiling took the plate away from her hand.
"Jae!" said Jeong-Eun and looked at her.
"Oh shit! Ritti! Do you want tea or coffee? You have not had anything with your breakfast," shouted Jae-Hwa from the kitchen.
"What?" Nivritti lifted her head and asked. She didn't hear anything as she concentrated on the scripts.
"Tea or coffee?" Jae-Hwa asked again.
"Coffee!" shouted Young-Chul.
"Excuse me!" scolded Nivritti. "You have anxiety, and you drink coffee. Are you stupid? No coffee, drink tea from now on. Mild, green tea. Do you understand?"
"Fine," pouted Young-Chul.
"I want tea," shouted Jung-Hwa while wiping the floor.
"Me too, me too," every member of ASD repeated the phrase.
"Not me, thank you," said Manager Park.
"You will drink. I will put the water to boil," said Jeong-Eun.
Nivritti looked at Jeong-Eun and he looked at her while searching for the kettle.
"First shelf to your left," instructed Nivritti. He smiled and bowed his head slightly to her. And then they had a conversation with only their eyes. She kept gesturing towards Jae-Hwa asking him if he talked to her. He shrugged his shoulder and shook his head in no. Nivritti moved her lips as if she was cursing him and then he assured her by the show of his palm that he was going to talk to her.
Jeong-Eun who was sad that Jae-Hwa didn't hear his voice when he tried to talk to her, tried again. "Jae! I need to ask you something if you don't mind."
"Why would I mind?" smiled Jae-Hwa while placing all the containers, her mother brought, in the fridge.
"It's about you and Seong-ssi," said Jeong-Eun. Jae-Hwa's hands abruptly froze. The container dropped from her hand but luckily Jeong-Eun caught it from falling to the floor. "Sorry, if I am overstepping my boundaries. We don't have to talk if you don't want to."
"I am sorry, One. It is difficult for me to talk about it," replied Jae-Hwa and cleared her throat as she felt it closing just with the mention of Dae's name. She hated talking about him. She hated working with him. She hated even thinking about him. She wanted no part of him in her life.
"It's okay. You don't have to talk about him. Just tell me if you are okay. Just tell me everything is okay between you two," requested Jeong-Eun.
"It's sweet of you to worry. But I am fine. And I have my saviour with me. Nothing will happen to me if she is with me, I am sure of that," Jae-Hwa pointed at Nivritti.
"I am glad. But if you want, not a saviour, just a friend to talk about things, you can always talk to me. You can call me whenever you want, I will be there for you, I promise," smiled Jeong-Eun.
"Thank you, One. Thank you so much for understanding."
"Anytime," said Jeong-Eun. While Jae-Hwa moved to the centre table to wipe it up, the water boiled. "Where are your cups, Ritti?" asked Jeong-Eun.
"Um… I don't have 10 cups. I only have six," replied Nivritti.
"No worries, few will drink from cups, few from glasses," said Thae.
"Thank you, O' wise one!" teased Korain who was done with sweeping the floor and was collecting his clothes from the duffel bag to get into the bathroom.
The bathroom door opened, and Kyung-Soo walked out while drying his hair off with a towel. The wet hair was all over the place with a few of them dancing on his forehead. Tiny droplets of water were hanging for their dear life on his sideburns. Even they didn't want to leave his handsome face.
He came out in a hurry so that every member of his team could take a bath and they should leave for their meeting with the superiors. As a result of that, he didn't close the top three buttons of his pastel lavender shirt. One could see his toned chest muscle clearly.
Nivritti looked at him and her lips parted a little when her eyes fell on his handsome face and bare chest. How can one look so gorgeous was incomprehensible to her? How many days did God spend sculpting him? Nivritti licked her lips and gulped hard.
There was no thought, no feelings. She just kept staring at him. Her mind was busy taking in his beauty. Her mind was so flooded that nothing else existed for her at that moment.
"Why are you staring at NK Hyung, Ritti?" taunted Jung-Hwa who while mopping the floor glanced at Nivritti staring at Kyung-Soo. But Kyung-Soo was oblivious to her stare. Jung-Hwa's jibe made him look at her, her lips, her wide eyes.
"What?" said Nivritti absentmindedly.
"What were you thinking? Do NK hyung look handsome?" Jung-Hwa taunted, again.
"Huh, what nonsense?" she shouted.
"Then why were you staring at him?" smirked Thae.
"I was thinking about a script when he disturbed my concentration. For your kind information, I was not staring at him, I was looking at him angrily," she lied.
"Great! She is again blaming me," shouted Kyung-Soo.
health will be good and you will contribute much more to the music and your group and of course, your company. Third, as I told you, get in front of the problem. Before "Don't make me come out," screamed Korain from the bathroom.
"Sorry!" said Kyung-Soo and Nivritti in unison.
"Why do you have to always blame me?" whispered Kyung-Soo.
"You opened the door, and it broke my focus, and I lost the sentence where I was," she lied again. She didn't lose the sentence when he came out, she lost her mind.
"Okay, okay. Don't let him hear that. He will kick both our asses," said Kyung-Soo.
"Really?" asked Nivritti.
"Yeah, blackbelt in Taekwondo," replied Kyung-Soo.
"Like JJ?"
"Yes, they both are experts," replied Kyung-Soo.
"Wow!"
Kyung-Soo sat on the couch in front of her and buttoned his shirt. Thae and Manager Park were done with the beanbags, and they placed two near the centre table and stored the remaining two under the TV.
Jeong-Eun and Jae-Hwa brought tea for everyone and one by one every member took a bath after completing their chores.
It was time for them to leave. They all collected their things and were ready to move out.
"Best of luck, MY," said Nivritti.
"What if they won't budge?" asked Young-Chul.
"First, be patient and don't assume anything. Second, tell them how beneficial it will be for your mental health. Don't think about fans, don't think about them, don't think about stupid scandals, think about yourself. Right now, YOU must be your priority. Nothing else matters. Tell them that. If your mental health will be good, your physical health will be good and you will contribute much more to the music and your group and of course, your company. Third, as I told you, get in front of the problem. Before anyone finds out and it really gets messy, tell everyone, everything," exhorted Nivritti.
Young-Chul ran towards her and threw himself on her. He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a hug but broke the embrace within seconds. "Thank you," he said while staring at the floor as he was embarrassed after hugging her.
Nivritti looked at his flushed face and smiled, "you are very welcome."
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