ICE AND FIRE - CHAPTER 31&32
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“Just let her go you two”someone said, immediately approaching them.
The two turned immediately and their eye’s widened.
“Da…dad!!”They called, releasing her immediately.
Mr chul stared at them in anger,then he turned to aerum whose head was bowed down already.
“So you’re the reason my two son’s are causing a fuss in the school?”He asked, staring at her disgustingly.
“Mia…mianhaeyo!!(I’m sorry)!!”She apologized with her head still down.
“You two should go back to class, I’ll love to have a word with her”Mr chul said and the trio looked at him,but aerum immediately looked down the moment her eyes locked with Mr chul.
“Appa!!!”
“I’ll… I’ll have a word with him,it’s fine”Aerum replied hurriedly.
“I hope you don’t even plan on hurting her”Beom-seok scoffed loudly and his dad looked at him.
“Hope you’re satisfied?”Shang-hoon glared at beom-seok before leaving.
Taking one last look at them, beom-seok left too.
Mr chul turned to aerum,who flashed him a smile instead.
•••
<AN OFFICE>
“Have this”Mr chul said and passed her a cup of coffee,she shook her head in return.
“It’s fine sir”she replied and Mr chul forced a smile.
“Huff! She thinks am poisoning her? My gawd!!”Mr chul said, while clicking his tongue.
“No!! No!! No!! It’s fine sir. I’ll have it”Areum said,Mr chul looked at her for a moment before handing her the cup.
She took a little sip from it,then kept it back on the table.
“Drink up!”He said, waving at her with an hand.
Aerum smiled nervously,then gulped the whole content.
“Aerum deashim,if I’m not mistaken?”Mr chul asked,after a long silence between them.
“Ne! Ne!(Yes! Yes!)”Aerum replied and Mr chul smirked.
“The poor puppet who got my two son’s fighting? That’s really awesome”He began and aerum glared at him, before flashing him a smile.
Even a blind man could know that the smile was fake! Absolutely fake!!!
“Yunno,I was beginning to wonder if they’re destined to fall in love with the same girl. Is this some kind of Fate or what?”He continued and aerum looked at him, confused about what he is saying.
“At one point,I thought it was their fate but not in this situation. So tell me,what joy are you deriving creating a rift between two brothers?”He asked, placing his palm on the desk and staring directly into Aerum’s eyes.
“The rift has already been created between them of which I don’t know the reason,so accusing me is not right”Aerum breathed and Mr chul smiled.
“Her nerves”He gritted.
“Let’s make this quick,I have only one thing to tell you. Stay away from my son’s,stay very far away from them. It is for your own good,I don’t know why cheap and poor people keep clinging unto the rich”He added and aerum Chuckled.
“First,am not cheap neither am I poor and secondly am not the one clinging unto your son’s!! They’re the one hitting on me”Aerum half yelled and Mr chul began laughing, aerum folded her fist tightly while breathing heavily.
“Why don’t you beat me already huh?”He smiled and became serious, almost immediately.
“I h@?? repeating myself,stay away from them. Oh wait,I know what you want”He smirked and opened his desk drawer,then brought out a note.
It’s 100 million won to be precise.
“Take this,am sure it’ll be able to change your life. Just stay away from them”he said and handed her the money.
Aerum accepted it from him, while maintaining an eye lock with him.
“100 million won isn’t enough for me to break my friendship with them”with that said,she torn the money into pieces then threw it at Mr chul who looked confused like mad.
What the hell did she just do?
She torn the money? Not just any money but 100 million won?
And still have the guts to throw it at him?
Mr chul rolled his tongue in his mouth,while smiling.
Her nerves baffles him and he feels like strangling her right here.
He chuckled again and brought out a cheque,a blank cheque to be precise.
“Name your price,am ready to give you anything you want but I don’t wanna see you close to my son’s,so fill in any amount of your choice in the blank cheque and I’ll give it to you this minute”He said again, still maintaining the eye lock.
“Any amount?”Aerum asked slowly and Mr chul nodded with a smile.
Aerum took the pen and cheque from him, before writing on it then handed it back to him.
He took it with a smile,but the smile immediately dissipated the moment he saw what was written on the cheque.
*f-__-k YOU AND YOUR USELESS MONEY*
“What?”He screamed angrily and Aerum stood up from the chair.
“Yes! You saw right,f-__-k you and your useless money! You think am moved by what you’re saying? For your information mister,am not interested in your money neither am I Interested in your wealth. So buzz off and don’t show your face to me again. You think the poor only cares about money? Don’t go and sort out your son’s or rather still,settle the dispute between them, You’re here offering me money to stay away from them? f-__-k you”she said showing him her middle finger.
“Aerum!!!!!”
“Am done with this conversation”Aerum said and walked out from the office.
“Yah!!!! Her guts? Now I understand why Seo-Jun h@??s her!! Her nerves is something else. It’s f-__-king irritating”Mr chul said, tightening his grip on the cheque.
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<HALLWAY>
Aerum was gritting her teeth angrily, while walking down the hallway.
She immediately stopped,on seeing beom-seok waiting for her,he was leaning against the wall with his hands tucked in his pocket and his face up.
Aerum exhaled loudly before continuing her journey, beom-seok turned and saw her already approaching.
He rushed to her immediately.
“Are you hurt? Hope he didn’t try anything funny?”He breathed heavily and aerum sent a smile his way.
“As you can see,am not hurt and I’m perfectly great”
“Oh…that’s a relief!! Hope he didn’t make things had for you?”beom-seok asked.
“Aniyo!! (No!!) Everything have been sorted out. So we’re good”Aerum replied with a smile and beom-seok nodded.
“I’m glad things has been sorted out. Hmmm?”He nodded and aerum smiled.
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<CLASSROOM>
“Awwn,am so happy for you!! So you’re getting engaged to beom-seok?”Ha-Joon screamed happily and Seo-Jun flipped her hair backwards while the students began mumuring.
🗣️”OMG! I’ve always known they’re perfect match!”
🗣️”Congratulations Seo-Jun!!”
🗣️”I’m happy for you!!”
A-Yeong and Yu-Jun exchanged looks before shaking their head.
Beom-seok and Aerum choose that moment to enter.
🗣️”Eish!! At least,some dirty pig will know their stand that beom-seok will never be hers”
They made a poker face as the said that, while glaring at Aerum who looked confused.
Beom-seok wanted to talk,but was interupted by the students.
🗣️”Congratulations beom-seok!!”
🗣️”When is the engagement party? I’m not missing it for anything!”
“En.. Engagement party?”Beom-seok stuttered and Seo-Jun rushed to him,she took hold of his hand while smiling sweetly.
“You see,my soon to be fiance and I haven’t figured out the date,but I’ll definitely let you guys know immediately we choose a date. Right baby?”She asked,while glaring at Aerum who only smirked.
Shang-hoon sat with a smile, enjoying what was happening.
“What are you doing? Let go of my hand!!”Beom-seok said.
“Awwn,my baby suddenly went shy. Is normal,it’s just normal. But you don’t have to be”Seo-Jun said, caressing his chest.
🗣️”You guys look great together!!”
🗣️”Am jealous already!”
🗣️”Gawd!! Am I a spoon?”
They continued with their silly mumur, while Seo-Jun kept smiling.
Aerum clenched and unclenched her fist, before carrying her backpack then rushed out of the classroom.
“Let’s go too”A-Yeong glared at Seo-Jun who waved at them in return.
“Nice show”Shang-hoon said with a smirk and stood up.
“You’ll definitely end up marrying her,not like you have a choice”shang-hoon whispered and pat beom-seok shoulder fondly, before leaving too.
“Let it go while am still nice”Beom-seok warned sternly, and Seo-Jun slowly let go of his hand.
He glared at her one last time before running off two.
“Just give up on him,my friend is not for you”ji-hoon said and walked out.
“Arrgh!!”She cussed inwardly and flashed the students a smile.
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“Aerum!! Aerum wait,what was that for huh?”Her friends breathed finally meeting up with her pace.
She was walking like someone being chased.
“What?”She asked turning to them.
“You walked out angrily,what was that?”
“Couldn’t you see she was putting up the act cos of me? I can’t really stand her”She scoffed and her two friends exchanged looks before facing her.
“Is that so?”They asked at a time.
“Ye…”
“Aerum!!”She was suddenly interupted and she turned to see shang-hoon close to them already.
“Can I have a word with you?”Shang-hoon asked and aerum nodded.
“Uhmm,you guys should walk without me.. I’ll catch up”Aerum told her two friends.
“No,we would be waiting for you at the gate. Don’t take much time”A-Yeong said.
“Sure”she replied and they waved one last time at her before walking towards the gate.
“So tell me,what do you want to tell me?”Aerum asked, facing him while folding her hands under her chest.
“Actually I was meaning to ask if you’ll be chanced by weekend”He asked slowly and aerum thought for a moment before giving him a reply.
“Not really,is that what you wanted to say?”She asked.
“No,I was going to tell you that by weakened if we go out together”He replied.
“Oh wow,but bad timing thou cos I’ve got something to do by weakened”She replied and shang-hoon nodded slowly.
“What about tonight? Care for a dinner with me?”He asked and aerum looked at him for a moment.
“Yunno,am only accepting this cos you asked nicely and that too we’re friends. So it’s a Yes”Aerum smiled and shang-hoon almost hugged her,but he restrained himself from doing that.
“Time and location?”She asked.
“9:00pm,I’ll text you the location”He replied with a smile and Aerum nodded.
Shang-hoon smiled widely,he was really happy that she accepted to go on a dinner with him.
He better plays his card well.
“Bye!”He waved at her and turned to leave but came face to face with beom-seok.
Beom-seok only smiled before stepping out of the way for him.
He scoffed loudly and went out of sight.
Beom-seok pulled aerum back,who have already hastened up her pace.
Aerum turned to him with a smile,but she was boiling inwardly!!
“Don’t take all that she said to heart. Am not getting engaged to her and will never marry me! She’s only seeking for my attention”Beom-seok explained,while looking at Aerum in the eye’s.
“So?”She asked calmly.
“I know you’re angry but believe me,is not something serious. I’ll make sure that things like this doesn’t repeat itself again”He said, truthfully and aerum sighed.
“I don’t really understand why you’re explaining things to me!! Not like am your girlfriend or there’s something going on between us”she scoffed.
“Yes! You’re right, there’s nothing between us anyways. But I thought…. nevermind! Just wanted to remind you of our plans by weekend”He said and Aerum nodded with a smile.
“I haven’t forgotten about that”she replied.
“Good then. Bye!”He waved with a smile and Aerum mirrored the smile before leaving.
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<9:30PM~ROYAL RESTAURANT>
Aerum entered inside the big restaurant and couldn’t help but gush cos of it’s magnificence.
No doubt,is one of the best restaurants in Seoul Korea.
She looked around and smiled widely when she saw who she was looking for.
Shang-hoon was dressed in a stunning outfit, looking at his watch occasionally.
He was oblivious of her arrival and presence.
She walked slowly to him.
“Hey!”She waved and shang-hoon looked up,his mouth flew open and his eyes widened in shock, staring at the astonishing lady before him.
Beauty was an understatement,she was looking gorgeously pretty.
He blinked and stood up immediately.
“Welcome and have a seat”he pulled out a chair for her as he spoke.
“Thanks and sorry I was late”She smiled while sitting down.
“It’s nothing”He shrugged.
“Place your order”A waiter said and gave them their menu.
“Uhmmm,I want a bottle of soju drink and steak meat,white rice and kimchi too”Shang-hoon ordered.
“Same here,can you add samgyeopsal please…I just can’t do without that”Aerum said with a smile.
“In a jiffy”He bowed and left,he came back after few minutes and placed their order on the table.
“Enjoy”He bowed and left.
“Wow!!!”Aerum gushed and shang-hoon smiled at her.
“Let’s dig in”he said and Aerum nodded.
They began eating,while chatting happily.
After eating, aerum cleaned her lips with the tissue while shang-hoon did same.
“Thanks for tonight”She smiled and shang-hoon mirrored back the smile.
He looked at her nervously, before taking hold of her right hand and caressing it softly.
“What’s going on?”Aerum asked,by his sudden seriously.
“I don’t know if this is the right time to say this,but I have to anyways before it’s too late “He began,staring at her with eyes filled with emotions.
“You are so special to me,You are more special than anyone else can be. I find myself dreaming about you every day and night,and when I wake up in the morning I see your face Like a ray of sunlight”He breathed and smiled,while aerum kept looking at him.
“You heal my wounds every time am hurt,you help me heal.I wish to tell you now Of how, my core feels.A hope, a faith,you are all I crave.You are calm and clear Soft and tender, yet brave. I see, live, and taste dreams With you around.When my soul is not with yours I feel, am going down….deep down…”He stopped and looked at her again.
“Am telling you of my feelings,how I feel about you from the very first day I set my eyes on you”
“What…what are you saying?”Aerum asked slowly.
“I love you….”He throwed the bombshell.
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TBC…