NOBODY GETS ME LIKE YOU
It was the spring of 2020 where you meet Minhyung Lee, the one who you thought would last forever by your side through thick and thin. You were working part time as a barista at a coffee shop near your college and he was one of the regular customers of the coffeeshop.
"Can I have one banana smoothie and bagel, please?"
You are not going to deny that he does have a good looks. But you know better not to messed up while you are still working.
"Sure! Will that be all?"
You decided to take a good look of his face while his eyes are still scanning the menu. When he turned to look at you, that's when you tear your gaze away from him pretending look at anywhere else but him.
"Yeah, that will be all."
He cracks a small smile as he open his wallet before he handed you the notes to pay for his order.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but we only use cashless transaction here."
His eyes followed your hands which shows him the notice that says only cashless transaction is allowed.
He he purse his lips as he closed his eyes in embarrassment.
His cute gestures made you chuckled.
"It's alright, you are not the first one with the same mistake in here. Would you like to use your card, then?"
The clock reads 11:45 at the moment and you have to closed the coffee shop at 12 am. Since he is obviously the last customer, you thought that there is no harm in giving your kindness towards him. On the other hand, he let out a heavy sigh before thanking you for letting him know that there's some other people who did the same mistake as him.
"Yeah- But.. The truth is that I'm not good with card or stuff with machine thingy like the ATM or something like that. I guess I'll have to kiss my banana milk and that bagel a goodbye."
You appreciates his honesty and it feels a shame to let him go out of the coffeeshop empty handed.
"I'm afraid you will not kiss them a goodbye. The options that I have for you is for me to teach you to use the card if you want me to, or.. I can buy it for you. So which one of the options would you like to use?"
It is obvious that he did not expect the options that you gave him.
"Yo, I- I can't let you do that, you work here for a reason and you barely know me. I don't want you to use any of your money to me so you can keep it to yourself and use it for the stuff you wanna buy."
You can't lie that you are touched when you listened to his explanation about the reason why he don't want you to spend your money on him.
"And.. I kind of forgot the PIN number, only my mom knows it but I'm afraid she's asleep at this hour."
You nodded your head before you asked him to wait for a moment as you take his order at the kitchen. Few minutes later, you came out with his banana milk and bagel that you reheat just now. He was about to refuse when you swiftly hands it to him but insist that he should have it. And the next thing happened is you gave him a company as he finishes his banana milk and bagel while you are closing the coffee shop.
"I seriously can't thank you enough for this. The whole day was too hectic for me today and I did not even realize that I skipped my dinner. How should I compensate you though? I should return your kindness, so is there any way or anything that I can do to do so, please? "
It felt surreal that you, yourself have no idea how did your crush on him grows big and bigger from the moment he stopped by at the counter until this moment. But one thing that you know for sure, you gotta try to shoot your shot. And that's what you did.
"Maybe you can start by introducing yourself because I still don't have your name."
You successfully made him blushed so hard, and both of you spent the night getting to know each other while enjoying each other company until 1 am.
that night, you have learned that he is a Korean and his name is Minhyung Lee. But he mainly use his English name, Mark, around his friends. Apart from that, he is graduating from his high school soon and planning to further his studies at a college and both of you also learned that you are around the same age except for the fact that he is older than you.
Ever since then, he has been a regular customer of the coffee shop. And it would be a lie if you deny your true feelings towards him. You are afraid to confess because you are scared to get hurt by rejection. And you were glad you didn't. Because he just stopped going to the coffee shop and you had never seen him again ever since then.
A few months after that, you graduated from high school and got an offer to study at a college in Canada. You don't know why, but you decided to take the offer as it reminds you of Mark, who once mentioned that Canada was his hometown.
It is the New Year Eve where everyone is waiting for the countdown for the new year to start. And your eyes met with a pair of dark brown eyes which is familiar to you.
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Summary: You've been thinking about the fact that the victim was Jay's sister. And you went home only to received a sudden call from your stepmother that you're awkward with, and a call from your father the next day for something that you wish you're prepared for.
TEASER | TEASER 2 | CHAPTER 1 | CHAPTER 2 | CHAPTER 3 | CHAPTER 4 | CHAPTER 5
Pairing: Attorney! reader × Undercover Police! Jay
Genre: Thriller, mystery, slow-burn, Kdrama spin-off
Triggered Warning!: None
Word count: 2512 words
Inspired by: Kdrama "Why Her?" and "Siren" by Taeyeon
Song Recommendations: "Changes" by G-Idle
It's been 2 hours since Jay dropped you off at your penthouse suite since it's a bit late to go to the Yang's mansion and you are not in the mood to talk to your step mother. Things have always been awkward between you and your step mother, Eugene, ever since the day you over heard that she is not your biological mother a few years ago.
"I want the best for my child and I have the right as his mom to choose what is the best for him. Let me send Jungwon to Seattle."
You vaguely heard those words from the outside of your father's office room at the mansion. Luck was on your side because the door was not completely closed which gave you an opportunity to go closer and eavesdrop a bit more.
"He would ask about Serena if she doesn't go to Seattle with him. You know how close he is with Serena."
Your stepmother took a step closer to your father.
"If you have forgotten, Chairman Yang, Serena is your daughter, not mine. All I care about is my own son, Jungwon."
Your eyes widened in shock. You didn't even realize that you were inside the office room standing right in between your father and your stepmother.
"Is that true?"
Silence. Everything suddenly became quiet and the tension grew even more. Desperate for the truth, the lack of response sparks your anger and rage.
"I ASKED BOTH OF YOU IS THAT TRUE, FATHER?!"
Your father only looks somewhere else but you, avoiding your eyes. Meanwhile, your stepmother comes closer to you before she kneels down to your eye level.
"Your father won't give you the truth so I'll be the one to reveal it to you. It's true. I am not your biological mother. Your father divorced her to marry me and she left you to your father."
She paused for a moment and you saw tears forming in her eyes.
"I'm sorry Serena, Jungwon is your stepbrother and not your biological brother. Both of you are not biologically related to each other."
Betrayal was what you feel and despite your stepmother treating you as usual, you found it hard to talk to her like before. You would have your meal a bit early or late depending on the presence of your parents. You learned that Jungwon doesnt know this fact so you keep it from him and put distance between you and him. You know that it would hurt him and it did. But you had no other choice because it hurts you too knowing that both of you are not related by blood.
A week before Jungwon's flight, You got into a heated argument with Jungwon about your change of behavior and attitude towards him.
"누나, did I do something wrong? Why can't you tell me what's happening? Why are you being cold to me? What did I do?
You got frustrated by his presence let alone his questions. So you just decided to ignore him.
"Are you really going to treat me like this? I'm about to be send off to another fucking country and you don't even care about that! What has gotten into you?!"
You got alarmed when Jungwon cursed because he's not the type to swear or use foul language mindlessly. But you were determined to let your ego win.
"Alright. I guess this is it. I hope you will always remember that you were the one that ruined our bonds. Don't try to blame me if I give you a cold shoulder and attitude that's much more worse than you gave me."
With that, Jungwon walked away intentionally colliding his shoulder with yours. He didn't even care to spare a glance at you and just left you heartlessly in front of your bedroom's door.
Those painful memories start playing inside your head and you decide to take a long hot shower to ease the tension and your stress. Because you know well that sooner or later, you'll still have to face your stepmother.
You get out of the bathroom and the clock on your phone reads 2:05 am. You could care less about going to work tomorrow because you don't know how to approach Jay knowing that you might know something crucial about his sister's death.
Suddenly, your phone lights up as a message pops out. It's from your stepmother which kind of caught you off guard. You take a moment to have a deep breath before you open up the message to read it.
Meet me at Dalkomm Cafe in the afternoon tomorrow if you're not busy. I have something to tell you.
You left it on read for a while pondering whether you should meet your stepmother or not. You don’t even realize that your eyes begin to feel heavy and heavier as minutes pass by. And just like that, you slowly lost your consciousness with your phone on your chest at the bed.
You wake up in the next morning as the sunshine lights up your penthouse suite through the glass windows. Not long after that, the sound of the blaring alarm that you set on your phone is heard. You planned to meet Jay today to discuss something that is related to his sister’s case. But you decided to meet your stepmother first at the cafe that she mentioned.
As soon as you arrive at the cafe, your eyes are immediately fixed on a figure who is sitting elegantly while sipping on a tea or coffee that she ordered. When the two of you meet each other’s eyes, you know that there’s no turning back so you just go ahead and take a seat in front of your stepmother who has been waiting for your presence.
“It’s been a while isn’t it, Serena?”
She greets you with a smile and you find it awkward.
“I’m quite busy today so please cut to the chase, 어머니 (mother).”
You make sure to avoid her eyes at all costs.
“Don’t you think you’re being mean to your mother, Serena?”
As if something triggered you, you scoff and somehow find the strength to look at her eyes.
“Didn’t you mean stepmother? After all, apparently, I am not your child, right?”
Her expression becomes softer as she tries to hold your hand on the table.
“I’m sorry. I really am sorry. I know that you are hurting but so am I. It hurts me that I had to separate Jungwon from you while hoping that you would know the truth someday. Your father not only keeps his secret from you but me too.”
You try to search for lies in her eyes but you couldn’t. Her eyes tell you that she is saying the truth just like at that time. Because her eyes look the same as that moment when she hit you with the truth about not being your biological mother.
“If I ask you for the truth.. Would you still give it to me just like on that day when I learned that you are not my biological mom?”
Your hands get warm when she gently holds it with a firm grip while her eyes looking straight at yours.
“Of course, dear. You deserve to know how your father is such a piece of trash.”
Then she started to explain about how your father married your biological mother and why they divorced.
“Your mother’s name is Seo Gina. She was my deskmate and my best friend during our high school days. I was happy when she got married to your father because his family took care of her when she lost her parents. They were happily married for 4 years until she couldn’t stand his obsession about wanting a male heir for the Young Group legacy.”
Your heart clenched so hard when you heard your mother's real name. It's as if that name has always been close to you despite you never heard of it and barely have memories of your biological mother.
"Was my mom unhappy with her marriage?"
Mrs Yang slowly nodded her head as her reply to your question
"She was very unhappy. She was tortured mentally and emotionally by the intense pressure from the Yang family. So she filed for a divorce and ran away after she left you to the Yang family."
You purse your lips trying to suppress the feeling of sadness and sorrow that you feel..
"So that's why father doesn't really care about me.. He only wanted a male heir and couldn't care less about his own daughter. His own flesh and blood."
Mrs Yang couldn't take it and ran to your side to give you a hug. The hug feels so distant yet so close. Your cold heart feels as if it's melted after a long time yearning for it.
"Listen, here. Your father is a dangerous person. He doesn't control the laws, he is the law itself. I've known you since forever, you are nothing less than my own child. So, I will do anything to protect you and Jungwon. I know it's not easy for you but I need you to trust me on this."
Your stepmother left the cafe after you said that would think about trusting her regarding your past and the information about your biological mother. You begin to pondered a lot about the times when she took care of you and Jungwon. You even remember how she would watch over you from afar when you're playing with Jungwon because Jungwon was too playful and stubborn when he was a toddler.
“I almost passed by this cafe until I saw a familiar Range Rover nearby. I’m glad I come to this cafe.”
You got startled when someone who turned out to be Jay, suddenly popped up in front of you out of no where. and took a sit in front of you which is the seat that was taken by your stepmother earlier.
“You surprised me! When did you arrived here? Aren’t you supposed to be meeting Inspector Kim today? ”
Jay quietly stares at the tea cup that is almost empty which is left by your step mother for a few second before he take a seat in front of you which is the same seat that was taken by your stepmother earlier.
“I guess I won’t have to prepare a surprise for you when my existence itself is a suprise to you. It feels really great though. Is this how it feels like if I’m dating you someday?”
He leaned his body closer to you with both of his elbow on the table as his hands are supporting his tilted head that looks full of dream as he look at your face. You rolled your eyes hearing his sweet nothing words and he chuckled feeling amuse of himself and his confidence to say those words to you.
That’s literally an unofficial love confession and you’re not dumb to not noticed that. But considering the fact that you have something that you hide from his regarding his sister’s death, you’d rather think about yourself first. And it is at this moment that you realised something. Jay is indeed have a feeling towards you and there’s no doubt about that.
“I was just around the corner and I saw a lady exit this cafe. Then, I noticed your car and figured that you could be inside here so now here I am.”
Jay sheepishly smiled before a waiter come to the table and take his iced americano with a croffle order.
“I’m meeting him later around 2:30 pm. So I have about an hour an half of free time right now.”
You nodded your head and stir your half finished iced tea with the straw..
“Who is the lady earlier? She seemed like she’s walking off from your table.”
You abruptly stop drinking the iced tea as you thinking of telling him the truth or make up a lie. But to gained his trust, you know that it’s best if you tell him the truth.
“That is my stepmother. We just had a mother-daughter conversation in here since it’s been a while since we last saw each other.”
Well, half truth half lie sounds not that bad ain’t it? Thankfully, Jay seemed to believe you and you are also saved by the waiter who serve Jay’s order right at that moment, which made him momentarily forgot about what he was going to ask you.
While Jay is having his quick brunch, you just patiently wait for him while getting lost in your thoughts, until the moment both of you exit the cafe.
“Jay.. Can I… Go along with you to meet Inspector Kim?”
Jay turned to look at you who is fiddling with your thumbs.
“Sure! I wouldn’t mind that. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t mind too, so it’s cool.. but why though? Aren’t you busy today?”
I’m sorry for what I’m doing from now on, Jay.
“No, I’m taking a day off today.”
Jay nodded his head realising that no wonder Soobin isn’t here. He was about to ask you if you would like to go by his car or yours until you got a call from your father. And that successfully make you freeze on the spot while looking at your phone screen that displays the dialer contact that reads 아버지 (father).
“You should answer that call. It’s your dad after all.”
You take a deep breath before deciding to pick up at the last minute.
“You do remember what date and day is tomorrow, right?”
Without any greetings or foreword, your father just went straight to the point. What a loving father you have, right? You put the phone away before you got a reminder note that reads
Tuesday, 25 September 2023
Jungwon’s coming home
“Yes. Of course, I remember.”
You replied with a stoic expression on your face.
“Good. You’re going to pick up Jungwon at the airport tomorrow. Your mother-”
Your father cleared his voice to cover up his little slip on his word.
“Stepmother and I are going to Busan for a business meeting. Don’t be late to to pick him up. I just sent you his contact number in case you have deleted his contact number.”
Without any other word, he ended the call leaving you feeling numb.
What do I expect? I’m not going to be the successor of Young Group. I should’ve known where my place is in the family.
“Jay.. I think I won’t be able to join you to meet Inspector Kim. Call me if there’s any information about the case. Let me know about your discussion with Inspector Kim later.”
You just left him to process about what’s happening as you go straight to your Range Rover and drive off to your penthouse suite.
You’re gonna need a warm tea, a long hot shower and a deep sleep to prepare yourself mentally, before meeting Jungwon for the first time, after the whole cold war that have been going on between the two of you.
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Mental breakdown strikes again this week that I didn't realise how short chapter 4 is, until I proofread again the whole series from Teaser to this current chapter. I hope the 2k word counts update would make up for the lack of word counts and the late update. 🫶🏻
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