Chapter 147: Orange juice and strawberry drink

Minjae’s POV

"Yes, thank you" I mutter as I take the orange juice from the waiter.

I lift it to my mouth to take a sip but change my mind, I feel heavier than I should. This Junho thing is affecting me way more than I would like to admit.

"Stupid hunk" I groan and lean back tiredly in my seat.

The adrenaline from the whole mafia mess has died down now that Seoha is back with me, he’s safe and that’s all that matters.

Safe and wanted by a dangerous man that cares about him; I will keep trying to protect Seoha, but I know that his mate loves him.

My fingers idly play with the collar of my shirt, that was the place Seungmin’s collar used to sit.

I stop wearing it a while ago, and I genuinely miss its weight on my neck, it was something I have been wearing for two years since Seungmin and I got serious.

The café I’m at is half empty, it’s work time but I’m taking a much needed break, work makes me nauseous these days.

I should be taking my leave now, but I want to enjoy myself better...I mean, there’s no one waiting for me at home.

That foreign girl, Shuhua, can take my high class, extremely funny, grade A jokes better than my white wall can.

Extrovert life is so hard.

"Strawberry drink?" someone asks and I look up to find Junho standing in front of me with a cup of strawberry drink and I wrinkle my nose.

"What the fuck?" I ask in a deep voice.

Anything fruity with a hint of milk tastes like vomit to me these days, why the hell is this bonehead offering me vomit?

"You hate it?" he asks and shoves it into a paper bag I didn’t notice in his hand before.

"You could have asked me before buying shit, you know?" I snap at him and it’s his turn to wince.

"But you drink this everyday" he says.

"That was before my baby started kicking my ass...wait a minute, everyday? You have been stalking me?" I ask and he bows his head.

"I’m sorry, I’ll get something else" he says.

"What are you going to buy now? You already gave me vomit, might as well back it up with piss"

"Are you always this vulgar?" he asks.

"Are you always this dense?" I ask back.

"Dense?" he questions with his brows drawing together with concern and I can’t help my smirk.

"I want you to sit with me and ask me what I want before you make a move" I snap at him, feeling guilty for venting all my frustration on him.

The big man in all black suit slowly sits in front of me, he looks so stiff as he stares at my face, and I huff for dramatic effect blowing hair out of my face.

My hair is still light brown from the last dying session...should I do blue next? Seoha might hate me if I do red...fucking Roh Jaemin.

"I wanted to thank you for yesterday" he says and I nod, holding myself back from saying something snarky.

"I wanted to also apologize for walking out" he says and I sigh tiredly.

"You don’t owe me any reason to stay" I shrug, taking a sip of my orange juice and maintaining eye contact with him.

"No, no I don’t, but I am hoping you will let me stay" he says and I start to snicker.

"You look like some mafia movie character" I say and his frown deepens, "my emotions are all over the place, Junho hyung" I confess when I finally stop laughing.

"I overheard the conversation" he says.

"I know..." I say and drop the playful attitude, he came to talk, something that Seungmin hasn’t done with me since he left.

If I aborted my pup, will he come running to me?

"It’s not a secret, I like you...I barely know you and I already feel this way about you" I clear my throat.

"But we...look at us. You are still fresh out of a relationship with your previous lover, and I’m a mess" I say and gesture to myself.

"Incase you haven’t noticed, I’m pregnant" I say and his eyes flicker with something unreadable, "my...boyfriend wasn’t ready for a kid and he left us"

"What’s his name?" Junho asks.

"He’s a police officer" I say quickly and make a face.

"You are not going to hurt a man because of me, look, I like you, you like me but we have a lot of things to sort" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"So...you’re not rejecting me?" he asks.

"I’m not accepting you, I’m giving room for you to walk out before it can hurt me" I say my real feeling to him, and I see his eyes soften.

I feel proud of myself; I only know how to tell irrelevant jokes and never know how to share my feelings.

I rub my baby bump gently, I’m shit, but I’m proud that I’m getting better.

"Give me my strawberry" I say and stretch my hand, making a childish ’gimme’ gesture with my hand.

"You said it tastes like vomit" Junho says and as I scowl at him, he doesn’t waste a second before he hands the bag over to me.

"Never remind a pregnant man what they said...ever" I say pointedly, reverting to my playful ways now that we’ve sorted this.

"Are you still going back to work?" Junho checks his watch as I take the first sip of the strawberry,

Heh, it’s not that bad.

"No, I think I need to nap now" I yawn to make my point clear, and then turn my head to the side, picking up on a conversation between two friends.

"He deserves a better woman" a man says to his partner, "oh shut it, like you wouldn’t give your soul to be on Kang Taesan’s bed" the woman next to him says.

"Well yes, but Kang Taesan being in a relationship with an unknown omega man is so...anticlimactic" the man says and I turn my head.

Kang Taesan is in a relationship?

"Minjae?" Junho calls my name while I’m fuming.

"Hold on" I mutter and pull my phone out; a few words and a search button later, I am seeing news of Kang Taesan calling an omega employee ’baby’ during meeting.

"Today?" I say out loud, knowing that I left Seoha at home today...unless he...

"I’m so going to kill him" I say under my breath and get out of my seat with Junho following.