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"Aera darling. Did you have dinner?"

Mrs. Park grabbed Aera's hands as she pulled her towards the dining table where the men of the house were already sitting. The lady might have asked her whether she had the meal or not but she had no intention of hearing out the answer because before Aera had the chance of refusing she was already being pushed down to sit beside her son.

"Mrs. Park—"

"If I hear you calling me that one more time, I am going to get you fired." She threatened as she served food on a plate for Aera.

Aera watched with wide eyes at the only two other people at the table, who were a bit taken aback by this sudden attack as well.

"Look at you. Are you not eating well?" She asked as she placed the now full plate in front of Aera.

"No. I am—I am eating well."

"Doesn't look like it." She frowned as she directed her gaze towards her son who looked at her with surrendering eyes as if he had been caught red handed.

"Are you overworking her?" She asked before sitting down.

"Mom—"

"No Mrs Pa— Aunty. He isn't overworking me neither am I doing anything that I have been told not to do. I am absolutely fine. Thank you for taking care of me." Aera bowed to her from her seat.

"Eat well. I don't want you to be unhealthy." She said adamantly coaxing Aera to lift the chopsticks and start eating. Her concerned stare made it look like the older woman was going to come feed her if she didn't start eating soon.



















"Hey."

Jimin turned to look at the door to find Aera approaching him. He had come up to the rooftop to star gaze and the breeze was a bit chilly, giving him relief from the hot weather.

"Hey. Come sit here." He motioned for her to sit down on the pillow seats.

"I have never been in this part of the mansion."

"That's because it is limited to only me."

He said as he wrapped a hand around her shoulder squeezing her beside him.

"Then what am I doing here?"

"You are here because everything that belongs to me, belongs to you too."

Aera stared at him as he recited the sentence looking up at the stars.

"Isn't that too fast?"

"If waiting for three years and five months seems fast for you then I guess I will have to do with fast." He said as he bopped his nose with hers.

"Wait..what do you mean three years?" She pulled a bit back to look at him. Jimin just hummed in response as he smiled at her.

"So you mean to say that you have had feelings for me all this time?" Aera looked at him in disbelief. She could already see how she must have appeared to him because before she could change her shocked dooly like expression, Jimin was rolling on his back while laughing loudly.

"You are so cute." He said in between his laughter as he tried to keep his eyes open.

"Yeah?" Aera said playfully before hooking her fingers on the sides of his torso making him squeal and squirm as he giggled and groaned.

"Don't tickle me. I can't laugh anymore." He shrieked as he tried to hold her hands but Aera was fast with her reflex.

"No Aera. I can't see when I laugh!!" He shouted in desperation as Aera stopped her torment over him and this time Jimin lunged at her to tickle her sides.

"What? Why aren't you laughing?" He asked in bewilderment as he continued tickling her sides.

"Because I am not ticklish." Aera deadpanned but Jimin was far from giving up.

"No. You must have a spot where you are ticklish. That's given!" He said as he started exploring while looking up at her to see if she was laughing or not.

"What are you doing?" Aera giggled as she saw him reaching for the sides of her neck as he tried to wiggle his fingers there but she didn't advance from the smile she had been giving him.

"If somebody sees us like this, they are going to think something wrong!" She said as she tried to pry his hands of her but Jimin just tightened his hold on her waist as his other hand trailed from her ear to the curve of her shoulder making her shudder at their gentle touch.

That shiver made Aera look up at him making the latter look up as well as they stared at each other to see nothing but the sparkle of the lone stars under the moonlight. His eyes searched around for that familiar gleam which he had seen in her eyes in the afternoon when he had surprised her by being dominant over her. Vision cracking between those chocolate brown eyes and the thin but supple soft lips that he had devoured but didn't get enough of.

His hands trailing down her torso towards her knees as he scooted closer while bringing her more closer to him. Their faces just mere inches from each other when Aera giggled but she stopped herself by clamping her hands on her mouth to prevent it. Jimin mischievously looked at her as his hand gently brushed on the sole of her foot. His fingers curving on their own accord as they scratched it making the female in his clutches squirm as she tried to control her laughter.

"And you said you aren't ticklish?" He asked as he tickled her making her giggle like a small kid and he had hard time keeping himself from recording that beautiful sound she made. Seeing her happy brought to him a strange sense of bliss.

"No no! Please!! Don't do it anymore!!" She laughed holding his shoulders as he continued his torture. By the time he had had enough, Aera was huffing breathlessly.

"Now I know a new thing about you." He said as he stretched out his legs on both sides of her. She leaned back on his chest while wrapping one of his hand across her.

"What? My ticklish spot?"

"No. That you sound way cuter when you laugh." He said as he kissed her head lovingly.

"Even I know a new thing about you."

Jimin frowned bit with his smile still intact as he looked at her. Aera craned here head sideways to look at him.

"That you can't see when you laugh."

She said making both of them laugh as Jimin embraced her tightly while swaying along with the breeze.

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I wanted to mention a reader KamlaYimchunger who has been so kind to leave comments and appreciating my work every time I post a chapter. Thank you for reading this book and I hope I never disappoint you. It's all because of readers like you that I get motivated to write.

Love you all💜

~PDG.

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