Chapter 4

Samantha's POV

A week has passed but every time I tried to get close to Jake, he finds a way to brush me off like I'm someone who got some disease.

To say that I as hurt was an understatement. I almost want to burst into tears in front of him prepared to beg for forgiveness but I don't want to put him in an awkward situation since he's with his members.

I was working on the garden outside when Rome came in. I figure out that I should at least learn their names since we will be living together. But that doesn't mean that I want to be close to them. Even though I work for them, fir the company and yes, I only know their name but didn’t really bother knowing who’s who. I don’t really need it when processing documents. But I enjoy watching their concerts from a far. However, I am really just focused with my brother. I prefer not to be swayed by their looks.

I know they are some famous Korean celebrities but I am a person who have been living with only books and school. I never had a chance to admire idols.

The nature of work that I have requires me to know them at least and I'm not sure how I managed.

If there's one thing that I enjoy doing, it is maintaining the landscape that I have in front of my house. All of my worries and stress, I actually put it all in and bury everything in the ground.

I was busy pulling out some new grown grasses when someone interrupted me.

"I'm sorry to bother you," I heard him speak. Yeah. Here it goes.

I stop what I am doing and faced him. I study his face for a second. This man is so awkward.

"Judging from your personality, I think you'll still bother me even if I refuse. "I must have caught him off-guard as his cheeks turned bright red.

I laughed to myself.

That red cheeks are so cute though.

I never saw a man turned tomato red due to embarrassment. I must admit, he looks cute yet manly.

"Ahm, I don't want to be disrespectful but I'm not sure if you know but I'm the leader of the group and I notice how tense our youngest is around you, by any chance, are you his ex-girlfriend or something?" he asked while fiddling with his hands.

I looked at him intently to let him know that I'm listening.

"It's just that, I think it messing up the group. We are almost doing our comeback and any distraction will mess up everything."

Yep. He is definitely awkward.

I returned back to what I was doing.

After a few more minutes, I stood up to start sprinkling some water on the pots.

I sighed then looked at him. I honestly want to tell him who I am but I don't think I'm in the position to do that. Jake will probably kill me if I did. But I answered him anyway.

"I'm not his ex and I can never be." at least that I can tell him. I can't give him further details as my brother might not want them to know about me. It hurts so much to be denied by your brother but I don't want to be reckless and make everything worse.

I turned back at him and saw him scratching his head. "Any more questions?"

Just then, Josh came with Jason following him.

God, these two.

I Immediately put down the sprinkler determined to get away from the two. These two has been making my life a living hell this past few days.

Every time Josh sees me, he would tease me about checking him out. He once joked about me checking out his ass and I just have to throw the pillow at him.

Seeing him makes me want to break his legs.

Before I can run from the three, Josh immediately blocked my way. He seems to be enjoying making fun of me.

"Whoops! Where do you think you are going?" He moved too fast and the next thing I knew; he was already in front of me. He started wetting his lips with his tongue and I swear to God, I almost threw my arms on him and kiss him.

You did not just think about that.

Excuse that thought.

This man is so cheeky that I am contemplating if I will hit him on the face or yes, kiss his lips. Again.

His fans will probably kill me if I do and I must be getting mental for even thinking about it.

What's happening to you, Samantha? Focus.

His smile is so annoying but I can't help but admire the way his teeth shows every time.

"I'm going because I know that you'll just be teasing me and I might lose myself and poke your eyes if I stay any longer." I notice a glint of disappointment flashing on his eyes but it was so brief that I think I was just seeing things. I suddenly regret telling him out. I must have gone too far.

"Sorry to burst your babble but I'm here to ask you about the other room on the second floor. I think that's the music room and I'm wondering if we can use it. We need to check some tracks for our album."

My cheeks turned red in embarrassment. I notice how he is not smiling anymore.

I straightened my dress to regain my composure.

"That's my personal room. I'm not comfortable sharing you that." I told him.

Rome and Jason must have been enjoying themselves while watching us because they are not doing anything which makes me feel more uncomfortable. It's like they were watching us do a mini drama.

"Too bad, but I remember our manager telling us that we can use everything on this house except for your room." he raised his eyebrow almost testing my patience.

"Seeing that the music room is not inside your room, I believe we can use that." He looked directly in my eyes. "Not unless you want us to stay inside of your room." He added.

I not sure why but the way he said those words makes me shiver. And God forbid but some dirty thoughts suddenly started to cross my mind. Oh my God. I'm being such a pervert.

What is this guy doing to me?

He must have noticed my lack of focus as he suddenly laughed out loud. "You're not thinking some playful things right now, are you?

My face turned tomato red. I have never been so embarrassed in my life before. I can hear the other two laughing their ass off.

I'm starting to hate them. Really.

I gritted my teeth in anger and hit him in the shoulder.

I am never a violent person but I forgot how many times have I hit him due to his playfulness.

"The password is 9197, you moron. And don't think about laying a finger on my stuff there."

I turned my back on him and marched my way inside the house. But before I can come inside, I heard him shouting something about coming to his room if I want.

What a pain in the ass.

After the incident, I just went inside the house like nothing ever happened. I was bothered a bit but what can I do, now?

I was crying in the kitchen when Jake and Yohan came in. Yohan must have heard me sobbing so he immediately went over and pat my back.

"Whoever made you cry is stupid." he said. He is the timidest out of them but for some reason, I felt comfortable with him the most.

I wiped my tears and look at him from behind.

"No one did. It's just that I always cry hard whenever I chop onions." I told him and that's how he saw all the ingredients set in the kitchen counter. He laughed at my response.

I looked at Jake who immediately went over the refrigerator to get a bottle of water. At least he would now stay in a place with me.

"What are you going to cook?" He gave me a small smile full of sincerity.

Boy, I felt my heart fell into my stomach as I saw him smile. I had to blink a few times. Gummy smile, I like it. "Do you need help?" He added.

I looked around to check if there's anything he can do.

"Ahm, it's fine. Besides, this is just a chicken stew." I then turned back into chopping some onions. I stopped and looked up into the ceiling to stop myself from crying.

Before I can get back to chopping, I felt someone shove me to the side and when I look who it is, I was shocked to see Jake getting the knife and chopping the onions for me.

I almost cried, this time, real tears but I stopped myself. He knew how I hate onions. He would always do it for me every time we help her mom in the kitchen.

"Crybaby" I heard him mumble.

I was once again overjoyed. He may not have talked directly to me but I'm glad we are at least making a progress.

I heard Yohan chuckling in the side. I almost forgot he was there.

"Are you two some ex-lovers or what?" He asked.

I looked at Jake expectantly. I wonder how he will respond.

"Nope." he answered. My heart is literally hanging out of my chest for whatever it is he is about to say. "She's just a stalker of mine who always manage to piss me off," he added.

My heart dropped at his response. He then put down the knife and went to the sink to wash his hands.

He is done chopping the onions.

He made his way out of the kitchen in no time and I was not even able to say thanks.

"Don't mind him. He has a lot on his shoulders lately as there are some issues about him right now but don't worry. He doesn't mean any of that. He is actually the kindest and most playful among us."

I smiled at him. At least he is not as annoying as Josh.

"But you sure you're not ex-lovers, right?" I heard him which I just returned with a chuckle.

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