CH 226

On the way to the parlor after getting ready.

The hallway was not different from usual, but the sunlight felt particularly warm and the steps were light.

‘It feels unfamiliar.’

Often in romance novels and movies, they talk like everything changes when you start dating.

‘It’s not that much, but it’s definitely different.’

I felt my whole body tingle as I put my hand on the doorknob to open the living room door.

And as soon as I saw Jake’s back, sitting calmly behind the open door, my heart seemed to sink down and then floated up like a cloud.

“Jay, I’m sorry. You waited a long time.”

“…… Oh, Mir. You’re here.”

As soon as Jake heard my voice, he quickly turned his head and smiled brightly.

‘Now I know. This feeling I’m feeling right now.’

It felt like the genre had changed.

If my original life had become an everyday thing, now it seems like it has become a romance thing.

‘Um, then what’s the specific genre between me and Jake? Romance Comedy? Tragic Romance? Passionate melodrama…… ?’

A movie played in my head, starring Jake and me.

No, but tragic and passion don’t go well together!

This can’t be!

I don’t want it!

I had to let go of the embarrassing imagination because it didn’t get along well at all.

So I clasped my hand a little and closed my eyes tightly.

The moment I pushed out my imagination and opened my eyes, my eyes met Jake, who was standing right in front of me.

He reached out to me with worried eyes.

“Are you sick?”

“…… what?”

“You frowned and whined. I was worried because I thought you were sick.”

Jake’s transparent brown eyes are looking at me with concern.

I hurriedly excused myself.

“No. It’s not that I’m sick, I was just thinking about something else…….”

“…… Something else?”

Is it because of the feeling?

For a moment, Jake’s voice seemed to have subsided a little.

He mumbled, “Hmm,” in a little sigh.

“I’m curious to know what other thoughts that bothered Mir more than me.”

He seemed literally curious, but I shook my head because I could never tell him.

“It really doesn’t matter.”

“If you’re thinking of something that really doesn’t matter like that, I have no choice but to want to know.”

I couldn’t hide my expression from Jake’s sly questions.

In the end, I covered my face with both hands and gave a small answer.

“…… Because it really doesn’t matter. Just thinking about the future between you and me and the change in our relationship……. Well, something like that. As you know, we’ve been dating since yesterday. It’s still awkward, so I can only imagine.”

Hearing my words, Jake said with a soft smile.

“If that’s the case, it’s not something that doesn’t matter. It’s a very special matter.”

“Is it?”

“Yes. If possible, it would have been better if you had talked to me about those concerns. Because I was having a similar problem these days. Mir.”

Saying so, Jake put the overcoat that he had taken off to the side again.

“Jay, didn’t you come to see me? Are you going back already?”

“No, I want to go out with you. If you only grumble in one place, the answer to your worries won’t come easily. If you go to various places, you may find the answer. So, Mir, let’s go out together.”

He smiled at me.

* * *

I accidentally followed Jake into his carriage.

Before getting into the carriage, Jake reached out his hand in escort and said playfully.

“Please get in, Lady.”

“…… !”

For a moment, Jake’s gentlemanly tone felt unfamiliar and my face turned red.

It wasn’t until I got into the carriage that I confirmed that there was no one listening around and whispered to Jake.

“What did you just say? It’s not the first time we’ve seen each other.”

“I wanted to escort you with words like that once. As you know, we’ve been childhood friends since we were little. I never had a chance to say that.”

Jake calmly shrugged his shoulders.

“If you and I had met for the first time at the debutante banquet, I would have said that, but I’m sad.”

“Really? You’re sad? So, shall we assume that we met for the first time today?”

For some reason, I thought it was playful, so I made a joke about it.

Then, Jake looked shocked.

“That’s not allowed.”

“You don’t want to?”

“Of course. You don’t know how lucky I was because I was your first friend, and we’ve been friends since we were little. I can never give up on that place.”

“Ahaha.”

When I saw Jake speaking so seriously, I laughed, wondering if he was really serious.

“Yes, Jay. It’s nice to be able to be friends with you for a long time too. Friends from childhood are all special people you can’t get when you grow up.”

That’s when I just turned my head to Jake.

Hihiingg!

Suddenly, the sound of a horse’s cry, as if it stepped on a small stone came.

At the same time, the carriage’s body leaned slightly to the side.