Chapter 274 - Bottom of this

"Kidding," Minhyun vocalised, causing her eyes to widen for a second before she reduced them to the normal size.

'Geez! Seriously, Soohyun, you were affected by that? This is Han Minhyun after all.'

"That better be it, Han Minhyun," Soohyun voiced out, "I almost had a heart attack when you said it."

However, upon those words, a sense of disappointment went over her, and she could feel her mood getting worse. Looking down at her food, she decided to concentrate on eating and tried to bring her emotions under control.

"You seem too adamant on running away," Minhyun vocalised. It surprised him when those words sounded harsher than he had expected.

Those words of not letting them do so was not something Minhyun was joking about; they were rather words said on impulse. Those words left his mouth before he could control, leaving himself amused.

Knowing that they will just be making the things between them awkward, Minhyun tried to quell the situation by mentioning about how it was merely a joke.

Lee Soohyun truly had the ability to make him be shocked of himself; she made him realize that he did not exactly have that good of a control over his words as he thought.

"Is that a bad thing?" Soohyun questioned, raising one of her eyebrows.

As soon as that question left her mouth, she regretted it. Subconsciously, she was well aware of the answer Minhyun will be giving her and the pain that will be going along with it. She had an inkling that the answer will a 'no'.

As if noticing her distress, Minhyun answered, "Guess."

Soohyun scoffed and let out a chuckle in hopes of easing the situation. The atmosphere around them felt quite tense at this moment.

Pursing both of her lips together, she mumbled, "Min Jaehwan."

It was better to let Han Minhyun know of it early than letting him find out by himself. Doubts can destroy a relationship greatly, and she did not want that be there in between of their relationship.

Soohyun's eyes observed Minhyun's facial expression after she had uttered that name, and visible shock could be seen on his face as if he was not expecting that. 

"How did you know?" Minhyun questioned as he narrowed his eyes on her, and his countenance turned grim.

"There was a book in the library," Soohyun voiced out, "It fell, and then, there was Eunwoo's name present in it along with a picture. The picture had you in it; I guess it was from your childhood. Maybe around nine to ten, and Eunwoo was beside you. So, I connected everything."

Her words managed to make Minhyun more astounded, and he then questioned, "How did you know that person in the photo was me?"

With his mask on, Han Minhyun did not resemble his childhood self much, and seeing how Soohyun was capable to guessing him simply from that was most definitely suspicious. Nonetheless, he could not sense her from lying.

"Because two of you looked really similar," Soohyun vocalised.

"With my mask on, the similarities would not be that much noticeable. That is why I am wearing this mask, so how were you able to guess it when those closest to me were not able to?" Minhyun vocalised.

Han Minhyun's words caused for creases to appear between of her eyebrows, and as she looked at his face, she realized that he was right. They did not look much similar with his mask.

"Oh! I guess you are right," Soohyun voiced out, "But then, I found you two looking similar. Maybe I am really good when it comes to observing people's faces."

"Do you know how I look like without the mask?" Minhyun asked.

That sentence of Minhyun made Soohyun unable to answer. She indeed knew how he appeared without the mask for he completely resembled her boss from the other world.

Without a hesitation, she voiced out, "Yeah, I guess you can say that."

"How?"

"It is a silly reason, but that is because you look extremely similar to my Boss in my previous life. That's why, it was super weird when I had to seduce you because I saw my Boss in you, and I think I even called you 'boss' multiple number of times," She stated.

She then added, "Both of you have lots of similarities though. He is as cold as you and gave me a lot of hard time at work as well."

"Hmm," Minhyun said, "Is that simply a coincidence?"

Shrugging her shoulders, Soohyun replied, "I have no idea about that. I tried asking Minnie once, but that asshole was not helpful as most of the times and remained vague with the answer."

"Our meeting, you being here— everything was planned, and the one who has arranged all of this was the Oracle and Mihee," Minhyun stated.

Lee Soohyun had an inkling that Minnie was listening to all those words in her mind but decided to say regarding it; it would be too awkward if Minnie did say anything.

Soohyun nodded. That part was something she had already figured out, and seeing that they had no evil intention behind it, Soohyun did not mind it much.

"I have never heard of parallel universes, and about this entire thing, there is surely an explanation," Minhyun stated.

"You were basically a character in the novel for me," Soohyun said, "Just imagine how funny it is to enter into a novel you have just read, but then some things did not match. This is creepy in a way I guess."

"We will get to the bottom of this later; this is currently not our priority," Minhyun vocalised, "The dining table is not the best place to discuss about all this matter. I tell you about this once we get inside."

Soohyun nodded. 

With curiosity growing inside her, she quickly began to devour down the food in front of her. After all, the faster that she will be able to finish them, the earlier she will be able to know about the truth.

This was totally thrilling to Soohyun. The feeling was akin to reading the part of a novel where main mystery would be revealed.