It started with a lie

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"And, he's okay with all of that?" he asked in bewilderment. 

I shrugged. 

"Does he - does he knows about me...?" He meant to ask if my boyfriend knows that he's my ex.. 

I nodded. "I told him. It's no big deal. Everybody has past relationships. What matters is present." 

He nodded slowly. "Your boyfriend is very magnanimous."

"Haha, ya he is." Of course.. because he's not my real boyfriend. Actually I should give him a treat for his help. "Did Angel gave you hell...? She called so many times..."

He shrugged. "No big deal. She always make a mountain out of a mole hole."

I chuckled awkwardly. 

 We ate our food. It was simply delicious. And he offered me a prawn so I cut a slice of my fish to exchange. 

"I have never tried the fish here," he said. "I always ordered prawn pasta." He is a man of habits. 

"It's nice," I said. Both dishes are nice. 

"Next time I can try it. Angel always only eats salads.. wherever we dine at. It's no fun eating with her." 

"Well, she's a model so she has to watch her diet," I remarked. But then again when Rowoon eats with me, he seems to have no diet restriction!

"Does your boyfriend has the same issue with diet..? I heard he's quite a celebrity."

He must have heard it from Angel.. 

"Well.. not really.. he eats fine when he's with me." 

"That's nice of him," he said. "He's good-looking and tall." 

Angel must have show him pictures too. 

"How did you get to know him?"

Uh-oh.. how did I get to know Rowoon...? By wrongly getting into his car? 

"Well.. at a friend's party..." That's not wrong at all! 

"Hmm.. how long have you been together?" 

"Hmm.. not very long," I gave a vague answer. 

"Isn't it tough dating a famous celebrity? I can imagine he must be very busy as well with his schedule.. he don't only model right?" 

"Eh ya.. these days he starting to film his new drama..." 

"Do you find it awkward to see him kissing another woman on screen?" he chuckled. 

"Oh.. well..." I pretend to chuckle awkwardly. Actually I haven't watch any of his kissing scenes. I wonder how I would feel.. 

We finally finished our main course and he asked me if I want any dessert. But I was very full already. So he suggested we take a stroll to walk it off. Since the restaurant was near the park, we went to the park for a walk. There were a lot of couples out on dates. 

"Angel doesn't like to walk," he chuckled bitterly. "Except cat walk on the runway. She hates to go to parks, or hiking, or anything to do with nature." 

I just smiled. 

"Are you guys flying in to Busan over the weekend next week?" 

I nodded. "Ya." Iljun and I would be flying on Saturday while Dexter and Yejin would join us on Sunday. "What about you?" 

"I have a court hearing on Saturday so I will drive in on Sunday likely." 

"Are you going to drive again?"