"You guys brought Chua?"
Chua was my parent's latest rescue dog. She was a mix of breeds - I got them the DNA test for Christmas the previous year - that had been scrambled together and came out looking like a large, brown Brillo pad with feet. The Brillo pad appeared in the doorway and trotted inside.
Kkuma sat up and gave an appreciative "woof."
"This is Kkuma. He's not mine. He belongs to my...uhm..neighbour? Hey, do you guys want to get out of here and go for breakfast or lunch or just leave for any reason at all?"
Kkuma hopped off the couch and booped noses with Chua. Chua let out a high pitched yap, and the two of them began to zoom around the miniscule first floor.
"Rose, baby, what the fuck are you doing down there?"
I watched in horror as a topless man appeared on the stairs. Mum and I froze to the spot. Thank God he was wearing his joggers.
Dad, moving quickly for a big guy, put himself between us and the man.
"State your business." Dad shouted at Seungcheol's bare torso.
"Wow, wow, wow." Mum whispered.
She wasn't wrong. The man was freaking spectacular.
Kkuma and Chua chose that moment to take their running time upstairs.
"Rose, you wanna explain what's going on?" Seungcheol drawled as he side stepped the canine catastrophe.
I ducked under Dad's arm and moved to stand between my parents and my boss...erm..neighbour? One time sex partner?
"Uh. Okay. So..I really wish I'd had more coffee."
"Are those tattoos real? How many times a week do you go to the gym?" Mum asked, peering under Dad's arm.
"What the hell is going on??" Dad rumbled.
"Oh, Baek. So old fashioned!" Mum said, giving him an affectionate pat on the back before walking up to Seungcheol and hugging him.
"Mum!!"
Seungcheol stood there woodenly clearly in shock.
"Welcome to the family!" She said, pressing a kiss to his cheek.
"Oh my god. I'm going to die of embarrassment." I decided.
Seungcheol patted my mother awkwardly on the back. "Uh, thanks?"
She released him and then grabbed me by the shoulders. "We were so worried about you, sweetheart. It wasn't like you to just up and leave your own wedding like that. Not that we ever liked Jun that much anyway."
"I always thought he was a pretentious ass." Dad cut in.
"I thought maybe you were depressed." Mum continued. "But now it all makes sense! You fell in love with someone else and couldn't go through with a sham of a marriage. Isn't that wonderful, Baek?"
"I need coffee." Seungcheol muttered and headed for the kitchen.
"Aren't you going to introduce us?" Dad demanded, still not looking very pleased.
"Hani." Seungcheol called from the coffee pot. "Shirt?"
I winced. "Uhm..under the sink."
He gave me a long, unreadable look before crouching down to retrieve his shirt.
My mother gave me an incredibly inappropriate double thumbs up as Seungcheol turned his back on us and buttoned up his shirt.
MUM?! I mouthed.
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TOUGH ROMANCE || scoups || BOOK ONE
Romance"Come on now, Rose." O N G O I N G 🎀 Quiet, cold, rich Seungcheol prefers to live his life alone. Unless you count his dog, Kkuma. He doesn't tolerate drama even when it comes in the form of a runaway bride. Hani wasn't just running away from her...
