When the pristine and stealthy as night Bugatti pulled up in front of the apartment complex, it attracted a lot of attention. Because the people living here were all middle-class families, they were all surprised to see such a luxury car. Who could be driving such a thing?
The door opened and with one leg before the other, Rosè Yang elegantly climbed out of the car, the wind picking up her hair, sending it fluttering.
The people astonishingly stared at her, their mouths nearly dropping to the floor. Everyone had expected a man to step out, not such a beautiful young woman!
Silky locks that fell in waves, piercing feline eyes, lips that resembled hearts, and clear, porcelain skin, she was a sight to behold. From her charismatic aura, it wasn't hard for the people staring to know she was of higher status.
Rosè Yang grabbed her phone and called Min Jennie, ignoring all of the eyes on her. When she didn't pick up the call, Rosè Yang grew worried. Was she really ignoring her? Rosè Yang knew she wasn't the type to hold a grudge.
Sighing to herself, she walked into the gated community, wrote her name on the guest log and waited for the security guard to allow her entry. Once done, she walked into the neighborhood. It was a group of different apartment complexes all contained behind one gate. It was a nice complex with a playground and a park built within it. She walked down the stone pavement and looked around for his apartment building.
Was it seventy or eighty building...? She pressed her lips together and went with a lucky guess, went in, took the elevator and knocked on the door. Soon enough, Min Jennie came into sight, her eyes droopy and tired. Her exhausted expression sharpened upon seeing her. Her lips curled downwards into a displeased scowl. Right when she was about to slam the door shut, Rosè Yang stuck her foot out and stopped her.
"Ow!" She purposely lied, in hopes of making her feel guilty. If she felt any remorse, she didn't show it. Uh-oh, she really was mad...
"What do you want?" Min Jennie tried to close the door, but she yanked it open. She jumped at her strength. Since when was she this strong?! She slightly glanced at her thin arms and sighed in her head. She barely did any exercise aside from flexing her wrist. It's no wonder she had no strength.
"I came to apologize and make sure you're well fed." Rosè Yang held up the lunch bags filled with dishes and greeted her with a bright smile.
Min Jennie glared at her. "I don't want it."
"Are you sure?" Rosè Yang unzipped the bags a bit and instantly, the delectable aroma of her favorite dishes came out. Fried pork ribs, seafood fried rice, seven treasure chicken, her favorite garlic and oyster sauce green beans, as well as beef bone soup, she really went all out for her.
Upon smelling the food, Min Jennie's mouth watered. She simply couldn't resist. After a few seconds of eyeing her brightly-lit face and the food, he reluctantly stepped aside to let her in.
Rosè Yang wasn't sure what the primary reason for her anger was. Originally, she thought it was because she stood her up on their dinner, but figured she wasn't that petty. After thinking about it for a while, she came to the conclusion that someone must've told her she was attending Kim Taehyung's banquet.
"It was freshly made just a few minutes ago, but just in case, I'll heat it up for you." She told her, taking out the dishes and placing them into the microwave. She turned on the stovetop and poured the soup into a pan.
"Or you can just put the food there and leave." Min Jennie frowned, leaning on the wall and watching her nimble body move back and forth from the kitchen counter to the oven and stove.
Rosè Yang turned around at her words, her eyes growing soft. "I'm sorry, Nini, I really didn't mean to stand you up. As for the Kim Banquet, I had no choice. My grandfather is forcing me to go, and you know him. He'll never take no for an answer." She quietly stirred the soup, waiting for it to boil.
Min Jennie didn't speak up. "You could've told me sooner about the Kim Banquet."
"I wanted to tell you over dinner, but something came up."
"What did?"
Rosè Yang sighed, placing down the ladle and turning to face her. "Sit down, it's a long story." She gestured to the stool in front of the kitchen counter. After all these years, ahe still hadn't changed it. She got this apartment the day she turned eighteen, and it's been five years since she picked out the furniture for her. The leather was cracking, but she insisted on keeping the stool.
Rosè Yang laid out the dishes for Min Jennie first before she began her story. She knew the best way to lift her mood was through food. She recounted the taxi incident, her kidnapping, and her two-week coma.
By the end of her story, Min Jennie finally had a face of understanding. She sat there, pondering her words for a long time, occasionally taking a bit of the food, savoring the taste of her amazing cooking.
"Did Kim Taehyung insist you have to go to the banquet? Or is it your grandfather?" Min Jennie was curious as to why the powerful man couldn't go himself. Sure he was getting old, but didn't he recently attend a banquet just two months ago? Why the sudden change now?
Rosè Yang was taken back by the question. She never thought about it and just like her, found it odd that her grandfather was insisting she must attend the banquet.
"Now that you mention it, I'm not too sure." She said, taking a bite of the food and then drinking the soup.
Min Jennie was silent for a while, lost in his own thoughts and theories. She looked at Rosè Yang, the woman who was oblivious to her stares and was instead, focused on filling her stomach.
Even with her stuffing her face with food, she was still very elegant in her manner. Her hair, resembling the color of an empty night sky, was naturally wavy and tied up while she ate, her smooth, pale skin the color of snow seemed to be as beautiful as white jade, pure and perfect. Her eyes were framed by perfectly long lashes that made the shimmering hazel look even lighter. She admired her from a friend's perspective.
Even during her high school years, she was able to effortlessly capture the hearts and attention of many men. Many had confessed their undying love to her, but she always prevailed and remained loyal to Jeong Jaehyun, but that didn't stop any of them from constantly chasing after her.
There was even a rumor that the infamous troublemaker, Kim Taehyung , had a crush on her... But that speculation was crushed as fast as it came because everyone knew Rose Yang cherished her friends dearly. To bully one, was to bully her and that was exactly what Kim Taehyung did. He bullied Min Jennie like a madman, constantly making her life a living hell. With such a horrendous treatment, Kim Taehyung made it very clear that he did not like Rosè Yang.
"Why aren't you eating? Here, have some Kobe beef. I spent a lot of time and energy into making these dishes, you have to finish them all!" Rosè Yanv declared. "Try the shiitake mushroom stir-fried with spinach and cauliflower, it's delicious and good for your malnourished body." She smiled, treating her more like a Older sister than a friend.
Min Jennie dug into her food and laughed. "You were hogging the food so much, I was too scared to snatch food from the beast."
Rosè Yang gasped. "Who are you calling a beast?!" Why, this twat!
"Who else." Min Jennie rolled her eyes. "You and Lalisa Park are both predators when it comes to eating. I won't forget the day Lalisa Park tried to push me off the school rooftop just because I took one piece of fried chicken from her." She snorted, remembering the day she saw her life flash before her eyes when Lalisa Prk jumped her, the two nearly tumbling over the fence-less roof.
"She was just really hungry—"
"And the time you kicked me in the shin for eating the last piece of chocolate cake." Min Jennie retorted, feeling bitter for the horrible treatment she got. Now that she thought about it, those two women loved to bully her in their younger days as well! Though it was always mere jokes between friends, she still felt like a poor Older sister that was constantly teased by her younger and invincible sisters!
"Okay, but my cycle had just started that time—"
Min Jennie rolled her eyes. "That doesn't justify anything." She scowled, which made Rosè Yang sigh in defeat, for she had nothing else better to say. Even she knew how possessive she and Lalisa Park were over food. They rarely displayed it in public for fear of damaging their images, but deep down, both of them knew about their irrational tendencies.