SILENCE LOVE'S

Chapter 15's

"Good morning, Sarah!" call my coworkers when I walk into a publishing house, a caucasian girl I used to call Angel. The girl followed me to take the elevator to the fifth floor where we worked.

"Morning, Angel. You look different this time" I smiled at him. He sighed while confirming the bag he had hung on his shoulder.

"Yes, you can say I'm different because since I got married, I had to take care of this and that. I can't take care of my body very often considering my work," replied the girl a year older than me with a face that didn't look happy, "This is why I don't want to commit to a relationship."

I smiled faintly at the grunts of this girl. She is quite beautiful and it is true that she just got married two months ago. Her husband used to work in this publication, but after marriage, he resigned and worked elsewhere.

"I'm not saying your performance wasn't interesting today, Angel. You're still beautiful after your wedding" I replied.

He sighed and smiled faintly, "I suggest you get married when you are old enough and you are ready to commit. Don't be like me" Angel said again as we reached the fifth floor. I just snorted a little, smiled, then nodded my head. How do I think about marriage if my lover doesn't have one?

I walked to my seat and started the computer. There are a few books I have to translate from English to Korean. Although the task given to me is not too much, but still, it is very tiring and makes me have to stay up with the target time.

"Honey, can you get me lunch today? Buy me the mainstay diet I usually eat. You know it, right? Okay," said my coworker on the phone. Her name is Liliana and I used to call her Liana. He's younger than me by two years. This Asian mixed European girl is very beautiful with her greasy hair and slightly brown skin. I sat in my chair when he finished calling and turned his head to me.

"Good morning, Sarah!" sweep it with a carefree smile.

"Morning, Liana's. That's your boyfriend?" I asked what he replied with a nod.

"Yup! I told him to bring me some diet today. Ah, I'm gaining a kilogram, as long as you know."

I smiled when I heard his words. I myself who gained three kilograms did not think much of a way to lose it again. Liana is a girl who is quite popular because she is beautiful, her body is attractive, and she is smart in the field of communication. It was a good soft skill in literature. I just nodded my head and nodded.

Imagine.

He who is two years younger than me already has a lover! I feel like a woman who doesn't sell now. He and I are different, of course.

Suddenly my phone rang and I picked it up.

"Yoot!" taehyung cried out happily at the end there.

"Oh, what's wrong?" my many.

"I'm going to Canada today. I have business to do there. Can we meet tonight?" tanyakanya.

"Oh, okay. Let me know later" I replied smiling.

"All right."

I turned off the connection and prepared to do my job. The phone call from Taehyung was quite happy today because at least I forgot about the trivial matter I was thinking about right now.

Taehyung is an interesting guy in my opinion. He is an observant and kind person, on the other hand he is also a childish person and I think it is funny.

A baekhyun?

I don't know. I can't judge that man. His changing attitude sometimes made me confused myself as well. I pulled again the question that made me think before that Baekhyun really liked me in another sense. I guess the answer is no.

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"Sarah, it's lunchtime. You don't buy food?" liana asked to interrupt my activities. I glanced at the clock on my desk and sighed while stretching my body.

"You, don't push yourself too much if you work. Don't forget about your health," said Liana pulled out a lunch box that I thought was brought by her boyfriend, "You want to?"

I shook my head, "No, thanks. I'll just eat downstairs. Thanks for your advice, Miss!" I answered with a smile and stood up to the cafeteria.

"Interime, Sarah!" liana replied smiling at me as well.

I went down to the ground floor to look for food in our company cafeteria. Well, the cafeteria is like a classy restaurant that is certainly clean and hygenic. When I was about to move my feet there, a girl called out to me.

"Sarah, there's a guy looking for you" said the girl who is our employee.

"Who?"

"I don't know. He's waiting for you in the lobby" he replied.

"Oh, okay. Thanks!" I answered the girl.

I walked into the lobby and was surprised to find a man sitting there. As I walked closer, he turned his head and stood up quickly.

"What are you doing here?" ask her.

Baekhyun smiled faintly, "Just want to know how you are."

All right, what's up with this guy? Unknowingly I began to blush at her words.

"Knowing how? Didn't we just meet yesterday?"

"Is it wrong that I want to see my friend here every day?" tanyakanya.

See? From the question alone can show that he does not like me because it still carries the word 'friend' there.

"All right, Mr. Byun. Good news and I want to have lunch now."

"Would you like to have lunch with me?" baekhyun asked, "I want to take you to a nice place to eat."

"You're acting pretty weird to me, Mr. Byun."

"Can you stop calling me that? I don't like."

I smiled a little when I saw her thin smile disappear when I said that.

"alright. Let's eat" I said pulling his arm out of the office. He took me to one of the cafes I had never been to for a meal before. I think it's just been opened, judging by the various properties and scents that are here.

"Hey, Baekhyun!" call a very pretty Asian-faced girl–in my opinion–from inside the cafe. He called Baekhyun in Korean.

Baekhyun smiled seeing the girl come out from inside the windowed kitchen.

"How are you?" baekhyun asked as the girl walked quickly towards him and hugged him. Oh, what am I supposed to do when I see this? Is he Baekhyun's new lover?

"I'm good, Baek. I missed you so much!"

Well, Baekhyun's attitude was very different from before. What's wrong with this guy? He smiled more and his attitude was so sweet. Ah, yea! I forget. He was with his girlfriend. It's natural that his attitude is different with me. The girl took off her embrace from Baekhyun and looked at me with her big eyes.

"Oh, so he?"

I raised next to my eyebrows, then glanced at the silent Baekhyun and his smile disappeared. He seemed to throw his face away from me.

"You must be Sohyun! My name is Byun Hyesung. I'm Baekhyun's cousin."

I opened my eyes in surprise. I just thought this girl was his girlfriend!

"You... cousin Baekhyun?"

He nodded his head in excitement and smiled widely. All right, I just realized their faces are pretty similar.

"It's nice to meet you, Sohyun. Come sit down, you must be hungry now," said the girl named Hyesung to take me to a table there. This cafe is not big and looks quiet.

"You just opened this cafe? I've never seen this place before" I said.

"Well, that's how. I just opened this place last week. It still seems lonely huh, but I'm sure next week this place is definitely starting to get crowded!" said Hyesung smiling again which I responded with a small nod. The girl sat down in front of me and called her staff to prepare food. After that, he came back to me again.

"Baekhyun told you to me. That's why I recognized you."

I was stunned and quite surprised to hear the statement from the girl before me.

"Talking about?" my many. He nodded his head.

"You're the first girl he told me about after his dead ex-girlfriend" Hyesung said again, "She doesn't open her heart easily. Baekhyun is a loyal man. Even when he finds out his ex-lover is cheating on him, he still wants to keep the girl. So stupid!"

I still quietly heard his words. Ah, I think even now Baekhyun has not been able to forget his lover named Hyerin. He is truly a loyal man. But now I don't understand what Hyesung wants to tell me. My brain speculates and question marks hang a lot on my head. Why is Baekhyun acting so strange? Why did he tell my cousin? Why would he take me to lunch together at his cousin's?

"Baekhyun likes you, Sohyun."

I sniffed a little while smilingly watching the girl speak with a funny and expressive face.

"We're just friends, Hyesung. He couldn't possibly like me" I replied.

"If he doesn't like you, he can't tell you about me and bring you here!"

"What are you talking about?"

The male voice interrupted our conversation. Baekhyun quickly approached me and Hyesung who was now giggling a little saw Baekhyun's attitude.

"look, right? Just acting like this as if he was hiding something from you, Sohyun!"

"Don't just talk." Well, Baekhyun is back to being the flat guy I know. His face does not show that he is hiding something, I think. Different from what Hyesung said.

"I'm not talking!" hyesung said pouting.

"I'm hungry. Where's food?" ask Baekhyun.

"Medium cooked. You're such a bitch. Your attitude has not changed!" hyesung said again.

I just smiled at the opposite behavior. I think this girl is a graceful and quiet girl because Hyesung has that aura and she is very pretty. Behind it all, Hyesung is a cheerful and chatty figure.

"I brought you here to promote my cousin's cafe. Bring your friends here so that he gets customers," said Baekhyun glanced at Hyesung and then straightened the water provided.

"Well, you're really, really," Hyesung said.

"Alright, I'll take them later sometime" I replied smilingly.

Hyesung sighed, and the next second he started telling me how he could be in Toronto and work here. He sought a workplace with his efforts and built his own dreams. He was very happy when he could realize his little dream of opening a cafe with his own business results. I thought about my other dreams. I am happy with my aspirations to become a writer and editor of a book. But I want to achieve my other dream. Hearing Hyesung's story, I became envious of the girl.

We also spent lunch with Hyesung's story about his work, which I answered as necessary, and was ignored by Baekhyun. That man is indeed strange, and I will no longer be surprised why his attitude can change in just an instant. After eating, Baekhyun and I paid a farewell to Hyesung with the promise that I would stop by his cafe often. The girl did not forget to blink her eyes at Baekhyun and said 'Fighting' which Baekhyun answered with a snort and left the cafe.

I will return to my office and Baekhyun will return to his apartment. We didn't talk much and only silence enveloped us. Well, I don't like this kind of atmosphere. As I was about to speak, I saw a book in the glass window of a bookstore. The book made me stop walking and look at it with interest. There it is written "Make Your Dream With Your Passion" with pictures of sights and famous cities around the world.

"You want that book?" baekhyun asked suddenly next to me. I let out a breath.

"Do you have goals you want to achieve now?" I still look at the book. I saw Baekhyun's shadow in the reflection of the window panes. He glanced at me and answered.

"I already had the ideals I dreamed of, of being a singer. Do you have any other goals besides being a writer?" ask Baekhyun.

I nodded my head in excitement and turned to her, "I want to have a lover and travel the world!"

He seemed surprised by my statement.

"Why do you want a boyfriend?"

I opened my eyes at Baekhyun in annoyance, "I am a normal woman! It's only natural that I want a lover too. I want to be able to love someone and be loved by someone!"

He gave a small snort, "Then why do you want to travel around the world?"

I smiled a little and looked back at the book in the window, "The world is beautiful, you know? I want to be able to go around the world and tell everything in my work. I would like to invite the reader to feel the beautiful and cheerful world."

"Then why have you been writing a novel with a mystery-romance theme?"

I turned my head to the man next to me, "I just love the mystery and romance of old. But since I've been to London and seen Edensor, I want to go somewhere else that's just as beautiful. Even in a beautiful place, mysteries are always there. By the way, how do you know my novel is of that genre?"

Baekhyun was silent for a moment, "I've seen your book in a bookstore. So I read the synopsis."

I nodded my head again and looked at the book with a smile.

"I need to be able to realize my dreams and aspirations. I want to be a traveler. You want to help me make my dreams come true?" I asked Baekhyun. The man looked at me with a question on his face.

"How can I help you?" ask Baekhyun.

"Give me some spirit!" I said smiling broadly, "But before you encourage me, you must encourage yourself first."

Baekhyun shut up and looked at me deeply. I am sure he himself was astonished by my words and attitude which he did not understand.

"Enhance and happiness, Baek. Your life in this young age will not be repeated twice. Come back and sing and cheer me up with your work. Like walking in a car, just look at the past once. If you always look at your rearview car, you'll never see the beautiful road in front of you" I told Baekhyun.

The man was still in silence but his eyes seemed to convey words to me, representing his heart that he wanted to be able to sing and work again. He wants to be his old self before the hurt and loss that haunts him so much, causing him to experience the stress that torments him, and turning him into another person.

Slowly Baekhyun commented a smile. He smiled with a sincere and tender look there. Once again, my attention was drawn to his face and smile, making my heart beat unruffled, making me imagine the autumn leaves flying around us, a smile that sometimes comes along casually in my dreams.

"Excite, Sohyun," he said, "Because I will help you make your dream come true."

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