Jin has been discussing their lesson for tonight's tutorial, but Yumi felt bored. She doesn't understand what he's been explaining to her!
Yumi yawned a few times, which Jin notices.
"Are you listening to me Yumi?!" Jin asked sternly.
Yumi froze, "What?!"
"Did you just called me by my name?"
"Yes, I just called you by your name," Jin replied with his stern expression.
"Why? Do we have a problem if I call you by your name during our tutorial?"
"Ah, O-Of course, n-nothing..." Yumi replied, but deep inside her, she wanted to squeeze Jin with her hand until he shouts in pain!
"Good," Jin said.
"Now, tell what you don't understand about this problem-solving?"
"Ugh!" Yumi rolled her eyes.
"You want to know what I don't understand about it?"
"My God! I don't understand everything!" She complained.
"Why can't we just do the simple subtraction, addition, division or multiplication?"
"Why do they have to add letters which only make things complicated?"
"I'm going crazy with this!"
Jin presses his lips as he listened to Yumi complaining. He is fascinated seeing her confused, He finds her cute!
"Hey, are you laughing at me?!" Yumi confronted Jin.
Jin instantly changed his expression
"No," He denied.
"Hey, I saw you smiling!" Yumi insisted.
"No, I didn't," Jin continued to deny as he tried to conceal his smile.
'Aish!' Yumi twitched her mouth due to annoyance.
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In the other side of the City,
Margaux's house.
"Happy birthday!" The guests greeted Margaux.
"Thank you," Margaux replied with a smile on her face.
It was just a simple celebration. She only invited those people who are close to her.
Her Uncle Marcos and his fiancee Angeline were here too. But she still felt lonely because Jin didn't come, but she tried not to show it to her family.
"So, Margaux, I thought you're bringing your boyfriend tonight!" Her uncle Marcos asked.
Her Uncle Marcos works and lives abroad, he just came back to the country to take his fiancee, Angeline.
"Ahh," Margaux revealed a forced smile, "He... He can't make it uncle, he said he has some important thing to do," She said. She did not tell them that he is not yet her boyfriend or he is not even courting her!
"Oh?"
"He refused to come on your birthday?" Her Auntie Angeline asked doubtfully.
"Woah, what kind of boyfriend is that?" She commented with disappointment on her face.
"No, auntie," Margaux looked at Angeline.
"I understand him," She said.
"Their family is not living well, he has to work while studying, so I understand him," Margaux defended her "Boyfriend."
"Oh, working while studying?" Her Father Vincent joined the conversation.
"Ah, guys like them are responsible when they grow up!"
"You sure know how to chose a guy, Margaux!" Vincent said.
"Ahh, Y-Yeah, father," Margaux replied.
"In fact, he is a consistent top student in school!" She added proudly.
"Ah, that's good, that's good!" Vincent nodded his head a few times.
"You better bring him and introduce him to us," He added.
Margaux just revealed a faint smile, 'Ugh!'
'I'm sorry in advance Jin,'
She didn't mean to lie to her family, she was being ensnared in this situation and it's too late to take it back!
Ugh! Jin won't know about this anyway!
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"Alright, that's all for now,"
Yumi heaved a sigh of relief when she heard Jin.
"Oh, thank God you decided to stop!" She said.
"I think I'm going insane with this!" She added.
Jin just raised the corners of his mouth.
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The next morning,
"How's your tutorial with Jin?" Dimitry asked his daughter when they met on the stairs.
Yumi froze...
She is not surprised if her father knows about it now, probably, the people in the mansion has already told him.
"Good," Yumi replied plainly.
"I hope that you will take this seriously," Dimitry said.
"Of course I will!" Yumi replied.
"I won't let you succeed with your plan to send me abroad!" she added with sarcasm.
"I won't become a castaway," She said before she turned her back from her father.
Dimitry took a deep breath, " Let's see, for how long you can endure this," he mumbled.
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Yumi sat on her chair, she took her book and read it.
She read the problem solving that Jin tried to explain to her the other night.
Her friends looked at each other meaningfully when they saw Yumi read a book! "Hey, I'm not just seeing things, am I?" Mica asked Alodia and Adeline.
"No, you're not just seeing things," Alodia and Adeline replied, with their gazes on Yumi.
The three of them couldn't help but approach their friend.
Adelin touched Yumi's forehead to feel if she's sick.
Yumi lifted her gaze when she felt the hand on her forehead. She looked up to her friends with her knitted brows.
"Why?!" She asked her friends.
"Oh..."
"We... We're just checking if you're sick," Alodia said.
"Sick?!" Yumi's knitted brows got even deeper, " Of course, I'm not sick!"
"Why would you suddenly think of that?!"
"Because..." The three girls looked at each other, " This is our first time seeing you read a book?"
"Tsss..." Yumi twitched her mouth.
"I have to study hard from now on, otherwise, we'll never have a chance to see each other again,"
"What~?!" The three girls were stunned!
"Why?" They asked.
"My dad might send me abroad if I continue to fail in the class," Yumi replied.
"Ohmo!"
"Wouldn't be that cool to go and live abroad?!" Adelin said excitedly.
"Tsss..." Yumi revealed a smirk, " I will live abroad without any allowance,"
"He said he would stop providing me everything and I have to live on my own, is it still cool for you?"
"Oh!" The girls couldn't find a word to say!
"But don't worry girls, I won't let him succeed with his plan. He just wants to send me abroad because that's his way of casting me away."
"Speaking of studying hard..." Mica seems like she has an idea on her mind!
" I have a tutor friend, would you like me to introduce him to you?" Mica suggested.
"No need, I already have a tutor," Yumi replied.
"Oh, are you sure he is good?"
"Yes!" Yumi said proudly.
"He is a consistent honor student since primary school until now,"
"Not just an honor, but..." Yumi paused, she looked at her friends who are eagerly waiting for her to finish her word.
"He is a top student in his school!" Yumi added.
"Woah! That sounds cool!" Adeline mumbled.
"Ohhh... I suddenly got curious about your tutor," Alodia joined the conversation.
"Hey, can we go to your house and meet your tutor."
"Tsss..." Yumi twitched her mouth again, " Is that really the reason, or you just want to see Jin?"
"Jin?" Alodia repeated with her knitted brows.
"Who's Jin?" she asked.
"Ugh!" Yumi rolled her eyes.
"Ah, " Alodia seems like she has an idea!
"You mean...The gardener?" she said with excitement.
Yumi just looked at her friend meaningfully.
*Gasp!* Alodia gasp!
"So, the gardener's name is Jin?!"
"Hey, why you are acting surprised?!" Yumi commented.
"Ohmo!" Alodia's eyes sparkled, " Now I know!" She said while giggling.
Yumi put her arms around her chest, "And so, what if you know?" She asked sternly.
Alodia just smiled to her friend, "Hey, Yumi," She called sweetly,
"Could you introduce me to him?" She asked.
Yumi raised her brows, "No," She said without holding back.
Alodia's sweet expression instantly faded!
"Why?!" She asked as she pouted her lips.
"Because I don't like sharing him with others," Yumi replied.
"What~?!" The three girl's voices raised which caught the attention of their classmates.
Yumi seemed unaffected with her friend's stunned expression.
"You heard it right, I don't like to share Jin with you guys, so don't expect me to introduce you to him," Yumi started to read the book again.
"..."
The three girls were speechless!
'Seriously?!'
When she said she doesn't like sharing Jin to others, does it mean that she likes him?!
The proud, arrogant Young Miss Yumi liked a servant?!
Yumi did not mind her friends' meaningful look to her, she doesn't care what they're thinking!
Of course! She doesn't want to share Jin to them, because she wants him to focus on her!