Chapter 187 - 187: When Past Meets Presnt
Eunji opened the cubicle not minding that she had interrupted their talk.
She walked to the washbasin and turned the faucet on.
Through her peripheral vision, she could see that the two women were looking at her but she decided to not mind them since she didn't know them and also she could not recall that she had wronged them in the past.
Eunji calmly turned off the faucet and looked at the door.
Then, she suddenly feel the same feeling she had felt earlier inside the campus.
Now, she was certain that the feeling came from either one of the two women.
Now, she was certain who was giving her that look.
She didn't know who was Chloe and who was Aimee though. Good thing their looks and style were different.
The girl in with a bob haircut was giving her that look and feeling. While the one with the blonde hair was giving her that concerned friend vibe.
Based on their conversation, the girl named Aimee planned to take a guy named Nathan from his wife.
Though she didn't know if they were talking about the same Nathan, Eunji then recognized that the bob-haired woman was named Aimee.
Eunji looked at the time in her watch and she felt that it was the right time to come back or Nathan might get worried and looked for her.
She was about to get out the ladies room when she heard the girl with the bob haircut speak one more time.
"Nathan...I know what he wanted. I could give that to him again. I was such a fool of letting him go in the past. Now, I'll make sure that he'll come back to me." Aimee continued their talk not minding if other people aside from Chloe would hear her.
"Aimee. As your friend, I advice you to stop what you're planning to do. As you said, you have already dump him, why took him back?"
'Okay, so she's indeed Aimee.' Eunji confirmed in her thought.
She immediately got curious when she heard her mentioning 'Nathan'. She was curious if Nathan was the same Nathan who was her husband.
Shrugging the thought off her mind, she decided to leave the ladies room and return to their private room where Nathan was waiting for her to come back.
When she stepped out to the hallway, Nathan was already leaning on the wall with his hands inside one of his pockets.
As soon as he spotted her coming out of the ladies room, Nathan made his way towards her.
"I told you to wait for me inside. See? Nothing happened. I'm perfectly fine."
"I can't help it. I miss you whenever you're not around." Nathan told her lovingly.
"Nah. I don't want other women to have the idea of taking you from me." She spat which made Nathan to be speechless.
Eunji didn't know where that thought came from but she didn't like it when she heard that woman named Aimee calling a name which was the same name as her husband.
"And who has given you the idea that it's easy to covet me? I am a hundred thousand percent loyal to you, my wifey."
Nathan continued sweet talking to her not minding that two pair of eyes were looking towards them.
He recognized this two people really well. Especially the bob haired woman named Aimee.
How could he not? She's the one and only person who treated him like he was some disposable goods in the market.
Now, looking at her, Nathan felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
No. It's not because he was happy to see her again and wanted to get back to her.
He was happy because the strong feeling that he felt towards her, be it hatred or deep love, were all gone.
Had she showed up in the past before he met Eunji and finding out that he had suffered from amnesia which made him to forget about Ana's existence, then, he might still be affected with her coming back.
He knew he was totally over her. Or that he was only confused of what his true feelings towards her in the past now that he found out he had an amnesia while dating her. Maybe the love that he felt for Aimee was actually for Ana.
His feelings towards her was nothing like that of meeting a stranger on the street.
"I'm sorry." Nathan whispered to Eunji which made the latter to be confused when she heard it.
"Why are you apologizing? What have you done earlier?" She asked him.
'Because I looked at the face of my ex and I didn't let you know about her and me.' That was what Nathan wanted to say however, there's no way he would do that in her face.
He had no plans in hiding that fact to her, too.
The thing that he learned in their relationship was to not make his wife to have doubts in him.
Before the couple could reach the doorstep of their reserved private room, Nathan and Eunji heard someone calling behind them.
"Nate!"
Hearing the very familiar voice, Eunji raised an eye brow and was about to look back.
But before she could do that, Nathan held her arm and leaned towards her as he whispered, "Whatever she says, don't believe her. Listen to my explanation when we got home, okay?"
Eunji made a quick nod and smiled at him. Of course! She would only believe on Nathan and not the words from an outsider.
"Nate! Wait!" Aimee, the woman with a bob haircut called out the second time.
Nathan and Eunji paused on their steps to see what the person wanted.
Aimee soon caught up with them.
"Nate. It's a fancy seeing you here. How are you? I hope you're doing fine." Aimee started. However, Nathan didn't even bother giving her a glance.
"Are you still mad at me for leaving you?"
Aimee used the connection that she had with Nathan hoping that by doing so, he would spare her a glance. However, she didn't expect Nathan's come back would be like this..
"Missus Park. As much as I know, I am only scheduled to meet you on Wednesday to talk about the partnership between Imperial University and the Park. So I hope that until then, you won't disrupt my time I am spending with my dear wife. I hope you're that professional to understand what's work and what's not." Nathan tried to hide his disappointment with her.
At least, she should know how to read the situation.
And she didn't have the rights to come and approach him after what she had done to him.
"I'm sorry." Aimee acted like she was being wringed by Nathan and Nathan didn't like it at all. He was very displeased by her actions.
'Gosh! Why did I even fall in love with her before?' Nathan asked in his mind.
"No need to say sorry when you don't even mean it. Now, if you're done, my wife and I still have some things to do." Nathan said while not giving her a glance.
He was hoping that Aimee would get his intention to not bother him and Eunji.
"I'm just hoping if we could hang out just like in the past. After all, we shared something 'special' in the past." Aimee tried to be explicit but Eunji and Nathan had long read her intention as it was well-written on her face.
"Mrs. Park right?" Eunji decided to butt in their conversation this time.
"I hope you know that whatever's running in your mind, you better stop it. Listen to your friend and know what's best for you." Eunji said calmly but there was a sound of threat in her voice.
Then Eunji gave her that warning look which sent chills down het spine.
However, Aimee was someone who was stubborn and would never stop just because she was told not to do it.
Aimee smirked as she tried to overcome and hide the fear that she felt when Eunji had intimidated her.
"It's not what you think student Kim. My intentions are clear. I just want to restore the friendship that I messed up because of my careless actions and decisions in the past."
Of course there's no way that she would admit to that.
Eunji's brows raised up a little when she heard Aimee's lies.
Aimee was not a master of deception and her emotions were clearly written all over her face.
But since she wanted to play this route, then Eunji would never back down.
She must guard what's hers at all cost.
"Okay. But hubby here had no intentions on giving you that chance. Aigoo. It's such a shame that you don't even know how to read him. I thought you both shared a very good relationship in the past." Eunji mocked her.
"And besides, do you have any ounce of shame in your body? You're trying to hit on a married man while being married yourself. I wonder what made the Park to have an in-law like you? Now that this happened, I wonder if we should change partners then?" Eunji added.
She inwardly smiled when she saw the panic evident on Aimee's face.
Being satisfied by her reaction, Eunji turned towards Nathan and looked at him in the eye.
"Hubby. I'm sleepy. Let's go."
Nathan and Eunji left the restaurant right after she said that.
They didn't even bother looking at Aimee one more time when they left.
While in the car, Nathan and Eunji was silent.
Nathan suddenly felt nervous especially when Eunji suddenly avoided his kiss before Marco started the engine of the car.
He could not even read what was on her mind as she was looking outside the window with a straight face.
The silence in the car was so deafening that Marco who was on the opposite side of the partition was feeling suffocated as he was extremely nervous.
He should have made sure that their paths would not meet until the designated time so they could have avoided the confrontation earlier.
He felt like he had messed up big time.
And now, he was hoping that his bosses would resolve the issue now or first thing in the morning tomorrow and not drag this misunderstanding, if there's any, any longer.
Nathan decided to go home with Eunji at QPRC.
It's best if they'd resolve it there than at school.
They could have just go back early in the morning tomorrow.
Thankfully, Eunji didn't object and agreed to it.
"Wifey. I'm sorry if you felt like I was hiding this from you. It's never my intention to do so. It's just that I didn't expect for this to happen at all." Nathan didn't wait for Eunji to ask him about it.
He was hoping that Eunji would not hate her for hiding this from her.
So he decided to tell her the truth of what really happened between Aimee and him in the past.