Chapter 8

POV: Jaewon

“What happened?”

Still with the phone in my hand, I feel my head spin and ache. It’s Harin who asks, strangely seeming to care about how I am right now.

I look at him, and he smiles, waiting for my response, even though I can’t even string a sentence together right now.

“I… I don’t know, I think…”

SiHo approaches and orders water at the bar. While waiting, he looks at me, furrowing his brow.

“What happened? Tired?”

I shake my head, raising the phone to him. I see how he needs to squint to read, but when he finally manages, he sighs and looks at me.

“You have nothing to do with this, Jaewon.”

“I know. It’s just that… until yesterday, she and I were still a couple.”

“She made a fool out of you, man. You know who she should really call.”

I sigh; he’s right.

I retrieve my phone, trying to respond to her, but I can’t.

“I need to go.” I announce, feeling terrible for not being able to be a bad