58 Good Morning, Honey! (1/2)

Samantha woke up at dawn when she felt the urge to pee. She groggily got up and went to the bathroom. When she returned, only did she notice that Daniel fell asleep on the armchair. The lights were dimmed so she didn't see him right away.

Samantha got a throw blanket from the tall dresser and placed it over the sleeping man. Her heart ached when she studied him closely. She noticed that Daniel has gotten thinner, 'Weren't you free when I left? Why did you not take care of yourself?'

Samantha sat on her bed as she looked at the man in front of her. ”Why did you come for me?”

She had tried to forget everything and everyone for the three months that she was here. She had wished that it was probably better if she really had forgotten about Daniel. But the truth is, Samantha didn't really have another episode of the disorder.

After learning that Holden was the culprit of her brother's accident, Samantha indeed blamed herself just like Seo Joon had predicted. How could she not? If she had just let it go, Holden wouldn't be pissed and have instigated a crime, would he?

If she hadn't taken revenge for Hannah that way when Harry lied to her and made her a mistress, he wouldn't have stalked and harmed Hannah, would he?

If only she had been stronger than Nancy 12 years ago, she would have been able to convince Mia not to go through with the dare… right? Mia would still be alive until now, right?

But no, everything happened because of her. Samantha believed that her loved ones were put in danger because of her. And when she realized how she feels about Daniel, how important Daniel was to her, the feeling that she had before… was actually fear, fear that what if she does something that would bring him harm just like what she did for Seo Joon, Hannah, and Mia. How could she handle losing Daniel? The more she is with him, the more her feelings grew. She was hurt when her friend died, she was hurt when her brother and her best friend were harmed. What if one day, it was Daniel? How could she live with herself?

Although she knows that what she did was running away, that was the only thing that she thought could protect herself from being more hurt; the only thing she believes that would not put Daniel in possible danger in the future because of her.

Back then, she thought that if she leaves, Daniel would be hurt for a while but he'd move on eventually. They've been together for only a short time so he should be able to move on. It doesn't matter if it was different for her, what's more important is to keep Daniel safe even if it means she'd have to live without him.

With these thoughts in mind, Samantha sighed and went back to bed. She grabbed a pillow and hugged it tightly until she fell asleep.

He noticed a soft object on him and when he lowered his head, he saw a throw covering his body. Daniel smiled tenderly as he thought about how Samantha placed it on him while he was asleep. The tyrant CEO of Cho corporations was feeling giddy inside.

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It was almost 2 in the afternoon when Seo Joon parted with Scarlette Carroll. When he got to his car, he thought of going back to the office but he suddenly remembered Hannah so he took out his phone and dialed her number.

”Hello~?”

”Hi Hannah, where are you?”

”I'm at the main branch of Busy Bean.”

”Ok. I'll see you soon.”

”Huh? Why---”, Seo Joon already hung up the call, leaving Hannah confused by what he meant 'See you soon.'. 'Is he coming here?'

Hannah quickly checked herself in the mirror. ”Why is he coming here? Wasn't he with Scarlette having lunch?”

A few minutes later, Seo Joon arrived and Hannah met him by the door. ”What are you doing here?”

”I just came to… have coffee. Also, I'm hungry.”

Hannah raised an eyebrow, ”What do you mean you're hungry? Didn't you just have lunch?”

”I told you we were talking about business. I didn't eat very well, the food wasn't so great.”

”Oh then come in, follow me.”, Hannah led Seo Joon upstairs to the rooftop garden of her café. ”You sit here and wait.”

Hannah hurriedly went downstairs and reheated the food that she made for Seo Joon earlier. She carefully brought it upstairs and placed it on the table.

Seo Joon smiled upon seeing the food in front of him. He figured that this was what Hannah made for him because he recognized the food containers that she uses all the time.

”Go on, eat.”

Seo Joon picked up the utensils and started digging. He ate with so much gusto. ”This is delicious, Han.”