"Why? What do you want? You're the only one I'll give in to?" I retorted to Marco. "You can leave now," I added.
"I'm not leaving," he replied.
"Why? Are you going to wait for Jin? If that's the case, then go out of my room and wait for her in her own room," I said.
But I was surprised when he suddenly hugged me.
"I broke up with her, Gem," he whispered.
"Why? I thought you were close to getting engaged?" I asked.
"I've told you before that I didn't want to get engaged to Jin. I'm just dating her for fun. I don't take her seriously," he said.
"It's easy for you to say," I said.
"Can it be just the two of us, Gem?" he suddenly asked. He was looking at me now, and I could see from his eyes that he wasn't joking about what he said.
I averted my gaze from him. Just the mere act of sta
