The Chaebol Who Flies From Space - Chapter 68
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68. Lover
It was a really loud party that I attended after a long time.
All the actors and staff from the movie gathered together to celebrate the success of my Greek wedding.
It was nice to see Valentina’s face after a long time since I hosted the party, but there was another face that I was really happy to see.
Jamie was seen chatting with people at a noisy party.
“When did you come to LA?”
“The day before yesterday, all filming was finished.”
He returned to LA after production of a sequel to the drama he was starring in was canceled.
“You’re not going to produce a sequel to the drama?”
“Don’t pretend not to know when you already know! The drama was canceled because it wasn’t as popular as expected. Let’s not talk about that anymore, it’s so frustrating.”
Judging from the way he pretended to be angry and rolled his eyes, he seemed fine.
“So what are you going to do next? Are you going to appear in a movie?”
“There is a movie that has a story, but I don’t like it, so I put off signing it.”
While we were drinking cocktails and telling each other stories about our past lives, I brought up what I wanted to say.
“If you’re not busy with acting, why don’t you try making a small film yourself?”
“Huh? I’m producing a movie?”
Jamie’s reaction was that he had never thought about it at all.
“Try to make a light-hearted story about the story you want to tell. Aren’t you curious about what kind of story you’d make if you didn’t worry about box office success? There are a lot of your colleagues who make movies.”
I really wanted to tell Jamie this when I met him.
“Is this what I want to say?”
“You like science fiction, right? You said you’ve seen Star Wars several times. That’s a good story, or you could make a movie based on a novel like Dune. Just think of the story you want to tell. Valentina will help you, so don’t worry about the production.”
“You don’t know, Valentina is so cold when it comes to movies. Even though she’s my friend, if the script isn’t interesting, she’ll get criticized.”
“Then I’ll make it.”
At my words, Jamie put down the glass he had been drinking from. Then he asked with a serious expression.
“Are you tempting me right now?”
It was a ridiculous statement.
“If working together is tempting, are all men and women who work together lovers?”
“Then, I’ve been wanting to talk to you about this for a while now. Don’t you like me? Why didn’t you ask me out?”
The fastball came flying right away. I hesitated about what to do, but I had already made up my mind about this issue, so I decided to follow my heart.
“Hmm, to be honest, I like you, but I’m a little scared.”
“I’m afraid I’ll eat you.”
Even in moments like these, Jamie never forgets to joke.
“No, I’m afraid my heart will cool down. The human heart is such that even if it burns passionately, it cools down as time passes. I don’t care, but I’m afraid that you’ll change.”
I have been married three times already. I have personally experienced how people’s hearts change. I am scared to do it again.
Jamie responded coolly to my concerns.
“If love fades, we can just remain friends. We’re too young to be afraid of the future. We’re too old.”
“Okay, let’s go out. I think I like you too.”
I had felt this way since earlier, but the music at the party sounded sweeter today than usual. I was distracted by the scent coming from Jamie’s body as we sat close together while talking.
Some parts of the body reacted much more honestly.
I don’t know if he sensed the changes in my body, but Jamie winked and whispered softly in my ear.
“Let’s go upstairs. Tina already reserved a room for us.”
There was a reason why the party was held at a hotel.
We reserved several rooms in advance to accommodate party guests before they got drunk and made mistakes.
I gave one of them to Jamie in advance.
It was not polite to a woman to turn down a challenge.
I grabbed Jamie’s hand with all my might and rushed towards the room.
The next morning, on my way home, Ariel spoke to me.
[Master, that’s bold. The two of you are just going straight towards each other.]
“Why drag it out? If you like it, just say it. In my view, Jamie is not the type of actor who risks his life for a movie, so it’s fortunate that he can stick around under the pretext of making a movie.”
[That’s true. If you look at movie actors, there are some who get immersed in each and every project they appear in, but Jamie isn’t one of those actors.]
“If an actor thinks too much, it’s hard for them to work for a long time. And when they’re in a relationship, they have to stick together. If they break up, their hearts naturally drift apart.”
[It’s hard to find a woman here who fits the Master’s high aesthetic standards. Now that the two of you have decided to date, you’ll have to stay in LA for the time being.]
“Just like you said, I guess I’ll have to stay here for a long time. Should I buy a new house?”
[Look around nearby. The house you passed over last time because it was too big might still be for sale.]
“Think about it. I can’t just leave Jeongyeon to live alone.”
[We can move together. If the house is big, we can live together.]
“I have to move quickly to find and decorate a house.”
[Here’s what the Master said that will help with filmmaking]
“What is that?”
[I created a game engine. Even if you use it for movie CG, it will produce quality that is sufficient for today’s standards.]
“Oh! If you were making that, you should have told me a long time ago. I’ve been feeling hungry lately. You were making that. Did that increase your calorie consumption?”
[It’s not because I did the work. It’s because the Master is curious.]
“Huh? It’s my fault that you eat more?”
[Yes, according to my calculations, if Master continues to increase his food intake like this, his weight will change by tens of thousands within a year.]
“That’s okay. If you exercise a little, you’ll lose weight quickly. The problem is stamina. After staying up all night, my body isn’t the same as before. My old body was still fresh even after staying up all night with a woman like last night. My body is a little tired. If it’s like this already, what am I going to do when I get older?”
[So, exercise. Don’t just make excuses. If you don’t exercise, there’s a limit to how well you can maintain your body balance like you do now. If you keep doing this, you’ll soon be the guy who bows his head in front of Jamie.]
“Ugh, do you really have to do that? It wasn’t a problem if you didn’t do it when you were a modified human.”
[The efficiency of the body is different. When remodeling the human body, it is made to be extremely efficient, so there is no need to exercise separately, but the body is different now. Before you get old and regret it, you should live a regular life. I have planned an exercise program for you to do in the future, so just follow it.]
“There is no such thing as free food anywhere.”
[Of course. The body doesn’t lie.]
“I guess I should exercise like you said.”
[I put the exercise equipment in the basement of my house and roll around on it with great effort.]
“Why do you seem to enjoy making me suffer so much?”
[Is that possible?]
Although I didn’t like what Ariel said, I decided to just trust her and leave it to her.
In business, once a decision is made, it is difficult to reverse it. That is why managers feel a great deal of pressure every time they have to make an important decision.
The reason why business owners have short lives despite eating only good food and having a doctor who takes care of their bodies is because of the enormous stress they are under.
If you become so absorbed in your work that you become crazy, your body will break down without you even realizing it.
Once I made the decision, I quickly built the exercise equipment.
After living for a long time, I realized that living healthily is more important than living long. Even if you modify your body, you can’t escape the limitations of being human.
My head had been heavy for a while, but I felt refreshed after sweating without thinking about anything.
“Hey, what’s this? When did they change it like this?”
When Jeongyeon came back from work, she came down to the basement and was surprised to see the exercise equipment.
The previous owner must have liked listening to music, so there was a music room in the basement. I remodeled the space and put in some exercise equipment that I made myself, and it was better than most gyms.
“Are you here? I’m feeling under the weather so I’m going to exercise.”
My sister’s eyes widened at my words.
“Are you feeling unwell? Does it hurt?”
“No, that’s not it. I just feel like I’ve gained a little weight, so I’m exercising. If you don’t prepare in advance, you’ll suffer when you get older.”
“Why do you talk as if you are an experienced person who has grown old?”
I felt a sting inside, but I responded as if nothing had happened.
“It’s just like that.”
“Should I do it too? I’ve been so busy lately that I think I’ve gained weight.”
“Well, you’ve been gaining weight lately.”
“Brother! It’s rude to say that to a girl.”
It wasn’t hard to notice my sister’s belly sticking out as she walked around the house in comfortable clothes like any other family.
“You’re a woman?”
“Then am I a man?”
“She’s a woman in terms of gender, but what she does is…”
“Huh, I tried to show my brother that I was a woman. But there are still a lot of guys who chase after me because they like me.”
“Those bastards need to see for themselves how you live. What about your clothes? They’re all worn out, so throw them away. Where’s the new clothes I bought you?”
“I’m telling you, this is really comfortable. You don’t get this kind of comfort when you wear new clothes.”
My sister was wearing a baggy T-shirt and tracksuit pants.
I couldn’t stand to watch so I dragged her to a department store and bought her some clothes, but at home she insisted on wearing only the clothes she used to wear.
“I understand why my mother said I was really strange because she only played with dolls since I was little and didn’t let me throw away my baby clothes.”
“What is that? Do you know how well you can sleep if you cover yourself with it now?”
“Can you sleep with a rag barely covering your stomach?”
“Don’t ignore my beloved blanket, you rag!”
The family all wanted to throw away the very old blanket, but Jeongyeon still had to cover herself with the blanket she had liked since she was a baby to sleep.
It’s not like Jeongyeon has a very obsessive personality.
I was especially attached to the dolls and blankets I played with as a child.
“Anyway, let’s work out after work. I’ll make a program for you, so just work out according to that.”
Jeongyeon frowned at my words.
“I don’t want to gain muscle.”
“Then why don’t you try learning yoga?”
“That’s annoying, because if I wanted to learn yoga, I’d have to go far away from home.”
“I guess so. I don’t think I’ve seen it around here.”
It was a neighborhood where the nearby houses were too expensive to open a yoga club.
“Considering the time it takes to go back and forth, I’d rather just do the exercise program that my brother made. Please give me an exercise program that can help me balance my body.”
It wasn’t me who was going to make it; Ariel was going to make it for me.
A thought suddenly occurred to me, but I had something to say to Jeongyeon.
“I have something to tell you.”
“What do you want to say? What do you want to say? What are you going to make me do now?”
“What did you order me to do? And what you’re doing now is fun, isn’t it?”
“That’s true. Although meeting people is hard, it’s fun.”
“I decided to date Jamie.”
“Huh? Weren’t you guys dating for a while? Everyone knew that?”
“What are you talking about? We were friends before.”
“Just kidding. Tina made a bet with her coworkers about when the two of you would start dating. When did you start dating?”
“We decided to officially start dating when we met at the last party.”
“That day? I heard that the two of you disappeared from the party early, so you were doing something else…”
He said that he would bet on anything, but when he remembered the expression on Valentina’s face when he invited her to the party each day, he knew who would win the bet.
“What else? When a man and a woman meet, they do what they should do.”
“There must be a reason why my brother was doing all the exercises he didn’t usually do. By the way, my mom will be happy and my grandpa will be upset if he hears this news. I don’t know how my dad will react.”
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