Tan Ji Nan woke up the next morning. He turned 90 degrees to face the woman who was still sleeping soundly next to him. He looked at her half-covered face and used his finger to gently comb the unruly hair on her face so he could see her in full view.
This was the face that he admired deeply since his p.u.b.erty years. It was crush at first sight that striked him. Min Lin was one of the most popular girls in school back then while he was one of the most unwanted fat boys. When it comes to their physical compatibility, he was a no match to Ho Min Lin but that did not discourage him of pursuing her up to the extent that he lost his face everytime Min Lin embarra.s.sed him in front of Yan High School students.
He did not care if his status as one of the Young Masters was tainted everytime Ho Min Lin bullied him for as long as he has an interaction with her and he got to see her every school days.
He was a very patient boy when it comes to her. His tolerance on her bad behavior towards him was put into a test the moment she finally agreed to have a movie date with him but he soon found out that she just made him an accesories to the plan that she had just to be with Lee Jin Ho.
He felt awful. He never felt that awful.
It wasn"t just his heart that was hurt.
But his male ego as well.
She made him feel that he was the most unwanted guy in Yan High School and he almost believed it. She made him like a total fool.
So he stopped courting her. To save his broken heart and ego.
He started reshaping himself by enrolling himself to a gym.
He has started dating a lot of girls to get back his self-esteem.
But for 8 years that he had dated random girls he met at the bar, girls that he met on social gatherings, beautiful actresses and models that were into him, at the far corner of his heart he always wanted to date that girl who caught his heart when he was in gradeschool.
But will she give him another chance? Especially on the days that her popularity with the boys was at its peak when they started attending school at the University?
He don"t have any guts.
And he doesn"t want to be turned down again.
He had already established himself as one of the most sought after Young Masters.
He doesn"t want to go back to his old self again.
To that fatty G.o.dzilla boy that Min Lin turned down several times and was being laughed at.
So he tried to forget her.
Tried to convince himself that he had forgotten her.
But when he saw her again in Ja Nin and Jin Ho"s welcome back party his heart started pounding for her again.
But he was no longer that silly boy whom she can toy with.
So he tried to escape.
He went to Paris to re-evaluate his feelings for Ho Min Lin.
And he came up with a decision that he won"t let her near at him again.
Because he was afraid of her.
Afraid of falling hard at her again.
Afraid of losing himself again.
So when Yan Mor Tee told him that Ho Min Lin will be going to Paris to win back his love, he just laughed it out and did not believe him.
But when he saw her at the reception area, he felt that the silly boy that he was had resurfaced again so he tried to hide away from her.
Hide from his pain.