Chapter 85 - You Fell First

Alice woke up with a pleasant feeling of restfulness and opened her eyes carefully. However as her eyes opened they were met with an upside down face close to her and she widened her eyes. "Yu Gyeom!" She sat up immediately, hitting Yu Gyeom in the nose as she looked around trying to get her bearings. "Where is this?"

Rubbing his red nose and suppressing the tears in his eyes, Yu Gyeom made a face and asked, "Did you lose your memory?" By now, Alice had gathered her bearings and from the white walls around her knew that she was in a patient room! She remembered being exhausted as she had gotten off the plane and then coming over. Did she lose consciousness because of exhaustion! And then she remembered her vision blurring and she fell face down into the snow. 

Wincing in embarrassment, she rolled her eyes at the man's question and said," No! As it happens my memory is intact! If it was indeed gone, I would most certainly have not remembered your name."

"Ohh!" Gyeom scratched his head in embarrassment though he had no idea what to say. Even though they had spent some time with CEO Faye, K had always been there to act as a buffer but now that he was not here, Gyeom had to say that he still found Alice Faye a bit intimidating. And he felt at a loss when she was being sarcastic.

Just then, K, who had just returned heard Alice and saw Gyeom's confusion. Shaking his head, he walked in and said, "Sheathe your claws, little kitten. He was just concerned. Don't scare the poor boy." Seeing that K was finally back, Gyeom took the chance and said," You both must be hungry, right! I will go tell the chefs to prepare something."

With that, Gyeom escaped the room even as he wondered at the courage of K who dared to call a lioness a cat! Well they were the technically the same family, but a lioness could eat them for breakfast!

(Author: Uh huh.. Gyeom, she is addresses correctly. After all, a lioness cannot make a person serve breakfast where as a cat only needs to demand breakfast and her human will serve it faithfully...)

K watched his little brother escape and turned to see Alice sitting there smiling after him. Immediately he was irritated that Gyeom could make her smile and scolded, "Was it fun? Scaring me like this?"

Giving him a sheepish smile, Alice said," I was actually planning to come here and take a break but who would have thought that it would happen so fast!"

K shook his head and sat next to her asking, "You still have a head ache?"

"I had a head ache?"

"You almost banged your head against the table you had it so bad! My poor fingers have been abused massaging your head.. Not that I am complaining. I loved it! I got to play with your silky hair as well!"

Alice rolled her eyes and pouted," Well, you are not complaining but you are making it clear that I will have to repay you the favor. You, Mr. K are an opportunist."

"Of course I am! So do you have headaches often."

"Hmm! Ever since my mother passed away, I tend to have headaches regularly.. It happens quite less frequently now, after so many years. But usually does when I am physically exhausted."

K wanted to question Alice about her mother even in the past and had even thought to do it this time but after the warning from the doctor yesterday he was feeling out of sorts. Finally, he decided to let the topic slide and simply asked,"Them why were you exhausting yourself? You have so many people working for you. You can simply delegate your work to them and rest properly. What is the point of having so many experts if you have to exhaust yourself."

K turned around and picked up a thermos that he had brought with him. Poiring some simple soup, he turned back to hand it to her but was met with her sharp gaze. Raising an eyebrow at him, she said,"There are so many amazing musicians out there who produce excellent music then why do you insist on doing yours yourself?"

K smiled at this and nodded,"Touche. So what has you working day and night?"

But this time Alice's face turned glum. She looked at K thoughtfully wondering if she should tell him or keep her worries hidden. Usually she confided in Ximin but just like when she had gotten to know K, she had kept it a secret, she did not wish to share this with Ximin. But would K mind if she told him that she had been unable to sleep because of another man! He had made no secret of the fact that he admired her and if she confided in him, he might feel burdened and even be unable to give advice without prejudice.

K clicked his fingers in front of her when he noticed that Alice had become lost in her thoughts.

She shook and looked at him in consternation,"I am sorry. I was thinking something."

Holding her hand and placing the cup innit carefully, K looked into her eyes and asked directly,"Are you going to share or are we going to play guessing games?"

Biting her lip, Alice decided to take the plunge and said,"I fell for someone in the past. I know I have told you that I never had a boyfriend but I was wrong.."

Adam felt the ground slip from under him. He wondered if she remembered him and that was why she was telling him this. Clenching his fingers, he turned away and walked back to the side table trying to be as nonchalant as ever and tried casually,"So what little kitten? A boyfriend in in the past right?"

He crossed his fingers hoping that she would tell him that no he still had a place in her heart but instead was even more disappointed when she said,"You are right but there is a problem, K. I don't remember having a boyfriend. Last time when I was going back I met my best friend from school days and she told me something very disturbing."

Pouring some water in a glass, K kept his back to her and asked,"Really? What did Lana say?"

"Lana said...". 

But just as Alice was about to answer him, her brows furrowed and she asked," Hiw did you know her name? I don't think I ever mentioned it."

K stilled and his eyes widened as he realize that he had made a mistake. Thinking on his feet, he said,"I think you mentioned it in the past that you had a friend named Lana."

Turning back, Adam sipped the water slowly and watched as the suspicion did not ease from her face and she thought carefully. He was about to prepare to come clean however when she nodded and said,"Yeah. May be I did. Anyways, where was I?"

"You were talking about meeting your friend."

"Yes! And Lana mentioned that I had starting liking a guy just before I received news about my mother's sickness. However when I asked her about the guy, she said that she did not even know him as that I had met him on my way to my maternal grandparents' home. I hadn't even remembered that I spent my new year's that year with my grandparents. Anyway, after speaking to her, I have been really worried about this person. Who was he and why did I like him? Because you see I have never been close to anyone else before or after that. This is why I have been sleeping badly. I keep getting weird dreams. I was actually planning to bring you guys back to the country and go back and find him."

"So you are going back tot he Rocky Mountains?"

K wanted to bite his tongue when he said that! Dam* it. He had blurted out again in his excitement but luckily this time Alice was lost in thought and affirmed,"Hmm. I'll be going there. Anyway I haven't gone there since then so maybe I will find a clue about this mysterious boyfriend.."

Just as K was about to breathe a sigh of relief, however, Alice turned her sharp gaze to K and said accordingly,"You!"

K: ".."

Alice: "I thought you fell for me first and liked me. Why are you not jealous?"

Whoo! For a moment, he had thought that he was caught. Smiling in relief, he wondered of he should say that he could not be jealous of himself but refrained from opening his big mouth and said," Why would I be jealous of a guy that you do not even remember?"

Before the two could say more, there was a knock on the door and a staff front the kitchen brought out the food, thoroughly bringing an end to theirr discussion.