Gossip

Bliss lead the way to the veranda that overlooked the grand garden of this huge mansion. He took the champagne glass from Jin’s hand and placed it on the small table before leaning back against the railing of the veranda. 

Looking at his appearance, Jin followed and tried to rest his butt against the railing – and at that moment spat out swear word. Bliss’s thighs could leisurely reach the railings and he could stretch his long legs forward, but Jin was still stood upright. How irritating. 

“So short,”

Looking at Bliss who was comfortably resting his butt against the railing and was kind of making fun of him, Jin placed both hands on the railing and sat down comfortably that way. 

“What are you going to do about Elena? What is this really ends up causing some trouble?” 

“It’s a real problem – she’s a girl who isn’t afraid of anything,” 

Elena who had an amazing body and doll-like beauty, and on top that had her father who was the boss of the Russian mafia and had no brain – met all the requirements of an ignorant sheltered lady. 

Even if she killed one or two people out of anger, she had the best group of sharks to take care of even the bones of such an incident – and even if she didn’t want to deal with this herself, she could always just turn to her father. 

Even if they opponent she wanted to kill was Bliss Auckalnd. 

There’s no way to win against the ignorant. 

Their opponent had no openings. There seemed to be no way out. Jin glanced at Bliss from the corner of his eyes, 

“Why don’t you announce your wedding?” 

“Are you crazy?” 

“I’m not saying get married – but announce it,” 

“With who?” 

“Anyone. It happens a lot in novels, contract marriages, something like that,” 

“I think you’re reading too many romance novels. Do you want me to get sued for adultery under the pretex of marriage? It’s annoying to take care of later. Plus, if we end up getting caught with a scary opponent, I might end up at the doors of wedding ceremony for real. If I had to enter a wedding hall, I’d rather blow my brains out with my own hands,” 

That was true. Jin figured Bliss’s marriage partner would be the daughter of some global conglomerate or a famous celebrity or supermodel the world knows – if he made a mistake with a marriage announcement here, it could catch him by the ankles later on. 

If he ended up seducing someone of the general public and asked them to act as stand-in, they would probably ask for an astronomical sum of money. No, rather it would be fortunate if it ended at that. If the other person decided to sell the story to a tabloid later then they could end up with a scary russian at their door with a machine gun claiming Bliss had made a fool of his daughter. 

Strangely, Americans could forgive and forget all sorts of incidents be they infidelity or drug use, but they couldn’t forgive fraud against them. 

It didn’t matter in the long run since Bliss wasn’t a celebrity anyway but his image as the existing prince of the United States, who lacked a royal family or nobles and had a relatively short history – was quite important. 

So running a clumsy scam like that was like jumping into the tiger’s den to avoid a fox – as the Korean proverb went.

“I mean, in Pretty Woman they ended up falling in love… Try it, who knows. Maybe this time around you’ll fall in love for real,” 

Bliss frowned at Jin, who he knew to be a horror and romance movie enthusiast. 

“Stop watching weird movies,” 

“… Don’t blame other people’s taste in movies, reflect on your own sex life instead. How easy do you look that a kid like that ended up chasing after you?” 

“Just say I was unlucky. There was no I could fall for a breastfeeding-.” 

Bliss, who had been going that far, suddenly stopped talking and looked straight at Jin with a forced smile. 

Looking back at Bliss’s sudden silence, Jin also stopped breathing in surprise when he turned his head, and say a barbie doll standing right in front of the veranda.

Scarier than both Sadako from The Ring and Juon from Kaneko was Elena Nevzlin.