Reborn: The Unexpected Twist

Staring at Han Taehyun mockingly, Lee Jinhee said, "You being the wife and me being the husband? Sure, my dear wife, just go and cook for her."

"No," Han Taehyun enunciated, "I'm the caring husband who dotes on his wife and wants to spoil her."

Bending down, Han Taehyun placed a soft kiss on Lee Jinhee's forehead— his actions causing her eyes to widen in surprise. As Han Taehyun pulled back, Lee Jinhee raised her head to look at him.

'You'll have to make do with her forehead for now.'

"Now, Wife, don't be naughty," Taehyun, in a cheerful tone, said, "I'll come over in an hour with the dinner. In the meanwhile, just watch television or read some books."

Han Taehyun winked, and Lee Jinhee scrunched up her nose at that. Realizing what just happened, Lee Jinhee touched her forehead, and her eyes glowered at the smiling male in front of her.

"Yah! Han Taehe-hyun! You're going too far!" Lee Jinhee exclaimed. Fortunately enough, she had corrected 'Taehee' to 'Taehyun' or else she would have had to deal with another nonsensical attack of his.

"Good girl! It seems that you're learning what the name of your future— no, no, husband's name is," Han Taehyun voiced out.

"I don't have a husband," Lee Jinhee retorted whilst rolling her eyes.

"And the next time you kiss me, Han Taehyun, I'll get back at you," Lee Jinhee threatened.

Arching his eyebrows, Han Taehyun questioned, "How will you get back at me? By kissing my forehead back?"

With his hand, Han Taehyun brushed back his bangs and held them there. Leaning closer to Lee Jinhee, Han Taehyun stared at her with amusement present in her eyes.

Lee Jinhee noticed that Han Taehyun's face was extremely close to hers, and having such a handsome face so near to her made Lee Jinhee's cheeks redden up. Even from up close, Han Taehyun's face looked flawless.

Surprising Lee Jinhee, Han Taehyun pecked on her forehead once again, and pointing at his forehead with his free hand, Han Taehyun said, "You can kiss my forehead back now."

Lee Jinhee found herself being nervous under Han Taehyun's gaze, and her cheeks began heating up at a really high rate. Raising her left hand, she flicked hardly on Han Taehyun's forehead.

Han Taehyun immediately moved away from Lee Jinhee, and rubbing his forehead in order to ease the pain, his lips curved up to a small smile. Lee Jinhee's eyes stared daggers at the male in front of her.

Even after he said he won't annoy her, he was still making fun of her. The boy in front of her was a liar! 

"Okay, I'm sorry. I went too far. I'll just go to the kitchen now," Han Taehyun said.

Even though he promised to not tease Lee Jinhee today, he couldn't resist himself from doing so, and looking at Lee Jinhee's about to burst out into anger expression, he recalled what he promised her earlier. 

"Just go now. I don't want to see your face any longer," Lee Jinhee said as she folded her hands over her chest.

Han Taehyun chuckled. 

'Lee Jinhee is really cute! I better leave before I get a compulsive urge to tease her again.'

Watching Han Taehee turning her back on her and walking away, Lee Jinhee wondered whether or not her words from earlier were too harsh. Her heated cheeks had eased down considerably.

•••

Lee Jinhee's phone rang at that moment, and picking up the phone from the couch, Lee Jinhee noticed that the call was from her so-called sister, Lee Jinkyung. Ignoring her ringing phone, Lee Jinhee stared at the screen in front of her.

Lee Jinkyung continued to call her, and realizing that it was the tenth time Jinkyung was calling her, Lee Jinhee decided to receive the call. What if it was something important?

"What is it?" Lee Jinhee questioned.

"What took you so long to receive the call!?" Lee Jinkyung asked. 

Her voice was too loud for Lee Jinhee, and Jinhee immediately held the phone away from her ear in order to prevent any damage to her eardrums.

"Your throat will hurt if you talk this loudly," Lee Jinhee advised.

She then continued, "Just because I don't want to hear your annoying voice, I avoided picking up the call. Is that a satisfactory answer?"

"Yah! Lee Jinhee, how do you even dare to show such attitude after what you recently did!?"

"Lee Jinkyung, I already told you not to talk loudly. My eardrums are delicate, and I don't need you to destroy them," Lee Jinhee voiced out.

"Are you taking this to be a joke, Lee Jinhee? Here, mom and dad are—"

"Have you gone crazy, Jinkyung?" Lee Jinhee questioned, "Why on Earth will I take my eardrums to be a joke?"

She then added, "I'm pretty sure my eardrums are more important than the dramas you and your family starts on a regular basis."

°°°

The members of the Lee family— Lee Youngchul, Daeho, Minjoon, Yeeun, Jiyoung, Jinkyung, Hyunki and Chungae— were present in their living room. Different set of emotions played on their face.

A solemn expression sat on Youngchul's face whilst Daeho, Jinkyung's uncle, seemed to be unaffected by the entire matter to others' eyes. However, if one were to notice closely, they would see the hidden amusement in his eyes.

Yeeun, Daeho's wife, wore on an arrogant and mocking expression while Hyunki appeared to be worried— most probably for Lee Jinhee. Fury sat on Chungae's, Jiyoung's and Minjoon's face. Although Jinkyung was angered by the tone Jinhee used on her, she was secretly pleased deep inside.

Hearing Lee Jinhee's reply, Lee Minjoon snatched the phone away from from Lee Jinkyung, and although Jinkyung appeared to be surprised, amusement played inside her eyes.

"LEE JINHEE, RETURN HOME AT THIS INSTANT OR ELSE I'LL GO OVER TO WHERE YOU'RE AND MAKE SURE TO BREAK BOTH OF YOUR LEGS," Lee Minjoon threatened.

A silence of one minute continued before Lee Jinhee replied, "Sure. I'm at Han Mansion."

With that, the call was hung up. Her reply bought shock to all of them members of Lee family. Was Lee Jinhee insane? Why would someone like her be allowed to stay with the prestigious Han family?

"What does that ill-mannered brat take us to be? A joke!?" 

Lee Minjoon threw Lee Jinkyung's phone across the room, and coming in contact with the tiled floor, the phone's screen shattered. Jinkyung gritted her teeth in anger. 

Not only was her brand new phone destroyed because of Jinhee, Lee Jinhee was also staying at the Han Mansion. How was someone like Lee Jinhee stay at there when she herself was unable to?

"Remember that you still have him," The voice in her head reminded.