Chapter 69: So, do you want it or not?
The first scenic spot was a rose garden for lovers.
I liked to believe that this world was not much different from my real world but I was wrong. The structure of things was far more 'clearer' and 'romanticized' if that makes sense.
I don't know how to explain it clearly but it was as if they were fake. They were too prettily fake to be real, but then again, they were more real than anything else.
This was a dark romance novel, after all. So, the world was made to suit the theme of romance. As for the dark part, we had the male leads to fill up that concept.
But since they were no longer being 'dark' with their affairs, shall we remove the 'dark' from the tag?
"It's beautiful," I muttered as I stared at the roses.
"It is," Jin-Yeok agreed with me and then plucked one of the roses. "But I don't think this flower goes well with you," he placed the rose in front of my face, looked at it, and looked past it to gaze at my eyes.
He paused for a moment as if seeing something strangely beautiful for the first time and then he looked down. It was so strangely beautiful that it shouldn't be.
"I retract my words," he said and I tilted my head, confused.
What had he seen, I wondered. But I couldn't get the answer as he stretched the rose towards me and said,
"Allow me the honor to hand you your very first flower," he said but I shook my head and said,