27. An important person

His gaze went towards Ella holding Liam's hands. He walks away looking kind of angry.

"Nice ring", Ella let go of his hand and Liam smiled. "Let's go somewhere", Liam said.

The two decided to have lunch together. Ella gazed at Liam who was busy eating.

"I never noticed he was so handsome, he must be popular among girls", she thought surprised by his beauty.

Ella got reminded of Junho when he was eating vegetables. She smiled to herself thinking how cute Junho was.

"Ella", Liam called her. "Yeah?", she said and Liam holds her gaze, "How's everything with Jane now?". Ella tucked her hair behind her ear and said, "We haven't talked".

"I texted her, she must've replied. I'll check", Liam checks his phone, he clicks on a notification accidently and it was Ella's post. He saw the comments. There were comments about her plastic surgery and people hating her for the same.

"She is going through all this because of me", Liam thought clenching his phone. Ella noticed him, "Is something wrong what is she saying?".

"Nothing, she didn't reply", he said glancing at his phone. "Ella, how can you meet me so easily? You don't think for once, what I did?", Liam looked concerned.

"I told you not to think about it. Please I don't want to see you regret it", she tried to assure him.

"It's easy to say but everytime I see you I can't help but curse myself", he said. "Please don't, I'm telling you it's fine. Just don't", she requested.

"Someday....", Ella wanted to say something but stops herself. She smiled, "Just think that the person you tried to kill wasn't me, it was someone else". Liam simply stared at her.

"I mean if you think about it, I was a different person before and I'm a different person now so basically it was not me", she said briefly.

"When I got to know everything about my past self, I was shocked about how carelessly I was living. The accident was like a blessing, and I'm glad I changed", she added.

Liam pondered for a moment and said, "I will try".

After lunch Ella went home for some time. Later in the evening she got ready and went to the mall. Ella saw Junho as she enters the mall.

Earlier he saw Ava with her friend, Junho rolled his eyes and went inside a shop. After the two went away he came back glancing at the mall entrance every now and then.

Junho wore a black hoodie, it was probably the first time Ella saw him in a casual outfit. "No one is here yet?", she asked and Junho shrugged then gazed at her.

"Then let's see", she was about to go when Junho called her in a low voice, "Ella".

She went, "Hm?". "Does it look good? I don't usually go outside like this....", he asked with his usual straight face. Ella chuckled, "Do you want to impress Ava that badly?".

"Ofcourse you do, is it even possible to look bad with a face like that", she said casually then looks around.

Junho got shy and smiles for a moment which Ella didn't notice. "I'm not doing this for Ava though", he said annoyed.

"I know you are going to deny it", she said teasing him. "Let's go", she walks away and Junho follows.

Ava saw the two, "They are here Oliver", she whispered. She signals Oliver to come with her.

They exchange basic greetings but both were surprised by how unfazed Ella was. Ava felt discouraged, "What is this? Why does she not even care?", she muttered glaring at Oliver.

He just shrugged confused. Ava takes Oliver with her and Ella looks around too.

"Pretty dress, but who goes shopping on their first date? Weird", she mumbled. "What?", Ella turns quickly at the familiar voice.

"Nothing", she said surprised to see Junho. "I heard what you said", he said plainly. "Then why are you asking?", she whined and gave him a glare.

"Why don't you try this 'Pretty' dress", he emphasized. "It will suit you though", Junho added.

She takes the dress and went inside the changing room, Junho noticed Oliver who was nearby constantly glancing at Ella.

He saw Oliver going inside the changing room.