The Fall of Gods (A Welcome to the Underworld Novel, Book 2) by Con Template Page B

his brother’s sudden bashfulness. “And yes, boss. There   are  other girls in our lives besides you.” 
    Yoori growled quietly. She wasn’t trying to be territorial. She quickly relinquished the bitterness and got right back on topic. “You guys had a double date this past weekend?”  
    “Something like that,” confirmed a happy Jae Won.  
    “We’ve been off for awhile, which means she’s  not  my girlfriend,” Kang Min clarified, still trying to clear the misunderstanding about him and his “girl.” “We’re just friends.” 
    Yoori grimaced. Uh oh, where had she heard that before?
    “Uh huh, ‘friends,’” Jae Won repeated skeptically. He turned to face Yoori. “My girlfriend and I are having another dinner date with him and his ‘friend’ tonight.” 
    Feeling naughty, Yoori giggled and teasingly said, “Oooh, what a good   friend  you are, Kang Min.” She playfully nudged his arm. 
    Kang Min, who was blushing immensely, sighed in disbelief. “Not you too, Yoori.” He brought a frustrated palm to his forehead. “Can we move along from this conversation?”  
    “Yes, one last thing,” Jae Won said in an understanding voice. It would’ve been genuine if there weren’t mischief in his eyes when he turned to Yoori and revealed, “His ‘friend’ is Kwon Hae Jin!” 
    At that moment, three things happened: Yoori’s mouth formed into the shape of a capital “O”, Jae Won, as if being pulled away from an oncoming semi-truck, dodged out of the aisle as Kang Min’s angry fist buried a hole into a nearby cereal box – the exact position Jae Won’s head would’ve been had he not moved in time. 
    Streams of Cheerios flowed out of the listless box after Kang Min withdrew his irate fist. He scowled at his older brother like an angry lion.  
    “You just  had to tell Yoori, didn’t you?” Kang Min asked indignantly, resting his hands back on the railing of the shopping cart. 
    When he saw that the coast was clear (polluted Cheerios aside), Jae Won returned to the aisle with a satisfied grin on his face.  
    “Oh come on, baby brother,” Jae Won said thoughtfully, standing beside a shocked Yoori. Her eyes and mouth were still agape from bewilderment. “This is Boss Choi we’re talking about. She’s not going to tell anyone.”  Jae Won turned to Yoori to confirm. “Right, Boss Choi?” 
    “You – You’re Hae Jin’s boyfriend ?!” Yoori finally asked, her voice so high-pitched that it would’ve cracked glass. Her mind was spinning. Before giving Kang Min a chance to answer, she posed another highly anticipated question. “Does Boss Kwon Tae Hyun know?”
    Her question was answered when Kang Min started to worryingly scratch the back of his head. He avoided eye contact. 
    “If the almighty King of Serpents knew, do you think our Kang Min would be standing there with all his bones intact?” Jae Won answered for his brother. He pointed at the crumpled cereal box that still had Cheerios falling out of it.  “His head would be like that Cheerios box.”
    Yoori briefly blinked in agreement. Punching a hole in Kang Min’s head did sound like something Tae Hyun would do for his baby sister. 
    “Good point,” she breathed out.  
    Kang Min groaned in agreement before eyeing the Cheerios box.
    “Great,” he complained regrettably. He pouted and grabbed the Cheerios box he assaulted. He bitterly placed it into the cart.  “Now we have to buy this.”
    Jae Won continued to speak. “But boss, they’ve be en ‘on-and-off’ for 3 years now. Don’t you think it’s time for Kang Min and Hae Jin to officially be ‘on’ for longer than 2 weeks?” 
    As he said that, Jae Won’s phone began to ring. He looked at the screen.  
    “Okay, this is Underworld business. I’m going to take it outside.” Before leaving, he turned to Yoori and whispered, “Boss, Kang Min needs some sense knocked into him about his relationship. I think he’ll listen to you.