Money Loving CEO's Detective Lover

Jaewan's heart was elated as he sat on the fully sanitized chair, waiting for Gayoon. He smiled as he took out another bottle of table cleaning spray from his bag and sprinkled it on the glass table in front of him. He was a regular customer at the restaurant so the staff were used to his eccentricities but he was in an unusually jovial mood that day.     

"Is he out on a date?" one of the waiters murmured.     

"The poor girl better have some sanitizers with her."     

They shook their heads in amusement while Jaewan sat at the table with a stupid smile etched on his face. The door to the restaurant opened and Gayoon walked in. She glanced at Jaewan and waved at him. He returned her smile.     

"Ga-" He was about to call her but his smile soured when Minho followed her inside along with their daughter Jina. The little girl looked ecstatic to see Jaewan again.     

"Oppa!" she called and immediately ran towards him.      

"No hugs!" Jaewan warned but the little girl did not pay any heed. She went up to him and gave him a tight hug. The idol squirmed in shock but upon seeing Gayoon smiling at them, he did not say anything. He would have to take another shower later though.     

"Warm and soft," Jina sighed. "Just like how I imagined hugging you would be like."     

She was beyond ecstatic to meet her idol again. Minho, on the other hand, scowled at Jaewan. FIrst the guy charms Gayoon and now his daughter too!     

Finally, Jina let go of Jaewan. The latter stood up to welcome Gayoon and stepped forward to embrace her.     

"Gayoon, how have you been-" he began, widening his hands to hug her but Minho stepped in and blocked the way. Gayoon was taken aback as Minho grabbed Jaewan's hand and shook it.     

"We're doing very well, thank you very much," Minho said loudly.      

Jaewan made a disgusted face upon Minho's touch and said, "I'll have to jump in the swimming pool now."     

Minho smirked sarcastically as Jaewan took out a sanitizer and sprayed his hands while Gayoon was amused. What is going on? She wondered. The two men clearly disliked each other and the entire rivalry seemed funny to her.     

"Let's just take our seats," she said, trying to hold in her laughter. The two men scowled at each other before taking seats opposite each other. Gayoon, not wanting to sit with Minho, sat right next to Jaewan much to Minho's chagrin. Jina took the seat next to her father, happily staring at Jaewan. She had no clue about the silent war between her father and her idol. All she cared about was marrying her oppa someday.     

"Have you been waiting for a long time for us, oppa? "Gayoon asked.     

"Not long," Jaewan lied. The restaurant staff, who were standing nearby, wanted to scoff. The guy had driven them nuts for the past three hours, making them clean and re-clean the whole restaurant for him. Some of them even debated to spit in his food but that would get them fired so they had to abandon that plan.     

"Really?" Minho asked in a sarcastic tone. "The faces of those staff show that you must have driven them up the wall for hours."     

He pointed at the servers who looked very tired. Gayoon frowned at Jaewan but the latter said, "Let's just order."     

He ushered a server to approach them. Slightly confused, Gayoon picked up the menu and glanced through it. She was about to speak when Jaewan spoke up.     

"I know you're gonna take the peking duck," he guessed. "Am I right?"     

"You still remember?" She asked in shock. "How do you remember this little detail?"     

"I know you well, Jeano Gayoon," he laughed, ruffling her hair while ignoring the silent daggers Minho threw his way. Jina was surprised to see her father was so still as he coldly glared at Jaewan and Gayoon. He was clenching his fists so hard that his knuckles were almost white.     

"I also know you're gonna have iced lemon tea with a strawberry cream pie," Jaewan added. He said those deliberately to show Minho that he knew much more about Gayoon than the money lover did. Gayoon, on the other hand, was impressed.     

"Now I wanna guess what you wanna order!" she said in excitement. "Umm...vegan chow mein with orange juice and tofu cake!"     

She looked at him, her doe like eyes full of hope that she was correct.     

"Right," he grinned, glad that she still remembered his preferences just like he did hers. Minho was boiling in anger but he had to keep himself calm. If he exploded, then all his attempts to woo Gayoon over would be futile.     

Don't be jealous, he chanted. Think of the hundred million dollars you made today. Hundred million. Hundred million.     

The chant worked to a certain extent as the thought of money soothed him a little but not completely. Jina, feeling sorry for her father, patted his back as she realized that her old man was being overprotective of her future marriage with her idol. After all, every dad was paranoid when it came to their daughter's choice in men.     

"Don't worry dad," she assured him. "Even after I marry my oppa, I'll make sure to visit you once a week."     

Gayoon laughed at her daughter's words while Minho tched and Jaewan shook his head but was secretly amused that Gayoon's daughter was at least accepting him wholeheartedly.      

"I'll have the same dish as her," Minho stated, turning to the server. Gayoon was surprised.     

"But you hate dishes made of ducks!" she frowned. "And you don't eat dessert."     

"So? A person can change."     

"In one night? You didn't have the duck salad the cook made last night."     

But Minho did not care. He wanted to prove to Gayoon that he, too, liked the things she did. Gayoon, however, tried hard to stifle her laughter. His jealousy was causing his face to go as red as a tomato which also made his strangely cute. She suppressed a secret smile but it did not go unnoticed by Jaewan.      

The two men shared a look of mutual dislike, fully knowing that neither would be backing down from pursuing Gayoon.