Alex and Mimi would spent some time looking at the big cats at the Zoo, where the two of them would constantly flirt with one another, much to the chagrin of the bystanders, especially the men who were envious of Alex for gaining such a beautiful woman as his lover.
The young couple would follow the plan which Alex had laid out for them until lunchtime. Where the two of them sat down at one of the Zoo’s many stalls and ordered some food. Mimi did not hesitate to take a photo of the two of them together.
It was a picture that could not be shared with anyone other than Alex and his other women, and yet this was enough for Mimi. After all, if she posted such a thing to her social media, people would quickly realize it was Mimi in this photo, and would also understand that she was on a date with a man. Something that was forbidden via her contract, and would be career suicide.
Even then, Mimi did post the image to the group chat with the other women in Alex’s lives, where they all responded with love and support for the girl, who was finally able to get a real date with Alex after a very long time of waiting.
Sakura herself sent a particularly naughty message and was immediately scolded by the other women in the chat for her vulgar tone.
“Wow, that’s daddy? Although I prefer his usual appearance, I wouldn’t mind playing hide the sausage with disguised daddy every now and then!”
The girl’s mother immediately reprimanded the girl for making such an inappropriate remark about their lover’s appearance, despite the fact that this was a private group chat with only the women in Alex’s harem taking part in it.
“Sakura! That’s it, young lady. I’m taking away your electronic devices for the next week!”
Sakura immediately responded with a frightened emoji, while also pleading for forgiveness from her mother. At the same time, she dug herself into an even deeper hole.
This remark was replied to by Mimi with a laughing, crying emoji, causing the rest of the women in the chat to laugh at Sakura’s perverted antics. After which Mimi got off her phone and looked at Alex, who was eating his meal with a look of enjoyment on his face.
She was quick to ask if it was really as good as he thought it was.
“You seem to be enjoying yourself? Is a street vendor really all that great?”
Mimi had grown up with wealthy parents, parents who provided her with sophisticated and healthy meals. Alex, on the other hand, had grown up dirt poor, and had survived mostly off of fast food, street stalls, and pre-cooked meals from grocery store delis.
His father, after all, wasn’t exactly a great cook and was too busy working to properly make healthy meals for Alex. And it was because of this that Alex had a hankering for food that was less than ideal for his health, such as what he was eating now.
This was just from this life’s memories. As for his memories from his past life, Alex remembered constantly being on the go due to his profession, and thus largely relied on a similar diet. Shockingly being able to maintain his health and figure despite eating like shit all the time.
It was because of this that he shocked Mimi with a nastolgic gleam in his eyes. While commenting on how much he enjoyed street stalls, fast food, and deli meals.
“Listen, when you grow up poor in America, this is the kind of shit you eat. Or at least, that was the case when I was growing up. The economy is so shit in the States right now that fast food practically costs as much as eating in an actual restaurant.
So yes, I do enjoy this kind of food. It reminds of me when I was young, plus there’s something addicting about it, you know?”
Despite Alex saying this, Mimi did not seem to share his opinion. She would much rather have a home cooked meal, made with healthy ingredients, than something like what they were eating now.
Still, to see Alex look so fondly on the past, despite knowing that he had a less than stellar upbringing, it was confusing to the woman, and because of this, she asked how Alex could be so happy about such a thing.
“I don’t understand. From what you have told me, you grew up poor, and were bullied as a child. I mean, why do you look so happy when thinking about such a horrible childhood?”
Alex smirked when he heard this. He finished up his meal before tossing it in the nearby trashcan as if he were playing a game of basketball. After doing this, he responded to Mimi’s question with a statement that dumbfounded her.
“My upbringing made me who I am today. We’re all a product of our environment, sure it sucked at the time, but thinking back on it, I don’t know, it just makes me glad I have what I have now, and am not the same person I was back then, you know? I mean, if it weren’t for that shitty childhood, I never would have ended up with you, now would I have?’
Of course, Alex hadn’t actually mentioned to anyone in this life what horrors he went through in his past life. Comparatively, growing up poor, and bullied was a godsend compared to the childhood he went through back then, the childhood that turned him into the rotten playboy he eventually became known for.
Nor would he ever mention this to anyone, but one thing was certain. If Alex had not endured these things, then he probably would have turned out normal. And thus he would have never bothered with pursuing Mimi, and instead would have just settled down with his younger stepsister Min-Ah in this life.
Mimi did not know any of this, and instead took Alex’s statement as one of a romantic gesture, rather than the man trying to mask the mortal wound that had been patched up by band aids, a wound that was dealt to him by his own mother when he was a small child in his past life.
