Romantic on the Field

18.

Jamie still remembers that moment.

[ Jay, do you know about that story? ]

It was night.

A damp wind blew in through the window.

[The saying that when a person dies, he becomes a star in the sky. ]

[I didn’t believe that. ]

[By the way, maybe it’s because she’s about to die. ]

[At this moment, the words suddenly come to mind. ]

A similar thought popped into Jamie’s head as he heard those words.

The stars you see in the night sky are already dead stars.

Even if it looks beautiful, in the end, humans only see the graves of stars.

Jamie followed Hannah’s gaze to the window.

The stars were not visible.

[ Jay. ]

why didn’t i know

Why didn’t I stay with her?

Why why.

After Hannah’s death, for 10 years, Jamie struggled with ‘why’.

But at this moment, only the fact that there were no stars in the sky was resentful.

[ Jay ]

[ Jay. Are you there? Please answer me. ]

[Oh, you still have it. thank god. ]

[ Jamie. ]

[Thank you for loving me. ]

The end of the memory was also the end of Hannah.

Even if I try to forget, Hannah’s last thing I can’t really forget.

her advice.

Those words of thank you for loving me, not words of resentment, haunted Jamie for a long time.

And this will always adorned the end of his recurring nightmares.

**

“…”

Jamie woke up and quietly got up.

Hannah was still sleeping soundly.

He stared blankly for a moment at the sleeping Hannah and at the pillow he had been sleeping on just before.

[Thank you for loving me. ]

Those words lingered in my mind for a long time, like tear marks on a pillow.

‘No, let’s not dwell on the past.’

‘Let’s focus on the present.’

Jamie made up his mind, got out of bed, and prepared breakfast.

“Yes?”

After preparing a sandwich and tea, he carefully hugged the sleeping Hannah.

“Get up and have breakfast.”

“What is it? Why are you so nice?”

Hannah patted him on the back even when he was barely awake.

“what time is it?”

“6 o’clock. Now you have to prepare slowly.”

Today is the wedding day. So, I had to prepare earlier than usual.

There are usually no weddings during the season. However, Hannah wanted to do it before more ships came out, and Jamie asked for the understanding of Director Charlie and her colleagues and set the date for today.

“aaah. gotta get up I have to wake up…”

Hannah turned around and whimpered.

“Ahhh. wait a minute I’m scared.”

Eventually, Jamie picked her up and carried her to the table.

“Even though I’m nervous, the sandwich goes well. lol.”

“Oh, you’re eating well.”

Hanna quickly recovered from her whining, and the two left the house after a simple breakfast.

“I will drive.”

“In addition?”

Jamie climbed into the driver’s seat and started the engine.

“When we move together from now on, let’s always drive by myself.”

“Why? I want to drive too…”

“You can do it later when you bring the baby to school, ma’am.”

The destination is Standen Hall.

It was the place where the wedding was held today.

“Why is the sky so blue?”

“Yeah. There is not much wind.”

It was Stoke-on-Trent weather that there were clouds when it wasn’t raining, and even when there were no clouds, a damn wind blew. But today the weather was unusually good.

“Can I say something obvious?”

“of course. You can do it.”

“I guess heaven congratulates us on our marriage.”

Hannah said with a bashful laugh.

Heaven congratulates us too. If it was obvious, it was obvious, if it was childish, it was childish.

But I liked the obvious and childish words.

“Good.”

Jamie laughed along with her.

“yes?”

“You just said that.”

“It’s too obvious. So I thought about whether or not to do it.”

However, the person who said it was very shy.

“Sometimes the obvious is good.”

Jamie touched her cheek once and looked up at the cloudless blue sky.

Again, the weather was great.

Afterwards, the two had a small conversation, and soon they arrived at their destination.

“This is the real beginning.”

“Yeah.”

There was still time before the wedding, but there were many things to prepare, including makeup and rehearsals.

“Hannah.”

It seemed that if it were not now, there would be no opportunity to speak. Jamie grabbed Hannah’s hand as soon as she got out of the car.

“thanks.”

“yes?”

“For loving me.”

“···suddenly?”

“Suddenly,” he asked back, but Hannah’s eyes were very bright. Under the clear sky without a single cloud, as if the stars were floating.

**

John is a sports agent. He is also Jamie’s agent.

Of course, he’s not the only one managing Jamie.

At one time, he managed about 20 clients, including those in the Bundesliga and La Liga, but now most of them have been cleaned up and he only manages about 10 players from the Championship and Premier League.

“Uh, John. Are you here too?”

“hahahaha. It’s my client’s wedding, so of course you have to come.”

“Well? Was Riga your player?”

Because of that, I met quite a few people I knew at Jamie’s wedding, including the man I had just spoken to.

‘Pretending not to know.’

The man’s name is Marshall.

He is currently a scout for Premier League side Leicester City.

In the past, Leicester City had a lot of fun signing 5th division leaguer ‘Jamie Vardy’. No, beyond having fun, he changed the history of the club.

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Leicester like that deserves attention in Jamie – coincidentally with the same name as Vardy – who is currently making a sensational performance in the third division.

Moreover, Martial is the person who recruited Oscar Turner, who is called ‘the second Jamie Vardy’, to Leicester City.

He was someone to be very careful with.

“yes. I’ve been in charge of Lee for nearly 10 years.”

“Uh, yes?”

“I will start eating soon. See you later.”

John waved his hand and left.

I wanted to avoid not only Marshall, but those related to work as much as possible. Today’s wedding came not as an agent, but as an old friend.

“zone! What are you doing here?”

“Five. Aren’t you in Germany?”

“John, did you know Big Hand Cho?”

However, the football officials have been really sick of knowing.

In the end, he had to be harassed by scouts, coaches, and agents right before the wedding.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats as the wedding of Hannah Choi and Jamie Lee begins soon.”

I heard that the wedding was held in Korean style, but it was quite different from the weddings John had seen so far. Even though there was no religious color at all-both the bride and groom were non-religious, the atmosphere was very solemn. The bride’s father, ‘Big Hand’ Choi, even stole a tear!

Fortunately, the atmosphere brightened from the reading of letters from acquaintances.

“I remember the first time I met Lee. He was skinny and wearing worn soccer boots, but his eyes were fierce. If I wasn’t wearing soccer boots, I would have mistaken it for a stray dog wandering around the neighborhood.”

John also read the letter. Perhaps it was thanks to his painstaking efforts over the past few days, he couldn’t stop laughing as he read the letter.

“zone. It’s too much to be a wild dog in the neighborhood.”

After the final order of the ceremony, the party began. John is sitting alone in a corner drinking wine quietly when Jamie visits him with his bride, Hannah.

“hahahaha. That too has been refined.”

“John, long time no see.”

“Oh, Choi. long time no see. Nice to meet you.”

John then greeted them, and when Hannah moved to her colleague’s call, she sneaked up on Jamie.

“I’ll do my best in moderation, Jay.”

“uh? marriage life? I don’t mean to.”

“No, football. A lot of scouts came.”

Jamie’s eyes widened at John’s words.

“Aren’t they crazy? I came to congratulate you on your wedding, so you came for business?”

“ha ha ha. I thought that too at first, but now that I think about it, your father-in-law is a figure in the soccer world. Well, I thought it might have come from being really innocent.”

Although the proportion of scouts is too high for that.

I swallowed the words behind me.

“Um, yes? Well, if there’s a guy who’s messing around, John will cut it off.”

“No way, there must be someone who comes all the way here and plays tricks. Even if he had a plan, he must have come just to impress.”

“hahahaha. That’s right. First of all, I’ll say hello to people and come back. Will you stay until tonight?”

“maybe.”

“Okay, see you later.”

Jamie left, and John smiled and emptied his remaining wine glass.

The weather was nice, there was plenty of food and drink, and there were many people. In particular, in addition to the main hall where the wedding ceremony was held, people were overflowing outside where simple seats were installed.

It’s a good day, really. John smiled, slightly apprehensive.

**

[Wedding at Stoke-on-Trent Standen Hall]

ㄴ [ Couple Lee-Choi, who has been married for 100 years amid congratulations from football officials and citizens of Stoke-on-Trent ]

“Yeah, that’s a lot. Why are there so many articles about a soccer player’s marriage?”

The day after the wedding, Jamie, who had been on vacation for two days, was lying in a hotel bed with Hannah.

“What kind of a soccer player are you? Super rookie.”

Hannah said, putting her arm around Jamie’s chest.

Now this is ‘The Grand Brighton Hotel’. It was one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in Brighton, once considered one of the top three resorts and honeymoon destinations.

I had been on vacation for two days, but it wasn’t really a honeymoon – I decided to go later after the season was over.

“But can I just stay in the hotel all day like this?”

“What is all day? You went for a drive and a walk earlier.”

“Umm, but…”

After checking in, the two explored the southern coast for about three hours.

Hanna said that was enough, but Jamie kept trying to do more.

“Or should I stop by somewhere else in the evening?”

“Ah, it’s okay. And you have to go to team training tomorrow afternoon.”

“Ugh. So, where do you want to go on your ‘real’ honeymoon?”

“Well······. It’s good here now.”

Hannah turned and looked at the ceiling.

“korea.”

“korea?”

“yes. We both went there when we were very young and never got to go. You can go to Gyeongbokgung Palace that you saw in the drama, go to Itaewon, and try things like sundaegukbap and pork belly.”

“Um, isn’t that bad?”

“Oh, no. I might just give the media a piece of cake.”

Jamie also turned and looked at the ceiling. The ceiling of the hotel room was very white and clean.

“Actually, it’s fine. If you are going with me.”

“That’s me too.”

“You say that every day, too. what the. Parrot, what is it?”

Jamie grabbed Hannah’s murmuring nose once, then got off the bed.

“Shall we have dinner soon?”

“Is that so?”

“Here it is. I’ll make you spaghetti right away.”

“ok? Do you make your own spaghetti too?”

Hannah’s eyes widened.

“It’s like how I prepared it for you yesterday morning, so why are you suddenly like this?”

So, why ‘suddenly’? It’s been like this since the beginning.

A bitter smile appeared on Jamie’s lips, then disappeared.

‘Jay, aren’t you tired of delivery food?’

‘You have to manage your diet too.’

‘It seems like I’m just getting enough food every time.’

In the past, when he returned to England from time to time after staying in Germany, he always ate delivery food or dine out.

Hannah, who wanted to feel like a newlywed in the privacy of her own home, yelled at her, but Jamie ignored it. Rice is something I eat every day, so I wanted to know what’s important about it.

“···yes? Why. Shall I?”

As Jamie stood there blankly, Hannah asked anxiously.

“Oh, no. I will cook for you in the future.”

“What do you think he cooks?”

“What are you talking about. Can I cook better?”

“what? shocking.”

A smile appeared on Hannah’s face even though it was absurd.

“Madam, how much bacon would you like?”

“yes? I hate bacon. Just put it on your plate.”

“Yes, yes. lady.”

Jamie went to the kitchen and cooked clams on one burner and bacon on the other. Then, after boiling the spaghetti, transfer it to a plate. The sauce was prepared, not cooked separately.

“Here, Jamie’s Spaghetti, which seems to be healthy, is unhealthy. Hannah, come and eat.”

“Wow, that’s great.”

After a while, the cooking was over and Hannah ran to the kitchen with her eyes shining.

“What’s great? Just boil the noodles and bake some bacon and you’re done.”

“Nope. This alone is great. thanks.”

Hannah put her arms around Jamie’s neck.

“…”

And he stared into his eyes with longing eyes.

“Let’s eat spaghetti without setting the mood. Blow cotton.”

“···Yes.”

The two sat across from each other and ate spaghetti. Hannah would occasionally raise her head to look at Jamie, and when their eyes met, she would smile. Of course, Jamie also laughed along.

It was a peaceful afternoon.

“Ah, I ate well. sleep now rest I will do the dishes.”

“Nope. After cooking, I’ll just wash the dishes.”

After that, the two quarreled for a while about washing the dishes. In the end, Hannah couldn’t overcome Jamie’s stubbornness.

“Shut up!”

There were not many dishes to wash, so the dishes were finished quickly. Jamie stretched and went back into the room.

“···babe.”

Then, seeing Hannah with a serious expression on her face, her expression hardened.

“Why why. What’s going on?”

“No, it’s nothing…”

Hannah picked up her cell phone.

[Part 3 leaguer Jamie Lee, will he become ‘Cinderella Man’?]

[Leicester City ‘under consideration’ for Lee recruitment rumors]

[“It could be the second Jamie Body.” Highly praised by Leicester scouts]

Not even a few months after the transfer, the first transfer rumors have already come out.

**

The next day, Jamie got a call from John in the morning.

[Uh, is it Brighton yet? sorry for taking a break ]

“It’s fine.”

[Did you see the article? Leicester City guys, they spread the article in advance before the official offer. Since it belongs to the 3rd division, I will shake it up in advance. ]

“hahahaha. Well, it can be.”

It is not uncommon for a club in a higher league to sway a player in a lower league with press play.

“It’s not even the transfer market anyway. You haven’t even put in an official offer yet.”

[That’s right, after the article was published, he contacted me right away. ]

“Well?”

Jamie frowned.

“already?”

[ uh. Because these guys seemed to be completely determined. I didn’t come to the wedding for nothing. ]

hahahaha. Jamie burst out laughing.

Since I moved to Stoke City, I expected this moment to come. However, it came sooner than expected. Even if it was fast, it was too fast.

[But the conditions are too good. ]

“Well, let’s see if it’s good…”

[ £150,000 a week. ]

“…”

£150,000 a week. In Hanhwa, it was over 200 million won.

[ That’s more than the average salary of a regular player. ]

Jamie couldn’t help but laugh at the unexpected amount.