Chapter 95 Gym Encounter
A few minutes later, Jin and Diana were sitting at the dining table as the two of them enjoyed their breakfast together.
"So what are your plans for today?" Diana asked in passing.
"Hmm, I'll first go and visit your father. It's been a couple of days since I last visited him, after that, I'll go and check up on the production team before finally going back to the hotel," Jin said after a thought.
Hearing this Diana went silent for a few seconds before finally getting her thoughts out, "Thank you for visiting my father so many times during this period Jin. He's much livelier thanks to you,"
Diana remembered the last weekend when she visited her father along with Jin. She witnessed how close her father acted with Jin and how comfortable he felt with him. She was beyond just grateful towards Jin after seeing this.
She had always been busy with her work and was only able to afford to give her father a visit during her off days.
Since the work was helping her manage both her and her father's expenses she was thankful for it but also felt guilty because of her inability to visit her father often.
Jin's actions had therefore helped her overcome this deep-seated guilt which had been there in her heart.
"Don't thank me for such things Diana. Uncle is like a father to me, so how could I not visit him when I'm free?" Jin played down his efforts since he felt a bit guilt-stricken seeing Diana's grateful expression.
The major reason why he was visiting her father was because he wanted to know more about his own father's secrets. Diana's father was the only lead Jin had.
Therefore even after seeing almost no results for the last three months, Jin persisted in this endeavour.
After they had finished their breakfast Jin dropped Diana off at her office in the SUV.
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He still vividly remembered how happy Diana was for him when she got to know that he had bought his first car.
Since then he and Diana had gone on several late-night rides in this very car and made some fond memories together.
"Bye Jinny," Diana pecked on Jin's cheeks and left the car. Feeling the familiar wetness on his cheeks Jin smiled and waved at her from inside the car before proceeding to the studio where the production team was at work.
"How are the things going on here? " Jin asked one of the production crew members with whom he had become familiar during this time.
"Very hectic, the director had been making several changes and as a result, we're battling to get even a moment of rest these days…what's worse is that we can't even complain since Mr Douglas is the one who's working the most…that old man has been sleeping in this studio for a week now with negligible sleep," The crew member replied with exasperation written on his face
"Well I'm not surprised," Jin laughed when he heard this and patted the man on his shoulder to comfort him.
Mr. Douglas was always strict with everyone while shooting but still, everyone respected him. The only reason for that was his unbridled deduction to his art.
Jin went to look for Mr. Douglas but seeing how invested he looked in his work Jin decided to not disturb him and returned back to the hotel.
After finishing with his lunch Jin rested until it was five in the evening. After that, it was time for Jin to push himself.
Until 10 PM Jin practised his shooting skills, combat abilities and lastly his acting skills and during this period he wasn't distracted even a bit. Needless to say, by the time it was ten Jin was mentally drained.
He wanted to rest but his plans for today were not over yet. He pushed his tired body off the bed and walked out of the room. It was now time for his gym session.
When Jin made his way inside the spacious gym he saw a woman in a hoodie who was already working out. It's been like this for months. Apart from missing a few days in a month, she was always here working out at this time.
She saw Jin and nodded at him. Jin too nodded back at her before proceeding on with his workout.
Over this period although they had never talked a sense of silent camaraderie had formed between the two of them and their presence motivated each other to perspire and push each other more in the gym.
Jin had planned to hit a PR on the bench press today. With a deep breath, Jin lifted the bar weighing a total of 130 kg up and started performing his reps. He usually went for 15 but today we wanted to go a bit further.
"Nice!" Jin cheered for himself when he reached the 16th rep successfully.
'I think I can go for another one,' He thought and went for another rep. He lowered the weight and attempted to lift it again with all his might.
He soon realized his mistake as the bar seemed to not go up no matter how much he pushed.
'Come on!' Jin groaned with all his might but it was the same. If things stood like this then his head would soon be crushed under this weight.
'Fuck me!' Jin tried to shift the weight towards one side to make the bar fall on that side…too bad he didn't have any strength left to accomplish that.
At that moment two hands held Jin's bar from below and groaned, "I can't hold it for long so push as much as you can!"
A few minutes later Jin and the woman were sitting on the gym floor gasping for breath. It took their everything to place the bar back on the rack.
"Thanks…I almost died," Jin said after a while.
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"You bet you did…you should have shouted for help goddamit, what if I hadn't noticed it in time?" The woman let out her thoughts without restraint.
"Well…I thought I could deal with it myself. I ended up wrong," JIn chuckled while scratching his head.
"Next time it won't just end up with you being wrong," She snorted and returned to her workout.
Jin could only accept her comment and went back to his room since he had called it a day. A near-dying experience was enough to fill his gym quota for today.