His Priorities...

Mia and Ray were sitting next to each other in the sitting area as she hung up on the call.

The next instant she got up.

Ray looked at her shocked by her sudden getting up. "Mia?"

She turned and started walking.

"Mia?" He also got up hurriedly and started following her. "Wh-Where are you going?"

"I am going to Jun."

"I'll come with you too."

"No it's fine, Ray. I'll talk with him." As soon as she said that and started walking she saw Jun walking towards them with someone.

"Uncle Tae Yong…." Mia murmured to herself as her feet stopped in the middle.

Jun and uncle were talking as they reached to her.

"Oh, you got up?" Jun asked as he looked at her standing in the middle of the corridor, then he looked in the back, Ray standing, looking worriedly at both of them.

"Mia..." Uncle said looking at her. "I met Jun near the receptions, downstairs….he told me everything…"

"Yeah…." She said.

"Don't worry child, your father is a very strong man. He'll be walking around like nothing happened in no time."

Mia smiled weakly. "Yes uncle. I want him to do that as soon as possible."

"Yes he will. By the way, kids, did you two eat anything?" Uncle asked.

Mia didn't answer.

"Actually uncle…" Jun said. "I went down to the canteen for that, but they didn't let me bring anything here. Mia we need to go downstairs." He said looking at her.

"You two go downstairs, I will stay with your father." Uncle said.

Mia was still quiet, she was just looking down at the floor.

Jun looked over her towards Ray. "Ray, you want to come with us?"

"Oh…Umm…No no… You guys go, I will stay here…" And he looked at uncle.

Jun realized that he hadn't told anything about Ray to uncle, so he quickly introduced him, "Uncle, He is Ray. Our friend. He also came here running as soon as he got the news."

Uncle nodded at him.

"You two kids go now…" Uncle said looking at Jun and Mia.

"Yeah…" Jun said and looked at her. He noticed she was quieter than usual as if lost in some thoughts.

.

Mia sat at a table in the canteen as Jun asked her what she wants.

"I am not hungry." She said.

"You have to eat something, Mia." He tried to convince her.

"No I don't want anything. I need to talk with you."

"What is wrong?" He asked looking at her face and sat down on a chair.

She quietly took out his phone from her pocket and kept it on the table.

"Oh…So you had my phone? Thank god, I remembered I need to make an urgent call!" He said and stretched his hand to take his phone.

But before that, she quickly kept her hands on it, he looked at her confused.

"Mu Yeol called." She said and looked up at him. Her tearful eyes made him realize that now she knew everything.

"Mia…"

"You chose me and my family before your whole career?" And a tear slid down her cheek.

"Listen, Mia….Let me explain…"

"NO!" She shouted. "I don't know anything. You are going back to Seoul, right now!!!"

"What?"

"Yes. You heard me."

"Listen Mia…I can't go like this…"

"Jun…Please…don't do this…You have to go….It's about you career…Your…your whole future…" And she started sobbing.

He quickly got up, pulled the chair closer to her and sat beside her, gently caressing her hair as she was crying.

"Mia…" He said warmly. "Right now, I'm needed here and I'm not going anywhere leaving you here alone…Don't foeget it's not only your family, they are mine too!"

She looked at him and he gave her an assuring nod.

Then taking the phone from the table, he quickly dialed a number.

"Hello, manager?

Yes. Yes I know. Actually I won't be able to make it there today.

Yes, it's an emergency. My uncle got a heart attack.

I realize that the contract signing is important but this is more important to me.

He is like a father to me."

On those words, She looked at him.

"And my family needs me here, sir.

So please…if you…

…

Oh! Thank you! Thank you so much sir. I appreciate it.

Yeah yeah. Absolutely.

Thank you so much again." And he hung up. His face was so relieved when he looked at Mia.

"What? What happened?" She asked impatiently.

"Don't worry. They said, they understand the emergency….and they told me they'll call me back regarding when should I come…."

"For contract signing?"

"Yeah." He smiled.

"So, that….that means….you are getting the contract?"

He just nodded.

"Oh thank god!!!"She held her head in her hands. "Oh god…Oh god…."

"So? Do you still want me to go back to Seoul?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

She looked at him coldly, but to his surprise, the next instant, she grabbed his arm and pulled him closer, "You are not going anywhere!" She ordered looking right into his eyes.

"Haha….Just five minutes before someone was yelling at me to go…"

"You have no idea how guilty I was feeling…That because of me, they'll cancel your contract and because of me—"

"It's fine Mia." He stopped her in the middle. "It was just a contract and they also understand when it's an emergency like this…"

"…"

"And besides, they wouldn't be able to afford losing an excellent artist like me." He straightened his collar and chuckled.

"There we go…" And she laughed a little.

He smiled to see her like that, "So…"

"So?"

"So tell me what you want to eat. And you better say it, because I would punch you if you're gonna starve yourself…"

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