Damien's Star

Katherine bit her tongue to prevent herself from retorting. How she wished that Damien wasn't her boss at this moment. She was annoyed by him and his shamelessness.

Although she tried so hard to seal her reaction, her brows had already betrayed her. Noticing her expression, Damien's lips formed into a thin line as he kept himself from smiling like a fool. He loved teasing and seeing her expressions.

Wanting to be over and done with it, Katherine grabbed his tie forcefully before randomly twisting and inserting the end here and there. Her fingers danced before him making Damien watch her with a surprised look. He didn't know if she was serious about it but her hands looked like they knew what they were doing.

She skillfully finished it by tucking it properly despite having the urge to choke her boss for what he just said.

A small smile appeared on her face, admiring the work that she just made. "There." She chuckled softly.

Damien turned a little to the side to see the tie for himself through the mirror and was surprised at how well it was done. Katherine was able to make the truelove knot which is a sophisticated yet complicated knot that takes a lot of time to perfect.

He turned to her once again and said, "I'm impressed. Where did you learn how to do this?"

Katherine shook her head as she answered, "I don't know… I was just randomly tying it. Is it that impressive?"

Nodding, Damien grabbed his coat from the hanger. "You're very talented, Ms. Miller."

"Am I? What else do I know?" Katherine tilted her head, evidently excited to know more about what else she was capable of.

After fixing his coat on him, Damien stared into her eyes and thought of another thing to tell her. "One thing's for sure… you're very…" His eyes lowered briefly on her body before looking back at her eyes and continued, "...flexible."

Damien saw the huge change in her expression from excitement to shock. Her eyes widened and her cheeks reddened as he walked past her. "I'm heading downstairs to meet someone for breakfast. In the meantime, send reminders for my meetings today," he said before he walked out of the office leaving Katherine all by herself – confused and embarrassed.

As soon as she was left alone, she released the air that she didn't know she was holding before she turned to look at the door. She sneered at it as if Damien was still there. 'This man! Why is he so damn shameless? How could he say things like those? How would he even know I'm flexible?!' She scoffed and puffed as she stomped her way towards her desk.

She scowled at the elevator and silently wished that it would break. "Stupid stupid King. Tch."

"Who are you calling stupid?" A man's voice startled Katherine that her pen flew.

She looked up to the familiar voice from the side and instantly smiled to see the gentle COO. "Good morning, Mr. Yoo." Katherine got up from her chair and greeted, she was flustered because of his sudden appearance but was happy to see his smiling face that morning. Unlike her boss who only knows how to annoy her all the time. "I meant the thing… this thing!" She raised the pen and smiled, "This thing is stupid. Stupid thing."

Chuckling, Caleb thought that she was very amusing. "How could you call something stupid, Ms. Miller? Did it do something to you?"

"Nothing much really, it was just a little annoying. What brings you by, Mr. Yoo? Are you here to see the President? He just stepped out."

"Oh, I see. I guess I'll just come back later then." Caleb was about to turn around when he remembered something. "By the way, I was going to call you earlier to ask if you were free to grab some coffee from the new coffee shop downstairs but I realized I don't have your number. I still owe you a cup of coffee."

"Ah, there's no need, Mr. Yoo," Katherine politely declined.

"Hmmm... I insist. I don't like owing someone something."

"Well, then… okay." Katherine handed her phone for Caleb to copy her phone number.

"Thanks. Have a great day, Ms. Miller," he said before heading towards the elevators.

Katherine started going over today's schedule and she made a face immediately. Her boss's schedule was jam packed that day and she noticed that he didn't even have time for lunch. Her brows scrunched up when she thought how Natasha crammed everything in one day without thinking about their boss' health. She scanned through the rest of the week and saw that it was similar. Meetings from nine to seven in the evening for three days straight.

Is this man on a marathon? Why does he need to work all day like this? She searched the schedule's addresses and found that Natasha wasn't efficient at all. She set one meeting to the next without considering the location and Katherine found a few that was a waste of time traveling back and forth when she could have just set up meetings that are near to each other instead of traveling across the city and then back on the same day.

Fixing her eyeglasses, she stretched her arms and started calling numbers and changing her boss's schedule.

"Hi, I was wondering if we can change the schedule for today's meeting? Instead of…" Katherine continued to make calls for an hour. Although she couldn't change half of the appointments, her boss's schedule for today and the rest of the week looked better. After finishing the phone call, she smiled as she edited the calendar on her computer.

"What are you doing?" A man's gentle voice sounded from in front of her while she was busy with her work.

Without looking up, Katherine ranted, "I'm rescheduling appointments to make it efficient because Natasha seemed to think that it's okay for the President to miss his lunch and waste time on the road."

"Hmmm… so you worry about your boss?"

"I just think that he should stay healthy, after all, a lot of people depend on him." Katherine sighed as she closed the window and looked up to the man who was talking to her. Her eyes grew wide when she realized that it was Damien Park.

The chair squeaked when she got up abruptly and stood straight in front of her boss. "P-P-President Park." She gulped before she lowered her head, "I apologize."

Though Katherine did not see it, Damien gave a genuine smile and lovingly looked at her for a few seconds before his smug look appeared. Patting her head gently, he said, "No need to apologize, you're doing great."

Damien placed a paper bag on her desk and a cup of hot chocolate. "Here, eat your breakfast."

She glanced at the paper bag full of pastry before she responded, "You didn't have to buy me this. What if I already ate breakfast? Then this will just be a waste."

"Why? Have you already eaten?"

"No…"

"Then it won't be a waste." Damien answered briefly making Katherine bite her lip. She wasn't used to having someone take care of her like this. Though she had Emma and Adam, Damien does things even without her consent and she felt weird about it.

"I can take care of my breakfast… you don't have to keep buying for me."

"Ms. Miller, didn't you just say that I should stay healthy because a lot of people depend on me? Then it's the same with you. I depend on you as my secretary, so I can't have you getting sick. If I don't take care of you, who will?" Damien tilted his head as if he was waiting for her to answer but Katherine only stared back at him. Unsure of how to answer his question.

"Unless… your boyfriend or husband would get mad?" he added.

Katherine was quick to deny by waving her hands in front of her. "No no no… I'm not married, nor do I have a boyfriend." Her brows scrunched a little at how fast she was to deny it. Why did she feel the need to do so?

A smile threatened to form on his face but he held it in and only answered, "Good," before he turned and went inside his office.

His answer confused Katherine. "Good? What's good?" She sat back on her seat and peeked inside the pastry bag. Her eyes sparkled upon seeing the different kinds of goodies inside and it smelled so good.

Damien just sat on his chair and saw the changes that Katherine had made on his calendar and a chuckle escaped from his throat. He had asked Natasha to cram his schedule that way to have more reason for Katherine to constantly be with him and so he can always have meals with her too. However, seeing how she managed to change the schedule because she was concerned about him, he was more than willing to follow the current one.

Lowering his gaze, he patted the sophisticated tie knot and he glanced at the woman outside through the glass who was happily eating the pastry. Damien was happy like a boy who received a star from his teacher.