"You are quite easy going. Your specs aren't too much, so simple and sweet. Anyone will be lucky to have you. You are an adorable man, any woman would want to have you." 'Especially this one walking down this path with you', Bae Jang-Mi commented.
They're walking awfully close with their shoulders bumping once in a while as they sway in each other's direction. How they got so close they didn't know until they bumped a few times but they didn't try to increase the gap, they just chuckle and move on. Bae Jang-Mi slowly reached her fingers out to search for his and brushed the back of her hand against his, piquing a slight stimulation in both of their bodies. ' What's wrong with me?' Bae Jang-Mi screamed in her head as she realized what she had done. 'Am I being attention-seeking?, I am not that appetitive.!!!'
Na-Gil turned his gaze away to the other side as he felt a strange sensation induced in his body, somewhere at the chest region. 'That must be my heart pounding profusely.' His heart started beating faster, faster and faster. Bae Jang-Mi's actions could be mistaken as unintentional but Na-Gil didn't think so. He'd started thinking of this again, it's possible things work out but there is this image flashing in his memory again. She just keeps showing up in his mind.
Na-Gil shook his head abruptly to shake away those thoughts. The mood suddenly became awkward from the silence.
"You want to know what kind of woman CEO Park likes?" Na-Gil asked as he tried steering the topic away from him and clear away the moodiness. He tried to sound cheerful to make anyone forget his previous emotional state.
It worked and Bae Jang-Mi instantly lit up, forgetting whatever she did and immediately got ready for gossip. " He is so cold and aloof, he doesn't care about no one, I wonder if there are certain things that interests him in people. I... I am interested to know, not that I care, I just, Ehm,... Just tell me?" Bae Jang-Mi suddenly became periphrastic and verbose, impatiently waiting for a gist.
*Cough Cough* A sound came from behind both of them followed by a voice. "Are you guys just heading back, it's late already."
"CEO Park?!!!" The two of them shouted in unison before slowly turning back to see Yo-han walking behind them. "When did you get here?" They asked again in sync. Eyes wide open the same way as they stared at his perfect figure. He stood elegantly in his fitted white shirt and black slacks with one hand in his pocket. He glanced at Na-Gil before replying. "The Chauffeur just dropped me now, why?"
It was only then that they realized that they've arrived at the hotel already.
"Nothing, we didn't know you are outside, we just returned from taking a walk." Na-Gil replied and Bae Jang-Mi nodded in agreement. She bit her lower lip as she pondered on whether he heard her last statement or not.
Yo-han did not waste anymore time. "Okay, good night then." He said and strode into the building, living them standing at the same spot.
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Yo-han rode with few passengers in the elevator to the 8th floor. He was so exhausted that he sighed everytime the elevator stopped at lower floors. He could barely wait longer to crash in his bed but what option does he have than to be patient?.
After seeing Secretary Moon in the afternoon, he decided to head over to his initial destination before meeting the little family. He went into the city just for sightseeing and to secretly do some investigating and meet his men stationed in the city. Though he had little to no influence here in Country P, might as well start gaining ground now.
He went in search for some information and spent the rest of the day sightseeing, an habit that could never leave him. He's gotten used to how Choi Dan-Bi used to drag him out to do this and now, he could not stop himself from performing that ritual especially in an unfamiliar environment.
All this contributed to how he became so exhausted and worn out.
After a while, the elevator stopped at the 7th floor for a passenger to get off leaving only him in the elevator, glancing at his watch each second. Just as the elevator's door was about to close shut, he averted his gaze from his watch and returned it again to check his time. With his peripheral vision, he noticed a familiar figure across the hallway scanning their way into one of the ensuite rooms.
By the time he glanced up to take a clearer look, the elevator closed and started ascending to the next floor.
He rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands, then he blinked over and over trying to wake himself from his sleep-walking, or in another word, slumber. 'I must be hallucinating, why would Dan-Bi be here?, I need some sleep. Big day tommorow! Got some work to do. I better sleep tight." He said and shook away the matter.
The elevator dinged and without waiting for the door to open fully, he escaped the walls in large strides and the moment he entered his abode, he fell on the couch and called it a day.
The next morning, Yo-han prepared himself in a black suit, white shirt and a black tie. The golden checked pattern on the tie fits well with his neatly combed blonde hair. The ices on his wristwatch glistened as the lights bounces off them, projecting him with a peculiar image.
Aside his appearance, he got every other thing into order before setting off for work with his two subordinates.
The elevator stopped at the seventh floor for another guest to take the ride and just as the elevator's door slid open, Yo-han was left facing a woman in a very casual dressing who did not move an inch since the door opened.
Becoming frustrated at the whoever is not getting in, Yo-han raised his face that was initially fixated on the ground to take a glance. He was hit by shock the moment he laid his eyes on Choi Dan-Bi standing there like a frozen stature. 'Is it really her?, Was she the one I saw yesterday?... So I wasn't hallucinating?'. Yo-han was practically dumbfounded.
Even Na-Gil gasped from the side the moment he realized what had happened. There she is, Choi Dan-Bi, the woman who broke his Master's heart. This is really going to be AWKWARD.
Same for Dan-bi. She had recognized that man since the door opened even though his face was towards the ground. She still recognized him, moreover she saw Na-Gil and that whore of a secretary that, that... Well that's in the past. She saw Bae Jang-Mi as well which confirmed that the man in front of her is Yo-Han.
It's just so awkward because since the break up, this was the first time they met again. It's impossible to pretend not to know each other because by reflex, she froze on the spot and couldn't even move, she just stared straight at his golden hair and his forehead that's visible.
'Oh, he raised his face and Bam!!!, He seems to be shocked as well, look at the expression on his face?'
"Ms would you get in?" One of the other passengers asked Dan-Bi who remained standing at the threshold. She jolted back to the present and stepped into the elevator, standing at the other side, away from Yo-han and his company.
Just as predicted, the ride to the first floor was as AWKWARD as possible. Two hearts racing and pounding at an irregular frequency, and at a pitch almost loud enough to be heard by everyone in the elevator.
By the time the elevator reached it's final destination, Yo-han and Dan-Bi stepped out at the same time causing them to bumped their shoulders at the threshold. They both retreated for the other to step forward first, It was in sync and no one ended up leaving until Yo-Han took the initiative to leave first.
He walked out of the elevator with long strides causing Bae Jang-Mi and Sung Na-Gil to run after him.
The moment he got into the car, he loosened his tie and he slumped deeper into the comfortable seat. His appearance seemed to be totally messed up and he looked like he had already worked himself to exhaustion.
He reached into his pocket and grabbed his inhaler, sucking on it a few times before his heartbeat stabled. " I need some air, come in another ride the both of you." Yo-han said as Na-Gil and Bae Jang-Mi prepared to step into the car.
Na-Gil was startled at first but he recovered quickly and stepped out of the vehicle with Bae Jang-Mi mirroring his actions.
Na-Gil watched as the car drove away before hailing a taxi. They are going to be late if he tried to order a ride or rent a car so they boarded a taxi.
"Mr Sung, what's wrong with Boss, why is he suddenly like this, he was smiling a few minutes ago before we left the hotel, why the mood swings?" Bae Jang-Mi asked as she was confused and blind to the happenings in the elevator.
Na-Gil frowned and asked, "Did you not notice the awkward elevator ride?, Do you recognize the young lady that got in at the seventh floor?" It was the first time Bae Jang-Mi would see Na-Gil frown. He is always smiling and grinning, but it must be serious for him also to change without warning.
She shook her head in response to Na-Gil. " I don't know her, who is she?"
"She is the CEO of Ant Animations, we once had a meeting with them but they rejected to handle our project. How can you not remember? It's the day CEO Park first surfaced at the company. Do you remember now?" Na-Gil asked and raised his eyebrows.
Immediately Bae Jang-Mi nodded abruptly, it was like the cloud obstructing her memory had vanished and she could remember clearly. "Yes, yes, Ms Choi, second heiress of Mari Hospital's the Choi family. I remember now."
"Yes, she is his girlfriend that broke up with him and messed up his heart. It was a really awkward moment back then, everywhere was tense. If you met yourself in the same situation, you would react the same way won't you?" Na-Gil said as he looked out of the car window. Bae Jang-Mi only nodded in reply. She seemed to have been too judgemental about Yo-han, 'He is really also human and he has feelings, I would do the same if I was in his shoes. Maybe he really isn't a bad man, I think he looks like a gentleman now that I am getting to understand him.' she thought.
Silences followed after until after a while when Na-Gil turned around. "Ms Bae, remind me to get more of Boss' inhalers, I forgot to park emergency ones when preparing for the trip. He was lucky to have one with him back then."