Taner went back home still deep in thought as she entered the house.
"Welcome back miss Taner". Mrs Lan greeted her but was surprised not getting any response from her.
"Is miss Taner okay?" one of the maid asked concerned. Mrs LAN didn't say anything as she observed Taner. She too was actually thinking the same thing.
Taner opened the door and entered her room, she locked the door before jumping on her king size bed. "ARGHHH! WHAT SHOULD I DO?" she screamed dragging her hair as she rolled on her bed. She never imagined herself being in this type of predicament. She sat cross-legged thinking deeply of what to do.
"Aigoo! I'll just sleep for now". Taner stretched her hands before laying on her bed and drifting off into a dreamless sleep.
Ring
"Hello". Taner answered sleepily. She stared at the time only to see it's already seven a.m. 'Damn I must be so tired I slept till the next day, I'm so hungry', she thought to herself.
"Taner can you come to the hospital now?" Woobin asked carefully.
"Is everything alright godfather?" Taner already started panicking as she got up from the bed hurriedly already wearing her clothes, with one hand answering the call.
"It's not something I can discuss with you over the phone....just hurry over as fast as you can". He replied before ending the call.
"She's coming now, please just be patient and wait for her". Su Woobin said to the man who's already angry because of the wait.
Ten minutes later,
Taner parked her bike at the entrance of Central Florida hospital. She quickly ran inside without removing her helmet.
Knock knock
"Come in".
Taner quickly opened the door and ran inside breathlessly, "I'm.... Here.."
"Taner come quickly, I want you to meet doctor Kang, he's the one operating your dad and is here to tell you more about your father's condition". Su Woobin said.
Taner quickly removed her helmet awkwardly, "Umm... Sorry about my appearance I was in a rush, I'm Lu Taner and it's nice to meet you doctor Kang". She said politely before taking a seat across him.
"No need to be polite miss Lu, doctor Woobin has been telling me a lot about you and I must admit, he didn't do justice to your beauty". Kang min laughed. "So about your father, I must admit that he really needs a miracle to survive, because of the delay in performing the operation, the cancer is already in stage 3 and is spreading fast to other part of his body, I'm afraid if we don't perform the surgery by tomorrow, it will be in stage 4 which by then it will be too late to perform the surgery. Right now he has just four days to live".
Taner felt all the blood was drain out her body, she felt struck down by lightning. She felt the hot tears rolling down her cheeks after hearing the news. It was much worse than she expected. She could not hear anything again except the doctor's last statement, 'I'm afraid if we don't perform the surgery by tomorrow, it will be in stage 4 which by then it will be too late to perform the surgery. Right now he has just four days to live'. It kept echoing in her head. Then she remembered the offer from Jiseok. She was suddenly filled with hope as she stood up instantly, "Start the operation I'll make the payment in thirty minutes time". She screamed before running out.
"Dad wait for me I'll definitely save you!" she said wiping her tears as she ran fastly already making a firm decision. She kept remembering their conversation.
I want you to be my fiancee". He said smiling confidently.
"Why should I agree to date a devil like you?" Taner asked staring at him surprised by his sudden request.
"If you agree to be my fiancée, I'll pay your dad medical fee and all your debts". Jiseok replied smiling slyly. "I know you have just one week to save your dad, so what's your answer?" he smirked watching her expression. "I'm giving you 24 hours to make your final decision".
"How long will I pretend to be your fiancee?" Taner finally calm down and asked.
Jiseok was happy seeing her interested, "Well this is not some ordinary deal and I have to correct you there, you are not pretending you will really be my real fiancee and we will get married in three months time".
Miss Lu, I guess you should know by now that I don't make this type of silly jokes, I'm very serious". He said firmly and stood up walking back to his chair. "Like I said, you have twenty four hours to think this through before the deal is off and you can take the rest of the day off to think about this deal....I'm giving you enough time because this is a life changing decision, you know the way out miss Lu".
"Just one question, why me?" she asked confused, "I mean there are so many girls who would happily take this offer but why me?"
"Because you are different and have the qualities I'm looking for in a wife". He answered simply. Taner stared at him for a while before getting up to leave.
"Taner I know this is so sudden but you will definitely benefit more, opportunities come but once in a lifetime, you may leave". (flashback ends).
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Taner parked her bike in front of the company. She came down and stood for a while staring at the magnificent building towering high. She took a deep breath before running inside.
"Miss Lu please slow down!" one of the security guards screamed but she was long gone.
Inside the office,
"Rodri, you are so confident". A guy with white hair, tattoos and piercings sat in the office cross legged eating his apple while shaking his head as he stared at his overconfident friend.
Jiseok snorted staring at him angrily, "What the heck are you even doing in my office, I thought you never come out of your lair".
"Well I took time out of my busy schedule just to come and see my BOYFRIEND but sadly he doesn't appreciate my visit". He said laying emphasis on the word boyfriend as he held his chest dramatically pretending to be hurt. Jiseok angrily threw the file in his hands aiming at his head. He easily caught it in his hands laughing. "Come on BOYFRIEND no need to be shy and violent, we've already been caught in the act". He couldn't help but tease him more. Jiseok was already fuming with anger, his eyes where already bloodshot and his nose and ears where bringing smoke.
"SAMMY! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I'VE LOST BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID RUMOUR? How about I come back to the hacking world and expose your identity to all your enemies, I'm sure they will be so elated to finally know who you really are". Jiseok smirked dangerously staring as Sammy instantly turned pale with fright.
"YOU WON'T DARE!"
"Oh try me". He smirked.
"You will also be in danger". Sammy smiled finding his weakness.
"Well that's the fun, besides it's been long I cleared some trash". Jiseok smiled slyly twirling the pen in his fingers. Sammy resigned giving up. He forgot who his friend really is. "If I were you I would be praying right now for Taner to come because if she doesn't.... I don't know what I'll do to you". Hr smiled dangerously and broke the silver pen in his fingers into two. Sammy gulped audibly staring at him scared.
Just them the door was opened and a breathless Taner ran inside.
"I ACCEPT!"