Pauline was walking with a cart on her hands, searching what foods and goods she would buy. Her stocks were running out so she needed to buy foods for her consumption.
As she walked, her eyes drifted at the big TV attached on a wall. She saw ASUS members in the big screen and were having an interview with an American girl at E! News. ASUS' members were at the US for their promotion of their album worldwide. Their song "Tangled" always won at Inkigayo as most requested song for four consecutive weeks and everybody at LV Entertainment was up on high since it would bombard opportunities for ASUS and also other bands in their premise. Yoon Shin Woo never failed every one of his outrageous ideas in making LV Entertainment stayed on top, the most sought-after entertainment agency of the world.
Pauline looked at each members of the screen. Each members displayed unique character as they walked at the red carpet. They were dangerously handsome and one looked at them screamed "perfection". She heard a girl giggled behind her back and turned to look at her. The girl's eyes also glued at the screen with a cute grin on her face.
"They're so handsome especially Shi. He looks like an angel. An angel with a devil inside," she crooned as she mentioned Tae Soo in his screen name.
"But Bin Young has the angst than the rest of them. He looked so dangerous he could eat you away using his teeth. Especially when he wore his bandana, he looked like a beautiful gangster."
"Look at Min Teuk-oppa, his vibe was like he owned the world. I like the way he postures and the way he speaks. It screams "Classy".
"I like how Hoon Shik behaved in front of the camera. He's so shy like I want to pull him to my bed and pinch his cheeks, nonstop. His aegyo can kill my heart."
"But don't forget our maknae, Seung Joon. His dance and his movement can drive me crazy. It's like he seduces every girl using his body. He can ignite the fire inside."
And so on and so forth. Pauline couldn't help but grinned. It was almost six years after LV Entertainment launched ASUS to the public and the pain, sweat and tears were all worth it. No wonder among the bands they've launched, ASUS had a place on Yoon Shin Woo's heart. It would always be his number one boy band.
As Pauline was done compiling all the items into her cart, she made her way to the cashier and fell in line. She was staring into space as she waited when a boy, around five years old, pulled the hem of her shirt. She gazed down, surprised.
The boy handed her a pink paper. "There's an Ahjusshi wanted to give you this."
Her brows shot up and took the pink paper from him. The moment he laid her eyes to the paper, her heart stopped. Mr. Grim.
She hastily opened the letter and read.
My dear Pauline,
How are you, my love?
Did you wear the necklace I brought to you? I hope so.
How's Baby Grim? Is he well?
I know he would be fine. Mommy's going to take good care of him.
And I'm the Daddy.
;)
-Mr. Grim
Pauline couldn't help but giggle on his silliness.
Oh, boy.
Until it dawned on her.
The little boy was about to go but she stopped him, she desperately wanted to know where Mr. Grim hid himself. "Do you know where Ahjusshi is?"
The boy pointed at the glass door. "There he is!"
She spun and looked outside the store. Pauline saw a man who was about to cross the road. She scrutinized as she looked even more closely at him. If she could run to see his face, she could but she was falling in line to pay her purchased goods. When the man subtly turned his head to the right. She froze and everything else became a blur. She knew him.
She definitely knew him.
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