As they leave from the back gate where cars arrive to pick people up, Eric Jiseok had an important phone call from Korea. His assistant manager Lee had a top-secret news for him. As Eric stood shook he felt as if the ground slipped from under his feet.
"Ah...Ye!"
"Brother is what?"
"Getting engaged?????"
"To whom?"
"Huh? What? To whom?????????" He suddenly shouted.
He couldn't believe in what he had heard just now
"Are you gone crazy? What are you saying?"
"How is that even possible?"
"Has father lost his mind? Has brother lost is mind too?"
Just then Lia was on a phone call too
"They did?"
She howled in a dark laughter.
"I feel pitiful for them. Digging their own grave huh?"
"But it's time to celebrate."
"Okay I'll talk to you later"
She ended her phone call turning behind she slowly walked towards a small dustbin tstshhhhhhhhhh.... The cell-phone had now been dumped in it.
While walking and humming in joy Lia sluggishly held her head up too take a look at Eric who was now close, standing just a few metres away,his back facing Lia while he was busy yelling at someone who had called him.
"Does no one in this family has any ounce of pride left at all?" He shouted.
Eric was slowly moving ahead while talking on the phone.
In the next second Lia noticed something just above Eric's head.
She suddenly began walking faster towards him.
"I don't care do whatever you want to, but cancel this engagement" he continued.
"ERIC!!!!!" She yelled really loud in a distressed voice.
And his body stood still in goosebumps, he could hear the sounds his heart made.
THUMP-THUMP-THUMP
While his phone still near his ear. As he gradually turned his head,then turning his body, but before he knew Lia was up front running an inch towards him and dashed against him hard taking both of them to the ground.
THUDDDDDDDDDDDD a loud noise disturbed the entire place.
SMASHHHHHHHHHHH
A huge pool table crashed down the floor where Eric had stood before, The pieces of the ruined table went hither and tither around everywhere.
Eric had now fallen down on the ground in a sitting state his legs stretched long while both of his palms rested on the ground. Lia fell on his lap facing towards him while her hands where on Eric's shoulder and her back that guarded Eric.Her eyes had screeched shut.
HE SIGHED IN RELIEF.
But Eric was in a state of shock as he saw everything that had happened around him and how Lia protected him from a nearly death situation.
What had happened?
REWIND x25 <<<<
(25 minutes earlier)
The New pool tables have arrived for The Royal Casino, all the tables have been moved upstairs.Only the last table is left it needs to get up to floor 6.
The laborers tie huge ropes to the ends of this table while they pull it using moving tools.And as usual two people from the 6th floor pull this rope with all their force, it has almost reached the 5th floor and suddenly,Eric comes outside from the casino and is casually walking on the backward isolated area of the casino,where Lia also happens to be by chance.
After talking on the phone Lia notices this huge table above Eric's head that is being pulled up and on a whim she was afraid it might fall on his head...so she starts running faster towards him to warn him before-hand, but just then a sudden slip and the pool table recklessly loosens its grip and begins to come downwards Lia upon this sight yells Eric's name running faster towards him on heels she swiftly pushes Eric from that disastrous situation along with her body.
THUDDDDDDDDDD
Eric looks at Lia who was trembling in relief. His eyes glittered by the reflection of her beauty while his heart is acting strange...beating up and down.
Some staff members upon hearing this noise suddenly rushed towards the source.
The two people carrying the table where peeping from the window, jaw-dropped in fear. What had they done?
Lia looked back at Eric and rose up
"AISH!! JINJA (WAHH REALLY?!!!)" she exclaimed while kicking away a piece of the wood that had hit her leg.
Eric stood up dusting his clothes,while three assistants from the casino ran towards them.
"Gwenchana-yo? Seonsaengnim! (Are you okay Sir?)"
"Don't you see a miss here too?" he bashed at him.
"Ah...Gwenchana-yo Manim? (Ah..Are you okay Ma'am?)"
"Ya!Does this look okay to you? Can't you see this table could've almost crushed us to death. Where is this Casino's manager, I'll talk to him...What kind of mismanagement is this?" Eric yelled at them.
"Joesonghabnida(We are sorry). We will look into this matter immediately." They replied in a hushed and terrified voice.
"You have to! Or else... I'd sue your entire casino!!" Eric declared.
"Gwenchanh-a?(You okay?)" he turned to Lia who was busy adjusting her broken heel shoe.
"No I am not!" she looked up and replied.
"Let's talk to your head then"
"Now shall we?" looking at her he said.
They went to the ground-floors main hall.
"What kind of irresponsible management is this?" Eric stated while standing up firm putting both of his hands behind his back in an authoritative way, while Lia sat on a huge sofa,her legs crossed.
The place had heated up, the two people responsible for this were standing trembling in fear,the manager had arrived,almost half of the staff were present there, seeing the commotion even other people tried too peek in.
"We are extremely sorry Sir,this is the first time such a thing has happened here,we would take full responsibility for this." the manager stated in low voice
"If something would have happened to him would you still take the responsibility so confidently?" Lia suddenly questioned while still fidgeting with her shoe.
All the attention was grabbed towards her.
She looked up at the manager and questioned again sarcastically. "If CEO of Jiseok Company would've lost his leg or his arm or suffered injuries, would you still take the responsibility?"
Her look was trembling cold, her dark black eyes were as if there's no drop of mercy in it, her glares sent shiver down the spines of the people who were present there.
"HOW EVIL!" Hiiro Tanaka murmured to himself,watching all the chaos while standing at the most corner of the place where no one could've seen him.
"You should fire these two people from here,what if this happens again? You were lucky that you got away this time because no one was hurt." Lia said.
"We are really sorry for that as for firing them we will look into it." The manager replied.
"Look into it? Will you let go off such a big mistake?" Lia sighed in annoyance.
"Do you think their job is more important than Eric Jiseok's life?" she continued.
"Umm...excuse me but who are you?" The manager questioned in doubt.
"Ha?" she let out a sound of irritation. While being nervous as well.
"She is my Girlfriend. Do you have any problem?" Eric suddenly declared at the matter of the moment.
"That woman is his girlfriend"
"Jiseok's CEO has a girfriend?"
"What's going on here?"
"Is she from a high-class family,she does look like that"
The rumors started circulating.
At that moment itself Eric had a state of realization about what he just said. Things turned dark around him. Eric was born in a really high-class family and there was one really big rule in JISEOK'S FAMILY. No one can ever date. Let alone dating any person of the lower-class which was a complete taboo and the only reason why his sister was kicked out of the family was because she married a low-class man.
'WHAT DID I JUST DID?' Eric thought to himself.
While Lia sat there in a state of astonishment.
"Ah! You don't have to defend me so badly Mr.Jiseok. I know you don't like people telling me off but I don't have any problem if they know who I am for real,and even if they look down on me." Lia broke of the silence
"I am ERIC JISEOK'S SECRETARY" she declared.
The back-talking began again.
Eric was stunned at her response but let out a sigh of relief for his mistake had been covered up.
"Anyways we have nothing to do here anymore, lets leave Mr.Jiseok this place is suffocating."
"AH YE!" he replied.
"Your shoes are broken ma'am please take this as a replacement for now." A female assistant came in front of Lia and offered her a pair of another brand new shoes.
"Na! I don't need it" she replied
She removed her other heel shoe and broke off its's heel with her bare hands and wore it back now as flat-shoes.
Eric not being surprised by her attitude looked at her,then looked away.
A few moments later it was almost midnight now, Eric and Lia sat back on the hotels black limousine and it took off its way back to the hotel.
There was again a state of absolute silence.
"Why would you risk your life to save me?" Eric questioned breaking the silence.
But she did not reply.
"Don't you hate me?"
"Of course I hate you"
"Answer the first question first."
"It was not intentional it was just instinctive. Don't go about 'You have saved my life now I owe you' stuff please." she replied in a loud and funny way.
"Well we are fit now. You ruined my clothes the other day now you saved me. So I'll forgive you." Eric said sarcastically.
"Ah..whatever. I don't want anything to do with you ...so please don't go on carelessly declaring I am your girlfriend ...when you know exactly what consequences that has on you, I saved you this time." she declared.
"I don't have any interest in doing that, you were the one who was babbling like you are so high and mighty...and acting like you are someone close to me.So I had to.It was not INTENTIONAL it was INSTINCTIVE." he mockingly replied.
She glared at him and they stared at each other for a second,Lia had been overflown with emotions of confusion while Eric felt the same and then the next moment they turned their heads away.
They had reached back to the hotel,it was unusually quiet here. The moon's shadow felt directly on the hotels building making it shining in its light. The wind was cool and calming. In the silence of the night the true essence of the place's natural beauty could be seen. Which was intriguing for Lia.
"Aren't you coming in?" Eric asked.
"I have some work you can go" Lia replied.
"At this time? It's really cold outside.What work do you have now?"
"It's some minor work I'll take care of it,you can leave." she said in a hurry.
"Ani(No) ...I won't leave" he declared.
'Actually I know how to drive him away.' Lia thought to herself.
"Are you that worried about me,you should have told it boldly then?" Lia stated scoffingly.
"Ah forget it I am going to sleep." Eric suddenly replied turning away hurriedly.
And Eric went back to his room again. While Lia stayed.
"Weird...she's really weird.. Such a mystery! Who exactly are you Kim Lia? Why are you even here?" while in the elevator Eric thought to himself.
Their minds had seemed to calm down. Even though they did not know much about each other and had hate running in their veins, they still knew how to get along and how to find a place in each others hearts.But will they ever settle?
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'ON THE DAY WHEN YOU FIRST CALLED OUT MY NAME,MY HEART RACED CRAZILY. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME AGAIN? JUST ONE MORE TIME?'