"What time is it?"
Su Yeon woke up after having a good sleep. Last night, fortunately, her hiccups stopped before sleeping.
She moved towards the side table and switched on her phone. "Huhh? Just 5 am? So I woke up before Mr. Alarm!" she smirked in a victory and woke up.
Within ten minutes, she got ready and went out for jogging. This time, she took her bicycle with her and went to the big park located near the University. She knew that there will be too few people at this time.
When she reached the park, she was surprised to see a tall figure exiting the park. The tall figure was covered in sweat. His wet t-shirt was highlighting his abs and his wet forehead made the hair into spikes hanging down on it. 'Woah!' Su Yeon got busy checking him out.
She quickly drove towards him and called, "Mr Secretary!"
On the other hand, to get himself energized, Gon came out for jogging after he was done with the exercise. He wanted to experience what the people in this era does when they came here to exercise.
So, instead of jogging in the private park which was near to the mansion, he came here to this local park, even though it took him a fifteen-minute drive. After jogging for almost half an hour, he decided to leave as he was feeling much better.
When he was exiting, he heard a sweet voice which was calling him. He looked back and saw a bicycle was coming towards him.
In the excitement, Su Yeon lost her balance. She didn't want to bump Mr. Secretary so she turned the handle and wanted to stop beside him.
Gon smiled, "Be careful Miss!... Yoon" and when she was just beside him, he held the handle with one hand and stopped the bicycle. He held it firmly so his Miss wouldn't fall from the jerk.
It indeed helped Su Yeon. She could remain firmly on the seat and didn't jerked forward. "Woush! Thank God! Thank you so much Mr. Secretary, you are so powerful … ohh and sorry… I almost crashed you!"
Gon was still holding the bicycle firmly with one hand. He gave a short smile and said, "Be careful while getting down, Miss Yoon."
Su Yeon got confused, "Huhh? Oh yes, sorry."
She was still sitting comfortably instead of getting down! She got red by embarrassment.
When she was about to jump down from the seat, Gon slanted the bicycle so that her foot will reach the ground and she could get down easily.
Su Yeon got surprised, 'So he does know these things!' She got down and thanked him. He wanted to ask why she woke up this early and came so far but refrained from doing it. He then took the bicycle to park.
Su Yeon said quickly, "Ohh… please Mr. Secretary! I can do it myself." Gon forgot that this time, he is not her shadow guard and she is not his Miss. They both went near parking and she parked her cycle.
Gon then followed her to the park gate. Su Yeon asked, "Mr. Secretary, have you done with jogging? Are you leaving?"
When he heard this question, this time Gon decided to lie, "No, actually I had something to do but it got canceled so I was about to return inside." Su Yeon gave a big smile and asked, "That's great, if you don't mind, can I join you?"
"Of course," Gon replied. 'It would have been better if Young Master was also here' he thought. They both went inside the park and started jogging.
Just within few steps, Gon realized his mistake. His one step was equal to the two steps of Su Yeon. That is why she has to run a bit to match his speed.
He slowly reduced his pace and then started walking, which made Su Yeon jog easily. Still, the proportion remained the same.
This Park was big compared to the park she usually goes to. By jogging just one round of it, she started having shortness of breath.
Gon noticed it! He knew that his Miss wouldn't say out so he asked, "Miss… Yoon, can we please take a break? Actually, I was jogging for much time before."
Su Yeon sighed in relief, 'Thank god! else I would have collapsed within few more steps.' She stopped right at that moment and took big breaths. Gon saw a bench near them so he went towards it to sit and asked, "Miss Yoon, let's sit here for a while, please?" Su Yeon nodded and they both sat on the bench.
Su Yeon noticed that Mr. Secretary doesn't look like he was tired and wanted to sit. She thought, 'Did he… do it for me?'
To make it look genuine she was about to say something but then Gon asked her, "Miss Yoon, didn't you feel tired? I mean you drove your bicycle till here and then jogged without taking a break… you should not do this; it will tire you."
Su Yeon said quickly while taking deep breaths, "Of course I am tired… I was about to ask you to take a break. I don't know why I got worked up so easily even though I had a good sleep without any problem."
Gon asked, "Problem?" he got worried and asked, "Do you face any problem while sleeping?"
Su Yeon laughed, "Wait, Mr. Secretary, it's not like that. I am a heavy sleeper! Actually, I was having continuous hiccups last night, so I thought I wouldn't get to sleep. Ahhh… I don't know who was missing me this much! That person should have given a call instead of missing me and giving me so many hiccups!"
When Gon listened to it, he got embarrassed! It was him who was dearly missing his miss and young master. He gave a weak smile and avoided giving a reply.
After a minute, they got up and started with a normal walk. Walking side by side Gon noticed that without heels, Su Yeon was reaching till his shoulder. Gon was smiling inwardly, his Miss is so tiny in front of him.
On the other hand, Su Yeon was also thinking the same! 'Woah! I look so short in front of him… Huh! I am not short, he is very tall!' Just then she realized that in this chilly weather, he wasn't wearing anything warm, not even a jacket! She asked, "Umm… Mr. Secretary, aren't you feeling cold? You are just wearing a single t-shirt… Ohh, weren't you running a fever? How is it now?"
Gon gave a short smile and replied, "I am totally fine and feeling good. I wanted to get fresh so I decided to come here."
Su Yeon nodded and said, "Still, you should take care. You should not tire yourself to this extent," she pointed at his t-shirt. Gon smiled and replied, "Sure."
…
A sharp gaze was staring at them from the beginning...
An hour ago,
A car was parked at the opposite side of the park entrance. A man inside the car took out his laptop from the bag beside him. He decided to come here since he wanted to do his work in a quiet but refreshing atmosphere.
When he looked up, he heard a sweet voice calling, "Mr. Secretary!" to someone while driving a bicycle.
A familiar tall man near the gate looked behind with a surprised face. Just then the man in the car saw that bicycle went right beside his car. He noticed that small girl lost balance and tried to avoid colliding with the tall man but fortunately, the tall man easily caught her bicycle.
The man in the car saw that the tall man was happily talking with the girl. He raised his one brow, "That's quite unexpected from him!" when the girl was about to get down, the tall man slanted the cycle till her foot reaches the ground.
The car door opened and a tall young man came out. He was around 6 ft tall, probably in his mid-twenties and had a well-built body, well-maintained hair but an aloof face. He carried his laptop in one hand and took out his black-rimmed rectangular specs from the small case before closing the door.
When he entered the park, he saw the pair of a tall man and a short girl jogging together. He chuckled when he noticed that only the tall man was jogging, the short girl has to run because of her small steps to match the speed.
He went near the sitting area and chose his usual place. He then looked at the pair again and observed that the tall man realized his mistake and reduced his speed into walking so that the girl can jog easily. He commented, "That's totally unexpected from Mr. Grim Reaper!" and started doing his work.
While working, the back of that small girl was constantly appearing in his mind. He stopped typing and thought about her.
'Oh right!' he remembered where he has seen her before. She was the same girl with whom this Mr. Grim Reaper was talking happily in the Song Empire that day!
While he was thinking, he once again saw the pair in front of him. He couldn't see the face of that girl till now but it seemed that she was dragging herself instead of jogging. The tall man said something to her, then they both sat on the bench and started talking happily.
The man couldn't hear what they were talking about but saw that just after a couple of minutes short break, the pair got up and resumed jogging.
He noticed that for the whole time, there was a smile on the face of Mr. Grim Reaper. "It seems that he is getting along well with her…" he smirked while looking at two of them.
When he saw the small departing back of that girl, a scene flashed in front of his eyes for a second…
A retreating back of a short girl…
He blinked his eyes, 'What was that?' He shook his head and resumed working but still, his mind was wandering around the small figure, she felt strangely familiar…
…
Su Yeon happily bid farewell to Mr. Secretary. He asked, "Miss Yoon, you must be tired. Should I drop you home?" Su Yeon shook her head and replied, "No-no, thank you so much. I have my bicycle. Should I drop you instead?" Gon chuckled.
Instead of laughing, Su Yeon was shocked when she heard a chuckle from Mr. Secretary. 'He… he looks so cute!' she thought but shooed her perverted thoughts. They both went to their respective vehicles and drove off.
…
Su Yeon came home and took a nice warm bath. She came out, blow-dried her hair and wore formals. She took out files from her bag and once again checked them if in case she missed out on anything.
"Morningggg…" she greeted her parents. Father Yoon asked with an indifferent face, "Good morning. You went early this morning and even took the bicycle… did you met someone? I mean did you find any partner… for jogging?"
Su Yeon was going through the newspaper so she replied, "Ahh.. I woke up early today so I thought about visiting the park near our university. Since it is a bit far, I took the bicycle." She didn't feel odd since she didn't pay attention, but mother Yoon's face fell. She thought, 'this man is starting again… now his own daughter!'