"I'm not going to that party as your fake girlfriend!" And that was how it went.
Junho himself was also not sure any of what had happened or was going to happen tonight. He just wanted to rub dirt on his ex-girlfriend's face. Well, it turned out that it was not a very wise intuition when the actress invited the two to a party thrown by one of her friends in the states. The CEO could not refuse it when Xiu mentioned that they were excused as Junho never really liked going to vigorous throw-up parties. To prove to the girl that he was not the person she used to be with, he agreed to it right away. Xiu gave them the address before smiling her way out. She knew how to step on Junho's tale. The actress had not spent two years with him with closed eyes.
"What part is bothering you? Playing the role of my girlfriend or going to the party?" Junho looked up at his secretary who was pacing in the living room.
"Both!" Alice screamed, fuming in animosity, regretting the second she spaced out and gave in to the offer of the trip to America.
"I can't cancel the party for you because I'm not the one hosting it but if being my fake girlfriend is bothering you this much, I can turn it into a real one if you say." Junho had his arm sprawled on the back of the couch, his legs spread, the end of his robe drooping in between them, leaving the lower legs exposed to the air.
"What?" the girl stopped walking and stared at the CEO welcomed her perplexed look with a smirk playing on his lips. Why did he look like he caught a thief red-handed? Moreover, why Alice's heart was thumping frantically against the ribcage?
"What what? At night, I get a slap from my assistant for a mutual kiss. In the morning she bluntly refuses to be my fake girlfriend. Do you take your boss a fool, Miss Alice?"
'He remembers! I'm so grilled meat! Why does the balcony fence look so tempting all of sudden?'
"If a boss tries to undress his assistant without her consent, I'm afraid he will get more than just a slap, Mr Geon." Junho tsked at the nerves of the girl. He said he just needed to feel those lips he kissed last night to recognize the owner and, he was lowkey thankful that Xiu showed up. He would not want to have another headache while trying to remember who was the girl he kissed. He recalled everything; from the moment he started leaving feather-like kisses on Alice's neck to the second the girl was kissing him back. Of course, she could not resist Geon Junho. Who could?
"What do you've to offer more than a slap, Miss Alice?" Junho asked. He had never been...a pervert. Yes, he admitted he was playing with his assistant and why not? She slapped him, her boss, the CEO of The Geon Corporations. She deserved a punishment. And Junho had already decided what it would be.
"Can you please...uhh...put your clothes on first?" Alice hesitated and looked away. She would agree that the last night had changed some things between them and she definitely did not like the change! What was up with her boss! Why was he acting such a tease all of sudden?! Well, she would not say this out loud but she liked the rude a*s Geon more!
"Why? Is it distracting you, Alice?" Junho smiled getting up from the couch and walking slowly towards the girl whose mouth fell open.
"Wow, hold up. Where are honorifics, Mr Geon? Last time I recalled we were never close to each other for you calling me by my name." Alice scoffed. Her left hand was held up in the air, kind of a gesture to stop Junho from coming forward.
"Is that so? But last night I remember we were close enough to breathe into each other." To say Junho was not surprised at himself would be an understatement. The man was stars struck. Holy Molly, when did he turn into such a flirt?
They said some people were naturally gifted at pulling out the never seen sides of others without making an effort. Well, Alice also happened to be one of them. She was bringing out a different kind of CEO he could never imagine existed. Also the kiss they shared last night; it winded the little spark that was ignited in their hearts when their lips touched for the first time after thousands of years.
Alice was gaping at Junho with googled-eyes. Then it flickered into her mind, the memory of their lookalikes in the bed. Suddenly, the room started feeling like burning in flames. Or was it her body? She swore she had never been reactive to any person in her whole life. How could she after that horrible night? But her boss, he was doing things to her she was never ready for.
"Also, we aren't working so that's an exception." Junho continued when he received the shocked-to-heavens face of his assistant in response.
"It means I can also call you as*sho---," she trailed off before continuing shortly while smiling awkwardly, "Jun, I can also call you Jun, right?"
Stunned expressions wiped over the CEO's face. It could not be her. He stepped towards the girl, looking straight into her eyes. How come he did not recognize those honey coloured eyes he would fall asleep staring into? He remembered the summer evenings in a garden full of flowers where the two kids would cuddle next to each with a blanket of stars keeping them warm. How come he forgot the eyes he was so lost in?
"When I'll look into your eyes...," He whispered while recollecting some foggy memories. Only his Alice called him Jun. Only his Alice knew the rest part of the sentence his ears were bleeding to listen.
"When I'll feel your beating heart...," He stopped at some feet from the girl who did not seem to understand what he was saying. Could it be that she had forgotten? But he remembered it all.
"Don't you dare to touch me again!" A regretful sigh escaped past Junho's lips as he shook his head while rolling his eyes.
"Be ready by 6." He turned around and walked towards the bedroom. Why his heart was playing with him after twenty years? Why it was giving him those stupid signals when he was trying to drive fast past the red lights?
"But I don't want to go. You can't force me." It was not only that she did not want to go. There was something else as well.
"You have no choice but to accompany me. That's your punishment. You should have thought hundred times before slapping your boss. Be grateful that I'm not suing you for violence." Came the CEO's calm voice from the room.
"Ugh, f*ck off," Alice muttered under her breath. Now that Junho was adamant about them going, she did not have a say in it but the problem was...
"What should I wear? Office casual attire wouldn't look that bad, right?" She was lucky to find a dress for the last night's meeting but good things never happened twice.
"Pants and shirts? Have you never been to a party before? You'll go there as my girlfriend. You should dress fancy but if we don't have anything like that, just wear something like you wore last night." Alice was on the verge of pulling her hair. There she did not even have a dress and the CEO was talking about those extravagant dresses. How easy it was to be filthy rich. She thought.
"I can't wear a dress like the last night's." She let out after heaving a breath.
"Why? You grown a tale overnight?" Junho came out of the room, dressed up in grey sweatpants with a white loose t-shirt.
'His hair looks messy as if he dried them with a towel. He looked so different in---wait, what the hell I'm thinking!" Overtaken by the informal appearance of Junho, Alice did not quite catch the tale part as she jerked all the thoughts that were running through her head.
"I don't have any other dress." That was all? It was not that difficult to say it out. She eyed Junho to gauge his reaction but he went inside the room before coming back with keys in his hand and walking towards the door saying, "Let's go."
"Where?" Alice asked as she followed him.
"To get you a dress for the party."