"Miss Yoon, I'm so sorry! I missed your calls because my phone died last night. "
Lee Min Hyun looked at Se Ah as he sent that message and pouted, waiting for her reply. Miss Yoon seemed rather unbothered by his obvious anxiousness and it felt like she was ignoring him on purpose, to either tease or torment him, but when he was about to call her name out loud, a yellow notification banner popped up on the computer screen which made him almost jump from his chair.
"It's fine, don't worry about it."
Min Hyun threw a quick subtle glance at her again, then continued typing almost frantically.
"I do worry, though, Miss Yoon. As your loyal dog, it's only natural for me to reply to my master's calls at once."
That childishly immature reply put a barely visible smile on Se Ah's face again.
"If you're so eager to please your master, then come with me to the hotel after work."
Her reply immediately brightened up the intern's face, he found it difficult to hold himself back or to wait until evening, the excitement and exhilaration that was filling up his body was unbearable, and it felt like his insides were about to explode.
He did not know how exactly he managed to last until the end of their shift; sitting so close to Miss Yoon, listening to her breath and the sounds her clothes made every time she made the slightest move, her intoxicating scent was seeping under his skin and melting his every organ like acid. And all he could think about was her - the softness of her hair, her smooth pale skin, her hot lips, the taste of her tongue, the hardness of her sharp teeth, the sounds she made when she was aroused... He was losing his mind.
"Lee Min Hyun, are you listening?"
A sudden snapping sound brought him back to reality. Miss Yoon was towering over him with her bag over her shoulder and looking at him with a somewhat annoyed expression.
"Do you still want to come with me to the hotel?"
The guy jumped onto his feet as if he was pushed off his chair and almost knocked over his desk. That unexpected clumsiness made Se Ah grin, she turned around and started walking.
"Hurry up, the hotel is not far from here so we'll walk."
"Yes, Miss Yoon, I'm coming."
Although even a task as simple as walking seemed virtually impossible, Min Hyun strode next to Se Ah like an overexcited puppy that was taken out for a long-awaited walk. The fact that he did not even try to hide his frenzy was rather burdensome to Miss Yoon but she had to admit that it was cute at the same time.
'He acts all tough and serious when he's around others but when he's with me... for some reason he changes completely. He is definitely a strange one.'
The door to the hotel suite was open with a familiar short melody of a passcode lock and the two of them went in. Se Ah tossed her bag on the couch, took the wine bottle, gifted to her in the morning, from the fridge, and placed it on the kitchen table together with a metal corkscrew.
"Min Hyun, I'm going to take a shower, you open the wine in the meantime. There is some fruit in the fridge if you're hungry."
"Alright."
Miss Yoon disappeared behind the bedroom door, while Min Hyun was still taking his sneakers off. It was then that he finally understood what was different and rather wrong about her room - a large bouquet of pink roses standing on the broad wooden shelf under the stylishly-framed mirror.
"What the fuck is this? Did someone give her flowers?"
He furrowed his eyebrows and grabbed the glossy note with a golden bow on it. His eyes grew wider as they were moving frantically over the hand-written letters, and when they finally reached the end, he felt his blood going cold.
"Yang... Min Seok? How the hell did he meet her?!"
Min Hyun could no longer think straight. His older brother met Miss Yoon. Not only that, he saw her, talked to her, heard her voice, probably smelled her scent, and today, less than twelve hours ago, he gave her flowers and wine that he now had to touch and probably even drink. He felt disgusted. How dare he flirt with her? He felt sick to his stomach. How dare he hope to meet her again? He felt miserable and devastated. His hands moved on their own and just in a moment, the glossy note was torn to pieces and was now nothing but trash.
"Lee Min Hyun?"
Se Ah saw everything. She was on her way to grab more towels when she heard him talking and decided to see what was going on. Min Hyun was caught off guard by her sudden appearance and looked perplexed, to say the least. He felt his heart galloping in his chest like a wild racehorse, the hot blood rushed to his face and ears, and his mind turned completely blank. Rage turned into embarrassment, he was helpless and speechless, and he had no idea how to rectify that situation. Miss Yoon walked up to him and silently looked at the torn pieces of what was just this morning a nice, hand-written card. She then slowly moved her expressionless eyes to Min Hyuk's still beetroot-red face, grinned, and raised her eyebrows.
"What is this? A childish tantrum of a puppy that got jealous because his owner got another dog's smell on her?"
That was it, that was his way out, Se Ah herself threw him a lifebuoy. Min Hyun let out a relieved exhale, looked down at his feet, and nodded.
"I'm sorry, Miss Yoon, I guess I... got a bit jealous."
Se Ah raised his chin with the help of her index finger and clicked her tongue in disappointment.
"That was not nice, Lee Min Hyun. Not only did you make a mess, but you also destroyed something that belongs to me. What are you going to do about it?"
The guy's eyes became hazy with excitement and arousal. He swallowed dryly, then smiled, and replied in a hoarse, low voice,
"There is no helping it, Miss Yoon. I must be punished."