KAEL'S MANSION
Linx was playing some games with Zach, when he suddenly asked, "Where's Kael?"
"He went to meet Min Ju" Zach answered.
"Min Ju? Ohh, the one Kael formed an alliance with?"
"Yes," Zach answered.
"I can't wait to see her though. What's she like? Is she cute?" Linx asked, and Zach shook his head.
"You and girls." He chuckled
"Zach, you won't believe what happened when I went out recently" Linx stated, and Zach looked at him.
"It's about a girl, right?" He teased, and Linx glared at him.
"I always thought I have met all type of girls, but never the crazy type" He said, and Zach laughed. "Crazy?"
"Yes. Have you seen a girl that would dare to fight two different women, twice her size. Then you try to help her, but she gets mad at you for offering to help"
"No, I haven't " Zach replied, chuckling.
"That's the girl I met. She's one crazy chica" He said, shaking his head and Zach laughed.
*
Min Ju tapped her legs on the floor, anxiously.
Kael had told her to wait here, they needed to meet up, so he can give her feedback.
Her eyes brightened, when she saw his car. He walked in long strides, to her. His face expressionless as usual.
Girls around gasped, when they saw him, however his expression didn't change.
"He's just so handsome"
"Date me, please"
"I want him, he is so cute!"
Min Ju noticed the stares on him, and she chuckled, but Kael ignored them.
"I thought you weren't going to come," Min Ju said, trying to sound casual despite her racing heart.
"Why?"
"Well....I just thought so" She shrugged. He looked around, before returning his gaze to her.
"Let's talk in the car" He said, and she followed him.
"Your car looks really nice" She said, admiring it.
"I don't think I would be able to be keep meeting you, out here." He stated.
"Yeah. It's not easy to have such a good looking face, everyone keeps staring" She said, without even realizing what she was saying.
"First, in the store, you asked me why I'm so handsome. Then now, you said I'm good looking" He chuckled, and she opened her eyes widely, waving her hands.
Min Ju's face flushed. "No, no, that's not what I meant. I was just—"
"Complimenting me," Kael smirked, completing her sentence.
Min Ju rolled her eyes. "I wasn't complimenting you. Geez."
Kael laughed, a deep, rich sound that made Min Ju's lips part in surprise. She had never seen him laugh like that before. "He looks cute" She thought.
"Stop staring at me, like I'm a picture or something. Remember our rules" He said, and she snapped out of her thoughts. "Min Ju, what's wrong with you?" She scolded her self inwardly.
"You are just making things up. I wasn't staring at you" She rolled her eyes.
"I believe you" He grinned.
"So, apparently, Myung Hee is running a secret organization" He said, getting straight into business, and Min Ju adjusted her sitting position, as she listened with rapt attention.
"We haven't found out exactly what the organization is about. But, that would be figured out soon." He said.
Secret organization," Min Ju repeated, her mind racing with possibilities.
"There's also some shady stuff about her company—embezzlement, plagiarism, ill-treatment of staff...just to mention a few," Kael continued.
"An irresistible deal was offered to her, and now, we have access to her company" He explained in details to her, without mentioning that he's the owner of Emerald Forte and she shook her head.
"She's such a snake" she muttered.
"But what deal did you offer her, that she accepted so easily." She asked, curiosity getting the better of her.
"Myung Hee is a greedy person. We used that against her" He said.
"That makes sense" She nodded
"Did you know she was a stripper?" He asked, piquing her interest.
"Stripper?! Myung Hee?"
"Yes, she was a stripper. I'm not too surprised that you weren't aware. She's good at shedding her skin, just to blend in" He muttered.
"Woah. I don't know what happened between her and my dad. My dad just married her, and she came in with her daughter. She claimed Ji Ho is my dad's daughter. I don't really know about the whole thing, but a stripper? That's just crazy"
"You really know a lot about her" She said.
"I guess I do" He shrugged.
Min Ju suddenly started staring at a particular spot, and Kael's eyes followed her.
"Isn't that Myung Hee's daughter, the one you called your step sister? I saw some pictures of her, during the research" He said, looking at Ji Ho. She was standing a bit close to the car.
The glass was tinted, so Ji Ho couldn't see who was inside.
Her eyes darted around suspiciously, like she was waiting for someone.
After some minutes, a man came to join her.
"What took you so long?" She hissed, and the man quickly apologized.
Kael and Min Ju watched from the car, waiting to see what she was up to.
"Here are the pictures." She said, handling him an envelope.
While collecting it, the envelope fell and Ji Ho hissed angrily.
"What is wrong with you!"
The man quickly bent down to pick up the pictures that fell. Min Ju's eyes flickered to the pictures and she wasn't shocked to see that it was hers.
"I wouldn't have used you, if I wasn't told that you were one of the best" Ji Ho rolled her eyes.
Don't flop. Follow her every move. And if you notice something shady, you know what to do"
"I understand ma'am" He said, and she wore a face cap, then left immediately.
She called Myung Hee, " Mum, I have hired someone to trail her. If she has figured out anything, we'll know soon"
Myung Hee's voice was cold and calculating. "Good. Once you get the hang of it, that she knows something, finish her immediately. We can't risk our secrets spilling out."