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"ahh... yes, the name says it all." 

"yah!" seol smacked his head again. "he's nice, don't laugh on him." jooheon loved to tease seol because she'd always smack him and he loved the faces she made. 

"arasseo... jut tell him to come this weekend, we can cook something for him since he's been so good to you." 

seol rolled her eyes. "he... doesn't like food." jooheon's eyes widened in shock, mouth formed an "o"

"what!? who doesn't like food?"

"i mean- that's not what i said, he... doesn't like homemade food?" she tried to excuse herself. she was nervous and usually when he was, she'd spit the first thing that came to her mind.

"yah... everyone loves homemade food, what's wrong with this guy?"

"a-ani... just he doesn't like it."

"then we buy."

"jooheon-ah!" she whined, arms crossed on her chest. jooheon laughed again. "just ask him what his favorite food is and we'll buy it, arasseo?" he pinched her nose as he flashed his dimples. jooheon always thought seol's nose was the cutest thing and that's why he enjoyed pinching it so much. 

"yeee..." she muttered as she walked towards her room with a big frown. now that she had named changkyun to jooheon, she had no other option but to drag him into this too and she hated it, because she knew she'd have to keep lying more and more now. 

that next morning, when she arrived the company, she noticed minhyuk on the lobby as usual, his eyes were narrowed as he stared at seol. his intense gaze followed her as he walked slowly to meet him. 

"seol-ssi... good morning." 

"minhyuk-ssi." she bowed and looked at him confused. "hmm..." he  muttered, looking her from head to toe.

"waeyo?" she asked confused, checking herself just to see if she had missed something that morning.

"aniyo... nothing." his eyes still remained narrowed as he looked at her in detail. 

"the ceo is here." he added, hand under his chin. seol's eyes widened as she thought about him and the previous night. 

he hadn't texted her nor called her and somehow she woke up worried, thinking about it. she didn't know if he was upset with her or with hyunwoo. either way, she knew it was selfish, but she hoped he was mad a hyunwoo instead of her, because she didn't want to deal with an angry kihyun. 

soon she noticed she had spaced out and minhyuk was still looking at her. "interesting." he mumbled as he was studying her. "mwo?" she asked confused.

"aniyo, nothing. aren't you late for work? the evil came back today-

seol's eyes widened as she started running towards the elevator. that week passed faster than she thought and even if it had been stressful, it wasn't as much as when he was around. 

when the elevator's doors opened, she rushed through the halls and towards the intern's section. she noticed in fact, she was late and quickly ran towards her cubicle. 

a few seconds later her door opened, a worried changkyun came inside. "seol-ah... gwenchana?" he asked, eyes concerned as he stared at her.

she swallowed hard. "i-is.. he here?" she was panting, hand on her chest. changkyun laughed. 

"yes, but he's in a meeting right now, so it's fine- soon the door opened and they both turned to look at it. 

"still arriving late? i can't believe it seol-ssi... you've been here like what? a month?"

"three weeks- changkyun said but he raised his hand to shut him up. "i am not talking to you cubicle 8." changkyun rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms on his chest.

"so what do you have to say in your defense seol-ssi?" he asked, standing in front of her, arms crossed on his chest as he moved his feet eagerly. 

she stood from the desk and swallowed hard. "ah sunbae... - she scratched the back of her head - i... joesonghamnida, i don't have an excuse." she looked down ashamed.

"yah... wonho..." changkyun called him but his eyes widened. "sunbae to you." he said turning around and walking to the door. 

"let this be the last time seol-ssi of you're fired." he said raising a finger, pointing at both of them and closing the door. just when changkyun turned to look at seol, wonho returned to the office.

"actually, i need some help from you, follow me." he said to seol as he turned around and left the room. she quickly walked passing by changkyun. "i thought you said he was in a meeting-

"he was! i swear to god, but he's like... a ghost, he's everywhere-

"yah!" he entered the office again, eyes on fire. "what are you two doing? follow me, now!" he pointed at the pair as he held the door opened, waiting for them. 

both changkyun and seol walked out of the office, seol lowering her head and changkyun shaking it, looking at wonho with a disapproving look.

"things were better when you were away." he said only to receive a smack in the head with a folder that wonho was carrying. "sunbae to you, kaja." the pair followed the enraged snake through the hall and finally behind a few doors, they arrived a small conference room. 

there was a big glass table in the middle of the room with around 16 chairs. there were a few people there already, some animators, photographers and web designers. seol and changkyun noticed they were the only two graphic designers in the small group. 

also she noticed there were a few people she have never met before. a man and a woman who looked of a high range and her heart almost paralized when one of them moved away to reveal the sitting figure of the ceo. 

he hadn't noticed her presence in the room and she took that time to stare at him shamelessly. she prayed for the people around her wouldn't notice, but she couldn't look away, not with him looking like that. 

she thought yoo kihyun was so handsome, he'd look good with everything he wore. but that day especifically he was wearing a checkered suit in dark brown tones. his silver hair was styled perfectly, slightly parted in the middle and he was wearing a pair of rounded golden specs. he looked beyond handsome and she couldn't believe how the people in the room looked so relaxed. in that moment, she couldn't believe how that had been with her.

someone cleared their throat, seol looked around to realize it had been wonho. he climbed a small podium and spoke through a small microphone. "please take a seat." 

everyone quieted down and sat around the table. she sat between changkyun and one of the web designers. her eyes were unconsciously on the ceo, somehow she wanted to look at him and she wanted him to look at her. 

"you're probably wondering why you're here today... and the answer is, we have a new project and we want you to be part of it." wonho said as all the people aroun the table smiled, except for the ceo, he remained serious with his eyes focused on his laptop. 

"you've been selected according to our needs and your talents and we hope you can deliver an exceptional and high quality work." he continued. seol bit her lip as she glanced secretively at kihyun. 

his face looked severe but more on the focused side, as if he was focused reading or analyzing something. the woman next to him leaned and whispered something to which he only nodded. seol felt uneasy on her chair at the scene and wondere who she was.

"... so we're launching a new web site for one of our most important clients here in seoul and we put up together this group of people because we believe in your talents anc capacities." 

changkyun glanced at seol, she caught him in the act. he shrugged as if he was asking "what's going on?" but she quickly shook her head denying anything. 

just when wonho finished talking, seol knew the meeting was coming to an end. she stared at kihyun once more just to see if he was going to look at her but it was useless, it was as if he didn't know she was there. but seol knew this was impossible, he had to know. 

"you can return to your offices now, we'll start this project next monday and we'll notify you about the periodical meetings to see your advances." wonho said pointing elegantly to the door. all the art team greeted their goodbyes and walked to the door. 

seol did the same but just as she was walking out of the door, she turned to look at the ceo and found his icy eyes staring back at her. she wanted to stop and just look at him for a moment, but her head soon met changkyun's chest since he was coming behind her. 

she found herself in the hall once changkyun closed the door. he looked at her with a confused expression. "yah... gwenchana? you've been acting strange." he looked into her eyes.

jooheon popped in her mind, not in the right timing, just when she remembered what he said last night. she thought about asking it to changkyun right then but wonho came out of the hall, nagged at the pair and hurried them back to their offices.

once they arrived the designer's area, she held onto changkyun's sleeve to stop him. "sunbae... i need to talk to you." 

changkyun stopped walking and nodded. "yeah sure, what is it?" his tone was sweet and low. she thought she could trust him part of her story, she knew she couldn't say everything or kihyun would demand her. 

but when kihyun popped in her mind, she felt her knees going weak and her temples throbbing. he had been in the same room as her and had ignored her for hours. that led her to think he was mad at her too. but that last glance before making her way out of the office, lit a flame of hope, that maybe just because they were among a big group of people, he acted as if they didn't know each other. 

"seol-ah?" changkyun moved his hand in the air, close to her face. she blinked twice and shook her head. "ah yes... about that- her phone vibrated inside her pocket. she stopped talking to check the notifications. 

usually she wouldn't do that, but she was desperate to know about the ceo and somehow she hoped it was him. 

luckily for her, it was.

president yoo: i want to see you tonight. 

her heart raced at the 6 simple words. i. want. to. see. you. tonight. 

it was short and simple but it had a powerful double meaning. soon she felt her hands sweating as her eyes stared intensely at the phone screen. just when changkyun leaned to see what got her to shook. she took the phone away and laughed nervously. 

"a-aniyo. it's nothing sunbae. i'll go back to work. see you around." she forgot about jooheon and the promise she made to bring changkyun over the weekend. on her way back to her cubicle, she thought she had the rest of the week to talk changkyun into the situation. 

once she arrived her cubicle, she sat on her desk and smiled at the screen as she typed and deleted the text a few times. she wasn't sure how to answer the text, what to say.

seol: i'd like that, where sajangnim? 

she finally hit sent and stayed looking at the screen for a few seconds before the anser popped on her screen. 

president yoo: meet me downstairs as usual

president yoo: once you're done with work 

her smile almost didn't fit in her mouth. she leaned backt to the chair as she squeaked at the stupid, short messages without emotion at all. she didn't understand why she was fangirling so hard if he hadn't been either cute or adorable with her but she assumed it was the desire of seeing him again. 

the rest of the day, she spent it counting the hours and checking the clock whenever she got time. she tried to focus on her work assignments but it was hard with the image of the ceo on her mind constantly. 

she wanted to know why he had texted her, why he wanted to see her again and also wondered if he was no longer mad at her or if he had ever been? either way, she longed for the day to end just to rush downstairs and meet his fancy ass once more. 

and just when it happened, when she checked the clock and realized her work day was over. she collected all her stuff and rushed downstairs. on her way inside the elevator, she checked on the mirror, trying to fix her bangs and applying some more lipstick. 

when the doors opened, she found the familiar black car parked in front of the elevator and the familiar elegant vision, leaned on it, hands on his pockets.

he stood straight when his eyes catched a glimpse of the girl, as his eyes looked at her hungrily. 

seol walked towards the car with a smile she couldn't hide as her heart was almost to come out of her chest. but just when she was about to open her mouth to greet him. he waited until she was close enough to him and placed a hand on the back of her neck and brought his lips to hers, sealing them with a passionate kiss as he pinned her against the car.

her eyes widened at the sudden and bold action in such a public place and what was worst, his own company's parking lot. but just 0.2 seconds later she gave in the kiss, raising her arms, wrapping them around the ceo's neck and answering to the kiss just as hungrily as him. 

she felt kihyun's body pressing against her, almost trapping her between his hot body and the car, caging her as he moved his tongue expertly inside her mouth. she couldn't remember when she felt like this, before meeting him. there was something exciting about this man she couldn't decipher yet.

his kiss was so possessive and needy. she had never experienced something like this. she had never been kissed this way before. it was the charm of the relationship. all the things he had done with her, to her, were practically new for her. he was just addictive.

and even if people around her, tried to warn her more than once, she couldn't listen, she couldn't believe them. yoo kihyun was hypnotizing and he had her completely under his spell.

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