Crashing Into You

"Okay, let"s have dinner together tonight" she said. She wanted to ask her brother if Lee Jin Ho has said something to him but she cannot find enough courage to ask him. But it seems that he didn"t reveal their relations.h.i.+p yet. If he does, her brother should be angry at her now.

"Why did you call me?" Tan Ji Nan asked.

"aa..I just wanted to ask you where you at now." She made an alibi. 

"We"re about 3 kms away. Will be there in a bit!" 

"Okay. See you!" She said and hang up the phone. She called Lee Jin Ho right after her call with her brother ended. This time his phone"s ringing. 

He picked up her call after 2 rings. 

"Jin Ho! Did you tell my brother about us?" She asked when he answered the phone. 

"You sounded like you"re so nervous about it. Why? Are you that afraid that I will tell it to your brother? What if I said, Yes?" Lee Jin Ho answered with full of sarcasm on his voice. 

"If you told him, what else should I do?" She said, angrily. 

"I didn"t tell him." 

Tan Ja Nin could not speak momentarily. But it gave her a sigh of relief. 

"Please stay on my pad tonight." Lee Jin Ho said after awhile. 

"Why should I?" She was still angry at him for not calling nor texting her when she was at the countryside. 

"It"s because I miss you so much...I haven"t seen you for two days and..."

"You haven"t called me for two days..." she said with a tinge of anger on her voice. 

"I was calling you this morning until late afternoon but your phone was off." Lee Jin Ho said and was confused. She sounded like she was angry at him. But why?

Tan Ja Nin did not answer. She purposely turned it off because she was frustrated that Lee Jin Ho did not call her yesterday. 

"Haven"t you missed me?" Lee Jin Ho asked when she did not answer. 

She missed him so bad. So so bad. 

"I went to your apartment because I could not contact you. I stayed there for an hour but it seems like you weren"t home. I was worried when I thought that you might have met an accident on your way back home, but when PA Jin called the advertising agency manager and confirmed with her that all of you arrived safely in the city, I was angry! Did you purposely ignored my calls? So I threatened you that I will tell Tan Ji Nan about our relations.h.i.+p hoping that you"ll contact me soon, which you really did. It"s quite disappointing that you only called me because you were afraid that I will reveal our relations.h.i.+p. Why are you that anxious?"

"It"s not about time yet" she answered.

"And when is the right time?" 

"I-I don"t know"

Lee Jin Ho sigh. 

"I"m here at the mansion. I will stay here tonight" Tan Ja Nin said after awhile. 

"I see." Lee Jin Ho answered. 

Tan Ja Nin felt like Lee Jin Ho will end their call at any moment and she doesn"t want to end it yet. She didn"t hear his voice for two days and she missed it so much

"Why didn"t you call nor text me yesterday?" She asked. 

"I didn"t call you because I don"t want to disturb you while you were filming"

"Oooh." Tan Ja Nin. She chided herself for overthinking it. 

"Did you expect my call?" Lee Jin Ho asked when he realized something. It made his mood better.

"Uhm.." Tan Ja Nin answered shyly. 

Lee Jin Ho curled up his lips "Then why didn"t you call me instead?" 

"Why would I call you? I"m a girl! That so cheap if I call you first."

Lee Jin Ho laughed. "You"re my girlfriend. If you wanted to hear my voice then call me. It really doesn"t matter who call first"

Tan Ja Nin blushed. Good thing, she wasn"t in front of him because she would feel so embarra.s.sed. She really loved it when Lee Jin Ho addressed her as his girlfriend. 

If she can only tell it to the whole world now...

She heard a soft knock at her bedroom door. It was the butler telling her that Ji Nan and her dad have arrived.

"I"ve to end our call now. Ji Nan and Dad are already here. I"ll hang up now." She said to Lee Jin Ho. 

"Wait!" 

"W-What?"

"Can you stay here at my pad tomorrow night?" 

Tan Ja Nin smiled. "Uhm. Bye now." 

.....

During dinner, Tan Ji Nan and Master Tan were discussing about business and Tan Ja Nin got annoyed. 

"Can you please stop discussing about work when we are having dinner? You"ve been discussing it the whole time when you are at work, can you please discuss other things when we"re around?" Tan Ja Nin said 

Tan Ji Nan and Master Tan looked at each other. 

"Okay! So how"s my princess doing now?" Master Tan asked. 

Tan Ja Nin looked at her mother and was trying to give her signal. This may be the right timing to discuss with her dad about her engagement in show business. 

"I"m quite busy nowadays." 

Master Tan was stunned. "What made you busy? Do you have a job now?" 

Tan Ja Nin nodded

"Really? What kind of job did you have?" Master Tan was excited. Eventhough he wanted Tan Ja Nin to help Tan Ji Nan in managing their business, he was still glad that his only daughter has a job now even if that means that she was employed by other companies. 

"I am attending an acting workshop now..." she said in a low voice. 

Tan Ji Nan and Madam Tan were both surprised. They didn"t expect that Tan Ja Nin was brave enough to tell it to Madam Tan now. 

"Acting workshop?" Master Tan frowned.

"I"m entering the show business, Dad!" 

Master Tan put down his chopsticks next to his bowl. "You are what?" He asked.

"I"m entering s...o...b..siness." Tan Ja Nin repeated.  "So this is the reason why you did not take any role in our conglomerate? Because you wanted to be an actress." Master Tan said in a growling voice.

"Hubby..." Madam Yan was trying to pacify her husband"s anger. 

Tan Ji Nan hold his sister hand that was trembling at that moment. 

"Dad, I"m sorry but this is what I want.." Tan Ja Nin said, her voice was trembling. But she was determined to voice out what she really want. 

"You have no idea how much sacrifice your brother is doing just because you said that you don"t want to take any role at our conglomerate right now..." Said Master Tan trying to control his temper. "I know how much he wanted to marry his girlfriend but he cannot propose to her because he will be taking over my position and it will requires more time and dedication." 

Tan Ji Nan was surprised when he heard it. He didn"t know that Master Tan knew his sentiments. 

"It might not that difficult for your brother if you were there to help him manage our business. I would understand it if you" find a job at the corporate world but s...o...b..siness?" 

"Dad, Tan Ja Nin always wanted to be an actress since we were kids..."

"Are you aware that she is entering s...o...b..siness?" 

Tan Ji Nan did not answer. But his silence means yes. 

Master Tan sighed. "And you support her?" 

"I will always support her dreams whatever it is." Tan Ji Nan answered. 

"Hubby, our son is right. Let just support our daughter on the things that she love doing and it is acting." Madam Tan said. 

Master Tan looked at Tan Ja Nin and when he saw her tears eventually fell. How could he take it? The last thing he wanted to see was to see her precious daughter tears. 

If his wife and son support her in entering s...o...b..siness, why couldn"t he? 

"If your worrying that I am sacrificing my own happiness because Tan Ja Nin opted not to take any position in our conglomerate, please don"t be. I have decided. I will marry Ho Min Lin before end of this year before I take over your position. I am planning to propose to Ho Min Lin next weekend when we go out of the country and I want all of you to witness it." Tan Ji Nan said. 

"You"ll propose to Ho Min Lin..?" Madam Tan got excited. She really like Ho Min Lin to be her daughter-in-law. 

"Will you be able to handle Ho Min Lin and your job as the new CEO at the same time?" Master Tan asked.

"Ho Min Lin will be my strongest pillar."

Master Tan nodded. "If you and Tan Ja Nin have already decided your future, what we can only do as your parents is to support both of you." 

"Dad!" Tan Ja Nin stood up and walked to her dad. She hugged him tightly. "You"re the best dad in the world!"