Lucky was the man she married to! Her marital status was revealed to the whole cla.s.s when Choi Mira teased Chun Ji that he has a crush on Song Dei Si, when the guy was so attentive to her. Chun Ji admitted it but he said that it was impossible for the two of them because Song Dei Si was already married. He saw the reaction of his other male student and most of them got disappointed too. Master Chef Li smiled when he remembered that event. He turned his gaze away from Song Dei Si and watched the other group.
....
Tan Ja Nin sent a message to Lee Jin Ho after her workshop ended.
TAN JA NIN: Are you busy?
LEE JIN HO: Why?
TAN JA NIN: I am thinking of dropping by to your office today so we can have lunch together.
LEE JIN HO: Why?
TAN JA NIN: Don"t you have anything to say than WHY?
Lee Jin Ho suddenly laughed when he read her reply. He can imagine Tan Ji Nan"s expression while she was typing her message.
He dialled her number and as he expected, he received an annoyed voice from Tan Ja Nin when she answered the call.
"Why all of the sudden you wanted to drop by to my office today? And aren"t you shy to go to my office because you said it will create rumors?" He teased.
"I have now a reason to come to your office. I am now the face of your new product so I can simply told them we have something to discuss about the commercial" Tan Ja Nin said
"But you must set an appointment first if you wanted to come here for business matters"
"Hmp! If you don"t want to have lunch with me just say so!" Tan Ja Nin snorted.
Lee Jin Ho laughed. This girlfriend of his has a temper. "Okay, let just meet at the park."
"Why?" Tan Ja Nin asked.
"So you don"t need to come to my office. We can go to the nearby restaurant."
"Are you hiding me?"
Lee Jin Ho was astounded. "Aren"t you the one who doesn"t want our relations.h.i.+p to be public?"
Tan Ja Nin lips pouted and did not reply because she doesn"t know what she wanted now. She felt disappointed when Lee Jin Ho was trying to conceal their relations.h.i.+p to his employees.
"Ja Nin?"
"Okay, let"s meet at the park. I"ll book a cab now."
"Okay! See you!" Lee Jin Ho said.
.....
"Good afternoon, Young Master Lee." The waitress greeted Jin Ho when they entered the French restaurant near his office.
Lee Jin Ho nodded at her. She looked at Tan Ja Nin and smiled at her. She guided them to Lee Jin Ho reserved room and then leave.
"So you were still able to reserve this place in a very short notice?" Tan Ja Nin asked Lee Jin Ho. She was quite impressed with the ambiance of the private room. She loves the idea too that she will not have their lunch along with the other crowds.
"This room is reserved for me. I can use this room anytime I like."
"Ohh" Tan Ja Nin said. "So you were paying this room for the entire month so no one can use this room aside from you."
"Uhm" Lee Jin Ho said.
"So you"re frequent here?"
Lee Jin Ho nodded "In the event that I need to meet a client over lunch, I usually bring them here."
"Did you also bring your other dates here?" Tan Ja Nin asked.
Lee Jin Ho looked at her and smiled. "You are not the first woman I brought here."
Tan Ja Nin lips pouted. "But you are the first woman that I dated here."
Tan Ja Nin smiled "So this is a lunch date?"
"My girlfriend sent me a message that she wanted to have lunch out with me, isn"t it called dating?"
Tan Ja Nin face blushed, she was about to say something, when the waitress came in again with beautiful roses on her hands. She handed it to Lee Jin Ho then she left the room again.
Lee Jin Ho gave it to Tan Ja Nin "Beautiful roses to my beautiful lunch date today."
Tan Ja Nin"s face became more redder. She took excitedly took the red roses and smelled it.
"Why are you giving me this roses? And how did you manage to order this roses in a short notice?" Tan Ja Nin asked. She was spellbound by his gestures.
"Didn"t you say I need to court you?" Lee Jin Ho told her.
"So you"re courting me?" Tan Ja Nin face widened in disbelief.
"I don"t know exactly how to court a girl as I have a minimal experience but I saw it in the movies that the man usually gave roses."
"So did you give roses to Song Dei Si too before?" Tan Ja Nin asked.
"Yes. I sent roses to her office before."
"I see." Tan Ja Nin said and the smile on her face suddenly disappeared and her expression became gloomy.
"Don"t be upset" Lee Jin Ho said when he noticed the change of expression on Tan Ja Nin"s face. He was worried that Tan Ja Nin was taking his honesty on a bad note.
"I"m not upset. I know that Song Dei Si was part of your past." She was surprised when she emphasized the word past.
"Right, and you are my present now." Lee Jin Ho agreed.
Tan Ja Nin expression became lighter again. "I"ll show it to Manager Mo later."
Lee Jin Ho knitted his brows.
"So I could finally tell her that you are my boyfriend on the next few days."
Lee Jin Ho"s lips curled up. "Why do I have this feeling that you can"t wait to tell her about our relations.h.i.+p?"
"So I won"t have to make any more excuses if my boyfriend did not allow me to take on a specific role"
Lee Jin Ho patted her head. "Good girl!"
Tan Ja Nin face blushed again and was touched by that gesture.
She gave him a peck when the waitress entered the room again and saw it.
Tan Ja Nin lowered her head because she was so embarra.s.sed.
.....
Tan Ja Nin met Manager Mo in a coffee shop after her lunch date with Lee Jin Ho. Manager Mo noticed the roses that she was holding.
"Did you just came from a date?" Manager Mo asked her teasingly.
Tan Ja Nin shyly nodded. Though she really planned to show the roses that Lee Jin Ho gave her to Manager Mo she was still embarra.s.sed when she teased her.
"Who gave you that?" Manager Mo asked.
"President Lee" Tan Ja Nin answered.
Manager Mo was astounded. "President Lee as in Lee Jin Ho?"
"Uhm.." She answered.
"Is he courting you?"
"Uhm..." She nodded.
Manager Mo was speechless because she was so shocked.
"You said that it"s okay if I have a boyfriend right? For as long as I would keep it from the media"s radar."
"So you like Lee Jin Ho?"
Manager Mo question startled her. Did she like Lee Jin Ho?
"He is not bad right?" She asked instead.
"Of course he is not bad. For Pete sake. He is a catch!" Manager Mo answered.
"I agree." A smile formed on Tan Ja Nin"s lips.
"How did you manage to seduce him?" Manage Mo asked
"Seduce him? I-I didn"t do anything"
Manage Mo looked at her.
"Maybe he loves my cooking. You know the saying that the way to man"s heart is through his stomach?" She said. She didn"t know if she was trying to convince Manager Mo.
"Could be. But you are also beautiful. I was wondering why you still got the endors.e.m.e.nt contract after you have rejected it, now I can say that you got it back because President Lee was smitten by you."
Tan Ja Nin face blushed. "I"m his girlfriend now."
"What?!" Manager Mo said like she didn"t know what was happening. Didn"t the two just meet not too long ago?
"You know I"m afraid that I will slip this opportunity. It"s not everyday that you meet a guy like him and he wanted you to be his girlfriend"
"Right! Because if I were you, I would do the same thing! I would say yes to him the moment he would asked me to be his boyfriend." Manager Mo said. "You might not love each other right now but feelings can be developed"
Tan Ja Nin was stunned.
"At least you are both attracted to each other. You just met each other just recently and would I not believe if you will tell me that it was love at first sight."
Tan Ja Nin pondered and said "Yeah, our case wasn"t love at first sight..."
"I am not against your relations.h.i.+p with him but like what I told you please keep it away from the media"s radar. Especially now that you are the endorser of their new product. I don"t want them to have a perception that you"ve only got the endors.e.m.e.nt because you are the girlfriend of the Shuns.h.i.+nati"s boss, because I still believe that you got it because you are the best fit to endorse their new product"
Tan Ja Nin almost got teary eyed when she heard Manager Mo"s word. She hugged her.
"Thank you for always trusting my capabilities."
Manager Mo nodded and patted her back.