"Auntie!", Hannah yelped. She covered her face with her hands, "Oh G.o.d. Please tell me this is not happening.""Oh, it"s okay, dear. I am actually intrigued. So are you two going out now?", Mrs. Kim didn"t pa.s.s the chance to fish for more details.
"Mom!", Seo Joon gave his mother a look as he placed a hand on Hannah"s shoulder.
Mrs. Kim shrugged and sighed. She stood up from her seat and walked around them, "Okay, I"m leaving you both. Hannah, dear. I"m happy for you.".
She patted Hannah lightly on the back before she walked towards the door.
She halted and turned around, "You two kids have. Make sure to stay… safe.", she teased at the last word and it made Hannah"s embarra.s.sment level shoot up to the sky.
Seo Joon shook his head upon hearing his own mother"s statement. When she left, he lowered his head to look at Hannah who was avoiding his gaze at that moment.
"Now where did the bold Hannah go?", Seo Joon lifted her chin up but Hannah was still looking away, she was now feeling very shy and unwilling to face him.
"I can no longer face your mother after this.", she commented and Seo Joon left out a hearty laugh.
"What are you laughing at? I"m already very embarra.s.sed about what happened. You"re not helping at all.", she pouted and hit his chest playfully.
"Who told you to do that? I mean… not that I"m complaining, I loved that kiss. But… you surely like other people to see us kiss huh?", he smirked as he asked her.
Hannah was feeling all kinds of emotions at that moment but she started to laugh when Seo Joon became so adorable with his question. "I didn"t know okay!? I wasn"t thinking! OMG. That was so stupid of me."
Seo Joon chuckled at her drama, "Instead of blaming yourself… why don"t you tell me what you really came here for?", he asked.
"How could you even ask that? I don"t want to say it anymore!", she turned her body away from him but he caught her arm and gently tugged her to look at him again.
"Okay, let"s be serious. I"m going to listen to your romantic proposal to me.", he said quickly before he pursed his lips as he tried to contain himself from laughing.
"Joon!! Really!! You"re not helping! That"s it! I"m leaving!", Hannah raised her hands in surrender and started to turn around but Seo Joon walked around and stopped her from doing so.
"Okay okay… I"m sorry. I promise I"ll be serious this time.", he swore as he held her hands, stroking it to calm her down.
Hannah finally gave in and sighed. She gathered up all her courage again to stare into his eyes and started, "Fine."
"I"m sorry about the misunderstandings that dragged on for a long time. I don"t know why I did that, I think I"m just a coward.", she bit her lip and it trembled a little.
Seo Joon just watched her and waited for her to continue.
"I… like you, Joon.", she confessed. "And I want us to be together… that is… if you still want me?"
His heart fluttered with joy upon hearing Hannah"s honest words. He wanted to tell her the same things and maybe even more but at that time, Hannah looked like she needed to say it all out so he just let her.
He didn"t utter a sound.
Seo Joon stared into her beautiful eyes and gave her a sweet smile before he leaned in, cupped her face and kissed her sweet tender lips.
Hannah closed her eyes and kissed him back as she placed her hands on his chest, clutching his suit when she started to feel warm and giddy.
…
Cho Corporation at four in the afternoon.
Daniel had just finished his meeting and he had arrived in his office when he received a phone call.
As he checked his screen, a grin appeared on his face when he answered, "Lucas, it"s rare of you to call me."
"My friend, you"re saying that like you"re actually expecting me to call you all the time.", Lucas Olsen joked.
Daniel snickered at his friend"s reply, "So what can I do for you?"
"Right, I won"t waste your time. I know that you"re busy." Lucas paused before he continued, "There is a VIP who"s looking for someone. He had just arrived in Country K and he asked me for help regarding this matter."
"Wow. Mr. Olsen is actually doing things for another VIP?", Daniel curiously asked as he started to make coffee for himself.
Lucas sighed, "I wouldn"t do this if I didn"t owe him a favor. Anyway, so… do you still have your guy who"s fast in finding people?"
"Yes. Send me the picture and I"ll forward it to him.", Daniel replied.
They said their goodbyes and as soon as the phone call ended, Daniel received a message from Lucas that contained a file.
Clicking the file, the picture was downloaded and upon seeing the face, Daniel Cho"s brows scrunched up.
His heart raced and he suddenly felt that something bad was going to happen. Seeing the photo of a woman whom he knew, he whispered, "Becca Wise?"