Country K - Kimsun Electronics"I haven"t heard from you for a couple of days. Are you mad?", Hannah asked Seo Joon as soon as she entered his office.
"Why would I be mad?"
"I don"t know. I"m asking you."
Seo Joon just shrugged.
"Really? Shrugging? You left right away that day, you didn"t even give me the chance to clarify. I wasn"t on a date with Shawn."
"Oh, so his name is Shawn?"
Hannah rolled her eyes, "Yes, but that"s not the point. We"re just friends, he came to the country a few days ago and we just-"
"You don"t really have to explain, Han… you"re single, you can date.", he said with a smiling face.
Hannah"s brows furrowed, she came to clear things up but it seems Seo Joon wants to keep having misunderstandings. "You wanna stay like this? Fine. Why do I even bother?", she sneered in her thoughts.
"You"re right, I can!", she turned around and left his office.
Seo Joon clenched his jaw and cast the papers off the table. He was more p.i.s.sed with himself for being an idiot than he was annoyed with Hannah.
…
Country D at Samantha"s villa late in the evening.
"Yes, sure. All right. See you."
Daniel just ended the phone call with Lucas, he returned to the bedroom and found Samantha working on her laptop.
"What are you doing?", he asked, his hands ma.s.saging Samantha"s back.
"Just transferring some files from my phone. Who was that?"
"It was Lucas, he"s inviting us for a charity gala tomorrow evening."
"Really? Boss of the underworld does charity?", she lifted her head to look at, she was surprised.
Daniel chuckled, "Yeah, they"ve been doing it for years. It"s for cancer patients. His mom died of cancer."
Samantha now understood, "What did you say?"
"I told him we"re going."
"We are?"
"Why not? You don"t… wanna go?"
Looking back, Samantha"s really uncomfortable being in a crowded place. She didn"t respond to his question and Daniel has just realized what she"s thinking at the moment.
Stroking her cheeks, he tried to comfort her, "I wasn"t thinking… I can cancel if you don"t want to…"
"No, it"s okay… We"ll go."
"Are you sure? Wouldn"t you be uneasy? There will surely be… media."
"I"ll be fine. You"re with me.", her eyes twinkled as she looked up at him.
Daniel smiled, "That"s right, I am.", he leaned down to kiss her on the nose.
"So… are you gonna show me what those are?", he said, pointing at the video files on the screen.
Samantha played a video, it was her on her first skydiving experience. She showed it to Daniel and he was grinning the entire duration of the video. He truly enjoyed watching her as she faced her fears and looking very elated.
She chose another file and played Daniel"s skydive. Both of them smiled and glanced at each other when they saw the part where they held hands during freefall. And Samantha was reminded of the landing zone incident where Daniel tricked her, she blushed and Daniel noticed it.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
Daniel watched a few other videos from her list and saw how Samantha captured beautiful places, and she was doc.u.menting the scenery, talking to the camera from time to time. Sometimes she addresses Mia. Some were about local food and some random things. She was a natural, she smiled and described everything in detail that Daniel felt like he was there with her, seeing what she sees, tasting what she eats and feeling what she experienced.
While Daniel was watching her videos, Samantha took a bath and when she was done changing into her sleepwear, she went over to him. "Are you still watching?", she chuckled.
"Yeah… they"re really good. You"ve got skills.", he said as he pulled her to him and helped her dry her hair with the towel.
Samantha sat down in front of her laptop again, "Really? I didn"t do so much… I just took pictures and videos of random things."
"What are you going to do with these videos?"
Samantha pursed her lips and lifted her head to look at Daniel, "I.."
Daniel stopped drying her hair and sat down beside her. "Tell me... What is it?"
"I wanna give this to Mia."
They looked at each other in the eye and Daniel gave her a gentle smile before he stroke her cheek with his thumb, he nodded.
"Why are there only videos for less than 2 months? You stopped?"
"I broke my camera, I didn"t really think of buying another since it wasn"t necessary anyway so I just used my phone whenever I feel like it. But I guess I also just stopped recording since I did nothing else after that other than skydive and car racing."
Daniel nodded and pulled her up from the chair, "Let"s go… we need to sleep now. We"re going somewhere early tomorrow."
She nodded, "Okay."
Her brows scrunched up, "B-but why are you taking your s.h.i.+rt off? I thought we"re sleeping?"
He scooped her up and carried her towards the bed. He laid her down, "We are…", and kissed her, "after."
Samantha"s eyes widened as Daniel started to remove her clothing.
…
The next morning, Daniel and Samantha were about to leave the villa when Daniel couldn"t help but notice that Samantha has been quiet since they woke up.
"What"s wrong? You"ve been awfully quiet."
She shook her head, "Nothing. Where are we going?"
They"ve just locked the doors and Samantha walked towards the car with Daniel behind her.
He grabbed her arm to stop her, "Have I done anything to upset you?", he asked in concern, stroking her arm.
Samantha didn"t respond, she just averted her gaze. She looked like she was feeling... uneasy? Daniel wasn"t sure what"s the matter.
He lifted her chin with his fingers and made her look at him, "I thought we agreed we aren"t keeping things from each other?"
Samantha pursed her lips not knowing what or how to say. "I… I…", she swallowed, avoiding his eyes again.
Daniel leaned in and kissed her lips, startling her.
"If you don"t tell me, I"ll keep kissing you."
She gulped once again.
Samantha looked at him, brows furrowed, "How is that a threat? I love being kissed by you! If I don"t say it, you won"t stop? But if I tell you, you"ll… stop? I"m confused."
Daniel was taken aback by her response, he started laughing.
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her gently for a few seconds before pulling back. "Tell me."
Samantha sighed heavily before she buried her face onto his chest. "I"m sore! Okay?! It hurts!"
Her voice was m.u.f.fled but Daniel clearly heard her, he just didn"t know how to respond.
"Huh?"
"I said I"m sore! It hurts when I pee! When I walk!", she lifted her head and Daniel saw her mouth turned into a pout, her eyes sad. She was friggin" cute.
Daniel"s heart throbbed upon seeing her adorable face, he didn"t know whether it was okay to laugh but he chuckled anyway. "Ohh… baby, I"m sorry.", he hugged her tightly, kissing her nose, her forehead.
"Do you not want to leave anymore? We can stay at home."
"Home. He said. Right, it"s home."
Samantha laughed with her brows still furrowed, "Why are you laughing! You did this!"
He composed himself but a smile remained plastered on his handsome face, "You"re right. I"m sorry, it"s my fault. So are we staying in?"
"Don"t be silly, let"s go. I"ll just have to move slowly."
She walked towards the car and sat inside.
Letting Daniel drive her Chiron, they headed to the mall where they bought an outfit for that night"s gala.
Late afternoon, they started preparing for the gala. Samantha changed into a black one-side-off-shoulder dress with a long slit and black stilettos. The dress was plain but when she wore it, it complemented her long legs.
Daniel donned a black tux, looking so das.h.i.+ng.
Looking at Samantha frustrated at trying to zip her dress, Daniel went over and helped her.
"Let me.", he said as he took over the zipper and glided it up. He brushed her hair to the side and planted kisses on her bare shoulder, hugging her from the back. "There."
"You smell nice.", he inhaled her captivating scent.
Turning around, Samantha fixed his bowtie in place before tapping it. She tiptoed and whispered to his ear, "And you look blazing.", her lips brus.h.i.+ng his ear lightly making his hair stand, he closed his eyes.
"I don"t mind not going, Samantha. You better behave yourself.", he spoke in a low dangerous voice.
Samantha tapped his shoulder and escaped his hold, "Let"s go, we"re gonna be late.", she smiled nervously.
This man is insatiable!