Serendipity - A Chance Encounter

Samantha doesn"t hate Andrew.. she just doesn"t want to run the home run with him. He is quite infamous for being a ladies" man, but he was always nice to Samantha so she didn"t mind having his company.

..But losing her virginity to him? Samantha doesn"t think so!!

While waiting for her car from the valet, her brother called again.

"h.e.l.lo, bro~"

"Don"t you h.e.l.lo me, young lady."

"Oh, is that you, dad?" Samantha chuckled.

"Very funny! What just happened??"

"Nothing!! I was in a sticky situation and I had to get out. Thanks for calling, by the way, your timing is superb!!"

She heard her brother breathe out a sigh of relief..

"You"re safe, right? Where are you?"

"Yep! I"m at The Meridian Hotel."

"Good, you"re nearby. Come over at Zero Gravity."

"Why?"

"Just come over. Hurry up. I"ll wait for you."

Seo Joon hung up the call.

Samantha clicked her tongue, "Yes, your majesty!", she said while looking at her phone.

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Zero Gravity is an exclusive bar for the rich kids who only know how to party and spend their parent"s money.

Seo Joon, Samantha"s older brother, co-owns this bar with his friend, apart from being the current Vice President of Kimsun Electronics, his brother is also an entrepreneur who owns several businesses in the city.

Samantha"s eyes grew wide when she stepped out of her car and walked towards where her brother is; she gawked as she studied the Metallic Gray Porsche 911 in front of her. The once-neat-looking car is now wrecked!

The windows, winds.h.i.+eld, lights, and hood were all damaged; not far from the car is a baseball bat.

Seo Joon noticed her sister"s reaction and he couldn"t help but feel guilty.. "Sammy.."

"Bro.."

No one spoke for several seconds.

"Huh.. Is this supposed to be a joke? "Coz if it is, I"m still not getting it.", Samantha said, bewildered, she looked at her brother.

With his hands on his waist looking defeated, Seo Joon replied, "Nope.".

"Uh..okay.. Wow. Nice car you got here, Joon! Is this a new style you"re rockin"?"

"I know.. I"m screwed!" Seo Joon anxiously replied as he ran a hand on his face.

"Sooo.. Okayyyyy, I"m still so shocked right now but I"m just gonna put it out there..

WHAT THE h.e.l.l HAPPENED TO YOUR CAR??!!" Samantha snapped!! "Did you offend someone?"

"Well.. you know, Holden? He"s Chairman Xuan"s son. He"s also Andrew"s friend."

"Okay.. and?"

"He is Leah"s ex-boyfriend."

"Leah..? Your new girlfriend Leah? What about them??

Can you get to the point, Joon, I"m freezing out here! I can"t stand being outside, it"s so cold.", said Samtha as she rubbed her hands together.

Without thinking twice, Seo Joon removed his jacket and placed it over Samantha"s shoulders, "Ok Ok.. He was drunk and he saw me and Leah together entering the bar. I guess he got p.i.s.sed that Leah dumped him for me. This is what happened. When I found out, they already left."

Samantha knitted her brows, "You do know Leah"s just after your money, right? I already told you about girls like her. And it"s been a month.. are you still not breaking up with her?"

"Tss. C"mon! I"m a guy, Sam. And Leah"s a babe. I"m just having fun!"

He continued, "You"re one to talk.. why aren"t you breaking up with Andrew yet?"

"Moot point." Samantha retorted.

"Ha!.. Okay, back to the car. Li"l Sis what am I gonna do?? Dad"s gonna kill me if he knows!"

"You think?! We can"t call the cops, that"ll just attract attention. And if this blows up, the media"s gonna make a big deal out of it. Who knows what kinda twisted story they"re gonna cook up? Forget the car damage, the situation and the people involved.. this is not good, bro. You know how dad feels about scandals."

"Gee, thanks! You"re supposed to help me, Sammy! Not scare me to death!"

"All right--All right. You owe me one."

The siblings dealt with the situation as stealthily as they can. Fortunately, the damage can still be fixed but the car needs to sit in the shop for a while.

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Just like that and a week has already pa.s.sed. It"s Samantha"s birthday and the Kim Family are currently having lunch at their estate. They were enjoying their meal, while a TV in the background was running a news report.

Reporter: "Holden Xuan, the son of Chairman Xuan of Xuan Enterprises had a "stinky situation" last night right after attending the birthday party of the famous celebrity, Serena Lawrence---"

Samantha and Seo Joon were sitting beside each other on the dining table and upon hearing the reporter from the television they looked at each other and... laughed. The siblings were so elated with their payback, Seo Joon gave Samantha a "low five", trying not to catch their parent"s attention.

The siblings were indeed the ones behind the "stinky situation."

Last night, outside a 5-star hotel, parked in a dark corner was an inconspicuous car. Inside were Samantha Kim, Seo Joon Kim, and Alexander Li. They sat there eating Chinese food like detectives on a stake-out.

Seo Joon filled-in Alexander about what happened and what"s happening at the moment. There were reporters outside the hotel waiting for juicy gossips; some of them are paid by the siblings to catch a certain event that will happen that night.

After waiting for an hour, Holden Xuan was seen exiting the hotel and walking towards his car. Since Holden is a well-known heir of Xuan Enterprises, naturally the reporters gathered around him trying to get any information they can get their hands on. Holden smiled to the camera arrogantly, loving the attention.

As soon as he got inside his blue Lamborghini, a black van stopped in front of it. And very casually, a masked man carrying a gift box walked over to the pa.s.senger"s side of the Lambo, opened it and placed the box on the seat and said, "Happy birthday."

Holden was puzzled, "it"s not my--", before he could finish his sentence, the masked man closed the car door, returned to the van and sped off. Still confused, Holden lifted the lid of the box and was shocked to see what was inside. But before he could do anything, the black furry animal with white stripes jumped out of the box and it sprayed all over the car and Holden. Yep, it was a skunk!

Holden screamed his lungs out, cursing his way out of the car; he swore a thousand words in front of the cameras and burst in a fit of rage kicking his precious Lambo.

"F*ck! F*cking piece of sh*t! Who the f*ck did this to me?", Holden was so mad "f*cks" were flying everywhere.

Everything was caught on cam and very quickly, the news spread online and that was the report shown on TV the next morning with a common tag "stinky situation".

The three people inside the car cackled and guffawed at the scene not far away from them. Although they didn"t do any physical damage to the car like what Holden did to Seo Joon"s, the latter was pretty satisfied with the stink-bomb-surprise that her sister, Samantha, planned. The strong unpleasant smell will definitely last for weeks; on Holden and in the car.

"That was.. hilarious!!", Alexander exclaimed, still laughing.

"Sis.. remind me not to offend you.", Seo Joon was proud of his sister and at the same time, he was quite frightened of her.

The flashback of last night"s incident and the TV news report have put the siblings in a good mood.

"Tsk, kids these days." Mr. Kim scoffed.

Seo Joon and Samantha side-glanced each other and giggled. "Oh dad, you have no idea."

"Sweetheart, are you going out with Hannah tonight?", Mrs. Kim asked Samantha as she put some more food on Samantha"s plate.

"Yeah, she"s been bugging me to go out and meet some new people."

"Where are you going?" Mr. Kim asked.

Samantha put a piece of meat on her mouth, "I"m not sure yet. It"s apparently a "surprise"."

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The Crown Hotel late in the evening at a private room.

Daniel Cho was sitting across Mr. Su discussing some business matters.

"I am really amazed at how successful you are, President Cho. My son is almost the same age as you are but... haaaaa, I don"t know where his brain is. All he does is just party!", said Mr. Su.

Daniel smiled, "I"m sure he"s just going through a phase, maybe he has yet to find what his pa.s.sion is."

"I wish that"s how it is! I"m just afraid that one day, he"ll come home and tell me he got a girl pregnant!"

Daniel just chuckled and downed his whisky.

"What about you, President Cho? Do you have a girlfriend.. or are you married?"

Daniel smiled, "I have no interest in that area as of now."

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At the same hotel, a few private rooms down the hall from where Daniel Cho was, a party was happening.

"Happy birthday, Samantha!! Wuhoo!" said everyone in the room in unison as they chugged the drinks in their hand.

There were around 30 people in the room, but Samantha only knows half of them. The room was big enough to house 50 people. Andrew came with some of his friends and the room became crowded.

"Hey, you promised me you are going to have fun tonight. So, gimme your purse, forget about everything else and just let loose!", Hannah ordered as she took Samantha"s purse and handed her a c.o.c.ktail drink.

"Okay! Okay! I will!" Samantha received the gla.s.s and finished the drink in one shot. "There! Happy now?"

Hannah was surprised at Samantha"s sudden fearlessness, "Wow! Yeah! Take it easy on the drinks but, h.e.l.l yeah~ Let"s do this!"

There were drinking, dancing... and more drinking.

(A/N: Oooh boy, this is gonna be a good night. Right?)