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Chapter 10

Ga Eul looked at the man right across her. He was smiling to himself as he buttered a slice of bread.

She just couldn't understand this So Yi Jung, she remembered how he was all grumpy throughout their trip back to the mansion, she could not help but notice how he would glare at Jun Ho from the back seat of the car

'is he jealous of Jun Ho? But why would he be jealous of Jun Ho? Maybe he likes me. aish, Chu Ga Eul stop talking crazy' she had kept thoughts like this as she watched the sulking Yi Jung

He had stormed to his room right after they arrived, she had tried to tease him a bit as they got to the house but he just brushed her aside and headed off.

Now, here he was, giving her smiles which made her legs feel like jelly. She woke up by 7am in the morning, and she was surprised to find that Yi Jung had woken up already as well. He invited her to have breakfast with him while giving her one of those his heart-stopping smiles

"Ga Eul-yang, can you stop examining me, it feels so uncomfortable. Not that I wouldn't like you examining me but then, I just don't want it to be on a dining table, but maybe somewhere soft like a couch, or better still a bed, with dimmed lights, white sheets_"

"yah, So Yi Jung, you want to die" she screamed

She had been listening to him since while trying hard not to blush, he really was the king of perverts. But what made her blush the most was the fact that recently, she has been having her own fantasies about him, and they were somewhat similar to what Yi Jung described.

Yi Jung just chuckled.

"don't you go to work or something?" she asked looking for any way possible to get away from the earlier topic

"why? Are you dying to see me working that much?" he asked huskily

She couldn't help but roll her eyes at his antics

"yes, I am dying to see how lazy you can be with work. I have mostly seen the suave Casanova but never the working guy. I am curious" she responded with a smirk

"don't worry babe, you would get to see that I don't take work lightly. You can call me the man for every situation" he responded with a proud smile on his face

"yeah right, man for every situation indeed"

"yah, Chu Ga Eul, do you think I am lying right now" he said in mock annoyance

"of course not, I totally believe you" she said with a smirk

"aish seriously, I will show you, don't worry. Anyway, I want to head out today but not to the office. I have an exhibition coming up next two months. I have only made two pieces as of now, so I want to spend the next months trying to create other masterpieces"

Ga Eul could not help but smile at his confidence in his work.

"so, I would work from home. Whatever issues that need my authorization in the museum, would be brought here to the house" he finished with a smile

Ga Eul could not help but squeak an "I see." How could this guy be so rich that he can choose to not go to work for two-whole months. She could not help but marvel at the perks of being filthily rich

"what are you thinking about Ga Eul-yang?"

Yi Jung's words brought her back to reality and she smiled nervously at him as she said

"nothing. I was just thinking that since you won't be going to work for the next two months, then where are you heading to today? I mean, you were saying something earlier about heading somewhere today"

"oh yes, I want to go get a special clay from a client of mine" he said as he added sugar to his coffee

"oh, wait a minute. The mighty So Yi Jung doesn't send one of his men to get his clay but does it himself?"

Yi Jung smiled and she felt herself go warm all over. Now she was certain she had to see a doctor. What exactly was wrong with her anyway?

"I do it myself Ga Eul-yang, because of the attachment I have with pottery, I always choose my clay myself"

She only nodded in understanding

An hour later, they had headed out of the house. Yi Jung had refused firmly when Ga Eul suggested they ask that Jun Ho guy to drive them there. He had insisted on driving himself and Ga Eul had no further objections

He had felt like strangling his long-time supplier after the latter commented on how beautiful Ga Eul was. He had placed one hand protectively over her shoulder and Ga Eul stiffened a bit but she did not push his hand away.

After their purchase, he had called his house to ask that a driver be sent over, he was amazed at himself when he went out of Ga Eul's earshot just to say that the driver must not be Jun Ho

"so, Ga Eul-yang, shall we stroll for a while? I really do not feel like going home now"

Ga Eul nodded and smiled. He didn't know why Ga Eul's smile had this effect on him. He looked at her angelic face and he just wanted to bend his head lower and capture her_

'aish So Yi Jung, cut it out. Why are you thinking about Ga Eul in this manner? It's obviously because I have been sexually deprived for a while now'

He consoled himself with this thought and smiled back at Ga Eul before taking her hands in his and going off.

He had to admit that he had so much fun with Ga Eul. She had dragged him to different food stalls and he could not help but marvel about how fit she looked despite being such a large eater

"yah, Ga Eu-yang, it's really criminal how you never get fat despite eating so much" he commented unable to keep the thought to himself anymore

She did not get embarrassed as most girls would, rather she laughed and said in between eating her 15th fishcake.

"it's due to years of practice. If you keep practicing with me like this, you would soon become as good as I am"

He had pinched her cheeks and laughed. He also got to learn that Ga Eul had a girly side to her as well. She would make pouty faces as she took selfies when she got to an area with pretty surroundings.

"aish Ga Eul, this is the sixth picture you have taken today" he said pretending to be annoyed but inside, he was just all smiley

"it's because the surroundings are pretty." She retorted

"even I am pretty but you have still not taken a picture with me" he answered

He watched amused as Ga Eul rolled her eyes at his remark

"you are so full of yourself So Yi Jung"

He chuckled and said "I know. So, come on, let's take this picture"

Ga Eul pretended to find it annoying but he watched her smile as she got closer to him. She motioned for him to inch closer and they struck a pose as Ga Eul clicked the phone camera

They enjoyed each other's company so much that they didn't even notice they have been on the move for hours. It was almost late afternoon and they were walking along a lonely street when he suddenly saw Ga Eul face him with a serious expression

Ga Eul had enjoyed every moment with Yi Jung and she was practically floating in the clouds. She had noticed a man tailing them for about an hour now and she looked around them. She noticed another man in black failing miserably to pretend he was watching the flowers.

Ga Eul thought fast about what to do. She decided to lead Yi Jung through this lonely street. At least, she needed some time alone with the enemy to see who exactly she was dealing with. She did not want to alert Yi Jung but she knew she would eventually have to.

She faced him with a serious expression on her face and said "Yi Jung-ah, when I say 'go' you run with me through that bend. When I leave your hand, you should immediately find a place to hide and don't come out unless I say so""

She saw his eyes widen and she knew he wanted to ask why she said that, so she just said

"we are being followed. Do you trust me Yi Jung-ah?"

He nodded slowly and squeezed her hand tighter which made her smile but his next words shocked her

"I won't hide Ga Eul-yang, I won't leave you all by yourself to fight. I would stay and fight with you"

The sincerity in his eyes as he spoke made her heart melt but she knew this wasn't the time for this. She steeled her resolve and said firmly

"don't be so melodramatic, I am your bodyguard not your girlfriend"

She watched as Yi Jung opened and closed his mouth at her statement. She knew her words would leave him lost for words

"so, don't think of me for one second and run ok?"

Yi Jung was still hesitant so she said

"i am not as weak as I look trust me, besides I would buy enough time for Woo Bin's men to catch up with us"

Those words finally seemed to ease him and he smiled and nodded

"be safe Ga Eul-yang" he said in such a tender voice that she just wanted to wrap her arms around him, but instead, she said

"go"

Immediately, they made a run for it and Jong Suk's men seeing that their presence was already known, started hot on their chase.

They got to another bend and Ga Eul gave Yi Jung a signal which he immediately understood and jumped into a nearby empty drum

She felt relief now that he was safe, all that was left to do now is face those bastards. She watched them approach and she smirked

"you all are running towards just one girl, isn't that too pathetic?"

One of the men with a knife scar on his face gave a snort and said

"hey, seems this is the female bodyguard Yi Jung hired. Hey guys, what do you say we teach our little pretty missy a lesson so she would go home and knit wool"

The other dumb heads laughed stupidly with the knife scar man. Ga Eul so badly wanted to bust their faces immediately, but she said

"and who would teach this little missy a lesson, you punks? Let me see you try" she said with a smirk knowing how much her words infuriated the gang

Immediately, one of the men standing beside knife-scar approached her and tried to throw a punch, she ducked grabbed his arm and twisted it behind her. She moved on the next, flipping him over her shoulder while using one of her legs to give one of the other men a kick in the balls.

She grabbed another of the men and punched him hard in the face, one tried to grab a gun and she swiftly broke his arm before punching him in the guts then kicking him towards one of the trash cans.

Yi Jung's heart raced as he watched Ga Eul fight, she did not look like his playful, sweet Ga Eul-yang with the regular bad-ass vibe, she became something else. She looked like she could kill. He watched her dodge punches, throw punches, avoid flying kicks while still delivering a good number of kicks herself. He watched her flip men over her shoulder like pieces of rag cloth.

He had never felt so useless in his life, Ga Eul was fighting to protect him and he just stayed put. He felt annoyed with himself. He knew she received a number of blows herself but there she was, fighting to save him, showing no sign of pain.

He watched her confront the final man left standing, Knife scar, as he called the man in his head. Ga Eul smirked and used her finger to motion the man to bring it on. He was scared, so scared for HIS Ga Eul. Knife scar was pretty good, but Ga Eul was obviously better as she delivered a few good kicks and punches to the man. He winced as he watched the man punch her stomach. Ga Eul staggered back a bit but she lounged at him while grabbing his neck in a choke hold.

He was feeling so happy until he saw one of the men stand up with a knife in his hand, headed towards Ga Eul. His instincts kicked in, his safety be damned, he jumped out of the drum and he ran towards the man. He tackled the guy and Ga Eul's attention turned to him and her hand left Knife scar's neck.

Knife scar took the opportunity to run off. Yi Jung watched her run towards him with a look of concern on her face. She ran towards him and grabbed his hand before running away from the scene.

They ran for a while before Ga Eul left his hand and looked him in the eye accusingly

"you, didn't I say to not come out? What if you got hurt? What would I have done?" she screamed at him

"so, what should I have done? Watch you get stabbed? How would I live with myself after that? If something happened to you what would I have done?" he screamed back, angry that she expected him to just leave her to get hurt

"why would you care if I get hurt or if I die? I am your bodyguard for Christ sake. My job is to be a human body shield to you so why exactly do you care?" she screamed back

"because I love you" he screamed back.

They were both so absorbed in their outburst that they had not noticed the darkening clouds for a while, the heaven's dam opened up and the rain started pouring down.

Ga Eul was still rooted to a spot wide-eyed at Yi Jung's confession. He looked at her and repeated in a much calmer tone

"I love you Ga Eul-yang, so I can't bear to watch you get hurt"

He looked her in the eye as they both stared at each other under the pouring rain.

a/n: so how was it? What do you think of Kim Jong Suk's first attack? So, Yi Jung finally confessed his feelings to Ga Eul, what would happen now? I would also like to thank glorysoeulmates, jayjayzek, angee818323, and all others who have been reviewing. Love you all