Hello Everybody!

I am really glad you are enjoying the story so much. As you can see it's sort of developing into a story about Yi Jung and Ga Eul but also Woo Bin and Jae Kyung. I think it makes it more interesting with more than one couple but no worries obviously it's primarily about Yi Jung and Ga Eul. Get ready for some exciting chapters to come! Enjoy and please review! Thanks!

Chapter 10: Dinner Party

Ga Eul could not think about the night to come. She did not even know if she should keep up this charade with Woo Bin. She sort of had to for this party anyways because the only reason she was really invited was because she was Woo Bin's "girlfriend". Oh and how could she forget, she was now Akiko's friend. Ugh she thought, she so desperately did not want seeing her with Yi Jung not to bother her but I did. She did not even know why she freaked out over them doing whatever they did. She always knew that he did those things but she had never been face to face with one and especially after she and Yi Jung almost did the same thing.

She stood up from lying in bed and decided to get ready considering it was half an hour until the party. She finished her black eye liner and shimmer and proceeded to slip on her Grecian cut green dress. It trailed behind her as she went to her mirror. The dress was strapless with a sweetheart neckline and had a tight bodice that expanded into flowing fabric past her waist.

Ga Eul pulled her curly hair up in a high pony tail with a few loose stands around her face. She took her black clutch and headed down stairs when she heard her doorbell and looked over at the clock which red 6:00pm.

She put on her black pumps and opened the door to see Woo Bin in his black and blue suit.

"Hey" she said.

"Hi, you ready?" he asked.

"Yeah, let's go" she said closing the door behind her.

The car ride was silent for a while. Ga Eul looked out the window at the passing lights on the road and she took a deep breath.

"Hey, you okay?" Woo Bin asked looking over at her.

"Yeah, fine" she lied but forced a smile.

"I don't believe you" he said looking at the road.

"You were wrong" she said sadly.

"About what?" he asked confused.

"About everything, Yi Jung's and how he felt" she said.

"What happen?" he asked breathing out wondering what that boy had done now.

"I had to spend the day with Akiko and she apparently now think that we are best friends and she felt the need to tell me her life. She said that when she was in Japan she apparently was some sort of girl that got around but her father wanted her to settle down so he wanted her with Yi Jung and as soon as she saw him she knew she had to have him like he was some sort of accessory" she said laughing at the end.

Woo Bin laughed to but he asked,

"And?"

"And" she said releasing a breath, "Apparently that night that they had dinner with their parents, their night did not end there if you get what I mean" she said not wanting to say it.

Woo Bin did not say anything so she kept going,

"So I went to his office and when I told him why he did not do the same with me the other night and he did not answer nor did he deny the whole Akiko thing so I guess you were wrong and I guess I was just silly for thinking that he would change or even feel anything for me after all these years" she said as they pulled into Yi Jung's house.

"Hey" Woo Bin said, "Keep your head up, I am right here".

"Thanks" she smiled before he got out of the car to open her door.

I am definitely going to have a talk with this boy Woo Bin thought. It's like he forgot our conversation.

They stepped inside the house as they were greeting by the maid in the house. Yi Jung's mother emerged from the waiting room and greeted them.

"Hello Woo Bin and Ga Eul" she said smiling dressed in a classic black gown.

"Hello Madam" Woo Bin said smiling, "You look wonderful tonight".

"Oh how great you are" she said, "Your mother would be proud".

Woo Bin cleared his throat and looked down. Ga Eul looked over at him and frowned. She had never seen him that upset over one mention of something. She wondered what had happen to his mother but was interrupted by Akiko coming down the stairs with a bright blue dress on.

"Oh my God, Ga Eul you are here!" she almost yelled.

"Hello" Ga Eul said smiling.

"You have to come meet my parents" Akiko said grabbing Ga Eul's hand and taking her to the other room.

Ga Eul entered the other room and noticed Jan Di, Jun Pyo, and Ji Hoo were already there so she smiled in their direction. Akiko finally let go of her arm said,

"Daddy, this is Ga Eul, one of my really great friends here".

"Nice to meet you sir" Ga Eul said smiling.

"The pleasure is all mine" he said shaking her hand, "I am Mr. Kye and I appreciate that you have made my daughter feel so welcome here".

"Oh, it's no problem" she smiled, "So how do you like Korea so far?"

"Actually I am from here but I moved to Japan when I was about your age with business so it's good to be back here for a while" Mr. Kye said.

"That's wonderful" Ga Eul said smiling.

"Yi Jung, come over here" Mr. Kye said noticing him coming into the room.

Ga Eul turned to see him standing by the door. He did not take his eyes off Ga Eul as her walked over to greet Mr. Kye.

"I was just expressing how grateful I am that Miss Ga Eul here has been so great to our Akiko" Mr. Kye explained.

"Yeah, she is wonderful" Yi Jung said looking at Ga Eul but she looked away. Ga Eul noticed there were some other people at the dinner party consisting of Akiko's friends and family from Japan. Woo Bin walked over to Ga Eul's side and said,

Hello Mt. Kye, I am Woo Bin" as he firmly shook his hand.

"Pleased to meet you Woo Bin" Mr. Kye said looking at him strangely.

"Everybody, shall we proceed to dinner?" Madam said leading everybody to the dining room which was equipped with a very long dining table decorated with stylish settings and elegant plates and large wine glasses. As they all took their seats, Woo Bin noticed the chair to his right was empty.

"Madam, are you expecting anybody else?" he asked politely.

"Yes, indeed I am but this girl always runs late" Madam said laughing.

They all got settled as the wine was being served and the doorbell rang.

"Ah, that must be her now" Madam said, "Woo Bin would you be a darling and lead her to the dining room?"

"Of course" he said standing and heading for the door.

He reached the door and opened it to see Jae Kyung standing in front of him. Her curly long hair swept to one side and her long red gown blowing in the wind. She looked up to see him and she did not know what to say considering what they had just done before the party. He swallowed and cleared his throat noticing the slit on her dress was a little too high for his self – control.

"Well can I come in?" she asked jokingly.

"Of course" he said stepping aside and allowing her to come in. He took a deep breath and closed the door.

"Why are you answering the door?" she asked, "Have you got a new job as maid?"

"Very funny" he said smiling a little, "I just thought I should be a gentleman".

She huffed and said,

"Yeah okay now lead me to the party; I am late as it is".

He wanted to say it was not his fault but it might have been because she left his house pretty late so instead he just led her to the table.

"Finally you are here" Madam said seeing that Jae Kyung entered the room.

"Yes, hello I am sorry, umm, there was traffic" she said but glanced at Woo Bin quickly.

He held the chair out for her and took a seat himself once she was seated.

Dinner passed by slower than a turtle in a race. Ga Eul glanced at the clock on the wall and only one hour had gone by. She sat across from Yi Jung and Akiko and Akiko was more annoying than ever; she kept leaning on his arm. Ga Eul barely touched her food, seeing them made her appetite go away.

Yi Jung looked across the table at Ga Eul and his heart felt tight in his chest. She looked so sad and he knew it was because of him and this sticky situation he was in. He wanted so badly to tell her that he loved her with all that was left of his heart but he wanted to protect her especially from Mr. Kye. If what Woo Bin said was true which he was pretty sure it was dealing with mobs was not something he wanted to include her in. He would die if anything happened to her because of him.

Woo Bin could not stop looking at Jae Kyung; she looked beautiful in that red dress. He wanted to take her back to his house and finish what they started earlier. He slightly shook his head trying to not think of something else. He felt his phone go off in his pocket and he excused himself from the table and went outside.

"Hello" he answered.

"Yeah hey boss" his head of security, Marco said, "I looked into those letters you asked and I have an answer for you".

"Excellent, what did you find?"

"Apparently the JK group pulled out of a last minute deal with a huge manufacturing company in China" he said.

"So? What was the big deal about this company or deal?" Woo Bin said.

"Well, this manufacturing company was pretty much depending on this deal because they would go under without them and when the JK group pulled out they - "

"They went out of business" Woo Bin said finishing his sentence.

"Not exactly" Marco said.

"What do you mean?" Woo Bin asked.

"When JK group pulled out, the Chinese company made another deal with a Chinese superpower so they are doing more than okay now" he said.

"Okay so what is with these letters if they are doing fine?" Woo Bin asked.

"When the deal was made so was a marital arrangement for the Miss Jae Kyung to the Mister Qiang Lee, the son of the CEO of the Chinese manufacturing company, so when the deal ended so did the engagement between the two about six months ago".

"And how long was this engagement of theirs?" Woo Bin said feeling his anger rising.

"About two years but it was not without its scandals" Marco explained.

"What kind?"

"I got information from one of my contacts in the tabloids in China and they said their engagement went from the fairy tale editions to the rumors that he was with other women and records were leaked that he had a violent past but it was never confirmed weather he did anything of that sort. None of the information was released on tabloids because they had some powerful friends in the government that helped them stay out of the news."

"What kind of a violent past?" Woo Bin asked.

"Let's just say that he does not have the same respect for women that you do" Marco said.

Woo Bin was silent for a couple of seconds trying to contain his want to kill this Qiang Lee.

"Sir?" he heard from his phone.

"Yeah sorry I am still here. So do you think that it's just this Lee character sending these letters to her and it really has nothing to do with the company?" Woo Bin asked.

"Well of course the company is bitter about the deal falling through but I think they got over it once they found another way to save themselves from going down but they say that Lee never got over the engagement being over so in my opinion it's just him or whoever is working for him".

"Alright, do me a favor and find this Mr. Lee, where he is right now and then we can see what we will do and also get me a picture of him, I want to see what he looks like just incase" Woo Bin said.

"Right away" Marco said.

"Thanks, I will see you later" Woo Bin said before hanging up the phone.

He took a deep breath, he knew Jae Kyung had a lot of explaining to do but he certainly did not like the feeling of Lee being around here somewhere.

Woo Bin stepped back inside and noticed that he had been outside for some time since the dessert was being served.

"Woo Bin, where have you been?" Madam asked.

"I am sorry, business calls" he smiled and took his seat in between Jae Kyung and Ga Eul.

"Always working" she said shaking her head.

They soon finished dessert and took their glasses of wine to the large patio outside as everybody talked to somebody different.

Ga Eul quietly told Jan Di what happen between her and Yi Jung at her house and at his office.

"Oh My God!" Jan Di whispered loudly, "Ga Eul! You little naughty girl"

"Hush" Ga Eul said looking around, "Besides it does not matter because clearly he does not realize or does not even care".

"Will you stop thinking stupid things" Jan Di said, "Don't you get it, he would have had sex with you even if you were okay looking which you are not because you are beautiful especially in that dress you wore that night. He loves you and I think he does realize it, it's just a weird situation right now and I don't know why but I have a feeling this sketchy museum deal has something to do with it".

"What do you mean?"

"Apparently their parents are making a partnership with her father's construction company and his mother wants to build museum around the world so yeah" Jan Di said explaining.

"That is even worse! I don't want him to risk his museum for me" Ga Eul said sadly.

"Well it's his decision and if he wants you more than his work then you will know which I am sure is the case anyways" Jan Di smiled.

"Ugh, I don't even know anymore" Ga Eul said taking the last sip of her wine, "I will be back, I have to get some more wine".

Ga Eul went into the kitchen with her empty glass in hand but stopped short when she saw Yi Jung standing there. He looked up when she walked in and smiled.

"Hey" she said placing her glass on the counter.

"You aren't mad at me anymore?" he asked.

"No, I was never mad at you, I was mad at myself for believing that…. You know what, it's not even worth talking about, it's passed now" she said.

"What's passed? You don't have feelings for me anymore?" he asked and she froze half way to filling her glass. He had not asked her that and they had not talked about that since a couple of years ago.

"Why does it matter what I feel or felt, you never felt the same so I guess it's finally time to move on" she said giving him a general answer.

He stood there for a minute and then he walked up to her and grabbed her arm dragging her into the pantry closet and closing the door behind him and turning the light on.

"What are you doing?" she asked crossing her arms in from of her.

"I want to talk privately" he simply said.

"And the pantry was the first thing that come to mind?" she asked sarcastically.

"Listen to me" he said firmly, "I don't know what Akiko was talking about when she told you that we did whatever she thinks we did. That night consisted of dinner with our parents and I actually left before we even had dessert".

"You expect me to believe you?" she asked.

"No, I know that my word does not mean much because I know what I used to do. I did not forget how my life was but things are complicated now and that's why I could not explain it to you when you come to my office" he said and she did not say anything mostly because she was surprised at his honesty.

"The only reason I am with her now is because of some complications with my mother" he said.

"I know it has to do with your museum and you can't give that up because of some stupid crush" she said dropping her hands down.

"When you left to go to the United States, I begged Woo Bin to look for you, I felt alone even when I was surrounded by people. I tried to go and do my usual night life style but I would return home alone and upset that you were not there. I wanted to kill Woo Bin at the museum opening, he has been like a brother to me since we were five and I would have hurt him even more just because you were on his arm. The museum does not matter. The museum did not make me feel whole when you were gone. It breaks my heart to see you upset because I know it's because of me and I want nothing more than to make you smile. I can live without the museum but I can't live without you" he said taking a deep breath.

She looked at him for a good five minutes without saying anything. She did not know what to say, she had wanted him to say those words to her for the longest time and never thought about what she would say if he ever did say something.

"So what now?" she asked.

"I don't know but I will figure it out" he said moving closer to her until her back was against the wall. He leaned in and kissed her lips. He ran his hands from her neck down to her waist and pushed his body into hers. His tongue explored her mouth and their kiss deepened as Ga Eul pulled him closer by his tie and messed up his hair. It was not like their previous kisses; this one was on fire, there were no barriers between them. He had expressed his feelings and now he would make her his. They came up for a breath but Yi Jung gently continued savoring her lips with his just before there was a knock on the door.

Yi Jung stepped back and smiled before he turned around to open the door. One of maids greeted him and he sent her away before he let Ga Eul come out of the pantry room.

Ga Eul went back to the party with after filling her glass of wine. She did not know what to do with herself. She was ecstatic that Yi Jung finally said what she wanted him to say all these years but it was not going to be easy to end up together between him mother, the museum and Akiko. She walked over to Jan Di and the guys and they were talking for a while.

"Oh My God! Yes!" they heard Akiko on the phone before she hung up.

"Sweet heart" her mother said, "Who were you speaking to?"

"You know how I invited my friend, the one that was super nice to me when I was abroad, well he is outside right now, he wanted to come and say hello" Akiko said excitedly before she ran to the front of the house to answer the door.

"Seriously, this girl needs some medication" Jun Pyo whispered.

"Be nice" Jan Di said punching him in the arm.

"She is a little too out there for my taste" Jae Kyung said laughing.

"See, even monkey hates her" Jun Pyo said.

"Okay I know what the deciding factor can be here" Woo Bin said and they all looked at him and he continued, "Ji Hoo what do you think of her?"

They all turned to Ji Hoo and he smiled.

"Well, she is a little too much for my liking" he said.

"It's official" Jun Pyo said, "She is annoying". They all laughed out loud but Jae Kyung tuned to face Woo Bin right when Akiko came back to the patio with her friend.

"You okay?" he asked noticing she had stopped laughing and turned her back to where Akiko had entered.

"Umm, can you please take me home?" she asked.

"Why? Where is your car?" he asked.

"Woo Bin, please, now" she said looking up at him. He saw the slightest glimpse of fear in her eyes so he nodded.

"Ji Hoo, please take Ga Eul home, I have to go" he said.

"Hey, it everything okay?" Jun Pyo asked.

"Yeah, I will call you guys tomorrow" he said before leading Jae Kyung to his car, slipping unnoticed past the party in the patio.

He helped her into his car and swiftly go into his driver's seat and drove away.

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