On another side of town, Jaehee Kang was rushing quickly to reach an interview she had scheduled in the afternoon as an office worker to a rival company of the one she was currently (forced) to work in.

She decided that since she still wasn't exactly sure on what her "dream job" meant to her wholeheartedly, she first had to get a taste of all kind of different jobs until she figured it out.

And this was a decent start.

During her haste, she was able to stop by a local coffee shop and get her favorite taste in the world: a nice cappuccino.

She allowed herself to sigh blissfully before quickly finishing the wonderful drink and tossing the cup in a trashcan just next to de building she had an appointment with.

"Good..." She smiled softly, satisfied. "I managed to arrive on time."


[ZEN has entered the chatroom]

ZEN: It's always nice to get a new role after a good practice!

ZEN: Guess who's playing Romeo for a Shakespeare play next month?~

[Jaehee Kang has entered the chatroom]

Jaehee: As always, I'm truly happy for you, Zen! You deserve it completely...

Jaehee: I just wish I had the same luck...

ZEN: Eh? Something wrong, Jaehee?

Jaehee: I'm fine, it's just... Um, I wasn't able to get the job for the company I requested.

Jaehee: They said I didn't qualify their standards...

ZEN: What???

ZEN: How could you not meet anybody's standards?! You're Jaehee Kang, for Pete's sake!

Jaehee: They said my resume was too long and complicated... Not to mention, I think they immediately disqualified me as soon as they discovered I worked at C ...

ZEN: Wait wait wait wait

ZEN: Why are you even looking for a job anyways???

ZEN: You already work for the cat jerk??

Jaehee: Well... You see...

Jaehee: I'm quitting my job as Mr. Han's assistant.

ZEN: ...

ZEN: My prayers have been answered!!!

ZEN: Words cannot describe how happy I am for you Jaehee!! You made a good decision.

Jaehee: Haha well... There were various factors that inspired me to finally make a decision. It's been on my mind for a while.

ZEN: Just remember we support you no matter what!

Jaehee: ...Thank you. I seriously appreciate it, but...

ZEN: But??

Jaehee: I'll still have to work for Mr. Han for at least four more months.

ZEN: WHAT!

ZEN: But you quit...!

Jaehee: Mr. Han wants me to train a new intern to replace me as assistant before leaving...

ZEN: That damn jerk!!

ZEN: Of course he'd do something like that!

Jaehee: I can't complain since it was actually written in my contract, I just never realized.

ZEN: Don't worry, Jaehee! Just get that thing with the intern done and that jerk can't do anything to hold you back anymore!

ZEN: You'll finally be free!

Jaehee: ...

Jaehee: I hope so..


Jaehee sent the last text feeling a tinge of doubt. It would be a long time before she could actually consider "freedom from Jumin Han" again.

For now, she should probably concentrate on her especially assigned task of finding a good new assistant for her boss.

She'd have to begin working on it soon enough.

It was early in the evening when the short-haired woman finally arrived to her apartment.

The sky was already dark, not to mention cloudless, and a few stars were twinkling prettily over her head. She tried to admire the view to cheer herself up at least a little.

But after shifting her honey-eyed gaze from the skies to the path in front of her, she couldn't help but gasp.

"M-mr. Han?!" She stuttered in surprise at seeing the tall, raven-haired man standing right in front of her apartment complex.

"What are you doing here?" she questioned, approaching him.

The man cleared his throat quietly before walking closer towards Jaehee, nonchalant as usual.

Jaehee was even more puzzled when he didn't stop until their bodies were less than two steps apart. "I wish to make a one-time offer to you..."

"Huh?" Jaehee tilted her head to the side in confusion at Jumin's strange words.

Jumin took a deep breath again. This was something easy to do. Jaehee was extremely likely to say yes after all, he was one of the most eligible bachelors in all of Korea.

"Will you marry me?" he inquired, just as deadpan as was normal of him.

"..." Indeed, Jaehee couldn't find words to speak in response.

"Pardon?" Was all she was able to utter, head spinning to the point she suspected she was having an hallucination.

"Marry me, Assistant Kang," Jumin repeated, thinking she hadn't heard him the first time.

"..."

Were her ears tricking her? That's the only possible reason she could hear Jumin Han suddenly asking for her hand in marriage out of the complete frigging blue.

But when she kept staring at him with probably the most shocked face she had used in her whole life, she realized that he was serious.

Serious about their "marriage".

He kept staring back at her, almost awkwardly, as if expecting Jaehee to say something coherent of the sort.

Looking at his reaction, something inside Jaehee went off and she immediately burst out laughing, leaving an oblivious Jumin perplexed.