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Stay, Don't Leave This Soon

Ji Ah screamed.

A thudding noise came from upstairs that sounded like someone just fell out of their bed.

But Ji Ah didn't care. She grabbed her pillow, placed it to the back of her head and screamed again into her blanket.

Why would she run into him? Why?! Out of so many people in the world, why him?

"Aish!" She banged her hands on the bed wildly, and when that didn't console her either, she proceeded to throw her pillow at her bathroom's closed door.

Shs inhaled a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. She did it once more.

"Nothing happened." She said out loud.

"I didn't do anything stupid, pathetic, or embarrassing." She said again, seemingly to her blanket, while trying to block the memory of her placing her head on that jerk's chest.

Then she screamed again.

She jumped when someone banged on her door. "Why the hell are you screaming so loud this early in the morning?!" Her landlady shouted through the door. "Your screaming at midnight is enough of a fright for my weak old heart!"

I scream during nightmares? Ji Ah's brows furrowed into a frown.

"I am sorry!" Ji Ah shouted back.

The landlady grumbled something incoherent behind the door, before shuffling away.

Ji Ah fell back in her bed miserably and began whimpering.

After some more moments of lamenting, she looked for her cellphone, and found it in her coat's pocket, on the table.

Mr Seo's message.

"Be at my house after school."

From his brief message, Ji Ah sensed that he was very angry. She felt her heart sink.

She recalled waking up in the car with Ahn Dan Te, then him carrying her to her bed last night. Ji Ah cringed, and grabbed her hair at the scalp, resisting pulling them out.

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Ji Ah came to the school, determined to be indifferent about what happened last night, but she was surpised when Young Do ignored her the whole day.

Kim Tan didn't though; she often sensed him glancing at her in classes or in hallways. Thus, she retired to the library as soon as lectures ended.

Even after the classes ended for the day, Ji Ah stayed in the library to study --which she really wasn't doing.

Ji Ah had never actually seen Mr Seo angry, and now when she had to, she was dreading the meeting. Angry men always scared her.

Her cellphone vibrated on the table, and Ji Ah frowned at Choi Young Do's name on the screen. He was all good the whole day, why would he call now?

"Yeoboseyo." Young Do drawled with aeygyo.

"What?" Ji Ah asked rudely, then faltered when she recieved some looks from around. She began gathering her stuff to leave the library.

"What is this?" Young Do mocked. "You were so sweet, last night."

Ji Ah grimaced, as she paused.

"Why did you call?" She asked coldly.

"I am stuck in a [terrible] dilemma." He didn't sound like it. "I ordered black bean noodles and they accidentally delivered two servings."

"So?" She asked uncertainly, standing up from her spot with her bag in one hand, to start out of the library.

"Come, eat with me."

Ji Ah stopped, frowning. What was this guy? She couldn't understand him at all. "You have gone crazy?" She asked.

"You know Zeus Hotel. It's my second home because my Abeoji owns it. I will be waiting in Yeojingu branch, room no. 17."

Ji Ah removed the phone from her ear and stared at it in disbelief. Did he actually think she would go to his hotel room to eat with him? Just because he was rich? The idea of just eating with him was disturbing enough.

It almost hurt.

"Go to hell. I will not come." Ji Ah muttered, venom dripping from each syllable, and hurried out of the library because the librarian was shooting daggers at her.

Young Do chuckled devilishly. "You will have to." He said. "Moon Joon Young will be there soon. I told him if he can make you come to the hotel, then I would take back the lawsuit."

Ji Ah halted in the hall. How could he do that? It felt like he was playing with them.

"Do you know are a total jerk?" She scowled.

Young Do laughed shamelessly on the other side. Joon Young entered the hall at that moment and their eyes met. Ji Ah ended the call instantly.

Death was written all over Joon Young's face. She looked away, feeling indignant. She didn't want to go there.

"I am sorry." Joon Young croaked. "I am really sorry."

Ji Ah looked back at him, and the helpless look into his eyes melted her.

She sighed.

"Araso, I will go there." She said bitterly. "But keep in mind that, that jerk isn't going to take back the lawsuit. He is just playing with us."

As she walked to the Zeus Hotel, Ji Ah told herself this was the last time she was doing something like this to help someone.

Zeus Hotel was a bit far from the school and her legs were aching by the time she arrived there. She jabbed a slender finger at the bell beside the room no.17's door. It opened almost instantly, as if he had been waiting eagerly for her.

He looked smug, as he grinned down at her. "What took you so long? Noodles are all soggy, now."

Ji Ah gave him a coldlook. "I don't mind going back."

"Ani, come in." With an amused smile, he stepped aside to give her way.

Ji Ah walked in stiffly.

Ji Ah was not surpised in the least at thr amplness of the lush room. Her eyes quickly skimmed over the room with little interest, before settling on the two bowls of noodles placed on a table, in the middle of two chairs.

Young Do took a seat on one, and gestured for her to sit across from him. Ji Ah felt somewhat abashed, as she took off her bag and sat down on the chair. Once again, she had ended up at a place she didn't want to be.

He picked up his chopsticks, and began eating the noodles. Ji Ah scorned at him silently: he was so carefree and unperturbed.

Young Do looked at her after a few moments. "They are not that soggy." He joked, motioning towards her noodle bowl.

"I am not hungry."

Young Do leaned back in his seat, leaving his chopsticks in the bowl, and wiped at his mouth with a few napkins.

"Then when will you be hungry?" He smiled flirtatiously. "We can have noodles then."

It irked her everytime he spoke like that.

"Why are you doing this?"

"What?" Young Do arched his eyebrows.

"You will not take back the lawsuit, then why are you playing with us?" She said calmly, inspite of the resentment she felt. Ji Ah saw him turning annoyed at her words.

"Who said I will not?" He asked.

Ji Ah frowned, floundering for a moment. "Then you will take back the lawsuit?"

"Eo." He tilted his head and lifted a brow.

"Why?" It didn't make sense.

"Because you came." Young Do replied smoothly.

Ji Ah shut her mouth, suddenly feeling uneasy.

"You are weird." She stated stiffly, just because she wanted to escape the uneasiness. He was trying to play games with her, but she was not going to fall for them.

Young Do looked amused at her remark.

"You called me a weirdo last night too." He reminded her.

Ji Ah fidgeted uncomfortably in her seat. "I didn't say anything wrong." She tried to sound confident, but ended up sounding desperate.

"Aishh, you are hurting my heart." He scoffed, though his eyes were twinkling with mischieve.

"Why did you call me here?"

"To have noodles with you." He said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, as he grabbed his chopsticks again. "You remember, you said we will eat noodles sometime together."

Ji Ah grimaced. Why was he reminding her about all the embarassing things?

"Choi Young Do!" She said, exasperated. She was tired, and she had to walk to Mr Seo's house too after this. She didn't have strength for this.

Young Do looked up from his noodle bowl, and dropped his chopsticks again. His face turned stony.

"Araso," He said, irritation slipping into his tone. "Kim Tan and you, did you two have something in America?"

Ji Ah opened and closed her mouth, apparently taken aback.

"This is what it was all about?" She asked. "You know you are really childish!"

"Do you want to see me turn manly?" He said huskily, a disconcerting stroke to his voice, that frightened Ji Ah at once, causing her heart to flail in her chest.

She clenched her hands, while still trying to keep her composure.

"If you have a problem with Kim Tan, then go fight with him. Why are you dragging me into this?" She said and stood up, grabbing her bag. "I am going now."

She had barely taken a few steps away from him, when his deep voice startled her. "Do your grandparents still not accept your parents marriage?"

Ji Ah stopped dead.

She slowly turned around to fix him with a blank look. He was leaning back in his seat, his arms crossed across his broad chest arrogantly, with a sly arched brow and a slight tight lipped smile.

How would he know? She thought with growing horror. Did Ahn Dan Te tell him something?

"Are you here alone to win your grandparents' hearts?" He looked immensely smug, as he spoke. "That must be why you don't have your parents' cellphone number in your contact list."

Ji Ah blinked at him, confused momentarily. He seemed to have wrong information. Relief flooded inside her instantly, calming her ruffled heart. It seemed like he was just trying to make her stop from going What a scumbag!

She swallowed before speaking. "My family life is none of you business."

He scoffed at her, as he unfolded his arms and moved around the table to step closer to her. Ji Ah resisted the urge to step back.

"It is. You have lied to everyone." He tucked his hands into his trousers pockets arrogantly, standing in front of her. "First, you hid your social care status, then you hid your family background."

"What's your problem?" Ji Ah asked wildly, despite the fact that he was unnerving her with the way he towered over her.

"What's my problem?" He mocked. "I am just trying to bring out the truth."

She scowled at him.

"Do your grandparents not accept you as their granddaughter?" He furrowed his brows thoughtfully, then continued in a derisive tone, as Ji Ah pinned him with a death glare. "It didn't even hit the news when you came to Seoul. The only granddaughter of Seo Hyun Ju and Seo Dae Hee should have made it to the news quite easily, but no one even knows that a granddaughter even exists."

Ji Ah suddenly realised that this version of the story was just perfect. Even if he revealed it at school or anywhere, it was harmless to her. This was a satisfying enough story, and no one would question her about working parttime jobs or living in a small apartment, away from her family.

Who could even imagine the real bizarre truth behind everything, anyway?

But she would rather that he wouldn't reveal it. It would undoubtedly create new problems and raise questions. She didn't want to trouble Mr Seo more, or increase Halmeonim or Halbeonim's hatred towards her.

"Leave me alone." She uttered, while neither denying anything, nor confirming.

Something changed in Young Do's gaze, as he took one more step closer.

"I don't want to."

Ji Ah's heart thumped uncomfortably, but she stayed still in her place.

He suddeny straightened his back, and clapped his hands together enthusiastically. "I wonder what media's reaction would be like, if they found out this crispy news. 'Seo family's only granddaughter working 5500 wons per hour jobs after having been disowned by her rich grandparents!'" He said as though reading a newspaper's headline.

Ji Ah was perturbed by his volatile behavior. His expressions and moods changed so abruptly and in such a baffling manner.

She also didn't like the sound of 'disowned granddaughter'. It may give make Young Do think she was all alone here.

She considered telling him that she worked parttime jobs because she wanted to learn what a poor person's life was like, just like Mr Seo had told her to. But it sounded absurd even to herself.

"It's 5200 won, not 5500 won." She corrected him. "Do whatever you want with this crispy news. I have to go somewhere."

Ji Ah thought she made it clear that she wouldn't be blackmailed by him in any way

He raised his eyebrows at her, as Ji Ah turned around and stalked to the door, while wriggling on her bag.

Young Do's smug voice followed her to the door. "To where? Work?"

Ji Ah paused in front of the closed door with her hand wrapped around the door knob. She realised he was trying to insult her. Wasn't reminding her that she worked 5200 wons an hour enough?

She twisted around and gave him a resolute, almost proud look. "Eo!"

His expressions wavered, but Ji Ah barely noticed. She had turned her back to him, to wrench open the door angrily.

There she received another shock.

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