JUST LIE TO ME

07. The Plot

HAN'S Mansion | Seoul, South Korea| 17th October 2019 | 2:15 PM

It has been three agonizing days since that incident before Chanyeol amassed enough courage to call Seojin earlier to ask for them to meet and talk which he was surprised she agreed to.  

Their team was already arranging the announcement that will be released later today. He just has to rectify things with Seojin recalling how Seowoon almost beat the shit out of him after that night.

He parked his car outside Seojin's house and stayed inside after turning off his engine, he can't quite make up what he was feeling right now but it was somewhere between being confused and anxious and he was not enjoying it all.

Chanyeol trailed the lengthy pathway to the rear of the mansion where he finds Seojin sitting prettily on their grand backyard porch. She was wearing a flowy blush pink maxi dress with her jet black hair draping down on her back.

"Seojin." he mumbled her name in a faint tone then closer to where the young lady is resting.

Seojin just blew out some air after glimpsing on Chanyeol. She knew they would have to clear a huge gray area between them and for their plan to be successful, they both have to clarify everything in between, and right now was the best time to do it.

She hated him to bits and pieces but it would always boil down to one common denominator - their family is in debt with the Parks and whether she like it or not, they would have to sort things out.

"I'm sorry." he whispered still keeping his eyes darted on Seojin.

"Sorry for what exactly, Park Chanyeol?" she inquired nonchalantly while pointing on the chair across her prompting the tall man to take a seat.

"For everything, for making you feel as if I am controlling you - I am not. I didn't mean to overreact, I think I was just bothered that you might change your mind when we are already fixed with a concrete plan. You know our Dad's specifically Chairman Han. He wouldn't be happy about it." Chanyeol explained with a calm voice.

"I know and I'd be lying if I say that I didn't think of escaping - I thought of doing it like a gazillion times." Seojin smirked and tilt her head down contemplating if she should tell him all this. 

"Don't get me wrong, I am grateful that you are helping us it's just that - I was wondering if we can make this thing a little less depressing. I mean our situation is already so fucked up and it's not helping at all when we are always trying to bring out the worst on each other - one year is not a short time Chanyeol and if we would be staying together that long as husband and wife, why not make it less burdensome and stressful." Seojin suggested while maintaining her eye contact with Chanyeol.

"How? When you absolutely despise me?" he asked donning a rather worried cast.

"I do hate you but you were someone I use to adore so much and I think that's kinda helping me out to regard your presence as tolerable." Seojin returned flatly, she felt quite embarrassed to admit it but that was the truth.

Chanyeol felt that weird tugging pain on his chest upon hearing those words from the childhood friend. It's not as if he was expecting her to feel the same way five years and he knows that no explanations can justify what he did to her.

"We can also start by crossing out some names. Yoon Taehee? You don't need to tell me who she is - I know. Can you just make sure that she's not going to be a problem and that she'll keep her distance from me?" she warned in a harsh mood.

"What about her? What did she do to you?" he interrogated, both his eyebrows were creasing eager to know what happened between Seojin and Taehee.

"Well, your little girlfriend is working on the same company as I am and she utterly hates me. Kindly explain to her that I mean no harm at all, we just need to do this for a year anyway - I don't want to beat the shit out of her as she seems to purposely annoy me." the young lady asserted then took a sip on her Iced Americano.