Pampering My Cute Pet | LK

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Lisa giggled as she scrolled through the comments. Abuse? Ridiculous– Did she really come off as someone that weak?

She wondered if Jungkook would retweet her post. A comment was the very least he could do, right? Yet, there was nothing from him even after she had finished showering. "He probably just haven't had the chance to see it..." Lisa comforted herself.

Lisa didn't have much to do the next day. She stayed at the hotel for the entire morning and afternoon before one of the crew supervisors suddenly gave her a call. She was told to visit the set; there were emergency changes that they needed to make during the film session at night.

Just as she stepped out the door, she received a text message: [Dinner, come at seven.]

Lisa looked at the time and replied: [They need me at the set... Something about script changes.]

[I told them to do that. There's nothing wrong with the script.]

Lisa was shocked: [Wow, really? That's just abusing your power. Do you really need an excuse for me to bring you food?]

No reply came, yet she could clearly see the stony expression that he always had in her mind.

Lisa turned around and made sure his door key was in her purse before heading to his room.

She arrived at the set at six-thirty and planned to have Jungkook's assistant collect the food she had assorted neatly in tupperware. The set was as busy as a beehive. Lisa saw Jungkook dressed casually and sitting in front of a computer. It was the first time she saw him in action as a director; his undivided attention to his work was clear in his eyes. However, he wasn't that much different from usual, if not a tad more serious.

Lisa then turned her view to the actors. They were suspended on various wires and fitted with gadgets from head to toe against a green screen. It took a long time for her to figure out which scene they were filming– the CGI team had never seemed more important than now.

"Cut," Lisa heard Jungkook shout into a walkie-talkie. He called an actor's name, who hurried over immediately.

The female actor's name was Eunji, and her role was a policewoman. "Director, how did I do?" The actors had already done seven takes, and some of them were starting to look a bit irked.

Jungkook looked up. "What do you think?"

Eunji stood awkwardly.

He furrowed his brows. "Eunji, you're a policewoman, not a plastic doll. Officers aren't coquettes. What were you doing?"

Eunji's expression quickly dampened. "Director, I wasn't actually trying to do that... And, police officers don't have to be that serious, y'know."

Any man would have balked at her beauty and pout. On the other hand, anyone who had worked with Jungkook before would know that such tactics would be rendered utterly useless against him.

Jungkook chuckled coldly. "It's true that not all police are serious. However, seriousness is what this character needs. If you can't create what I have in mind, I wouldn't mind if you switch to a different role."

"..."

Lisa clucked her tongue quietly. She'd heard countless times that Jungkook was strict with his work and that he never held back on his words... The rumors were all true. Although, she could understand him. The characters were brought to life under her pen; having the actors duplicate that same, exact essence was nothing more she could wish for.

"What are you still standing here for? Go practice for a bit before we do the next take, or else..." Before he could finish, Eunji immediately cried, "I can do it, Director. I'll get it down, I promise." This role wasn't hard to come by. She couldn't afford to lose it!