Mr. Lee

13

Jaeje most definitely did not get enough sleep last night to wake up so early in the morning, she would have gone back to sleep but then realized she still had to go through the presentation once again with Heeseung, much to her dismay. 

After getting ready, she excused herself and went downstairs to get herself some Hot chocolate, deciding the hot drink would drive all the sleep out of her. 

"Morning to you" Heeseung voice sounded out as she stepped into the kitchen, noticing some of the others appearing to be making breakfast.

"Morning" she said to all of them, going to get the hot chocolate mix from one of the cabinets. 

"Don't bother" Heeseung said as he snatched the box from her hand and placed it back in the cabinet, handing her a cup already filled with the warm drink. 

"Why?" she questioned, taking a small sip to see how it tastes, and would not admit it was delicious. 

"You have it every morning when you go to get my coffee, I figured you wouldn't want to break the streak" He answered  

"It could use some work" she advised stubbornly.

"Just accept it's good" he told her smugly, having noticed how her face lit up the first time, feeling proud of himself.

"Don't accept anything, it'll only boost his ego" Jake said from his assigned station.

"Appreciate the hard work he put into it though, he made it 4 times until he deemed it good enough" Sunoo teased, earning a sneaker from Ni-Ki.

"Thank you for the drink, now can I show you the presentation before you go back into the land of self-centeredness?" she asks, receiving an eye roll.

"Lead the way" he mock bowed, following her out of the kitchen.

"Let's do this at the pool" he said, holding her shoulders to walk her towards the direction of the pool.

"Of course" she sighed and took a sit, opening up her laptop.

She went on to give him the details and run through anything that he may want to change last minute, and even though he would have preferred doing something else with her by the pool, he did pitch in his thoughts where he saw fit too until they were disturbed by none other than Hyejin calling them in to eat.

After an eventful breakfast they headed out towards their location and got on with their purpose of being in the beautiful town. 

Before Jaeje could process everything that happened, the meeting was all done with and it was time to head out, she just really wanted to get back in bed and sleep the rest of the day away, and maybe have something to eat seeing as she was running on hot chocolate and some light breakfast.

"Let's have a swim when we get back" she heard someone whisper and was immediately met with Heeseung towering over her. 

"I want to eat and then sleep the rest of the day away, and then me and Hyejin are heading out with that friend you guys mentioned to tour the city tomorrow, so I'll be busy" Jaeje gave her excuses, not in the mood to entertain the man's antics. 

"Oh please, everyone will be out and it'll be just us" Heeseung told her and she turned towards him confused, at this point everyone else was walking in front of them and Jaeje was happy she didn't have to whisper her words.

"Where the hell is everyone going? and Hyejin too?" she asked him, wondering if he was giving her faux reasons.

"The boys want to go shopping and Jay is taking your friend to meet another colleague for a lunch meeting" the more he spoke, the more Jaeje felt the need to deny the invitation. 

"I would hardly take a swim with you when the others are around, what would make me agree if we were the only two around?" she asked, actually impatient to hear what he would say in reply. 

"You practically said that you had nothing to do with the rest of your day and that you didn't feel like leaving the house, please? I'll even recommend some beautiful places you might not already have, I'll even stay on the opposite side of the pool to make you feel more comfortable" he pleaded, actually wanting to do something with the girl that wasn't work related, he had craved a non-professional moment between the two since she had agreed to stay and he wasn't going to waste his chance of coming to Daegu. 

"Fine fine, I have nothing to do anyway, but one touch and I'm out" she warned and he nodded happily.

"One non-consensual touch and you can ignore me for the rest of this trip" he agreed and she knew she would instantly regret her choice; she should get better at saying no to someone as persistent as him. 

"See doesn't that feel good?" he asked once she had finally gotten in and she really had to admit that it was, she felt all the stress that had been weighing her down ease out of her and she let out a long sigh.

"Nice bathing suit by the way" he complimented and she gave him a glare, she was in a red once piece and Heeseung thought he had brought this upon himself. 

"Swim over there, I'll swim here" she ordered and he immediately complied, not wanting to spoil the chance he finally got. 

He had put on some music and let himself float for a while, while she played in the water, which she seemed to prefer than actually swimming, but then who was he to say anything. 

"Tell me something" he said as the playlist finally ended, leaving them in silence. 

"What?" she questioned, actually in a good mood from the cold water. 

"If he you hadn't seen me with that girl that day, would you have agreed to go out with me?' he asked and she didn't really need to ponder on the question. 

"Yeah, I would have" she replies and he actually looks surprised. 

"When I first saw you, I thought you were really handsome and had such a welcoming personality, maybe I got into my head a little bit and thought I could have my fantasy moment, and when I tell you I was so wrong" she laughed as he processed her explanation.

He then swam towards her side and she immediately held up her hand. 

"Don't move any further, at the end of the day I did see you with that girl and it did change all of my thoughts" she finished. 

"Did it?" he questioned, but didn't move.

"Yes." she said with finality and went to move to a different corner when she suddenly started screaming. In panic, he rushed towards her and she didn't hesitate to jump on him, finding herself being held in a bridal position. 

"There's something in the water, get me out!" she exclaimed fearfully and he took a look for himself, laughing at what he found. 

"It's only a tiny branch that fell in" he told her and saw her face morph into one of embarrassment.

"Oh, sorry" she apologized, pouting at her outburst before she realized their current position and how close their faces were, heart starting to race, from what, she couldn't answer. 

"Put me down" she told him, but didn't bother to move. 

"Okay" he answered, but made no move to do so. She gulped, sensing where this was going. 

"I'm serious" she told him again, knowing she was seconds away from fucking up big time. 

"I've learnt my lesson from kissing you without your permission, so I'll just tell you now, that you are different from the others, and I don't mean that you're the first one to reject me, trust me you're not, but I can at least promise you that I'll get a consensual kiss from you one day, trust me on that" 

And he let her go.