The Assistant -LeeKnow

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Chai tea. Hmm. A chai tea latte. Naeun really wanted a chai tea latte. The urge was overwhelming as she stepped out of the office building on her lunch break. Starbucks was just down the street and she could easily walk there. She wasn't sure what she wanted to eat for lunch, but she was sure on her life that she needed to get herself a chai tea latte before she exploded.

She'd been in and out of meetings all day long with her boss, who pretty much kept her around to be his lackey-bitch on most days. But the pay was fantastic – something she could not argue with. Who knew she would ever stay in that line of work? Not her, that's for sure. And now she was assistant to one of the top executives in a journalist firm . What did she know about journalism anyway? Not a whole lot, but she wasn't hired for her knowledge of the writing and all that . She was hired because she could take orders well. She kept the smile on her face even when she wanted to take a machete to her bosses head. Perfectly poised Naeun. And she would stay that way unless she couldn't get her fucking chai tea latte.

Naeun's feet moved a little bit faster once she saw the famous coffeehouse in the distance. When she stepped foot inside, she was relieved to find that the line was not very long and she was helped in no time. The moment she wrapped her hands around her drink, she was set. She got what she came for and now she needed to set out on the task of finding something to eat for lunch.

As she spun on her heels to head for the door, she was stunned into place as her eyes blazed into a set of eyes that she never in her life thought she'd ever look into again. The shock she felt almost caused her to drop her precious chai tea latte to the floor, but she gripped onto it at the last second, avoiding a disaster.

"Naeun," he breathed, his voice still low and sexy, his eyes wide with the same feelings of shock and awe that she was feeling.

"Lee Know," she choked out helplessly.

"Oh my god," he said as his whole face livened up. Naeun was left completely speechless by his presence.

"My god. You look... fantastic," he said as his eyes dragged up and down her body, which was dressed in a well-tailored white dress shirt and a black pencil skirt with matching high heels.

Naeun stood completely frozen in front of him, shocked and speechless. He chuckled at her lack of words, shaking his head.

"I hoped if I ever saw you again there wouldn't be any leftover awkwardness," he said, smiling widely at her.

"No, no," she breathed, finally finding her voice.

"She speaks," he joked with a jovial smile, showing off the crater he called .

"I just... I never thought... what are you... what are you doing here?" She asked him, breaking her eyes away for just a moment as she looked around the small coffee house. There weren't any bodyguards or fans chasing him down. It baffled her for a moment.

"Han... he bought a flat here. I came to stay for a while. I was just out... you know... just savoring New place," he said, keeping that smile on his face.

"And you ended up in here in Busan ?" She choked out.

"I was just exploring," Lee Know said, shrugging passively.

Seeing Lee Know now after three years was almost paralyzing. Of course she followed his life since she left him. She couldn't find an excuse not to, even when the pain in her heart was sometimes too unbearable to take. She watched as he dated a gorgeous model and eventually broke her heart when she wanted things he could no longer give her. But she also watched as he dated an up-and-coming singer and was seemingly the perfect boyfriend – a man she wished he was back when she had him. He seemed to have learned from his mistakes and proved her wrong in the end.