Blame it on the champagne

C H A P T E R 4

Jennie

I bit my lip to try and hold back the growing smile on my face. This man oozed sophistication, and I didn't want to come off as a giddy little girl. "You did?". "Well you and your friend were hard to miss". Did he mean we were hard to miss because Lisa owned a room and could get loud? Or did he really notice me? "We may have noticed you too" I admitted, feeling bold. 

He studied me a moment longer before grabbing the last of my papers and passing them over. We both stood, and he shoved his hands into his pockets. His shoulders pulled wide, and I guessed I was lucky he only clipped my shoulder.

He could have taken me down completely if he really bumped into me. "I'm sorry I knocked you down" he apologized again. "I was looking at my phone". His smile faded to a firm pout, but his eyes still twinkled. Usually, that would've my moment to smile and walk away. But I didn't want to. Maybe it was the confidence of crushing the interview. Maybe it was Lisa's tiny little voice in the back of my head, reminding me to have some before In was sold off.

Maybe it was something about this alluring man and the power he exuded that called to me challenged me to handle him. I didn't know what the reason was, but it pushed me to throw caution to the wind and flirt with him to see where it goes. "Responding to your girlfriend?" I asked relaxing my posture, letting him see some of the desire brewing.

 His head tipped to the side, his eyes narrowing, and I feared I went to too far. Despite the embarrassed flush fighting its way into my cheeks, I held it back and stood strong. He flirted with me first. Right? Did I just make it up? Had he just been friendly, and I assumed it was more because I was lost in gaga land. Just as I was about to run away, his lips soften again to a smirk, his tongue slicking across his bottom lip again. 

"Maybe. What about you?". 

A boyfriend? No. An arranged fiancé? Well, he didn't ask about that. "No". "Then there is no one to protest me asking you out?". "I guess not". His smirk grew at my evasive answers as he took a step closer. I craned my neck back to meet his eyes that now looked like pools of warm chocolate without the sun bringing out all the hidden depths. "How about drinks this Friday". "How about dinner on Friday, and we'll see about drinks?". 

God who was I? I wasn't a dominant woman who demanded whatever she wanted. I wasn't meek by any means, but usually, Lisa filled the role of seductress who didn't hesitate to ask for what she wanted. Either way, his smile grew, and a soft laugh escaped as if impressed. I raised my chin, waiting for his answer. If he shot me down, then at least I'd have one hell of a story to tell.

He stepped closer, almost closing the gap between in us. "Deal". Suddenly my someone came running down the hall calling out "miss!!!". He topped right in front of me and the handsome stranger. "I thought I'd have missed you. You forgot your phone". "Oh, thank you so much. I don't know what I'd have done if you didn't find it and return it". I turned back to the sexy stranger with an embarrassed smile to find him completely different than a moment before. 

His eyes no longer held any warmth. His lips no longer soft and inches away from mine. His smile was now where to be seen. Left in its place was a man who looked like he was built from stone. His face cast in shadow, he made the cold man I saw in the restaurant look like a sunny oasis compared to who was standing before me now. "Mr. Kim your back just in time" the guy said from in front of us. Mr. Kim, but hadn't that been the owner of the company's last name. 

Wait, does that mean he's the owner. The one who I deliberately flirted with especially in this specific lobby. The one who just asked me out on a date this Friday night... if it was even a date. 

His eyes flashed to mine, and I rued the day I ever had the confidence to pursue a man so boldly. I should have just run. Clearing my throat, I stood tall and offered my hand with an uncomfortable smile I hoped alleviated the awkwardness of the moment. "Mr. Kim, it's a pleasure to meet you". Any hope of softening the statue before me vanished when he looked at my extended hand, and his lip curled in disgust. "Did you know I co owned the company?". 

"What?". "Did. You. Know. I Co Owned. The Company?" he asked slower as if it would make it make more sense. "Ummm... I knew Kim Seokjin owned the company, but I didn't know there was another owner or that being you". His jaw ticked, and he took a step closer, but this time it wasn't in passion, but to intimidate. "Are you sure? maybe you saw me and bumped into me so you could flirt and increase your chances of getting hired". "Excuse me?" I asked in a dangerously low tone. 

"You came on pretty strong Miss...". He paused suddenly I had remembered he didn't know my last name nor was he going to get it. Fire burned in my chest, and I took everything in me not to slap the arrogant look off his face. "For your information Mr. Kim you bumped into me. And I don't need to flirt with anyone to be able to get a job because I know I am more than capable of getting a job plus Kim shipping would be lucky to have me". 

And with that, I stormed off, now needing to call the girls to let them know that I rocked that interview but most likely wouldn't get hired after basically telling him to fuck off. 

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