Collision || Lee Know

hesitation

My hands were sweaty. I did not imagine to be that nervous. I searched up the restaurant she wanted me to be at and honestly, I felt like I'm about to visit a castle. It was luxurious and expensive. I might end up ordering just a water for 20 dollars. This was important for me..I might have said that I don't care what his parents might think of me, but now really being here..I'm depending everything on it. I dressed nicely, mostly neat. I applied a light and friendly make up and tried anything to make my sweat not smell through. I was now smelling heavenly I'd say.
I didn't know if I should appear empty handed or not..I thought it would be for the best to keep it simple this time.

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"Uhm," I cleared my throat. "I'm here for Mrs.Lee." I'd call her by her first name, bummer I wasn't aware of it. "Kim Taerim?" I slowly nodded. "Yes," I responded. "Please come along," I swallowed before following the lady. She guided me along until I reached the table. Just appear confident, Taerim. You can do it.
"Hello," I slightly bowed down. "Take a seat," she offered before turning towards the lady who brought me. "You can leave now." I took off my small handbag, which also was the only one I ever owned, and placed it onto the chair beside me. Firstly, my eyes scanned my surroundings. "The place is famous for its perfectly served sea food. I hope you like that, I already ordered." I bit my upper lip before weakly nodding with a small smile. Not directly.. but it's bearable. But..am I paying my own dish? If so, my wallet will be probably empty afterwards. My uneasy impression was probably noticeable. "It's on me. The dish." I lifted my gaze up to her. "I invited you after all." Right, why did she do so? "Thank you so much," I spoke, rather uneasy.
"You probably wondered why you are even here," she started, which caught my attention. "Let's talk about that after the food. I tend to keep such things for afterwards, so we can enjoy the meal." I can definitely not enjoy the meal, not in any way with her presence.

I hesitately took the fork and knife into my hand. It was probably visible that I don't often eat like this, she probably has noticed too. I usually eat with chopsticks which is why I don't hold a fork or knife too aestheticly. They were mostly used for traditional or expensive restaurants..it only proved I really did not belong to the high society. It was uncomfortable. Was she testing me? I brought the first piece up to my mouth, slowly chewing on it. "Is it good?" I met eyes with her. I held my hand in front of my mouth since I was still not finished with the piece. "It's really good."
It wasn't. At least not really. "You'll learn to love it." I tilted my head a bit. I'll learn to love it? In which was I supposed to learn that? It's not that I was planning on eating that again or...wait.
"How is school going? You're already the first week in, right?" I was taken aback by the sudden question, but simply answered. "I guess good. I'm trying hard." I want this to end badly.
"I see." I just fastly continued to eat my food up.

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Even when I thought I was finished, another small soup eventually got served. It was tasty, though, I couldn't complain. But the topics were running out, and it was noticeable.
Mrs. Lee finished first, so she placed her spoon down. "Lee Hye-won," she started. "You know her?" My spoon, which was brought up to eat, slowly lowered again. "Thanks to her cancelling her schedule, you were able to do her job instead." I remember. The photoshoot. So that was the intention behind this...
She reached into her bag, and brought out an Ipad. She placed it onto the table, sliding it over to me. It showed the post the Instagram page has posted. "Was it your suggestion?" She questioned. "What? No, it wasn't," I immediately denied. "I was asked to do it." The workers there were talking about keeping it a secret from Mrs. Lee..seems like she found out. "You aren't officially from a modle agency, though," she spoke, somehow provocative. It was making me feel uneasy.
"I..I know. I'm sorry." My vision lowered. "The price must've sounded promising. The compliments about your looks must've too..if I were in your position, I wouldn't have declined either. An ordinary, unknown person who suddenly gets to live a day of a super modle. Lee Hye-won is hard to get at. She's trendy these days...but you." I took a deep breath. "Manged to get more attention than she did until now," I started blinking fastly, analysing her words. "Your social status was low, maybe now on its way to recover..Let me help you." I felt like my breath got stuck. "To become known and socially on a league that must seem unreachable for you now. People who you used to watch, are actually able to beat for you."