17. Lunch

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"Um, a personal question, but do you know each other? " Min Yoongi asked.

Kim Taehyung and Jung Hoseok seem patiently waiting for my answer. Kim Taehyung's intense dark look can have anyone under his dominance.  I hate to admit it, but it's quite hard to be unaffected by it.

They actually saw me and Rowan to be casual with each other at break time. We were joking around. We didn’t know when these three entered. Of course, they will be taken aback watching the boss bitch and their newbie employee talking and laughing like old friends.

"Yes." I answered and saw their surprised face

"Friends? " to my and Rowan's surprise, Kim Taehyung asked. His gaze darted  between Rowan and me. Rowan nodded, I didn’t say anything.

"You have a friend?  Quite surprising." Hoseok muttered under his breath.

"How did you meet each other?" Kim Taehyung asked. I don’t understand why he wants to know. On top of that, is it such a big deal that I can also have friends?

"Uni." I answer curtly

"You are quite different from your sister. Actually, the total opposite. But Rose never told us she had a sister. " Min Yoongi says. I scoffed of course she won't a person like me will taint her beautiful image

"Black sheep of the family." I replied

"Are you close to my sister? " I asked Yoongi

"Well, we all grew up together, and she is Taehyung's fiancée, so yeah, we know each other," he answered carefully. From the corner of my eye, I can see Rowan sitting quietly observing my situation.

"Really?  But she never told me about you." I taunt playfully. Jung Hoseok and Rowan cough to suppress their laughter. Min Yoongi glare at me. Looks like he wanted to say something to get me back, but huffed when he didn’t find anything.  Oh, dear r dsister, andk.  to my sister

"Have lunch with us, please y/n. It's fun to see someone else make Yoongi shut up other than his mom's smack. You too, Rowan, join us." Jung Hoseok said politely that Rowan and I agreed. Actually, we don't have any reason to refuse. Also, I continue to refuse it without a proper reason, and that will be bad for our partnership.


We were having lunch in the cafeteria. Not with regular employees though. In the VIP section, it's not made to discriminate but to protect privacy. The higher-ups and other guests or partners from elsewhere eat here. In the business world, they like to discuss plans, projects and other things while having a meal.

This is why this VIP cafeteria is made so we can avoid rumours or prevent leaks of information.

Only directors, guests and other VIP are allowed here.

"You eat really well. It's been a long time since I've seen a girl eat like this." Jung Hoseok said.

"Means?" I asked

"Well, I mean, they eat so little, avoid oily or just food in general to diet, you know, to keep their body in shape, even Rose eats those salads and gross-looking food, but you eat like you are enjoying like a normal person," Hoseok explained his thoughts Min Yoongi nodded his head in agreement. Taehyung is looking at me like he has been doing from the beginning. Hoseok threw my sister into the conversation to see my reaction, probably trying to figure out how I would react.

"Well, I don’t do a diet, and I eat what I like." I shrugged off successfully to avoid the topic

"You are just like my mom, she also says we should eat whatever we love without caring about getting fat." Jung Hoseok said smilingly, to which Rowan shifted uncomfortably beside me when their attention was on me. The sudden mention of Hoseok's mom has caught Rowan off guard.

So I try to change the topic, "I'll not be able to accompany you all tomorrow, my secretary Yuta and the team will be there." I said calmly

"Why?" I look at the owner of the deep, authoritative voice who opened his mouth for the first time, and that too was just a question for me. His eyes were already on me before I looked at him.

"Work," I replied in a tone that was not polite but not rude either.

Tomorrow I'm going with my Uncle Sean to Boston, a new big investment for a project only for Real estate companies. We need to analyse it first before showing our interest. It's an international project, so before showing our interest, we need to analyse it very keenly. If everything went well this is gonna be my first international project. Honestly speaking, I'm nervous, but I think I'll do a good job.

"Will you be here after tomorrow?" Rowan asked this time.

"Don't know, depends on the situation." I answered.

"Come back before the exam," he said, focusing on his food.

Exam? 

What Exam?  When did we have an exam?

"Don't tell me you forgot." Rowan groans in disbelief

"Remember, before starting final semester classes, they wanted a Mock test," he said, and finally remembered. I can't take that online I have to be present there. Ughhhh

After finishing our lunch I asked Rowan to follow me to my office.

"Are you okay?" I asked in concern

"Why wouldn’t I be?"

"You know Rowan." I sigh

He rubbed his face with his hand and sadly said, "I think I should get used to it. Because it seems like our lives were destined to be mingled. I knew I had to face him, Hoseok, my half-brother. But I didn’t know it would be this fast."

"I should be mentally prepared to meet that woman too, my birth giver. Since destiny brought me to Hoseok, then destiny can throw that woman in front of me too." Rowan  gave a sad chuckle.

Jung Hoseok is his half-brother. His mom dated Rowan's dad for four years. She was from a rich elite family, while Rowan's dad was just a farmer who was intelligent enough to have a scholarship to study at the best College.  When she was pregnant, she wanted to abort Rowan, but Uncle Hayes begged her not to. It's their fault the child was innocent.

He begged her to give birth to the child and not break up with him. Uncle Hayes loved her like crazy. But she didn’t. She said she never loved him. And he could offer her anything, but he was poor. When she went to do the abortion, doctors said it was risky for her, so her parents isolated her from the world, spread a rumour that she went abroad to study further.

When she gave birth, they handed the child to Uncle Hayes and made him promise not to show up and ruin their reputation. He obeyed.  He gave up his dreams study to take care of the baby. That woman never showed up again or called. She just abandoned Rowan and Uncle Hayes just like that.

His heart broke a million times in all those years for his son. How he managed when young Rowan constantly asked everyone Why don’t I... Only he knows. He never looked at another woman. His heart can't trust anyone else.

After a month, she started to appear on TV shows. In a year, she became a top actress and married Jung Textiles heir, aka Jung Hoseok's father, and then gave birth to Hoseok. And lived a happily luxurious life with her family.

In her fairytale, Uncle Hayes was a timepass who once loved her more than anything in the world, and Rowan was a bastard child that she never wanted.


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