Internal Affairs | Lee Haechan

How the rich people do it ⚠️

The sultry voice whispered into her ear, her shoulders stiffening up as the hairs on the back of her neck stood up. Yet her lips smirked, eyes relaxing realising that it was exactly who she was expecting.

She turned around to look at Haechan, who distanced himself again, being sure to keep his end of their deal up. Yet the relaxed nature of the charity gala allowed them to interact more, and finally not be at each other's throats in front of a crowd

"Why didn't you tell me you were going to be here" he said, breathlessly after spending the last few minutes running around like a headless chicken looking for her. Yet she was here now, more beautiful than ever, gracing him with a sophisticated smile behind her champagne glass.

"Surprise" She said and he exhaled, cracking a smile at her. His skin glowing under the yellow light and his satin shirt sticking to his chest that heaved up and down making it harder for her to breathe.

"Haechan! Did you bring her?" Jaemin asked, stepping to Jia's side making him raise an eyebrow.

"Who?" Haechan asked, surprised at the question

"Your girlfriend! Jieun" Jaemin inquired and Haechan rubbed the back of his neck in realisation that he had slowly dug himself a grave with the Jieun story

"Ah...she's on a trip to...thailand-"

"Who's in Thailand? Is it someone I know" a voice said, catching them all off guard. Sora appeared beside Haechan, looping her hand over his arm making Jia narrow her eyes at their closeness

"Oh hey- guys this is Sora, my best friend" Haechan said, stressing the words 'best friend' to get Jia's death stare off the girl, sighing in relief as her eyes instantly relaxed.

"Oh then you must know Jieun right? I'm Jaemin by the way" he said, introducing himself

"Jieun? I thought her name was Jia" Sora said and Jia awkwardly choked on her champagne, Jaemin instantly patting her back to relieve her coughs

"No! No...This is Jia, my boss, and Jieun is my girlfriend" Haechan said eyeing Sora carefully to make sure she silently understood the situation. Sora was fully aware of Haechan's arrangement with his boss, just as Hwayoung was in on it.

"Ohh—oh right, hi Jia, nice to meet you" Sora said, immediately taking his arm out of her grip before she pushed him away lightly to signal to her that she had no interest in the guy whatsoever.

"Hey Sora" Jia said, feeling the tension leave, shaking her hand as Sora shot her a wink. She soon introduced her to Hwayoung and Jeno, as Haechan poked at Sora's back to try and get her to be his wingwoman.

"Haechan, I think your dad said there's a package for you upstairs...Jeno, I don't believe we've met" Sora said with a sly voice before dragging Jeno away from the group. Haechan glanced over at Jia before turning on his heel and making his way up the steps

"Achoo!" Hwayoung sneezed abruptly getting Jaemin and Jia's attention

"You okay?" Jaemin asked, startled by the loud sneeze

"Yeah its just these stupid flowers, I'm really allergic to pollen— Jia could you grab me some tissues from the bathroom upstairs?" Hwayoung asked, and Jia finally caught on to what was going on

"I'll go-"

"No!" Jia exclaimed a bit too eagerly, grabbing Jaemin's arm to pull him back

"Don't you see its her plan to try and talk to you alone?" She whispered into his ear and Jaemin widened his eyes, pulling back in surprise. Jia shot him a thumbs up before disappearing from the both, mentally noting to give Hwayoung the biggest Christmas present ever this year as she followed Haechan's trail upstairs.