Paradise || Jeong Gu Won ✓

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Ji Hu sat awkwardly in the chair as Ms. Shin called Gu Won. Ji Hu's eyes were closed, covering them with her hand. She still couldn't believe this happened – she felt horrible for interrupting Gu Won's private one-person celebration, whatever the hell that meant. Ji Hu didn't know what Gu Won was going to accept when it came to her rudeness and that horrible "blind date".

"Hello?"

Ji Hu flinched at the voice.

"Is this Mr. Jeong Gu Won?" Ms. Shin asked.

"What's this about?" Gu Won asked.

"I'm Shin Da Jeong, the secretary of Ms. Do Do Hee of Mirae F&B." Ji Hu cleared her throat. "And apparent secretary of Ms. Noh Ji Hu." Ji Hu lowered her head.

"And?" Even Do Hee flinched at Gu Won's tone. If he was speaking like that on the phone, she could only image what Ji Hu went through.

"What's with that attitude?" Madam Ju asked.

"We apologize for interrupting your meal today." Ms. Shin said, making sure no one else spoke to Gu Won. "We'd like to pay for your meal and offer compensation for-"

Gu Won interrupted her. "No need." Then the call ended.

Ji Hu leaned back in the chair, crossing her ankles. "Well, apparently, he's an ass to everyone." She commented.

"So it was a match made in hell, not in heaven?" Madam Ju asked.

Ji Hu sighed. "I told you; I'm going to hell."

Madam Ju took the phone back from Ms. Shin. Ji Hu raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"

"I'll set up another date."

Ji Hu snatched the phone from Madam Ju. "Not happening. I won't go on another date. Don't even try it again, Madam Ju." Ji Hu said, closing the phone.

"Give it back!" She smacked Ji Hu's leg.

"I'm turning thirty in two days, Madam Ju. I'm still young, and women my age are getting married and having children later in life." Ji Hu said.

"You say that now. But you'll turn 40 before you know it."

"Madam Ju!" Ji Hu placed her hands on her face. "Don't curse me like that! I'm going to look fabulous when I'm 40. And so what if I get married when I'm forty, plenty of celebrities get married in their 40s. Kim Dong Wook just announced his engagement, and he's forty." Ji Hu pointed out.

Madam Ju snatched her phone back from Ji Hu. "It's my wish to marry you off before I die."

"What about Do Hee?"

Madam Ju looked over at Do Hee. "It's too late for her."

"Madam Ju!"

"You're not dying anytime soon, Madam Ju." Ji Hu said. "You still have plenty of time to see me get married and have babies. Despite you have three grandsons, and I'm not biologically yours." Ji Hu said. "Besides, if marriage is so great, why don't you get remarried?" Ji Hu suggested.

Ji Hu grabbed her arm when Madam Ju smacked it harder than she expected for a 70-year-old woman.

"I'll leave you two to squabble. Excuse me." Ms. Shin said, leaving the room before she got involved in the mess that was about to happen. And suddenly, Do Hee was on her phone, taking a fake phone call to leave Ji Hu and Madam Ju alone.