Chasm.| Seo Changbin

Ten.

"I clearly told you to activate the security system before we left for Thailand!" Changbin yelled. "And you clearly said you did!"

"I was going to but I forgot!" Stella yelled back.

"And I reminded you again. I even double-checked before we boarded the plane and you said you did!"

"I was going to activate it once we are in our seats." Stella snapped. "That's the whole purpose of the remote lock option!"

"But you didn't!" He backfired and his voice echoed in Stella's house very loud that it almost shook the walls. "What is the damn point of the security system we had installed when we are not going to use it? We left the house for more than one week without it being locked when you have freaking smart locks all around to ensure that no intruders walk in!"

"That's your freaking job!" She roared. "You should've activated the security system! Not me."

"You are the only one who has access!" Changbin snapped.

"I told you to access it too so you can monitor the house's security as you wished!"

"And I told you I won't be revising the cameras inside your house and watching footage of your freaking bedroom and closet, ma'am."

"Oh, God!" She screamed and pulled her hair out. "Stop calling me that! I'm years younger than you."

"You are my client." He shouted.

"You can still address your clients without honorifics!"

"That's how I do my job."

Stella was so done with him. Ever since they landed back in South Korea and headed home, he's been screaming like that. As they were walking in, Changbin noticed that she just entered the passcode and not the fingerprint, also, the additional alarms and sensors weren't working, which meant she hadn't locked the house properly before they left. And that angered Changbin the most. He was doing his best for her security, and she wasn't cooperating.

Stella walked to him and stood facing him closely. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. "No, that's not how you do your job. You clearly talk causally to your previous clients!"

Changbin rolled his eyes and breathed in, trying to calm a little and not to lash out at her when she was standing that close to him. "They are kids." He gritted his teeth.

"They are your clients as much as I am. So, don't you freaking dare call me ma'am or Ms ever again." She pointed her finger at his face, turned around, and walked away.

But as she was turning around, she flipped her long hair which slapped Changbin's face. The man's face was turning red. He was boiling and she was testing his patience with her attitude.

"Hmm, Changbin," Bitna called. During the whole fight, she was standing in one corner with Hajoon, watching as Stella and her personal guard roared at each other's faces. Changbin's firing eyes snapped and looked at her as if he was about to kill her with his look. The woman flinched and gulped. "T-Th-e... The d-dance practice r-room is soundproof. In case you need to scream."

Still having fire coming out of his eyes, he bowed down to the woman and then turned and walked towards the dance practice room. He walked in, slammed the shielded door behind him, and screamed the loudest ever.

"JESUS!" Bitna jolted. She was taken aback by how his scream was that loud even if he was in a totally soundproof room.

Hajoon covered his ears. "I guess we'll need to contact the vendor who isolated that room. It's not isolated enough."

"It is isolated enough." Bitna shook her head and walked away. "He's just not a normal human being. Who the hell screams that loud without cracking his throat?"

"Stella provoked him ali-" Hajoon's words were cut off when the dance practice room swung open, revealing Changbin who walked out, not red anymore.

Changbin stood facing them. He gave them a cold smile that sent shivers down their spines and then he bowed down. "Goodnight both of you." He said, straightened up while still keeping the horrifying smile, and then turned around and walked to his room.

"God!" Bitna gasped. "The poor boy. Stella damaged his brain cells and he's still not even one month in this job."

"Come on, she's not that bad." Hajoon chuckled.

Bitna gave him a side-eye. "We all know she's that bad, Hajoon. It's just that you and I love her so much that we don't see her flaws."

Hajoon sighed. "Yeah, we love her so much."

Meanwhile, Stella was talking to herself in her room. She was very frustrated with Changbin's stiff attitude. She's not used to being formal with her staff. They literally live together and share all her day with them. They are a family and she loves to be friendly with them. So, she felt like she was walking on thin ice around him because of the walls he'd been building between them.

Stella thought she was one step closer to him during their trip to Thailand, but then she ruined everything on their last day. He laughed for the first time and they chatted a little but then she asked a hypothetical question that made Changbin close his doors again.

What if she fell for him?

It was a purely hypothetical question. Stella was very professional and always knew how to set her boundaries. If she was as naive as the high school kid who had fallen for Changbin, she would've been dating for a hundred times now. Stella was an actor and idol who had very attractive male partners in all of her work. Some of them had already tried to hit on her. If she was that superficial, she would've accepted any of them. But she never did.

Changbin was no exception. Yes, he was a very attractive hot man. Yes, he looked so professional and Stella had something for people being professional. Yes, he had a laugh that can cause more drastic effects than global warming. Yes, he was very kind to kids and knew how to handle them. Yes, he was kind and lovely. Yes, he was a man that each and every girl out there might dream of having.

But Stella really asked hypothetically!

The stiff man he is decided to give her the cold shoulder again and put way more formalities just to remind her not to cross the line. She wasn't! She knew her boundaries for God's sake!

And shouldn't it be quite the opposite?

Shouldn't he be the one afraid of falling for her and she's actually the one setting boundaries?

When did the roles of a celebrity and a staff swap like that?