the penthouse

08 | the luxury of it all.

sooyoung walked into the store. she smiled towards the employees, who were always happy to see one of their frequent customers back at her favourite store. afterall, whenever sooyoung came, she did not leave without spending thousands.

" miss. lee, please go and take a chair or something. we are going to be here for some time. " sooyoung continued to smile, taking off her sunglasses. she walked up to one of the mirrors, fixing her hair.

whenever she went somewhere, park sooyoung always caught the attention of people. not only was she the secretary at one of the most extravagant companies, but she also knew to show off her status.

since doyoung took her in, sooyoung knew that she could not show up at aurora palace wearing cheap brands and casual clothes. she swapped her old sneakers for heels, jeans for tight skirts, and t-shirts with shirts that showed off all of her goods.

she was not anyone. no one needed to know about her past, and who she was before moving into aurora palace. no one had to know about her ex-boyfriend, and how he destroyed her for the years they were together.

sooyoung did not want to remember him. he had been terrible to her, a man who thought that, as long as he was the man, sooyoung was going to obey everything he had done. he took her money, made her clean, and forced her to never complain about his behaviour.

he did not even work. he did not even make money. not only was he bad, but he was also unemployed. looking back at everything, sooyoung had to admit that she was extremely stupid, to allow herself to date a man who did not bring in anything.

now, sooyoung knew that she was going to have the man of her dreams. they lived in the same penthouse complex, and sicheng had almost made their introduction to eachother. it was a matter of time before jeong jaehyun fell for her.

it would not take long. but, until then, she had to continue looking her best. she needed people to turn around whenever they saw her, thinking of her as the most beautiful person they had ever seen. she was a doll, afterall.

" miss. , i have brought everything you have put on hold. " one of the employees said, putting down different types of clothing pieces to sooyoung. " the pair of heels you have ordered are all not here yet, but we will notify you. "

" okay, thank you very much. " sooyoung replied. she took another look at everything, starting off with a silver dress. it was a mini dress, that had a thigh slit. it was a gorgeous dress, and it was one sooyoung was going to wear often.

she carefully placed the dress back. she noticed a sheer shirt, one she could wear under her suits. she continued to browse all the things she had picked out, until her eyes fell on a black dress. it was probably the best dress she had seen.

it was a sleeveless dress, one that went all the way to the ground. it had a deep v-cut, and gold buttons on the top of it. the dress was silky and smooth, and sooyoung was sure it was going to hug her body perfectly.

this would be the dress she was going to wear at the aurora palace party. while she had no idea what the theme of the party would be, she could use this for everything. it could go with absolutely everything.

" miss. , kang seulgi is here. she does not usually like to shop around with other people, so we should consider leaving for now. " miss. lee approached sooyoung, who turned around. of course, kang seulgi was here.

sooyoung did not know much about her, but she was well aware that kang seulgi had a lot of power and influence of the residents of aurora palace. she was not kim yeri, a woman who everyone wanted to be, but she was the woman everyone wanted to avoid.

she was a tyrant. all people were terrified of her and did not wish to get on her bad side. doyoung did not tell sooyoung much about her, probably because he did not know much about her. she was very private about her life, not sharing a lot.