This is heaven in hiding

chapter 5

It works.

For a week it works.

She doesn't have any cases that require her presence in court and she sneaks out of the office early most days to complete her paperwork at home. There are plenty of motions and responses that need to be written and that can happen anywhere. She doesn't even think about stepping foot in the regular bar, takes the long way home most days to avoid even walking by.

And it's fine.

It's fine.

It's not as if Jisoo has reached out either. It's not really what they do. They meet, they have sex, they return to status quo until they see each other again and the cycle starts anew. Except now, now it's...It's over, it's done, that's it.

And really it's fine.

Until the following Monday when the high profile double homicide that's gripped the city begins jury selection. And Jisoo's stupid face is plastered all over the news. And, well, fuck. If this is what she meant by bigger fish, then she certainly wasn't going to be losing any sleep over the case with Murphy.

Oh, that's what she's been doing. How the fuck did she get picked to sit co-chair on this one? How the hell did she juggle both cases? This is undoubtedly the biggest case the city has seen in years, featured in the news almost daily since the bodies were found and everyone and their mother has opinions.

And there's Jisoo right in the middle of it. Walking by the news crews camped in the hallway of the justice building with her head down and her game face on. Looking perfectly coiffed. Her hair down. Trouser on her legs and a soft blouse under her blazer.

Something wiggles in the back of chaeyoung's brain.chaeyoung recognizes it for what it is.The extra ooomph. Jisoo does this for the cameras, pulls out all the stops for the large crowds and the press that hounds her.

Of fucking course she does. She's preening. That fucking ego.

Chaeyoung does her best to ignore it all. Tries her hardest. But it's all anyone wants to talk about, can pay attention to. It's as if the rest of the speeding train that is the court system comes to a grinding halt. Her few cases are postponed and rescheduled. Her clients are flaky. Her colleagues are all in and out of the courtroom like a group of fangirls.

Chaeyoung would pop them all popcorn and drop it off if it would be allowed. But she stays away. Doesn't want to go anywhere near it. Repeating her mantra over and over in her head every time she catches sight of Jisoo.

And Jisoo, Jisoo is pulling out all the stops for this one, not that she doesn't look criminally good on any other day. But there's something about seeing her out of her regular uniformity that just gets to chaeyoung.

She's not in her usual button downs, but switching it up with fabrics that highlight her frame and it's all scrambling chaeyoung's brain. It's also not anything new. Jisoo has frequently mixed up her wardrobe choices, straddling that line between the two opposite worlds with ease and looking stunning on either side.

There had been times before this whole mess when she passed Jisoo in the hallways and it was simply another bullet point on the list of annoying things Jisoo did that made chaeyoung want to wipe the smug smile off her face.

But, chaeyoung hasn't seen her in anything other than a suit since they first slept together and seeing this display now is quite a wake-up call. Jisoo, Jisoo is irritating in everything she does. Then there's the full on three piece suit she busts out that Thursday, the vest hugging her just right under the jacket.

Chaeyoung itches to touch.

To see how that vest accentuates her small waist, sits on the lean frame chaeyoung knows resides under the fabric. She closes her eyes and takes a deep, deep breath. And, really, it's just fucking rude. Because of course Jisoo looks like a fucking goddess no matter what.