Fated

Chapter 18: Partners

Long blond hair with such perfect waves now was even longer, falling beautifully below her tummy. The light makeup on her face strengthened her already beautiful features even more. Minjeong was wearing a dress with Jimin's favorite color, stopping in the middle of her thighs. Her tall white heels made her legs look longer. Minjeong looked so beautiful.

She was so breathtakingly beautiful that Jimin almost didn't see Ningning standing next to her.

"Hi Jimin!"

Blinking her eyes, the woman shook her head weakly as she tried to clear her thoughts. She caught the glimpse of Minjeong trying to stifle her laughter, and quickly put on her smile. Before frowning in confusion. "What are you doing here?"

Jimin realized that the big room had become silent, she looked back over her shoulder to find everyone was either immersed by the duo who just arrived, or looked defeated already. Her question was answered.

This was another plan of Ningning.

"To visit you, of course." The younger woman smiled, approaching them with Minjeong dragged by her arm behind her. "I was in the same studio Kim Minjeong-ssi was working at earlier, and I overheard that she was coming here. Since I haven't seen you for a while now, I thought I'd tag along with her."

Seeing Minjeong even up close now, with her innocent look and the stranger role she was playing, Jimin stammered even in her short sentence. "I s-see."

Ningning's eyes were shifting, telling her something but Jimin was too lost now, so instead, she laughed awkwardly at the man who was standing next to her. "Well, Jimin and director-nim, this is Kim Minjeong-ssi." She gestured to Minjeong, who politely bowed with a smile. "She's apparently auditioning today? What the heck, why am I even talking? I have nothing to do with this." She patted Minjeong on her arm. "Sorry, Minjeong-ssi."

"It's fine, thank you for your help, Ningning-ssi." The voice Minjeong was using, Jimin felt it was different from her usual one. Less soft, more firm. "Mr. Jung, please accept my sincere apologies for my tardiness. I deeply regret my lack of professionalism." With an apologetic smile, she bowed again. "I assure you this will not happen again in the future."

And it clicked. Minjeong was in her working mode.

The man glanced at Jimin and back to the blonde, gulping. "A-ah, don't worry about it, Kim Minjeong-ssi. You're not that late anyway, uh.." He looked around, glaring at people who apparently were still watching them, and told them to continue. "Right. Thank you for coming, this is the CEO of our company." He gestured to Jimin who straightened up right away. "Yu Jimin."

Though she saw the glimmers in her eyes for a short second, Jimin was impressed by how well Minjeong was acting. "It's an honor, Yu Jimin-ssi." She smiled brightly, yet innocently. "I've heard so much about you."

Since Jimin was still too shocked to process the change in the woman she loved, she could only utter. "You too."

You too? Really?

"Well, let me introduce you to everyone else." Mr. Jung led the blonde and as she passed Jimin, her hand purposely grazed Jimin's arm, making her shiver.

"You're a whipped, stupid fool." Ningning whispered to her as she followed them.

And Jimin sighed. "I know." She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath to calm her racing heart. "Get a hold of yourself, Jimin. This isn't really the first time you're meeting her." She was basically whispering to herself without using her voice. "It's just your girlfriend, it's just Minjeong."

"Jimin, you coming?"

"Y-yes." Another couple of deep breaths later, Jimin finally felt calm enough to see her goddess looking girlfriend again. She turned around and slowly made her path towards them.