Take a Chance on Me

-6-

Lisa entered Gong yoo's private jet and greeted the waiting staff with a warm familiarity. She had on several occasions used this jet for her business travels with Gong yoo. In fact, on one or two occasions like this one, when it was on short notice that she had to travel, Gong yoo had let her use the jet by herself, instead of taking a commercial flight. She had been ever so apprehensive when she had realized that Taehyung would be traveling with her to sign the contract. But then luck had been on her side and she had got an email from him yesterday, saying that he wouldn't be able to attend and she had relaxed. She took her time to stand and talk to the attending staff; speaking to them in a friendly and easy manner and they responded to her similarly.

Taehyung watched Lisa board the flight from the window on his side. Realizing at the last moment that he could make it for the meeting, he had asked his assistant to get the jet ready for him. He had rushed home, packed a few essentials and rushed to the airport. It was not going to be a long trip, just two days max, if all went well.

When he had boarded the flight, he was surprised that the pilot had not taken off, although he had boarded more than half an hour ago. On enquiring he had been told that they were waiting for Lisa. That piece of information had literally shocked him.

These jets were used mainly by the family and he had never heard of an employee use them before, unless they were accompanying someone on business. Since Lisa didn't know that he was attending the meeting along with her in Vienna, he had assumed that she would have taken the early morning commercial flight out to Vienna. Hence it was a huge surprise that she was taking the private jet; in fact, the jet had been ready for her use even before he had decided to go!

It bothered him no end that he had to wait for her to arrive for the aircraft to takeoff. She really had a strong connection with his grandfather to command such luxuries. He saw her enter the flight and talk with ease to the waiting staff who apparently knew her pretty well, which showed that she had been on board this jet on several occasions in the past. She turned then to walk down the aisle and saw him and was momentarily stunned; she certainly had not expected to see him here.

Lisa lost her composure for a few moments when she saw Taehyung sitting in one of the luxurious reclining seats of the jet, all belted up and waiting for takeoff. Her eyes widened in disbelief and her heart sped. She had never expected to see him here and it was obvious that he wasn't too happy to see her either. She schooled her expression and with as much calm as she could muster said, "Hi! So, it seems you could finally make it."

"Yes I could," Taehyung replied, all the while watching her as she took a seat on the plane, which was at a distance from his. She was dressed in casual denims and a white fitted V necked tee. Her hair was left loose to flow down her shoulders and back.

Within moments, the flight took off.

The silence was awkward for Lisa. She knew that they didn't see eye to eye at work, but if they were going to sign a major deal together, they would need to solve some of their differences, else it would be obvious to everyone there that they didn't get along. It was an hour into the flight and they still hadn't spoken. She turned to look at Taehyung who was shuffling through the pages of a business magazine.

Taking a deep breath she tried to break the ice between them. "Since you are going to be there, we need to discuss a couple of things before the meeting tomorrow."

Taehyung shut the magazine and turned to face her. "Tell me," he said.

Lisa gave him a detailed description of the company, who they were going to meet and what their worries and concerns were regarding the contract. Taehyung asked her a couple of questions of his own but let her do most of the talking. There was an uncomfortable silence when she finished and Taehyung just turned back and started reading the magazine once again.