the penthouse

39 | the perfect residents.

ten made sure his coffee was done just the way he wanted to. while he was the one to usually be the one to do it, because of how busy he had been, he had to ask ningning to prepare both of their coffees.

he took a long sip, realising that ningning was quite good at what she was doing. when she saw that ten was satisfied with his coffee, she proudly smiled at herself, and looked at the files given to her. why did they have so many files ?

" ten, i have a question. why are there so many papers to be done ? we are an apartament, a penthouse complex. " ningning asked, " it is a lot for us to do. and, i honestly do not understand why. " she let out a laugh.

ten looked at the files, then moved his eyes over to ningning. she did not really understand, but she was going to. it was something ten had found to be weird for a long time, and, for sure, he had gotten used to it.

" you see, ningning, this place is not just some random apartament complex. " ten began. he could remember his employer telling him the exact words, ones he had to memorize. " we are featured in magazines, television shows, thousands of articles are written by us. we have to handle them. "

ningning raised her eyebrow. that was quite interesting, because she had never seen something that had mentioned. there were no photographers outside their place, and she surely never saw a video about the complex.

but, she had to listen to ten. he had been at aurora palace for a long time, and it was rather obvious he knew what he was doing. it was not like ningning could complain about her working conditions. it was an amazing time.

" are you leaving faster ? " ten asked. he saw that ningning shook her head, while still looking at her files. " well, now you will be leaving faster. i need to bring in ji-yoo later, and three of us working is too much. you can leave after seven. "

ningning's eyes widened. there was no way she was going to leave, it was bad to leave early, without notice. that was exactly what she read in the rule book of aurora palace, back when she was first employed.

" why do you not leave faster ? you probably have a lot of things going for you, so i think that me and ji-yoo will do a good job. " ningning smiled. ten let out a sigh, and looked away from the reception. " come on, i do not want to leave. "

" ningning, you need to realise that rules are meant to be broken sometimes. " ten pat ningning's shoulder, but she shook her head. there was no way she would ever listen to that. " you are just like the nerd i used to once be. " he laughed.

ningning looked at ten, until her eyes moved over to the elevator. she watched as park sooyoung walked out of it, dressed in tight, leather pants, and a gorgeous, oversized fur coat. she smiled towards them, slowly waving.

sooyoung was holding a purse that surely cost more than ningning's yearly salary. from what she had recently seen, sooyoung and jaehyun were together. ningning smiled, thinking of the fact that she may date a man like jaehyun one day.

" hello, i stopped by to see you. " sooyoung walked up to them. she looked ready to leave, but it was obvious she was trying to be nice to ten and ningning. " i have not seen you since the party. how was it ? " she asked.

" it was really nice, and it actually was my first aurora palace party. " ningning replied to sooyoung, who nodded at her words. she took out her phone from the purse ningning could not help but stare at, " going anywhere ? you look busy. "

" well, i went to the mall earlier today, and picked up some things, but now i need to get to my hair appointement. i have a date later today. " sooyoung replied to ningning, who raised her eyebrow. " that is why i have to go right now. "