Second Chance

145.Defying my Order

While Jungkook was in a meeting, Lisa was also in a meeting with her designers. Spread across the glass table were sketches and design drafts that were printed onto black card stock sheets. Fall/Winter is one of the biggest season for the fashion industry.

Sitting in the main seat, she nod her heads as she listens to each designer voice their opinion for the designs. Lisa looks at the seven people in the room.

Yang Jeongin (I.N), technical designer; Sorn, pattern maker; Xu Minghao (The8), textile designer; Seo Changbin, tailor; Seo Seungmin, stylist; Mina Myoi, fashion forecaster; and illustrator, Kim Heechul.

Seungmin, a handsome man wearing a very stylish outfit pass a design draft to Lisa, "These are the sketches I came up with when I visited Milan last week."

Lisa scanned the draft and nod her head, "Mm. It looks good. We can start with the preparations for the upcoming fashion week."

She then looks at Jeongin, "Will you be able to ensure the correct garment construction?"

"Of course I can."

Jeongin answers confidently. His baby face smiling with his teeth as he pats his chest. Even at the age of 28 year old, he stills looks young.

Lisa reach for the black 2 inch thick hardcover book in front of her. Scanning each page until she comes to the last page, she leisurely close it.

"Sorn, Minghao, Seungmin, you three will go with Jeongin to Milan. De L'amour needs the best of all materials for this season's designs."

Hearing their boss's order; all three people nod their heads. However, Jeongin frowns. He leans lazily on his chair and pout his lips.

"Boss, how can you make me travel with the three of them? Myself, alone is already enough."

"...."

Everyone glare at Jeongin like he was an overconfident idiot. They have all followed Lisa way before she built De L'amour. They know their boss isn't someone to cross the line with, even if she looked delicate. Did he really just speak to their boss like he was better than them all?

Even knowing everyone else's thoughts, Jeongin wasn't one bit bothered by the angry looks. He is the second person behind Bambam who knew Lisa the longest.

Lisa looks at Jeongin, "Are you defying my order?"

Hearing this, Jeongin looks at the other six people present, then his boss, he could only sigh, "Fine, Fine. You're the boss, so it's your call. I'll listen."

"Good."

Lisa looks at her subordinates. Her expression remained straight faced, but she was smiling inwardly. All seven of these designers were also her most trusted subordinates. They were considered family more than workers.

After giving each designer their assigned job, Lisa stands up from her seat.

"That's all for now."

She didn't look back but leaves the room and heads to the elevator to her office.

However, she did not realize that as her figure walks away, all the people left behind were staring at her. Until she got inside the elevator, Sorn looks at Jeongin.

"How can you even think to defy boss's order?"

Heechul, the illustrator also agrees, "Bro, you know boss hates it when we don't follow her orders."

"I already know that," Jeongin sighs, then he pinch the space between his brows, "It's not that I want to defy her orders. I'm just worried that if too many of us were to leave her side, those disgusting people will make their move."