Chapter 22: TOP's Reply

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It was exactly 8pm when TOP arrived at his condominium from the whole day shoot. At this hour, TOP hadn’t taken his dinner yet. His stomach started to grumble as he made his first step towards the kitchen. He was about to open the overhead cabinet where his Ramyeon are contained until his sight brought his focus to the dining table. From his spot, he saw that the table was set up with a huge bowl and some few side dishes. He went out the kitchen and walk towards his very elegant all-white dining room.

His eyes enlarged and his throat gulped as he saw the home cooked foods arranged on the table. He sat down and noticed the pink note sticked on the side surface of the bowl. He read it and without removing the sticky note, he started to eat even if the food was already cold. Although, he’s very hungry, still he took his time to mix the bibimbap properly while pouring few amounts of red paste on it and started eating naturally. Natural...  In a way how ordinary and hungry people eat. Not too long he finished everything. Not even a single grain of rice was left in his bowl.

After eating, TOP removed the sticky note and sticked it on the right edge of the table. He stacked all the dishes together and placed them in the sink. He returned to the dining room with a pen in his right hand. He sat down and wrote something down on the sticky note:

‘I liked the food. It’s delicious. Thank you.’

TOP again sticked the sticky note on the table but unfortunately, the note had run out of  ‘that sticky substance’. That’s why, he decided to just place the note on the fridge with an apple magnet holding it.

From the kitchen, TOP went to his living room and stood right next to the ‘glass wall window’ where he observed the remarkable night view of Seoul. As he was watching the outside view, he took out his phone from his right pocket and started to make a call.

“Hello, Mr. Kim. It’s me.” TOP greeted Mr. Kim on the phone.

“Yes! What made you call? Is there something wrong?” Mr. Kim asked in reply.

“Nothing. Ahhmmm... Can you send me the new house keeper’s resume? I just want to check something.”

“Why? Have she done anything wrong? Or did you lost some stuffs there in your condominium?”

“N—No. Don’t think that way. I just wanted to check something.”

“Okay, just wait for a second...” Mr. Kim hanged for a while to attach the softcopy file of Mi Rae’s resume.

[after a few seconds]

“Here you go, if something went wrong, just call me right away, okay?”

“Yes, sure. Thanks!” TOP hanged up.

In his phone, TOP downloaded the file and started reading it.

“Ms. Song Mi Rae... whoa, she graduated with an Engineering Degree! Chemical Engineer!” He surprisingly told himself.

“Wow, she really is a pro...” he added as he read that Mi Rae was already been working as a house keeper before.

It’s now a quarter past 12 am as I checked my wrist watch and still, I haven’t replied for Seung Joon’s offer. Maybe this is the reason why I can’t sleep. I grabbed my phone under my pillow and sent Seung Joon a message regarding my answer on his offer of coming to Lotte tomorrow.

‘I’m sorry for not replying right away. Yes, I’m free tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon.’

Few seconds, my phone vibrated for a text message. It’s Seung Joon...

‘What time exactly?’ Seung Joon asked.

‘Let’s just meet at SeOUL café at past 4pm’ I replied.

‘Ok, see you! And No Heels please! Nights!’

Aish, at this hour I don’t have the energy and time to argue with Seung Joon. For his last message, I left him with no reply and just tried to sleep... 

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