Ice: Thaw the Frozen Heart [EDITING]

Chapter 50

One new year resolution: stop flirting with girls. Chanyeol mentally noted.

First step: hide!

Chanyeol quickly turned around and hide his side profile with a hand.

"Uh.. Sir?" The hotel deputy manager was confused by his boss' action.

Chanyeol was just making sure the things needed were prepared for the event with his deputy manager when the girl he once flirted with a long time ago appeared and approached the receptionist desk not far from where he was standing. On second thought, she wasn't just a girl he flirted with. She was his ex. He dated her before. For three days.

It didn't end well. Not for her, he knew.

He shuddered at the memory of high-pitched wail and flying heels. She definitely didn't take it well.

What the hell is she doing here?

"Sir?" The manager tapped his shoulder.

"Ssh!" Chanyeol hissed making the man flinched. "Just make sure everything's prepared. I have to go." He scurried away, but he didn't even get to take his fourth step when the girl called his name and he froze.

"Chanyeol? Is that you?" He heard steps nearing him from behind. "Ya! Park Chanyeol!"

He immediately ran away.

"Hey! Chanyeol!"

The clicking of her heels against the floor scared him. He ran to the elevator; but upon realizing all four compartments still slowly descending from the higher levels, he opted for the emergency stairs instead. He hid behind the door still panting and peeped out through the narrow glass on the door.

"Geez! Where did he go?" The girl mumbled looking around and sighed. "Did he not hear me? I was just going to say hi." She clicked her tongue and walked away.

Seeing her walked away, Chanyeol sighed in relief but then jumped at the sound of the emergency door being closed at the basement, just a level below him. He frowned and slowly left the door toward the stairs leading down. He wasn't sure why he was descending the stairs carefully and quietly, but he did anyway. He came to a halt only after going down a few steps when he heard voices.

"Have you given her the key?" A gruff voice asked.

Chanyeol ducked to peek but could only see a man dressed in the hotel's uniform- he assumed to be one of the employees- cornered on the wall. The other one had his back on him and was clad in black leather jacket and black jeans. A black cap rested on his head making it even harder for Chanyeol to recognize who he was. One thing for sure, he couldn't be one of the employees.

"Y-yes, I did," the employee stammered much to Chanyeol's confusion.

"Are you sure you gave it to the right girl?"

"Yes. I made sure her name and she confirmed it herself that she is Yeojin."

Chanyeol's eyes rounded at the mention of her name.

"Good!" The man in black replied and thrusted a brown envelope to the hotel employee. "Now go! Disappear and never show up again. Understood?" The employee could only nod to that.

They hurried away before Chanyeol could even chase and confront them. But what chasing when he was still in a trance?

Yeojin? She's here? His mind tried to make sense of what he just heard. His heart picked its pace when it finally dawned on him what he just witnessed. "Kris hyung! I must tell him!"

He rushed out and repeatedly pressed on the button to call for the elevator. Not missing a second to enter the first elevator that arrived, he immediately pressed on the number of the top floor where Kris' presidential suite was. Once he was at the desired floor, he banged his fist on the door of his suite.