Sunset at Hamdeok

Chapter 24

Taehyung slid his smartphone into his pocket. He was glad that Gong Yoo had successfully closed the site that spread fake pictures of Tiffany. Gong Yoo even said that he was tracking down the culprits.

Taehyung gladly smiled. Maybe he could breathe more easily from now on. He looked at Tiffany who was making some coffee. Ever since that fake pictures incident, Tiffany faced so many problems. She had to move out from her old apartment to a new one since so many strangers kept showing up in front of her place. Many of them came to SNSD Coffee Shop just to see her or whistle at her. But Tiffany was lucky that her boss and friends were really helpful. They kicked out everyone who disturbed her. And of course Taehyung wouldn't let anything unpleasant happen to his girl. He glared and glowered at anyone who stared at Tiffany more than two seconds. He distracted Tiffany and made her pay attention to only him whenever they went to public places, so that she wouldn't realize all discomforting looks that surrounded her.

"Yuri ssi." Taehyung approached Yuri who had just walked down the stairs.

"Yeah?"

"How much do you want to sell this coffee shop?"

"Eh?"

"I want to buy this coffee shop."

Yuri crossed her arms. "Aren't you broke now? Where will you get the money?"

Taehyung smirked. "I was an executive vice president. I won't be broke just because my grandfater fired me. I've saved all my earnings all these years in the bank. I even have enough money to build my own company."

Yuri scoffed. "So you're only pretending to be broke so that Tiffany would let you stay in her place?"

Taehyung nodded. "Exactly."

"You're so disgusting."

Taehyung grinned. "I'll take that as a compliment. So, how much will you sell this coffee shop to me?"

"I am not interested in selling this coffee shop to anyone. We're doing really well, I don't see why I should sell this place."

"I thought so." Taehyung flicked his fingers. "What about a joint venture? You can open a branch and widen your business. You can make it like Starbuck."

Yuri pondered. "Thanks for your business advice, but at the moment, I'm quite satisfied with my coffee shop. I don't want to be greedy."

"You need to be a little bit more ambitious, Yuri ssi. If you have an opportunity to build a business chain, why must you be stuck with a small business?"

Yuri looked at Taehyung. "If you have the money, the objective, and know how to run it, why don't you open your own coffee shop?"

Taehyung shrugged his shoulders. "Tiffany really loves your coffee shop. I can make her a bigger coffee shop, but I don't know if she will be happy to run it or not. She's really attached to this place. She's got her family here. You are really nice to her. And I don't want to make her lose her family."

For the first time since they'd known each other, Yuri smiled at Taehyung. "You must really love Tiffany."

"More than anything."

Yuri sighed. "I need to go. My mother is waiting for me right now. But I would like to hear your business proposal when I get back."

"Aye aye, Boss!" He saluted his boss.

"Taehyungie," Tiffany waved her hands from her station. "Can you take this trash out?" She smiled so sweetly.

Sunny came closer and nudged Taehyung's elbow. "Tiffany is really bossing you around, huh?"