Once Again

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"I'm sorry but there is no way i can, maam." Chairman Lee looked up to me in disbelief. for the record, this was the first time i said no to a project she offers.

"what do you mean "no way" miss Ji eun?" she fixated her eyes at me and fixed her eyeglasses which is almost hanging off her nose bridge.

"i'm sorry maam, but i can't take this offer. trust me, this is for the company's sake." i smiled calmly and just prayed to the heavens that she wouldn't be her usual very persistent self.

"and what makes you think you know better about our Sunshine Co.'s wellness than i do?" well, i should have known better. it's not like i wasn't expecting this anyway.

"mom i don't want to take this offer, i can't take this offer." yes. the chairman of Sunshine Co., Lee Sun Hee, is my mother slash boss.

"but why? darling all other stylists would die for this offer." ugh, why is she being so persistent about this?! it's driving me crazy.

"you said it yourself, other stylists would die for this offer, then why not just give it to them?" i am trying so hard to keep my cool but i'm about to lose it.

"you're the most in demand and the best stylist we have, darling. And you have to take this offer because if you do-"

"i won't" i cut her off

"oh for goodness' sake let me finish first, if you take this offer i will get you signed to Jo In Sung and if you decline, i will make sure that you can never come anywhere near him." how evil?! she knows so well how much i wanted to be signed to Jo In Sung oppa and now she's using it against me.

"besides, why wouldn't you want to be exo's stylist?"

oh mother, if you only knew.

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"you must be kidding" from my peripheral vision i can see Beauty doing the most ridiculous gasp while forming a smirk face and he even scoffed in disbelief when he realized i am not in the slightest bit kidding.

"what? is this for reals? Miss Ji eun?" on the other side of my peripheral vision, Chae Yong is biting on her nails. i didn't even bother to answer, well might be because i don't really know what to answer her.

i let out a cry sound and frowned, ugly frowned actually. in a second, i grabbed my hair with both of my hands, "i don't know. i don't know, i don't know anymore!" and with that i slammed both of my hands while i swivelled my chair to the full length window in my office. i looked down to see a bunch of ant-sized humans and thought of how many of them are having the best day of their lives and how many of them are having worse days than i'm having right now.

"well," i instantly swivelled my chair facing Beauty who looks like he's thinking of a solution in this pitiful dillema of mine. "you can just give up on Jo In Sung and viola! you don't have to deal with this anymore." Beauty gayly lifted his arms like he's throwing glitters and flowers and even seemed so proud with his very stupid solution.

"Oh shut up Beauty, it's not like she will."
Chae Yong hit him with a fan and he quickly snatched it from her hand and fanned himself while of course, glaring at Chae Yong.

they both looked at me like they're expecting something. "i-, i can't" an ashamed grimace on my face as they both sighed disappointedly in unison.

"Well you must get yourself ready then because as chairman Lee said just right now, you'll be meeting your new clients tomorrow morning." hearing what Beauty just announced is like a punch to the gut. My mom must really wanna torture me. i should try remembering if i have done anything that will make her want to do this to me. did i stole her newly bought designer bag from her trip in Madrid? hmm I don't recall, did i?

"i can not give up on Jo In Sung oppa, i can do this, i mean it's no big deal, he might not remember me, right? i'll just try to avoid him as much as possible." i tried so hard to smile and i'm a hundred percent positive i have the worst fake smile right now, seeing how my two assistants are cringing so bad right now.

"Well, that's so confident of you unnie," Chae Yong said with a hint of hesitation, "only if you didn't choked in like every word you've said." Beauty added quickly. which i suppose is true.

i can't do this, of course he remembers me who am i kidding? and i might try to avoid him but that wouldn't be that easy because technically, there will be some points that i will have to be really close to him more than usual because i am a stylist and i have to adjust and fix stuff but i hope i could really avoid those situations. I really do hope.

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"okay, let's go!" i stepped out of my lovely home and ran to the van which is parked across the street. but when i tried to open the car door it's locked. just as i started rolling my eyes the window on the passenger's seat opened.

"what?! what now?" i stumped my feet one after another like a candy-deprived 5 year old.

"uhm, excuse me Lee Ji eun but let me ask you this, what do you think you're wearing? because to remind you, you're about to meet exo and well of course, him." Beauty ranted while he leaned from the driver's seat. i eyed my outfit. now that i'm examining it, it doesn't look like i've put so much effort in it. i might have been so occupied with my thoughts that i didn't even thought of what i was wearing.

"go back in there, honey. do your magic. make yourself look amazing and regain your legacy." Beauty blew me a kiss and Chae Yong gave me an encouraging "fighting, miss Ji eun!" with that closed-fist hand movement thing.

This is driving me crazy.

I walked back to the van and the door is still closed, they must have not noticed my return so i knocked on the window again.

"Now that's what Lee Ji eun would wear!" They both beamed at my outfit. Which made me smile too. I actually really put a little more effort in this outfit than i usually do. I tried to look very eyecatching but also like i didn't tried so hard.

I can't believe i'm 20 minutes away from meeting him face to face. I don't really know if i'm ready yet. well, i probably will never be ready. The plain thought of meeting him face to face just a few minutes from now makes me wanna jump out of this moving van. What might happen? Will he expose me? What if he cause a drama? What if.. what if he--

"Here miss, you're sweating so much when it's so cold today." Chae Yong handed me facial tissues. which i gladly accepted gosh i'm so nervous i think i'm sweating cold sweat. Ugh the things he does to me and he probably doesn't even know what he is doing to me.

Chae Yong also handed me a handy electric fan. why am i so obvious about being so nervous? this is embarrassing.

"Gosh miss Ji eun if you're gonna keep sweating that much you're gonna get dehydrated. Chae Yong give her some water to drink." Beauty eyed me with concern as he looked at me through the rear view mirror.

"I'm fine really." but it seems like they just ignored me and Chae Yong still handed me a water bottle. Aigoo i honestly don't now what to do without these two, my secretary slash manager and my personal assistant.

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"Here we are!"

No. No way. This can't be.