Boss • l.ty & w.yh

39

On the way to Mark's office, you started to wonder.

Wouldn't Jeno rat Jaemin out to Mark? Unless Jaemin had that under control as well which you hope he did.

"What now Markie?" You ask casually, entering his office and crashing on the couch.

The said guy seems frozen in place for a moment. "Uh Ma-"

"-Don't call me that"

"Call you what?"

"The nickname earlier"

Silence fills the air and you  glance at Mark to see him take a deep breath as he quickly glances at the painting in his office before looking at you with suspicion.

"You seem... comfortable"

And there it was. Another one of Mark's 180° flips. The nervous look that painted his face seconds ago is gone and is replaced with the piercing gaze that first sent shivers down your spine.

"Look. If I'm gonna be locked up here for a while, I might as well feel comfortable" You shrug.

You were trying to see what kind of reaction he'd have to your over relaxed personality and see what'll happen if you do things with a new approach.

And on the more unrealistic side, you thought that if you annoyed the shit out of him, he'd just let you go which you technically knew was impossible.

"Well, since you love fresh air so much, we're going out" Mark suddenly says, walking around his office so that he's not just awkwardly standing there.

"Out where?" You ask as you glance at his direction. You expected to see the fierce leader with intense eyes but instead you only saw the shy bean that you first met making you arch a brow at him.

"Well uh...My family has a ball tonight... And I uh..." He suddenly looks so awkward, fidgeting with his fingers that you start to feel bad for him.

"I need to bring a date"

"Hell no" You quickly say.

"I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE"

"JUST DON'T GO TO THE STUPID BALL" You say, getting up and being just about ready to walk out. Mark grabs you by the arm before you can turns you around to face him.

"ITS NOT LIKE I WANTED TO BRING YOU! ITS JUST THAT YOU'RE ALREADY HERE AND MY FAMILY'S FORCING ME TO BRING SOMEONE"

"NO WAY AM I GOING WITH YOU"

"Am I that bad?" He asks with a pout, releasing you from his grip and  looking at you with sad eyes and for a moment you feel bad until you remember that he's Taeyong's enemy.

Dammit, the guy's really good at making you feel bad for him

"NO! ITS NOT THAT BUT UH MARK LEE WHAT THE HECK" You end up saying, slumping back down on the couch and glancing at the girl in the painting.

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You sigh as you put on the stupid dress that Mark gave you. After thinking about it for over an hour, you realize that you might actually be able to escape through the party. You already told Jaemin that if you didn't return or if Mark said that you had escaped, he should leave as soon as he could without being suspicious.

"Can I enter?" A voice asks. Not really paying attention to who it is and already having the dress on with just the back zipper left to zip you say yes.

"Are you really going to that ball?" A low voice asks, making you turn around to see Yukhei leaning against the door.

"Yup! And I'm gonna try to escape when I do" You mutter, trying to hold the front of the dress up with one hand and zipping the dress on with the other.