I am NOT your fan | EXO CHEN

20. Welcome party

Song: DDU-DU DDU-DU -BLACKPINK

'My face is kind but not my attitude. Think twice, cause' I can't act nice like everyone else. Don't misunderstand, I only smile easily for myself.'

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"Very neatly done, Rosie. Thanks a lot." Jason praised as he briefly flipped through the files. I submitted them to him first thing in the morning when I reached the office. With Jongdae's help, I wrapped up the paper shredding task before morning came. But honestly, doing work with Jongdae didn't exactly speed up the process because we kept starting conversations in between. We stayed at the office until 2 am before calling it a night.

"Oh, by the way, keep yourself free tonight as well," Jason told me after closing the files and putting them aside.

"Is there something going on?"

"Yeps. We're going to have a welcome party for you... and Jun."

A little smile cracked into the corner of my lips when Jason mentioned a welcome party for me, and I was going to look forward to it until he mentioned that Jun was coming too.

Of course he'd come. He's the full-time employee here while I'm just an intern. Boohoo.

My little smile vanished instantly at the thought of that. "G-Great. I can't wait," I faked excitement.

"We're having bbq! Meet us downstairs at 5.30, the place is nearby so we'll walk there," he informed, pointing a finger at me as he walked away.

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I raised my watch to eye level and took a proper look at the time - 5.30pm. Never been more punctual. "Rosie!" A female colleague I know by the name of Sooyeon called out to me. Seems like we were the earliest two to assemble at our meeting point.

Sooyeon is an admin staff in our department, and she's a nice and friendly person in my impression. I haven't got a proper chance to interact with her since work started because I've been busy and she looked too shy to approach me first. Now is a good time to talk.

"Hi Sooyeon," I smiled and greeted.

"Hey," she returned a friendly smile. "We can never trust them when they say we should meet at 5.30. I have to tell you that Jason is always late!" She whined. I thought back to my first day at work and slowly nodded to agree. On my first day of work, I waited 15 minutes for Jason to turn up too, but who am I to complain when he's my boss, right?

"And he always says he's busy but he ends up throwing the work to us," Sooyeon continued whining.

"So... I wasn't the only victim?" I chuckled.

"Of course not! I suffer the same as you!" She laughed with me.

"Hey girls," a man came walking towards us. It's the other star for tonight's welcome party, Jun.

"H-Hi, oppa!" Sooyeon shyly tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, shining a radiant smile to Jun. Funny how her smile turned more girly than when she met me. Oh my god. That can't be.

Is she...?!

Is it what I think it is?!

"Sooyeon ah..." I murmured with my eyes wide. At this point, I didn't bother greeting Jun or acknowledging his presence. All I did was whip my head towards the dude and give him an ugly scan from head to toe.

Just what does she see in him...?

"That can't be..." I mumbled in denial. Seriously, what's so great about this guy? He's not even half as handsome as Jongd-