Torn between Love and Hate

Twelve

The drive to Jiyong's place was silent. Jiyong is still fuming mad about what he saw earlier. His knuckles was turning white because of the way he was gripping the steering wheel.

Dara on the other hand cannot understand why Jiyong was acting up the way he did. She started massaging her temple feeling a headache coming on. She noticed Jiyong slowing down as the gate opened for their car to proceed. The driveway was pretty long and she did not noticed that the house is situated up the hill overlooking the city. When they reached the main house she did not expect it to be a mansion.

Jiyong stopped at the front of the main house as there were housemaids lined up waiting for them. He stepped out of the car without turning it off and there was gentleman waiting for her to come out as he opened her passenger door. She did and was surprised as all of them kept their head down. She was a bit puzzled at that.

"Hello."

The housemaids looked at each other
before raising their heads to where that voice was coming from.

"Over here. Hello." Dara said waving her hands at them. She then tried to talked to them in her broken Korean. But at the same time trying to crack a joke and it seems to be working because they all laughed and giggled including the two men.

"So please just say hello to me and always smile okay? I don't bite so please feel relax around me. I would really appreciate it if we all could work together and get along. Thank you all."

The housemaids then started feeling relieved at that but when they turned to Jiyong it was a different story.

Jiyong on the other hand just walked through and stopped by the door waiting and watching her as she communicated with his staff. He was amazed at how fast she was able to get them to like her and for them to feel at eased with her. He gave them all a blank stare and walked inside the house.

She told them not to mind him at all because he's always grumpy. The house staff all laughed. She was smiling as she was satisfied at the turned out of her first meeting with the house staffs.

Jiyong heard what she said about him and heard them all laughing. He specifically can distinguish her laughter and it sounded like music to his ears...he found himself smiling also.

When she got inside the house Jiyong was waiting for her in the living room with a blank stare.

"When you get settled in I would like to speak with you in my office."

He just turned around and left her puzzled. She was about to say something but ended up closing her mouth.

As Dara was walking inside her new bedroom she immediately went out to the balcony as she stared out at the city. Down below which seems to be the back of the house, it's a long land of grass area with a gazebo and a picnic area. There is also a big tree close to the picnic area and the first thing that came to her mind is a swing. She loves swing ever since she was little. She find inner peace when she's on a swing. It's her quiet place where she does most of her thinking and coming up with a decision. She made a mental note of asking Jiyong about it. To her left is a big size swimming pool which made her really happy because she also loves to swim. There was a knock on her door and without turning she just yelled for whoever it was to come in.

"Come in."

Jiyong opened her bedroom door and leaned his body on the door frame as he has his hands inside his pants front pockets. He saw her leaning on the balcony railing looking out at the view of the city. She seemed to be in a deep thought.

"May I come in?"

Dara froze for a bit but did half turned giving him an approval.

"I was waiting for you down at my office. I thought maybe you may had fallen asleep or something."