Citrus and Wine | Jung Jaehyun

Chapter 7

You pushed yourself off Johnny's lap. You turned to him, his face was full of concern.

"This is all my fault. I shouldn't have done that." He said, his eyes fixated on his feet below.

"Hey, it's okay, we didn't know he was going to come home early." You said and took his hand on yours, the size difference almost funny. "You should leave, I don't want you to fight with him."

Johnny stroked your hand with his thumb and turned to you, flashing that smile you started to love. With his other hand, he cupped your face, gently pulling you in and placed a soft kiss on your lips.

"I'm sorry." He whispered and kissed you once more before standing up to leave. "I'll see you later?"

"Of course." You said and tried your best to give him a smile.

Johnny stepped into the hallway and once you closed the door, he took his phone out.

To Jaehyun

'I told you. I always get what I want. ;)'

From Jaehyun

'Good for you.'

You waited in the living room for Jaehyun to come out, not wanting to pressure him into talking to you. It took him exactly 3 hours to come out of his room. When he saw you sitting on the couch, he made his way to the kitchen, with you following behind.

"Jaehyun, I'm sorry." You said to his back as he refused to look at you. "I know I promised, but I really like him." You examined the side of his face, furrowed eyebrows, and his mouth was tightly closed. He turned to get some water after washing a cup. "Jaehyun." You said, but he acted as if you were not 3 feet away from him. He made way to his room once again, turning when he got to his door.

"Y/n?" he said with a stern voice, you looked up expectantly. "You never returned my shirt."

"I'm sorry, I will wash it and giv-"

"I don't want it. You already wore it." He closed his door in your face, his comment leaving you feeling weird. You were confused, but you were also hurt?

The next day you woke up early to go to work, a message from Johnny lit up your phone's screen.

From Johnny

'Good morning beautiful! I hope you have a great day today! <3'

From Johnny

'Do you maybe... want to go out tonight?'

The smile on your face was quick to disappear when you saw Nina enter your office with a worried face.

"Hey, Nina... is everything okay?" you asked, her expression worrying you.

"Please don't get mad, you are capable of anything! Don't stress please..." you looked at her confused. "Boss moved the deadline to tomorrow." That bitch.

"Tomorrow?" you exclaimed, and she backed up a little. "The deadline was in two weeks!"

"I know, he said he wants it by tomorrow, or else he will cancel all of your articles for this month's edition."

You ran a hand through your hair and stopped in the middle of your scalp, resting your head on your arm. "It's okay, you can leave. Thanks for the heads up." You picked up the phone and dialed his extension.

Jaehyun's phone rang, interrupting his conversation with the person in front of him. He answered and put you on speaker.

"Ms. y/l/n, what do you need-"

"Are you fucking insane Jaehyun?!" he signaled the person in front of him to give him a minute, they stood up and left to the waiting room while Jaehyun talked to you on the phone.

"Are YOU fucking insane? Have you ever heard of respecting your boss?" he said, the bitterness in his voice enough to poison you like the bite of a snake. "I am talking to someone interested in partnering up with this company, and you cussing me out is not going to help."

"Jaehyun, I can't have everything done by tomorrow!"

"I don't care, and by the way, from now on refer to me as Mr. Jung, I'm your boss, not your friend." He hung up the phone, a scoff leaving your lips.

To Johnny

'Hey, I can't go out tonight, I have work to do:(("

After a few hours, you were done with half of the articles, when Jaehyun entered your office with a stack of papers and threw them on the desk, the loud sound startling you.

"I need these done by..." he looked at the clock. 3:00pm. "I need them done by four." He smiled mockingly at you.

"Jaehyun!"

"Who?" he said, and you rolled your eyes.

"Mr. Jung," you said with gritted teeth. "I need to finish these articles."

"Well, I guess you're working overtime. Have fun!" a deep chuckle leaving his lips as he closed the door, waving his fingers goodbye through the glass wall before walking away, flashing a smile to every woman and man he saw. Minutes after he left, your phone rang.

"Also, I will have a guest tonight, hope you don't mind. Actually... I don't care, it's not like you're going to be home tonight anyway." He hung up, was he really treating you like this just because you started dating his friend?

Truth was... he was not having anyone over and the deadline was still in two weeks, he just wanted to take his anger off on someone. Too bad Johnny doesn't work for him.