Spellbound

a plan

3.

Lisa pressed a button on her office phone, her hands are full with hundred of papers of magazine's new issue's fashion pictorial.

"Hello?"

"Miss Lisa, the reception called." Hansol, her assistant called from her desk.

"And?"

"She said your boyfriend's here."

"Hm, okay." Lisa still busy separating some photos, "wait, my WHAT?"

"Your boyfriend, miss."

Lisa paused, turned to the glass wall that separate her room with outside office where Hansol sat in her desk, phone between her cheek and shoulder, because her hand is busy checking the likes on her SNS account. Hansol lift her head and met Lisa's eyes, then grinned, "Should we asked him to come up?"

Lisa folds her arms in front of her while Bobby leaned on a couch armer.

"Boyfriend, huh?" she said.

"I thought you lied when you said you work here." He ignored her question.

Lisa rolled her eyes, "Why would I?"

Bobby smiles, Lisa captured by that childlike grin.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"I owe you an apology." He said, "for yelling."

Lisa turned away but then she realised that in Hansol's desk there are around three more people trying to be not very obvious looking at Lisa and Bobby. "the heck?"

Bobby also turned and waved at them. They immediately looking away.

"Okay, apology accepted, thank you for coming here, have a good day." Lisa walked to her desk.

"Uh, but I need a favor."

"Huh?"

"Come with me to Jeju this weekend, to my family gathering."

"What?" Lisa raised her eyebrows, "no, thanks!"

"Well..." he walked to Lisa and look at her right in the eyes, "you were the one who create the mess, you tell everyone in the party that you're my girlfriend, you call my mom 'mother-in-law'. Now that everyone wants to meet you, what can I do?"

Lisa gulped, "just tell them we broke up."

Bobby stopped, he took one dramatic inhale, "well, I guess you still upset because I was harsh... I'm sorry, I was surprised. And since my family now knew I have a girlfriend... you know, after such a long time I'm always being so mysterious about my love life... my Nana—grandma—she couldn't wait to see you... poor that old lady, she has to face another disappointment from me..."

Lisa didn't say anything, a tiny guilt sneaks between her chest. She did make a scene, little did she knows, her scene stole the whole show.

Lisa paused, "If Nana sad... W-will that affect your life?"

"My father will kill me..."

Lisa gulped.

"Will you... please... help me...?" he asked with eyebrows crooked in pitiful shape.

She slowly nodded.

"Ok, cool! So," Bobby straighten up and took something from inside the pocket of his blazer, "This is my card, text me so I can pick you up on Friday."

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"Is it wrong to help people?"

"Nope, never wrong..." Donghyuk let out a harsh sigh. "So you'll go to Jeju with him?"