Forbidden: A Tale Untold (JenLisa)

Part 2 - Scintillation

"Take a picture. It'll last longer."

A husky voice said making me blink a few times and divert my attention elsewhere. I didn't even realized I was gaping at the professor. I hurriedly closed my mouth.

Feeling flustered and guilty for being caught ogling, I search for the owner of the husky voice. Just next to her, another pretty face with a similar height, observing while smirking at me.

Another beauty? I'm totally gonna be in trouble today.

Though snickering with a teasing look towards me, she was indeed a fair vision. With a funny smile from her seductive heart-shape lips, charming eyes, gorgeous black hair and fair skin, she does matched with the goddess earlier. It was as if, they were a pair of gorgeous twin evil coming to seduce men and their money. Except in their case, men's soul, or gay women's, like me. I mentally facepalm at that.

"Um.." I cleared my throat before continuing. "Pardon my manners. I'm Lalisa Manoban, but you can call me Lisa, I'm the one sent by my company to fetch you guys." I smiled sheepishly and shook hands with the gloved hand of the young - and gorgeous - professor.

"Oh shy girl.. cute." The husky girl whispered softly, I'm not sure she intended for me to hear or not. I consciously felt my face becoming warmer.

"The photographer, correct?" Replied the professor ignoring her companion. I just nodded. "I'm Professor Jennie Kim, and this is my mother - as you already know - Mrs Kim and this one is my personal assistant, Jisoo Kim."

"And no, we're not related. Well, they are, not me." The personal assistant chimed in.

Koreans and their Kims. I stopped myself from rolling my eyes and plastered a friendly face which I am naturally known for.

"Nice to meet all of you." I bashfully shook hands with her mother once again and then to the secretary who was smirking at me while shaking my hand. Ignoring her teasing look, I continued, "you guys must be exhausted. If you may, follow me please?"

I led them outside of the arrival hall with me at the front, trying to hide my flushed face.

"No need to be so formal, Lisa-ya." The PA teased me again. "You can call me Jisoo. And that old woman over there, no I'm not talking about her mother, just call her Jennie." She grins at me.

"Yah unnie! I heard that." The professor scolded the black-haired beauty.

"Just kidding eh, Jennie-ya. You're very young and pretty. But if you keep your face that way, you'll definitely grow old faster." She chuckled at her own joke.

"Haish, I could never win with you." The professor just shook her head trying to suppressed her own smile before she turns towards me. "Don't be weirded out with her attitude, Miss Manoban. She's just being silly most of the times. She means no harm." I heard a grumbled voice from the other young Kim.

"Please just call me Lisa. It's weird being called Miss Manoban. And it's okay, it doesn't bother me at all." I replied her with a sheepish grin.

"See? She doesn't mind. You and me Lisa, we're gonna be best of friends!" Jisoo patted my shoulder.

I just gave her a weirded-out smile and nodded my head. She just continued chuckling.

Being the gentlewoman that I am - narcissist - I asked them to wait for me while I took the car from the parking lot. It was actually because they were carrying quite a lot of luggage - five huge travelling bags and a well-wrapped box-like shape of luggage - that made me feel guilty of asking them to follow me with their excess baggage. I wondered whether they were visiting or actually moving to Thailand. Luckily our company's car was the latest 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE-SUV which was known to have spacious cargo space which suited their huge luggage.

After stopping for late lunch and grocery shopping - and being their guide on most of the snacks which were written in Thai, I brought them to their hotel. Though being small as they were, they sure bought lots of snacks. Especially the PA. She said she wanted to try every piece of weird snacks she encountered on her travel everywhere, it was part of the adventure. Her words. They were staying at this luxurious three-bedroom suite by Marriott here in Sathorn Road, only two blocks from my office. I'm not sure if it was intentional or coincidence but it does makes it easier for us to meet with each other.

It was dinner time, so I took them to this very popular Banyan Tree Bangkok's rooftop cafe and lounge. The name was Vertigo and Moon Bar on the 61st floor of the hotel. You can see the whole of Bangkok from here. It was only five minutes walk from their apartment here in Sathorn Road. The professor and her PA was busy taking pictures of each other near the rail while Mrs Kim was just sitting idly by the table enjoying the scenery.

Although they seems to be having fun, me on the other hand was having quite the opposite. Due to the windy rooftop, my hair is a freaking mess especially my bangs. I didn't have enough time to properly fix the fringe of my front hair today and the wind that was blowing extra hard tonight certainly didn't help.

"Hey, photographer."

I stopped fixing my hair for the hundredth times and turned to look at the husky-voiced beauty. Jisoo Kim, her name was, got a questioning look on her face.

"Aren't you one?" She continued. I just nodded, wondering the reason she was asking.

"Well, you should help us take some picture. Put that talent into good use, would you?" She rolled her eyes.

"Unnie, that's rude." Said the professor half scolding and half amused with her personal assistant. Scratched that. They totally looked like twin sisters slash best of friends, which might be true by the way of how they were acting.

"What?" The PA inquired almost innocently. "I'm just saying." She shrugged. The professor just shook her head, amused.

I just rolled my eyes and reached for their phone camera. The professor handed me hers and I stretched my hand to take it. This totally seems like a bad written romance cliché but the second my hand brushed with the brunette beauty, I genuinely felt some sort of electricity or spark or whatever they call it upon our contact. It connected directly into my heart, sipping into my very essence, possessing my soul. I hurriedly pulled the camera away effectively cutting our contact. She looked at me with an indescribable face. I myself was rendered speechless.

What the hell was that?

"If you both done ogling each other, I would like my pictures taken." Snickered the husky voice. As if in sync, we both look away at the same time.

"We're not ogling at each other." The professor slapped her assistant's arm softly while mumbling.

"Yes, you are. See? You're blushing." The PA laughed out loud while pointing at the professor's face.

True enough, I caught a red tinge on her face. She was giving death glare towards her assistant although the other was snickering harder. She looks so adorable that I almost squealed and pinch her cheeks. I didn't though as I don't want to receive five fingers printed on mine. No, I'm not gambling on it.

To save the professor and myself from further embarrassment, I positioned myself ready to take their pictures. Girls always starts to pose whenever there were people counting with camera on their hands. It was the same with the two. They stopped their silly banter and started posing, a lot.