Unrequited Love | Mystic Messenger X Jumin (Under Edit)

Part 4: You & Me 💞

"I thought it was just me..." She whispers and clasps him tightly. Jumin is happy, knowing that she has the same feelings as him.
"But, I need you to know, when I'm around my other employees, I have to be my true self, so please consider my position as the co CEO... " He is asking for her understanding as he might be an arrogant man in front of everyone..

"All right, it is okay to act a little cold in front of others. I totally understand..." She smiles.

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As days and months passed, their love grew stronger each day. They kept their relationship a secret. No one in the company had noticed their relationship as they hid them really well. Within another year working in the company, everything becomes handy as her work is overloaded. The management appoints her an assistant. A young good looking man which makes Jumin insecure.

"Why must it be a guy? Can't it be a woman?" Jumin is complaining.

"Well, I am not the one who hired him, the hiring team did..." She answers.

"Then I will talk to them to replace him... " Jumin insisted on changing the new assistant.

"No, he is doing fine... He is an outstanding worker and are doing great. I like him! " She praised her assistant with a wide smile spread across her face. She is definitely happy.

"Now you are praising another guy in front of me?" Jumin is jealous.

"Why? Don't worry, he is a good helper, like how I assist you..." Sophie hopes Jumin understands.

Jumin does not reply to her. Sophie went back to her office and began their daily job. Jumin feels uneasy. As the clock strikes 7.00 pm, Jumin is ready to go home. After picking up his briefcase, he walks out from his office and passes through Sophie's office to say goodbye as he always did. He is standing in front of the half-open door where he sees Sophie and the new joiner are laughing happily. His heart is aching.

"What are they doing?" Jumin murmurs with annoyance. Their closeness makes him jealous. He leaves the office without saying goodbye to her. For the entire night, he does not text or calls her as he usually did. It made Sophie anxious.

"It's weird, he should have called me by now. Is he asleep? He doesn't even say goodbye today... Humm... " She keeps positive thoughts and goes to sleep.

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The next day, like other normal days, they started their routine with a morning meeting. A meeting where they will discuss the current progress of their work. They chose Sophie to present the recent proposal. After the presentation was finished, Jumin disagreed with the ideas. In most circumstances, he would always compliment her ideas but this time, it's vice versa.

"This is rubbish, is this what you call a proposal? We hire you as our coordinator, how can you even pass this? Please propose to me with a more persuasive proposal..." He sounds calm but everyone can notice from his expression that he is angry and unsatisfied. Everyone was quiet until the meeting ended.

"What happens? What is wrong with him today? Has anything happened Jaehee?" She asks Jaehee. It has been a long time since she saw Jumin act coldly..

"I don't know, he acted weirdly from the moment he walked into the office this morning. Is he having a PMS? (Jaehee chuckles)". Jaehee walks out of the meeting room and leaves Sophie wondering. Allegedly for an explanation, she went straight to Jumin's office. She thought something must have happened.

"Why? What's wrong Jumin? Did something happen? The proposal was good I would say..." She speaks.

"So are you questioning your boss's decision now??" He sounds indignant. It frustrates her of his response, and she chooses to just let him be. As she paves away to the door, Jumin speaks. "I had changed him to another section, so you won't be seeing him anymore..." His eyes were fixated on the table.

"Who? Do you mean my assistant? But, why? He did nothing wrong!" It frustrated her, but she does not have the power to quell his decision. She sighed and left him.

Jumin had changed the new joiner to another section just because of his jealousy. He hates to see any man try to get close to his girlfriend. As for Sophie, she would never think of him to act childishly. She feels sorry for her assistant, but she can not do anything. What has been decided needs to be followed. She refuses to see Jumin for the next few days. Whenever he calls or texts her, she ignores them.

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After a few days, Jumin notices Sophie's bitter response. She is keeping a distance from him.

"Why are you acting like this? Are you mad? I do it to avoid any terrible consequences. I do it to secure this relationship. I hope you will understand..." He insists that nothing is wrong.

"Please don't be mad, I just hate seeing you with another man, I feel lost if you ignore me like this" Jumin feels burdened. He misses her.

"It's late, I'll see you tomorrow, goodnight..." She walked into her apartment.

"Why is she so angry? I did nothing wrong..." He murmured.

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The next day, Jumin had asked Sophie to see him in his office. "Have you looked at the proposal? Has it passed?" She asks.

"I didn't call you for that, come here, look at these, which one do you want to go to? " He is browsing the internet looking for an impressive restaurant.

"A restaurant? Is it for the event?" She questions.

"Nope, it's for our date tonight, which one?" His eyes are focused on the monitor, while his finger is scrolling the pages.

"Sorry, I can't go..." She sounds frustrated.

"What? why?..." He asked.

"I'm sorry, I had to finish the project on time, I do not have time for this Mr. Han... Now would you excuse me..." She walks towards the door. Neglects Jumin's request. She is being cold.

"Are you ignoring your boss's order?" He questions her.

"I'm sorry..." She answered. Jumin is unsatisfied with Sophie's reaction. It makes him uneasy of her cold response.

"You must have not heard it, my flight is tomorrow morning... How can I have dinner with you today? I need to settle down my paperwork by tonight..." She explained.

"Your flight? Where are you going?" It infuriates Jumin to know she is going somewhere.

"I'm going to Brazil tomorrow... It is supposed that my assistant will go, but, since you had changed him to another section, I had to go there by myself. They have scheduled this." She answers.

"Is it?" He questioned as does not know the details of the schedules.

"I guess we will have less time together since I had lost an assistant. I should focus more on my work rather than my relationship... What can I do... " She sighed to make it sound as if he had made a terrible decision.

"I'll change him back to assist you, just for this project..." He let out his opinion.

"It's okay, you can ask the management to find a new female assistant for me. They still haven't found a replacement... You are sure a picky boss even she would not work under you..." It worried her as they may find no one as Jumin has set up strict criteria for the new assistant.

The next day, Sophie flew to Brazil. She will stay there for two weeks.

Continue in chapter 5...