The Gloss in the Rough Love

Chapter 4 : The Date

It had been awhile since YeonAe lived peacefully with the gang. Although, she's the only girl in the house, they treated her as a sister which she didn't have to care about anything. There was the only one problem she had to deal, The boss. Despite the busyness, he still preferred to eat the food she made for every meals. But recently, a week, he didn't come home at all, not even a single call for meals either.

Somehow, she started to miss his poker face and husky low voice. Without him, she was less busy so it was getting boring.

"YeonAe?" She snapped out of her thought as Hoon tapped lightly on her shoulder.

"Oh, Hoon-ssi. Do you need anything?" She asked getting up from the swing.

"Boss wants to see you." With his usual smile, Hoon gestured her to walk ahead.

"He's home? Since when? Why he wants to see me suddenly? Is it a good thing or..." She became excited and threw many questions that Hoon had to cut her off.

"A while ago. And it's a good thing, I promise."

"Really?

"Hmm"

"Then...I'm going. In his office?"

"Yep."

"Thank you." And she ran off.

In front of his office, she stopped her feet before knocking. Slowly, she pushed the door and poked her head in. He was there on the couch. His small face became slimmer and his pale skin got paler as his usual blond hair turned black and he looked so fine.

"Boss..." She muttered under her breath, walking toward the armchair and stood there.

Yoongi looked up from the file in his hand and gave a sign for her to sit down. YeonAe slowly sat down looking at her hands on the laps.

"Do you want to go to college, YeonAe?" He lowly asked leaning his back on the couch.

"Ne?"

"Be honest." His eyes pierced into her face.

"Yes. But I'm hopeless. And..."

"Which major you want to study?" Though his voice was soulless, she could feel the kindness. She knew what he meant, that he would support her to reach her dream which she buried it into the ground since she finished high school due to family's conflict.

"I...but..."

"Make a decision. Tomorrow, Hoon will take you to school and process the registration."

"Boss..."

"Don't worry. It's not free. As an exchange, you have a part time job."

"What is it?"

"Be my girlfriend."

"..." Her mouth dropped open with surprise.

"It's only between us, no one gets to know it. It will stop my mother in setting me up. You just need to fake our relationship in front of her." He slowly explained showing her his mother's photo from his ipad which she quickly examined the smiling face of a beautiful woman around her sixties, gentle and elegant.

"But boss, don't you have girlfriend? I meant the girl from last..."

"She's not my girlfriend."

"Then..."

"Just be you. You don't have to act as someone else. Your identity is an orphan. If she asks how we met, just tell her the fact that you started to work as a housekeeper and we fell in love. That's all." Emotionless, he instructed. YeonAe blinked her eyes in thinking. Was it that easy? Only fake to be couple when his mother around? And she could continue her study. To think about it, she had all advantages. She wouldn't lose anything.