Two weeks had already passed by since the day Jessica first met uncle Noh. She was now in the hotel lobby and showed little spirit at cleaning the floor.
"Why do I have to do this?", Jessica whined as she let the floor mop resting against the wall.
Giving a frustrated sigh, she untied her bun and went through her hair with a hand. When she bought uncle Noh's business, she did not know that all his personnel would start drawing their pension along with him. She did not expect that due to this lack of workers, she had to personally do everything; from standing at the reception to cleaning rooms, and even mopping the floor at 7 am. The only thing she's spared from was helping in the kitchen. Still, Jessica had never had to labor this much.
She didn't dare to complain to anyone, though. Compared to Sooyoung, she still had an easy job. The taller girl had to drive into the forest almost everyday, taking care of the vacation houses. When a tenant left a house, Sooyoung was the one who was in charge of cleaning. Jessica just had to remember how she left the vacation house last time to know how much Sooyoung had to do. Even so, Sooyoung never complained.
Early this morning, Sooyoung had received a call from a renter saying that they had no warm water. She had to give up on her beauty sleep to drive into the forest and fix that. At that time, Jessica had still been sleeping.
"Come on, you can do it", the blonde told herself as she tied her hair up again. She grabbed the mop and stared lazily at the floor. "It's not even that dirty, why do I have to do this every morning?"
Jessica again gave a frustrated sigh. Having to clean the lobby everyday, she already hated it with passion. And the lobby hall being so large didn't make it any easier.
Jessica swung the mop on the ground carelessly, a trail of water followed as she didn't wring the mop properly earlier. When she noticed this, her face lit up a little. A little painting would hurt no one, but could kill some boredom. With that thought, she set the mop onto the dry floor and moved it around artistically. A circle for a face, two strokes for the eyes, and an upside down U.
"This is how I feel", she said to no one, pouting.
Jessica then turned around to the bucket of water, dipping the mop in. She halfheartedly bent down, wringing out the water. She wanted to walk pass her painting to get to the untouched side of the lobby, but being the clumsy girl that she was, Jessica slipped.
"Ahhh!"
Jessica shrieked as she fell backwards, the mop falling from her hand. She flailed her arms wildly, trying to balance but it was in vain. Squinting her eyes, Jessica knew it was too late and prepared herself for a painful landing.
But for some odd reason, it seemed to take forever to hit the floor. Not until then did she realize that her hands had somehow managed to grab something in the air, and without knowing what it was, she hung tightly on it. At the same time, an arm moved under her waist, preventing her body from falling any further. Someone had just saved her, and she was clutching that person's shirt as if her life depended on it. Which was true, to some extent.
Jessica's eyes fluttered open immediately. When she saw who her savior was, her mouth hung agape in complete surprise.
