Hidden Motives || Chae Hyungwon

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Baek Ha Rim

i looked around elsewhere, trying to avoid meeting chae hyungwon and kwon eun gyeol's eyes. i knew that they were probably doing the same.

i roamed around the area pretending to be interested in eyewear myself to kill some time.

quickly, i picked out a small rectangular-framed pair of glasses and tried it on my self as well just to put my focus somewhere else.

however, i suddenly began to see another pair of glasses being handed out to me by someone else.

i traced my eyes on the owner's arm until i slowly looked up to my left and saw that it was ceo chae himself. he looked down at my face with such ease and didn't bother to take his arm away.

"for face shapes like yours miss baek, full-rimmed glasses will complement your features. softer faces look good with strong angular lines like this one." he spoke.

i looked at him for a few minutes and did a small bow immediately. i looked around the place and realized that eun gyeol was nowhere to be seen.

this was probably why he was even able to approach me.

"thank yo--"

"ha rim-ah!" i suddenly heard changkyun's voice call me.

both hyungwon and i turned our heads back to face him in sync.

the moment changkyun saw hyungwon close to me, i saw him clench his jaw for a moment before i walked towards him.

"yes?" i asked.

changkyun loosened up and brought his focus to me. he showed me the gold heart-shaped glasses he tried on. it was uniquely designed with pink lenses.

"do you think it looks cute? i think i can wear this for summer." he smiled putting it back on for me to see.

i smiled the moment i saw how it looked on him. i initially had the impression that it was gonna look weird, but maybe changkyun really had that handsome face which could pull off a lot of things.

"it unexpectedly looks good.." i affirmed.

"you could get the same design in another color ma'am. it's perfect for you both as a couple!" the sales lady suddenly offered.

Chae Hyungwon

the moment baek ha rim left my side when she was called on, i put back the sunglasses i offered her back in its shelf.

i casually looked around on my own until eun gyeol finally got back inside the store after going out to throw something in the trash bin for a short while. she immediately clung onto my arm like how she usually does the moment she got back in.

"how unusual is that. they're still here trying on those pieces? could those two really afford what they sell here in this place?" eun gyeol frowned.

i didn't bother travelling my eyes to where she was looking at, but i already knew who she was talking about.

"stop looking at them and just carry on with looking for what you wanted to buy. dad told me i'm treating you for tonight so just hurry up." i looked away from eun gyeol and released a sigh.

"you could get the same design in another color ma'am. it's perfect for you both as a couple!"

i suddenly heard the voice of the sales lady speak. i paused on my spot for a moment until i eventually turned my head to see if what i heard was really true.

i looked at ha rim and saw her react by getting flustered at the statement. she simply looked at changkyun and they exchanged smiles at each other.