What's Wrong With Assistant Kang?

33. The Showdown

He was holding her hand. It was so small compared to his own, soft and warm; their fingers were carefully intertwined between each other.

Her gaze was warm, too. And so was her smile. She was so unexpectedly sweet, resembling the coffee she adored so much in many ways. 

She may seem bitter at first, remarkably powerful and potentially dangerous if consumed wrongly (and she was, if you messed with those she loved). But in the end, she was sweet like the teaspoon sugar added to coffee. 

He loved her just the way she was.

Too bad he couldn't love her in peace. Dammit. 

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Echo Girl stared at them with a wide, satisfied grin, completely unashamed (if not proud) of just having revealed she had been stalking them for quite a while.

"I had warned you, this wouldn't be the last you would see of me." A catty smile played on her lips, in no way reminding him of his darling Elizabeth.

"Still." He stared at her blankly, showcasing his disappointment. "Couldn't you at least have waited until Jaehee and I got married?" he inquired just as calmly, causing Jaehee to jump back in shock—blushing to the tip of her ears.

When would he stop randomly proposing to her?!

Kyungju scoffed. "As if that's going to happen while I'm alive." She rolled her eyes with an innocuous laugh. "That'd be a major humiliation for you and me both. Consider me doing this as saving your pretty arse."

She stealthily moved towards them, as Jumin put an arm in front of Jaehee protectively—even though he knew perfectly she could defend herself just fine—he wouldn't take risks.

Jaehee sighed, clearly troubled by whatever crazy confrontation was happening just now. Since when did Echo Girl even care about them dating? As far as she remembered, she was only upset when she wasn't hired for the position as assistant.

(Which was quite strange by itself… Why would a popular pop star on the rise want to be a typical office worker so badly?)

She glanced at Jumin, reassuring him that she was fine, as his concerned gaze bored into her. He put away his arm and she stepped next to him with the elegance and eloquence that was common of her professional nature.

"Miss Choi, excuse me," she started, trying to keep her calm composure as much as possible, "But what the hell is going on here? Have you been following us all this time? You do know such a thing would be classified as stalking, correct? And you do know that the penalty for a stalker is a restraining order or even spending many years in jail?"

Jumin seemed surprised at first (Echo Girl on the other hand, was astonished), however, he smiled proudly at how reliable and knowledgeable she was. That's his assistant, and his girlfriend.

"I suggest you stop whatever you're doing, before you end up making a fool out of yourself and ruining your own career. As I am quite sure it is not something you would wish for." She finished speaking by sending an unusual from the overly polite woman, chillingly cold glare her way.

Echo Girl shivered. But she wasn't intimidated!

…At least she wouldn't let them realize she was. Seriously, that woman was unexpectedly scary when she wanted to be.

"Listen, I'm not here to bargain or anything like that." She waved her hand at an attempt of being dismissive. "I'm here to say something to you."

Jaehee and Jumin both raised an eyebrow in confusion. "You came all the way here just to say something?" they accidentally asked in unison, sounding just disbelieving.