Ms. Secretary

Chapter Twenty Eight✨

When Lisa comes back home that morning, she realizes that the apartment itself is empty. Probably Rosie is at her own penthouse with the little baby.

Hanging her key back inside the key house that is mounted to the wall next to the front door, Lisa sighs contently. Sometimes, a moment of silence from everything that going on in her life is a bliss.

But she doesn't let the silence to overwhelm her either. Twenty minutes later, she walks out of her bedroom that smells like Rosie most of the time; all in her complete gym gear and a black, Yves Saint Laurent duffel bag.

She locks the front door and the only thing that is playing on her mind is the gym of her brother, Jungkook.

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When she walks in, Yuna greets her with a big fat smile. She is the new recruit who works at the gym as the administrator for the new fitness package that Jungkook offers at his gym.

"Hi, Lisa. You're early"

She says and Lisa couldn't deny that she's wrong. It's 10 in the morning and she only normally occupies the space at night until wee hours all by herself.

"Oh, hi Yuna. Nothing big on my plate, today. Guess I would rather spend all of my time here"

She says and that's the truth. It's practically Sunday and she doesn't have anywhere to go. Not that she even has a family to care for.

Her daughter, Lili stays with her mom in Busan and Ji - Ae probably has a playdate with Rosie's family today so that leaves Lisa all alone.

But that's alright. The gym is always a great place to invest her time at.

"Oh, no one special to visit today?"

Yuna winks her eye and Lisa knows the high school kid means well. Like, she thought Lisa probably has hundreds of girls running around for her wallet and her good looks and that secretary probably has different girls for different hours of the day.

But that's not the truth anyway.

"No" Lisa simply states. The corner of her upper lip turns into barely a smile. But it's still a smile and she bends down to grab her Adidas headband from her YSL black duffel bag.

When her fingers reach for the item she looks for, she stands up straight again as she puts the headband on.
Yuna is still looking at her and Lisa may or may have not noticed the way the girl interestingly scanning Lisa's chiseled abs.

"Hey, dude" Jungkook beams with a smile as he spots his little sister. It's been a few days and now that he has seen her again, they would probably have to talk about some family related stuff that he is eager to tell her about.

"Hey" Lisa says back casually, reciprocating the hug that her big brother initiates. "You dyed your hair again" Lisa notes as she sees her brother now in a bright red hair.

He looks idiotic. But good. Whatever.

"Mom told me you were back in Busan last week"

Jungkook starts and Lisa nods. Yuna excuses herself as a new customer walks in to ask about the new fitness package that she read a few moments ago advertised on this giant ass banner that is hung at the entrance of the gym.

"Yeah. I was worried"

"But you know mom. She keeps saying she's doing okay"

"You and I know she's an excellent liar"

Jungkook smiles. "Right, that makes sense"

He comments and Lisa licks her lower lip before finding her voice again. "Miyeon texted me"

"What?"

If anything, Jungkook looks totally displeased with the news. He folds his arms to his chest and shakes his head. "Lisa, dude. We have talked about this. Miyeon can't come back in the picture"

"I know what we talked about last year, Jungkook"

Lisa explains. "But, she wants to see me. We need to talk. A good closure for this drama. All for good, you know?"

"Last time you went for a closure, you ended having a baby with her"

"That I just happened to know"

"What else does she want?"

Jungkook scowls bitterly. He totally dislikes the idea of his little sister going out to meet Miyeon, the girl who broke her hard and harsh several years ago.

Now that she's back in the picture, Jungkook chews on his lower lip, unable to picture what's gonna happen.

Lisa is smart, he knows. Like really really smart but damn, the woman is always stupid when it comes to love. And Miyeon is always the smart one when it comes to the matter of the heart.

What happens when Miyeon sweet talks his sister and Lisa ends up believing everything that the bitch obviously lies to her face about?

He's not ready to be there again.

To see her breaking. To see her crying. To see her wishing the pain would end up her life but it doesn't because it wants her to live. And to feel the curse of it; that is to be alive while having something dies inside you.

It's hard breaking and Jungkook doesn't want that to happen again. He loves her and he wants only the best for Lisa.

"Then I'll come with you"

He offers and Lisa looks at her as if he has told her the most absurd, incredulous idea of all time. "No you don't" she says. "You're just going to mess things up, Jungkook"

"How on Earth would I do that?"

He objects. "Clearly the one who is good at that is Miyeon. She doesn't get to come back after a few years to say she's sorry, that she wants you back now because clearly you aren't the same person you were back then, the one who was clearly and crazily in love with her"

"Jungkook" Lisa runs her fingers through her thick hair. She walks a few steps away from her brother before turning back to face him.

"It's not about the feeling anymore, remember? We have a kid together fo god's sake and I'm trying to do things right here. The least that you can do here is to support my ass!"

"I've been always supporting your ass"

Jungkook says firmly. Hands on his hips as he talks. "I just want you to be clear about your feeling. You don't love her anymore, Lisa. She's the past. I don't know who your future is but she certainly is not"

"She might be not" Lisa looks at Jungkook again. "But my daughter is. She is the future that I want"

"If she is really the future that you want" her big brother takes a deep breath before parting his lips again. "Then why are you hiding her from the public's eyes? Are you afraid of what people going to say about you? About her?"

"I'm not hiding her"

"Yes you are" he nods his head. "For a moment, I thought I was wrong. But then, I started to put everything together and then I figured out that, you don't actually don't want people to know about her"

"Fuck you, Jungkook"

"What are you so afraid of?"

He asks. "Is it because of your work? You don't want to let go of whatever that you have now?"

"It's has nothing to do with my work" Lisa hisses. "It's complicated. You wouldn't understand"

"Then tell me" he insists. "Dammit, Lisa. I'm your big brother. You should tell me...."

"BECAUSE I'VE ANOTHER DAUGHTER THAN HER, DAMMIT JUNGKOOK"

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