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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕

The day of the Press Conference

Outside the conference hall;

I was supposed to introduce Guk to Taehyung as Mr. Jeongguk today. But this idiot was running late so after waiting for around half an hour, I decided I'll meet Taehyung alone and introduce them after the conference was over.

"Anneyong Lisa ssi, you're here already! You're looking stunning today by the way." Taehyung exclaimed when I met him backstage of the conference room as he prepared for the speech.

"Thanks a lot Taehyung ssi. I hope I didn't overdress?" I asked, trying to fix my Bvlgari black one shoulder blazer dress, and he grinned. "Relax, you didn't. You look chic and your sweet personality makes you more attractive."

"That was a ton of compliment, I should thank you. But you seem nervous. What's the matter?"

"There are so many media persons and other businesses out there. I am hoping that I won't mess up with my words. It's just-" I cut him off when I gently held both of his hands in mine. He was surprised at the action and it looked evident in his gaze. I smiled.

"There is nothing to worry about Taehyung ssi. Your efforts have brought you here, for the world to get an idea of what you're going to do." Surprisingly, these words genuinely came from my heart, as if I was encouraging him as a real friend to go ahead. I didn't understand why I was behaving so differently for this mission. Maybe it was Taehyung's aura, his calm eyes? I'll never know.

He nodded convincingly yet his hands nor eyes never left mine. We stared at each other for a brief moment which seemed to be very long. That was until, a shirilled, babyish voice made way into the room, and Taehyung's eyes shot up. He immediately let go of my hands and moved away from me. I saw Sana ssi standing by the entrance door, flashing a radiant smile as she called out to Taehyung. "Tae baby!"

Sana stepped on her toes and planted a kiss on Taehyung's cheek, almost ignoring that I was standing next to him. It's okay Lisa, she's meeting her fiance after a long time, stop introspecting unnecessary details, my conscience reminded me.

She looked at me with knotted brows in confusion. "Who are you Miss?" She faced Taehyung expecting him to introduce me. "She's Miss Lisa, the woman I was talking about the other day. Remember I told you about the chief supervisor of Utopia Inc who newly turned in to sponsor our project?" "Oh yes, now I do remember her. It's good to have you on board with my fiance working together in a project, eh?" Sana sounded sternly sweet, and purposely strained on the words my and together in the sentence.

Just after that, an assistant from backstage asked Taehyung to go along with him. "I should be get going now, and check if my projectors etc are working well. I hope you two would bond well! Anneyong." He bowed to us and hastily went, with Sana waving at him with a  goodbye kiss. She turned back, this time with a different or rather uninteresting expression towards me.

"So you're the new chick who gave such a huge amount to the project?" "Uhm yes, I represent the company that supported the maximum funds for this innovative." She then walked towards me, her heels clicking like a female vamp entry in a movie scene. "Listen up, you don't have to act so sweet before me. Taetae is innocent, he doesn't know how bad the world is but I have a good knowledge of this. I've met tons of sluts like you before so it isn't new to me. I know your cruel intentions, you want to stick around my fiance just so that you can hook up with him and throw me out of his life one day and enjoy a lavish life with his hard earned money. Not happening, bitch."

"Woah woah, hold up miss. Don't you think you're being confidently provocative here? I have a reputable job and I am not those sluts you're comparing me with. We just met and now you're throwing dirty allegations at me. Isn't this very cheap of you to-"