Chapter-1

"Mom, the weird lady keeps banging her head on the table."

"Shh!", a lady, who seems to be the mother, drags her child away from the table where the weird lady is banging her head, "Let's sit over there."

That weird lady was murmuring something which one couldn't decipher except the man who was sitting with her, just asking the earth if it could just open up and swallow him so he can escape from the side-glances of other people at the cafe.

"I fucked up! I soo fucking fucked up, Jimin." The lady cries out loud, sounding a bit regretful, voice full of desperation.

"Will you shut it, Misul?!" Jimin slams his hands on the table, frustrated mode 101.

"You don't get it, Jimin! I am going to lose my job."

"Will you at least tell me what happened?"

Well.... this happened...

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" MS. PARK! YOU HAD THREE WEEKS!"

"Boss, let me explain." Misul pleads to him.

And the disgusting smell of his lavender massage oil was not helping at all. Not that lavenders are bad but definitely worse for the person allergic to it.

"There's nothing to explain. You ruined this month's magazine!" Will he stop shouting?!

He smacked the sample magazine on his table which created a loud bang. The sound echoed across the whole floor of that building. Now all the eyes were on the boss's room. 'Who is the victim, this time?' was in every employee's mind.

It's Park Misul. Been working for two years in this company, One wonders how she survived. Bad relations with the boss and getting yelled at ,every two month, It must be a miracle.

It's not. She believes that it was her own dedication and hard work that she made it as Chief Agent of the company. Even though, her boss is pain in the ass he is still fair enough to recognize her talent.

" I believe that its something new for us, people like unique things." Misul defends herself.

"No, they don't. Bring me the other artist who you hired last month."

"I can't."

"And why is that?"

"He was hired by the other company, No can do, sir. I believe-"

"IT doesn't matter what you believe, Ms. Park." He was giving no two fucks.

Well neither was she.

"This is what happens when I hire the daughter of a rich man."

Wrong move.

Park Misul hates when her achievements are overlooked by her dad's reputation. She is tired of it. Has quit four jobs in the past. And she does not want to make it five. She tried to ignore whenever her co-workers tried to bully her regarding that but this time, something in her snapped.

"Are you looking down on me, Boss?" She asked in a bold voice. Totally done with this shit.

"What does it look like, Ms. Park?" Well he is not backing up either, " Ms. Park, it looks like you are not taking your job seriously, anymore."

"Seriously? I bring one of the newest talents in the industry to you and you want to stick with a month old Artist? It's YOU who doesn't want to take risks!"

" Risks?! We take NO risks in business."

She scoffed at his statement. Rage spreading inside her like a wildfire, she was feeling brave.

"Your stupid technique ain't going to work, Boss." Stressing on words 'stupid' and 'boss', it was now her turn to slam her hands on the table.

No one has been this bold enough to shout back at their Boss. He is like a Mafia. Some believe, he actually is.

"Did you just say 'stupid'?" He was shocked too.

"Should I repeat?"

"Ms. Park, it seems like you forgot who you are talking to." He places his hands on the table and then looking at zero, he picks up the sample magazine and throws it in the trash bin.

Misul was disappointed but not shocked.

"So, what should we do, Ms. Park?"

"...."

"I believe that you need a three month vacation."

What?

"Are you...like ....firing me....? For three months?" She did not like where this was going to go.

"No." He pulled himself closer and spoke in his infamous devilish voice," Its even worse."

Park Misul is so done for. And she knows that.

"Since you've been working in this industry for four years now, I believe that you must've heard of Jeon Jungkook."

"Yeah but don't know much about him."

"Well our company tried a lot to bring him under our label but he didn't even budge."

"So...?"

"So, Ms.Park, I give you three months. Do whatever you can but bring Jeon Jungkook to us no matter what."

There has to be one more catch. She knows him for too long to fall into his trap.

"And?"

"And if you fail to do so, Park Misul, you will be fired. I don't know which company would hire you after seeing my signatures on your o-so-perfect portfolio."

She may feel a bit anxious but Parks never go down without a fight.

"Alright. Three months it is." She mustered up every bit of courage she had left and answered.

"Alright then."

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Jimin almost spat his coffee. Almost.

"YOU WHAT?!"
She titters. Totally not prepared to face his yelling.

" Park Misul, you really don't have a brain." Jimin takes the last sip of his coffee and stands up, abruptly towards the counter to pay the bill,leaving his younger sister behind.

"Wait-
She gets cut off as she tries to follow him, almost crashing into the waiter which probably would've created a big mess. Did you look at the amount of food he was carrying? And the sauces?

"Oh! I'm SOO sorry! Sorry!"

She bows asking for apology. She was a step close to ruining into other customers' dinner.

It was a mess.

Misul looks back to see Jimin only to watch him exit the café.

"This little shi-
She runs to catch up to him after leaving the cafe.

"Park Jimin! Wait for me!"

She enters the parking area and sees Jimin opening their car. She finally reaches him. Breathing heavily from all that running.

She looks at him, totally pissed off for making her run like that but instead gets a soulless glare from the older one.

"What?" He opens the door to driver's seat. "Get in."

"You Asshole!" She punches his shoulders, not too hard since he is driving, now.

They exit the parking lot and no words have been spoken yet.

Jimin breaks the silence.

"Misul, you don't know what you got yourself into! You don't even know Jeon."

"So?"

"Misul, he's an art professor at my uni. And the most important thing is that he had QUIT painting three years ago! He's a very stubborn guy."

"Oh.." Now Misul realises that why her wicked boss told her to specifically bring him.

An artist who had quit painting long ago.

Sigh.

"Sis, he's very strict, he doesn't like goofing around, he's introverted and he always has a sad grumpy face!"

"Woah! Is he that bad?"

"Nah, he's really nice but yeah totally opposite than you are. Also, I can't believe that you could be so dumb. How could you say yes to your boss without even knowing what you're getting yourself into! Are you sure you don't wanna resign?"

"Woah! Woah! One thing at a time, please." She leans back to her seat. "It doesn't matter if I can or not, I have to find Jeon Jungkook. In three months.And no I am not going to resign. I have self-respect. I am not going to let anyone look down on me like he did."

There was silence after that. Jimin knew the stubbornness of his little sister. She would never back away. One of the reasons he admires her so much. After all these years, so many things happened but she kept her head high. His sister is a strong independent woman.

"Well if that's the case then I guess I can help you a little."

"For real?"
She finally sees a ray of hope. Smiling ear to ear, she looks at him with expectant eyes.

"Yes." He answers while focusing on the road. It was night time so driving must be done more carefully.

"Also, is he a good artist?"

"Oh, he's great! I'll send you a file, I have it for some work purposes. He has his work posted there. You can check it out then."

"Great."
She smiles excited for the upcoming rollercoaster ride in her life.

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So,what do you think? I made a lot of changes. I know. But if I had kept the first version I think i would've regretted it. And I didn't want that. Please understand. I'm still learning and it won't happen again! I'll carefully edit the chapter amd publish that one only! 🤞

Thank you for reading!