Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 102: A Good Way To Earn Brownie Point

Eun-sun hopped into the first taxi she saw the moment she stepped out of the airport. she didn’t want to think about what Dan-Han had said to her, it was messing up with her head.

How could he even say he liked her? What did he see in her that he liked? Was he trying mess with her by saying that? No, she didn’t think so. He had said he was serious about things.

“Ahhh” She exclaimed as she aggressively pulled on her hair. “What is wrong with him?”

Eun-sun was still very much lost in her thoughts when her phone started ringing. she sighed out loud when she realized it was In-Ha calling. Reluctantly, she picked up the call.

“Hey Pumpkin” In-Ha chirped excitedly the moment Eun-sun picked the call.

“Good evening” She greeted.

“Good evening shuga. Did you miss me?” He asked teasingly, making Eun-sun roll her eyes. Here was another weirdo, who she also didn’t understand, and would very much love to hit right now so she could vent the anger and awkwardness in her heart. But thankfully In-Ha wasn’t asking her out, rather he wanted to be a friend, and this was a better arrangement than dating.

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“I hope you didn’t call to ask me that?” Eun-sun asked in a Curt tone.

“Ha, you don’t to be so hard on me? You promised to act nice, so be nice, and I already know you miss me like crazy” He said in a confident tone. The confidence in his voiceade Eun-sun cringe and she had the urge to slap him.

“In-Ha” She called his name with a deadpan tone, telling him she wasn’t ready for his antics. In-Ha shuddered when she called his name in that tone. He knew she had quite a temper, and it was safe not to mess with her especially now that she was slowly opening up herself to him.

And did he just miss the fact that she had just called him by his name, with no ‘Sir’ added to it. Not all.

He liked the way his name rolled off her tongue. It sounded differently, even though she had called him in a menacing tone he still liked it.

“Eun-sun you’re a darling” He chirped excitedly making Eun-sun pull the phone from her ears. ‘This guy was even more crazy than his friend’ She said in her heart.

“Are you going to say why you called or should I drop the call?” She asked.

“Okay i will, don’t drop the call. Well I was missing you, and I wanted us to hangout together for lunch. You know how boring and lonely my life is right? I’m always alone with no one to talk to. I wish you didn’t have to stop working here then I’ll still have your company here” He complained, trailing off the point.

“So I should have remained a housekeeper just to keep you company?” She asked in an angry tone. In-Ha was startled when he heard her reply. That’s wasn’t what he meant. Did she take things the wrong way? How could he forget that the girl still had a lot of walls surrounding her, and thus didn’t see thing the way others from over her fence saw it. He was only trying to talk to....never mind.

“That’s what I’m saying” He hurriedly explained. “I like the fact that you’re now a staff of PK corps. Did you know corporate wear suits you more than your casual” He paused after thinking about it. “Okay no, I take that back. I think I like you more in your casual clothes. You always look as if you’re in the mood to hurt someone” He told her. Eun-sun couldn’t help but shake her head. In-Ha was not only crazy but stupid, maybe even worse than his friend.

“Alright I’ve heard you. Now tell me why you called” She said in a more casual tone.

“Yeah, what I was saying was, i wanted us to have lunch together, but I couldn’t reach you. I got a bit worried and that’s why I decided to call again, just to check that everything was fine” He finally said what he wanted to say. He also didn’t know he has been blabbering and spewing all the things he has been saying. Maybe it was because he knew she’d hang up the moment he told her why he had called. But he didn’t want that, he wanted to hear more of her voice.

“Oh!” She exclaimed. “I went on a field trip with my boss. I had to put off my phone” Eun-sun explained.

“Oh that’s was the case. And there I was thinking some guy must have harassed you and i was getting ready to come to the rescue”

“Well now you know there won’t be any need for that” Eun-sun rolled her eyes, not that he could see her anyway.

“Yeah I know. And I’m disappointed. That would have been a good way to earn some brownie points from you” He said feigning a deflated sigh.

Eun-sun scoffed in her mind. ‘Not like he can even save himself from me’ She hissed inwardly.

“Well sorry to disappoint you” She said, her words heaving with sarcasm.

“Maybe I’ll be lucky some other time. But are you back now?”

“Yeah” She replied. He wondered why her answers were always monotonous.Either that or they were always flat with a Stern and curt tone attached to it.

“So can we hang out? Like go out for dinner and play games, maybe cards” He inquired. For some very weird reason he badly wanted to see her. To him she was like a breath of fresh air. His time with her was different from all the others girls he has been with. The last conversation they had in his car was one that he didn’t think he’d forget in a hurry. He has never seen a girl act the way she does.

Those prima Donna princesses, and spoilt rich brats which he sees were nothing like her. She had something around that keeps pricking his heart, wanting him to know her, talk to her and just be around her. At first he thought it was because she was playing the hard to get game with him, but now he has come to realize there was more to that.

“I’m sorry I can’t hang out” She replied.

“Why?” He asked in a sad voice.

“Because I’m tired. And unlike you who is rich and can afford to sit at home and do nothing, I have to work all day”

“And who says I don’t work?” In-Ha asked back.

“Do you? You must be busy watching TV and calling me” Eun-sun said sarcastically.

“Eun-sun you are mean” In-Ha yelled over the phone.

“Welcome to my world” She hissed.

“Your mean world sucks, but don’t worry, I’ll warm it up with my charms and sweetness” He said with a mischievous smile etched in his face.

“Whatever. So I guess I can hang up now right, since I’m not available to entertain you tonight” Eun-sun said. She really is wanted to get off the phone already. The call was getting too lengthy, and she hated such calls. This was the longest call she had ever received, and right now she was regretting the fact that she had given him her number.

“Why are you threatening me with you hanging up the call? Please don’t do that. What about lunch tomorrow? I can pick up for lunch” He told her.

“Anything special going on?” Eun-sun asked cocking a brow.

“No. Must something happen before I eat lunch?” He asked back.

“Then why will you come all that way that way Just to eat lunch?” She didn’t understand In-Ha at all.

In-Ha sighed when he heard her question. Was she even listening at all? Didn’t she hear him say he wanted to eat lunch with her. “Because I want to have lunch with you” He told her, in a clear and firm tone, just in case she didn’t hear well.

Eun-sun kept quiet for a while without answering him.

“Why are you quiet?” He asked her when he didn’t get a reply from her. ????n????????ea????. ????????????

“Are that bored with yourself?” Eun-sun finally spoke up.

“Yes, very bored” He answered taking a sobbing voice.

“Then go out and meet with your friends”

“But they’re all busy. And it’s just you, Hyun and that taciturn boss of yours president Dan-Han. You don’t expect me to have lunch with him do you? The food will go down the wrong pipe, and I’ll choke to death” He said dramatically, making Eun-sun roll her eyes. Hearing Dan-Han’s name her mind flew back to what he said.

‘Because I like you’ Eun-sun felt her heart thump hard just at that thought. That was crazy!!

“Fine lunch tomorrow. And don’t bring those sneaky smile of yours when coming” She told him before ending the call, because if she didn’t, that guy would find something unreasonable to keep on the phone. All she wanted right now was to go home and sleep and wake up in the morning, with no memories of her boss silly confession.

Can that be possible?

In-Ha gasped dramatically when he heard that familiar beep indicating that the line hads been disconnected. He chuckled amusedly.

That was a first.

Eun-sun was the first girl ending a call on him. She was making a lot of first in his life and he wouldn’t lie, he was liking every bit of it.

In-Ha raked his hair over his hand as he looked back on the seat as he thought about her fiesty little face. That girl was a bundle of sweet trouble, one he was willing to indulge in.