Introduction 1 (continued)

As soon as the yell reached the ears of Dae-Seong, he immediately turned his face and walked in the direction of the sound. The moment he reached there, his face transformed the looks from a cold gesture to a confused one.

Meanwhile, Hae-Won was weirdly sitting on the floor, adjusting her glittering pair of stilettos, out of which one was still in her foot, and then another one occupied her hand as it was broke.

Now Dae-Seong could understand, what happened and went near Man-Hae and stood in front of her, watching her actions in disbelief.

As soon as Man-Hae sensed the presence of someone in front of her, she quickly lifted her head and looked for the face of that presence. Now she could see Dae-Seong standing in front of her, pulling on a weird-still-cold face. She knew what he must be thinking, so, before Dae-Seong could say anything, she decided to give a reply to the assumed would-be question herself, and said, “Yeah, Yeah, Stop right there! I know you would say that how come such a badass like me is using the “ouch” word. So, for your kind information, I fell down. As you can see, it all became possible because of this lovely footwear that your mission requirements made me wear. And since we can not deny the fact that I am actually, a badass “girl”, so that girly nature just came out and the “ouch” followed.”. Seeing no response in return to her detailed reply she thought of confirming and added, “Am I clear enough?”. Dae-Seong was still looking at her face.

He finally spoke, “Whatever. Just be careful next time. All right!”. Dae-Seong was about to leave but suddenly turned around to the side of the maid, “Since Man-Hae is feeling this much weak, prepare some light food. It will be better to rest after eating”, he more like ordered the maid, and indirectly Man-Hae too.

But before Man-Hae could say anything in response, Dae-Seong turned around and made his way back to the room.

Man-Hae being left behind, just released some amount of soundful air out of her mouth, and gave an “all ok” look to the maids standing near her, all set to pick her up, but just waiting for her permission. But leaving all of them standing with their looks, Man-Hae grabbed the broken stilettos and stood up all by herself, though with some difficulty, and headed back to her respective room.

On the other side, Dae-Seong had already reached his room, finding a comfortable pair of clothes from his informal outfits filled category, of the massive closet. After finding a suitable outfit, he went to the luxurious bathroom which was all covered in dazzling hygiene. The same goes with Man-Hae. She also took a nice shower and went downstairs for some food after a long, tiring day.

As she reached downstairs, the maids were already setting the table, filling it with freshly prepared dishes which Man-Hae asked them on their way home on the order of Dae-Seong. She went near the table and was about to pull the chair, but suddenly she felt something missing, and that was, Dae-Seong. So, she decided to ask one of the maids, “Where is Dae-Seong?”, she asked. The maid, who was all absorbed in her work, lifted her head at the questioning voice, and looked at Man-Hae, leaving all her work aside. “Mam, I went to the room of sir a minute ago. He said that he does not want to have anything right now. And asked not to disturb him again before 10:00 am.”, she replied, bowing her head a bit for the sake of respect. After hearing this, Man-Hae released her grip from the chair and stepped back, moving in the direction of the room of Dae-Seong.

Though she knew, that going to him, especially after his statement of not disturbing him till eight, was neither a good idea nor worth it. That is all because firstly, he is going to get annoyed because of the sudden interruption of Man-Hae. And secondly, there was no way he would be moved by Man-Hae’s statement and change his mind or his decision.

But, still, isn’t this what people close to you or the people who care for you are meant to do. Meant to wreck your plans and drag you towards the opposite direction of your decision, only if you are wrong, and this is the same Man-Hae was heading towards.

Even if Dae-Seong does not accept it openly, it will be so wrong to say that he does not care about his most trusted person-Man-Hae. And she knew this, Also, maybe her action of going against Dae-Seong’s will, was one of the advantages of this privilege. But whatsoever she just went, because she herself cared the same way for Dae-Seong as he cared for her, or maybe more than him.

Now Man-Hae was in front of Dae-Seong’s bedroom. Firstly, she thought of knocking on the door, but since she was already more than sure that if she did so then definitely Dae-Seong will deny her in the very first place without even listening to her whole sentence. So, she just entered the room.

Dae-Seong never had a habit of locking the door, and the reason was obvious that he never had a doubt, of someone going against his will or someone entering his room to invade his privacy since everyone was too low on guts or strength to do so. And if someone went on taking such actions, then for sure he or better say she is having the rights do so, and that “she”, till yet, was the one and only Man-Hae.

So, without any hesitation, Man-Hae entered the room, twisting the knob at its lowest sound. But still, her efforts in making it all go silent were in vain in comparison to the deafening silence, already residing inside the room. As soon as she stepped inside the room, the first sight his eyes looked for was the bed, as Dae-Seong was most likely to be resting there. But to her surprise, there was no one on the bed. Then one by one, she started scanning the whole room from left to right, but no one was to be found. Being all lost in scanning the room, she was now standing in the middle of the room.

Now she could see the whole room clearly, excepting the little office made at a turn inside the room, half-hidden by an opaque wall. Though there was a massively built office room in the large luxurious mansion, Dae-Seong wanted to have one in his room too, which was, consuming enough space in his room.

Man-Hae could not see Dae-Seong anywhere.

But little did she know, she was not alone in the room since the very first step she placed inside this empty seeming room.

As soon as Man-Hae came out of her search, she sensed the air behind her back, blocking.

As soon as she was sure that yes, the blockage of air behind her was due to someone’s presence behind her, without wasting a single second, she raised her arm, folding in half, gathering all the strength in her elbow, and twisted herself in the direction of the presence with the speed of light, aiming to hit the target right on the neck to make the body of the unknown presence go numb for seconds.

But to her shock, her master plan failed.

The very moment she raised her arm to hit the stranger behind her, she felt her hand getting blocked, and over that, her arm was now strongly gripped, twisting it behind her back. In a second, the stranger’s other arm was now holding her neck.

Man-Hae, at the very first action, was about to attack back against this move of the stranger in her defense.

But the moment, the stranger’s other arm wrapped her neck, making it a bit difficult for the air to travel back and frow down the nasal passage, she realized that the touch, which a moment ago was of a stranger for her, was actually of a very familiar one.

It didn’t take her time of more than a second to confirm that the arm was of Dae-Seong. Yes, she was sure that this was no one else than Dae-Seong holding her.

For this reason, she relaxed her body, which was standing all stiff and ready to attack until now.

Seeing this, Dae-Seong decided not to take any further actions and took his arms back, stepping a bit away from Man-Hae, giving her time to get her uneven breaths back to normal.

Now both were facing each other. Unknowingly a pink tint hugged Man-Hae’s face but went unnoticed by Dae-Seong.

“You should use mental strength before physical one, and better not get lost in your thoughts. Otherwise, it can be someone other than me, actually willing to choke you. So pay attention to your surroundings no matter how safe you think the place is. Understand?”, Dae-Seong advised or, better say, gave a quick and brief lesson to Man-Hae.

Man-Hae just nodded.

“And may I know what are you doing here, when I specially asked the maids not to let anyone disturb me?”, Dae-Seong asked while walking towards his so-called office table.

This reminded Man-Hae of the actual moto behind her visit to Dae-Seong’s room, and she replied, “I am here to ask you, whether you will be coming for the dinner downstairs, or you want me to ask the maids to bring it here?”

To this, Dae-Seong looked in the direction of the clock and then back at Man-Hae.

“It’s nearly six in the morning so, you better call it an early breakfast. And about the answer, then it is a no for both. I am busy with some files, so I will directly be having my proper breakfast, maybe at 10, before leaving to office. You may go now and have some rest after eating.”, he stated, putting a warm look on his cold face.

“It’s ok if you don’t want to eat for now, but at least you should take some rest. You have been working since yesterday without any break due to the mission, and now you are saying that you will go to the office. Are you sure that you will be having enough strength to do the work?”, Man-Hae objected, out of the care for Dae-Seong.

“I know you are worried about me. But trust me, you don’t need to. I am almost done with my work since it was not much. And after this, I am already planning to take some rest, and then I will come down to have breakfast too. So, you can rest assured and give yourself some rest.”, he said while convincing her, to leave and eat something and then give her body some rest, as it's been a tiring day for her too.

Man-Hae knew that it was impossible to argue over Dae-Seong’s decision. So, she just decided to give him his time, and she left from there, giving busy Dae-Seong, a humble smile.