Chapter 2

As I lay down at my bed, I blankly stared at the ceiling of my room. Thinking about what happen 4 days ago that made my memories of that day completely wiped out. The doctor said that by the time the ambulance came, they found me unconsciously lying on the floor. The doctor said that something hard hit my head causing me temporary memory loss. He also said that the memories will slowly pops out as time passes so there’s no need to worry. But something is bugging me for the past days. What if I won’t recall my missing memories even after a long period of time? Even though it’s only a month worth of memories, I still feel a bit lacking and uncontended. It’s as if something is missing and it makes me feel anxious if I don’t know what it is. After thinking for a long time, I suddenly remembered the wallet I picked up earlier. I immediately get up of bed and grabbed my phone and dialed the number listed on the owner’s card. Upon dialing, the phone rings for several times before it got picked up by the other line. ‘Hello?’, that single word soothed my ears the instant he said it. It’s as if I was charmed by someone. I snapped out of my hallucinations and instantly replied with an awkward flustered voice. ‘H-hello? I am the o-one whom you accidentally bumped e-earlier at the café’. The other line went silent. After a few seconds, ‘Ah! That lady. I’m really sorry about that. I was really in a rush so I didn’t saw you that time. But . . . how did you know my phone number?’. ‘Ah! About that, you see when we bumped into each other, you accidentally dropped your wallet and I happened to picked it up’ I said with a flustered tone. The other line changes his tone and replied in a relief. ‘Really?! Thank goodness. I thought I dropped it off somewhere. Thank you for picking it up but the money, you didn’t count it right?’. I was surprised all of a sudden. I didn’t talk for a while as I was feeling guilty of what he said. Well, I did count it off but it’s hard to admit it when the other person asked. As I went silent, the other line laughed all of a sudden. ‘Hahaha~ So you did count it, huh?’. I was flustered and admit my mistake in a desperate tone. ‘W-well, the money is f-fat, I m-mean it’s noticeable so I w-was just curious for a b-bit. I did count it but don’t w-worry! I s-stopped midway’. The other line chuckled and said, ‘It’s okay. Even if you used some of it, it’s fine. Take it as my gratitude of picking my wallet’. His soothing yet enchanting voice pleased my very ears. I don’t know what’s happening to me but my face starts turning red and feeling hot all of a sudden. He’s a stranger whom I didn’t met yet but I don’t know why my body reacting like this. While I’m still feeling weird, ‘T-then when w-will I give the wallet back? Is tomorrow good f-for you? At the same time and location?’ I asked. ‘Okay, then see you tomorrow. Thank you again for picking up my wallet’, he said before hanging up. After that strange conversation, I don’t know what’s gotten into me. It’s my first time in my whole 30 years of living to feel like this. With that weird feeling, I forced myself to sleep and suddenly look forward to tomorrow. Morning comes and I went to work like any other day. Upon entering the office department, I was shocked after seeing Seo Jin’s current state. She looked like a dried corpse with her blood sucked up dry. She’s like a living zombie as she looked at me with such desperation in her eyes. ‘My friend, Ji Yeon. Please save me from this pitiful life. End my life with your sword, I beg you’. She lowered her head and began hitting her head to her desk. I approached her and gently neck sliced her. There’s no other way to cheer her up but to play along with his farce. ‘Then this humble king will end your life with pleasure’, I said confidently. She straighten her posture and closed her eyes as she said, ‘Your Majesty, this lowly servant will offer her head as a sacrifice. Please end my life once and for all, your Majesty’. I neck sliced her neck once again and she played dead soon after. I gently laughed at her wittiness and asked her politely about what’s bothering her. ‘Are you okay? What happened?’ I said. He raised her head and looked up at me. ‘Well, remember that I worked overtime yesterday right? I worked throughout the night but the director wanted me to redo all of it. What a ferocious monster. He’s much more dangerous than my mom!’ she said. I was caught off guard and got no choice but to hear all of her nagging. I cannot speak up also as I feel inferior to the director. If I went out of place, he’ll do the same at me and I don’t want to experience that anymore. I cannot do anything but to comfort her despair by patting her back as she cries in misery. I went back to my desk and work throughout the day. During lunch break, Seo Jin grabbed my hand while I was still working and dragged me along with her. ‘Let’s go, hurry! There’s a newly open restaurant and their offering a 50% discount to the first 100 costumer. We cannot let this pass by, okay?’ she said. Even though I want to break free from his grabbing, her strong passion towards discounts won’t let me. I got no choice but to be dragged around and after a few minutes of walking, we waited in line in front of the newly opened restaurant. While waiting, we had a girly conversation. I told her about what happened yesterday. About the sudden encounter with a very handsome guy. She was all ears when I am talking and screamed in silence as soon as I finish talking. ‘What the hell? Really? Then, what did you feel after talking to him? You feel hot and flustered right?’ she said. I was surprised by how she knows what I felt that time. I cannot bring out the truth so I brushed it off with a question. ‘What are you saying? Isn’t it strange to suddenly feel like that with a stranger? I’m not a pervert to begin with’ I said with such flustered tone. She slightly hit me with her arms and said confidently, ‘It’s not wrong to feel like that, girl. It’s called love at first sight, you ignorant woman. I don’t care what you feel, just take this opportunity to meet a handsome guy that will love you forever, understand?’. She then began talking about how to flirt like this and that and what to do during the first night. The cost of the lunch is worth it but it’s a very unpleasant lunch for me. After all these years, I still can’t get used to her nonsense blabbering. She sometimes became a search engine with such useless information she knew. After the unpleasant lunch, we head back to the office and continued to work. When it’s time to leave, Seo Jin dragged me again and headed to the girl’s comfort room. ‘What are you doing?’ I asked. She didn’t answer and just searched her bag looking for something. ‘You’re meeting that handsome guy right? I’ll make you beautiful so don’t move an inch and let me doodle your face’ she said. I struggled with all my might but the monster’s strength exceeds the Gods. After the sudden make over, Seo Jin accompanied me to the café and bid farewell as soon as we arrived. He patted my shoulders and said, ‘You got this girl. Remember, when he arrives, let him sit the opposite of you and always face sideways, got it?’. I was hesitant but still asked, ‘Why do I need to do that? I am just giving back his wallet?’. She suddenly raised her voice as she said, ‘Just listen, okay? This is your once in a lifetime opportunity. Don’t let this pass by. Remember all the key points I told you. But remember the important thing’. She grabbed something from her pocket and placed it in the palm of my right hand. She handed me a small bottle containing an unknown transparent liquid. I don’t know what that thing she handed me but I still asked, ‘What’s this thing?’. She approached me slowly and whispered, ‘This is my secret weapon. If he suddenly went to the bathroom, pour drops of this in his coffee’. I was still clueless of the weird liquid she handed me so I unconsciously showed a worried face. She noticed my sudden change of expression and clicked her tongue. ‘Don’t hesitate, girl. This is your opportunity. If he left for the bathroom, use the thing I handed you. If he drinks the coffee containing that, he will surely be knocked out. Use that opportunity to drag him in a nearby hotel and do your business got it?’ she said. I shouldn’t have mentioned anything to this girl. I know that she’s crazy but not to this extent. I wondered if she’s a repeat offender of male rape cases. But for suddenly bringing that up, I widely open my eyes in surprise as I said, ‘What? Are you crazy? Why in the world would I do that?’. She ignored what I said and just pushed me inside the café. She instantly left after I enter the café and sent me a text message saying, ‘Brat, this is the 20th century. You can’t get a guy with normal procedures. Just remember what I taught you and initiate what we planned. I’ll be looking forward for the great news. Update me as soon as it’s over, ASAP’. As soon as I receive the text, I felt nothing but being speechless. This girl is really brave. I salute her bravery but what she’s suggesting is a crime. I can spend my whole life single but not in jail. I sighed heavily as I find a vacant seat. After a few minutes of waiting, the guy I’m longing to meet since yesterday showed up. He was very charismatic in a usual office wear. He was searching for me as soon as he enters and I enjoyed looking at him with such pleasing eyes. After a few seconds, he looked at my direction and slowly walked towards me. It made me anxious at the same the flustered. I can feel the heaviness of each step he takes as he walked towards my direction. As he reached to where I was seated, he looked down at me with such confident smile in his face. I slowly entered my fantasy as I looked at his refined, draped eyelashes, his mysterious golden brown eyes, his delicately black hair and that sweet alluring smile of him. My heart pounded non-stop as if I was suffering from a heart diseases. He gently looked down at me and said, ‘Are you the lady from last night?’ so sweetly. Despite his captivating charm, I snapped out instantly. I cannot let my fantasies ruin our first impression. I need to suppress it. I stood up immediately and greeted him formally. ‘Sorry for the late introduction, My name is Choi Tae Hyeon. May I ask for the lady’s name?’. ‘Ah, sorry! My name is Song Ji Yeon’ I said with a flustered tone. He smiled again with such sweetness while slowly sits in front of me. It was kind of awkward for me but he feels confident the way he looks at me. ‘It’s kind of awkward, right? Sorry for the inconvenience’ he said. I was flustered the whole time and felt even more flustered after what he said. ‘N-no, it’s okay. I-it’s o-only natural to g-give b-bac-ck what’s lost’ I said in a shy formal tone. He sweetly sneered in front me making my heart skip a beat. I can’t take anymore sweetness. I need a hole to find. I don’t know if it’s just me feeling hot or it’s just the café’s broken air-conditioning. I think my face turns red and I felt embarrassed to talk to him. ‘You’re so nice. Thank you for picking my wallet’ he said. I hurriedly picked his wallet from my bag and immediately handed it over to him. He thanked me soon after and wanted to treat me a meal as a gratitude for what happened. I cannot decline his offer so I obediently accepted. It’s rude to decline someone’s gratitude you know. As we were planning to head out, he suddenly noticed the bottle Seo Jin gave me. I unknowingly placed the bottle in the table as I was searching his wallet at my bag. I covered my face in embarrassment as soon as he grabbed the bottle. ‘What’s this?’ he innocently asked

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