Trapped

6

Cast

"Let's go?" Jiyong lifted his head to see Dara all ready. Now that she was standing, he could clearly see that the woman was wearing a white shirt and faded blue pants paired with white shoes and a pink beanie.

Simple as always. He thought to himself before standing up to leave.

Once they reached the front desk, Dara went through her bag to look for her credit card while the assistant got her coat from the coatroom.

"Let me pay instead." She seemed to be having a difficult time finding it so Jiyong volunteered as he pulled his wallet out from his pants' pocket.

"Found it!" Dara announced as he showed her wallet to Jiyong. "Thanks anyway."

The man shook his head as he placed his wallet back.

"Miss Park, here's your coat." The assistant handed her a light brown coat that reached her knees.

Dara thanked the assistant before putting on the coat while she waited for the transaction to finish.

Jiyong looked at his own coat, and then at Dara's as he let out a small chuckle.

What were the odds? They even chose the same colored coats - his being 2 shades darker.

Both of them thanked the staff before Jiyong opened the door for Dara so that they could leave.

"Are they together?" Yuri asked Miss Kim.

"I'm not sure. But they look good together."

"I think they are. No man would volunteer to pay for a woman's salon fees if he weren't her boyfriend."

"You have a point. They even wore similar coats and outfits today."

"I like Miss Dara for him. Maybe she could tone down G-Dragon's wildness."

Miss Kim nodded as she looked at the exit where Dara and Jiyong left.

The car ride to the restaurant was quiet.

Dara reverted back to her old self - the Dara who was quiet and barely spoke anything.

She wasn't like this with me. Jiyong thought as he sneakily glanced at Dara.

The woman was always comfortable around Jiyong. Maybe because of the weird set up they had with their age and their standing in the company. Dara was older than Jiyong but Jiyong was Dara's senior in the industry so they decided to talk comfortably from the get go.

She wasn't. His grip on the stearing wheel tightened.

"Oh?" Dara's eyes landed on the apple figurine on Jiyong's dashboard. "I didn't know you liked apples? This is so cute!"

"You like it?" Jiyong asked, his eyes on the road.

"Yup!"

"I'll get one for you then."

"Thanks!"

And there goes their conversation.

The restaurant the staff made a reservation at was a place where a lot of idols frequented. It wasn't because of the food, it was the privacy of the place that got them to come back again and again.

The restaurant is owned by a celebrity. Knowing full well how celebrities don't have their privacy to themselves most of the time, she decided to open a restaurant that caters to that particular aspect.

"Should I go in first or should you?" Dara asked the moment he turned off the engine.

"You're being paranoid. Let's just go in together. We'll take the private route."