Come & Eat, Lisa

Chapter 1

Our story begins when Lisa has worked overtime for five straight days.

Employees should be off during the National Holiday, but everyone in the finance department has to work overtime to audit the books at month end. A new employee like Lisa has to deal with piles and piles of reports, to the point that she dizzily sees stars circling over her head. At the end of Day 3, the manager announces the completion of the audit.

As soon as Lisa arrives home, she jumps into bed and immediately drifts off to a sound sleep.

While still dreaming, Lisa hears the phone ring.

With her eyes closed, she gropes for a long time to find it. With her sixth sense, she presses the "on" button, groggily saying: "Hello."

"Hello, are you Miss Lalisa Manoban?"

"Ah, Yes."

"This is Hospital XX. Please come immediately to the maternity ward of Hospital XX."

"Oh....okay."

The person on the phone rambles on, but Lisa does not pay attention, humming and hawing in agreement. Finally the person hangs up.

The world is quiet again. Lisa furrows back into the blanket to continue her sleep.

A few minutes later, Lisa pops out of bed.

What did she just hear? Hospital?

! ! ! ! ! !

Hopefully something has not happened to her father.

Lisa puts on her shoes and hurries out the door.

While urging the taxi driver to drive faster to the hospital, she suddenly reasons ...... impossible, she works in S City, not back home. How can her father be at a hospital in S City, and did she not hear the person on the phone say ...... the maternity ward?

***

What unfolds next, for ordinary girls like Lisa, is unbelievable like in a romance novel.

First, she is dropped off at the hospital gate. Lisa is still mourning the loss of $50 in taxi fee when she is confronted by two tall men wearing dark shades, possibly they have been waiting for her and even know what she looks like.

"Miss Lalisa Manoban, please come with us."

Next, Lisa is taken to the doors of the maternity ward in a state of fear as if she is summoned to a triad gathering. A man runs up to her with sweats dripping down his forehead, gripping her hands.

***

"Miss Manoban, please save my wife."

"That ......" Lisa is confused as he shakes her hands this way and that way.

Can someone explain what is happening?...... Also, who is this man crushing her hands in his grips?.......

"Jin, let her go."

The command is soft but authoritative, making the man called Jin immediately pull back his hands.

Lisa turns toward the voice and then her eyes look straight ahead. Just a lone figure sitting at a slant angle, but the man emits a light that attracts and captivates everyone's attention. It seems he has just left a party, wearing a conventional black suit, his face showing a bit of tiredness and an innate domineering coldness.

He adjusts his shirt sleeve and stands, walking arrogantly towards Lisa.

"Lalisa Manoban?"

Lisa nods dumbly.

"Blood group AB – RH negative."

Lisa nods again.

His face is still arrogant, but his eyes appear relieved.

"My sister and you have the same rare blood type. She has just been admitted into the maternity ward waiting to give birth, but the blood bank is running low. To prevent any mishap, please wait here in case we need your help."

So this is what everything is about, Lisa finally understands. When she had a health check in college, she knew her blood type was rare. Because of that, she is always careful when crossing the street, afraid that an accident can cause blood loss which can lead to death.

"No problem, no problem at all." Lisa begins to sympathize with the woman in the maternity ward, agreeing without hesitation. However ......

Lisa sheepishly wonders: "Actually ..... Can I ask a question?"

"Go ahead." Although she is helping him, he repeatedly treats her as if he is the one in charge and she is his follower. Everyone else act as if his attitude is normal, giving Lisa a feeling that something is off.

"Umm ...... Who are you people?" Also, how did they know where to contact her?

He looks at Lisa strangely for a few seconds and then slowly says: "I'm Jeon Jungkook."

***

Lisa thinks for a long moment and then asks haltingly: "Actually, should I know you?"

Jin wipes his sweats: "Miss Manoban, you're an employee of Jeon Corporations. When you were trained as a new employee, did you not learn about the history of the company or visit the company's website?"

Lisa's mouth forms an O. She, she remembers now ......

So he is the president ...... the big, big, big boss of the company.

Lisa obediently sits in front of the maternity ward to wait to donate blood.

She is made to undergo an examination by the boss, to ensure she is healthy and the blood type is a match.

A woman giving birth is indeed in danger. Lisa obediently gives up 300CC of blood. The woman is out of danger.

Lisa leaves the hospital amidst heaps of gratitude from Jin, walking a bit then stops to look up at the moon and sighs.

"Capitalists are really blood suckers, without any compassion, without any compassion."

Lisa shakes her head, not paying attention to a black sports car parking not far behind. After hearing the sigh, the man in the back seat twitches the corners of his mouth, then closes the car window that he has just opened.

"Go home."

"President, didn't you say you wanted to give Miss Manoban a lift home?"

"Not anymore."

The man says blankly, "Capitalists have no compassion."