THE PROPOSAL || KTH

Chapter 2 || Boss

"Trap him? That's on your list, skinny." My lips stretched in a smile when I saw her red face. "I intend to enjoy my evening as I please and not on your terms."

Minji opened her mouth to retort but stopped when the doorbell rang. She closed her mouth and straightened herself, running her long fingers through her hair to make herself look presentable. She plastered a smile on her face, leaving me shocked at how quick she could transform herself into someone she was not.

"It must be him. Go open the door." Mom nudged my sister.

Minji nodded and made her way toward the door. I rose to my feet, not wanting to miss the scene that would take place in the next few minutes. A drooling, desperate Minji had always been fun to watch. It was funny how a twenty-eight-year-old woman turned into a clumsy teenager when a certain man was around.

As my mother walked over to the door to greet the man herself, I followed behind. I looked over at my sister who stood holding the door open, a dreamy smile playing on her lips. I rolled my eyes, then shifted my attention to the man standing in the doorway.

A barely audible gasp escaped my lips. There stood Kim Tae-hyung, MD and CEO of the Kim empire in all his glory, dressed in a three-piece black Gucci suit like always. Though I had never interacted with him before, I wasn't immune to the aura he carried. I was aware of the effect he had over the people around him.

"Hello, Mrs. Kang ." He greeted my mother with a formal handshake.

She reciprocated with a charming smile plastered on her face. They exchanged a few words of pleasantries before he tilted his head and looked over at me. Fuck! I cursed under my breath when those brooding, intense eyes met mine. My gaze zeroed over his handsome face, taking in his sharp features and finding myself appreciating the man. Snap out of it. I shook my head to get my thoughts together. I wasn't there to admire the eye candy that was my sister's boss.

"You must be Y/n, Minji's sister?" His husky voice pulled me out of my trance.

I blinked and nodded. "Hello, Mr. Kim ."

"Tae-hyung . You can call me Tae-hyung ," he said as his eyes stayed transfixed over me.

For the first time since I stepped out of my room this evening, I questioned my choice of wearing this tight-fitting, short dress that gave away much to the imagination. His gaze ran over my body like a gentle caress, drinking me in with that hazy, dark look in his eyes. I looked away, unwillingly, not being able to stand the way he made me feel at that moment with his looks.

Brushing my thoughts aside, I moved to the living area where Minji had led him to. Walking over, I made myself comfortable on the couch across from him while Minji took a seat beside him, her eyes refusing to leave him. The smile on her face was creepily sweet. Mom and Minji kept him engaged in conversations while I sat there, half-listening to what they were saying, but I was more focused on the man in front of me, trying to figure out what it was about this man that had turned my sister into some kind of an obsessive lover.

True, he was handsome and rich, but there had to be something else too. There was no scarcity of rich men asking my sister out, but out of all of them, she was lusting over someone who didn't seem interested in her at all.

Was it a challenge to get him? Had to be. Minji loved challenges, and Kim Tae-hyung was one to her.

The cell phone in my hand buzzed. I glanced at it and groaned inwardly, seeing Kim Woo-jin's name light up on the screen.

Excusing myself, I rose to my feet and walked away to attend the call in private. No one from my family should know about Woo-jin and the job he offered to me.