𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞; 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒐

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔

     "Oh."

      "Yeah." She sighed. "If it doesn't work for you, I could always reschedule?"

     "Tonight is fine." He assured with a small shrug.

    "Good, but before we go, I'd like to take you shopping."

      "Shopping?"

     "Mhm. We'll stop by my company building, get your proper measurements and then get you an outfit to meet my parents in."

     "Is my current style not good?" Taemoo inquired, very confused and not at all offended.

     "It's not that it's not good, it's just that my parents are complicated people." She explained, leaning back in her desk chair. "Just please let me dress you."

     Clearing his throat and shaking his head to get the small smile off his face, Taemoo nodded his head. "If it'll make everything move more smoothly then yes you can dress me. Also why at eight?"

      "I didn't want to interfere with your schedule too much, so I just assumed you didn't have anything going on during that time. Is eight too late for you?"

     "Eight is fine." He nodded, the smile he tried to quickly shake off, reappearing before it even fully went away.

     Standing up and throwing the folder onto the desk, Hyejin let a smile grace her face before speaking. "Great. I'll pick you up at your company building in fifteen minutes."

      "Okay, I'll see you then."

     "Bye!"

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    Tapping her fingers lightly on her pink steering wheel, Hyejin looked out the window to her far right, almost anxiously waiting for Taemoo's arrival. Once she saw him walk out in his gray suit, she couldn't help but check her reflection in the rear view mirror, smoothing out her flyaways and cleaning up her overlined lined lip gloss right before he arrived at her silver Aston Martin car.

     "Hey." She smiled, turning to look at Taemoo as he awkwardly made himself comfortable in her passenger seat, buckling himself up. "I hope the baby pink doesn't make you feel too out of place." She chuckled, referring to her pink leather seats.

      "It's fine. It suits you." He shrugged, glancing at the girl beside him as she put the car out of park and began driving. "You drove here by yourself?"

     Smiling softly at the sense of dejavu she was experiencing, Hyejin shrugged. "It's a personal affair so I have to."

      "How humble." Taemoo mumbled, turning to look out the window as the girl cruised past tall buildings, tall apartment complexes, and the occasional convenience store. Finding the silence between them a bit stuffy, Hyejin reached over to raise the volume of the current song playing. She quietly hummed along softly to Doughnut by Twice as she tapped her fingers on her steering wheel to the beat, not noticing the frequent glances the man beside her couldn't help but take.

     "Have you been driving for long?"

     "What?" Hyejin mumbled, glancing at Taemoo before looking back at the road as the red light turned green.

     "Have you been driving for long?" He repeated, mentally recalling how her hands never left the wheel for more than a second, how she intently watched her speed limit, how she very closely examined her surroundings, and didn't really bother to be her usual talkative self.

     "I hope this doesn't make you trust my driving any less, but I can't really remember the last time I drove." She chuckled sheepishly, sitting up in her seat as she glanced in both directions before turning the corner, seeing her large company building just up a few streets. "Is it that obvious?"

    "Not necessarily. Just some things I've noticed from inexperienced drivers." Taemoo shrugged just as they pulled up at the front of the large portion of land, designated to the sweetheart of fashion.

     "As long as I get you from point a to point b unharmed and in one piece, then I'm happy with my driving ability." Hyejin said, unbuckling herself as she leaned over to grab her black Versace purse from the back seat and then getting out of the luxurious car.

     Beginning to chuckle at the girl's words, Taemoo cleared his throat at the realization of what he was doing. Shaking his head, he quickly stepped out of the vehicle, waiting for a few seconds for the girl to round the car. As he began following her to the entrance of the beautiful building, Taemoo couldn't help but admire just how put together everything was. The dark and light gray tiles were freshly polished and the grass surrounding the flat recirculating fountain close to the ground was freshly trimmed.

      "Are all of these buildings yours?" Taemoo couldn't help but ask as they slowed to a halt near the bridge that was near the entrance of the building closest to them and led to a surprisingly larger building that was connected to a seemingly identical building to its right.

      Smiling softly, she nodded her head proudly  before turning to stare at the man beside her. "This building here is for our fashion line, the one there is for our makeup line, and the one beside it is for our skincare line." She explained before motioning for him to follow her towards the set of two doors placed beside the revolving ones, not noticing the surprised shock he was in.

     Snapping back to his senses, he quickly followed her the short distance to the entrance of the building but was stopped before they entered. "You should stay close to avoid getting lost. It usually gets hectic around this time of day." Hyejin turned back to glance at him. Once he nodded, she pulled the glass door before grabbing his hand gently, and walking into the warmth provided. Ignoring the surprised and lingering gazes her employees gave them in the midst of the mid-day craziness, she continued to carefully maneuver the both of them through the large crowds of people and towards the door placed discreetly behind the receptionist desk on the left wing of the building.

     "Here we are." Hyejin clapped her eyes as she closed the door that divided the cozy fitting room from the buzzing on the other side. "Girls, this is your model for today. Get him measured please." Before Taemoo could say anything, the two girls who were in the room before they entered, rushed towards him and quickly led him over to stand on the white ottoman that was placed in front of the large body mirror.

     Taemoo stood still with uncertain wide eyes as the girls buzzed around him. They moved his body around as their soft measuring tapes wrapped around certain places of his body before they occasionally stepped back to scribble something down before continuing.

     "First time?" Hyejin asked from where she was sitting on the small white fuzzy chair placed beside the mirror, watching the scene in front of her with a smile on her face.

    Looking up from his previous wide eyed stare, he chuckled quietly. "You could say that."

     "They're sort of intense, but they get their work done quickly." She shrugged just as the girls stepped back after measuring Taemoo's wrists, quietly discussing it together and then jotting it down. "All done?"

     "Yep!" The shorter one with bangs chirped with a smile as she handed her boss the notepad.

     "Great. You girls are free to go, thank you so much." Hyejin smiled at them, placing the piece of paper in her purse. Once they left, she turned her attention back to the man still standing awkwardly on the ottoman.

     "Now what?" He cleared his throat, stepping down when he caught the women's humoress stare.

      "We go shopping of course."

authors note;
❣️late update but whats new 😪, I wanted to try something new by taking full control of this chapter so lmk whether or not you guys like it!

I also have a question. I've been thinking of giving yeonmi a love interest but you guys be interested in seeing that, or do you prefer single yemoni?

and lastlyyyy, I am going on vacation of the sixth of July but idk how long I'll stay so I rlly don't know how often updates will be, if I update at all, but I'll try to update once or twice more before I go!

thank you for reading, I love you, mwah🫶🏼