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"Did Sana ssi and Taehyung ssi hit off instantly? Usually this is what is presumed between celebrity couples. I'm curious as to how they met." I asked Tzuyu if she had some knowledge about it.

"No, I don't think so. My coworkers happen to reserve a lot of gossip, so I got to know that the two were classmates. Later when Sana made a career in films, she dated a co-star but suffered a depression after the break up. Taehyung ssi supported her during those hard times and that's all about it." "Sana ssi had an ex? I'm not much of her fan so I don't keep up with the news." I reasoned. Tzuyu nodded too, stuffing some of the bread in her mouth. "There were rumours flying around that Sana was insecure of her ex so he left her, and this was when Taehyung came into picture."

Somewhere this reminded me of Yoon oh. Although we split ways because of the mess in the last mission that forced him to say goodbye to his career, it was mostly fueled because of the insecurity we had with each other's jobs. He did say he loved me, and I still wonder how he might be living a life now.

"Lisa-yah, where are you lost? Come on, we should be leaving now." "No, I just zoned out a bit. Let's go."

We just exited the pizzeria and headed inside the office building, with me whining about how Tzuyu didn't let me pay for lunch.

"Yah, I can't let you pay me lunch! I feel embarrassed." I let out. "Lisa, I said it was my treat to you for saving me from getting fired that day. I ain't some rich bitch, though this is the minimum I can do for you!!" She cutely stared at me with dog eyes. We had a good laugh, but Sana stepped in to ruin the moment.

"Oh look who we have here! A useless receptionist spilling company gossip to an outsider! If you wanted to good around, why join here?" Sana was annoyed. I knew she was aiming this towards me by the disgusted look directed at me. "Sana ssi, it's not what you think like. We're friends and so we just came by for lunch-" Tzuyu tried to reason but Sana wasn't buying it. She was fuming in anger and determined to throw Tzuyu out just so that she could show how much of an 'influence' she had.

"You're only an employee at MY company, and you dare to answer me back? How pathetic!" After the nuisance she created at the lobby, she marched towards Taehyung's cabin, with a rage to rob Tzuyu of her job.

"Its my fault. I shouldn't have invited you over at work hours. I brought problems to both of us Lisa, I....I'm sorry...." The poor girl felt utterly disappointed in herself as if she had  committed a sin and tears threatened to pour out of her eyes. I didn't pity her; we pity those who are helpless, but she had me by her side. I knew this was completely unrelated to the mission, but I wasn't going to let her suffer from injustice and get accused of something she never did.

"Tzuyu, hey, look at me. Nothing will happen. Relax. I won't let anything happen to you." I gave her an assuring nod before pulling her to follow me.

When we reached Taehyung's extravagant office cabin we could already see Sana complaining to Taehyung from the stained glass windows. She was being all mushy and mawkish to him, yeah. Definitely a great actress. Taehyung silently kept nodding to her, trying to calm her down. Though in his eyes - it looked as if he knew she was exaggerating and he let her do it. He let her take all the anger out on him, and diverted his attention to us when we arrived.

"Sir, please let me explain-" Tzuyu started, with a weary voice but Sana immediately started mocking her. "Wow. The guts. First you throw derogatory remarks behind my back and spill the company gossips to outsiders, and now you dare to show your face! I'm your boss, I can throw you out of this company. You must get punished for your disrespect." Sana basically roared.

"I would like to reason Sana ssi. First of all, we're both friends who casually met up to talk about life and we don't think you're an important part of our conversation so we wouldn't talk about you. And even if we did, on a personal level you shouldn't be eavesdropping on someone else, isn't it? Tzuyu didn't do anything she should be ashamed of, nor does she work for you. So practically you're not her employer who decides whether she stays or leaves. I don't mean to be rude but Sana-ssi I can't let you ridicule my friend who's completely innocent for the matter."