14 February 2010, 8:30 AM

She had long black hair. And her lips were so moist and pink. She was wearing a white sundress and looking so pretty. My hands were just about to touch her hands...

"Kim WooHyun..." The shrill voice entered my head breaking my sweet dream. I flinched, still in my sleep and tried to keep that dream intact and still be in it. Just one inch more and I will take her hand in my hand. "Kim WooHyun it's 8:30 already. Are you not getting up??" I groaned and she began to shake my shoulder. No way am I going to wake up without completing this dream.

"Get up." YuBin tapped my shoulder. "Come on... Come on..."

"Go away..." I hissed. The dream was already broken, and that sweet unknown girl in a white dress was had vanished with a smile.

"Get up now..." YuBin pushed me to sit up.

"Just 10 more minutes," I said still in sleep.

"No. Get up..."

"10 more minutes. Okay?... Or 5 more minutes." I said and lay back to the bed and covered me up with the blanket.

"You have a shoot at 10 am." She reminded me. I know. But 5 more minutes...YuBin was still standing looking at me. But I fell right back asleep. "5 minutes is up." She said after some time. I just pulled the blanket closer to me. "Hyun aa..."Her voice was stricter now.

"If you don't get up in the next five minutes I am going to pour water on your face."

She has done that before. So I wanted to get up. But my body won't obey. My eyes won't stay open. It's not like I don't want to wake up. I...i...zz...zzzzz.....zzzzzz....zzzzzz.

But suddenly a glass of water was splashed on my face which fell to the pillow, and on my face, my hair, and everywhere. It was really cold water which made me jump up all the way up and looked at her. She was standing there crossing her hair. "Devil..." I screamed at her.

"Get up now." She said without a change in her expression and walked away.

"Devil..." I yelled at her as she walked out of the room. I was regretting the day I appointed her as my manager. What was I thinking??? That was the worst thing I could ever have done to myself.

14 February 2010, 1:30 PM

"How much time do I have to wait?" I asked irritated. I had been simply waiting for them to get the shots ready for the last two hours. And it was really cold. It was an outdoor shoot. And it was getting damn cold. I rubbed my hands together.

"I will go ask," YuBin.

She went and talked to the assistant director and came back. "They said it may take a while." She said. Are you kidding me? I got up. "That's it... I am going back," I said to YuBin.

"You are going where?" She asked me.

"Home," I said. I don't want to wait here out in the cold like this. They must have checked and make sure everything is perfect before calling someone and making them wait like this.

"You can't leave," YuBin said as usual. "You committed to shooting this Music Video."

"I know. But this is absurd. They can't make someone wait like this. I am going home."

"Sit back down, Hyun..." She said.

"Nope. You can't make me..." I knew she was going to do this.

"SIT BACK DOWN," she stepped closer and hissed. Her eyes were strict and scary. I did not sit back down though. So she kicked my leg. That made me fall back to the chair. She bent down. "You are going to stay there. Do you understand?" Ah...she is scary. "Yes, ma'am," I mumbled.
Devil...
Dictator...

14 February 2010, 7:00 PM

We walked into the CEO's room since he had called me saying he had something to discuss with me. "Hm...WooHyun aa... Come sit down." Taepyonim said when he saw me. I sat down. YuBin sat down beside me.

"You are free tonight, right?" He asked.

"Yes," I said. It was valentine's day. But I did not have a date or anything.

"Then you will be free to eat dinner with one of my friends, right?"

"Hm...Maybe." I said with doubt. Why am I having dinner with his friend on Valentines' day??? "Who is your friend?" I asked.

"You have met her. Madam Lim." He said.

Oh, freak. I sat back. He is asking me to have dinner with that old hag. No way... I was freaking out. Madam Lim is a 47-year-old woman, who was like freaking rich. She was a businesswoman who owned a handbag brand, and she is married to another famous businessman. She...she makes me uncomfortable. She stares at me with lust. I can't explain it with any other word. I have met her a couple of times, and she stares at me like she wants to sleep with me or something. And that is freaking weird. Because she is like my mom's age. Once when she shook hands with me she rubbed her thumb over my palm. That felt really uncomfortable.

"You are asking me to have dinner with Madam Lim?" I asked Taepyonim. He is not serious. "You are not asking me to have dinner with her alone? Like just she and I, are you?"

"Yes," Taepyonim said. "That is what I said."

"Taepyonim..." I was freaked. But Taepyonim was acting like it was just normal. I always know Taepoyonim is not such a clean man. One of my female juniors had once told me how once he took money from a rich businessman in exchange for a night with that girl. "How much are you getting?" I asked him straight out.

"Look, WooHyun aa... Madam Lim is such a powerful lady. We can get so many benefits from her. it's always good to be in her good books." He began to explain. "And there is nothing for you to worry about or be uncomfortable about. It's just a dinner. Nothing more."

WHAT THE F**k???

I did not even know what to say.

"Get up, Hyun aa..." YuBin had already got up. I looked at her. And she looked angry. Really angry. "I will drop you home." She said to me. And turned to our CEO. "He is not doing that. He won't do that. How can you even ask him to...? This is disgusting." She said. She turned to me, "Come let's go."

I got up.

"Yu Bin... You should be convincing him to go for that dinner." The CEO said. She turned back to him. "It will only do him to be in favour of powerful people like that. And it's just a dinner."

"Even if it just maybe dinner, I don't want to go," I told him.

"Yu Bin, tell him it's for his own good. It's only you who he listens to." Taepyonim turned to her.

"No," YuBin crossed her hands. "I won't. I won't ever ask him to do anything of that sort. Or anything that will hurt him. And this is not for his good. It may be for your good. He doesn't need to be in favour of anyone. He can just work harder and be good at his job. Which he is doing already. So to hell with that. I would rather resign than make him do something like this... You are disgusting for even suggesting that." Her voice cracked. I felt so damn grateful. I wanted to hug her tight then. My YuBin... That's my girl.

"You work for me." Taepyonim barked at her. "WooHyun is not your boss, I am. You are supposed to take my orders."

"I will resign then," She said, straight to his face. And looked at me, "Don't do anything that hurts your pride. Not for any cost."

"I won't," I smiled at her. And turned to the CEO, "If she resigns, or gets fired, I will quit. I will break the contract and leave. Sorry."

Taepyonim looked at me, now helpless. "You can ask your Madam Lim to go F herself. We are going." I repeated. "Come on, YuBin aa..."

And we walked out. I looked at her while she was driving me back home. She was kind freaking cool. And I was so damn proud of my manager. And I was so so glad that she was my manager. I was never going to let her go. She looked at me as I was looking at her. "What? Do you need something?" She asked me.

"I am hungry."

"Okay. Chinese food??" She asked. "Toh Im Restaurant? Ah... I had seen an advertisement for a good dim sum place in Gangnam. Shall we go there?" She already knows all my favourites and preferences in – food, drinks, clothes. And she has not made any mistakes in any of them. I smiled. "New place it is..." I said. She nodded, turning the car in the direction. I put on some energetic good music and we both began to sing along to the tunes. And the dim sum at the new place was good. And that was maybe the best relaxed Valentines night I have ever had in my life.