Lina's body was against the wall as she did wall squats. Daniel looked at her with his arms folded, an unimpressed expression plastered on his face. Lina gave him a mixed between an apologetic and a pained expression. Daniel continued to count the seconds for her to hold herself in that position before finally allowing her to remove herself from the wall.

"This is what you get Lina. You can't keep stopping in the middle of your work out to text." Daniel says when he finally reached fifty on the count.

Lina took off from the wall and heaved a heavy breath. She was breathing hard and her face was dripping with sweat. She didn't mean to stop working out but it seemed like an important situation. It was Daesung she was texting.

"I'm sorry." Lina said obediently.

Daniel nodded, pleased to hear an apology. "Alright. Hit the showers. I'll be waiting for you outside."

Lina nodded and bowed her thanks. She headed towards the locker room and went straight to her locker. Taking out a bag and her towel that hung neatly inside the small metal box, she headed to the shower stalls. After getting undress and running the cold water over her tired muscles, she began to think about Daesung. It was an odd place to think about him but the showers were Lina's thinking place.

Daesung is indeed handsome. The only reason she agreed to the whole ordeal was because it felt like a situation just like her dramas. She was the first lead and her love line is Hong Bin. She was happy that something like this was close to happening. She just wondered who Daesung's love line was and hoped he'd be able to achieve her like she would be able to achieve Hong Bin. It was an immature way of thinking but that was Lina's best quality was her innocence towards the world. If anyone denied that trait to be Lina's best, Su Bin would be there to make them think otherwise.

After showering she got dressed in jean shorts and black long sleeves that hugged her skin tightly. She had to admit she had lost a few inches around her body. She had to go through the old clothes she had back in high school because her current clothes were too loose. To Dong Hyun, loose is ugly unless it's cute. Lina sort of understood him but it was still confusing.

"You ready?" Daniel asked as Lina exited from the woman's locker room.

Lina's management team was currently off. She noticed how hard they work and didn't want them to get tired by dropping her off and picking her up. She decided she'd just catch a ride with Daniel and be done with it. It took a few attempts and arguments from her manager's side but soon they gave in to her request.

Lina nodded. "Yup. My whole body is sore."

Daniel chuckled and casually threw an arm around Lina's shoulders. "Oh Lina." He said with a glint of mischief. "That means my workouts are working."

Lina laughed as they exited from the gym. "That or your workouts are killing my body very slowly and the pain is my body trying to warn me of working out."

Daniel tilted his head back, laughing. "That is not how it works."

"Lina."

The low growl broke Lina and Daniel out of their little joking session. Lina gasped silently at seeing Hong Bin standing across from them in the parking garage of the gym. A couple of his men stood further behind him as he stood there staring Lina down. Daniel, concerned for Lina's safety tightened his hold on her and pushed her slightly behind him.

"Oppa, no it's okay." Lina whispered to Daniel. "I know him."

"I don't know, Lina. I don't think you should go anywhere near them." Daniel said, looking at the men cautiously.

"Lina!" Hong Bin snapped.

Lina's eyes watched Hong Bin's as he was getting angrier by the second. She wasn't even sure why he was mad. Lina turned back to Daniel who was still protectively keeping her as behind him as much as he could.

"Oppa, please let me talk to him. I don't want him to hurt you." Lina said concern lacing her voice.

Hong Bin would. He would hurt Daniel. Lina had seen Hong Bin in action before. The first time was when she was a freshman in high school and a bunch of the senior class -of the male bunch- would torment Lina as if she was some sort of slut wanting their attention. Which she wasn't. Once Hong Bin got a scent of the matter Lina was in, he personally went to the school and beat them. All of them. Made each of them apologize to Lina as he watched them do it with a satisfied glare.

Lina didn't want the same for Daniel because she actually cared for the guy who forces her to run and lose weight. It also wouldn't be fair to Daniel's wife who was currently six -almost seven- months pregnant and told Lina to make sure Daniel doesn't stare at other women while working out. If it did come to that point where Hong Bin would hurt Daniel, she would only blame herself.

"Fine. Ten minutes, only. I'll be waiting at the car." Daniel said eyeing Hong Bin once more before leaving.

"Why are you with that ass hole?" Hong Bin spat.

"You don't even know him." Lina scoffed, defending Daniel.

"I've been looking everywhere for you. Su Bin won't say anything about you. She's still mad at me." He said ignoring her earlier statement.

"I sent my friend away so we could talk. Now it's your turn to send your monkeys away." Lina asked politely. "Thank you." She said when he gave them a nod, causing them to all leave at once.

"Now tell me, where have you been?!" He snapped. "You weren't going out, doing, things you're not supposed to do?" He questioned threateningly.

"Going out doing what I'm not supposed to be doing?" Lina pulled herself back as she glared at Hong Bin. "What? You think I'm sleeping around like those girls you're always with?" She asked only to recieve silence. "Wow!" She scoffed. "Since when did you know me so well? Lina the slut." Lina says pushing at his chest.

"That's not what I meant." Hong Bin says with an angry tone.

"It's what you implied."

Lina was angry and she was shoving at him, proving just that. She hadn't even noticed that she was crying. Being called some type of slut from someone she was in love with hurt like a slap across the face. Hong Bin had stopped moving, allowing her to push against him with all her might. He knew he was being jealous without a right but he couldn't control his emotions, especially when it came to Lina.

Lina sniffed and looked at Hong Bin, stopping all her weak attempts to physically hurt him. "I hate you." She snapped.

Before she could get anywhere, Hong Bin gripped her wrist and pulled her flush against him. He leant down and placed his lips over hers, making her instantly forget her anger and common sense. And like an idiot with no sense she didn't hesitate to kiss him back. Their lips moved in sync with one another in something so indescribable that it made Lina's knees weak. His lips were rough against her smooth ones making her even more eager to pull him closer. Lina's hands had somehow snaked their way around his neck and into his hair, running her hands through the softness of his hair. Everything felt so right to Lina. Kissing Hong Bin felt right to her.

That was until he pulled away, slightly pushing her as if her lips burned his. Lina inwardly groaned out in frustration. He was doing that thing again where he began to over think the situation and add variables that weren't even necessary in the equation. He was doing that thing where he knew he shouldn't have kissed her in the first place. Lina knew that look in his eyes and it was full fledged regret. He regretted kissing her and just that caused another round of unnecessary tears to well up in her eyes.

"Don't look at me like that." Hong Bin says softly. "I can't. You know I can't."

"I don't. I don't know why you act like this." Lina shut her eyes tight, trying her hardest to stop the tears. "Maybe it's better if we just don't see each other for a while. I'm trying to get my life together and you're distracting me." Lina said softly before turning away before she did something stupid like going back to Hong Bin and make an even bigger fool of herself.

She began running towards Daniel's parked car on the far end of the gym's parking garage. Daniel claimed walking was a good warmup before going into the gym. Lina thought he was just being stupid.

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Another chapter!!! So what did you all think? Is Hong Bin being a douche or is Lina being over dramatic?