Chapter 2
Have you ever imagined how silent it must be out there in space? Away from the earth and all human inventions, away from any kind of sound that anyone could possibly make by mistake or not.
If the topic was ever brought up, you would have tried to imagine it before this very instant that you felt as if you were breathing in such a silent place. A building in which after you entered made you realize how loud your own breathing was.
You had seen no sign of any living being till now as even at the door when you had rung the bell of the house, a camera had zoomed on you before the door flew open, inviting you inside.
To say that you were confused and reluctant would have been an understatement but after you checked on your phone one more time, you had hesitantly gotten inside as you had made sure that this was the correct address that was offering the employment.
When Areum, -Jungkook's girlfriend- had first talked to you about the job offer, you sure had imagined a big company of some kind, as the man she almost got engaged to -which goes by the name Kim SeokJin-, owned a company and she had said that his brother Mr. Kim Namjoon -as his name was-was in search of an assistant as his previous one had taken the decision to quit.
She had taken the initiative to suggest you to Jin as soon as he had mentioned such a thing to her since Areum knew that you were looking for a job and despite the fact that it may not be a position exactly inside the field of your studies, it was still a good post and offered a good salary.
You surely had appreciated her thoughtfulness and had decided to give it a try, hopefully ending up getting out of this extremely quiet place, employed.
"Is anyone around?" You decided to speak up, immediately regretting it because your voice echoed in the atmosphere making you feel as if you had shouted and not uttered your words in a normal tone as you had done.
You looked around for some seconds after speaking, feeling uncomfortable all of a sudden, as the cold atmosphere and the naked space around you had managed to start giving you the creeps.
"This way, please."A voice spoke suddenly, making you turn around in a blink of an eye, a bit scared by the sudden appearance of whoever was that had addressed you. However, as soon as you did so, you were met with a young lady that was dressed quite properly. Her hair was tied in a low ponytail and her red hair was parted in half, bringing to the surface her structured face and leaving much attention to her matching colored glasses.
"Miss Mun Y/N, right?" She questioned and you nodded your head, still a bit taken aback by her appearance.
"If you have the kindness to follow me, please?" She told you before turning around and leaving down a corridor from which you assumed that she much have come from and you quickly gathered your thoughts and followed after her.
That white corridor ended up taking you to a room where existed a big desk before a wooden door that was closed and drew too much attention because of the detailed designs that were engraved all over its body as well as because of the size it had.
"Please, have a seat, Y/N. Do you mind me calling you by your first name?" The woman smiled slightly at you as she gestured to you to take a seat at the leather chair that existed in front of that big desk.
"Of course not. Thank you." You responded with a smile too before taking her offer while thinking in your brain that her question was not something that anyone could have answered in any other way but in a positive one as no one who would have come for an interview would dare to contradict anything the other may say out of politeness.
"So, Y/N, allow me to get to the point cause time is quite valuable to be wasted." The woman uttered as she took her seat on the desk that seemed to belong to her, making you looked briefly around till the name tag, resting on the corner of the desk, fell on your sight.
Secretary Gee Elle
"I have taken a look at your CV and your application form. I would like to inform you that this interview is just a typical process and that you have already taken the post. You were the best applicant and I chose you personally." The woman which apparently went by the name of Elle placed her hands on the desk and leaned closer towards you as she spoke, with a facial expression way more friendly than the one she had previously on her face.
"What? Really?" You exclaimed surprised at her straightforwardness as it was quite unusual for someone to tell you right away that they had chosen you even if they had truly.
"Excuse me for asking, but, does perhaps Mr, Kim SeokJin has anything to do with my victory over this position?" You couldn't help but ask, as at that moment indeed you grew very suspicious, despite the fact that you had told Areum that you didn't need nor you would have liked it if you were to get anything in a way that wasn't fully out of your merits.
"Why would he? Do you know him mayhaps?" Elle's face seemed rather sincere as she questioned you, making your suspicions to withdraw for an instant and deny that you knew him as you actually didn't. You just knew Areum who had happened to keep good relationships with him after their engagement broke off and that was all.
"Okay then. Continuing. I am Elle, You will be taking my post and I will be here for the first three months in order to help you get accustomed and learn everything you need to know while working here. Unfortunately or fortunately we will be passing a lot of time together so I hope we can get along." She smiled widely, somehow making you feel that she was not as serious of a person as she first appeared to be.
"I am hoping so too. I will try my best to fill my responsibilities and do a good job." You promised her with a smile as that previous feeling of nervousness and comfortability had vanished and you were feeling kinda welcomed while looking at her eyes, that never left yours.
She was from the people that preferred eye contact and that was visible as she not once spoke without looking straight at you. You had gotten up from your chair and followed her around as Elle had started showing you the house and the places which you had access to and which not. The house was quite big and had mostly wooden furniture which made you belied that it was a preference of the owner along with plants and bonsai trees which could be found almost at every ten feet distance.
"I have printed out your schedule so it can help you get oriented. Your working hours are not stable. It depends on Mr.Kim and whenever he says that he needs you around. You need to have a flexible life in order to respond to his needs whenever he may ask you too. Usually, around 2 am he kinda gets desperate and asks for help even if he has not done such all day long." Elle laughed slightly as she continued informing you about the behavior patterns that your new boss may show and somehow when she laughed you couldn't help but think that she may have liked her job way too much and seemed to have been happy working for him, despite how crazy sounded the fact that someone would call you for work at 2 am.
"Miss Elle-"
"Just Elle, I don't really like formalities so even though I am two years older than you, there is no need for you to use them" She corrected you without hesitation however truth was that you hesitated to take on her offer, unsure if it truly was okay to do so.
"Do you mind if I make a question?"
"Of course not, no one learned without questioning, go ahead." She replied and her welcoming aura made you feel safe enough to go ahead and speak of your wonder.
"You seem to enjoy this job. Can I ask what is the reason that you are leaving it?" Your words rolled carefully out of your mouth as you were looking in her eyes since she was too but as soon as your question was heard, her eyes diverted away and that sure was a first from the moment you had been in her presence.
"Personal reasons. Come, I need to introduce you to Mr. Kim. He is in his office." She changed the subject and turned around and you simply followed, noting in your head that you shouldn't step over some lines no matter how friendly and approachable Elle seemed at some moments.
---Time skip---
The sound of the bell echoed in the atmosphere making Jimin who had gotten to his apartment barely some minutes ago, hurry up at wearing his shirt as he had been trying to undress in order to go get a shower.
Who could it be?
He questioned in his head as he ruffled his hot pink hair in order to fix it a bit on some places that the shirt may have ruined it then proceeded to rush out of his room and to his living room where he passed by speedily and reached the door.
Despite the fact that he had hurried , once he opened it, there was no sign of emotion in his face but a cold exterior and a straight posture which instantly changed once he saw that at his doorstep was non-other than his brother Taehyung.
"Seriously, the heck you want here?" Jimin told him and Taehyung left his face expresses a fake shock and hurt expression before shoving him aside and let himself inside his apartment.
"What a warm person. Oh god, as soon as you opened the door it felt like summer." Taehyung let his sarcastic remark before plopping his body on the black leather couch that Jimin owned.
"I was trying to take a shower mister bothersome," Jimin spoke to him as he approached him and kicked his feet a bit before taking a seat on his couch beside him.
"Me? Bothersome? When have I ever bothered you?" Taehyung looked at him complaining and Jimin looked back at him, a snicker escaping his lips as his words sure were absurd enough to sound funny.
"Don't get us in that conversation, we will lose at least five years counting."
"Wow, wow, unpleasant as always."
"We met just yesterday, what do you want?' Jimin asked him and Taehung didn't hesitate to get into the main reason he had come to see him privately.
"Yesterday I didn't have the chance to speak to you about it but I would like for us to discuss about the company." Taehyung's words made Jimin get into a serious mood immediately as the topic required it.
"Father left me as the CEO mostly because you never got involved with his business and the company and you know nothing about it. However, I don't want that position. I want to continue being a professor and even though from the moment father died, I have been managing both posts, we both know I can't pull through this situation forever." Jimin informed his brother of his desire as despite the fact that he wanted to take care of the company and wealth their father had left behind for them, he also was someone who's heart was more reassured and satisfied with being a professor and teaching philosophy which he loved dearly.
"Do you think, I am able to take that post yet?" Taehyung questioned him, showing a bit fear in his eyes as, despite the fact that he himself didn't mind getting involved with the business and helping out Jimin, he was also unsure if he was good enough to pull through the demands that the post held.
"If you feel ready psychologically, we can request to gather the board meeting and make you the official CEO. There is no need to worry about your capabilities since I will be by your side and I trust that you aren't that bad." Jimin encouraged him and Taehyung laughed a bit despite that there was nothing funny at the words Jimin had told him.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Oh nothing, it's just that you never said that I am not that bad while you were my professor. And back then 99,9% of our class was dying to hear such words coming out of your mouth." Taehyung explained, as he for a moment reminisced the days where he had lectures and was still an undergraduate.
"Well, that's because 99,9% of your class were horrible. You included." Jimin replied and Taehyung smiled in a mischievous way, not losing the chance to comment on that statement of his.
"And Y/n is on that 0,01%. Professor, you are having favorites and that's unfair." He wiggled his eyebrows as he spoke, intending to tease his brother.
"Say that one more time and you will find yourself out of that door," Jimin replied with a rather serious gaze and Taehyung just gave him an annoyed look, before claiming that he was not entertaining at all and that he didn't know how to take a joke.
Jimin stood to leave but Taehyung's words kept him from getting out of his living room and made him turn around as he had called his name.
"What?"
"Don't you think that your girlfriend is weird sometimes?" Taehyung uttered, perplexing Jimin visibly with his statement.
"What do you mean? In what way?" He questioned him as he took some steps towards him again.
"Ah nothing, I guess I have been overthinking some things lately related to her. I will ask her myself I guess." TaeHyung replied before e stood up from Jimin's couch.
"Have a nice shower and I hope you don't drown in there. The water drops are too huge for you."Taehyung commented and Jimin literally gave him a smile that creeped the heck out of his brother and made Taehyung Just hurry towards the exit.
Once Jimin heard his front door closing, he turned around and headed back to his room, where to his surprise he found his phone vibrating as he had forgotten it on his bed earlier.
He approached it in order to answer the call of whoever may have been that was calling him but the person stopped calling as soon as he touched his phone, making Jimin unlock his phone and see who's call he had just missed.
He looked at the number that was displayed on his screen as it wasn't a contact that he had saved in his phone and before he even got the chance to think of calling that person back, a text message appeared on his screen, coming from the same number.
"I agree with the payment and the regulation of the house. Please inform Miss Y/N that I am still interested and ready to move on and share a house with her. I am willing to submit to any kind of requirements you may have. In hopes of allowing me to live there,
With respect, Kang Daniel."
Jimin read the text in a low tone as he was basically speaking to himself then after staring at the screen of his phone for a bit he couldn't help but smirk.
He is making himself way too suspicious.
He snickered finding the behavior of this young man kinda intriguing. And of course, whatever his deal may be, Jimin was gonna learn the truth and what where his true intentions towards you which he seemed to know you in some way, and once he finds out he was sure gonna make him regret even thinking that he could fool him.
---To be continued...
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