Afterwards, they reached Jumin's penthouse, where he took out Elizabeth the Third and put her in a comfortable pet carrier as he brought her to the limousine with care.

Jaehee grimaced when the cat immediately leapt out from the carrier and began purring and stroking herself against the woman who disliked cat fur.

Jumin dismissed his assistant after they arrived to her apartment, waving at her slightly and ordering her to take excellent care of his precious princess.

Jaehee sighed like she did everytime she got frustrated (which was extremely often).

But Jumin knew no matter what, he could trust Jaehee with his cat's life, and only her.

..

"Yoosung? Sorry... I won't be able to meet up with you tonight." Jaehee Kang answered the familiar phone call, holding it to her ear with one shoulder and holding Elizabeth's heavy body with the other.

"Whaaaat? Did Jumin make you work till late again?" Yoosung whined loudly through the other end of the line, making Jaehee flinch.

"No, actually. I arrived quite early today..." she clarified, glancing away even though she couldn't look at Yoosung in the first place.

"Then what happened...?"

"Elizabeth happened."

"Oh... Sorry, Jaehee."

"I'm used to it by now. But I just don't get it. It wouldn't hurt to possibly leave this grown cat alone for 24 hours, would it?!" the woman yelled to no one in particular, letting Elizabeth down from her arms and waving them in the air.

"...Jaehee... You're scary when you're angry..." Yoosung softly whimpered in the other end of the line, clearly with fear.

"Ha..." Jaehee couldn't help but let out a small breath as if it were a laugh, but soon contradicted herself by growling.

"Please calm down!"

She finally reasoned with him and relaxed her stiff shoulders for just a second.

"...You're right. I have to calm down to properly look after Elizabeth." she said with responsibility.

As if on cue, Elizabeth the Third screeched loudly in the background, "Meooow!"

Worriedly, Jaehee turned her eyes at the white cat, who was staring at her intently. "I think she's hungry again... But it isn't in the schedule to feed her at this hour... What should I do?"

"If that's what will happen when I start working for Jumin as an intern, I seriously think I will go nuts!" Yoosung retorted, sounding agitated.

Jaehee's chuckle was almost inaudible. "Indeed... But it's better than being unemployed."

Yoosung sighed dramatically. "The life of an employee!"

"Meooooow!" Elizabeth screeched again, making the brown-haired woman want to firmly cover her ears.

"Huh! Is Elizabeth alright?!" The college blond boy gasped from the other line, concerned.

"She's okay! I think..." Jaehee quickly amended, not wanting Yoosung to get the wrong impression. Elizabeth usually never acted like this.

"Jaehee... I've been thinking of speaking with you about something..." he suddenly said with a grim tone.

"What do you have in mind, Yoosung?"

"It's not something I can say over the phone."

Jaehee tilted her head with utmost confusion. What in the world did Yoosung want to talk about?

"Really? How come?"

"I feel it's a little too important for that..."

"...You better not be planning to suddenly confess to me or something..." Jaehee warned the boy with a low voice.

"Wha-?! Obviously not!" Yoosung basically screamed from the phone, very panicked, probably blushing.

"Huh... N-no offense..." he added nervously.

"It's fine. I feel calmer knowing you don't think of me that way."

"So... Jaehee, please meet up with me tomorrow at six, okay? Let's eat dinner together!"

"Hm..." The woman thought it over for a minute before smiling gently. "Okay."

"Yay! See you tomorrow, Jaehee!"

She heard a beep and the phone went silent again. "Ah. He hung up."

"Meooooooow!"

Jaehee, not knowing what else to do, leaned down and patted her head with a stroke of her hand. "What's wrong?" she asked, wondering what could possibly be going on.

But as soon as she got pet, the cat began purring just as loudly, but now happily.

"Oh." Jaehee's brown eyes narrowed into slits. "You just wanted attention, didn't you?!

She could swear the cat was smirking at her.

"Ha... What is my life anymore...?"

Sometimes she wondered... Was this really the best her life could get?