"Please enter the car, Zen." Jaehee opened the car door for Zen and he entered the car, thanking Jaehee. She took her seat beside Zen and looked at him.
"Is there anything on my face?" Zen asked, touching his face consciously.
"Oh, it's not that..It's just that it's the first time I have seen you agree to discuss business-related matters with Mr Han."
"I don't plan to discuss anything with him, I'll just listen to whatever he has to say and I'll turn down his proposal. If I don't at least listen to him, he'll probably call me everyday, bugging me about it. You know I don't like to receive help from anyone regarding my career."
"I see...I assume Mr Han does not know this then. If I can be honest, the modelling opportunity is in fact a very good one. Modelling for a wine company will be very beneficial to you, and also gives off a sophisticated feeling, but of course you are already very sophisticated in the eyes of your fans. Won't you at least consider it over after Mr Han tells you about it in detail later?"
"I know that...I say that I don't mind modelling for his company, but in actual fact, I do mind. He just reminds me too much of...Never mind, I'm going off topic here. I promise that I'll consider, but I'm not promising to accept it."
"That is good enough." Jaehee smiled and the two chatted about Zen's upcoming musical the rest of the way to Jumin's office.
"Well then, I hope that your discussion with Mr Han goes well. I will have to get back to the documents I was busy with before Mr Han sent me to pick you up just now."
"Don't have too much hope, Jaehee." Zen smiled and walked towards Jumin's office. He knocked lightly on the door and it was not long before a familiar voice asked him to enter.
"I knew sending Assistant Kang to get you was effective. If I did not send her, you would probably just send Driver Kim back himself." Jumin put down the documents he was reading and stood up to greet Zen.
Suddenly, Zen felt his nose starting to itch. He looked around the office, and saw Jumin's cat in a corner of the room.
"WHY IS THAT FURBALL HERE?! A-ACHEW!" Zen pointed to the cat and backed off towards the door he just entered from, sneezing along.
"That is what I wanted to discuss with you. If you can overcome your allergy, surely you can model for the new cat food line. I had someone fetch Elizabeth 3rd over just for this purpose." Jumin walked over to pick up his cat, stroking her white fur lovingly.
"Han Jumin, are you an idiot? Do you even know what's an allergy? You cannot just 'overcome' an allergy just by spending time with whatever you are allergic to! Forget it, I'm leaving!" Zen started sneezing and opened the door, slamming the door after he left the room.
Zen had just reached the office lobby when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around to find himself staring at a security guard.
"Sorry, Mr Zen. Mr Han sent me down to accompany you up to his office."
"I'm sorry but let him know that I won't be going back up again." The guard was about to reply Zen when he saw Jaehee approaching. She whispered something to the guard and he bowed and went upstairs again.
"I'm so sorry for what happened just now. If I knew Mr Han had brought Elizabeth 3rd here, I would never have let you enter his office. And it seems like he still wants you to be the model for his cat food line, despite all that I had said. I had already told him that you will not be able to do this no matter what."
"No need to blame yourself, Jaehee. I believe that you had no prior knowledge of what was going to happen. I'm sorry to make it hard for you, but please tell Jumin I will not be going back up to discuss about the cat food modelling, especially when he has that furball there with him."
"I understand. I will get you a cab to send you home."
After a few minutes, Zen was on his way home when a notification popped up on his phone screen. Before he could even check to see who had sent him a message, his phone starting ringing. Zen rejected the call the moment he saw the name on his screen, and sent the following message:
Stop calling me unless you have something else to discuss. Or else I will really block your number. I don't need an apology if that's what you were calling me about. Just leave me alone. -Zen