After the short meeting, Jessica planned to take her car from the Lounge Resort. Minho had sent her to Ice Fishy Boutique's capital office earlier this morning and she did not want to bothe Busy Minho anymore. So, she took a cab to the hotel. Upon arriving, she went straight to the basement parking lot. She still remember when she had parked her car yesterday, luckily. But then, her car was not there.

"What the--" Of course, she started to panic. "Where's my car? Where is my car?!" Jessica's highly pitched voice filled the whole level of parking lot. "Shoot! My car!"

Still in panic mode,she fished her phone in her handbag and called Minho. Yup, called Minho and forgot her intention to not bother him.

"Yah, answer the phone! Hello? Hello?! Minho! Yah! My car is not here! My car's missing. My freaking car is missing!" She yelled as Minho answered the call.

At first, Minho did not get what the girl was talking about. Of course he looked confused upon the sudden attack on the phone.

"I think someone stole my car~!"

Right then, a chuckle was heard. "Sica sunbae... Chill~"

"Chill?! I lost my freaking car! My 200 000 dollar worth car is missing! Yet you want me to--"

"Your car is here." Minho cut her words.

Tongue-tied. Dunbfounded. Everything stupid represented Jessica. Face-palmed.

"Yah! Why didn't you tell me you took my car?" She tried to hold backher anger.

"I had a drink with Donghae ssi this morning. We went to the cafe with his car and stopped by at Lounge Hotel. While I'm there, I think I should take your car with me too back."

Right, he had the spare key. Damn, Sica.

"Why?"

Why? Why?! She shut her eyes tight. "Okay... I'm at Lounge Hotel now." She said--slowly. "With a cab..." paused. "I want my car."

"Oh? Great!" Minho exclaimed.

"What?"

"Then, let's meet up! I'd invited Lee Donghae ssi to lunch with me and Yuri today. While you're there, you can come with him here! I'll call him... Don't say no! Meet you later."

"What? Minho ya, don't--!" With that, he ended the call.

Dumbfounded--again.

Right then, she knew she had to get out of the hotel now! Not wasting any time--forgetting all her elegantness, heels and life's rule of no running--she let her feet carried her out of the lot fast. Gladness was seen on her face when a cab suddenly stopped in front of the Lounge building--in front of her.

Every second was diamond to her and she did not want to lose any. So, as if her life was on the line, she raced to the cab. No one existed in the world then. It was only her and the cab. Only her and the yellow cab.

"Oh my god, this cab is mi~ne!" She yelled as she was 3 feet away from the yellow car and... stopped.

If she had not able to control her speed just now--at the last minute--she would probably, most probably, bumped onto the man who had just got out of the so-called, her cab. Gasped--by both of them.

Fish! She cursed.

"Jessica?!" Eunhyuk exclaimed. His eyes were wide open in shock. Why is she here?! The rarest thing ever to be seen.

By the time they were still standing there face to face, staring at each other, the cab left.

"Hey~" Jessica faked a smile.

"What are you doing here? How are you?" He asked though he was not that happy to see her here. He will never be happy on seeing Jessica anywhere near Donghae... for what she had done to his best bud.

She let out a bitter smile. It's been their second encounter--after their first awkward unwanted last encounter at the event. And now, another awkward unwanted encounter. Jessica was not expecting this, moreover Eunhyuk.

"Fine." She answered short.

"You--you're here..." He chuckled.

Awkward.

How she wished she could just ignore this anchovy look alike friend of a fish and got into her cab straight away. Can't she live her life peacefully for once without any drama?!

"So are you going somewhere?"

She nodded once. "Yeah." And my cab left me.

"Okay, then... uh, I'm late for work right now. Donghae ssi... uh, my boss... is waiting for me." He muttered, praying that Jessica did not hear his name just now.

Donghae. But of course, she was not deaf, obviously. "Okay--"

"Oh, Eunhyuk ah!" A voice cut Jessica's word--a very familiar voice. It came from inside the hotel's building, behind Jessica. !

Eunhyuk's eyes widened by the voice that he too knew it well. Why did he have to come here? Like why now?! "Oh, hehe...Hey!" He did not want to call out his name. Oh no,no,no! Don't come here. Don't come near here! Poor Eunhyuk screamed in his mind as Donghae was approaching them.

Jessica--who Eunhyuk thought had no clue of the man approaching them--just stood there still, cursing under her breath.

"Hey, you're late. Now I need you to replace me for my next meeting at 1 later. I had to go somewhere else--" Donghae said stealing a glance at the pretty lady beside him. To his surprise, it was Jessica. Wow, nice luck.

And stupid her. She should have run when she had the chance just now. But somehow, she'd just... stay--like how she should have done years ago.

"Jessica... ssi."

Great! Eunhyuk cursed.

"So, you're really here. Choi Minho ssi called me..." he was not able to continue his words. How could he?

"She is in a rush actually." Eunhyuk interrupted and somehow it made Jessica felt grateful--with a tint of annoyance too, though.

"Oh, so... you're coming." Donghae regained his self control back. "To the lunch?"

She shut her eyes tight. Please, Donghae, stop pretending like nothing had happened! She nodded once.

He smiled. "Great. Then, we'll go together. You know that Choi Minho ssi had--"

"Yes, I know." She answered.

For a moment, Eunhyuk looked like a lost puppy. He had no idea what was happening in front of him what more about their convesations. Go together?!

"Wait. Wh-where are you going?" Eunhyuk asked.

"I have to go somewhere. You should replace me, okay." Donghae answered with a calm voice but yet it sounded so strict. Even his eyes that were staring straight into Eunhyuk's was deep. The latter could feel how desperate his friend was. Please.

"But--" he paused. Donghae's eyes did not leave him yet. They did not even blink.

Knowing what Eunhyuk's feeling, Jessica changed her mine. It was not like she tried to be nice to Eunhyuk or anything but maybe she too did not sure whether she was ready to go to the lunch--with Donghae. How more stupid can she become? "I'm not going." She finally said.

"What?" Donghae's eyes were shifted to the woman who had his heart.

She walked away a few step before Donghae chased her. "Wait!" He skidded to a stop in front of her and block her way. "You're not going?"

"I have work to do."

"But--"

Jessica ignored him and continued to leave. But Donghae did not just give up.

"Well, let me at least send you home."

She stopped. Again, he was able to catch up to her. Eunhyuk did not have the guts to interrupt anymore. Not after he saw that strange look in Donghae's eyes just now. He could understand.

"Are you sick? Or you don't understand Engli--"

"Sica, please. If this is about us just stop." He cut her words. "If this is about us you're not letting me drive you home... If this is about us you don't want to go to lunch--just stop. For me, this is not about us anymore... if that's what you want." She did not respond--surprised. "Please, at least be profesional. We are business partners. Can't you consider this as a work?"

Honestly, that hurt Jessica. But it did not her much as it hurt the person who said it. What he want from Jessica was obviously the opposite of what he'd said. Please, be profesional? No more us? That's stupid. Like himself.

She threw him a sharp stare. Yes, he looked like a complete different person from yesterday. Not a desperate pathetic guy anymore.

"You could think that I'm being nice to you is because I still love you, but please, I'm being nice because you are my partner. Our relationship now is not more than work anymore. If you still want to think that way and continue on scolding me or avoiding me, your doing will only go to vain. It does harm to me, you, even our business." He nagged. "FYI, my grand business is more worthy than a woman who will never loves me... more worthy." Ouch. "Now, you're coming or not?"

Every word he said was like knives to Jessica that kept on stabbing and stabbing her nonstop. Probably because he was right. To her, it was not worthy either for her business to fail just because of this stupid man. And she thought what they thought was the same. He probably said that but her did not mean it. He will never mean it, ever. Now, not that he'd become a more foolish person than he was before, he'd became a liar too. How worst could he be anymore?

But if this is what it takes for him to be close to Jessica, he'd willing to continue do so. Though it hurt him badly, he did not want to care anymore. Now that Jessica was in front of his eyes, he was nothing. If he had to sell his soul for her, he would. Anything for precious, Ms. Jung.

"Okay."

What?!

Why did she even agree? He did not know. Neither did she.