Jongin came in to the room and you stood up, giving him an expressionless face as he went towards you.

The butler, wanting to give you both privacy took the pets and went out with them after bowing. It made you nervous but you kept your face still, not wanting him to know your feelings. He stood there for a good minute, just looking at you and then at the window with the view of their garden. His face wasn't dark as always but he wasn't smiley like earlier either.

Then, when you felt like you can trust your voice again, you cleared your throat to gain his attention.

"Why did you brought me here?" you asked with a cold voice. All your negative emotions towards him started showing up again.

Seeing you almost glaring at him made his mood drop. He didn't respond though and went to take a seat in one of those luxurious couches in the room, his face darkened a bit. There, he reached for a box and put it on the table while you watched him attentively. It wouldn't surprise you if he's going to take out a butcher knife from that box and chop your limbs with it. You're convinced that the brat was capable of doing evil things.

You were busy glaring at him that when he finally spoke, you found yourself speechless for the nth time that day.

"I got you new uniform." He said almost shyly, avoiding your eyes. You weren't sure if what you saw guilt and an apologetic expression on his face, but you still didn't fail to notice his efforts. But still...

"Replacing my uniform doesn't make for up anything you did to me in the past." you told him making him sigh. He looked so down it almost made you feel bad.

He glanced at you secretly and when he saw you looking at him, he stood up and walked out of the room leaving you all alone.

*He’s not going to even say sorry?!* you shouted in your mind as you frowned at the closed door. You were about to sulk about his weird behavior when a maid came in followed by more maids holding different kinds of clothes, food, accessories and more. They bowed in unison and you blinked at them, confused.

The first maid who entered met your eyes and understood you quickly. "Young master said you can take anything you like."

"Why?" You asked and the maid couldn't answer.

"Young master just said you can take anything you want, young miss." she responded.

*Young miss* You kind of missed people calling you that even though you hated it when you were little. It made you feel excluded to everyone back then.

You looked at the things they were carrying and you can tell that every single thing cost a lot.

The maid, seeing you weren't planning on taking a single thing smiled at you. "I'm sorry young miss. But our young master is not good with words and can't express his feelings well. He's always been a cold person in the outside but he's really a warm and kind person. I don't know what he did, but please accept his apologies." she bowing followed by the other maids.

You somehow understood what the maid meant because you have a cousin that does the same thing. But it just upset you the way he grabbed your attention this past days. He has been making things extra difficult for you and it hurt you too. If he wanted to be friends, then he could've just said so. Jongin is a rich brat and he hurt you a lot. But you couldn't hate him. He's just the same as your cousin that you love dearly and you could somehow understand his struggle for attention. Everyone of you experienced the feeling of being alone, too superior for everyone to approach.

You let out a sigh and looked up making all eyes look at you.

"Where is he?" you asked and the servants bit back a satisfied smile before leading you in another room.

“This way miss.” The room was at the same floor but it took you long to get to the other wing. You met to the last door of the hallway and the maid knocked first, announcing that you were there before wordlessly letting you in. You knew that the maid has been working there for a long time, judging her way of talking and how she dared to do what she think fits. Nornally, maids wouldn't let anyone enter until the person behind the door answer.

You gave the maid a curt bow before letting yourself in. There, you saw Jongin sitting beside the window gazing at nowhere. He had his pet poodle in his lap and petting the German shepherd with his other hand.

He looked sad and despite of knowing your prescence, he refused to look at you. He was afraid that you'll just gave him those hateful stares again even though he knew he deserve every single one of them.

Knowing that he would be like that for a while, you sat on a sofa near him and sighed. "If you wanted to be friends, you could've just said so." you said, making him turn to you. You just couldn't hate him. "And I have to go now. I have a job to go to." you said and went towards the door but Jongin stood up and followed you around the house like a lost puppy.

He let you go by yourself, with him trailing behind but as soon as you reached the front door, he grabbed your wrist and led you to his car.

Even though he didn't say anything, you knew he offered you a ride to your work. You also knew declining this offer would only give you more trouble and mess his already messed up self so you accepted without a word and let him lead you to the ride.

He opened the door for you and you were a bit surprised he was treating you better and better but you kept silent and fastened your seatbelt as you waited for him to go to his seat."

"To Myeongdong Etude house branch." You mumbled enough for him to hear and he nodded and drove you to your work place, trying to hide a satisfied smile.

It was a short ride but you still felt awkward and as soon as he parked the vehicle, you went down and bowed at him. "Thanks for the ride." You gave him a thankful smile. You saw his eyes widened before he turned away from you but you brushed it away. *He must be surprised that I forgave him already.* "I'll be going now. See you tomorrow." You told him and walked away, ready for work.

When he turned away from you earlier, you thought he already drove back but he continued on following you. You can see him from the corner of your eyes and you hoped that he would turn back soon but didn't. When you reached the front of the store and saw that he was still following you, you turned calmly. 

"You can go back now Jongin." you said but he just blinked his eyes, looking at his shoes before he went inside and wondered to your workplace.

Your co-workers quickly noticed the chaebol looking him and didn't fail to swoon at him, making you fell uneasy. It made you understand how he hated you. Heck, the kid was so used to getting attention without trying and you came out of nowhere ignoring him. And even though you shouldn't, you felt bad. You watched Jongin roam the place around, not caring about the sales ladies and clients who were batting their eyelashes at him.

*So this is where she works at.*