"What the hell was that, dad?! Is she a part of your great secret plan?! How could you make me hook up with that woman?!"

"No. Hara's not a part. And I don't even have a secret plan in the first place, fyi." Dad said and sat down at one free couch.

"T-tell me, d-did s-something happened b-between--- mme and h-her?"

"No and do not worry about that part. I made sure nothing happened as I guarded the both of you the whole night."

"Wait... You didn't sleep and just watched over us?"

"Yes. You know, when you reach this age someday, you'll understand how hard it is to sleep."

"So, who's that woman anyway?"

"That's my brother's youngest good-for-nothing daughter, Hara. My brother might have sent her here to watch over me. Perhaps, the news about you already reached them."

*Sigh*. "If anything happened between me and that Hara, I don't know how the hell will I explain to Tiffany about it..."

Wait.

I forgot to call Tiffany last night!

I hurriedly searched for my phone. When I checked it, it had lots of missed calls and messages from Tiffany already with some as follows,

@9/20, 5:46:57PM: Yuri-yah, I'm already at home. How've you been doing there?

@9/20, 6:32:02PM: Dinner's ready! We have pork barbecue as Sunkyu requested. Hope you're not starving yourself there. Love lots!

@9/20, 7:15:17PM: Ready for tonight? ;)

@9/20, 7:26:01PM: Yuri-yah?

@9/20, 7:39:07PM: Hey.

@9/20, 8:24:13PM: Yah! Where are you?!

@9/20, 9:13:25PM: Are you really that busy there you can't even reply to me?

@9/20, 9:21:21PM: Fine. Do whatever you want. Ignore me forever, it’s okay!

Crap. She's really, really mad.

@9/20, 9:46:00PM: Hey... Are you really okay there? You're getting me more worried. Please answer my calls.

Nah... She's more worried than mad, I guess. Wait. There are also messages from her this morning too,

@9/21, 6:21:03AM: You freaking playboy! Who is that woman that answered?! Was she the reason you wouldn't even reply to me last night?! I HATE YOU!

@9/21, 6:22:34AM: AFTER ALL THIS TIME I'VE BEEN WORRIED OF YOU, YOU PLAYBOY, YOU'RE JUST SLEEPING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN THERE?! WHY YOU JERK-FACE! FREAK HEAD IDIOTIC MORON!!!

Oh brother... Now, she's super mad! Don't tell me that woman messed with my phone too?!

I tried to call Tiffany and yet I was just redirected to her mailbox. She might have turned off her phone. Aiisshhh-- she's really mad at me now.

"Yah! Old man! Now, Tiffany's mad at me because that niece of yours messed with my phone!"

"Oh... maybe she did that when I was out for a bit earlier. Sorry about that." he said then faked a laugh.

"Sorry?! That's all you can say?!"

"What do you want me to do then? Explain to Tiffany?"

"Yes! Explain to her everything!"

"Let's do it some other time, okay? We still have a meeting in two hours. Just to remind you, we're in a business trip. We can't afford to waste time." he ended and left me in the room.

Arrrghhh- that old man... Business trip?! Seriously?! He even wasted half of the day yesterday for his skiing!

---

*At-one-Conference-room-in-Imperial-Hotel*

   *beep*beep*beep*

Oh come on, Tiffany. Answer the phone.

   *beep*beep*beep*

"Why are you not answering, Fany-yah??? Come on..."

"What are you mumbling?" someone asked behind me which got me startled.

"Oh. Sir Henry. H-hi."

"Hi there. I told you just to call me Henry, remember?"

"Right." I faked a chuckle. "Sorry about that."

"So, what's going on? You seemed to be worried of something."

"Oh... it's nothing... it's just..."

"It's just???"

"Errr--- it's about my girlfriend..."

"Oh. I see it now, love problems."

"Right." I faked a chuckle again.

"Well we have few minutes more, I guess I can give you some advice for it."

"Really?!"

He chuckled, "Yes."

Wow. This is great. I'm sure Tiffany's dad knew her so well so he will be really, really helpful with my problem now.

"Okay... Uhhmm-- first, something happened yesterday but I'm not aware of it. Then, there was this other woman in my room the next day..."

"Oh I get it. You were drunk then slept with another woman last night."

"NO NO NO! I'll never ever do that, okay!"

"Okay... So, it's about you getting drunk hard and don't know if anything happened between you and that woman then?"

I looked at him in flabbergast, jaw-dropped. "H-how d-did you know???"

"You know, judging from how you said NO to me three times and the way you expressed disagreement, I can pretty much conclude it that way." he said then chuckled. Wow. Sir Henry sure is quite an observant and sharp too. I wonder why Tiffany isn--- oh. It must be her mother.

"So... What should I do then? How should I convince her?"

"I don't know..." he animately rubbed his chin. "It depends actually on the type of girlfriend you have. What is she like anyway?"

"Uhmmm-- she's really really a beautiful and y woma--"

"You know you can just cut down with the details. That's unnecessary actually."

"Oh. Right. Sorry about that." I said and smiled awkwardly. "So anyways, she's uhh stubborn and the jealous type."

"Uhuh. But as far as I have lived in this world, I have already come to conclude all women are jealous type, no exceptions. Give me another trait."

"I see... Okay, uhmm-- she possessed the princess-aura all the time and a... uhhh... she's a little stupid, but just a little! I mean, she can easily be fooled by anyone because basically... she lived in a pretty much high-end royal world, so she thought everyone around her are trustworthy."

"Wow. That sure is so detailed. But you shouldn't have insulted your girlfriend to me, you know." Oh crap. Kwon Yuri, you are so stupid! How could you insult his own daughter to him?!

"S-sorry about that. I just... don't really know how to say it you."

He chuckled again. "You know... you're funny."

"Err- I'm actually serious..."

"No I mean, you really sounded like you don't know a thing about women yet. Is she your first girlfriend?"

I looked down in embarrassment. "Yes..."

He patted my head, "That's okay. You do look like a good boy, anyway. So experience isn't really a big deal." He then looked away facing the window wall. "You see, you're lucky because I know someone totally just like the woman you described me. They're easy to convince, actually."

"So, how should I do it then?"

"Explain to her first that you are sincere and you'll never do such thing. And maybe, get the help of that other woman to explain it to her directly, if that's possible. Then, if you cannot do it, bribe her something like you'll do everything for her to believe you. You know, that kind of women you just told me are the types who wanted everything right on their palms for them to grasp, the bossy types."

"Oh. I see... But what if she'll still refuse?"

"Then, reverse psychology. Tell her, you're going to break up with her."

"What?! You know I can't do that. I love her so much I don't want to lose her."

"Tsk Tsk Tsk. First love eh... Hmmm-- If that still didn't work then, you better threaten her."

"Ehhh?"

"Yeah like 'I will not eat for 75 days if you will not believe me blah blah', something like that."

"Oh. I get it... You're right! Thanks Henry, you're so great!"

He then chuckled, "You're most welcome."

After few minutes of chatting with Sir Henry, Dad finally came in the conference room. Well, he was gone earlier because he's discussing some other matters with his butler on the phone outside. "Sorry, I'm late." Dad said and smiled at all of us. "So, shall we start?"

The meeting went on with never ending discussion of whether to accept the joint venture with this one Japanese supplier or not. Of course, Dad doesn't agree with what Sir Henry wanted so that's why now, we still couldn't end this meeting which supposed to be done an hour ago already. *Sigh*. It's already passed lunch time, still Tiffany doesn't answer to my messages.

"I assure you it will be more efficient if we'll have them in contract." Sir Henry stated. "As you can see, the quality of materials they use for the supplies are very high-end."

He continued, "So, Mr. Goo. We better not lose this opportunity, you know, S