Last Chapters Recap:

Park Shin Hye disguise herself as a trainee in Femme Magazine. She met the Flower Boys of Femme there which include: her supposedly secretary Jung Yong Hwa and his gank, Jung Il Woo, Kang Min Hyuk and Yoo Seung Hoo. Jung Il Woo challenged Yong Hwa to take the nerdy In Ha (Shin Hye) to the company anniversary party. When he was trying to win the bet, Yong Hwa found out about Shin Hye's real identity and fell in love with her. They decided to date.  In the party, Shi Hoo - her second cousin - played the recording of the night when Yong Hwa and Il Woo made the bet, infuriating Shin Hye. She decided to assume the director's position and shook things up by re-shuffling the human resource in the company.  Ye Jin, her bestfriend, found out that Shin Hye was an heiress and was furious. Shin Hye decided to move back to the mansion. Shin Hye's brother Hyung Sik was back in Seoul, befriended Yong Hwa and helped him when Shin Hye wanted the theme of December edition changed in last minute. Belle Magazine issued its edition with the same theme as Femme, but it turns out Shin Hye planned the whole thing and published the original theme. Yong Hwa moved in to her old apartment and decided to win her back. Shin Hye went to a party held by Belle and met Kim Tan, her first love. She found out that their date was ruined by So Ra 7 years ago. In the party, So Ra announced that they would be holding a fashion show at the same time as Femme and working with Femme's models. Shin Hye decided to carry on the show, build up a team to organize the fashion show in one month. She held an MT to build teamwork between the people that she chose. After the MT, the team became solid and on the first meeting Shin Hye announced that she will change the whole concept of the fashion show. Shi Hoo decided to pursue the Director's position, came up the reason of protecting his family. He had a conflict with So Ra that made her mad. An accident happen in the preparation of Femme Fashion show, a chandelier fell and almost hit Shin Hye. Luckily Yong Hwa saved her. Although with minor injury, he could not join the fashion show as field coordinator. Shin Hye became the field coordinator and Lee Hanui became the opener of the show after persuaded by Seung Ho

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Lighthouse was an italian restaurant that located near the Star Media Building, it was a fancy place that people liked to visit when they had something to celebrate. The restaurant was divided into two areas; the first one was where the bar and the dining area with wooden booths were located while the other area was only consist of dining area that decorated as if it was the alley of a village somewhere in Italy; with rustic walls, windows and street lights.

Each table was decorated with small lights which added the romantic feeling of the area. One of the wall was left without decoration but instead utilized as the media for projectors. The restaurant usually aired the football match or other sports event and invited the supporters to watch the game together. Tonight the projector was projecting Entertainment Weekly, one of the respected entertainment news in South Korea.

It was long after dark and on the peak of Dinner rush, the restaurant was full with guests and the waiters were busy to serve without stopping for a second. At the alleyway section, a group of people was having dinner, the mood in that group was of euphoria. The faces were joyful, the conversation was light and the laughter was spirited; a true celebration atmospher.

"Campaii!!!!" They put their wine glasses together and cheered; sipped the expensive beverage afterwards.

"And now... please welcome the real PIC, Park Shin Hye!!!!" Hyung Sik exclaimed and welcomed with a loud cheer.

Shin Hye widened her eyes in panic, shook her head and wagged her hands; spotlight was never her favorite thing. But the group was already banging their hands to the table and chantting her name, attracting the attention of the guests on the other tables. Luckily they did not mind since they know the group was in a celebratory mode. Shin Hye finally stood up so they stopped calling her name, the group cheered after her action.

"Arasso! Arasso! Be quiet!" she said, making them laughed.

Shin Hye looked at her team proudly while the others stared at their directors expectantly. It was the day after the fashion show, Shin Hye gave them a day off and invited them to have dinner at the expensive restaurant to celebrate the success of the event. It was also the day when their Creative Director discharged from the hospital, with slight bandage here and there but healthy as an ox.

Shin Hye smiled and sighed, "Thank you all for coming on your day off and on such a short notice... I thought we have a lot to celebrate and the mood was just right, so I decided to invite you today instead after. Creative Director Jung agreed, so I impulsively reserved the place and invited you all. So happy that you're all here with me though Shi Hoo Oppa sadly could not join." She could imagined Yong Hwa rolling his eyes.

"So.... are you saying you came with Yong Hwa Hyung, together?" Seung Ho asked teasingly.

The director scoffed in disbelief looking at the expectant look from the others, they did not even afraid anymore of teasing her. "No!!! I called him to ask his opinion..." she countered. A slight glanced to the other party in subject told her that he was blushing.

"Aaaawww!!!" The group exclaimed, Il Woo nudged Yong Hwa who now hanging his head, hiding his giddiness. 

Shin Hye's face was puzzled at the group's openness in teasing her, she thought maybe she should just be back at being the Devil. "Yaa!! Are you openly teasing your Director, now!? That's it! Party's over!!" she fake-sulked. 

"Nooo!!" They exclaimed in unison, Hyung Sik stood up and back-hugged his sister to stop her from leaving.

"Biyanhamnida..." Seung Ho bowed 90 degrees with deadpan look; the table went on an uproar.

Shin Hye gave them her infamous murderous stare to stop them from laughing, "Should I stop giving my speech?!" she threatened. They all wagged their hands and tried hard to suppress their laughter. "Er... what can I say but 'Thank You'..." Shin Hye finally resumed after the laughter subsided. "You all did an incredible job, I heard people were still buzzing about the decorations and the lighting!" she said glancing to Seung Ho and Min Hyuk, the bestfriends smiled proudly at her remark. "Our unconventional models were very happy and satisfied working with us..." she turned to Il Woo, the man raise his eyebrows from the acknowledgement. "And the food... Oh my Gosh!!! Get ready to build that catering business, Ye Jin Eonni!! Because I'm investing my money on it... people were already asking me about it!!" Shin Hye told her bestfriends. The others cheered at the oldest and the newest member of the gank.

"Arasso! Arasso! Let me have a day off first and catch some sleep..." Ye Jin said happily.

"We all deserve a day off and some sleep!" Il Woo said.

"All but Yong Hwa Hyung! He had enough sleep already..." Hyung Sik quipped and followed with mockery laughter from the other.

"Watch it!!" Yong Hwa glowered at the younger man.

"I agree, let's have two weeks vacation to Thailand and leave the office to Creative Director Jung alone..." Shin Hye teased, they laughed.

"Alone with Secretary Park." Seung Ho added, they laughed harder; Yong Hwa pouted for being teased.

"Okay... okay... let's cut him some slack, he missed one hell of a show, so I think that fact alone is a punishment already." Shin Hye tried to defend him.

"Punishment!?" Yong Hwa exclaimed in disbelief, "I save your life, missy!!" he added and caused the laughter even louder instead of calmer.

Shin Hye giggled from his annoyance, which only caused butterflies in his stomach. He thought she looked absolutely gorgeous that night without all the fierce facade she was putting the all that time. It was like she was back being In Ha but with more confidence, a new and improved In Ha. They shared a moment together that made the other felt that they were intruding an intimate scene.

"Ahem!!" Min Hyuk intentionally coughed.

"Moving on!!!" Shin Hye exclaimed, "Where was I?"

"My food was great!" Ye Jin bragged.

"O yeah right... and lastly our collection. I think we have proven ourselves to have the best fashion team in South Korea. The guests all liked everything that Editor Min pulled off. Even the models logged into the website to buy the ones that they wore. You have created a new trend, my friend!!" she looked at Editor Min, the other clapped their hands vigorously. Hyo Rin pursed her lips and looked down, overwhelmed by the praise.

"I could not thank you enough..." Shin Hye continued, her tone was now serious and sincere. "Thank you for sticking by me and my crazy idea." Her eyes glistened. "I know I'm not the easiest person to work with, and may sometimes have a radical mind. But because of your tiredless effort, we managed to pull everything off and created history in our company. Hopefully it would be enough to save it and my ..." she joked, they weakly laughed at it. "This team right here, is a dream team. The best people one could ever wish for as a team... I'm glad that we could take our differences aside, let the past be the past, move forward as a team and held a very succesful fashion show." she now felt a lump in .

"Here! Here!" They said in agreement.

Shin Hye raised her glass followed by the rest, "And here's to the 200% increase in sales than last year!" she giggled.

"Yeeaaahhhh!!!!" they roared and downed their respective wine; it was then followed with a loud clap as Shin Hye sat back on her chair.

"Okay... okay!! Calm down!!" Hyung Sik stood up with his palms sprawled to hushed his group, "Seung Ho-ya! Read the review you showed me..." he instructed.

The team turned their heads expectantly to the youngest male in the group, the man stood up with the widest grin ever, looking like a nine year old who just received a new toy. "Ahem!!" He faked a serious front which was booed by the others, "I'm just going to read the important part, okay!? Here we go: Sophisticated, Innovative and Captivating; its the three words I could give to Femme's latest annual fashion show." some cheered due to the opener of the articles.

"The self-proclaimed revolutionized fashion show has proven to be an intriguing yet entertaining two hours event. Femme succeed in delivering the message of that any women is beautiful and can look good appropriately yet affordably." Everybody laughed when he pointed at Hyung Sik whose speech had been mocked in the article, the guy pouted.

"It is a rare thing to see a commercial company send a social message in the most glamorous way, and succeed. The high number of sales showed just that; the combination of creative fashion thoughts and information technology, may really had revolutionized the industry. All in all, Femme succeed in breaking through a new concept and may just started a new trend, but as the pioneer, I could not wait for what Femme will do next year in its Fashion show. I think we could expect the once high fashion magazine to become more human, and really be the reference for any women in South Korea. Thank you Femme, for showing us how to dress." Seung Ho finished reading the article.

"Yeeeaahhh!!!" the team clapped and cheered excitedly at the great review. Shin Hye could feel her eyes went teary hearing the touching articles, she was glad that all the message and objective the show was captured wholeheartedly by the viewers.

"Gwenchana!?" Ye Jin asked Shin Hye who was sitting beside her. The question attracted attention from the others. Yong Hwa who was sitting way at the end of the table immediately looked at Shin Hye, worried that she was not feeling well.

"O! Of course I am... Just so happy that our intention is well received by the public." Shin Hye explained.

"Attentive, sincere and creative." Min Hyuk suddenly chimed in, his friends looked at him curiously. "Those are the most words used by the people who visited our website to describe the show. Many are still asking where they could buy the item, since the auction is closed." he said.

"Why don't we put the list of the store to each collection, that way they could buy it straight to the store." Hyo Rin said.

"Don't you think people who bought online on the day of the show would get mad? I mean, if people buy the item straight from the store, they might get cheaper price." Yong Hwa asked.

"They can try... most of the collections are limited items. Most of it, we brought all of the stock that available in the store and again... most of it sold out in the auction. So even if people go straight to the store, the items might not be availble anymore." Hyo Rin said.

"And that only increase our shows credibility..." Seung Ho added.

"Director Park?" Min Hyuk asked her agreement.

Shin Hye shrugged, "Good idea... just do whatever you want." she was already too weak to think. Min Hyuk nodded and immediately made mental note to execute the plan. "If you all finished eating, should we head back? I'm sure you guys still need that much needed rest." she said to the team.

They all agreed to finish their party and got ready to leave the restaurant; some hurriedly finished their dessert, the others stood up to go to the restroom, some were still chatting in smaller groups. Shin Hye took a look at her team for the last time, her heart felt warm and proud. But she was also feeling sad thinking that it was the last time they would be assembled as a whole. Soon they would all be back in their respective position and hopefully the company would start to run smoothly that she would not need her all star player again. It was bittersweet but she was grateful that she found great friends along the way.

"Wow! Wow!! Turned the volume up!!!" Seung Ho's shout jerked Shin Hye's from her train of thoughts.

Everyone turned at the male maknae and saw him fixated at the wall screen with one of his index finger pointing at it. They all turned to that direction simultaneously as the volume turned up. The Entertainment Weekly was airing the coverage for Belle's fashion show, at the ened of the show a reporter interviewed Belle's PIC-slash-director, Kang So Ra.

"Director Kang! Good show tonight, how are you feeling?" the female reporter asked excitedly.

Kang So Ra's sour face lit up instantly, almost look inhuman. "Yes! Great show indeed. I'm very satisfied with tonight's event. It had flaws a little here and there but for a pilot, I would consider it as a success. Please look forward to next year event, I'm sure the invitees that did not attend this year would come next year and felt sorry that they missed tonight's show." she said which cause a horror look from the Femme's table.

So Ra immediately left the reporter once she said thank you, a rare and unusual reaction for someone who was attention seeker. They could feel the insincerity of her reply and snorted in disbelief at her hypocracy.

"Booo!!!" Seung Ho said, "I heard it was a total mess there. They were late to start almost half an hour, the invitees were only 70%, the music stopped mid way and the sales bomb." he updated everybody.

"Yeah! I heard some were sacked because of last night show." Il Woo added.

"Tch! Now that the show failed she justified it for being a pilot. I don't think she'll be that humble if it was a success." Seung Ho jeered.

Shin Hye repressed her smile, did not want people to think that she was happy on top of people's misery. "You can smile, Director Park... it's okay!" Yong Hwa teased which made the whole group turned to her.

Shin Hye blushed for having caught, "Yaaa!!!" she exclaimed in annoyance but then bursted out laughing, leading another round of laugh fest of the group. 

"Guys! What do you say? Second Round??!!!" Hyung Sik shouted and welcomed by a cheer from the others.

"Oppa! Let's go sing!!" Soo Jung turned to Min Hyuk.

"Oppa!?" Yong Hwa instinctively shouted in surprise. Min Hyuk's face suddenly went red from the nerv, while Soo Jung nonchalantly stuck her tongue to her real Oppa.

"Yeah! Let's go to a noraebang in Gangnam, one of the managers of the models that walked on our runway gave me a gift voucher. I heard it's a new and exclusive karaoke spot..." Il Woo suggested and again agreed by the others with a cheer, they sure loved to cheer that night!

Shin Hye chuckled, amused by their excitement. "You guys go ahead, I think I'm going to call it a day!" she shouted trying to overcome the cheering. Everybody looked at her, one particular person looked more dissapointed than the rest.

"Boo!! You're no fun, Director!" Ye Jin exclaimed.

"I'm so tired... I'm ready to pass out!" Shin Hye said while taking out her credit card from her wallet. "Il Woo-shi, please take care of the gank!" she said while giving the card to Il Woo. He grinned widely as he accepted the payment media.

The crowd cheered again, "Park... Shin... Hye...!!! Park... Shin... Hye...!! Park... Shin... Hye!!!" they chantted her name while air-punching several times like a bunch of demonstrator. Shin Hye giggled while getting ready to leave. "I'll go now, okay!! Don't drink to hard, tomorrow is work day!" she said in deadpan.

Her group groaned in protest but soon changed with a friendly goodbye. They stayed at their seat while Il Woo went to the cashier to handle the bill. Shin Hye walked to the front of the restaurant, took her coat from the concierge and head out to the lobby. 

It was another chilly night, smoke was already on her breath as soon as she stepped out in the open. The street in front of Lighthouse was almost always deserted, there was not many vehicle passed unless they headed to the restaurant, let alone a taxi. Like the last time she went to the restaurant, now she also needed to go to the other side of the park, that was located in front of the restaurant, to get a taxi,

"Last time..." She mumbled nostagically. The last time she was here was when she had her very first date, with Yong Hwa or with any man for that matter. It was a beautiful autumn night and she was very much in love. She smiled remembering the butterflies in her stomach that night, the excitement of having someone she liked beside her and the turmoil in her mind because of the confusion he had caused. It was annoying back then but sweet and funny now when she looked back. 

She scoffed at her pathetic self for wanting to go back to that moment. It was impossible now, so she shook her head to get rid of the mushy feeling. With one last deep breath, she held her palm out wanting to feel if any snow fell already, because her nose was watery and could already sense that it would be snowing soon. She put her hands into the pocket of her coat and stepped down the stair.

"Director Park!" She heard a familiar voice called, her eyes widen and her heart raced knowing who that was.

She turned around and saw Yong Hwa panting, his jacket was already on.

"You guys are going already?" she said trying to hide the fact that she had butterflies in her stomach.

"No!! I... er... I was wondering... if I... could take you home!" He said in much effort.

"O!?" Shin Hye's heart skipped a beat. "I'm taking a taxi..." the words just slipped out of .

Yong Hwa was stunned, he was sure she would accepted his invitation considering their moment in the hospital room a few days back. But then again, three days had passed without barely any communication between them. He thought she changed her mind and reverted back as Shin Hye the 'friend' again. 

"Gu Rae?" he could not hide his disappointment, which somehow made Shin Hye felt bad. "Be careful on your way then." he pursed his lips.

"How's your leg?" Shin Hye asked out ouf the blue, pointing his injured leg with her chin.

Yong Hwa grimaced, trying to get her sympathy. "It's still feel a bit sore...Ah!" he faked a painful front.

"Gurae!? Akkapda... I'm going to get the taxi from across the park and wondered if you want to walk me there." she smiled mischievously while stepping down the stairs.

"No! It's okay! There's nothing I can't handle!" he exclaimed almost immediately and shamelessly ran to catch up on her. He did not care whether he was caught in his lies anymore as long as he could have some alone time with her.

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Shin Hye and Yong Hwa walked side by side in silent, making their way across a park. The park was now filled with bare trees, but during spring time it would be a beautiful park filled with cherry blossom. They were both enjoying each others company although they did not say any word to each other. They were just glad that they could now be alone without yelling or hurting each other, much like few months in prior. Shin Hye put both of her hands in her pocket, she regretted that she did not bring her beannies since it was in the dead of winter and the night was getting colder by the minute. Yong Hwa saw that she was struggling to fight the cold.

"You should just call a taxi, you know! You could catch a cold this way..." He said instinctively, but immediately regretted saying it. "Stupid fool! What if she really call a taxi?" He scolded himself.

"Aniya! I needed some fresh air, usually it's easier to get a taxi at the end of the park. Besides! I'd be lucky if I catch some cold, I needed a rest anyway." She said solemnly. Shin Hye really did enjoying the walk and exhaled heavily to devour the fresh winter air, "I think it will be snowing soon."

Yong Hwa nodded. He looked at Shin Hye, who had a slight smile on her lips. She looked beautiful with her hair neatly tight in a low ponytail, a slight make up and the fur from the hood of the knee-length dark grey coat that framed her face, making her looked like she came out of an advertisement.

And there it went again, his heart started to thump faster like it always did when he's with her. The butterflies flew around in his stomach causing a ticklish sensation, like it did when he first got to know her. He wished so badly that he could hold her hand, but he tried the hardest not to as he didn't want to ruin that moment and scared her away.

So they were back in silence but not an awkward one, it felt peaceful and compose. They could hear the sound of their footstep as they walked through an empty street. It was almost 11 so most of people were already at home or some place warm, like the tteokbokki food truck that Yong Hwa saw a few meters in front of them. He suddenly remembered something and chuckled by himself. Shin Hye looked at him curiously.

"Wae?" She asked calmly.

"Do you see that food truck there?" Yong Hwa pointed at the crowded food truck, Shin Hye shifted her gaze at the direction. "When I was in highschool, I took a girl on a date to that kind of food truck and confessed there." He said.

Shin Hye didn't like the story one bit, she pouted as she thought. "Yeah! He must be so popular when he was in high school, what do you expect Shin Hye? Huh! Why do you feel annoyed anyway?" She did not know how to respond, "Was she pretty?" she blurted, suprising even herself that she said it out loud.

Yong Hwa was also surprised with the question, he looked at her and realized the sour face she had on. "Huh!? Are you jealous?" He exclaimed happily.

"What?" She shrieked, two octaves higher than she intended, "Why would I be jealous?" She said trying to look calm. "Why are you jealous, Shin Hye?" She pouted while mentally smacked her own head.

Yong Hwa giggled in amusement, "Ah! Gwiyeopta!!" He shouted, Shin Hye's heart skipped a beat. "She didn't hear my confession, the next week she confessed to my best friend Il Woo..." he explained, slightly embarassed.

Shin Hye dropped her jaw, feeling bad to the teenage Yong Hwa. "Oh My God! My Condolences..." she said chuckling; his heart thumped even faster hearing her laughter.

"So what about you? Did you ever date somewhere like that?" He asked, he was glad that they could finally conversed normally. "What kind of date did you do when you were young?" Shin Hye frowned, thinking hard for the answer. After some time, Yong Hwa realized something enlightening, "YOU never dated, do you?" he asked suspiciously.

"What do you mean? Of course I dated..." She answered defensively; her eyes was shaking so hard trying to figure out a quick answer.

"You are totally never dated!" He exclaimed.

"Yes I did! I swear! It was not a relationship, but I went to a basketball game on a date once." She said finally, relieved that she did have an answer.

"What!? With that Kim Tan guy from your highschool? The one you had your one-sided crush?" He said challengingly, he might as well commit suicide.

Shin Hye widened her eyes in shocked, "How did you..?" then she realized something and suddenly became even more sour, "Was that what you talked about when you meet Kang So Ra behind my back? Whatever she told you, it was the other way around!" She sulked.

Yong Hwa smiled mischieviously, "That guy is obviously a hot blood, considering that he chose y So Ra compare to pure Shin Hye." Shin Hye gasped and immediately pinched his arm. Yong Hwa screamed the hardest begging for mercy, she finally let go. "Geez!! How can you still hurt me with that pinch-attack when I'm wearing this coat? You're really something, Park Shin Hye-shi."

She chuckled again, he literally held his breath watching her laughed. "Yeah! I think I need to see a shaman and get my self a talisman or something. It seems that I don't have much luck when it comes to love. The first man I ever liked was stolen by my bestfriend, and my first boyfriend lied to me and used me as an object of a bet." She glanced at him to see how he would react to the cynicism.

He smiled shyly, "He's an !" They both laughed at his jokes. "So what now?" He said after their laughter died down.

She looked at him, thinking hard. "Baby step, I guess. Prepare for February edition. prepare new strategy to boost sales. prepare for the new magazine, travel around the world. One at a time."

"You're one busy lady, Park Shin Hye." He teased.

She smiled shyly but suddenly stretched her both arms and shouted, "Aah! Joh Da!! What a beautiful night! Freezing, but beautiful." She stopped as they reached the end of the Park. She looked around for a taxi but unfortunately there was none. So she turned to Yong Hwa instead, "Thank you for walking me home... erm, to get a taxi is more like it." She laughed.

He panicked, at that moment he knew that he could not let her go. Not without trying to stop her, to tell her how he really felt, to persuade her to take the chances on him, to take courage for him. He needed to make her his again, he needed to be by her side, he needed her...

So when Shin Hye raised her hand to hail a taxi, he held it instead. Shin Hye stunned with the sudden gesture and turned to him. She saw an expectant look all over his face, it was desperate yet hopeful, doubtful yet determined. He took her other hand from her pocket and held them tightly, while never letting his sight from her eyes. She looked at him curiously.

"Shin Hye-a!" He called indecisively, "Can I be your second boyfriend?" he asked sincerely.

She held her breath instantly, her heart beat so fast that it might just burst. The question made her happy and scared at the same time, she wanted to say yes but there's something that prevented her from doing so. "Yong Hwa-ya!" She said weakly, there's a large lump in that making it hard for her to say anything. "Dating is the last thing on my mind right now."

Yong Hwa held her hand even tighter, "Ani! You're wrong... with me in the picture, dating should be the first thing in your mind. I know who you are, I know your burden and I know your responsibilities, and I will not deter you from you destiny. In fact I will be there supporting you. Let me be the one you talked to when you achieve something, let me be the shoulder when you need someone to lean on, I'll even be your punching bag when you're upset." he said almost pleading. "But then again, you pinched not punched." He added a bit of a joke to make her smile.

She giggled, he wanted to kiss her right there and then, "That's all sound so wonderful, I wish I could take it." her heart was getting heavier by second, tears were b on her eyes.

"Don't just wish, take it. Please, take a chance on me. Forget about the hurt that I caused because of the silly bet. If anything, that bet brought me closer to you. I wouldn't have tried that hard to get to know you if it wasn't because of the bet. I wouldn't know how great of a girl you are if I didn't want to win over Il Woo." He was desparately wanted to convince her.

"You're right, but..." She could not continue her words as she was so confused of her feelings.

Yong Hwa put her hands to his lips and kissed them, "And I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you back then; I wasn't sure about my own feeling... but the truth is I love you! I love you so much, it hurts. It hurt me when you're down, it hurt me when you laughed because of someone else, it hurt me when you're cold to me. I love you Park Shin Hye, I love you! There I've said it!" he didn't know what else to say to convince her.

He could sense from her stare that she was still unconvinced, she was still scared that she might get hurt again. She took a chance once and he blew it, so it's only natural that she was scared to take another chance. But Yong Hwa would not give up, not now, not ever. He let her hands go, took off his gloves and put it in his pocket. He pulled the collar of her coat up to her neck to keep her warmth, rubbed his palms to each other and blew air on them, then he put them on her cheeks which was ice cold. She closed her eyes and leaned to one of his hand to savor the warmth.

It felt so good, it felt so comfortable, it made her want to surrender instantly. "Would it be okay if I go for it? Can I be weak for just a moment? Can I be weak in front of him forever?" she thought.

Yong Hwa looked at the woman that he loved, he felt that she needed something to boost her confidence. So he swooped in for a kiss, a light kiss that lasted several seconds. A tear fell from one of her eye when he pulled himself. She opened her eyes and looked him in the eye, his right thumb rubbed her cheek to wipe the tear.

She missed it! She missed kissing him, she missed being in his embrace, she missed the warmth of his body when he hugged her and most importantly she missed the person that she became when she was with him.

Yong Hwa could sense that the wall was slowly crumbled, he leaned in closer while still fixating his gaze to her eyes trying to get permission for another kiss. When she did not show any sign of rejection, he put his lips on hers and kissed her slowly. He was mentally sommersaulted when she returned the kiss, although it was a timid kiss from her, but it's everything for him as it sealed the deal between them. He let go of her cheek and moved his hands to her waist, held around it to keep her supported as he deepened the kiss a little. After a few moment, he broke off the kiss to see her reaction. He wanted to be sure that she was okay.

She opened her eyes and immediately saw the man that she loved, she her lips savoring every sensation she had during their kiss. The heart race, the ticklish sensation and the weak legs. She wanted more, she needed more of that, so she put her arms around his neck and pulled him for another kiss. He smiled and happily obliged, hugged her tighter around the waist as they kissed passionately under the snow that had started to fall.

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February came, which meant that winter was almost passed. In another 28 days the season would soon change into spring and the weather would become warmer. It was also known as the month of love since valentine was in it, the day when couples were allowed to be lovey dovey in public and the singles were allowed to curse openly. The shops and stores were already decorated their business in dominant red hearts, increasing the valentine feel. 

Yong Hwa strolled his way to the office feeling on cloud nine, he scanned the window display of the store that he passed and smiled. To him february was more than just the month of love, it was the month of his girlfriend's birthday. He giggled silently at that word, recalling the fact that he was able to call someone his girlfriend; moreover that someone was a girl that he loved and had yearned for so many months already. He could not be happier that they were already reconciled just in time for her birthday.

After their second first-kiss last night, Yong Hwa could not stop smiling. He ended up taking her home with a taxi, held her hand all the way to the mansion although they did not talk much. As soon as they stepped into the taxi, Shin Hye yawned; she could still hear him talking but soon was too tired and drifted to sleep. Yong Hwa eventually felt that he was actually alone in the back seat of the taxi, looked to his left and saw her head swung up and down like a nodding-donkey.

Her cute sleepy face made him chuckled. He held out his hand and pushed her head to lean on him;  grabbed her hand, kissed it gratefully and put them on his lap. His head instinctively leaned on hers and his eyes closed. He took a deep breath, relieve that he was finally able to grab hold of her, able to convince her to take him back and able to be hers again. A smile slowly curved on his face anticipating a great days ahead when he could see her everyday and loved her all the way that he could.

Once they got in front of the mansion, they both stepped out after asking the driver to wait for the male guest to come back. Yong Hwa took her further to the main gate, not wanting the night to be over too soon. But she did not say anything; she was in complete silence, awkwardly tidied her bedhead. He chuckled remembering So Ra's remark about in-love Shin Hye.

"What?" she glowered.

Yong Hwa shook his head and pursed his lips, "Nothing..." he glanced at her. He reached for her other hand, turned her around to face him and pulled her for a hug when they were in front of the gate; Shin Hye froze at the sudden closeness. "Thank you!" he said and kissed her lips lightly.

"What for?" her voice trembled.

"For taking me back..." he said.

Shin Hye frowned, "Is it too late to change my mind?" she asked sincerely.

Yong Hwa chuckled thinking that she was joking, "O!! Too late... I'll never let you go again. Ne..veer!" he smiled mischievously.

She bit her lower lip, looking very conflicted. 

"What's wrong?" Yong Hwa asked starting to feel something strange in her.

"Nothing... It's late, you should go back!" She said with a warm smile.

"Popo!!" he asked with a pout.

Shin Hye chuckled, "Mwo!?" she looked at the taxi who was just a few meters away, "There's a driver in the taxi!"

"I don't care! And I'm not letting you go before I got one." he said.

She smiled and put her hands on his back, "Didn't we kiss enough just now?"

"Never!" he said while leaning towards her. The kiss that was just planned for a short one lasted longer and deeper, making the taxi driver jittery on his seat. 

A few hours later, Yong Hwa could still feel the kiss on his lips; the way it made him feel and how he did not want to stop if not because she shoved him all the way to the taxi. He giggled to himself like a fool remembering the meeting that would take place that afternoon, the first official meeting after their reconciliation. He wondered how she would act in front of the staff and decided that he should observed first and played along of whatever front she wanted to show in front of the company.

Femme was in a new spirit due to the success of their January edition and Fashion show. It was clearly shown by the faces of the employees and the atmosphere in the office; light, motivated and joyful were all over the creative floor as they prepare the February edition that would come out in less than two weeks. Yong Hwa needed to gather his contributors in the morning and be updated of february's concept since he did not involved in the beginning.

He was in his office, examining all the documents during the creative team meeting with Secretary Park, the one who was responsible in leading the meeting whilst the other prepared the fashion show. His eyebrows' curled and got even deeper as he examined more, the theme drifted too far from their last two months edition; almost were back into the old days. He was sure Shin Hye would not like it.

A knock came into his door, he looked up and told the person to come in. The fashion editor and her assistant popped in. "Creative Director Jung, do you have a minute?" the editor that was known with her fierceness said with a newly found friendliness.

"Waenyiria?!" he said curiously while gesturing both to come in. The two ladies came in, they both looked fresh in all parts of their body except their eyes. They were bloodshoot and looked bewildered. "Are you guys hung over?" he asked with a smile.

"O!" Soo Jung whined, she massaged her temple. "Editor Min ended up sleeping at our place last night, because Il Woo and Min Hyuk Oppa don't know where she lived. Where did you ran off to last night?" she asked.

Yong Hwa pursed his lips, "Somewhere..." he said enigmatically, Soo Jung eyed him suspiciously.

"I see you already got the documents from the contributors..." Hyo Rin said while sitting down on the guest's chair, "What do you think?" she asked the rethorical question.

"I don't think the Director would like it..." Yong Hwa's expression turned serious. 

"I know... I wondered why Shi Hoo sunbae did it. It's reverting back to three months ago." Hyo Rin said, slightly frowned. "What do you think she would do?" she asked in concern.

"Do it all over again!!" Yong Hwa shrieked mimicking Shin Hye's infamous line.

The girls laughed at his jokes, "Ya!! I'm totally telling on you to Shin Hye Eonni!!" Soo Jung threatened.

"Don't you dare!" he exclaimed in panic which made the girls laughed harder, "But seriously, that could happen..." he defended.

"You're right... I think what we have to think right now is how we can contain and minimize the changes." Hyo Rin said after her laughter abate.

"I don't understand, why didn't anybody say anything during the creative meeting? They knew what Director Park's want, they've been doing it for two months!" Soo Jung said.

"You never been in Shi Hoo sunbae's meeting do you? You weren't here during his era. He has that charisma that made people unwilling to debate" Hyo Rin explained.

"In other words... dictatorship." Yong Hwa said in annoyance. "Aish!! What a troublesome!" he exclaimed. "Come on, let's just get ready for the meeting. Hyo Rin-a, let's do it early before Director Park join and discuss this among ourselves."

Hyo Rin nodded her head, "Arasso, I'll see you in 15." she said standing up. Soo Jung followed her lead.

"Soo Jung-a!!" her brother called, she turned around responding to his call innocently. "Are you seriously calling Min Hyuk, Oppa!? Is there anything that I should know?" he barked.

Her face turned red, "No! Nothing... his older than me, of course I have to call him Oppa? Should I call him dongsaeng, instead?" she said nervously. Yong Hwa pouted at the lame answer, he knew something was not right. "I have to go... Editor Min is waiting for me!" Soo Jung said in a hurry and ran to dodge the awkward moment with her brother.

The meeting with the creative team was as expected very dillematic, in fact they had been feeling that way since the first meeting with Secretary Park. At first it was fine, because he was only supervising the January issue. But once he led the concept meeting for the February issue, the team began to get conflicted as they knew they were drifting away from the new philosophy, yet they could not say anything because of the Secretary's leadership style.

They did not go too far into discussion since the Director was already coming their way, her fierce footsteps clearly announced her arrival. The room went into silent as the door opened and the Director walked in. Yong Hwa held his breath watching his girl looking stunning as always, she wore an off-shoulder, long sleeve black shirt and a bright red leather skirt. Her expression was calm and compose, people were wondering whether she knew about the theme.

Shin Hye greeted the people in the room, glanced briefly at her creative director whose cheek red from the blushing. She cleared a little and immediately sat while diverting her attention to anywhere but her man. They updated her on the work and as she reviewed the documents related to the February edition plan, her face turned sour.

"What is this? How can this happen? This is not what we've been talking about since December!" she began her outburst.

"We know about that Director, calm down..." Yong Hwa tried to calm her down.

"If you knew about that, why did you let things go this far?" She asked the obvious question.

"I just found out about it today!!" He was a bit offended with her offensive remark. "Also! You should ask your Secretary about that... he's the one leading the meeting at that time." Yong Hwa raised his tone a little bit.

"Secretary Park did not join the creative meeting for two editions, he does not familiar with the whole concept that we agreed for two months already. He just did what he did during his era. As a team, if you knew that he was making a mistake... you should tell him and directed him to the right path!!" she shouted, the team was in shock and thought that the devil was back.

"It's easy for you to say!! You never in a meeting that he led! You don't know how difficult it is to argue that robot!" Yong Hwa was now shouting with her, the room fell completely silent as they felt the tension between the two leaders. It felt like a de javu to several months ago.

"He's only one person, you were... what? Ten??" Shin Hye glowered at her Creative Director, she was starting to feel annoyed with his a