This is an alternate ending from Mingyu-Naeun-Chanyeol in chapter 9 (The Proposal) . Sorry Leenaeun ssi, I took forever. Hehe.

 

 

“Naeun ah, do you have time?”

“Wae chagiya? I’m going to meet a client.”

“When will you finish?”

“I don’t know. Maybe at 5 or maybe 7.”

“Can you stop by at my apartment after work?”

Naeun stops fixing her hair and crooked .

“Waeyo?”

“Aniya. Just come. Can you?”

He asks her once again, rubbing his nape nervously.

“Gurae. Do you want me to buy anything? For dinner maybe?”

“Aniya. Just you come. Alone. Please.”

“Arasseo. Who will I come with huh?”

She chuckles and checks on her reflection on the mirror.

“I gotta go hun. See you later then.”

“Gurae.”

“Love you.”

She responded, not forgetting to giggle and then hangs up. Mingyu sadly smiles as he grips on his phone.

“Let’s end this right.”

+++

“Aniyo. If we did that, we won’t gain any profit. The margin has to be larger than 15% so that we can at least gain something Naeun.”

“I know. I’m sorry.”

“Do you think your sorry can solve everything?”

Naeun was holding herself from rolling her eyes. She knows what she is doing. The new CEO is just up to make thing worse for her. He’s been finding her flaws since his first day here.

“What do I have to do to compensate all that?”

“Join me for dinner today.”

“Dinner?”

Naeun arched her brows.

“Why dinner?”

Her CEO clears his throat before he looks at his PC.

“Just come without complaint can you?”

“I can’t tonight. I have an important appointment.”

“More important than your job? You can end up jobless Miss Son.”

“I don’t have any choice?”

“Obviously no.”

He answers without any tint of guiltiness. Naeun blew a raspberry.

“Deh.”

She answers and took the papers that scatters on the table and went out of the room; mumbling some curse for the CEO as she makes her way to her space.

She took her phone after she puts her things on her table, sitting on the edge of it before she calls her boyfriend. She rubs her neck as she waited for him to pick up and Mingyu picks it up after few rings.

“Busy?”

“Ani. Just sorting some things. Are you coming now?”

“Oh no chagi. I think I will run late. I messed up something earlier and I have to fix it up.”

“Really? You can’t make it today?”

“I might run late. Maybe I can just be there after 10. Is it important? If it’s not, I think we can just meet tomorrow. For breakfast maybe.”

“It’s important.”

He said in a quietest whisper but Naeun heard him. She clicked her tongue before she nods.

“I’ll go as soon as I finish. Will you be up no matter when I show up?”

“Sure.”

She heard his bright voice again and she smiles at her decision.

“So see you when I can tear myself out from the work.”

“Okay. Just make sure to be careful.”

“You too babe.”

She ended it with a lovely gesture just so he won’t feel bad. She once makes something that makes him feel insecure about her feelings for him and she doesn’t want him to think the same as before. Yeah, she takes really long to responds to his confession, two months. And it was because he is younger. 3 years to be exact and she felt that he is too young for her. But he manages to man up to many things and soon her heart melts and she accepts him with open arms.

It had been 5 years since the day they officially dating and she is growing fond of Mingyu every day. He is now had become more mature, people won’t believe her if she told them he is younger. He shows ‘oppa’ vibe.

Naeun chuckles when she thinks too much of her boyfriend.

“Let’s get working alrite.”

She talks to herself and then become seriously committed to focus on her work.

+++
“No one else is coming with us?”

Naeun asks as she looks around the Italian restaurant and only receive a short no from her boss.

“I think this is a business dinner?”

“Did I say that?”

Naeun arched her brows and the CEO turns to see her, lips twitched when she bites her lips.

“Something wrong Naeun?”

“Of course it is. I thought it will be work related but turns out only me and you.”

“Just come on will you? Don’t make me lose my patience.”

“When were you not mad?”

She mumbles as she walks again, ignoring the fiery gaze he gave her. She is used to that and even more, it’s worse when he starts nagging plus mocking her as he pleased.

“Are you on reservation Miss?”

Naeun had to stop and wait for him and the mocking smirk is evidence on his face.

“Park Chanyeol.”

He said and glances at Naeun who was pouting as she crosses her arm. He chuckles.

“This way sir.”

He nods and tugs her arm and she rolls her eyes before she follows him.

“This is your table. One of our staff will attend to you shortly.”

“Okay. Thanks.”

He pulls the chair, suppose to be Naeun’s but she grumpily went to the chair opposite of it and he then awkwardly sit down, crossing his leg.

A waiter went to them with a menu and Chanyeol is the one who ordered for them and Naeun once again protest.

“I can’t even choose what I want to eat?”

“I choose their specialty.”

“You sure do.”

“I am.”

“Okay, leave it that way. What is the purpose of this dinner?”

“I’m treating you out.”

“I thought I made mistakes?”

She asks, retorting. Chanyeol laughs.

“You know you didn’t.”

“So why are you saying I did?”

“When did I?”

“Do you suffer some short term memory loss or something?”

He chuckles again, shaking his head.

“You are amusing.”

She frowns. Her boss is acting really weird; but he is actually weird to start with and she doesn’t know if he is mocking or complimenting her.

“Let’s eat first shall we?”

He proposes when their dinner was served. She then quietly took her cutleries and starts digging on her food. She is starving.

+++

Naeun quickly went to the car and board it as soon as Chanyeol car stopped. She heard him calls her but she pretend to not hear anything.

“I’m sorry.”

She said as she closes her eyes for a moment to calm her heart, turns on the ignition and press on the pedal. She droves away, ignoring Chanyeol who was running behind her car to stop her.

“The thing is; I am interested in you.”

She remembers he said after their dinner. She nearly choked on her drinks but he keeps grinning like a stupid monkey.

“What?”

“I like you Naeun.”

“This is not funny.”

“Yes. It is not funny and I’m serious. I like you, Son Naeun.”

“Boss, I.”

“You can take your time to think about it. I’ll wait.”

“No. I.”

“Take your time. I don’t need an immediate answer.”

She shuts her eyes before she looks at him but Chanyeol calmly drinks his water.

“Let’s go home.”

He said and stands up before putting some bills. Naeun was dumbfounded when he looks at her who still seated and she stands up, following him as he leads the way to his car.

They boarded it and she fists her hands, both of it.

“I have a boyfriend and I love him.”

She said and he stops his car. She looks at him, hurt evidence on his face but she chooses to not care. She can’t. She looks out of the window and realize that they are already at the car park so she unboard his car and rushes to her car.

Naeun sighs as the uneasiness hits her.

“He won’t sack me doesn’t he?”

She shrugs the thought away and get out of her car, lazily walks to Mingyu’s house. She plans to think about it later.

She opens the door and feeling sorry when she saw he fall asleep while he waited for her. She was about to walk to him when he suddenly wake up due to his phone.

“Neh omma. I’ll talk to her. I asked her to come. Neh. Don’t tell her. I’ll do it.”

She saw his lover frowns and she suddenly don’t feel good. He still doesn’t seem to realize that she is now here.

“How do I tell her?”

She heard him whispers and she grows curious.

“Jagiya.”

Mingyu looks at her and he widens her eyes. Naeun sat beside him and she keeps her hands with her, unlike usual.

“What is it that you want to talk? You seem serious.”

“Noona.”

“I told you to not call me noona again and I will dump you.”

Naeun laughs with that but the stiffness in his face makes her laughter died.

“Did something happen?”

“That.”

He was hesitant again, her heart drop.

“Mingyu ya, are you really dumping me?”

He sighs and stares onto the floor. Naeun bites her lips.

“Omma pesters me with marrying appa’s business partner daughter. They had promised each other since I was still in college. I don’t know what to do. Omma.”

Naeun raises her hand, gesturing him to stop and he did.

“Have you meet her?”

He nods slowly after some time and Naeun nodding her head.

“How is she?”

“She is kind and cute.”

Naeun smiled. She was dumbfounded, that Mingyu straight away answered her but she knows, he is determined to end it with her. And he doesn’t want to wait until tomorrow.

“Let’s just stop then.”

She said and walks out of the apartment. She thought he will call for her, but he didn’t.

“What do I expect?”

She whispers and wipes her remaining tears.

“After 5 years.”

She chuckles unbelievably.

“You proved that you too can change.”

And she drove away with scattered heart.

+++

Chanyeol look worse the next day but he drove to work earlier than ever, because he doesn’t want to see or bump into Naeun.

He doesn’t hate her that she rejects him but he feels embarrassed. Its his first confession and he was turned down.

He walks quickly through the emergency exit so that no one knows he had arrived. But what he saw as soon as he walks up few staircase makes him stops and widens his eyes.

“Naeun?”

He calls but the lass was too engrossed in crying that she doesn’t seem to realizes someone is there and that someone is her boss.

Chanyeol walks closer to her and crouched down. Naeun had her head buried into her knees and she doesn’t aware that he was this close.

Chanyeol holds her shoulder to make Naeun knows that he is there and as soon as she saw him, Naeun stood up too quickly only to stumble into him who was still crouching; she ended up falling on top of him.

It took some times before she got her sense back and she rushingly stands and helps Chanyeol too.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to. I’m.”

“Shhh.”

Said Chanyeol and cross his arms.

“Leave all that for now. Tell me why are you here at this hour? Wait. That outfit is from yesterday.”

He said and Naeun lowered her head, biting her lips.

“Miss Son?”

He called her name again and Naeun now look at him. Then he saw how swollen her eyes is.

“You’ve been crying since last night?”

She still is biting her lips and few drops of her tears, he saw dropping to the floor. He sighs and hugs her, patting her back. He was glad that Naeun, surprisingly didn’t push him, instead she was bawling her eyes out, again.

“What happen?”

He asks, caressing her hair. Her body shook but she was starting to talk.

“We are over.”

Naeun was surprised too that she talks to him, out of everyone she was close to.

She choose to not go home last night, because her parents will asks. She doesn’t go to her close friends house, because they will pity at her and Naeun doesn’t like it when they are sad because of her.

So, she went to her office, it was locked. Have no energy to go anywhere, she ended up sitting here, all night long.

“Kenchana.”

Chanyeol said, his voice is different from how he sounds everyday and Naeun wants to be with him, listen to his deep voice and get out of her heart ache.

“Boss.”

She called and Chanyeol hums after a moment.

“Thank you. And I’m sorry for last night.”

“It’s okay. My bad. I don’t know you are taken.”

He smiles and Naeun clutched on her shirt, she feels more and more sad when he said it.

“It’s 5 years relationship and he ended it just like that.”

Chanyeol broke the hug and look at Naeun’s face. She wipes the tears on her cheek.

“End? The over that you said?”

She nods.

“Naeun, listen here. He doesn’t worth it. He doesn’t know how to appreciate you. You are a wonderful woman. You deserve better.”

“I do right?”

Chanyeol smiles, nodding.

“Thank you boss. For not seeing me as pathetic.”

“Why would I? You are to be appreciated, not to be look down on.”

He then patted her head.

“Do you want to grab some coffee?”

He asks and Naeun nods.

“I’ll treat you.”

“No, it will be my treat for today. Believe me, your mood will get lot better.”

“Deh boss.”

Chanyeol then fixes Naeun’s bang and makes her blush a bit.

“Now you are ready to go.”

He then went down first and Naeun followed behind, plastering a smile.

She will surely forget Mingyu one day, not now but she promised to herself that she will. Why? Because he don’t deserve her, like what Chanyeol said.

 

 

 

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