Chapter 8
Good Intentions

"Maybe you'll fall in love with my cousin, and hopefully it's not too late once you realize that."

Seohyun's eyes opened as the new day greeted her. Yesterday was a fun day out with Yonghwa's cousin, Jessica, them going out and all that; but there was the single statement she got from her that she couldn't seem to get out of her head.

The heiress rubbed her eyes as she turned to her side and breathed.

Will I really find myself falling for him?

She quickly shook her head as an attempt to forget the whole idea. Yonghwa's a nice guy and they're already good friends, and that's all they'll ever be. Seohyun bit her lip as she got up from the bed and proceeded to her personal bathroom.

It's impossible.

"Good morning, Ms. Seo," Jaesuk greeted as the dark-haired lass walked down the stairs and entered the dining hall for breakfast.

"Good morning," was Seohyun's sweet reply. She sat down to her seat and noticed something. "Um, isn't Yonghwa going to join me for breakfast?" She asked. It was already past 7:30 in the morning and she knew hthe man always got to the dining hall early.

"Young master left early today for a business meeting." the head butler replied.

"Oh," was all Seohyun could say and ate her breakfast in peace. So much for having company, she thought. Now she felt lonely even more considering that she has no one to talk to. She turned to the butler again and asked, "What about Jessica? Is she around?"

Again, Jaesuk shook his head. "I'm afraid Ms. Jessica left early as well saying something about an urgent call from a business partner. However, she did mention about being back home early."

"Wow, the Jung family is really a hardworking one, huh? They really take their work seriously." Seohyun said as she sipped her soup. Jaesuk just nodded in agreement and excused himself.

Now the heiress was really alone. For her, it did feel a bit awkward that she was eating alone in a mansion that's not even her permanent home. Until now, she's still not used to not living or going home to the Seo manor every day but the whole idea of the deal was slowly starting to sink in to her mind.

Only two days left.

Yes, their wedding day is finally the day after tomorrow but she's not even excited or anxious or anything.

Seohyun sighed. "I never expected my wedding to be something I won't really be participating in." The only time the wedding organizer came to her was when she needed the designs for her wedding dress, a few list for the entourage, and for her fitting. It's her wedding and yet she's not even doing anything right now, that's just amazing.

It's not like I wanted this wedding or anything, Seohyun thought. But then, she realized that no matter how much she resists or rebels, she's still going to lose in the end until she finally agrees to it.

She was drinking her glass of fruit juice when Sena, her personal maid, entered the hall and handed her a phone.

"Ms. Seohyun, young master wishes to speak to you," Sena said.

The heiress blinked and accepted the phone, wondering what the sudden call was about. "Hello? This is Seohyun," she greeted.

"Hi baby," the voice from the other line said.

Huh! Seohyun blinked once again and turned to Sayo and asked, "Is this really Yonghwa?" to which the maid just nodded.

Apparently, the man from the other side heard her question and laughed. "What? Don't I have the right to call my fiancée such cute nicknames?" He asked.

"Hey, are you drunk?" the heiress asked completely surprised.

Yonghwa just grinned from the other side. "Of course not, my dear," Suddenly, Seohyun heard another voice from the her fiancée 's background, saying words such as, "Mr. Yonghwa, please go ahead and invite your fiancée now. We still have a lot of work to do."

Ohhhh, now I get it. He's acting nice and sweet to me because his business partners are there and they don't know anything about the Jung deal. Seohyun realized. She knew he could never be like this in reality so with a big grin, the heiress laughed and decided to play along as well.

"Well then, baby, why did you suddenly call me in the middle of breakfast?" she asked.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you and I'm sorry for telling you this on such short notice but would you be so kind to accompany me to a company ball tonight?"

It was very tempting on Seohyun's part but she couldn't help but feel nervous about all this. Sure, she's used to formal meetings and balls like these during her life as a free Seo lady but she knew what she's going to get into if she goes tonight. Thinking of declining the offer in her head, she found a perfect excuse not to go.

"I'm sorry but I'm afraid I don't have anything to wear tonight," she answered.

"No worries," looks like Yonghwa was prepared for that answer and Seohyun didn't like it one bit. "I'll pick you up later and we'll buy you a nice dress, okay?"

The heiress sighed, looks like she doesn't have any escape anymore. "Okay then."

"I'll see you later then! I have to go now. I love you, bye."

And he hung up.

Seohyun's eyes were wide at his last sentence. She couldn't help but feel shock but at the same time very doubtful about it. She knew he was just required to say it so his business partners would think they were really in love, but how come…

How come it seemed so real?

"Yeah, right!" The heiress suddenly giggled, much to her maid's confusion. She gave her the phone back and proceeded to continue her breakfast.

The rest of the day was well, boring for the Seo heiress. She once again, found nothing else to do but either to stay at her room or at the garden outside. Luckily for her, she managed to buy some sketching materials and other great things when she and Jessica went to the mall. She smiled, remembering how she managed to buy these materials yesterday.

Flashback

Jessica and Seohyun passed by a supplies store and the heiress couldn't help but enter said store and her companion followed soon after. It's been awhile since Seohyun went there and bought her sketching materials for her designing profession.

The dark-haired lass walked towards the sketching department and her fingers ran across different sizes of sketchbooks, pencils, etc. She grabbed one of the sketchbooks and sighed, she bought one like this before but all of her stuff remained at the Seo mansion so she had nothing to work on while she's not there. With that in mind, sadness washed over her face.

I still hope I get to sketch and design.

To her surprise, Jessica suddenly grabbed the sketchbook in her hand and grinned, "Come on now! Don't just stand there and look sad. Let's go ahead and buy this thing! I'm sure you love designing so much that you just can't get enough of it and you need materials like these, right?"

Seohyun o nodded sadly and said, "Yes but, you see, now that I'm staying at the Jungs, I don't have anything to buy these materials with. If only I have my credit card from my own house, I could still buy these things."

Jessica stared at her like she had two heads or something, but she understood her problem. "Oh don't worry about it Seohyun!" She grinned, took out something from her wallet and out came a shiny gold plastic card in between her fingers. "Ta-daa! With this baby, we can go ahead and buy the stuff you need!"

"Oh, I couldn't. Please don't mind me, Jessica. I'll be fine." Seohyun said, waving her hands in front of her as a way of showing rejection. She couldn't possibly have someone she just met buy her materials for her. That would be a bit humiliating for her.

"Don't worry, don't worry," the brunette patted her on the back with a reassuring smile. " Yonghwa gave this shiny baby to me before we left and he said," Jessica waved the credit card in her hands and tried to imitate what her cousin told her, "if Joohyun needs to buy anything, please use this and don't hesitate to buy her what she needs."

Really? He said that? Seohyun found it thoughtful though.

"It might not be obvious for you now but the Jung  family wouldn't even notice how much we spend today because the profit they earn everyday is just simply amazing. Come on Seohyun, you need this sketchbook anyway and I know how great you are at designing—just look at your wedding dress!" Jessica exclaimed.

"I…I guess so. Thank you then," the heiress smiled shyly but she really was grateful.

"Anyway, you also need these, right?" the brunette asked as she faced Seohyun with a handful of sketching pencils to which the other just sweatdrop.

"I…uh, don't need that many pencils, Jessica,"

"Nonsense! I bet these aren't even enough," Jessica left for awhile to grab a shopping basket and placed all the materials inside. "What else do you need, Seohyun?"

"I…"

But the tall brunette never let her answer as she walked around the department and grabbed anything she thought that would help Seohyun. The heiress tried to stop her many times but she just ended up being ignored by her companion.

But still, Seohyun did feel grateful and happy about it.

End of Flashback

Seohyun smiled. She walked towards her desk in her bedroom and her hand glazed across simple sketches that she started last night. Once they got home, she couldn't handle her excitement anymore and started drawing like there was no tomorrow. She missed it, very. It was one job that she'll always be happy to accept.

It was already past 4 in the afternoon when she heard a knock on her bedroom door. She let out a faint "come in" and the door opened revealing the tall brunette, seemingly panting from exhaustion.

" Seohyun!" Jessica called walking towards the heiress and grabbed her wrists.

"Hey Jessica, welcome home—" she wasn't able to finish her greeting when she suddenly felt being dragged out of her room by the brunette. "Jessica, hey!"

"There's not much time, Seohyun. Yonghwa called me saying it was urgent and told me to help you buy a dress for a ball tonight," she explained as she continued to drag Seohyun down the stairs, much to the heiress' dismay.

"Oh, I thought he was going to accompany me?" Seohyun couldn't help but feel sad though. She hasn't seen Yonghwa all day, not that she needed to but still.

"Oh yeah, he told me to send you his apologies because he couldn't get out of office easily right now due to continuous meetings. He did say and promised to pick you up here around 7pm and you'll go to the ball together."

Seohyun could only nod at her explanation as the other grabbed her keys and purse and they drove off to the mall once again.

Once there, the both of them walked around to different shops in the hope of finding the perfect evening gown for the brown-eyed beauty. It took them awhile to find the right dress but once they finally did, Jessica drove off to the salon to get Seohyun's hair ready while the brunette decided that she'll be the one to do her makeup once they finally reach home.

"Oh my god, Yonghwa’s going to seriously die after he sees you in that."

Jessica commented after finishing off Seohyun's makeup with a few more . It was already 6:52PM and Yonghwa's going to be here any minute now.

Yonghwa's