Yuju sighs and ready herself to walk out the cafe. She stops herself when the office door swings open.

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Third Person POV

Yerin came out of the office full of sweat with shaking eyes. After catching her breathe, she fixes her uniform, takes a deep breathe and turns around to walk back to the cashier.

But her steps were halted when she saw that the younger girl hasn't left yet and is currently staring at her.

Yerin was the first to retreat her eyes from the stare. She doesn't know how to explain to the younger girl.

Yuju walked to the older girl's direction. Yerin braced herself for the questions but a soft voice comes to her instead.  

"I know you won't want to talk about it now. Meet me at the park after your shift. I will be waiting." She gave her a reassuring smile and then walked out of the cafe.

Yerin was left dazed with thoughts circling in her head.

What is she going to ask me? How should I tell her about this?  What will she say when she know?

"Yerin-ah." Tae Hyung called her name to bring her back from her thoughts.

"Y-Yes, oppa?"

"Are you okay? Did he do anything bad today? Are you hurt?" He begins to question her condition immediately as soon as he gets the younger girl's attention.

"Don't worry oppa. I came out before he can do anything." But inside, she was scared to death. Her manager never went easy on her. She was just very lucky today.

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"Yerin-shi, have you thought about what I said before? It's a perfect opportunity for you after all." He stared at her when he waited for her reply.

"I am sorry sir, I don't want to be your personal assistant. I have university things to do...."

He slammed his hand down on his table loudly whilst standing up.

He then stride to the young girl.

"How dare you reject my offer? You know this is a good opportunity to pay back your family's debt right?" He looked down on her face with an unreadable expression.

He moved his face nearer to her ear and whisper, "Do I have to go to your house and settle this with your father?"

His right hand was making its way to her hip, dragging his fingers up from her thigh.

"N-no sir. Can you let me think about it? P-please?" Yerin felt so little and scared in front of her manager. She couldn't look up to his face. Her breathings become unstable because of the tension.

A spine-chilling smirk came onto his face with Yerin's answer. He pulled away from Yerin as if he did nothing to the girl.

"Of course you would say that again. Anyway, take all the time you need to think, cupcake. I hope you know what's best for you. You can go back to your work now." 

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