@ Allgreader : Nayeon's character is intriguing eh?

@ blank123 : Now after becoming one of my loyal readers, you are finally able to read my mind. Do you love it? Well, I love what I did too LOL

@ Wivern : Extra delivery service? Dude, you're the only one paying attention to small details like that! I still don't know what to do with Joohyun here LOL

@ BludMoon_ : The more it hurts, the more it's good for the nine-slaps-scene.

@ jyp_stan : Yes let's make Nayeon drunk again!

THURSDAY EVENING.

Mina was sitting alone in her room, playing games as usual. The game she was playing, Freecell, was a very easy one and didn't need a lot of concentration. And she played it lazily while propping her chin with one hand.

Chaeyoung came inside her room.

"Mina, we have found Jaebum's secret. Now we don't need the CCTV camera anymore. Can you help me take it back from Jaebum's house?" Chaeyoung asked.

"Yeah. Sure." Mina said, still lazily. Her fingers were busy clicking the mouse, and her eyes were locked on the monitor.

Chaeyoung stared at her.

"Something happens between you and Nayeon?" She asked, changing her topics.

Mina glanced at her.

"How do you know?"

Chaeyoung just smiled. "Well, everytime you act like this, it's because of her. When you ended your partnership with Nayeon, a week before Seunghyun's first trial at the court, you also acted like this. When you stopped meeting her again after the incident in the polo sport event, you also acted like this. So is this the same thing happening again now? Did you stop your partnership with Nayeon again?"

Mina was silent for a moment.

"No. I didn't stop my partnership with her. She stopped it."

"Oh, that's new. Why did she stop it?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's related to Jaebum's affair. Maybe she's mad because I'm stalking Jaebum. Maybe she's feeling sad after she cancelled her wedding plan with Jaebum. But I thought we were helping her, right?"

Chaeyoung nodded. "Yeah, we were helping her."

Mina continued. "She doesn't want to meet me anymore. Not this week. Not next week. Not next month. I'm not sure she wants to continue our partnership anymore. I'm not even sure if she still wants to keep her friendship with me." The cowgirl said gloomily.

Chaeyoung continued listening.

"She didn't show up at her office this Monday, without saying a word. She never did that before. Usually she would tell me and give me a head up, like when she was sick or had an emergency. And when I paid a visit to her on Tuesday, she didn't look welcoming to me. She didn't seem happy to see me."

Chaeyoung stared at Mina, showing sympathy. "She must be brokenhearted because of Jaebum, and she needs space for herself. Don't worry, Mina, she will continue her partnership again with you soon."

"Yeah, I hope so. How about you and Dahyun? Still meeting each other secretly?"

"Hm. It's kinda very difficult for us to meet now. They give her a more restricted schedule in the school, and give her more competition to join. Saturday and Sunday, she must stay at home or go somewhere with her mother. We only talk by phone, and last night she said she won't be able to call and talk to me for too long again. It seems Jennie caught her talking to me on the phone, and she reported it to her mother."

"What? Oh damn! Jennie is such a pain in the ! First she ruined Nayeon's wedding, now she ruins you and Dahyun. Why does Nayeon still keep her in the company?" Mina grumbled.

"Yeah, I wonder too. Maybe we should find something about Jennie too, like her secrets or weaknesses."

"And how exactly are we gonna do that? Installing a CCTV inside the Im Mansion? You're kidding."

"Haha. Yeah, I'm just kidding."

"So, when are we going to take the CCTV camera from Jaebum's house?"

"Dahyun said in next two weeks Jaebum will go to visit his parents in Seoul."

"Next two weeks. Okay."

FRIDAY MORNING.

Mina didn't have anything to do after Nayeon stopped their projects. Usually she would spend her days going to the markets, doing surveys, comparing prices, buying supplies and equipment, talking to the clients and suppliers, doing procurements, executing auctions, sport events, or other events. Those were some of the many projects Nayeon had been giving her for the past nine months. And Mina found herself enjoying it very much. She learned a lot and she improved a lot.

But now, Nayeon had stopped their projects and Mina didn't know when Nayeon would continue it again.

Before Mina working with Nayeon, she used to go to her ranch and do the daily jobs herself, which includes training the horses, feeding them, washing and bathing them, cleaning the stable, taking the horses and cows to the savannah, etc.

Recently, Mina had recruited more workers and therefore she didn't have to do all those jobs anymore, allowing her to spend more time to work on Nayeon's projects.

But now, without those projects, Mina didn't have anything to do other than to go back to her daily rhythm.

This Friday morning, Mina spent her day working in her ranch, training the horses. She faced a little difficulty working with wild horses, since she had not done it for quite a long time. She ended up being thrown by the wild horses several times, and upon seeing this, Bambam offered to take over her job. It seemed now Mina had lost a bit of her touch in handling the wild horses. It's no wonder, 'cause she's been spending a lot of her time doing projects and working with her computers.

Giving up with the wild horses, Mina decided to do other things that were much easier such as cleaning the stable and bathing the horses. And when lunch break came, she went to the pub to meet her friends.

LUNCH BREAK AT THE PUB.

"Really? Nayeon's cancelling those projects with you?" Tzuyu asked, frowning.

"Yeah. She kinda kicked me out of those projects. This is the first time. She said my performance is not good. But I'm sure that's not the case." Mina replied with a sigh.

"She must be feeling disturbed after what happened with Jaebum and Jennie. Don't worry, she will continue the partnership again soon, Mina." Momo said.