“Unnie, Unnie!” Seulgi shakes Taeyeon’s arm because the older girl is spacing out in the middle of listening to the revised version of the song

“Ah, sorry” Taeyeon rubs her temple; something bothered her much since she left the CEO’s Meeting Room

“You look bothered. Wanna call it a day?”

“What do you think about the revised version?”

“For me, that is fine” Seulgi answered, “Moreover, it’s already 9 in the night.”

“Really?” Taeyeon wider her eyes; she forgets to tell Jessica that she would be home late and being focused as she is, her phone is in silent mode

“I forgot to tell my wife” Taeyeon scrubs her hair, “Aigoo, she would be mad at me”

“Then you should go home fast”

“I can’t be home with this troubled mind. Let’s drink somewhere, on me”

“Yah, Unnie. Seconds ago, you were afraid because you forgot to tell your wife and now you drag me to drink with you”

“Come on, we deserve it”

“Unnie” Seulgi placed her arms on Taeyeon’s shoulders, “We need to recording tomorrow and I won’t see you wasted tonight. Just go home”

“Ahh, I know I know” Taeyeon sulked, “You make me like a child”

“Did the childish behavior of yours is your charm?”

“Stop teasing!”

******

Taeyeon entered her house silently, lucky her that Porsche machine was not loud as BMW, Yoona’s car

“Mom was looking for you”

“OMG!” Taeyeon clutched her chest, it feels like her heart jumped out from her ribcage, “You shocked me” Taeyeon is eyeing her first daughter who seems like just took a bottle of black tea from the fridge

“I’m serious because Irene said Mom was being grumpy. I arrived at 9 and Mom already in a bad mood”

“I forgot to tell her that I had overwork and I put my phone on silent mode”

“I think Mom knew that, but she muttered about cigarette”

“Huh?”

“Did you smoke again, Dad?” Yoona narrows her eyes to see Taeyeon, “Because Mom said she found a pack of cigarette on your bag”

“That’s… Aish, Chanyeol” Taeyeon stomped her feet. She remembers her team had the same bag with her and it’s not her first-time Chanyeol was mistakenly put something on her bag instead of his

“You need to explain,” Yoona shrugs her shoulders, “You know, Mom can eat you alive, right?”

“Yah! How did she look when she talked about a cigarette?”

“Grumpy, of course, she always grumpy”

“I know I am grumpy, Yoona” a low voice heard from upstairs. Jessica is standing at the end of the stairs with her nightgown and glares at Yoona and Taeyeon

“I… I need to go to the library” Yoona takes a long dash because she knows she can’t pass her mother to her own room safely

“Yah Kim Yoona” Taeyeon hissed, “Baby…”

Jessica crossed her arms and turned her body; she’s walking back to their bedroom with Taeyeon is running behind her

“Sica, it’s not mine” said Taeyeon as soon as Jessica sits on the bed

“Then how did I find it in your bag?” Jessica crossed her arms

“It’s Chanyeol’s”

“How?”

“That black sling bag is the same as his. It’s not our first time when we mistakenly put some kinds of stuff on the bag. Sica, I promised to you since Yoona’s birth that I stopped smoking” Taeyeon moves closer and untangles Jessica’s arms. She holds her palms and brings them to her lips

“You are not lying, are you?”

“Of course, no!” Taeyeon raises her head to see Jessica’s eyes. She just afraid if Jessica doubts her but her baby brown eyes remain same, remain warm and lovingly

“I trust you” Jessica smiled, “I won’t see you broke your own promise, Taeyeon”

“I won’t” Taeyeon leans closer to kiss Jessica but the latter pushed her away

“EW! You stink! Go take a bath”

“Way to ruin a moment” Taeyeon pouted and sniffed her arm, “Ew, okay”

“Hurry up, I’m sleepy” Jessica pushed Taeyeon to her bathroom while she’s preparing for Taeyeon’s sleeping attire

Taeyeon strides to the bathroom but she stole a peck on Jessica’s cheek before hurriedly runs

“Yah!” Jesica yelled but smiled anyway

******

“Just because you are the new Managing Director and the cousin of CEO, doesn’t mean you can’t turn down my proposal easily” Taeyeon heard someone is talking behind the wall when she just bought a coffee at the Starbucks

“It’s not because I’m the cousin, your proposal was terrible” another one answered and Taeyeon recognized as Yuri’s voice. Taeyeon was about to take another way when she hears Eunjung tried to cornered Yuri

“I think that’s an inappropriate way to talk with your supervisor, Hahm Eunjung” Taeyeon smiled, “You are still rude even CEO moved you into media department”

“Don’t mock me, you moron” Eunjung hissed, “You are no better than me”

“At least I’m a director, Miss Hahm” Taeyeon walks closer, her right hand still holding her cup of coffee, which makes Eunjung walks backward, “Why did you afraid? I won’t splash my coffee like I splashed my mineral water last year”

Yuri tilted her head in amusement, this Taeyeon is so different than before

“I’ll let it slip” Eunjung stomped her feet and walked away, leaving the duo with their smile

“I never thought you would splash water to a person’s face. I thought you still chicken” said Yuri after Eunjung left to the hallway

“Well, I’m not that chicken because I decided to marry Jessica” Taeyeon sneered, “Thanks to you, then”

“Taeyeon” Yuri halted Taeyeon’s steps, “Sorry on behalf my late father”

Taeyeon stops her steps, turning her head around and looking at Yuri’s eyes, “Your father was gone?”

Yuri nods, “Three years after your marriage”

“OMG…”

“We are neighbors for almost 15 years, and I’m sorry I didn’t tell you earlier”

“Thank you for your information” Taeyeon bows a little, “Anyway, you don’t need to be that neat in the suit. We rarely wear a suit except meeting with the board”

“Yah! Are you insulting my taste?”

“No?” Taeyeon smiled teasingly, “Just you look so old with that. I almost believe if som