CHAPTER 46

“Well, well, well, look who's finally back” Chen chimes as he sees Kris walk inside the building, looking as fresh as a newly bloomed flower in spring. “The trip was cut short... how are things going?” he asks as Chen accompanies him to the elevator, handing him a folder of reports of what has been going on while he was gone. “Things went quite smoothly”

Ding. The two step inside and Chen presses the button for the top floor. “You look like your blooming, what happened in London?” he questions quite playfully. Kris closes the folder and smirks, he turns to Chen, tucking the folder under his arm and pockets one of his hands “None of your business”

Chen rolls his eyes expecting the answer “Where's Hana?”

“At home...” the elevator doors open and the two step out “Anyway, what's this party I heard that the Chairman is throwing?” Kris opens the doors to his office, he tosses the folder on his desk and makes his way to the mini bar and gets a bottle of water from the mini-fridge; Chen takes a seat and takes something out from the inside pocket of his suit “It's a farewell party...” he said, tossing an invitation on Kris's desk.

The young Wu picks it up and reads through it

Chairman Wu's 55th Year

A sigh escapes his lips. Right... his birthday. “Baekhyun said you weren't coming... guess, he's wrong” Chen spoke. Kris sat down on his leather chair and leaned back “Nah...” he says fishing out his phone “Hana insisted” Kris raised a hand as the other line answered his call.

“Hey, still in London?” Kyungsoo asks on the other line; Chen quietly waits for him to finish his conversation on the phone “No, I flew in yesterday... the party's tonight, right?” Kyungsoo laughed in disbelief on the other line; he could only guess who made Kris Wu change his unchangeable mind “Chincha? Let me guess, Hana changed your mind?”

“I couldn't turn her down, she had a good bargain... anyway, where are you right now?”

“I just finished meeting with JYP, stocks are good... why?”

“Since you're out, find a dress for Hana, not too showy... drop it off at her apartment, if you can”

Kyungsoo sighed on the other line “Noted. Anything else?” Kris thought for a moment then shook his head “Nah, nothing more... I'll see you tonight”

“Araso” then he hung up and turned back to Chen. He was smiling wryly at Kris, as if there was something he was hiding that he wanted to tell but decided not to. Kris breathes out and looks at him disapprovingly “If you're planning on something, it's best not to go on with it” he tells Chen in a warning tone. Jongdae chuckles and shakes his head “I'm not planning anything but I'll give you a head's up though”

Kris tosses his phone on top of the desk and leans back once again, sitting like the ing boss he was “Someone's getting fired, tonight” the young CEO's brows knit together, his face was drawn with confusion. Chen crosses his legs and leans back “It could be anyone, it could be you, me, the others and it could also very well be Hana”

Tension seemed to have suddenly filled the room; Kris was beginning to think that he shouldn't have let himself be convinced by Hana. This party felt like a trap.

“How much do you know?” he asks. Chen's smile fades “Chairman Wu was talking to someone over the phone, something about making changes in the company and he's mentioned Hana's name a few times during the call”

“You overheard?” He asks and Chen nods his head in response. A heavy sigh escaped Kris's lips. Great... ing great. He would pull out plans if he could but he doubt that Hana would be pleased with that, he doesn't even know why he's giving in to her requests, for some reason she's developed some kind of control over him. It's like he wanted to please her in every way possible. Ah, right... love.

Kris falls quiet for a moment. There was only one thing to do: be prepared for whatever it was that was instore for tonight. “Chen...” he calls, hiding his eyes under his palms “What do you want me to do?”

Hana.

Ugh. My eyes open, my forehead was wet with sweat and so was my back. I lift my head and realized that I had failed to turn on the AC when I got home today; the room was hot. Gosh, I'm so exhausted... I don't think I want to go to the party anymore, I really want to sleep. Aigo... sigh. I hauled myself out of bed with a groan.

“Omo” I gasp, leaning my hand on a nearby wall to keep myself from falling. Sigh. Kris Wu... I can't walk properly and can I just say that it has been a problem going to the airport yesterday before arriving? I take a deep breath and push myself to stand straight. As sore as I feel, I have to practice walking properly before tonight.

I reach the bathroom without falling on my knees –thank God- and strip down before stepping into the shower stall and turned it on. I take a long shower, pampering myself as much as I could to relieve my soreness. As nice as the... erm... intimacy is, the aftermath is pretty intense. After showering, I put on a robe and brushed my teeth; I glanced at myself in the mirror, foam filling my mouth and notice red marks on my neck.

“Omo ~” damn it, of all the days! Tsk! I quickly hasten to finish brushing my teeth and afterwards inspected the bruises. One... two... three... Tsk! I exit the bathroom and walk into my room, grabbed the phone from my bag and typed a message

Kris, you left marks

- Hana

I toss the phone aside and open my closet; What time is it? I glance at the wall clock, it's almost lunch hour. I didn't come into the office today, Kris said I'd be excused. Beep.

You left marks too. You should see the claw marks on my back, love.

- CEO Wu

My eyes blink at the text message, my cheeks turning red. Gulp. Okay, fair enough but... how am I gonna hide these later on? Aigo.

Knock. Knock.

“J-just a second!” I tighten the lace of the robe before running out of my room and unlocked the door; “Kyungsoo!” okay, that was unexpected. He smiled brightly and held up a black paper bag with the words: CHANEL printed on it. “Wh-what's that?” I point at the paper bag; Kyungsoo extends his hand, funny... it's as if he was handing it over to me. “Your dress for tonight”

I blink my eyes and look back and forth between him and the bag. My dress? I step aside and invite Kyungsoo inside, he takes my hand and gives me the bag. “Kyungsoo --”

“Kris's orders, Hana... is that a --” his eyes peer at my neck and I gasp, quickly covering the marks with my hand. Kyungsoo laughs in amusement at my reaction while my cheeks turn the brightest red. He sits himself down on my –far from expensive- couch and looks around the small space. I'm a bit embarrassed by it, really. “So, something did happen in London... Luhan wasn't lying”

Luhan? My eyes widened at the mentioned name and my cheeks turn a much darker shade. He turns to me and laughs once more, he zips his mouth with his fingers “Chill, no one else but us knows” was that meant to give me relief because he's only making me feel much more embarrassed! Aigo!

I swallow hard and set the bag aside before taking my seat across him. “Can I get you anything?” I ask; Kyungsoo shook his head “I'm not staying long” he takes a deep breath and looks at me, his face turning serious “Listen, Hana...” Okay... he's making me feel scared. Gulp. “Someone's gonna get fired, tonight... so I heard and no one knows who but just to give you a head's up, it could be anyone; it could be you, it could be me, Kai, Chanyeol... Others, it could be Kris, too”

“What?” what does he mean someone's gonna get fired? Baekhyun clearly said that this was only going to be a party where Chairman fixes everything with Kris before he goes. so... where does this story fit in? Kyungsoo runs his tongue over his lower lip and stands up “There's a salon down the block, I already made an appointment for you, be there by five o'clock and Kris will pick you up from there” he gives me a smile, leaving me no time to ask questions. I blink my eyes and bit back the words I was about to say; he probably won't answer me anyway. “Okay... uhm... Kyungsoo”

I got up from my chair and turned to him as he headed for the door. He turned back around “Hm?”

I bit my lower lip “Thanks” I smile at him. It's not what I originally wanted to say but... Sigh. He won't answer me even if I insist. Tsk. He smiles at me “No problem, Hana... I'll see you later” he gives a wink before making his exit, closing the door behind him.

My eyes land on the Chanel paper bag. I pick it up and walk to my bed room, I took the black box out and set it on top of my bed; I took off the cover and inside was a black and white tube dress. I took out the dress and can't help but smile at the fact that it resembled a piano.

Kyungsoo has taste. Good taste.

Sonya knocks on a door and steps in once she heard a click, a signal that it had been unlocked. One of the chairman's guards had opened it.

She steps inside; the little girl hopped off the old man's lap and ran towards her, her husband gave her a smile as he sat across the man, coffee set on the table inbetween them. “Good afternoon, Chairman” she greets and picks up Fang Yin, joining the two. She takes her seat and sets the child on her lap.

“Did you bring the papers?” the old man asks, picking up his cup of coffee and takes a sip. Sonya nods and gestures for Chun to take her bag from the side. He does as his wife asks and takes out a folder full of papers; Chun hands it over to the Chairman and he pulls his pen out from his suit's chest pocket.

He opens the folders. “Chairman, are you sure about this?” Sonya asks; she wasn't against the Chairman's decision but it seemed... rushed, for him to have made such decisions. The chairman nods, the tip of his pen finally making contact with the paper and his hand moves.

“Kris will understand” he gives a sigh. Chun shook his head “Uncle, you know there's no turning back...” the Chairman flips onto the next page and sign them aswell. “I know. This is all for the best... Chun”

The husband and wife exchange looks and both turn back to the Chairman as he smiles and closes the folder. He hands it to Chun –who then gets up and so does Sonya. “I will see you both tonight” he bids the two farewell as Fang Yin follows his parents out after giving her grandfather a warm embrace.

Kyungsoo closes the door of his car and jogs up the front steps of Wu Enterprise. As he was about to get in, he couldn't help but notice something from the corner of his eyes; “That's strange...” he let's go of the metal handle and walks to the side of the building, a smile of amusement appears on his face as his eyes set on a certain rose bush.

“Well, would you look at that...” he mumbles. The roses were fully bloomed, as new and as fresh as the first day of spring. “Surprising, isn't it?” Kyungsoo turns his head at the direction of the voice and saw Chanyeol. Kyungsoo chuckled and turned back to the bush “Kris?”

Chanyeol puffs out a breath and looks up to the clear sky, he nods his head with a smile “I think so... you know how the story goes, right?”

Kyungsoo.

Who could ever forget the story that revolves around this rose bush?

“Ofcourse...” I tell Chanyeol.

It all started when Wu Enterprise, Seoul branch was given to Kris. He made quite drastic changes at the age of nineteen; he was the youngest CEO at that time, fresh from grief and being a runaway groom.

Kris changed Wu Enterprise is many ways, he changed the way it looked and the way it ran. For a nineteen year old, he was pretty damn good. Anyway, Wu Enterprise underwent exterior, interior and landscape architectural changes but if ever there was one thing that was kept, it was his mom's rose bush.

The bush was around way longer than him. When Chairman Wu's wife ran this branch, she had love for roses and specially requested for roses to be part of the landscape. She had them taken from their home to the company, she said that it would make her feel cozy and comfortable.

Kris never had them removed.

But ever since he took over the company, the bush never grew roses anymore. His grandmother once joked about saying that it will probably grow roses again if his heart starts warming up; we never took it seriously but it did seem like an interesting story to tell.

Now, it seems like the bush is going with the story.

Chanyeol and I enter the building. “The party is tonight, who are you going with?” he asks me; we both stop as a female employee approaches him and asks for some things to be signed “I don't know yet... Xiumin's going with Stephanie” those two have been quite close.

“Yeah?” Chanyeol hands back the pen to the female and she walks away after saying her thanks. We both head for the elevators “Does that guy have something for her?” I shrugged. I really prefer not talking about that, it's none of my business. “Tsk, right... well, I'm flying solo tonight; what about Kris?”

I roll my eyes at him “Is is even necessary to ask that question? You know who he's going with”

“Luhan said they've been fighting” he states bluntly. Sigh. “They made up, he even asked me to buy her a dress... again” his face lit up and he turned to me “Ah, really? What did you buy this time? The last one you bought her was really something, I swear she really fitted into that dress, she was hot!”

Tch. This guy. “Yeah? I'd like to hear you say that infront of Kris”

“Pfft, he'd kill me” Ding. We both step out and walk down the semi-crowded hall towards the wooden double doors “No , Sherlock” I stated ending with a chuckle. “But it's kinda sweet, isn't it? How he's so selfish when it comes to her”

Seriously, Yeol. Get laid. “Well, if they break up, it will be the break up of the century” I mumble. When Kris says he has never fallen inlove, he means it. Tao is a witness to that. “They don't look like they're breaking up anytime soon, I really think they'll last” I'm not one to say such words but from the looks of it, yeah... they'll probably last. Hana's a nice girl and she seems to put up with his crap, what more could Kris ask for?

I open the door and the conversation ends. Speak of the devil, there he is. Everyone else was gathered in the board room under Kris's request, he said it was important.

“Finally...” Chen breathes out, pulling his chair closer to the table as Chanyeol and I took our seats. I sat in between Kai and Sehun. Luhan sets down his Rubik's cube on the table and we all turn to Kris. “So... what are we all here for?” Lay asks.

Kris was quiet for awhile then spoke up “You know someone's gonna get fired tonight, right?” everyone exchanged looks. I swallowed the lump in my throat; ofcourse... everyone knows. We all nod.

“Since you're all part of the company and you do own thirty percent of it... if I get fired, you'll get your shares; Wu Enterprise Seoul branch will automatically shut down as...” he falls quiet for a moment. He seemed hesitant. He clears his throat “Mrs. Wu's last will and testament states... she did own this too, after all”

The whole board room falls quiet.

“But Kris, you can't get fired... you're CEO” Suho voices out. I let out a sigh; Kris gets up from his seat “I'm not the chairman though, it's possible for me to get fired and besides, Chairman Wu doesn't know about the catch, so it will be his loss”

Aish. For once, can this guy rid himself of his arrogance? “Kris...” I call out to him and he turns to me “Hana will lose her job if you lose yours... just talk to the Chairman”

He frowns and let's out an annoyed sigh before walking off to the door “I'd rather dig my grave...”

SLAM. The door goes. Tsk... Damn it, Kris.

Knock. Knock. The door opened before Kris could even utter a word. He looked up from the paperwork on his desk and saw Kyungsoo closing the door after letting himself in. “Can we talk?” Kyungsoo asked, pocketing his hands as he turned around and faced the CEO.

“Sure...” Kris mumbles, he returns his eyes to the papers. Kyungsoo walks to the mini bar at the corner of his office, he opens the fridge and takes out two cans of cider. He pops both cans open and walks over to Kris's desk, placing down one and sits down on the chair infront of Kris's desk. The CEO raises a brow at the can, he then sighs and takes the drink, leaning back on his chair. “Hana is clueless about someone getting fired, isn't she?”

Kris takes a sip of the drink. “Hana doesn't need to know” he states. Kyungsoo puffed out a breath and shook his head in disappointment at the CEO's arrogance “Kris...”

“Kyungsoo, I really don't want to talk about this” he groans, voice sounding like he's stressed out. He just got back from London to hear of a news about someone getting fired that was not his choice to make was a stressful thought. “So what happens to Hana then? If you get fired, that is”

The CEO was quiet for a moment, he threw his head back and stared at the ceiling, he puffed out a breath “I talked to Cube... they're gonna take her back if that happens” Kyungsoo blinked his eyes. It's the first time he's heard that Kris talked to Cube about an agreement.

“Good luck then...” Kyungsoo said, raising his can.

Kris.

6:30 PM

I got out of the car and walked into the salon. Geez, Kyungsoo could have picked a better one. Tsk. I knock onto the front desk and a the girl looks up, her eyes suddenly sparkling and hung open when she looked up at me. “Kim Hana?” I ask.

She blinks her eyes “O-oh, u-uhm... M-Ms. Kim Hana... yes, I... wait... uhm... Mr. Wu?” she points a shaking finger at me and I raise a brow “Yeah, her boyfriend... is she ready?” her cheeks turn red, she leaves the front desk and goes to the back; the salon was empty. A heavy sigh escapes my lips and I look down at my watch; a few minutes later I heard footsteps come and the girl came back with a smile.

“Ms. Kim is ready, sir” she chimes. I step to the side and the glass door --leading further back into the salon- opens and I'll be damned but they did a pretty good job. Hn. She finally passes for queenka. “I look horrible, don't I?” she awkwardly smiles, scratching the back of her neck. I chuckle “Not at all, Ms. Kim... shall we go?”

She takes a deep breath and nods her head then takes my arm as we head out.

Brace yourself... tonight's not gonna be ordinary, Hana. Sigh.

OHMAAAAYGAAATH, SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING CHINGGUTH!

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