Chapter 5: Experiment
JiU entered a Starbucks building with her sportswear, a blue snapback, blue T-shirt, white leggings along with her favorite white Nike shoes for running. Approaching the counter, she smiled and hi-5ed a waitress that greets her, "Everything going as planned, Jihyo-ah?"
"Everything going well so far, boss," the female waitress smiled and nodded at JiU's question.
"Alright, and my coffee?" JiU asked, "The usual, right?"
"Yes, miss JiU," one of the waiters who was also by the counter gestured to a table near the door, "Caffe Americano on the table that you requested."
"Alright, let's begin," JiU smiled at them in gratitude as she sits down at the table prepared for her. Looking at her watch on her left hand, she tapped her foot on the floor, and before long, a male in light blue v neck shirt and beige jeans came in through the door, "Bingo," she smirked as she watches from her table with a smile. She checked back on what she wears, and the fact that she wears something that matched the male's outfit made her feel annoyed.
In the comfort of her seat, she watches and observes how flirtatious the male is towards her employee. JiU can't help but smile at how good her employee acts in front of Korea's playboy of the century. The male's next action raised an eyebrow as he picks up a call; being at her distance, she can't make out what he is saying, but all she knows that the man is calling someone he knows well with the smile on his face. JiU observed for a little more before the male finally started moving backward while looking at Jihyo in his flirtatious act. She rose from her seat and walked onto his path, bumping into the male as he turned around to face the door, spilling his hot drink onto his shirt.
"Aaah, crap," the male complained as the hot coffee poured onto his shirt, "What the hell lady?" however, JiU's cup of coffee was just fine.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to," JiU apologized as she looked up to the male who was fanning his shirt and quite upset.
"You better be," the man bites back as he stares at his shirt, "Do you know how much this costs?
"Excuse me?" JiU was expecting such a response, but to experience it first hand, she is quite surprised, "I already said I was sorry."
"This shirt costs way more than those cheap knockoffs you're wearing," the man gestured to JiU's outfit from her cap to her shoes, which made her scoffed mentally at his disrespectful remark.
"What did you say?!" JiU uses such a moment to her advantage as she adds fuel to the fire when her tone starts to rise as his spiteful remarks continue. The next thing he does, however, surprised her, even more, when he grabbed the coffee that was in her hand and took a sip of it as if she wasn't even there. His actions were all the more daunting.
"Hmm, at least you know your coffee," the male looked at her right in the face and scoffed, "You're lucky I'm in a good mood today, miss or you'll be sorry for sure."
"You asshole..." JiU wasn't one to curse in front of anyone, but his actions were too much, but her words cut short as he walks right past her, once again, like she has no existence. JiU, on the one hand, finally has had enough as she grabs his free hand to make him look at her.
The male showed that he is surprised as she grabbed his hand with a firm grip to make him look at him. "Now you see here, you as...." for the nth time, JiU's words were interrupted when the male swung his hand and taking her with him. Still, she kept her grip on his arm, but the male had other plans to finish it. He eyed the spilled coffee on the floor and swung his arm again, and in doing so, he made JiU slipped on the pooling coffee on the floor.
"No, you listen here, miss," the male looked down at JIU after she landed on the floor with a thud, "Nobody lays a hand on me and gets away with it." Everyone present in the cafe was surprised to witness what had transpired but had no knowledge of what happened. The ruling male noticed the stares but didn't even care one bit as he turns around, leaving JiU on the floor with her coffee in his hand. She is with anger within herself, but her satisfaction outweighs her rage towards the male as she watches his back leaving the cafe.
Jihyo, who witnessed the whole thing, rushed to her employer's aid, "Ma'am, are you alright?" her actions, repeated by the rest of the occupants of the cafe as they rushed to her side. Each was expressing their concern towards her.
"Gwaenchanhayo," JiU stands up by Jihyo's help, "Thank you, Jihyo-ah, and thank you, everyone, for your good work." JiU smiled and bowed towards everyone who partakes in her little play. Though she was emotionally compromised and quite possibly bruised somewhere, she is satisfied with the results that proved her point about the male who's to be her partner in business, Kim Soohyun. "Everything worked according to plan."
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JiU was smiling in delight as she looked through the window of Kim Corp. Her partner to be is late and tardy as she had deducted almost a half-hour ago; he is disrespectful towards women, egocentric and, most of all, coarse. Everything she had planned in testing her partner to be has made it clear that he is unfit to work with her. She has her standards, and he has fallen short to each of them.
Her company and the people within are her main concern. Like a family, she wants to do her best to keep everyone safe with every decision she makes. The leader of this company is too toxic in her opinion to be a part of the family her father built from the ground up. She's not about to let some out of control individual to ruin that even though his records of the business are off the charts. She made her mind and no one can change that.
"Well, top of the morning to everyone," the meeting room's door burst open as Soohyun beamed a the room's attention averted themselves to him as his lawyers and his future partner's company lawyers looked at him.
Through the glass, she caught a reflection of his partner approaching him to exchange a few words with him. And as she expected, Soohyun was showing too much comfort even after being very late to an important meeting.
JiU, then, decided to speak without first looking at him, "So my partner to be is a tardy and inconsiderate man, huh?" JiU states in a firm and steady tone.
She turns around to face Soohyun, and the way his calm demeanor changed to one of shock, brings delight for JiU. "Y...you?!" Soohyun stuttered as his eyes met hers.
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