~ Los Angeles, the Cliffside Villa ~
Friday
10:12 AM
A large table is set next to the training ground where girls are having a brunch and chatting lively. 
Sarah, JoAnna, Sophia, Bridgette, Leah, Pam, Penny, Emma and Tiffany gathered for their first meeting after the lunch where Emma requested to learn some ways to protect herself and other girls joined in as well.
Sophia has loads of work, but she decided to leave it to her team in the office so that she can take a break and join the lady-group for the morning. She regrets that she missed their lively lunch last week. Unless she is facing another pressing issue, Sophia will not miss another gathering. And she felt guilty to leave Leah and Pam behind, who are helping her tirelessly, so she asked them to join as well. Even if they are not interested in learning some moves, they can relax and feel as part of the group. After all, Leah is one of Sophia's best friends, and she sees Pam as more than just an assistant and Sophia does not feel comfortable leaving them in the office to work while she socializes with the girls.  
How did Tiffany end up here? Last few weeks she is staying at the safehouse owned by the White family and taking various business courses online. Jeff and JoAnna visited Tiffany in the safehouse to discuss what she wants to do with the assets of Fortin family after her parents lose it, and to Jeff's surprise, Tiffany asked if he could manage it.
"Now that I'm learning things about business and assets and money I realize how much I'm lacking. If I take it now, I will probably ruin it.", Tiffany explained.
"What do you suggest?", Jeff asked. He saw that she has something on her mind.
"If assets can live without any involvement from my side, like stocks and bonds, they can go on my name. Anything that requires me to make decisions in order to prosper, I hope that you can take care of it. As for the business, I know it's profitable, you can take it under White corp. as my payment for your troubles."
Jeff thought about it. He never saw a young heiress who is willingly giving away things while having such a sound reasoning. However, what she said makes sense. With her plan, she will have a lot of free time with a steady income from her investments. "What do you plan to do?"
"I still need a lot to learn and I was thinking where can I start. Maybe in a financial department, or like a personal assistant… I hope you can give me some suggestions that make sense."
JoAnna listened to all this and thought how Emma will need a personal assistant. After all, her rehabilitation center will open soon, and Emma will join as the board member of LA Medical Center once her rehabilitation facilities start working. And she is preparing to be Mrs. Smith. All that clubbed with number of properties that are under Emma's name, Emma could use a person who will help her stay organized.
JoAnna spoke with Emma and Emma agreed to meet with Tiffany and see if they click well and if their interests will overlap.
Back to present…
JoAnna is glancing at Emma and Tiffany who are chatting lively and she can see that those two clicked well. She expects to hear soon that Tiffany is Emma's assistant. JoAnna found it silly how the tables have turned: a young heiress will be an assistant to a nurse (how some people describe Emma).
JoAnna admires Tiffany and her zeal in becoming self-sufficient. That is not something that people born with a silver spoon usually have.
Aiden stepped behind the neatly trimmed bush and paused at the sight of all the females chatting and giggling. Sarah told him that there will be brunch with the girls, but he assumed JoAnna, Sophia and maybe Penny. There are few more faces he didn't expect. Don't they need to work? And why is Tiffany Fortin here?
He has to admit that lately he is busy waaaay more than usually. Other than his regular work at White corp., Aiden is managing things related to the White foundation because Jeff is swamped with acquisitions and tying up loose ends after their ordeal with Marcus. Also, Aiden is looking into that meadow behind Sarah's back. It's not that he is hiding things, but he wants to surprise her… which is technically: hiding things but with good intentions.
"Why are you standing there?", Sarah's question pulled Aiden out of his thoughts.
"I came for food. I didn't expect to see so many faces.", Aiden bluntly said.
"Food is on the table. No need to be rude.", Sarah reminded him in a hushed tone.
Aiden took a seat next to Sarah and exhaled. "Sorry, I'm just tired."
"Why don't you rest?"
Aiden shook his head. "There are so many things to do… Jeff told me that it should all be done in few days. I will rest then."
"You are exhausted because you are doing things for several people. You know, Jeff manages the White foundation with Steve, and you are doing it on your own, and Jesse is not here to help with managing people."
"Mhm…", Aiden agreed. "Jesse will be back today so he can take over some of the load."
"What are you two whispering?", JoAnna asked Sarah and Aiden.
"I was asking her why did you all gather here.", Aiden responded.
"Sarah will teach us self-defense.", Emma said excitedly.
Aiden looked at Sarah. He wondered if she told him and he forgot about it, or she didn't mention this at all. "Oh?"
"Yup. We are forming a girl-squad.", JoAnna said through giggles.
Aiden swept his eyes over the ladies seated around the table before focusing on the food choices on the table.
His smile told Sarah that he likes the selection.
Aiden took two plates and filled them with food, ready to take them with him to the study.
"You could have asked Genie to get the food for you if you didn't plan to eat here.", Sarah reminded Aiden.
"Yes. But then I would not have an excuse to come and see you.", he flashed a charming smile before walking away.
Sarah looked after Aiden and sighed. A sweet talker.
11:00 AM
Nala, Zula, Masika and Imani finished their morning studies and joined on the training ground to help out Sarah.
Tiffany was excited to see Nala. "I was hoping to see you again!"
Nala smiled. She has a good impression of Tiffany. Nala remembered her meeting with Tiffany and their chat after they reached the safehouse and her thoughts connected how that evening was the first time she went all the way with Haru.
"Are you OK?", Tiffany asked when she noticed Nala's flushed expression.
"Yes, yes…", Nala did her best to compose herself. "Ready for some exercise? I will be your personal trainer…"
All of them did light stretching together. Well, all of them except for Sophia who took her laptop and got busy with work.
Bridgette, Leah, Pam, and Emma followed Sarah (and her kids) to the training ground for some simple drills which will help them figure out what works.
JoAnna, Penny and Tiffany went one level underground to the shooting range.
Tiffany was curiously observing her surroundings. Things like hidden passages and underground shooting ranges are something out of adventure movies!
"How come you are not up there kicking tractor tires with the rest?", JoAnna asked Tiffany.
"I am ashamed to admit that I'm out of breath after stretching only.", Tiffany said in a small voice. "Besides, if I work for Emma and someone attacks us, she can kick ass while I shoot them."
JoAnna approved. Tiffany should do what she can. "Work on increasing your stamina. That will help in more than one way. What do you think of Emma? Do you see yourself as her assistant?"
"I think she is great. But for the assistant… it matters more what she thinks, right?"
"Not really.", JoAnna responded. "Being a personal assistant means that the two of you will spend a lot of time together. The connection needs to be there on both sides. Bridgette is my assistant, but she is my friend first."
It didn't take long before Bridgette came down, and the other girls trickled down one by one. Each with red cheeks, sweating and panting... not willing to give up but not able to continue either.
Sarah came down last and said that before they start anything serious, all of them need to work on improving their stamina: "Do at least thirty minutes run every morning and let's meet again one week from now. If you need company or some support, we are running here every morning, and you are welcome to join…"
After each of them took several rounds at the shooting range, they went back to the table with refreshments and ended their training-day there.
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This is a story of three Hill sisters who are navigating through challenges while they uncover the complicated story behind their maternal side of the family. And their father is not a simple man either.

Sarah is an introvert who does not want to attract attention. Other than mad coding skills, Sarah knows how to throw a punch. She believes that her biggest problem is the existence of a hacker Omega and her world flips when the most popular guy on campus approaches her. What does he want? Why her? (Ah, Sarah, that is only the beginning.) 

JoAnna easily makes friends with her bubbly personality. Some call her a mad scientist, but she prefers ‘Dr. Hill’, because that is what she is. JoAnna is an excellent markswoman who can snipe out any target and she is wondering if her prince charming will ever come.

Sophia is the voice of reason, their pillar of support. She is a confident CEO who knows how to get what she wants. Sophia’s degree in law combined with amazing capabilities to analyze situation and plan ahead make her the perfect strategist (to achieve a goal without ending up in jail). 

Every sister is different, and so are their relationships. 

They all have in common: trust and belief that if they work together, anything is possible.


***SPOILER? - START *** 
Story starts with a focus on the youngest sister (Sarah). 
After about 100 chapters, the oldest sister (Sophia) gets in the romantic spotlight. 
JoAnna finds herself pulled into romance last, at about 200 chapter mark. 
***SPOILER? - END ***



"Do you believe in destiny?", Sarah broke the silence. 
"Destiny?" Aiden didn't expect such a question. 
"Yes. The thing that is meant to happen, and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. And when it does happen, everything feels right." 
"Why would you ask me such a thing?" 
"Until few weeks ago I would say that there is no such thing as destiny. That we are all masters of our lives and that everything depends on our actions, or lack of it. But I can't help but wonder: why did I not push you away? ... Why does it feel like everything will be OK as long as we are together? ... You are a piece of me that I never knew was missing. Is this destiny?" 
"Mmm... if that is destiny, then I approve it.", Aiden lightly kissed Sarah's shoulder and rested his chin on it. 

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Li Enterprises, a very well known company of Country X was in chaos... Why ?? Because their CEO had lost his temper. A lot of things have been happening recently in the company since the week that particular incident happened. 

Even Secretary Xiang was now afraid of meeting him. Back then when the incident hadn't occured, things were smooth and no one was afraid of him. It was a smooth CEO and colleague relationship. 

Ever since that day, Li Wei was making plans on how to meet Xu Zhuya... How to make things good with her... How to keep her by his side forever... Many 'How' questions were running in his mind. He wanted to take things slow but he wanted them to be done quick. Afterall, he waited for a total of 7 years. Now he wanted all those 7 years back with her. 

The next day after that incident, he had contacted someone to look at each and every movement of her. Things were proceeding well according to his plan. He was tailing her each and every movement. 

And just like that, he got to know that she works in Plus Hospital. Eventhough, Xu Zhuya hadn't left her house for a week there was someone who was informing him about her every movement. 

Getting to know that she is going to get back on her work starting from today, he continued his plan. 

He had used Wu Lang as a bait and made him sit in the hospital. He had a feeling that when she sees the report and gets to know that her son is also in the same hospital as her, she would surely go and meet him. 

So just like that she went to meet her son. And he took this opportunity to have a talk with her. 

Li Wei had to leave the company by 11.00AM , therefore he announced his people to hand over the files before 10.30 and he had even called them all early today. He had kept a condition saying that if someone fails to complete their work before the given time, then that person can say goodbye to the company and leave. Afraid of losing their jobs, everyone was busy working. 

That was the reason why Li Enterprises was in a chaos on that day. Slowly, slowly as the time was passing by, files were piling up on his table... It was not like his people weren't quick, it was just that he was too lenient on them that they had taken the things too lightly and would submit the given work at the last minute of their submission date. 

Before 10.30 he got all the files that he had needed on his table. With a smile, he got out of his room and gave a speech "Good work everyone!! I know my people, they never disobey my orders." He applaused for all of them. While clapping he looked at the watch. There was just 20 more minutes left for him to leave the company.

The hospital was a little far from his workplace. It would take 1 hour 30 minutes approximately if you drive at a normal speed. And if you drive at a high speed, well let's check out how long it will take. 

With a smile on his face he said "Since all of you have completed the work at the given time, there will be a bonus at the end of the month for everyone." As everyone heard him say, they all started cheering and their tensed faces turned into pleasant smiling ones. 

Li Wei then went inside his room, took his car keys which were kept on the table and came out. He went inside his private elevator and pressed the G button which would direct him to the ground floor. 

Li Wei was feeling so happy that he was going to meet her again. He felt the time to be going  slow. He even felt that the lift was just stuck in one particular floor. Only his heart was the one which was beating rapidly. 

The doors of the lift opened and he came out and headed straight to his car. He unlocked the door by pressing the unlock button which was on the car key. The doors were now unlocked, he opened the front door and sat into it and sped off. 

This moment made him remember their first outing together. At that time, he was in a haste as he wanted to see her early so he concluded his meeting and came. That was the remarkable moment of his life. And yet today also, destiny was playing a good role for him. He felt that God was on his side. 

But, seems like God had another plans. He reached the hospital. The 1 hour 30 minutes ride took him some 50 minutes to reach the hospital. Well ofcourse!! he had broken some traffic rules too. 

He parked his car in the parking lot and called someone. After few rings, someone picked up the call. "Where is she now??" Li Wei asked to the person on the phone. Seems like it was his informer.  The person on the other side said "She just went inside to see him. I just saw them both talking." The voice was of a woman and it felt somewhat familiar. 

The person continued, but this time she said while stuttering like as if she was crying "I have done.... your work. Please.... Let... my...my...hus..band go..." 

Li Wei replied "Sure.. Just few more tasks and your husband will be free." Upon hearing him say this, the informer got angry and said with a loud voice "How long are you going to make me do this?? I can't betray my friend anymore... Please...Just let him go." 

Li Wei said "Don't worry, just let my work get over and your husband will all be free. Once I get back with her, I'll let your husband free.I promise!!" With that he hung up the call and got out of the car. 

He entered inside the hospital. There was an information desk just a few steps ahead of the entrance. So he went over there to ask for his son's room. 

A young woman wearing a peach colored dress was seated at the information desk. She was looking at the computer and doing some work. She looked at Li Wei who was approaching her desk. With a smile she asked "How may I help you, sir??" Li Wei asked "Can you tell me where room no.11 is??" 

The woman replied and started instructing him. Just as she was speaking, Li Wei told her to stop and she stopped immediately. 

Behind the place where the woman sat,  there was a window. It seemed like it was a window for some sort of a room because everything was dark inside and you could see the reflection of the people who are behind you. 

So, just like that Li Wei saw a reflection of someone in that window. He asked for the woman to come a little closer and asked "Is there a man standing near the entrance?? Just nod if he is there, don't say anything." 

The woman looked at the entrance and saw that a man was looking straight at the information desk. she felt that the man saw her, so she quickly averted her eyes and nodded. 

Li Wei squinted his eyes to look more closely in the window but before he could do so, the man wasn't there. So, he took out his phone and showed a photo of a man to that woman. 

The woman looked at the photo and then looked at Li Wei questioningly... Li Wei asked "Was this the man whom you saw over there??" 

The woman looked at the photo and looked at the entrance, she saw that the man  was standing over there again. She replied with a nod "Yes. He is the one." 

Li Wei smirked and said "You won't get me... Wu Yanchen."

She was a Pediatrician . He was a CEO . They got married . Things were going well . They were happily living in Country X . 

But one day all her happiness turned into sadness and her heart shattered into pieces . She felt that her heart stopped beating and she had wished never to see this again . 

But her wish was untrue when she got to know that her husband was already married. She demanded for a divorce and he gave her . 

When she reached to her parents house they threw her out of the house . She had nowhere to go . Up of that she was pregnant . So she decided to leave this country and settle somewhere else And went to Country Z .

She settled in Country Z got a job and met with a doctor . He requested her to stay in one of his bungalows . She was new and knew nothing of this country so she accepted it .

 She thought that he is doing it because of her pain but she never knew that this guy was planning on marrying her and making her his . He proposed her . She accepted it . Things went well They were happy until... her ex returned...

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Thank you for reading it ...

The chapters are still in progress and don't have any fixed time of release as I'm a student So the chapters will be released whenever I get time .

Song Xinyue turned on the projector and the computer, the images about her work were projected on the white wall. Research - Increase efficiency through manual work.
"Without further ado, I'll start my lecture." Song Xinyue drank a glass of water and took a deep breath as she walked to the wall where the images were being projected.
"As you may know, manual skills within New Earth are very important things not only for the player but also for the economy. Manual skills are indeed one of the most interesting things in the game, and that is why I research: How to improve the efficiency of handwork and its results? "
"Do you have any ideas on how the hand skills system works?" Song Xinyue asked, this question was asked specifically for Liu Yang, as he was the only one who came to attend the lecture.
When Liu Yang heard this question, illumination came to mind.
(Is it possible the skills are so much more amazing than it appears to be?) This idea popped into Liu Yang's mind after he heard the question.
Looking into Liu Yang's face, Song Xinyue understood that he has just discovered something new.
"Combat systems and manual skills system have some unique features if they are exploited by players. But since many players don't have time to do this kind of thing, they prefer to use only the superficial of both systems.
As the focus of my work is on manual skills, I will just talk about it, a fellow researcher at the university is researching the combat system, but he is presenting at another school.
As has been said before, manual skills may be more than apparent, but why? Do any of you know the reason? "Song Xinyue asked again. Neither of the two listeners in the audience spoke.
Liu Yang didn't speak up because he didn't know what kinds of secrets the manual skills system contained. On the other hand, the young man sitting in front of Liu Yang knew about the things Song Xinyue was talking about, but he preferred to be quiet so as not to annoy her since his job was just to watch.
"The reason for this is simple but at the same time very complicated. Whenever we, players, use some kind of manual skill, we always use the skills granted by the system. This is instinctive when we are playing.
If we always use what the system allows us to use to facilitate the use of manual skills. What would happen if we didn't use the system to do things? What would happen if we used our skills to do something on New Earth? What kind of results would it have? "Song Xinyue asked, this was the most important part of her research work, what kind of things can happen when not using the system.
Hearing these words, Liu Yang felt as if a new world had been opened for him. Many ideas started to pop into his mind because of these words.
(Amazing, this is just amazing. How have I never thought of this before ?? Using my hands without the help of the system, what kind of results can happen?) Liu Yang marveled at this, he thought it was worth watching Song Xinyue's talk because he discovered something very interesting.
Whenever Liu Yang fought creatures or did some manual work, he would use the system aid to help his performance. But now, he will start trying to cook by following only the recipes and using his cooking skills.
"According to my research, for a player who was already used to using the system as a helper, this makes it a little difficult to get used to doing things without the system. But those who used it sometimes, they could feel a slight difference between using or not using the system.
After several months of observation and experimentation, I was able to find interesting research results. I asked both groups to use their skills for the same thing, the test groups were each of the types of basic hand skills like cooking, manufacturing, blacksmithing and so on.
Data show that those who used manual skills with the help of the system had more ease in performing tasks, but the result was simpler and more common. In contrast, those who used only their skills without the help of the system had more difficulty getting the work done, but the results were much better and more efficient.
Because of this, I found that the player's hand skills in the real world can impact directly within the game, the higher the player's proficiency, the better the result. The player can also learn how to do things in-game and test in the real world, this also works, one of these is the ability to cook.
My research has proven that skills learned in the real world can be used in the game, and vice versa. This discovery has many hidden benefits that few know about.
For my research thesis, I had to look for some researchers from the human kingdom who also did this kind of research. They came to the same conclusion: It is possible to improve players' performance by having them use their skills without the help of the system.
But how can you find out that the system is not helping us? This is very simple, developers have created an option to disable help systems, either for manual or combat skills. If the player wants to experience the game as if it were another world, they just need to disable system support.
One important thing to remember before disabling support is: Can you do things without the support system?
If the answer is yes, you can disable that will not interfere much with the game, but if the answer is no, you will have some difficulty adapting to certain things.
Let's take the example of the cooking skill, this is the basic skill that many players have learned to travel alone.
With the help of the system, the player just needs to think and his movements will be automatic, the system will cook and prepare the food for the player, even if it looks like he is making the food.
When the system is turned off, the player will need to use his hands and skills to prepare a dish.
The dishes created by the system were simple and common, if the same dish was cooked by a player without the help of the system, the taste and effects would be at least twice as good.
Look at the following graphics. "Song Xinyue stopped talking and showed an image on the screen.
The image was two graphs of the same cooking skill level 1 food dish. One side was cooked using the help of the system, and the other was cooked using only the skill of the player.
The preparation time, design of the cuts in the food were faster with the help of the system, but in comparison, the taste and special effects of the dish were better when users cooked with his skills. This was clear in both graphs.


In a world where power within a game is used to solve crises in a country. Find out what our players will do to survive in this world, where they care about their level and equipment.

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The story begins when the young Liu Yang turns sixteen and has his initiation to start playing a game called Project: Unknown.

Due to an accident while he completed a quest, Liu Yang got a mysterious chest, and after discovering that it belonged to a master of souls. Liu Yang embarks on the journey to becoming the next master of souls.

Follow the adventures of Liu Yang as he talks and helps those who have died, but have not left this world.

This is the tale about the one who has the power to see and talk to souls.

This is The Tale of Souls.

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You've probably heard this sort of story before.

 

Once upon a time, blah blah blah a boy and a girl fell love and everything was beautiful and perfect, except for this thing called life getting in their way. 

He was this cool foreign prince and she was basically perfect. Really it's a very boring run of the mill story. I'll even spoil it for you, they kill the villainess at the end.

Not the type of story I'd read personally.


So where do I fit into this?

Apparently I'm her older twin sister and the very very lucky fiance to the foreign prince. You know, the dead villainess? Sucks I know. 

Now I get to do it all over again from the beginning.

Curse my life


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After trying to remind herself continuously on being confident, she managed to head towards the shop. However, staring at the familiar door of the shop caused nervousness to come back to her, and she gulped.
All the strength she had mustered up within her previously seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden, and she found herself being at a lack of energy. 
Staring at the knob of the door, she wondered whether or not should she pull it in order to enter into the room before her.
However, even after thinking for couple of minutes, she wasn't able to come into a resolute answer. All the confidence she had in her acting skills seemed to have disappeared.
Her heart started to beat rapidly within her chest while an idea came inside of her mind. She thought of skipping work today by coming up with an excuse, and she could only return when she had set her mind on something.
But leaving the shop when she was the only one who is able to deal with it was too irresponsible when her reason was too simple. 
It was sad how Sookyung barely knew anything about the flowers although he knew how to perfectly how to order the people working at shop. She wondered whether or not he searched online about it.
But it wasn't the time to think about something as silly as that.
Taking in a deep breath, she found herself reaching into a decision. It would be for the best if she left today and came back on some other day when she was ready. Since such a grand thing occured only yesterday, she believed that she deserved some time to pick herself up.
But before she was able to go along with her plan, she felt a presence behind her, and as the scent into her nose, she knew who that very person was judging from the cologne. There was no one else who possessed such an unique scent.
Maybe she should ask him the brand of his cologne when they were in better terms. Right now, this was one of those things she wasn't able to afford to think about.
His very presence behind her felt quite intimidating to her, and she had a hard time breathing. As much as she wanted her heart beat to be much slower, it appeared that she barely had any control over it's beating rate.
This was one of those times she hated how the beating rate of heart was involuntary.
From this distance, taking in how good his ears were, he was definitely able to hear her heart beats distinctly, and he was probably able to see the sweat that formed on her neck— something she had no control over as well.
If the things were up to her right now, the first thing she would have done was to disappear from this very place. Unfortunately, she was too weak to do that right now.
"Aren't you going in?" he questioned.
While his deep voice reached into her ear, she flinched, and Moon Jiwoo had a sharp feeling that he definitely noticed the small movement. Embarrassment filled her at the thought of that, and she believed he was laughing inside on how easily scared she was when it came to him.
Since this wasn't one of those things she was able to help, the only thing she was capable of was to lament at it.
While sweat gathered on her surface, she gulped— unfortunately, loud enough for the male behind her to hear— and answered, "Y-Yeah, I am just going in. Sorry."
Her words came out in stutter, and that added up to the reasons of why should she be feeling embarrassed. Things really did not go well for her when she was nervous.
Probably things would be for the best if she was like before. She was really shameless and dense then. Maybe that's why she was able to do lots of things without feeling slightly humiliated.
Growing up wasn't as much of a good thing one made out to be.
"Then, what are you waiting for?"
Seeing how there was no way of escape from this, Moon Jiwoo opened the door before her and entered in through it. 
Sadly enough, the scent from the fresh flowers today did not make her feel at all pleasant, and the only thing she could blame for this was her drunk habits.
Why couldn't just she forget about what happened while she was intoxicated?
She really was envious of those who did not have  to suffer through something as recalling the embarrassing memories which could potentially ruin their entire life. Yes, it was that extreme for Moon Jiwoo.
"From next time around, prevent yourself from getting drunk. It is an inconvenience to those around," he vocalised.
Seeing how the male was about to walk away, Moon Jiwoo extended her hand towards her, and gripping on to his wrist, she prevented him from taking a step further.
Even she did not know why she did something like this. Since he did not want to discuss about the matters that happened last night, she should be satisfied with it. But a part within her did not want to leave the matters at simply that.
"I am sorry about all that had happened last night. I was just stressed last night, and it was because of this that I ended up saying all those words. It would be great if you are able to forget about all those, and we are able to cooperate like before. Thank for taking me home yesterday, Boss," Jiwoo vocalised.
Indeed she could have just left the things at where they were, but somehow she was dissatisfied. A part of her did not want the things to be how they were.
No, she wasn't expecting their relationship to go back to how it was before, but this ambiguity they had between both of them was starting to get uncomfortable for her. 
Maybe if both of them became completely honest with each other, everything would result in worst, and this was why she wanted for the things to be how they were.
But the ambiguous situation they had was starting to irritate her, and probably Jiwoo should start taking chances now. Although things might turn out for the worst and it would only end up with her regretting, she did not want to deal with how suffocating things were right now.
Probably what happened yesterday wasn't a bad thing. It was just a first step she had taken to create a change she was quite afraid, and this was probably why she was acting so fearful of it.
With that settled inside of her mind, she waited for the male to continue. She wanted to see whether or not he will be touching on the matter from yesterday. If he ignored, it would seem as if he wanted to keep the wall between both of them.
Oh Sookyung pulled away his hand away from her and said, "I can pretend to ignore whatever that had happened yesterday, but on the condition that you will not be repeating it again. I might have to fire you if you repeat this disrespectful actions of yours again."
As those words reached into her ear, Moon Jiwoo lowered her line of sight and stared at the ground. It appeared as if he wasn't interested in brushing on the matter, and if that was the case, there was nothing she was able to do anything on it. 
Disappointment filled her, and the only she was able to do right now was sigh.
It took a lot of courage on her part to bring up the matter like that, but it seemed that was completely useless. There was nothing that can be done.
"You were already late today. Now stop wasting your time and get back to work. There will be important customers coming today, and therefore, I want the entire place to be spotless by afternoon," he voiced out.
Right now, Moon Jiwoo did not find herself being at a mood to be working.
Nonetheless, there was nothing she was able to do. She couldn't let her silly feelings influence her work. She hated how vulnerable she was to emotions as she grew up, and at this point, she was starting to get tired of it.
It was Oh Sookyung who caused her to fall for him in the first place, and now, while he was the one having fun the entire time, she was suffering. She shouldn't have fallen for his sweet words!
Then again, seeing how cold he appeared to be all the time, she wondered whether or not he was having fun. But seeing how he managed to make her suffer successfully, he was probably laughing a lot in the inside.
After all, unlike her, he was really good when it came to hiding his emotions.
With resentment building up within her, she decided to start the work for the day.


"You are really cute when you act impulsively."

"You mentioned to me on how being loved by you is harmful, but what if I want to get harmed really badly? Please love me, Moon Jiwoo."

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When the villainous Moon Jiwoo had a foolish death, she was provided with a second chance to live in the body of Shin Daerin. However, there was a catch to it. She was required to protect Oh Sookyung— the current prince to the Underworld.


From the very beginning, Jiwoo's personality did not go along with Sookyung's. She hated how the man always made fun of her and brought trouble to her. Many times, she even wanted to strangle him. He was insufferable!

However, after many clashes between both of them, she found him to be more bearable than before and started to think of him as someone pleasant. She took him to be a little brother of hers.

But what if he did not have same feelings as she had towards him?

What if he wanted to pursue after her?

Will love bloom between two who were not meant to be together?

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FOR THE ROMANCE PART, IT IS ADVISABLE TO SKIP TO SECOND VOLUME. MORE INFORMATION ON THE AUXILIARY CHAPTER 'READ BEFORE STARTING', SO PLEASE READ THAT! THANKS! 

HAVE A FUN TIME!

Okay this next part I really hated. I had to do work, not the back-breaking work I used to put the boring have to think stuff,  please keep in mind you,  I'm not dumb, but sitting and thinking is it something I like to do.   I got a bit ahead on things so let me recap or explain it bit, my being an orphan is nothing new to me. I can read and do some writing  the headmistress made sure of that. It's just  I wanted to be out doing try and things.   In reality my knowledge was really lacking or at least in my eyes it was. 
Lady Aurora  Introduced me to her companions the 2 men were named Stephen and Quinn, they would be one of the many to help me on the journey to becoming a Guardian, yeppy for me I thought.  Stephen was older than me by a few years tall by a few feet I'm 5 ft nothing he was 6 ft of everything, Kind of good looking I guess,  brown eyes almost black and brown hair cut short and I mean short.  he always wore black shirt long, pants long and with pockets  I would always joke and ask him for the dumbest stuff, he would respond, "Let me check my pockets." and sure enough he would have it.  I don't remember him smiling at the start of our meeting or since we expect s few times. Stephen likes to carry either a sword or bow depending on what he was wanting to do for the day or even his mood. I got worried if he had both because that meant trouble with a capital T.
While Quinn was the opposite in all things.  Quinn was tall more on my end of things about 5ft 9 or so, blond hair kind of long I would say green eyes and even his ears were pointed, come to find out he had some elf in him, Stephen had giant if I remember correctly.   Quinn would teach me the practical side of magic and a Stephen would teach me to get how to fight. I was not expecting to learn to fight but in my lands everyone had to know something about how to stay alive even if it was just a tiny bit. 
 Lady Aurora would help me understand the land and what it meant to be a Guardian, this was going to be hard.  Even though it would seem that things get ahead for me something brings it back up and again things. What was and still is a part of my work is understanding things around me and with people, in the long run.

Here is the rundown of my land. Mysteria is made up of magic, but the magic is limited I was told for one reason  " Too much corruption. but things were falling apart again and this was upsetting to Aurora and those like her. Something that they want to change and bring back the balance for good. Every so often new guardian had to be found to help keep the balance in check and the selection was starting some would make it and others would not. No big pressure I can tell, you not!!! I was so not liking this, but what could I do, go back and work on the farm. Nope.
The school work was not fun, math and remembering numbers took me the longest to understand still do, but overall  I was okay with that.   Also I was being taught etiquette, penmanship, history, geology and many others. Some of it was fun but having to learn how to act like a lady was mind-numbing I still hate the idea of learning to a lady.
 Quinn felt my work with him was getting better, Stephen felt my fighting skills were about average, but to me, they were anything but dismal.
I  know it might not seem like I gave u much, but understand not a lot went on for a while it was mostly know what  I knew in the form of education  which to say was not a lot. 
Okay here is the ring down. Morning eat study with  Quinn about life in the world of Mysteria learn the laws we live by some I knew others were just plain dumb. Okay here's one if a commoner meets a royal or some above them they have to move or no matter what.  I have no idea why to me, that was the dumbest one because a friend of mine had to do so She was next to a hill need I say more.  She fell and nothing was done to help her since the royal was to dumb to go get help or even get help. On and on it went for about 2 hours the most boring 2 hours of my life. We break for a bit. I would go into town, or the river bank to read never what Quinn told me that day.
Next, it was working with  Stephen on fighting with weapons and hand to handwork, not as much fun at the start. Some of the weapons were too much for me some  were not right, so for a while not was daggers and even to this day I carry them. Both are silver and just along my arm and since I'm only 5ft not too long. They have a simple script on them with only these words" Faith will lead you to it" Was never sure was what that meant took some time to find out. Hopefully you might understand as well.  During the sessions  I would have my hair up, since it to my waist after months of training that is it is easier to keep out my way and according to Stephen  not so easy to grasp. 

My time with Aurora was getting a bit better knowing more about magic made me understand why things were like they were, not that I really like it but with the way things had become, some kind of control had to come about, but all that was going to change the day Old Lady Jin came to call.

Lily is a young orphan who goes on a journey of a Guardian in the land of Mysteria where magic is dying. Even though Lily is young, the book is written when she is older ,as a memory of her time and training as a Guardian and what that means. 

As her journey goes on Lily is able to see who much her world needs help and with her friends she starts the long journey to saving it and herself along the way.

The sky was a beautiful shade of pink and violet and Termist was warmer than the past hour when the sky was filled with a hue of gloom. The city was starting to fill up with people as it was approaching evening. But the inside of the coffee shop was still empty, except the one in the corner, doing something really odd in the shop. 

Drenched in sweat, Rio was trying to put the screws to the coffee machine for the fourth time which kept slipping from her sweaty hands. She quickly looked up on the left wall to a small box to find it switched off which was supposed to cool down the room, she then looked at the counter, trying to catch anyone's attention to turn it on. When she found everyone busy in their own preparation, she gave up and focused on her screw instead. 

Her eyes caught the sight of her blinking ID on the table, signaling her next shift of work in about five minutes. Her heart thumped as fast as it blinked.  Wiping her forehead on her shirt's sleeve, Rio started tightening the screw, hoping she could reach the printing press quick enough. 

She was done with the machine and started dusting it and the workspace. As she was trying to put it in its place, she remembered that she didn't bring that machine on her own. She was going to search the fellow mechanic, she saw a dark-haired boy in a hoodie approaching her table with a paper cup in his hand. Rio gave him a quick light smile and continued dusting the machine.

"Hey," said Rio as she started putting her tools in her bag.

"Hi," said Kner, putting the cup on the work table.

"Will--y-you help me in--" she asked as she was trying to lift the machine.

"Yeah, why not?" he gave a short smile as he held the machine from one side and Rio from the other, together they moved it to the kitchen countertop. 

"Thanks", said Rio picking the coffee cup and her bag full of tools. 

"No problem." said Kner dusting his palms."Can we talk now?"

"I wish I could, but I've to hurry, you see, I'm running late--" said Rio taking a sip from her cup and showing him her ID with a countdown running on it.

"Ah, it's ok. Tell me when you're free. We can talk later." Kner gently patted Rio's shoulder with a smile.

"Ok, I'll call you as soon as I finish. Thanks again for the coffee." Kner watched her rushing out of the door and soon she was out of sight.

The ID clutched in Rio's palm blinked very fast and occasionally it gave mild shocks. The time to check in to the printing press was ending. And then the time was up and instead of blinking, her worker's ID now gave numbing shocks. Frowning, Rio put that in her bag it out and walked slowly to catch her breath. Grabbing her knees, she found that she was still in the midway and had to cross five more blocks in the approaching street to reach the place. 

Without wasting her time, she reached there quickly and as expected, the building closed the entrance which was normally met with a screen enquiring employee details. She put her card underneath the scanner to enter the credentials. One of the most ridiculous rules of Termist that was applied as per the new set of codes was to pay fines for not reaching the workplace in time. The delay of a second meant 10 or 20 coins for food or health. 

While she was waiting for her information to be accepted, she heard two passersby talking something about how the fresh graduates not getting work even after doing really well in the training and how some people are distorting their lives by not supporting them in those hard times. After paying 15 coins for a delay of 5 minutes, she walked to the elevator to get to her workplace. 

Her heart sank as she had to pay money worth two persons food. But she couldn't have avoided Kner. He suddenly came when there was a very low chance of seeing him. Where was he for two days? How was he? Did he know what happened the day before? What did he think about that? Everything felt so chaotic to Rio as she ascended towards upper floors thinking about a lot of questions.

The reason for such feeling was explained by her mind as she said to herself, welcome to another week of unbreathable intense work, Miss Rionora 'idiotic' Tarnilier. She smiled to herself as that sounded something Meilae would have said like that. Really, after leaving the cafe meeting Meilae, all she could do was to run to reach the coffee shop to do some real work for the first time in six months. She actually fixed something, like separating machinery and working on the actual motor and the circuitry of it. Her muscles must have felt refreshed as they did a lot of hard work with tools and not with the brushes and sprays to dust the nasty stubborn silver dust that no one chooses to touch.

Floating in the ecstatic feeling of the work satisfaction, she almost banged her head on the door of the only room on the fifth floor where she had to work the first on-demand job of the day. No one was found there, no security guards, no employee. Simply, no one. Gulping, she went to the interactive monitor to assign her details and to get a detailed task list quickly. She found that she had to photocopy three sets of really large documents and a package full of ready-to-print pamphlets. 

Without delay, she started working as soon as possible as her time was running out. Such was the style of on-demand work. One had to finish a given task in a fixed time depending on the complexity. She had no problem with it, unlike many workers who felt that was extremely exhausting. Upon asked by colleagues, Rio couldn't even say how she felt doing those. She was happy as long as she was able to do things and get any rewards. 

While putting things in order as pages kept printed, she thought about how she should start the conversation with Kner that day. The first thing she would want to know would be the reason why he wasn't at his home the previous day. And why he didn't let her know if he felt really stressed about the friendship. 

She picked out her ID and saw that she had more than ten minutes to finish the ongoing task and five minutes to reach the next destination, the details to be known in seven minutes. Rolling her eyes, she put away her ID and moved on to check the details of the pamphlet design she had to print. 
 
Her mind drifted off to the thoughts of him in his hoodie. She was quick to recognize him that day although he never dressed up that way before. Maybe he was trying to stealthily meet her due to the effects of nasty news headlines. He was rich, and he had helped her in many unusual ways, she thought to herself. Everyone was content with how things were going on, then why was the sudden upheaval of emotions? Was it because of the single charge against a new spoiled youth? He wasn't spoiled, she corrected herself. She reminded not to think nasty about anyone. After all, he also deserved respect like everyone else. The only boy who was almost perfect for her, neither too demanding not too detached was slowly slipping away from her. 

She didn't realize she was in tears until her worker ID blinked with a red screen notifying her deduction of 5 coins of health from her salary as she ruined one pamphlet due to her teardrops. She moved away from the table to face the window and forced to think about something different. She wiped her face with her shirt sleeves by not touching her hands in case those might get dirty and something else might get ruined. She had to be careful not to lose her money like that.

While putting the print outs in their respective boxes, she searched the address to send it. The register where it was written was in a transparent cupboard which was covered with numerous colorful posters. A sparkly purple colored one was standing out more which looked similar to the one seen in the cafe where she met Meilae that day. It was on the cable box of the Termist Broadcasting Company, and maybe somewhere in another coffee shop. It read something like Life Solution AI for all. Anyone can get a quick solution to any of their life problems. Stuck in a boring job? Is girlfriend mad at you? Or facing the emotional breakdown after a heartbreak? This AI will always be there with you. Get it soon only at sixty coins. Visit LifeAI thread in the intercom for more details. No machine, no installation software. Connect this service to your mind and find your buddy always by your side. 

After reading that, Rio felt she must have that. There were problems in her life too. And there was no one to give her the exact solution. Maybe this AI will be in her aid. Maybe it might help her get more money. As she started drifting off again, her ID vibrated in an ugly manner, making her jump. She saw that she had only three minutes to reach the clothing warehouse which was two blocks away from the current location. She had to rush to get there on time.

She was glad that the warehouse had no system to charge for reaching late. But she was drenched in sweat and that place had no cooling or fanning system to get back to the normal state. Unlike previous tasks, she didn't have a time limit of some minutes, rather it depended on the number of tasks given. She had to move the imported boxes to the respective rooms and check the list of inventory whether everything arrived as listed. And also, if she managed to do that in time, she could even open some of the packages and set them in places. 

All those hundreds of big containers were near the entrance, so she had to use an automated roller cart to keep those in their places. That might take her about half an hour, she thought to herself. She couldn't understand why she had to do work of this kind, although that was the first task of the day and the week. Sometimes she had to work apart from fixing or dusting the machines. She sometimes did one shift at a coffee shop or at a diner, either making things as per order or delivering the prepared things. There were very less or no workers in some places. What was really going on? Thinking hard on the given circumstances, she could think of only one thing, maybe everyone was on leave or they somehow ended up in Zolzeim. Once touched the grounds there, no one can think of getting out of there.

And that thought gave a chill to her, thankfully the roller cart was there to fill the silence, she focused to get her things done. She remembered how everyone protested when classmates of her session got to know that they had to do work on a completely different field than what they had learned. Many hunger strikes, crashes and maybe some midnight protests, but the higher authority paid no heed. But the normal life was hampered a lot. So to get the graduates on work, they were not given the proof of intensive study of many years and they could get that when they would start working. She was glad that things ended quite peacefully, as she had to clean the places of crashes with her own hands. She never participated in those public campaigns as she was forbidden by her mother. She rather stayed at her home, working on her skills. That was another reason why Meilae considered her an idiot. She imagined how Meilae would have thrown some empty threats but would have ended up crying as she would have learned how to get their certificates. 

She couldn't forget how Meilae ranted for many weeks in afternoon sessions how the works listed in the criteria was unfair and mean. It was written that graduates had to work certain delivery jobs, cleaning jobs, repairing jobs, writing jobs, housekeeping jobs, etc. Rio didn't understand anything about it. So she ended up doing whatever she could. That was the reason why Meilae almost spat mean words to her one day, in tearful eyes. What did she expect out of Rio? To join the riot and get nothing out it? Eventually, she got used to her work and news of Rio hanging out with Kner filled the place. Her friend circle found it fun to pull the legs of her. Rio was happy as long people were happy around her, as she was almost ready to do anything for others' happiness. Unfortunately, the happy days were gone, she didn't know what the friends would talk about instead of fun fanfic about her and Kner. one of her friends was gone and she didn't know whether the conversations would be fun anymore or not.

After taking almost an hour to place those containers in places she checked her ID to find any work listed there and there was a session in the pizza shop in about twenty minutes. That place wasn't too far, she could reach there in time. Having some spare time, she thought she should give Kner a message that she could meet him after an hour. Projecting her screen on a container, she connected to the local messaging stacks and found unread messages from him. He sent her messages that read 'yes, we can talk here but not that often' and another one, 'I'll reply as soon as I see your message'. If that was the case then he might or might not see her message quickly. Anyways, she sent 'Can we meet at the diner near the broken bridge?". That might be a bit formal, but that's how she preferred to write to him. There was only one diner near the broken bridge, above the lake that was considered as the end part of the city. 

She couldn't do any unpacking the containers, so she ticked off her task from the list, and went to the pizza center comfortably in five minutes. While putting on the official apron in the preparation section, she saw on the task list that she only had to pack the fresh pizzas and put those on the desk counter. The orders were more in the evening than during the day, so she might have to do really fast. Checked her worker id just to see whether there was anything. Neither there were next work schedule nor had any messages from Kner. Feeling quite slow at first, her speed gradually picked up after ten minutes. Her work was to pack the boxes and to keep those on the table. Sometimes she had to bring the baked pizzas from the oven onto the boxes and pack them. 

She didn't realize when an hour had passed when there was a break in her work. More staff had arrived to do the next shift and after relaxing for five minutes, she went out of the store. Her salary was quick to arrive as she saw she got twenty coins for her food. That was the perk of doing something out of the usual work. She wondered if others worked as she did. And saw message of Kner saying he would there anytime. And then there was no more work, or as she thought to herself. The diner near the lake was a bit far from the current location. She felt that might take her half an hour to reach there. She didn't have any vehicles on her own, nor there was any public transport for them. And any vehicle would not fit her budget, but apart from that, she thought that was a bit selfish. Only the ones who were self accomplished looked good with the expensive automobiles. 

She occasionally saw self-made bikes or motorbikes and wondered how they might have got the parts and how they would have got access to the fuel. Building the vehicles wasn't difficult for her, getting the parts legally was. She could not imagine herself being charged for having any parts that belonged to the city administration. Even the scraps belonged to the city head, maybe someone managed that, but one had to get permission to get those, and maybe pay something. She didn't know whether she could get anything from her home.

Due to the populous area in such a small city like Termist, there weren't any threatening cases. The bright lights and active area, there was nothing to be afraid of. As long as she didn't feel any pain, she could walk like that for hours. She was scared if someone catches her meeting with him again and write more nasty news. But she remembered Meilae was working hard to prevent that. She didn't know what she might be facing that week. 

On her way, she saw a crowd gathered around the market around the lake. A person with the badge of the court in light green hair was questioning two dark-haired males. They must be from Zolzeim, she thought to herself. It was common for travelers to visit the market near the lake. But questioning them wasn't something she saw before. Was the rule against the Zolzein started being effective? Would she have to do something like that in the near future? She already met one and didn't know how many people knew that. And how people would react if that would be released in news. She walked quickly ahead before she could be noticed by anyone. Slowly her mind filled with worry about the reactions she had been getting, and what she should not do to get any. She said to herself, she was only meeting certain people because she had noble reasons, not for any ill purpose. If that was the case, she wondered whether she should meet Kner as her boss or as a really good friend.

At work he noticed how people would stop walking and bow to him. People that didn't even give him the time of day and even those that made fun of him while he walked with Ha Eun to her office after she announced their engagement to the board. Everyone would bow when he walked by. 
The security guards and the women in the front desk greeted him saying "Goodmorning Sir" 
'Sir' he sure couldn't get used to being called that. They never greeted him like that before, they never greeted him, period. He thought they didn't even know his name. Now that he was married to Ha Eun, everything was different. 
"Goodmorning" he said to them. They looked at him surprised and smiled. He could tell by their faces that they expected him to ignore them juts like Ha Eun does but he's not like Ha Eun. Unlike Ha Eun who always has a cold expression, he's the type to smile. As a boss, he decided to be fair to everyone. Ha Eun is pretty fair as well but she can also be quite ruthless. 
He made his way to the editing department and was surprised when he saw everyone from the department waiting for him with a cake a balloons. 
Everyone greeted him with open arms and were excited to have him as a boss. They said they heard a lot of good things from Bong Chol, his friend. Chang Wook smiled. It seemed that while he was with Ha Eun in Jeju Island; Bong Chol was telling everyone about how great he was. 
Bong Chol appeared from behind everyone and greeted Chang Wook with a hug. 
"You finally did it man, you're an editor" Bong Chol said. Chang Wook smiled and nodded. 
Everyone ate cake and talked. After about an hour everyone went back to work. Bong Chol took Chang Wook to his office. It wasn't as big as Ha Eun's but, it had a desk and comfortable chairs and a TV. The desk had his name 'Mr. Lee Chang Wook'
He looked at it confused. His last name isn't Lee. 
"What's with the last name?"
"You married the bosslady so, your last name obviously changed to her's" Bong Chol said with a smile. Chang Wook hit Bong Chol on the head, repeatedly. Bong Chol tried to push him away while he laughed. 
"You sure know how to take jokes too far" Chang Wook said. 
"And you don't know how to take one" Bong Chol said. 
"Go back to work" Chang Wook said with a smile. 
"Yeah, yeah" Bong Chol made his way out the door "Just in case you want a divorce, I know this lawyer…"
"Get out" Chang Wook said, not letting his friend finish his sentence. Bong Chol nodded and left. 
Although he was married to Ha Eun, by Bong Chol's words and actions, he felt that people at work didn't think it would last. He looked out the window and noticed some workers glancing at him, something like envy showed in their gazes. 
It also seemed that some of them believed that he didn't work for this job but slept his way into it, just like his father said to him. Of course, people would think such things, he was her secretary a week ago and suddenly he was the boss of the editing department. The only way he'll get people to back off and stop thinking such things is if he shows good leadership skills and also shows that he loves Ha Eun. 
He didn't care what people thought of him, but he did care about what people thought of Ha Eun. 
As he was lost in thought a young woman appeared in front of him. He jumped back in his seat which also scared the woman. 
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I did knock" she said. 
"I'm sorry, I was lost in thought. How can I help you?" Chang Wook noticed how beautiful this girl was. She looked to be in her early 20's, she had long wavy hair, hazel eyes and a tiny little mole by her right eye. 
She was indeed very beautiful, but his heart belonged to Ha Eun. It seemed like, to him, no woman could compare to her. 
"My name is Jung Hong Joo, I go to Y University…um…I'm an intern and I'll be your new secretary for the time being" she said.
This was surprising to Chang Wook. He never expected to have a secretary. Now that he thougth about it, with his position he would obviously have a secretary, but he didn't know what to do with one. As a previous secretary himself, he learned how to be a good multitasker and can do mostly everything by himself. He really didn't need this girl, but she is only an intern, so she won't be here long. 
Chang Wook nodded and looked around his desk and gave her a folder with paperwork that seemed relatively easy. 
"You can start with this" he told her. 
"Just this sir?" she asked him. She noticed how much work he had yet he gave her so little. She didn't want him to feel like she was a burden. She really liked this company and wanted to work here after she graduated, luckily she was able to get an internship. The only problem was that she wanted to work under Ms. Lee, but she ended up working for her husband. 
She had to admit that he was pretty cute and could see why Ms. Lee fell for him but she didn't like people who slept their way into a job but if she kissed up to Chang Wook, he might talk to Ms. Lee about her and she could get a different job in the company and maybe even a raise. 
"You're still young. If I gave you so much work you won't be able to go out and have fun. Its good to want to work hard but you shouldn't put your social life in the backseat. At the end of the day everyone needs friends. If you always work, later on you'll notice that you lost all of them and you'll have no one to talk to about what a horrible day you had at work"
Hong Joo was impressed by how considerate Chang Wook was towards her. She's been yelled at and bossed around to bring everyone coffee since she got here, having someone worry about her made her feel happy. 
"Thank you Mr. Lee" she said but he suddenly glared at her. Did he not like being called by his last name. 
"My last name is Kim" Chang Wook said. Hong Joo pointed at the name on the desk, but he waved his hand. 
Hong Joo didn't know what to call him now. Should she just go with Boss?  
"I don't want you to feel uncomfortable around me so you can just call me Chang Wook" he said. Hong Joo was surprised by this. You don't normally call your bosses by their first names.
"Hey, just because I'm going easy on you doesn't mean you get to slack off" Chang Wook said as he pointed at her with a grin. Hong Joo smiled and nodded "Now go to work" he said.
Hong Joo left to her desk and placed her hands on her chest. He turned even more attractive by just grinning at her. Although this man slept his way into the job, she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Ha Eun is the CEO at OG Group. She is famous for making everything she shows interest in a mega hit in the show-business industry but she's feared by her coworkers because of her stone cold expression and her blunt attitude. Chang Wook is her male secretary. They have worked together for 6 years and Chang Wook can't express how much he hates working for her. When Ha Eun is forced  to choose between giving up her position or getting married, she does what anyone would do...fakes an engagement with her secretary.

Meanwhile, unlike the serenity at Blue Diamond Entertainment, Ning's Fashion, Luo Finance Company, Wen's Company, and Starlight Entertainment were in a state of chaos.
At Ning's Fashion.
Ning Hua had spent the previous night at the detention center. His mind had been through lots of ups and downs during the short night.
After going through the first trial just now, in the morning, he didn't even know what he should be feeling. Although the trial didn't end in the way they wanted to, he was still permitted to stay outside of the prison while he waited for the second trial. He didn't know where else he could go, so he returned to Ning's Fashion immediately. He hoped that he could have a moment of peace to sort out whatever that was going on in his mind. However, luck wasn't on his side.
Ning Hua was surrounded by reporters the moment he stepped out of his car.
"Mr. Ning Hua, what do you have to say about what happened yesterday?"
"Are you going to admit that you stole Mr. Lu Jin Sheng's work?"
"Why did you steal Mr. Lu Jin Sheng's work?"
"Mr. Ning Hua, how did the trial go?"
"Mr. Ning Hua, are you trying to escape from taking responsibilities?"
"Don't you feel a sense of remorse?"
"How could you bear to send someone you love to get close to another person just to steal their work?"
"Do you really love Ms. Wen Ting Ting? Or is the love fake, and you are only getting close to her because you want something from her?"
"Did you get close to Ms. Wen Ting Ting because of the benefits that she could bring to you?"
"Don't you feel ashamed of what you have done?"
…
The reporters continued to question Ning Hua, but he wasn't in the right mind to answer any of their questions. Hence, he continued to walk forward with the help of the security guards of Ning's Fashion while he ignored their questions.
"You never loved Ms. Wen Ting Ting, right?"
One of the reporters shouted loudly, and it finally seemed to bring back some sense into Ning Hua.
Ning Hua looked up at the reporter, who asked that question, with a pair of eyes that looked empty.
Unlike the Ning Hua, who was acting all crazy and angry yesterday, he had become very calm. However, the calmness wasn't like he was holding back any anger or anything. It was as though his body had been emptied ,and his soul had left his body. All that was left was an empty shell.
Ning Hua's look stunned everyone around, and for a moment, everyone kept quiet.
Ning Hua then continued to walk forward after he looked at the reporter.
After Ning Hua walked away, the reporters snapped back and continued to follow him while they questioned him.
"Mr. Ning Hua, what do you have to say about what Ms. Wen Ting Ting said yesterday?"
"Do the others in your family or the company know about what you are doing?"
"Are the others playing along with you?"
"Are there other designers that you stole the work from?"
"Are there more victims out there?"
"Do you know what is going on between Ms. Wen Ting Ting and Mdm. Lin Lu?"
"How long have you been abusing Ms. Wen Ting Ting?"
"What did you all do to Ms. Wen Ting Ting?"
…
Ning Hua successfully entered the Ning's Fashion building with the help of the security guards while the reporters continued to question him from the outside.
Once Ning Hua was inside the building, Ning Hua's father, Ning Yao Zu, gave him a tight slap on the face.
"How could you do such things?! Do you know how disgraced I was?! I thought that you truly loved Ting Ting! I didn't expect you to be just like your mother! How could you do things only for your own benefits and not care about the others?! How
Ning Hua wasn't stunned by Ning Yao Zu's slap because he knew what kind of person his father was. The person who suggested him to make full use of Wen Ting Ting was his father. The person that suggested not to pay Wen Ting Ting and let her go to Blue Diamond Entertainment so as to bring more benefits over to them was also his father. However, when things happen, and Ning's Fashion reputation was at stake, his father would push him out to bear all the criticism and mistakes.
The reason why Ning Yao Zu slapped Ning Hua and spoke so angrily was that the reporters were around, and Ning Yao Zu wanted to clear himself of being part of such things. It wasn't that his father didn't know that he was using Wen Ting Ting, and it also wasn't that his father didn't know about him stealing Lu Jin Sheng's work. It was all about his father's face.
Ning Yao Zu lost his face and suffered great humility when Zhao Mei Xiang left them because Ning Yao Zu was poor. Hence, ever since then, he swore that he would never allow himself to lose face again. He vowed that he would become successful and make Zhao Mei Xiang regret whatever that she had done. That was why he slapped Ning Hua the moment things got out of hand. He wanted to prevent himself from losing his face.
Ning Hua looked at Ning Yao Zu and laughed coldly, but his eyes were getting red as tears and anger mixed in.
Ning Hua blinked, and a drop of tear rolled down his face, but he turned around swiftly and left Ning's Fashion once again.
This time around, Ning Hua left Ning's Fashion quickly and not so emotionless like before. The reporters were still outside of the building, but he didn't care because there was only one person in his mind right now, and he needed an answer.
Ning Hua got onto his car and drove to Blue Diamond Entertainment at an incredible speed.


Jing Mo Chen fell in love at first smell when he smelt Mu Xi Xing's scent

Jing Mo Chen: Youngest General in the
Military, God-like figure in the business world

Mu Xi Xing fell in love at first sight when she looked into Jing Mo Chen's eyes

Mu Xi Xing: Pervert-like genius, Incredible senses

How did the two of them meet and how would their love story be like?

Mu Xi Xing only wanted to find her birth parents but ended up finding a whole lot more conspiracy.

Jing Mo Chen helped her along the way and the two of them helped others.

What else would they find out and what would they get at the end?


Honest Reviews:

"The development is very happy-go-lucky to me. There is not much depth to situations or conversations and a lot of things are just placed in peoples laps. A lot of the wording of the sentences sounds basic with not much description- like it is what it is because I said so i.e. 'the cat felt sad because the cat felt sad' or the situation goes the way i want it to or people react in a positive way or negative way but not much in between." 

"Picked up this little gem recently. Spent about 5 hours reading continuously to catch up. Great book, great character design, great everything. There are a few hiccups with the grammar and vocabulary but there is significant improvements in each chapter.
The author never fails to entertain. Keep up the good work author."


Disclosure:

Most readers that don't like this story falls into the following two categories:

1. Grammar mistakes 
2. Illogical

Most readers that love this story falls into the following two categories:

1. Alpha male and female lead with their love for one another
2. A new type of story


There are good and bad reviews. So, it is up to you to decide.

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