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“So, this is the brake .. this is the steering wheel, you are not that dumb you know the steering wheel right?” Joel sneered.
“Tsk!” Emily rolled her eyes.
“This here is the dashboard, this is the horn, this is the indicator, this is an airbag, this is the ignition, this is the gear, this is the brake, this is the accelerator, this is the clutch…” Joel continued as he pointed to everything.
He explained deeply the functions of everything in the car. By the time he was done explaining, it was already noon.
“Hunnn… I know everything now.” Emily clapped her hands excitedly.
“Good. You’ll learn how to drive tomorrow.” Joel twitched his lips and stepped out of the car.
‘awww… why not today?…’ Emily pouted her lips.
Anyways, tomorrow was fine too. She clapped her hands giddily.
“That reminds me…” Joel snapped his fingers.
He reached for his back pocket and brought out his purse.
“Here.” He handed a card over to Emily.
“Huh?..” Emily collected the card and stared at it.
“It’s a debit card. You can buy anything you want with it.” Joel breathed out.
“Huh?… oh… ahhh… Ani… I don’t want it.” Emily shook her head and stretched out her hand.
Joel shot her a cold glare and she hastily retreated her hand. Maybe she should just keep it, she wouldn’t use it though.
“You are good.” Joel smiled and
again and stepped out of the car.
Emily pouted and her mouth and also stepped out of the car.
“Noona!” Little Pumpkin ran happily towards her as he got out of the car that brought him from school.
He didn’t think he saw his pretty noona the previous day.
“Awwn, my darling!” Emily carried him from the floor as soon as he reached her and twirled him around in the air.
Little Pumpkin giggled happily. Emily stopped after a while and gently placed him on the ground.
‘dar…. dar… my darling?’ Joel swallowed in jealousy.
“Kaja.” Emily took Little Pumpkin’s hand and walked him to the lounge.
“My darling?… Oppa?… and she’s always referring to me as deo deo deo all the time.” Joel kicked the air with his foot and huffed.
He walked after the duo into the lounge.
After bathing and dressing up Little Pumpkin, Emily helped Little Pumpkin with his assignments and after they were done, they both walked to the dining hand in hand.
“Deo, are you still going to eat tonight?” Joel couldn’t help but marvel.
“Huh ..” Emily pouted and bit her lower lip.
“Nde” she looked down.
” ….” Joel shook his head.
‘This is serious’ he folded his arms on his chest.
“I’m home,” Michael yelled, announcing his arrival, as he walked into the lounge.
“Hyung”? “Oppa”? “Appa”?
The trio at the dining hastily looked in Michael’s direction.
“Huh?.. Emily…” Michael opened his mouth and stopped in his tracks.
“Uhn… annyeonghaseyo” Emily bowed and smiled cutely.
“Annyeon. Wow, you really scared the hell outta me yesterday… it’s a good thing you’re okay now.” Michael smiled.
“Nde.” Emily grinned.
Michael walked into his room, changed his clothes, and joined them at the dining.
After they were done, they all headed to their various rooms.
Emily took her shower and fell on her bed. Wow, the bed was really soft. She stood on the bed and kept bouncing on it. She laughed happily as she jumped like a kid.
Joel rolled his eyes as he tied his robe. Wouldn’t she let him sleep?..?
What was she doing now, disturbing him with her noise?
He walked out of his room and creaked open Emily’s door. He smiled as he watched her jump continuously on the bed. She was really pretty, sweet, and naive, no wonder he was falling for her.
Emily who didn’t know she was being watched by the CEO continued to jump. She jumped up again for the umpteenth time and was about to land on the bed when she stepped on the hem of her nightie and lost balance.
Joel hastily ran towards her and caught her before she could fall and roll of the bed. He hastily turned her around to face him and caught her by her waist, unknowingly letting their lips collide in a kiss.??
For a while, they were just like that. None of them knowing what to do with their eyes widened. After getting her senses, Emily hastily flinched back and looked away.
“Hmmm…” Joel cleared his throat and stepped back a bit.
“I… erm… are you alright?” He managed to ask.
“…” Emily hastily nodded her head, her throat unable to bring out any sound.
Joel nodded his head and stared at Emily for a while before he finally walked out.
“….” Emily’s heart was thumping in her chest.
She placed her hand on her chest and sat on the bed slowly.
Joel sat in front of the mirror and stared at his lips like did that just happen?….
His lips curled up in a cute smile, he just couldn’t get that moment out of his head. It kept replaying and replaying.
That was the best moment of his life. Even though they didn’t actually kiss, it still meant a lot to him.
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“So, they did this to her?…” Joel’s face darkened like the back of a pot.
“Nde.” Noah bobbed his head.
“…” Joel rubbed his chin with his fingers and slammed the laptop.
That was just too much.
“Bring her down.” He breathed out.
“Nde?” Noah widened his eyes as he stared at his boss.
His boss was really cruel.
“Boss… who should I bring down?..” Noah stammered.
Joel looked up at his PA and shot him a cold glare.
Noah swallowed the lump in his throat and trembled on his feet.
“Boss, you need to think this through… if I bring her down now, she’ll go after Miss Emily.” Noah broke into cold sweats.
“….” Joel twitched his lips.
That was true and he didn’t want any problem for Emily.
“Who is this Anna?” Joel breathed out.
“She’s Annie boss and she’s an actress. A well-known one and she’s signed under CHOI ENTERTAINMENT.” Noah explained.
“….” Joel froze at the mention of Choi Entertainment.
A smirk appeared on a side of his mouth. Choi Entertainment…
Anyways, he wasn’t ready for that.
“Get her on her knees before Emily.” Joel twitched his lips.
“Boss….” Noah broke into fresh cold sweats.
Joel adjusted himself and crossed his legs.
“That video, get rid of it and other ones too.” He pursed his lips.
“And all of the people that threw eggs at Emily, render them jobless. Every one of them.” He popped his lips.
“…..” Noah blinked rapidly.
“Do you have no mouth again?” A cold aura emanated from Joel’s body as he stared at his assistant.
“Nde. I understand Sir.” Noah bowed.
“But boss, I got to know that the script was switched that day.” Noah twitched his mouth to the sides.
‘Of course, it was. Emily would never ask a question like that.’ Joel squinted.
“So who switched the script?” Joel asked calmly.
“It was Stephanie.” Noah grimaced.
He didn’t even like that Stephanie, to begin with. And now she was after his boss’ woman?…
Your joking right, of course, he knew his boss had a thing for Emily. Right from the first day, he’d known. His boss was never the type to go back to help someone. He never for once went back on his words but for Miss Emily, he did. Not once but so many times. He was currently doing that again; going back on his words because of her.
The grateful part was Miss Emily was gradually changing him.
“Ste-pha-nie.” Joel puffed out his mouth.
“Boss, should I do anything about her?….” Noah asked.
“Ani.” Joel raised his hand in the air.
“I need to catch her red-handed and with a lot of evidence… just leave her for now.” He smirked.
“Nde.” Noah bobbed his head.
“Boss, she also changed Miss Emily’s schedule too.” Noah scowled.
He really liked Miss Emily, she was a good person and her enemy was his enemy too.
“Changed?.. how?” Joel furrowed his brows.
“She changed all the time for her schedules. Everything.” Noah bit his lower lip.
“Mbo?” Joel’s face darkened.
“Nde. She was supposed to interview Mrs. Mason two o’clock two days ago but the time was changed to four o’clock.” Noah pouted.
Joel rolled up his fists and squeezed them. So that was why she locked herself up and even passed out. He bit into his lower lip till it almost bled out. Stephanie was a problem to Emily.
“Boss, we should act fast.” Noah stared keenly at his boss.
“….” Joel narrowed his eyes as thought deeply about some things.
“We just have to watch her closely till we catch her by the wrist.” Joel breathed out.
“Let me take a look at Emily’s schedule.” He looked up at his assistant.
Noah being a smart ass, hastily hacked into Maria’s account and handed the tablet over to his boss.
Joel furrowed his brows. Those were stupid schedules with stupid people.
“Delete everything.” He pushed the tablet back into Noah’s hands.
Noah did as he was instructed.
“We are going to make her a new schedule,” Joel smirked and picked up his phone from his desk.
He placed few calls to people and soon got like thirty huge spots for Emily; documentaries, TV shows, and interviews included.
Noah filled the schedule list and saved everything as his boss made the calls.
Joel hanged up finally and turned to his assistant.
“How many?” He arched a brow.
“Thirty.” Noah grinned.
“Not bad,” Joel smirked.
Once people noticed how good she performed, she’d get more spots. Best spots.
“Make Maria’s account unhackable by just anyone. You can do that right?” Joel arched up his brows.
“Nde.” Noah bobbed his head.
He didn’t take up to two minutes to tighten Maria’s security.
He and his boss were both crazy smart asses.