Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 121: Chaperone

Few Minutes ago

“Thank bro for dropping me off” A girl said to her brother who was dropping her off the club where was supposed to hang out with her friends tonight.

“Don’t thank me, be home before 1am, and not even a minute later” Song Jinhai warned sternly as he pulled over, across the road.

“I heard you already. You don’t have to recount it over and over. I can look after myself, so stop treating me like a child” The girl hissed irritably. She hated how her mother and brother kept her under lock and key. Dictating every move of her life, she was an adult and she found it to be very annoying.

Girls her age weren’t being policed by their parents and siblings, but her brother who she thinks was too stiff and needs a woman in his life to shaken him up, has been on her case since forever. Their mother was right he really needs a girlfriend, that way she have him off her case, and he’d focus his attention on his girlfriend instead of her.

She was sure going to help her mother find a boyfriend for this rigid brother of hers.

“Credit card?” She asked stretching her hand towards him. Jinhai looked at her hand before placing the card in it.

.....

“Thanks bro. You’re the best” She chipped excitedly and placed a quick kiss on his cheek before stepping out of the car. Jinhai wasn’t really comfortable letting her come to a club to hang out with friends. If the decision was his to make he’d rather have her at home, entertaining her friends there, than at a club, where vile and lascivious men are.

Jinhai’s eyes followed her till she crossed the road and met her friends who were waiting for her.

He was about to drive off when his eyes caught sight of a dainty woman who sort of looks familiar. Though it was dark, he could still make out the face of the lady, thanks to the street lights which were on at the moment.

He rapidly blinked his eyes, so he’d be sure he wasn’t hallucinating and was actually seeing the right person. And the more he looked at her the more convinced he was that he wasn’t mistaken. A deep frown appeared on his face as he stepped out of the car. His eyes shooting fiery darts at her as she talked with some lady who had her back to him.

Hei-Ran thought she could feel an awkward cold gaze on her, and as soon as she lifted her gaze to look ahead of her, she caught sight of her least favorite person in the world staring coldly at her.

Her heart race suddenly increased and she could feel her heart beat all over the place, making her gasp.

“Holy bloody Mary!! Eun-sun please hide me” She cried out. Those were the only words that she could form at the moment.

‘What was he doing there? What was this crazy fellow doing here? Has he seen her?’ She asked herself, as she became frantic.

‘Hide’, she needed to hide herself. Though the possibility of Jinhai not seeing her was very slim, she was still willing to try her luck. Maybe, just maybe he hasn’t seen her. She bent down and used Eun-sun’s body as a shield.

“What is it?” Eun-sun asked with concern when she saw Hei-Ran behave like that.

“I think Satan just opened my records in hell! Please don’t look back” She cried out, her cry made Eun-sun really confused. She quickly grabbed Eun-sun’s hand as she tried to run away, maybe hopefully she hasn’t been spotted by him.

Hei-Ran was about to make a run for it, when she heard his voice.

“Stop right there, Su Hei-Ran!” He growled.

Hei-Ran froze in space when she heard him. She didn’t dare to look back at him. She was supposed to run ahead right, but rather she stayed glued to the ground.

This was supposed to be an opportunity for her to have fun and find someone, if she was lucky enough. But it seems luck wasn’t on her side. Lady luck must be very angry at her or must have gone for a vacation.

‘How did the night turn bad so soon?’ She cringed in her head, almost at the point of tears.

Eun-sun who was closely observing Hei-Ran’s reaction, finally came to realise what was going on. There was only one person who could make Hei-Ran act this way and that was her boss.

She turned back to confirm her suspicions and indeed it was Song Jinhai approaching them, with a stoic face.

Her eyes followed him till he stopped in front of them. He bowed to her, and she responded back with a bow of her own, before he focused his eyes on Hei-Ran who had her head lowered as she stared at the floor, too afraid to look at him. Standing close to her now he realized how different she looked. He hasn’t seen her in such an outfit before, and he was stunned to see her looking beautiful.

He would have loved everything about her look, if not for the fact that she was showing too much skin. Her shoulders were exposed, almost making him want to drape his jacket around her.

Hei-Ran had a feeling that not a only was her night ruined, her holiday was over!

She felt Eun-sun nudge her by the side and she bit her tongue hard, before lifting up her head with a fake and nervous smile.

“Ah, Mr Song it is you” She called in a surprised tone. Eun-sun shook her head when Hei-Ran did that. Poor girl didn’t know how to lie or pretend. It makes her wonder why she always tried to, when she was so bad at it.

Eun-sun saw the way Jinhai was staring at her friend, but she didn’t understand the expression on his face. His expression was inscrutable, but he didn’t look like he was going to hurt or something.

“I’ll be waiting right there” She said pointing some feets just away from where they were standing, she saw Hei-Ran shake her head slightly, indicating for her not to leave, but Eun-sun gave her a reassuring look that she was keeping an eye on them, and shouldn’t be scared.

She remembered how Jinhai had taken care of Hei-Ran few days ago and he had given her a few days to nurse herself back to health, and that had improved her impression about him. He was definitely better than her own boss. She thought about the possibility of bumping into him but she quickly discarded that thought as it came. That was a migraine inducing thought, she’d rather not think of it.

Lee Dan-Han didn’t look like the type to come to a place like this. Maybe a cemetery but definitely not here. A cemetery seemed like more of his style. She hissed when she realized she was thinking about him again. Recently, thoughts of him had been occupying her mind too much, and that wasn’t healthy. She might die of high blood pressure before her time.

“Mr Song what are you doing here?” Hei-Ran asked, a nervous smile still hanging on her face. Jinhai didn’t bother to reply her, he looked over from head to toe, and a frown appeared on his face. His frown made Hei-Ran more nervous, making her shift from foot to foot.

“It seems you’re doing better now” Jinhai said. His tone was by no way friendly.

“Huh?” Hei-Ran was stunned, her brain juices was almost drying out. It took her few more minutes before she understood what he had said, and she bobbed her head up and down, “Yes” She hissed when she realized what she had said. She shouldn’t say yes, saying yes meant she was fine, and he might ask her to return back to work tomorrow.

“I mean no, no. I’m not better yet” she immediately began to shake her head. Jinhai narrowed his brows at her, he knew she was lying. ‘But why was she lying to him?’

‘If she wasn’t better then why was she visiting a club?’ He asked himself.

He looked towards the building and his eyes narrowed into slits. ‘Was she here perhaps to meet with guys?’ His frown deepened till a disgruntled look appeared on his face.

“Why are you here?” He asked coldly. He didn’t want to ask, but he couldn’t help it. If she was here to meet with a guy didn’t that mean all his effort would go to waste? He wasn’t going to let that happen.

Hei-Ran looked up at him, she opened her mouth to say she was there for one of her best friend’s send-off party – at least that was what she was intended to say but rather she found herself saying something else. Something different like...

“I’m on a date”.

She gulped when she heard what had just come out of her mouth. But who was more surprised was the man standing in front of her, but his expression did not reflect on his face. But heaven knew how he had turned black on his inside. He had been keeping her to his side for years so things like that wouldn’t happen and now she was actually here on a date? In a club? What sort of guy would ask her on a date to a club? He didn’t even want to think about it.

Hei-Ran on the other hand was yet to comprehend what had made her to say such a lie, but she still couldn’t understand it. Maybe if he knew she was on a date he would let her be so she wouldn’t keep her date waiting, but that was only if she had one. But what Jinhai said next almost made her almost faint.

“Then I’ll go with you” He said coldly.

“Huh?” Did he hear her well at all? He was going to come with her for her date?

“Mr Song I said was....”

“I heard you” He cut in.

‘Then if you heard me, why are you coming with me?’ She cried in her head.

“As...as what?” An assistant date? or what?

“As your chaperone”