CHAPTER 8

                                    

                                          
Not like the past of few weeks, Jimin had a good day today. It's almost the time to go home. She decided to walk around the company.
"Jimin!" Giselle greeted her happily.
"hey!" Jimin said back. "where were you?"
"um... Minjeong called me." Giselle giggled. "where are you going?"
"I wanna look around." Jimin walked together with her.
They then chatted along the way.
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When Jimin already home, she decided to just sleep.
"min..." she felt her body got shaken.
"hm?" Jimin opened her eyes. "what's up, dad?"
"I want you to resign." He said suddenly.
"what? Why?" Jimin sat up, rubbing her eyes.
"I have a better work for you." 
"but this is already enough." Jimin sighed.
"I want you to resign tomorrow." Her father then left her without saying anything.
Jimin then called Hansol and told him what just happened.
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"again!" Yujin held the punching bag while Minjeong worked on it. "more!"
"fuck! You!" Minjeong threw the last blow, pushing back Yujin a little.
"winter!" someone called.
"ah... Vernon." Minjeong greeted with a smile. 
"I've never heard that in a while." Hansol reacted to the nickname.
"you need a name to enter." Yujin said to him. "I'm Yujin."
"you still know how to fight?" Minjeong asked. "if you do, this will be a good money for you." 
"I think I'm a bit stiff now." Hansol said unsure.
"let me see what you got." Yujin challenged.
After a few rounds of practice, Hansol poured some water on his head.
"well, that's tiring." Hansol panted.
"you said you wanna get married. You need to save some money for that." Minjeong squeezed his shoulder. "you join us, get money, save it, then you can live happily with your... girlfriend."
"you're right." Hansol smiled a little at the thought of marrying Jimin. "thank you, Jeong."
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"where are you?" Jimin called Hansol.
"I'm hanging out with friends."
"your mom said you always home late nights." Minjeong sighed. "go home."
"I'll be going. Don't worry." 
Jimin then hung up the call. She felt like Hansol distancing from her. she then called Giselle and chatted for some hours.
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Jimin obeyed her father. She came to the company to resign. She went in to the CEO office. Again, for a dozen times, Jimin witness her boss being beaten up by her father. She decided to walked out and wait for them to finish.
"come in!" Jimin heard from the office after Mr. Kim left.
She then walked in, looking down. She didn't want to make Minjeong even mad but she had to.
"what?" Minjeong sat on her desk.
"I- I want to resign." Jimin said but received nothing from Minjeong.
"no."
"pardon?" Jimin leaned forward a little.
"I said no." Minjeong walked towards her, took the file she held and ripped it into pieces. She then walked back to her desk. "back to work."
Jimin sighed. She looked at Minjeong's condition. Bruises here and there, her shirt ripped in a few places, her hair messy and damped from sweat.
"work!" Minjeong banged her desk making Jimin flinched.
Jimin walked out and called her father. This won't work, she thought. Unfortunately, she went back to work.
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"wake the fuck up." Jimin felt her cheek being slapped so she shot up. She found herself on the CEO office.
"you can't run away from me, Jimin." Minjeong played with her gun. "give me a chance to enjoy you a little more."
"you're crazy!" Jimin shouted at her. "let me go!"
Minjeong smiled at her. she walked back to her desk and leaned on it. she then scratched her head with her gun before extending it to aim at Jimin.
"you fight back. I like you." 
"I hate you!" Jimin shouted once again.
"I know, honey." Minjeong smirked at her. she then walked closer to her again to take a good look at her face. "you're pretty. I wonder what can I do with this face." She put her hand under Jimin's chin.
"you're disgusting." Jimin stared into Minjeong's eyes, showing no signs of fear.
"so you wanna resign?" Minjeong put the tip of her gun on Jimin's chest. "should I tell you a secret?"
Their conversation then interrupted by the door opening. Minjeong squinted her eyes to see better through the dimly lit room.
"ah, you came. Take a look." Minjeong said to Yujin as she pulled back from her position.
"she's the daughter?" Yujin smirked and folded her arms. "here's the razor."
Minjeong took the razor and slashed her own hand. She hissed from the pain and let the blood flow out freely. Minjeong then cupped Jimin's face with her bloody palm.
"mmhhmm...." Jimin wriggled as she tried to pull Minjeong's strong grip on her. she managed to kick Minjeong's lower abdomen, pushing her back.
"shit..." Yujin helped her friend. Minjeong slapped Yujin's hand away. 
"you're pretty strong for a girl." Minjeong grabbed Jimin's hair and tug it. "see, that? she's prettier this way." Minjeong saw her own blood all over Jimin's face.
"agree." Yujin also got closer to Jimin's face. "bring her to your house. let's have some fun!"
"too bad my dad's home. I can't add more collection after Kai." Minjeong let go of her and continued to talk casually with Yujin. "I'm surprised she shut her mouth. Most of them will probably call the police."