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CHAPTER 15
"SO WHAT now?" Roselle asked lying on her bed, watching Justin buttoned his dress shirt.
Justin glanced at her then back to his chest "I'm going home"
Roselle stared at him. That was it? He got what he wanted and then leave?
"What?" Justin arched his brow at Roselle's staring. The latter just rolled her eyes, slowly standing up making him frown.
"Then lock the door after you leave" Roselle walked out of her room, she don't know but she's kind of pissed right now.
Justin silently followed her, she would throw glares on him as they walked to the living room of her apartment.
"Mwo?!" Justin halted "Do you wanna say something? You can kill me with your eyes"
Roselle scoffed, linking her arms to face him "Like you care, just ka(leave) !"
Roselle turned back to open the door but Justin pulled her arm to face him "What the f**k is your problem woman?"
Roselle met his confused united brows with glares "Don't act like you care okay? We just f**k and go!"
Justin suddenly kissed her deep, pulling her lower lip before pulling away "Your language" he scolded.
"You know what? You're confusing me!" Roselle bursted "What do you really want?"
Justin looked away, not responding "And now you're not gonna talk? Just days ago, you told me you felt something to me and now you're acting opposite"
"Do we have to talk about this?" Justin looked at her not interested.
"Of course we have! You're making me assume something"
"Then don't" What he said made her jaw dropped "The only relationship we have aside being an employer and an employee is feeding each other's lust and nothing else"
Justin walked pass her but she stopped him "But you said you felt something to me, you told me you're ready to be a villain" Roselle stopped her words, controlling her feelings not to let it all out "Just for me" she almost whispered.
"I said that?" Justin coldly asked her facing his back to her "Guess I was just drunk talking"
"You're cruel" She whispered to herself but it was enough for Justin to hear but he prefer not to respond.
Justin looked at his wrist watch "It's almost morning, you can file an absent if you want. I don't need you right now, I'm out of the office with Anthony"
Justin grabbed the door knob but a door bell stopped him from doing so. He was about to open it but Roselle was fast enough to stop him.
"What are you doing?" Justin's brow furrowed.
Roselle peek on the peephole "Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed.
"Why?" Justin asked seeing her shock face.
"Go hide yourself!" Roselle whisper-shouted to him.
Justin started to panic seeing her fidget on her feet, she pushed him to hide but he don't know where.
The door bell keeps ringing making them even more panic "Go hide in my room!"
Justin not knowing anything just did what she said, she pushed him hard inside her room "Who was that?" Justin asked.
"It's Ian's sister" Roselle responded before closing the door when the door bell rang again.
She nervously walked back to the door, heaving a sigh before flashing a smile to face Jessie.
"Jessie" She faked her surprise.
Jessie smiled at her "What took you so long to open?"
Roselle thought of an excuse "Ahm ... I was still sleeping, it's ... 4 in the morning" she pointed on the clock hanging on the wall of her living room.
Jessie scanned her eyes all over her appearance "Yeah I can see" Jessie looked back to her face "I'm sorry, can I go in?"
That's when she realized the luggage she's dragging on her back "Come in"
She stepped on the side to let her in. Jessie went straight to her couch, she scanned the living room to search for suspicious things Justin left but thankfully none.
"By the way, why are you here this early?" Roselle awkwardly asked.
"Didn't oppa told you?" Jessie looked at her frowning.
"What do you mean?" She sat to listen to her intently.
"Well, oppa told me I can stay in your apartment while I'm here in Seoul"
Roselle's mouth went wide open "He said that?"
Jessie just nodded and started standing up to check her apartment "Where should I sleep?"
Jessie walked on the hallway to the rooms, Roselle was left thinking of what Ian just said when she saw Jessie already grabbing the door of her room.
"Jessie!" She called her making her startled "That's my room"
She jogged towards her and pull her hands to guide her to the room Ian used "You can stay here, Ian sleep here too"
Jessie looked at her with confusion before she closes the door "I'll just take a shower"
Roselle nodded "Please take your time"
She then ran towards her room just when the door closed. Slowly opening the door and taking a last glance on Jessie's room, she went in.
Justin was sitting on her bed, she leaned her back on the door feeling her heaving chest "That was nerve-wracking"
Justin was just looking at her with both hands balancing his leaning back "Can I leave now?"
The nervousness washed away seeing him, they just had an argument earlier. Wanting him to leave but now they're here. Trapped in her room, not wanting Jessie to catch them.
Why didn't she thought of this? The consequences of her mistakes are slowly coming, and she don't want Jessie to be the reason why she'll be caught up.
She nodded and slowly opened her door, peeking to Jessie's door. She saw no trace of her. Still looking over, she signalled Justin to come over.
He obliged and walked straight out as if they're not in any danger at the moment.
"Slow down, can you?" She scolded him.
Justin just looked at her emotionless. They went straight to her door, wanting to get out immediately but she stopped him.
Trying to be careful, she asked "Did you really meant it?"
"What now?" He coldly asked back.
" What you said that night, was that really a drunken mistake? You don't meant what you said?"
"I already told you I was drunk, maybe that was my ego talking"
Her hunch was right, all along her thoughts was right. That his ego was touch when he learnt she have a man.
"Why are you telling me that now?"
"'Cause you told me I'm confusing you, I'm clearing it now. We had a deal, and everything will end as a deal"
She felt something buried deep inside her, she never thought there would be much painful than Ian's abusive touches towards her.
Words really hurt like knives.
"Look Roseanne" It's the first time Justin called her name "This is getting out of control. We had a deal, we had conditions - both sides. But we both are passing the border. You know me, I just f**k and then done. I don't get serious"
"I know" She whispered. She already know he has reputation with women, and she knows what she's getting into.
"Then great! Let's just settle separately something not related to the deal. And one of it is your problem, your man"
Roselle looked at him, reading his expression. But it stays as it is. Cold.
"Getting into a mess is the less thing I wanna do"
"Of course I don't want you to get into my mess. Don't worry, I will settle it myself. I will do something to it"
"You don't have to do it for me. Do it for yourself, if you don't want to be in that set up then pull out" He said.
Hearing him say that, one thing is clear to her. This is it! It's the end.
"Like how you wanted to pull out from our deal?"
Justin looked like she caught him on guard, he must've not expected where this conversation is leading.
He didn't said anything for a minute. It's just like silence deafen then. But then he spoke.
"I wanna add something on the deal, can I do that?" Justin asked.
She looked up, eyes full of mixed emotions.
"I wanna add up that the deal will end up when I also want and say so" Justin looked at her, eyes pours with coldness "And I wanna end it now"
She can't say anything. Things passed so quickly same as how fast his attitude towards her flipped over.
Gone was the smoking manipulative and flirty Justin she knew in the bar. It's a different Justin that is in front of him.
Is this how he do it? Is this how he ends everything with all his women?
I thought I was different but I wasn't. I am a hypocrite. How dare me expect something from him when I already have tons of problems in my plate.
A sound of door opening made her awake from her thoughts. Justin noticed it too, he looked behind her and then to her "You can throw the agreement, I don't care"
The last thing he said before he vanished in her apartment.
"Chae!" Jessie called.
She blinked to stopped her tears and smiled as she turn "Yes?"
"What are doing there? I heard you talking with someone" Jessie looked behind her.
"Nothing, just a delivery man with a wrong address"
Jessie just nodded taking her excuse.
"I have to sleep now, I'm tired" She said.
Jessie nodded and followed her gaze to her.
Morning came, she woke up lazily. She had difficulty sleeping and now looking at the clock on her side table. She's late.
It's fine. Justin told her she can file an absent, she should do that. She can't focus on her work anyway.
She walked out of her room, and at that same time, Jessie walked out of her room too. She looked at her appearance, she's wearing her usual classy fashion. Screams supermodel.
"Hi! No work?" Jessie asked.
She shook her head, Jessie nodded "I have to meet someone. See you later"
Jessie left. And now she's all alone. She just took a shower and ate her breakfast. She should work here all day, she don't have anything to do anyway.
All they she did was slump on the floor of her living room, eyes never leaving her laptop. She would stand up to grab some foods or when she wants to use the restroom.
It was relieving to her, in that way she won't think of him and them.
She sighed.
It was already evening when Jessie walked in smiling from ear to ear.
She followed her gaze to her until she went in her room. Is she dating?
Jessie came out after a while with her phone on her hand, typing with still a smile on hrr face. Curious, she asked her "You went on a date?"
Jessie glance at her for a second then back to her phone "Yup" popping the 'p'
"And how was it?" She asked curious.
Jessie never gets into relationship, never did she heard that she dated so it's so new that she's dating. And to think she just came from Germany.
"I never thought you're the nosy one, oppa tells me the opposite" She said with a grin.
Jessie must've noticed her intense staring that she glanced at her again, she sighed "He's hot okay, that's it. The date is good"
"You never dated" She stated as a matter of fact.
"Well I never had but I'm trying now" She answered eyes on the phone and she would smile.
"Aren't you going back to Germany?"
Jessie looked at her as if she just lost her patience over her questions "That's why long distance relationship exist, Roselle. And I can come back every now and then"
She just nodded not wanting to irritate her even more.
The next day, she was nervously waking towards the company. She don't know, seeing Justin's face again makes her kind of feel things she can't name but one thing's for sure. She's nervous as it is.
Stepping in the office, she somewhat expecting a cold and unreadable face Justin on his laptop but nothing.
Her eyes landed first on his table but nothing. Is he late?
She didn't think more about it and instead tidied herself and check the schedules for today.
But it was already almost lunch but he was still nowhere in the office, her forehead formed into crease.
She tried calling his number and left some messages but no reply. He already bailed a meeting outside with a potential investor.
She tried calling Anthony, and he didn't answered too.
All of it was confusing to her, where is he that he isn't answering her?
Roselle decided to come out of the office to maybe ask the head, incase they know when she bumped into Jenica with pile of papers on her hand.
"Ohhh, look out!" Jenica exclaimed.
"I'm sorry" She apologized and was about to walk away when Jenica stopped her.
"Why? What happened?" Jenica asked.
She was contemplating if she'll ask her but she knows she won't get anything from her. Even her, his secretary don't know where he is.
But she tried. Maybe Jenica knows, knowing her she would get a*********s within the company first.
"It's just Mr. Kim Justin hasn't arrived yet. I tried calling him and he's not picking, he already bailed a meeting. He didn't told me that he won't be coming today"
She saw Jenica's face from worry to enlightenment, she smiled and pointed to her "You don't know?"
She furrowed, not understanding her and that made Jenica continued her words "Mr. Kim Justin won't be your boss anymore"
"Mwo?" She asked not getting her point.
"Mr. Kim, the father will be coming back. Mr. Justin will replace his dad in handling their company in States"
She don't know but something in her tighten hearing it. Why?
Why?
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