Crashing Into You 219 YOU'RE PUNISHING ME!

"Ms. Tan also went to the office this afternoon. She came around at 3PM and as you instructed, I did not entertain her when she tried to reach out to me through our receptionist from the lobby. However I still saw her standing near the entrance of our building when l left around 7PM and she was like standing there waiting for you to show up." 

Lee Jin Ho furrowed his eyebrows.

"Would you like us to drive around first and wait for her to leave before you came inside to your bachelor's pad?" PA Jin asked.

Lee Jin Ho felt bad and could not stand to see her waiting there at the entrance. Her legs must be tired. "No. She had waited for so long at the office and I am not sure how long was she standing there, waiting for me to show up" Lee Jin Ho opened the car.

PA Jin was surprised with his boss action. Does he have a change of heart now? He immediately took Lee Jin Ho's luggage and politely gave it to him. He cannot assist his boss to carry the luggage up to his bachelor's pad because he needs to drive his car out of the driveway. Lee Jin Ho strode towards the building entrance after he got his luggage. His gaze was on Tan Ja Nin. 

Tan Ja Nin could not believe when she saw Lee Jin Ho. Though she was stunned, the gleam on her eyes suddenly appeared. 

"Jin Ho!" She said when Lee Jin Ho was already just 2 meters away from him. "You are back!" She happily said as she looked at his luggage. 

"Why are you here? Are you waiting for me?" Lee Jin Ho softly asked. 

Tan Ja Nin nodded.

"How long have you been standing here?" Lee Jin Ho asked her. 

"Since 8PM." 

He looked at his wrist watch and it was 9:45 in the evening. So she was standing in front of the building for almost two hours now. 

He sighed and was furious "Are you nuts? What if I didn't came back today? How long are you planning to stand here?" 

Tan Ja Nin was frightened when she heard his furious voice. She wanted to give him an answer but her voice was trailed off. 

Lee Jin Ho furiously grabbed her right hand as he entered the building. He was basically dragging her until they reached the elevator. Lee Jin Ho pressed the up button and dragged her inside when it finally opened. He was holding her hand until they reached the penthouse where his bachelor's pad at. He swipe the card key and as soon as the door opened, he dragged her inside and pressed her into the wall

"What am I going to do with you?" Lee Jin Ho said in a helpless demeanor.

Tan Ja Nin who was trying to suppress her tears can no longer hold it. Her tears eventually fall on her cheeks. 

"I just wanted to talk to you. I cannot reach you on your mobile phone and I don't know where you're exactly at so I was just taking all my chances here." 

Lee Jin Ho looked at the crying Tan Ja Nin and shook his head when he realized that he was in a big trouble. He still finds her so beautiful even if she was crying. 

Lee Jin Ho put his hands on her face and wiped her tears with his thumbs. 

"Stop crying! I'm here now!" Lee Jin Ho said and pulled her into his embrace. 

"Don't do it again. Do not stand there and wait for me for hours. You must be tired now." 

Tan Ja Nin who should have stopped from crying, has histerically cried more. 

Lee Jin Ho panicked and didn't know what to do next. Did he say anything bad to aggrevate her more?

He held her tightly because he doesn't know how to appease her. 

Tan Ja Nin pulled out from his embrace and looked at him.

"I'm sorry for all the harsh words that I told you. Can you forgive me?" Tan Ja Nin asked in between sobs.

Lee Jin Ho pinched her nose and smiled at her. "Silly! Can you please stop crying now?" Lee Jin Ho plead. His heart ache everytime he saw the tears rolling down her cheeks. 

"Can we still be friends?" Tan Ja Nin asked. 

Lee Jin Ho furrowed his brows.

Friends? He never wanted to be just her friend. 

"Have you eaten?" He asked instead.

Tan Ja Nin shook her head.

"Your endurance is so strong! What time is it and you haven't had your dinner yet?" 

Tan Ja Nin lowered her head. She cannot believe her endurance too. She never had a meal after lunch and yet she never felt like hungry at all. Maybe because she lost all her appetite earlier.

"What do you want to eat?" Lee Jin Ho asked.

"Anything!"

"Okay, I'll cook something for you. I still have some frozen foods in the fridge before I left. Make yourself comfortable while I change my clothes and cook for you." 

Tan Ja Nin nodded. 

Lee Jin Ho was about to turn around and leave Tan Ja Nin when she suddenly grabbed his wrist. 

"Yes?" Lee Jin Ho asked her, puzzled.

"About the advertisement contract?" 

"What about it?" 

"Does the offer stills stand?" 

Lee Jin Ho looked at her. 

"Are you willing to sign it now?" He asked.

Tan Ja Nin shyly nodded.

"Let me think of it. It would depends on how you behave on the next coming days"

"What do you mean?" 

"If you cook for me for a month by preparing my breakfast, lunch and dinner,  I might re-consider you again." 

Tan Ja Nin eyes have widened in disbelief. 

"You're punishing me!" 

"I'm not!" Lee Jin Ho said. 

"You're heartless." 

Lee Jin Ho hissed. "You've rejected my offer and now you're accusing me of being heartless?" 

Tan Ja Nin pouted her lips and thought for awhile. One month.

It wasn't a long period anyways. 

Time was passing really fast nowadays. Without she knowing, one month has already passed. She just have to endure seeing his face every single day! And voila, the offer will be hers again. 

Manager Mo will surely be happy.

"When am I gonna start?" 

Lee Jin Ho curled up his lips. 

"Tomorrow! But for tonight let me cook for you." 

"Deal!" Tan Ja Nin said then suddenly remember something.

"For breakfast, what time should I bring it to you tomorrow?" 

"I'll leave by 6 in the morning to the office. Make sure to be here before 6AM."

"6AM?" Tan Ja Nin was stunned. If she needs to be at his doorstep before 6AM, what time will she wake up tomorrow to prepare the food? And then the travel time from her apartment to his pad. So she should set her alarm clock as early at 4AM? And she will be doing it everyday for 1 month?

"Do you have any issue on that?" 

"Can I just bring it to your office instead? Say you'll probably arrive at 7AM in the office. I can drop your food by 6:30 in the morning. 

"I usually have my breakfast at home before I leave to work." 

Tan Ja Nin sighed. 

"Any problems?" Asked Lee Jin Ho. 

"I was just thinking that I have to wake up as early as 4AM to prepare your breakfast and be here by 5:30AM" 

"And you don't want to wake up as early as 4AM everyday right?"

Tan Ja Nin nodded. 

"Then forget the contract!"

Tan Ja Nin looked at him pitifully. 

"Don't look at me like that!" Lee Jin Ho warned. 

Tan Ja Nin took a deep sigh

"If you don't want to wake up too early in the morning, you can!"

Tan Ja Nin face suddenly brighten up.

"Really? So you're going to leave your pad by 7am or 8am instead?" 

Lee Jin Ho laughed histerically.

"Why would I do that? I love to start my day early to avoid the morning jam! And my mind thinks faster in an early morning when there are no employees around." Lee Jin Ho explained. 

"But you've said I don't have to wake up early just to prepare your food. I could not think of any other solution other than adjusting your time going to work"

"I could not believe you were the class salutatorian when we graduated in High School." Lee Jin Ho mocked her.

She sneered. "Then how can I do that then?" 

"Well you can live here with me for a month. By doing that you can save your travel time going here from your apartment. So instead of waking up at 4AM, you can wake up at 5AM instead! You have save 1 hour of sleep everyday!" 

"Live with you here at your place?" Tan Ja Nin eyes have widened in disbelief. 

This man's idea was hilarious and was really one of a kind!

Chapter end