Nam Joongki, Yeong's secretary pulled over at the underground parking lot of the club Jisoo and Jay wanted to meet up at.
"You're sure this is the right address right?" Yeong asked when he saw where they were.
"I just pasted the address on GPS as it was sent. Should I call and cancel? " Joongki asked.
"No it's fine, I'll just meet them here anyways. Thank you" Yeong said and came out of the car. He didn't like coming to this place because it was owned by Yoon Jaehyun, Jade's annoying cousin. Since school days Jaehyun had always found a way to get under his skin, maybe not intentionally but he still did and it was annoying.
"Yeong!" Jay called out to Yeong as he walked into the private room Jisoo had reserved.
"I thought You wouldn't come, if I changed the venue to this place" Jisoo scoffed.
"I should do whatever I can to get my hands on what you're offering, don't you think?"
Jay Chuckled, "Are you guys back to your usual bickering?" He clicked his tongue. "You both really don't change".
Jisoo cleared his throat uncomfortably.
"Would you like something to drink?" Yeong asked Jisoo.
" That would be lovely, then I can ask my lawyer to sue you for making me sign important documents under the influence"
Jay laughed hystericaly at Jisoo's sarcasm." I think we should read and sign the documents first".
" Ofcourse". Yeong took out two files from his bag and handed one to each of them. They quietly read and signed the documents after a few minutes.
" Now that we are formally part of the Phoenix project, how about a toast" Jay said.
Immediately the door opened, Yoon Jaehyun entered followed by a waiter pushing a bar cart full of drinks and an ice bucket.
"I came as soon as I heard that you were here" Jaehyun said to Yeong.
"Wow, you decided to go all out for your brother-in-law, I feel cheated right now" Jay teased.
"How can that be, I take care of you too. It's just that Yeong rarely comes here, so I try to put in extra effort when I can"
"Ohhhhhh" Jay said sarcastically.
Jaehyun nodded. "I see the mood here is not very entertaining, it's the weekend after all." He turned to Yeong," How about I bring in some entertainment? I'll have some beauties come and serve you the whole night,they will help you relax afterwards.how about that "He giggled and turned to the waiter that came in with him." Ask them to bring the girls, the good ones only..... "
" That won't be necessary" Yeong cut him off. " My work here is done" He stood up.
" Is there a problem, or do you not feel like relaxing? " Jaehyun asked in confusion.
" I won't stay if I do not feel comfortable " He said and left.
" And there he goes, so he ran away after making sure we signed the contracts.I can't believe we just got fooled" Jisoo said in utter disbelieve.
" Was he trying to say that he finds me uncomfortable". A dumbfounded Jaehyun finally spoke.
" You can take the cart back with you, we won't be needing it" Jay said to the waiter who bowed and left. "I guess we'll have that celebration some other time, I still have some business left to discuss with Jisoo".
Jaehyun took the cue and left shutting the door behind him.
"I think Yeong is being too hard on Jaehyun, or is he just venting out on him?" Jisoo sighed.
"No, Yeong is not like that. He just doesn't get along well with Jaehyun.even back in school they didn't get along at all"
" You're right. But I hope they settle things"
" Let's just leave it as it is" Jay said.
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"How could you say a thing like that?" Jade scolded Jaehyun over the phone as he told her about what happened with Yeong.
"I just thought he would want to chill out, that's all" Jaehyun said.
"So you asked your sister's fiance if he wanted to cheat on me with you bar girls, what were you even thinking. I can't even believe I'm having this discussion with you right now" Jade said harshly trying not to raise her voice.
"If you put it like that, it sounds like I was intentionally trying to betray you. It's just something everyone does you know, Men drink and have fun with beautiful girls when they come to my bar"
" You're so frustrating, I'm going to tell Uncle what you did today" Jade hung up and slammed her phone aggressively on the table.
" Are you okay?"
Jade turned to see Yeong standing by the door.
" I'm fine. I didn't hear you come back"
" I just arrived not quite long and freshened up too"
"Oh I was brewing tea in the kitchen, must've been why I didn't here you. Here have a try " She said and poured out tea into the teacup before offering it to him.
Yeong accepted it and took a whiff before slowly sipping some of it. "Nice tea, Thank you"
"It's Chamomile flower tea,very good for sleep. I noticed the lights in your room remained on all night recently so I cut some flowers to brew the tea, I'm really glad you like it."
Although Yeong gave a small smile of approval, he was really touched by her effort. "Thank you."
"I also want to use that as bribe to apologize for my cousin. He may not be as wise but he really didn't mean anything bad, I hope you won't take what he said to heart. I will report his actions to my uncle so that he gets scolded properly" Jade said.
" it's okay, I wasn't exactly offended by him and you don't have to apologize to me.Is that what you stayed up late to say to me?"
Jade felt her heart skip a beat. did Yeong guess that she wanted to talk about Zen?, it would be great to finally talk about it but his whereabout had been confirmed and he didn't lie to her like she and Areum had suspected so it wasn't necessary to bring it up.
"I wanted to say something but I forgot....." She sucked in air through her teeth." Actually I didn't forget, I'll just find a better time to talk about it " Jade said regretting why she just didn't lie.
" Alright, I guess whenever you're ready" Yeong said and refilled both their tea cups.