Mina Met Min Hong

At Rose's apartment...at night time.

The lamp light was dim in the apartment room because it was time to sleep.

Rose was lying on bed and her brother was on sofa which was a little far from the bed with a warm blanket and a pillow.

They were both haven't gone asleep yet.

Beomgyu, the brother spoke up.

"Rose sis, you haven't gone asleep yet.. right!"

"No not yet! Why, Beomgyu?"

"I wanna ask something!"

Rose sat up bed as if she was ready to listen to her brother.

"Is there anything between you and Mr Lee Min Hong?"

"Well, he is my boss, one of..."

"No not that way...I mean you go to meet him right!"

"Ohh no ...I was just looking for a restroom there and encountered him and the lady!"

Beomgyu sat up and looked at his sister unbelieving eyes. But he nodded.

"But you don't feel anything about that guy anymore right? Your ex..."

Rose shook her head.

"No... nothing more.. it's good that he and Mian find true love in each....ummm..I have to go to work tomorrow and you are going back early.. let's sleep now!"

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Another week had passed by. Rose did not get much to interact with Lee Min Hong much. He seemed to be very busy.

Kim Eunwoo came to see her often. Sometimes, that catched the others' attention. Eunwoo said he was disappointed that Rose did not invite him to the property fair.

Rose could only said,

"I will definitely take you next time!"

He was happy enough.

*************

The weekend was coming again. Rose missed her hometown. She considered going back but then she finally decided she wanted to rest in Seoul.

On Friday night, she got a message from Mina, her childhood best friend.

"Rosie, Heyy...how are you working there!.. I know you are having fun time. Don't you even miss oldie friends here whom miss you very much..no worries..she will fly to meet you there soon!"

Rose was very happy to get a message from Mina.

She missed her very much.

But Mina did not exactly say when she would be coming. Nevertheless, Rose would be waiting for her then.

.........

It was Saturday evening, the snow were falling a little. Mina came out of the train and train station. She was looking there and this. She had not come to Seoul for many years. The roads lights were starting to lit up. And the place was still busy.

Mina walked along the pavement on the road. People were passing by. Cars were passing by.

Should she text Rose right now?

No!

She looked at her phone memo. She had Rose's address there.

Somehow she wanted to surprise Rose or would it be rather haughting!!

But there were taxi to be seen.

She laughed at the thought of it.

Then, suddenly a man who was holding a big package trolley came came towards her in a fast speed.

They bumped into each other although she tried to turned away. She fell off from platform and nearly hit by a car. The car braked so quick just before hitting her.

He was in a hurry as he was carrying certain goods (food products packages) to his shop near. It seemed some of the packages were damaged and the man was angry.

"I'm sorry!", Mina said although she was now lying there on the road.

"You need to pay back for damage!"

"I ...I ...ok"

At the moment, the man from the car got off.

He turned towards Mina.

"Are you ok?"

"I'm ok...!" Mina got up.

The man asked for his packages damage again. It was certain amount that Mina could not afford at the time.

The man from the car was still standing there.

"That's a lot of amount!"

Mina said. But the man did not seem to be going to let Mina go easily.

"Maybe, I will ask help from Rose!"

The man began to seem interested in the name "Rose".

"Excuse me, Miss, what is your friend name again!"

Mina looked at him.

"Why?"

"Because her name is the same name as my new interior designer!"

"Umm there can be many Roses!"

The car man was examining her as if he had seen her before.

The man came to ask money again.

"Ok here. ... take it" The car man gave him the money.

Mina looked at him in surprise.

"Thank you very much Sir! You are so kind. But who are you!"

" I am working at the same place with Miss Park Chae Young or Miss Rose. I saw you both at my friends, Joy and Jimin wedding."

Mina said.."I see a lot of people there .. sorry, I couldn't remember you!"

"It's ok miss, I understand. by the way, now you are going to see Miss Chae Young right..! Then please tell her...have a nice day and night ... from Mr Lee Min Hong!"

Then before, Mina could say anything more, he just got into his car quickly and drove away.

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Mina arrived at Rose's apartment. Rose was so happy to see her.

Mina told Rose about Lee Min Hong. Rose was so surprised.

"Why would he do that?"

Mina was so energetic about it.

"He's your boss right! He seems so kind and handsome and care about you...you are lucky!"

"You only see him once Mina. He might not be as kind as you think.. in fact he in not so good for women!" was Rose's reply.

"How?"

"He is the womaniser!"

Mina stayed in Rose's apartment for a week. But she got to know Seoul very quickly. She even could go to pick Rose up at the work place once she been there one time every evening. Mina also encountered Lee Min Hong at every times she came. Mina would say thank you to him again and again after he said he would not take the money back this time. They seemed to get friendly quite quickly. Rose did not like it. She did not want to her best friend to be near this type of dangerous man. What if Mina end up like Hae Yi with a broken heart, and who died as a result of it. Mina had never fallen in love with anyone and Rose knew she was very naïve about it. She just hope Lee Min Hong would not interest in Mina and move on.

It's only a week and Mina went back to the village in Busan. Within her week stay, Mina talked about Lee Min Hong everyday.

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December had not come yet. It was still November. But Rose could hear from gossips that Lee Min Hong was going to Busan for both vacation and work.

That made Rose felt uneasy.

"Maybe they won't meet!"

But it happened that they did. Mina wrote message to tell Rose that they met unexpectedly again on the streets of Busan.

Rose just could not rest well. Lee Min Hong had come back now.

Rose came to see him in his room. The day of work at the time was nearly over. Rose needed to let out her uneasiness.

When she came into the room, Lee Min Hong just greeted her normally.

"Hello Miss Chae Young, how may I help you?"

"I have something important to ask you!"

"What do you think about Mina!"

Lee Min Hong was looking at her.

"Well, she's lovely girl!"

That made Rose even more worried and slipped out.

"Would you spare her, she is only ordinary country, you have had more interesting women in your surrounding!"

Lee Min Hong looked both shock and surprised.

"What are you meaning?"

"You know what I am meaning.. please just don't be near Mina!"

"Why!"

"Because she's innocent!"

"So what ?"

Rose got angry as she talked with Lee Min Hong whereas he seemed start enjoying the talk.

He looked at Rose straightly for a moment. He could see she was beautiful and tall and slim. She was gorgeous even she was not wearing makeup much and sweating too at the moment as well as her white shirt. Her face was also a bit tired but trying to be tough.

Lee Min Hong's had met a lot different types of women. Some were a lot more beautiful than Park Chae Young ever was. But there was something that made him interested Rose more than any other women before.