Checking on the technical specifications of her new phone, Amor is more charmed with its camera. With a 12mp wide camera, she took pictures of herself and her workstation when her phone rang. The caller ID says Mr. Kim, "Hello Mr. Kim," she answered the call right away.
"Please get inside," and Do Yun ended the call.
"What a waste of phone credit," she thought to herself.
She lightly knocked thrice and slowly opened the sliding door, without waiting for an invitation she stepped inside and closed the door, Do Yun looked busy in front of his computer thus Amor sat on one of the black swivel chairs.
"We will meet with the core team in 2 minutes from now," said Do Yun without looking away from his computer.
Amor looked around expecting more people to get inside, "How many chairs do I need to prepare?" she asked herself.
"It is an online meeting," Do Yun glanced at her answering the question in her mind.
"Can he really read my mind?" she thought.
Do Yun moved his computer sideways so that Amor can also see the computer screen and she found out that there are 5 other people in the meeting. Each person has their own task: the planner who is responsible for the conference venue, accommodation, activities, and catering; the administrator who is responsible for budgeting, attendee registration, ticket sales and also the main point of contact for questions related to the conference; the marketer who is responsible for contacting the media, creating promotional material, managing their website, blog, and social media activities; the sponsor who is in charge of securing sponsors, applying for grants, and fundraising; and the volunteer who helps with all on-site activities on the day of the conference like door management, ticket scanning, keeping track of the guest list, manning the wardrobe, guiding people, etc. Amor's main job is to coordinate the team, set priorities, and delegate tasks. The meeting lasted for 3 hours and they were able to finalize the budget & business plan for both activities.
"I need the minutes of the meeting in an hour," Do Yun told Amor.
"Ah.....," Amor hurriedly stood up with no chance to protest and closed the sliding door behind her that separated both of their workstations.
After a few minutes, Do Yun opened the door and Amor checked the time thinking she must have been late in submitting the report.
"I'll be back," and Do Yun left the office.
"Maybe he will take his late lunch now," she told herself. "He did not even bother to take the dried mangoes with him for his dessert," she thought.
Satisfied with her work, she sent the report to Do Yun's email, and to her dismay did not receive an immediate response but she can only let out a sigh.
Checking on the specifications of her new phone again, Amor became excited with its video which has 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps, she took videos of herself in her workstation when her phone rang. The caller ID says Jack, "Hello Jack," she answered the call right away.
"Hello Amor, Mr. Kim is waiting for you in the car already."
"Oh..... yeah, I'm on my way out," Amor hurriedly stood up took her belongings, turned everything off, and locked the door. "Did I miss his call?" she asked herself.
As soon as she arrived in the parking area, she immediately got inside the front passenger seat. "Sorry to keep you waiting Mr. Kim," she apologized but Do Yun only closed his eyes. "Am I in trouble again?" she thought.
The road they are traveling now seems not familiar to Amor, "Maybe this is another route on the way home," she told herself. But Jack parked beside a Korean restaurant, "Maybe he will have dinner with his family here," she thought.
Jack got out from the driver's seat to open the rear door for Do Yun and as soon as he got out he knocked on the front passenger seat's window. Amor not knowing what to do just stared back at him and she can see that Do Yun is trying to tell Jack something but she could not understand it. Do Yun was already walking toward the entrance of the restaurant when Jack opened the front passenger seat's door for Amor, "Amor why are you still here? Hurry and catch up with Mr. Kim," said Jack.
"Uhm..... o..... okay," the clueless Amor hurriedly followed Do Yun inside the restaurant. This is the first authentic casual Korean restaurant that Amor has ever been to. The restaurant serves premium Korean cuisine representing Korean-style fusion dishes. The interior is cute, artsy, and fun. The wall is decorated with Polaroid pictures and snapshots of frequent customers. The wallpapers are pretty for a small place. Do Yun is occupying the right side table in the corner, a familiar scene for Amor that made her smile; the only difference is she is sharing the table with him now. She took notice that the table is good for 2 persons only.
"Does this bother you?" Do Yun asked.
"Huh?" Amor's startled response. "Why is he always right when he guesses what's on my mind?" she asked herself.
"This is my welcome dinner for you."
"Ah.....," Amor politely smiled.
Do Yun placed the dried mangoes on the table, "This is better paired with a Korean meal."
"Oh.....," she gently smiled.
"This is my first time here, I hope the cook will not disappoint me," Do Yun sneered.
His sneer raised her heart rate but she still managed to give a warm smile.
"I heard this is a pocket-friendly go-to Korean restaurant, I ordered Tteokbokki, Bibimbap, Spicy Food, Ramen, Rice, and Chicken."
"Uhm..... thank you Mr. Kim although I'm not familiar with Korean food I heard it's good."
"Ah, really? I thought you know a lot about Korean, you even bowed at about 45 degrees with your head lowered."
The thought made Amor want the earth to swallow her again, "Ah..... that, I really didn't know what got into me at that moment. I just wanted to apologize but I couldn't find the words and since you're Koreans, I thought....."
"To whom do you want to apologize though?"
"How unforgiving," she thought. "Well..... you asked..... how do I apologize if I mistook a person for someone else, so....."
"So do you always bow when you apologize?"
"How vindictive," she told herself. "Oh..... not really..... not at all..... I guess"
"You don't have to be someone that you're not. I like you the way you are."
"Does he like me? Am I going to react depending on how I feel?" she thought.
She never could keep secrets from him anymore.