When you love someone deeply .....

Driiiiin. Driiiiin. Driiiiin.

Amor was awakened by the sound of an old alarm clock, she then checked the common clock on their wall and it is already 5 am. "This is the day made just for me," she thought. Layla's bed has been made up so it means she has been awake. "Have you signed the contract for regularization already?" Mila asked while tidying up her bed.

"Ah....."

"You have not been extended?"

"Oh....."

"Sorry to hear about it, Amor."

"Uhm....."

She chose to wear a pair of pants rocking a sequin suit in a bright shade with an oversized button-down, "I hope my future is as bright as my outfit," she told herself.

Standing outside unit 615, she straightened her pants and pressing her lips, she took a deep breath and lightly knocked on the door thrice and David opened the door.

"Good..... good morning Mr. and Mrs. Kim," Amor stuttered but Do Yun only gave her a glance and continued eating. She saw Mila sitting on the sofa thus she sat beside her. Amor just stared on the floor thinking about what Theo asked her to do, "He hadn't bothered to ask if I have eaten already," she thought while trying to hold back her tears. She didn't even notice that the Kim's have finished their breakfast and that the tutors have joined them in the living room already. "How do I give him my decision?" she asked herself. Mila suddenly stood up and that brought Amor's senses back but before she could give her greeting Ae Cha headed out to the door thus Mila hurriedly followed. She then found out that she is alone in the living room and after letting a big sigh a tear fell from her eye. "No, this is not a good way to start my day. I'll find a way," she then brushed the tear from her cheek and forced a smile to herself. A few minutes later Do Yun came out from their room wearing a well-tailored suit fit for a king. Amor stood up and before she could give her greeting Do Yun headed out to the door thus she hurriedly followed.

As soon as they arrived in the office, Do Yun went straight to his desk closing the door behind him. Amor reviewed the compensation discussed to her by HR and as what Emily has shared with her before, the salary base for regular employees will be Php10,000. She will then be entitled to COLA, holiday pays, premium pays, overtime pays, night shift differential pays, 13th-month pays, retirement pays, rest days will still be the same, free meals will still be provided by the company, and leave benefits. "I have been grateful even without the benefits, how much more if I will be receiving benefits from now on?" she thought.

Her company phone rang and 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 told herself.

She lightly knocked thrice and slowly opened the sliding door, without waiting for an invitation she stepped inside and closed the door. When Amor entered his office, Do Yun is silently sitting on one of the black swivel chairs with his arms folded and his legs crossed. She slowly sat on the other black swivel chair opposite him.

"What do you think of the compensation discussed to you by HR?"

"Ah..... I have been grateful even without the benefits Mr. Kim, how much more if I will be receiving benefits from now on?"

"What's your decision?"

"Oh..... I have pledged my loyalty to you Mr. Kim as I've said I will be your personal secretary until you say otherwise."

"That's settled then."

"Uhm..... if I may ask for one condition, Mr. Kim."

"What is it?"

"Ah..... please don't be nice to me."

They stared at each other for a long time both not understanding the messages they try to convey to one another.

After a moment, Do Yun gestured her to leave thus she got up immediately and closed the sliding door behind her.

Do Yun returned to his desk and stared blankly at the closed sliding door, "Na-ege chinjeolhaji mal-ajuseyo (Please don't be nice to me)," he repeated Amor's condition in his thoughts. He can't seem to figure out if he has been nice to Amor and she no longer wants to be treated as such or is she telling him not to be nice at all. But something in the way she said it made him sad he just couldn't find which part of what she said made him feel as such. It took him great pains to keep her at arm's length to the extent of fighting it over with Ae Cha. "Naega dalli malhal ttaekkaji geunyeoneun nae gaein biseoibnida (She is my personal secretary until I say otherwise)," he told himself.

Even after closing the sliding door behind her, Amor was still unable to step away from it. A tear fell from her eye as she recalled the condition she asked from Do Yun, "Please don't be nice to me." Slowly walking toward her own desk reminds her of who she is in Do Yun's life, "I have pledged my loyalty to you, Mr. Kim." When she made the decision to accept his offer, she also decided to clip the wings of the butterflies in her heart whenever she sees Do Yun. She has accepted the bitter taste of happiness it brings to her when he is around, "I will be your personal secretary until you say otherwise."

Days, weeks, months have passed and Amor was unable to go home because Theo kept on asking for salary advances. She has missed all the birthdays of her children, all school activities even Theo's medical check-ups. She channeled her time and effort into becoming a better personal secretary every day. Her major project for the Kim's is the new residence and she has booked a removal company that will start as soon as they leave for their month-long vacation to Korea. She has accumulated a month's worth of leaves and unused days off thus she was allowed to take a month-long vacation also as soon as she has decluttered the Kim's belongings before the move to the new residence.

Some things are really meant to be just as they are or so they thought.