Time enough for love .....

Standing outside Do Yun's door Amor leaned her right ear to check if he is busy but could not hear anything. Pressing her lips, she lightly knocked thrice and slowly opened the sliding door, without waiting for an invitation she stepped inside and closed the door.

"Are you leaving?" Do Yun asked.

"Oh..... can I leave ahead of you Mr. Kim?"

Do Yun gestured her to leave thus she immediately closed the sliding door behind her.

Chaewon and Henry are still seated on the sofa patiently waiting for Amor when the door opened.

"Ms. Amor is here!" exclaimed Chaewon but to her dismay, it was Ae Cha who went inside.

"Henliga yeogiseo mwohaneungeoya? (What is Henry doing here?)," Ae Cha asked Chaewon.

"Oh..... good afternoon Mrs. Kim," greeted Henry.

"Eomeoni, amoleu ssiga gyeyag-eul gaengsinhaji anhneundago eonje malhal gyehoeg-ibnikka? (Mother, when do you plan to tell me that Ms. Amor is not renewing her contract?)"

"Henry, if you have nothing more to say to Chaewon you can go back to the other unit."

"No mother, he stays here until Ms. Amor arrives."

"Geuneun eomeonieobs-i jasin-ui budaelo dol-aganeun bangbeob-eul moleusibnikka? (Does he not know how to go back to their own unit without his mother?)"

"Naneun geunyeoga meomuldolog seoldeug hal su issdolog Ms. Amorwa iyagihago sipseubnida. (I want to talk to Ms. Amor so that I can convince her to stay.)"

"Mwo?! (What?!)" Ae Cha was surprised and just in time, someone knocked on the door.

Standing outside unit 1203, Amor straightened her romper and lightly knocked on the door thrice then Matthew opened the door.

"Good afternoon Matthew, is Chaewon around?"

"Oh..... yes Amor, come in," Matthew then closed the door and he went outside the unit.

Do Yun's phone rang and the caller ID says Matthew, "Hello Matthew;" he answered the call right away.

"Hello, Mr. Kim, I'm sorry to disturb you but can you come home right away?"

As soon as Amor went inside, she was surprised to see Chaewon sitting beside Henry and Ae Cha standing in front of them, "Henry what have you done?" she thought.

"Uhm..... good..... good afternoon Mrs. Kim."

"You arrived just in time Amor, come join us here."

"Ah..... I received..... I received a call from Matthew telling me that young master Chaewon wants to talk to me."

"Yes, Ms. Amor I wanted to ask you to renew your contract so that Henry can still be my school companion," tears are about to well up from the corner of her eyes.

"Oh..... young master I.....," Amor didn't realize that her decision also affected Chaewon.

"But you have already made your decision right Amor?"

"Uhm..... yes Mrs. Kim but....."

"We planned to tell Chaewon about this once we have arrived in South Korea but someone spoiled the plan and decided to take the matter into his own hand."

That's when Amor realized why Henry was with Chaewon.

"Ah..... I'm sorry Mrs. Kim I....."

"Apologize..... I know no harm was meant here but I won't let this pass without teaching both of you a lesson."

"Ili sesang-i geudeulgwa eolmana meol-eossneunji, Chaewon-ileul bol ttaeibnida. (It is time for you to see how distant is our world from them, Chaewon.)"

"Amor, can you teach Henry the Korean way of apologizing?"

"Oh.....," Amor understood what Ae Cha meant and as much as she would like to protect Henry from the embarrassment they are still their bosses.

She then stood up from her seat and bowed at about 45 degrees with her head lowered.

Seeing at how his mother apologized to Ae Cha, Henry also stood up from his seat and bowed at about 45 degrees with his head lowered.

Looking at Amor and Henry, Chaewon took pity of them thus she also stood up from her seat and bowed at about 45 degrees with her head lowered.

"Chaewon!" exclaimed Ae Cha.

"Eomeoni, jebal geudeul-i igeolhage nwaduji mal-ayo. jega dol-aol ttae henliga yeogie issgileul wonhabnida. (Mother, please do not let them do this I only want Henry to still be here when I come back)," her words have now turned into cries.

Seeing Chaewon bowing beside them in front of Ae Cha Amor comforted her, "Uhm..... young master Chaewon please don't do....."

"Ms. Amor I will not stop bowing until you say you will renew your contract," cried Chaewon.

Looking at Chaewon, Amor is reminded of Olivia and her heart hurts to see her cry, "Ah..... don't cry young master Chaewon I..... I will renew my contract for you."

"I won't allow it!" shouted Ae Cha when the door opened and Do Yun went inside.

"What will you not allow?" he asked with wide open, glaring eyes.

"Abeoji! (Father!)" Chaewon ran toward Do Yun.

"Naneun Ms. Amorege gyeyag-eul gaengsin haedallago yocheonghaessgo naega dol-aol ttae Henryga yeojeonhi yeogieiss-eul su issdolog geunyeoga dong-uihaessseubnida. (I asked Ms. Amor to renew her contract so that Henry will still be here when I come back and she agreed.) Abeojileul heolag haejuseyo. (Please allow it father, please)," pleaded Chaewon who is still in tears.

Do Yun's upper eyelids raised in a stare toward Ae Cha, "Amor, take Henry with you and go back to the other unit."

"Oh..... yes Mr. Kim, Mrs. Kim we'll take our leave now," and she brought Henry with her.

"Chaewon ssi, bang-e deul-eoga eommawa hanmadi halgeyo. (Chaewon, get inside your room I will have a word with your mother.)"

"Ne, abeoji. (Yes, father)," as Chaewon went inside her room, Ae Cha went inside their room also.

As soon as Do Yun went inside their room he asked Ae Cha again, "Wae geugeos-eul heoyonghaji anhseubnikka? (Why won't you allow it?)" With his tightly closed mouth, even the red margins of his lips are now becoming more narrow, and his thin lips becoming thinner Do Yun waited for her answer.

"Chaewon-i yocheonghaessdaneun iyulo sajig-eul cheolhoehagessdago malhaji anhgessseubnikka? (Don't tell me you will retract her resignation just because Chaewon asked her to do so?)"

"Je gaein biseowa Chaewon-ui gyouleul daesin hal su-issneun hoesaui sigangwa don, nolyeog-eul jeol-yag hal su issgi ttaemun-e deo joh-eun saeng-gag-ibnida. (I see nothing wrong with it, that is even a better idea since it will save the company time, money, and effort to look for a replacement for both my personal secretary and Chaewon's school companion)," he said with a frowning mouth and eyes and eyebrows scrunched downward in anger.

"Geunyeoga Henrywa neomu gakkawojineun geos-eul bol su eobs-seubnikka? (Can you not see she is getting too close with Henry?) Geudeul-i 3 nyeon-eul deo hamkke bonaendamyeon geudeul-eun imi tteeo noh-eul su eobs-eul geos-ibnida. (If they spend another 3 more years together they might become inseparable already)."

"Geunyeoneun uliwa gat-eun unmyeong-eul ttaleul unmyeong-ibnida. (She is destined to follow the same fate as ours.) Geunyeoga yeojeonhi hal su-issneun dong-an geunyeoga haengbog hal salam-eul seontaeghagehasibsio. (Let her choose who she is happy with while she still can)," Do Yun closed his eyes in frustration.

"Uliga gajin geos-i chungbunhaji anh-eun geoscheoleom wae geuleohge malhabnikka? (Why are you saying it that way as if what we have is not good enough?)"

"Chungbunhada? (Good enough?) I jeongdomyeon chungbunhadago? (You call this good enough??)" he asked with clenched teeth as he punched the partition that divided their room.

Ae Cha was speechless and even more motionless when Do Yun went inside the other part of the divided room, "Naega jeongmal bujoghangayo? (Am I really not good enough?)" she asked herself with clenched teeth and wrinkled chin.

Ae Cha has sworn by the moon and the stars in the skies that like a shadow she'll be by Do Yun's side.