Her Phobia

"Why the hell did you also bring me here sir?" Nam Li asked as they were buying a big building for his future wife's furniture business.

"You helped that stranger already by giving her home and now your also giving her a business?" He asked as Nam Li was very confused by his master's actions.

"Nam Li, This girl will be a Jung so mind your words." Elian said as Nam Li looked at him confused.

"Your marrying a commoner?!"

"Nam Li!"

Nam Li bow down his head as he went far with his words.

"I am deeply sorry boss." He apologize as Elian sigh.

"She's someone who understands death just like I did back then. You don't walk on a snow barefoot not thinking about your own condition. You walk cause you wanted to die without feeling pain as the snow cold ice numbs the pain your about to feel." He said as Nam Li didn't respond as he remembered how he rescued him in that freezing death.

"You know that well do you? On how my family wish for my death, How much more on my future wife?" He asked as Nam Li sighed in defeat and get the paperwork done.

"If you wish to know Mirae Kim's identity I can tell you right away Sir. Yet you wish not to know." He said as Elian smiled. "Cause it would be unfair for her to know me as Nam Li Hyuk while I know her true name. As long as she isn't a threat then there is nothing for me to worry about." He said as they finished all the paperwork.

In the Jung's mansion Kyler was fvcking his current girlfriend when his mom opened the door with a glass of red wine.

"Kyler Jung, When will you finish it? Didn't i told you to go to the company and show off with the chairman?" Han Seo Jung asked as she sipped on the wine.

"Can you give me a little privacy mom?" He asked as he continues thrusting on the girl. "Elian is here already in Korea yet your here in your room fvcking a slut. Can't you do any good Kyler?" She asked as Kyler didn't respond.

"I heard from the Chairman that Nam Li reported about Elian's wife. I guess the bastard finally found a partner for us to kill." She said.

Kyler grabbed the girls neck and starts struggling her to death as he came inside her the girl already died from suffocation. 

"Why would you talk about such stuffs in front of someone else?" Kyler asked as he grabbed a towel.

"Erica!" He shouted as Erica her personal butler was shaking in fear. "Dispose this body." He said calmly as Han Seo smirked.

"Try not to cause too much trouble for me my dear son. After all you should pay attention on how to get rid of Elian as he did this to me." She said as she dropped her masked showing her burnt half face.

"I understand mother."

"After all you will have that commoner you like just as how you wish her to be with you." she reassures him as Kyler nodded thinking about Mirae. 

In the past Mirae was really someone strong and independent that's why Kyler fall for her as she thinks like a boss and could do a lot of things for him. Having Mirae back then was heaven for him. 

"Mirae..." He called as Mirae looked at him. "Do you want to go out with me?" He asked as Mirae smiled sadly. "I don't want to go out with you just because you are rich Kyler." She said as she smiled. 

"Why not?" he asked. 

"I want to fall in love..." 

"I will make you fall for me so just give me a chance." Kyler reassured as Mirae looked at him. "What gives if I fall for you? You will not be benefitting anything from me." She said knowing that a commoner like her won't do any good to Kyler. 

"Just let me love you." He pleaded as Kyler looked at her. 

"Let you love me?" she asked as she smiled sadly as she sighed. "Fine, I'll let you love me." She said as she smiled brightly. 

Kyler smashed his bathroom mirror with his punch as his hands bleeds. "Fvck it, I cannot wait to explain everything to Mirae." He whispered as Erica heard the shattered glass and came in to aid Kyler. 

"Do you think I'm a bad person Erica?" he asked as Erica put on bandages in his hand. "I did all of this to save her and her family. Left her broken for her own good and safety yet I still sound like the stupid freak boyfriend who cheated on his girl." he said as he laughed in disbelief. 

"I heard she run away from home. Did you track her down?" He asked Erica as Erica shake her head when he grabbed her head. "Why not b*tch? I paid you big enough to do your job properly." he asked. 

"Because there was no track of her after she run away from home not even a CCTV footage. Seems like someone whose a high person completely erase the crumbs she left behind." she explained. "A high person huh, Find my Mirae and bring her to me." Kyler said as he let go of Erica's hair as Erica finishes his bandage. 

In the condo where Mirae is making a dinner for Li she smiled when she saw her designs ready to be presented on Li as she pause and saw her wrist cuts.

'Fvck it starts to get visible.' She whispered to herself when the door opens and it was Li. 

"Li! Your finally home." She said as her smiled disappear when she smell Li in alcohol.

"I'm sorry I had a drink with the sponsors today. I cannot decline them and-"

"You don't need to explain anything to me Li, You can go to your room and freshen up. I'll have the dinner prepared later on." Mirae said as she cannot look straight at Li. 

Li walked towards her when she fudge and stepped back. Li was stunned as he looked at Mirae's hand shaking in fear. 

"Are you afraid on a drunk person?" he asked as Li knows how the human mind works as he study psychology back in college. "Mirae..." Li said as he saw Mirae's hands shaking. "I'm sorry I will freshen up." Li said.

Mirae sighed as Li locked his door. 'I have no right to act this way towards the person who helped me.' Mirae thought as he remembered the past. 

Ever since the incident, she developed a deep fear of drunk people, a trauma-triggered phobia that makes her anxious even at the smell of alcohol. 

"Inebriophobia"(from inebriatus, Latin for "drunk" or "intoxicated" + phobos, Greek for "fear")🔹 Meaning: Fear of drunk or intoxicated people.🔹 Pronunciation: in-EE-bree-oh-foh-bee-uh

Li sighed as he looked it up into the internet as to how Mirae responds seeing him drunk. He messaged Nam Li to bring him something to sober him up immediately. 

*Ting

Nam Li Hyuk

Just drink some water boss. (PS: I'm on a date right now.)

Mirae knock on Li's door as she brought a tea for him. "I know I acted rude today Mr. Li, Please do forgive my actions. I will leave this tea at your door for you to sober up." Mirae said as she got a message from Nam Li. 

"Did Nam Li messaged you?" he asked from the other side of the door. 

"Yes Mr. Li." She answered as Li smirked and wash his face with his hands. "Fvck that guy." he whispered as he sat down and lean on the door. "I'm sorry, Did I scare you?" he asked as Mirae was stunned by his question.

"Mirae? Are you still there?" he asked as Mirae smiled and sat down at the floor and lean on the door just like how Mr. Li is on the other side. Only the door separates them apart.

"I have Inebriophobia Ajussi, I got this when I was a child and got beaten by a drunk man at the corner alley. No one knows I developed this phobia, Not even my parents knew about this. My father often gets drunk when he's happy, sad or irritated." she explained. 

"My father was drunk that time when I run away as my mind goes blank. Blank from the pain and the fear I'm feeling without even noticing that I was walking barefoot on snow." she explained. "But you saved me and acting like this was very rude of me." she added. 

"No, It wasn't your fault Mira." he said. "It was, Because if I didn't walk alone that night in the dark alley street to go home I wouldn't have been beaten up to death." she said as she smiled sadly. 

'Beaten up to death like I was about to get killed yet I was beaten twice haha ironic isn't?' She said to herself as she smiled. 

"I'll wait for you downstairs." she said as she left.