“What is happening? Oh My God! What is happening?” I was shocked. My heart was beating so fast and I could feel my blood rush to my head. My hands were getting colder in the hot water. I slowly came to my conscious, and realized, I was being kissed by Siwon. Those lips which I found cute and sharp were now pressed on mine. I could feel his tongue trying to get its entrance into mine. Should I give him the green light? His kiss is so perfect and soft. Its my first kiss and it’s perfect the way I imagined it. Soft and supple. He is even holding me in his arms than in his hands. I could feel his breath spread in me. I can feel myself enjoying the moment. “SANDARA!!!” my mind yelled all of a sudden, snapping me out of my sudden real fantasy.
I pushed him away breaking away from his hold and kiss. “What are doing?” I asked him
“That’s how I feel about you.”
“You feel about me? What does that mean?”
“It means that…..that…..”
“You like me?”
“Yes! Yes I like you!
“Then you should have kissed me on the plane!”
“What? You knew…you remember now?” he stepped closer to me, but I stepped back.
“I never forgot. I remember every detail. From the time you said you like me, to holding my hand to carrying me on your back to Arata’s. I know.”
“Why dint you tell me?”
“Because I was and am not sure if feel the same way for you.”
“Do you not like me then?”
“I don’t know Siwon. I am a consultant who has come to work for you and nothing more.”
“Don’t be like that Dara. I like you.”
“On what basis can I trust that you like me? All that you have done for me till now is pick arguments with me to a level I was going to leave the country.”
“Yes, I did not like you…nor you attitude, but it is that same attitude, that has made me to look into you more and now fall for you.”
“Listen to yourself Siwon, its s stupid argument you are putting forward.”
“See…something like this is what I like about you. if it was some other girl, she would already stripped herself for me. But you are not like that. You respect yourself and…and….i see a lot of characteristics of my mother in you.”
“Ok I think the coldness has gone to you head. Its time anyway, I’m going to go now.”
As I was stepping out of the pool, he pulled me. I looked back and saw him. “Will you please……just think again?” I did not know what to say. There was soo much honesty in his eyes and to be true, I failed to answer such an honest confession.
I saw her walk with confusion to the changer. I had to tell her that I liked her.

Months passed since we both got back to work. My dad had brought the entire media center to the airport when we arrived. Thought that we got some good publicity as the two people who survived a massive air accident.
Even thought we work together on a daily basis, Dara had not told me anything. We meet almost every hour for consultations and references and even some late nights. She still tells me her adios with a smile, as though nothing happened. It was frustrating and confusing. I decided to as her one day about it.
I went to her room, “I need to talk to you about something.”
“Yes, me too and I’m going first.” She said cutting me short. I liked it but at the same time hated it.
“The first product photo shoot we were supposed to have a week form now has been pulled forward to today. So I’m heading down to the studio. Please join me.”
“You want me to join you.”
“Yes, is there a problem?”
“Yes I think there is, but I’m going to be professional here and talk to you later.”
I gave her a cold attitude, which I was sure she did not like. But I had to be professional.
After an hour stuck in the traffic of Seoul in an awkwardly silent car, we reached the studio. As soon as we entered the studio, we saw the staff running form pillar to post. We immediately got to know that there was some problem. Dara went directly while I tried to figure out what was wrong from other ends.
“What happened Mr. Taek Yeon?”
“Well, the male model who was supposed to come, well..he kinda cancelled the shoot”
“Who Woo Bin? Why?”
“Because he had overlapped his scheduled with a drama. So he cancelled our shoot and went to the drama shoot instead.”
“Why…how can he do something like that? That’s not fair! He knows we can sue him right?”
“No we cant sue him. He presented his schedule to us and it is only after looking into it, we agreed to sign him up.”
“Who would do something like that?”
“Well, we were in a hurry and we had to do something like that.” I was getting frustrated. I was trying to figure out what to do now. If this shoot gets delayed, then everything will get delayed. I was in for a huge dominos effect disaster. As I was thinking for a solution, I noticed Siwon frantically trying to figure out what was happening.
“God, can someone tell me what’s happening here?” I was frantically asking what was happening when I notice Dara look at me with a spark in her eyes and smirk on her lips. “This is not good” I thought.
I went running to Siwon, who definitely knew I was up to something and he was genuinely worried. “Ok Siwon, I want you to strip now.”
“HUH?”
“Yup, you are going to be the model now.”
“Did you hit your head somewhere?”
“Not that I recall.”
“Then why are you telling me things like this?”
“Because this is an emergency situation and we…we just need you now.”
“Still think about it. If these pictures get out then my whole family prestige and dignity will fly out the window.”
“I am aware of it Siwon, but this is just for our presentation. Besides if anything comes up regarding this, I will take care. Now please just go and change.”
“Whatever this is I’m not sure and I still think you are out of your mind.”
“Actually yes, I am out of my mind to use you as my modal when I had a modal like Woo Bin. Now just go will you?” I whisked him off to the changer with a fashion assistant. After 40 minutes of change and make up, Siwon came out, dressed in a white bathrobe.
wow, he…he looks, handsome with some make up on. His well gelled hair was the killer. His eyes, which I always thought as mesmerizing was enhanced with some eyeliner, and some smoky black shadow. He gave a very ‘bad boy’ vibe and shamefully I was liking it.
“ok hi….so…ahem……ok …..ya……..so you’ve you..uummmm”
“you ok Dara?” he asked me.
“of course I’m ok. You just need to go sit in the couch there and follow what the dire…..director says….ok.”
“ok” is all he said. Did he notice me going crazy for a second? Oh god I hope not. I was looking at him all the while! “Dara, don’t look at him, he is looking at you!” my mind was yelling. Why I am I not able to turn around??
As I was looking and observing his every feature that was highlighted by the industry’s best make up artist, the director yelled from behind me , “Siwon we are ready, you can remove your robe now.” I was like “what?” and then I saw revealing his almost naked body. yes I did know about the concept of the shoot, but …..but….
I was in for a roll. My heart was racing. Why was this happening? Is this how you feel when you see a man half naked up close? With Siwon in his tight boxers right in front of me was too much to handle. His well defined abs, this chiseled chest and the toned arms was driving me crazy to the point that I could not stand in the same room as him. As I was making my move to exist the rom, I heard the director welcome someone. I stopped to look who it was. A tall, beautiful, strikingly sexy, slender, arrogant blond woman came walking in in her revealing clothes. Her make up so correct and her body was something every woman would die for. She just looked amazing.
“Welcome Andrea.”
“Yes……am I working with him today?” she asked the director looking at Siwon as thought she was going to eat him alive.
“Yes that is right, but I also want to let you know that he is also the Chairman’s son.”
“Well, then thing will get heated up here.” She said in a very sly way.
Ok I have to stay here and see what is the kind of heat she is going to turn on. So I came back and sat behind the monitors.
“Oh by the way Andrea, this is Dara Day, she is the Fashion consultant and the concept designer for the shoots.” The Director introduced me to her. “Hi its nice to meet you.” I said and held my had out for a shake. “hhmm….a size 14….that will not do.” She said in the most arrogant tone.
She went into the changer and wore the shoot costume. She came out with her two piece costume that revealed her assets very well. All the men in the shoot liked it and the women were envious, but I was angry and a little part of me was jealous. I saw her go to Siwon with her eyes and mouth wide open and I was starting to hate that.
Dara was watching my every move with Andrea. My touches and my poses. I was getting to know that with Andrea next to me I was making her nervous and jealous too. It was really cute to watch her like that. The number of times, she restlessly got up from the chair and taking small steps here and there but without loosing vision of us both was just so innocent and naïve. To tease her a little more, I pulled Andrea closer to me.”hhmmm..i like this.” I heard Andrea whisper into my ears. I was not liking it, but with a girl like Andrea, on my lap, I had nothing to complain about. Dara was trying her best to finish the shoot, but professionally, things were getting delayed and with vey minute of Andrea on me, Dara was getting irritated and jealous.
It was the final roll and Andrea suggested a new pose. A very provocative one, but if pictured classy, it will have good meaning. Andrea was making her move on me and well, I have to admit, I liked the way she was ‘positioning her self’ on me. “Ok that’s it, stop, you done for today!.” I heard a scream from behind.
“Dara, what are doing? We still have to finish this shoot.”
“The shoot is over.”
“Over?” Andrea asked in an arrogant way
“Yes over!”
“and who are you to say that?”
“I’m the designer and the consultant of the company and I have every right to terminate your contract if you don’t move you boney ass out of the studio.” I said in a threating, killer way. I’v never had done this before. i felt like I was killing someone, but something else made me say such things.
“Ok what happen to you woman?” Siwon asked me.
“You…you mister!”
“Yes?”
“GGGaaahhhhhh!” is all she said and walked away. I quickly changed my clothes and followed her out to the car. She showed me that she was pissed.
“Dara, what is wrong?” I asked.
She did not reply to me with words but gave me a bulleting look.
“See, I cant really understand looks. You really need to translate your looks into words.” Still there was no reply. We arrived at our empty office after a very awkward drive. She walked in super speed to her room to get something. It was staring to annoy me why she was not answering or why she was annoyed by me. So I followed her into her room.
“Ok, Dara, just come out and tell me what is wrong?”
“Wrong? You are asking me what is wrong?”
“Yes!”
“Ok…what was that back there at the photoshoot?”
“What did I do wrong?”
“With that blond bitc……blonde model?”
“I did what I was supposed to do and what director asked me to do.”
“No you did not! You were making out with her! Did you even feel where she was touching you? Oh sorry, you were much busier checking out her assets weren’t you?”
“What? Nonsenses! You and the director were the ones who created this sexual concept and now you are complaining?”
“Yes we were the ones who designed the shoot, but that did not mean make out in the public, but be professional!”
“So you mean to say I was not professional there. we were just doing what were asked of us. She was supposed to show seductiveness and me manly ness and that exactly what I was doing.”
“NO that’s not what you were doing, you were just enjoying your time with her, ogling her and just..just….gggaaahhhh”
“Oh come on , don’t be silly. She was the one who was all over me.”
“Seriously, you expect me to believe that? I saw where your hands went Siwon.”
“See Dara, yes, I accept the fact that she was hot and I had a few tingling feelings, but I also do know my limits and she was the one who wa…………”
Before I could finish my statement, i felt her hands grab me by my shirt collar and crash her lips on mine. Her soft, supple lips on mine. I was shocked at the intensity of her kiss. It was coming from her, which made my body vibrate. I did not know what to do. I stood still. I loved every moment of kiss, but what was happening? A woman, who did not say anything to me after I went my way to tell her that I liked her, worked closely together, now is kissing me.
She broke away from the kiss and without looking into my eyes, she went to grab her bag and walked out her glass walled room. Not a word, not a breath.
“DARA!” he called out for me. I did not know what he was going to say or do, or even what I was going to say. I did a huge blunder. I was sure that he was past me and that’s why he was so sensual with that model. Now I’ve just put us in the most awkward situation ever. I turned around to face him, what ever it may be.
The minute I turn around, I was pulled by my face by two strong and warm hands for a kiss that I’ve never experienced before. “Dear lord is Siwon kissing me now? Really is he? Why?” I had all sorts of thoughts running through my mind. I could feel my body shiver. As he was deepening his kiss on me, he moved his right hand to grab me by my waist. May be he thought I was slipping. But I was not. I was too shocked to even move. He held me very close to his body that I could feel his heart beat. I was having a total roller coaster ride.
I slowly released her from my grip and kiss. She was completely flustered, but I know she was suffering within for the past few days and today was her peak. I had to make her come out and tell me what she feels like and I did.
I looked at her face, which was warm and so red. She looked absolutely cute. Even though it was our second kiss, it was different, I was different, she was different. I slowly dragged her down to my car to drop her home. During our entire journey, she did not look at me or say a single word. I applauded myself for giving the girl I like a deep kiss.
We finally arrived at my place. Siwon got out; came around keeping his vision stuck to me and opened the door. I slowly got out without saying a single word to him. I straightened myself and finally looked at him and said, “thank you.” without a second to waste, I started to walk to my apartment.
“Tomorrow- dinner- 7.30opm- be ready” I heard him say to me. I turned around to look at him. He gave me his very well known one hand wave and rushed off in his drive. Me, I was still standing- frozen, shocked.

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