"Oh!" Suddenly Shin Young stopped on her track. Sam almost bumped into her.
"Officer!"
Sam looked up and saw the Officer Kang standing in front of them and quickly bowed.
"Oh, hi!" Officer Kang smiled, bowing back.
Sam would have walked away if Shin Young wanted to move, but the girl seemed to be rooted to the ground, looking at Officer Kang.
"I'm Shin Young, Sam's friend," Shin Young went all the way in front of the man to introduced herself. Sam could only watched in amazement. The girl doesn't even bother to hide her feelings- just like Ari.
"I'm Kang Jeong Woo, nice to meet you," the man smiled at Shin Young then looked back at her, "Thank you for coming down to the office, to give your work details Miss Samantha." He said glancing at her over Shin Young's head..
"You're welcome," She smiled a little, "I guess it's my responsibility." She's still waiting for Shin Young to come back so that they could move on, and buy their grocery, but she was still staring up dreamily at Officer Kang.
The man looked down at Shin Young and bowed a little, maybe becoming a little uncomfortable being stared like that.
Shin Young then realized that she'd been staring, she smiled again, this time a little embarrassed.
She walked back to Sam- her cheeks pink with embarrassment. Sam smiled a little then she bowed at Officer Kang before she pushed her trolley continuing with their weekly grocery buy. Shin Young mumbled behind her, "I'm so embarrassed..He must think I'm a freak..!"
Sam smiled, "Don't worry too much about it.."
"But he's such a good looking man...!"
Sam smiled- pushing the trolley. Good looking? Only one good looking man in her mind right now. She had no time noticing other men.
What in world is wrong with her???!!
As the two girls walked away, he really had to restrain himself from calling out her name.
He still remembered, the first time he saw her- holding up the traffic at one of the junction at Imun Dong, so that her friends and an old woman could safely walk to the other side. She might not see him through his darkened window but she had looked at him that day- and he felt his heart stopped.
He could not stop staring at her, even after she'd walked away to the other side of the road, he was still staring- and it was only when other cars were honking behind him that he had no choice but to drive on. When he managed to take a U-turn, she was already no where to be seen. He even drove for hours around Seoul that fine Saturday, but to no avail. He went to that very street the day after, then on the Monday and Tuesday, every late afternoon, after work.
He just refused to believe that he might not see her again. Imagine his surprise when three days after, his assistant came in with some documents and when he looked at them, he saw her staring right back at him.
Samantha Gilbert. And his heart stopped. He guessed that it might be fate. Fate brought her back to him. From then onwards, he'd been planning everything. He asked her to send in her work details after she found her part time job, as if it's a necessity when it's only an excuse for him to see her again and perhaps get to know her a little bit more. .
He purposefully drove around her block, every day after work. It was strange- he felt like a stalker, but he just knew that he has fallen for the girl and he could not stop himself.
Then, a week later, he went on a meeting, only to come back, knowing that Sam had came to send in her work details. He was so frustrated because he had really wanted to see her, he almost slammed the door behind his gaping assistant.
So, he took his chances. He drove to her block today, as it's Sunday, he have all the time in the world to wait for her- which she did, she came out with her friend, the Korean girl.
To his luck, Sam and her friend went shopping. Now, he knew where they shop, this will be the place he'd do his grocery buy from now on.
He'd been planning to casually treat the girls to lunch but when he saw that the other girl seemed to take more interest in him, he changed his mind. He didn't think that it'd be wise for him to try to woe her when her friend is openly admiring him.
The girl on his mind, on the other hand seemed not to be interested much in him. Her smile and her expression had only been that of a casual acquaintance. But he's not going to let that deter him. It's not everyday that he met a girl who could make his heart tingle and jumped to life, like this.
It had been so long, but he think he's in love again.
Sam just dully went to her room, to reflect on her fate. It had been almost two weeks- and still, the man, the superstar, Kim Hyun Joong is wrecking havoc with her emotions. Star-struck? Well, she isn't so sure anymore now.
Fortunately, she'd be starting work tomorrow. Hopefully that would take her mind off him. She's really praying that it would because it's beginning to have a toll on her. Not being able to sleep without thinking about him- she felt 'unhealthy'.
So, he'd be meeting her tomorrow. Just thinking about it is making him so excited he couldn't stop smiling. He'd hired a PI to keep tabs on her. As soon as he was informed that she'd taken a tutoring job, he started planning his next move. He'd went to the Learning Centre, in the pretense of hiring a private tutor, he purposefully said, he wanted a foreign tutor.
In just a month he'd have to be in Japan again. And these past two weeks, he and the boys had been busy with the final touch on their group's latest album. He was so stressed thinking about how she's doing and he missed her so much it hurts.
He missed a girl, he didn't even know about that much, who probably didn't feel the same for him as he felt for her. But he could not think past the fact that their eyes had meet and the whole world stopped.
The recording had been wrapped up- the boys had suggested they go celebrate at a club, which he declined, for the first time ever in all the 6 years they'd been together.
"Hyung!" Kyu Jong was open mouthed, " come on! We'd been working like crazy!"
"I said, I won't be coming with you..I didn't say that you can't go on your own.." he replied.
"Hyung," Hyung Jun looked at him suspiciously, "what's going on? You're not telling us something."
"Go," he said cooly, "I'm just tired. I will be going to Japan again soon. I need all my rest, go, I'll pay."
So, although the boys were still suspicious, they didn't pursue the question. At least not for now especially when he's paying.
And here he is now, in his room, looking at some snapshots of her and the details the PI had got about her.
Samantha Gilbert. The girl who had stolen his heart- right before his very eyes.
Tomorrow will be the start of a new life for him. He's done trying to make reasons for his feelings and emotions where she's concerned.
That fateful Sunday, three weeks ago, his heart had met it's match. No use of denying it anymore.
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