02. A Handsome Man

Aera sees a pandora's box is open. The box emitted a very bright light that dazzled Aera's eyes. Curiosity makes her take a closer look.

Her feet moved slowly. Step by step Aera steadily drew closer to the box.

Aera feels the aura emitted by the box is so strong that it caught her attention. Feeling like thirst in the middle of the desert, she is made to get excited because the closer her feet get, the more the box gets farther away. Curiosity kept poisoning her mind to keep chasing and grabbing it until she got it.

Until a few steps later. Aera began to feel tired and ended up giving up on pursuing. She let Pandora's box go away. No matter how hard Aera tried to catch up, the box still wasn't within her reach.

Exactly five seconds later. After Aera gave up, the box casually slowly approached her.

At that moment, a strange object appeared that was vaguely visible. Aera's hand spontaneously reached out to grab the unfamiliar object.

Before she could touch the object, a voice suddenly disturbed her hearing. But Aera chose to ignore the sound. "Stay focused and grab that thing, Aera." She convinced herself.

"Are you awake?" Deep's voice that is so melodious awakened Aera. Her eyes opened slowly. Her head was heavy and very dizzy.

Aera is still trying to gather all of her consciousness. Her hand holding her forehead, which was wrinkled because of the dizziness that hit her.

A handsome man was seen leaning on the table next to the bed. Long legs and broad chest, really perfect body proportions. Just look at his sharp jaw that is so charming, scary, and seductive.

"Oh no, is it time for me to meet the grim reaper?" asked Aera in her heart.

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"Are you awake now?" The man's voice brings Aera back to her senses. It makes Aera sure that she is still alive. So this man is not an angel, but a human-like herself?

"What happened? Why am I here?" she paused as she looked up, her eyes squinting at the man before her.

"My clothes… where are my clothes? Who put these clothes on me?"

Aera panicked, suddenly raised her hands to cover her chest.

On the other hand, Aera actually quite liked the clothes she is wearing. The light yellow dress is decorated with small beads at the intersection of the sleeves and chest, making her look cute.

Very comfortable to wear. But she is too shy because in her life she has never worn a dress as beautiful as this.

"You have an accident, it is terrible." Hyungtae tried to look as serious as possible.

You want a response like that especially from Aera, of course, she is very surprised. Her eyeballs bulged almost jumping out of place.

Hyungtae tried his best to hold back his laughter. His face is made to look cool like Kim Hyungtae's trademark.

"Regarding clothes, you can take it easy. Aunt Lee is the assistant in this house, who helps change your clothes. Although, you may expect me to change them." Hyungtae explained with high self-confidence overcoming the Burj Khalifa tower's height. Making Aera really want to hit Hyungtae's stomach as hard as possible.

"Your leg hurts." pauses Hyungtae.

"Ah, no-no. Your legs are paralyzed. What are you going to do now?" he asked so seriously, it seemed he had to join the drama casting selection after this.

Hearing Hyungtae's statement, Aera spontaneously opened the blanket that covered her whole body,

Her sanity is being tested now. Her trembling lips tried to reply to Hyungtae's words.

...…..

"HHH-how is that possible? la… la last night I still can run around the city... huhuhu (she's sobbing).

With trembling hands, she helped her legs move. Fearfully she ventured to check the condition of her beloved legs.

And... MOVE...

Hey, my legs can be moved...

Aera stood on the white bed she had been sleeping on earlier. Jump right, jump left, and spin. She happily moved her body. Until she forgot that in front of her there is a man watching her excitement.

A moment...

Aera does not feel pain in her legs or other parts of her body. She should be completely relieved by now because her organs were complete without feeling the slightest pain.

"SO, YOU FOOLED ME RIGHT!!" Aera's screams are deafening, very loud. Looks like it might wake the neighbor's baby who is fast asleep.

Hyungtae wanted to act again, but he cannot help to laugh at this girl's reaction.

"You liar!!" Aera shouted annoyed.

"What? You still dare to laugh after putting other people on the verge of collapse?"

The pillow flew to punch Hyungtae's handsome face who don't have a chance to dodge.

Sometimes he jokes about things that are not funny like this. For the sake of banana milk which is being discounted at the convenience store, Aera really hates this man.

"Hey hey, calm down first. Don't be angry like that" Hyungtae's voice sounded heavy and stuttering.

"Come here, you want to tease me standing on the bed constantly?".

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Slowly she sits back down. She subconsciously obeyed the words of the man in front of her, even though the original intention was to kill his pretentious handsome face, why she easily obey his words.

"Now you have to apologize to me" it is Hyungtae's voice.

"Huh, are you crazy? Why should I apologize after everything that happened to me" Aera's lips pouted while rolling her eyes in another direction. It was so furious. After cheating, he doesn't even know himself to ask Aera to apologize.

'Damn, why is she so cute' said Hyungtae in his heart.

"Okay, then who's going to be responsible for how shocked I was last night? Right now, my heart can be in a bad state."

Aera cannot believe what she just heard, is she the victim here?

"Why are you in the middle of the road last night? You must be doing it on purpose to get a guy like me to be fooled by your plans."

Oh my God, what's this, what kind of man is he, then why would I do such a stupid thing.

Huff, really tiring. Dealing with strange people seemed to really test sanity.

"It's up to you sir. If you want me to ask sorry to you... okay, I'll apologize. Now I want to go home" She surrendered while looking for where the door to this room was.

"You can't. You can't just leave after all this incident" Hyungtae held his hands folded in front of his chest with an arrogant expression.

"Geez sir, why are you so complicated. I don't know where I went wrong. You asked me to apologize, then I say sorry. Even now, I want to go, I still can't? " believe me Aera said it without the slightest pause, now her head is spinning again because of ridiculous words from the man in front of her.

'Fine, I take back the compliments I once give in my heart that he is very handsome. No, a little handsome. And good body proportions. I withdraw everything because everything has been covered by his strange attitude.

"I have to get out of here right away, or I'm going to be really crazy after this"

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Hyungtae is silent, and he just left like that, leaving Aera alone in the room.

'See, why am I the one left behind? I should be the one leaving here coolly right?'

Never mind, Aera doesn't want to struggle with her own thoughts anymore. Thankfully she survived and don't get into an accident as the man said earlier.

Aera's eyes looked around the room, not realizing that she had been in a very luxurious room.

The room is dominated by white and silver, making this room look elegant but comfortable at the same time.

Large cupboards are neatly lined up that don't know anything in it, the roof of the room is white with a big lamp in the middle and several small lights as a sweetener around it. And again, the floor where Aera stepped on was made of silver marble, making the room look minimalist and expensive.

There is a door with a very large urn that is light green in color, sparkling, and looking very classy. Surely Aera's salary for a year is not enough to buy the jar.

Aera is surprised by the hobbies of rich people, why they had to buy expensive things that will only end up being ornaments. It makes Aera's poor soul struggle.

There is one more thing that caught Aera's attention. Namely an abstract painting dominated by blue and yellow. It fits perfectly with the owner's equally abstract personality. There are some small inscriptions in the lower right corner of the painting, but they have faded a little. Surely the age of this painting is very old beyond its age.

Aera's hand reached out to touch the painting. Suddenly, a middle-aged man's voice startled Aera, making her hands stop moving.

"Miss, Mr. Kim Hyungtae said you haven't had breakfast yet. Please, let me take you to the dining room."

It is the voice of Mr. Park, the chief servant of this big house.

"Oh, yes, thank you," replied Aera politely.

Then Aera followed Mr. Park from behind.

…..

'So the man's name is Kim Hyungtae, in terms of name it's pretty good. But his stupid nature still can't be helped.

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This is not a joke. Why does this house have so many rooms? Are there no cases of people getting lost in this big house? Actually, it looks more like a palace than a house. That's right, a modern palace. Because the style and all the furniture here is very modern and classy. For some reason, it made Aera feel small for a long time in this house.

"Why are you dumbfounded? Sit down quickly. It's forbidden to imagine things like that here." Hyungtae, who had been waiting for Aera to sit down, is wondering what he is waiting for instead.

"I'm surprised, don't suddenly sound like that Kim. What am I imagining? Keep your thoughts to yourself, don't accuse nonsense." talk so arrogantly but just obey when he told her to sit down.

"What else do you have in mind, surely a handsome man like me is running around in your little brain."

Hyungtae teased her again, it feels so good to play with this girl. The more annoyed Aera is, the funnier in Hyungtae's eyes.

"Tak"

"Ouch, what are you doing?"