Bad X Bad: My Dear Hana - Chapter 23

He glances at the used ċȯndȯms on the floor. It seems like he has not been a complete fool. Though he is always careful, he has to be extra careful when it comes to this girl. If she manages to make him fall for her, he wouldn’t mind doing it traditionally. Otherwise, it will be a disaster.

He checks his phone. There are more than a hundred messages. Most of them are applications for the future position to be his girlfriend in case Eun Min Ah fails. There are some calls from his family members. His father wants him to go back home as soon as possible. His mother wants to know who Eun Min Ah is. His sister sent him memes. Some boys are calling him an idiot for doing something like this.

He taps on Ahn Hana’s name to see if she has seen the message or not.

[You have been blocked by this person.]

“…”

Fair enough. He deletes her number from his phone. He will do his best not to bother that lawyer again. Eun Min Ah opens her eyes. She smiles tenderly at him and hugs him from behind. “Good morning, honey.”

He recalls a memory that pins his heart sharply. “Good morning, Min Ah. Are you still serious about our agreement? You can back out anytime within this month.”

“I won’t back out.” She giggles. She won’t back out. Ever. She will make him fall for her. She will marry him after this month is over. She wants to have his children. That means she has to make the best of the full month. The holidays have started from today. How should she make him stay with her all the time?

“Sejin.” She decides to call him by his first name. “I only have a month, right?”

“Yes.”

“You see, our semester exams are over.” Eun Min Ah gently strokes his face. “To make you love me back, we must spend a lot of time with each other. Right?”

Do Sejin doesn’t agree with this. He has never been in love before. So, he isn’t the best judge whether she is right or not. So, he nods anyway.

“I am supposed to start the internship at the Theseus Firm from today.” She holds his hands together and brings it closer to her ċhėst. “I really want to go there. Can you come there with me? Professor Man told me many times that you are his first choice for the internship.”

“I don’t want to go.” There are two people whom he doesn’t want to see at any rate.

“I will quit then.” Eun Min Ah gives him a polite smile. “Spending time with you is more important to me.”

He sighs. Eun Min Ah is many things. She is obsessive. Sometimes, she is a plain idiot. For him, she will give up There is one thing that he agrees upon. Eun Min Ah, despite her personality, will become a good lawyer in the future. The Theseus Law Firm is one of the top firms in the country. They are the only one who would dare to challenge the prosecutor office for the 100th-day murder case. Whether they win or not, they will benefit from this. In the future, they will attract big cases.

The experience at the Theseus Law Firm will help her learn a lot. For Eun Min Ah, this is a golden opportunity. The interns might even get a job offer.

If things don’t work out between them, Eun Min Ah will lose both him and a chance to learn from the best lawyers. He is selfish, but not that selfish.

“If you really want me to come, I will come.”

“Yay!!!”

Though he doesn’t feel happy about this, he decides to go. He will have a chance to show Ahn Hana that he is happy without her.

***

“My name is Alex Park.” The boy bows formally to the people of the Theseus Law Firm. “Thanks a lot for giving me this opportunity. I am originally from Q city. My mother gave me an English name because she believes that I will make it big in the future…”

Jung Kwang-soo waves him to stop. “What is your interest?”

“I want to be a corporate lawyer.” Alex looks embarrassed for some reason. ”

“At our firm, we like asking for what we want directly.” Jung Kwang-soo looks at Ms. Bang. “Senior Bang, he is yours.”

Ms. Bang doesn’t like talking much. She gives him a nod. The boy is accepted.

“There are supposed to be one more girl,” Mr. Pyo says to Alex. “Did she quit already? She hasn’t even stepped in.”

“I don’t know, Sir. She might be late.” Alex is not Eun Min Ah’s friend. She belongs to the elite group.

“Two.” The office manager shows his two fingers. “Boss Jung, Professor Man called me half an hour ago because you were unreachable. One more boy has agreed to come.”

“Is it that hard to fill internship positions at our firm?” Jung Kwang-soo scratches his nose. “Hana, they should be jumping to for this chance. Is our firm not famous enough?”

“I asked Professor Man to only send the one who can survive at our firm.”

“I see.” Jung Kwang-soo looks at Alex doubtfully. Can this boy survive under Ms. Bang?

“I am sorry for being late.” The door is pushed open. A girl with wide starry eyes steps in. She is wearing a black pencil skirt and a white formal top. Instead of giving her an independent woman’s charm, it makes her look like a young girl who is wearing her elder sister’s clothes. Her hair is tied into a high ponytail. Her bangs are pointing upward. She must have been running.

“Come inside.” Jung Kwang-soo resists laughing. This girl should not have tried this hard to blend in. Eun Min Ah is more excited when she sees Ahn Hana, the idolized empress. She gives them a deep bow.

“My name is Eun Min Ah. I am 21 years old. I want senior Ahn to become my mentor.”

“I like you.” Jung Kwang-soo winks at Eun Min Ah. “Straightforward and shameless asking for what you want, we need more people like you in the world. You want to be a criminal lawyer?”

Eun Min Ah blushes in embarrassment. Why is this man talking like this? Her ideal lawyer is also there. “Yes.”

“Hana, what do you say?” Jung Kwang-soo asks Ahn Hana.

Ahn Hana eyes the girl. “I am too busy to mentor anyone.”

“That’s a shame.” Jung Kwang-soo looks apologetically at Eun Min Ah. “If you are interested, I can be your mentor.”

“But I…” Eun Min Ah glances at Ahn Hana sadly.

“Hana, you are more popular than me.”

“Is it my fault?”

“Yes.” Jung Kwang-soo turns to Eun Min Ah who is standing awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

“You see, Hana and I are working together on the 100th-day case. If you want to observe her and me, you should choose me as your mentor. If that is not acceptable for you, you can quit.”

Eun Min Ah sighs. Something is better than nothing. She wants to be close to her idol.

“Do you want to quit?”

“No.”