Yes, Miss Manoban

CHAPTER 04

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seoul, south korea

Joshua ran. Ran out of the JHS building like his life depended on it. He didn't think that CEO Jung's meeting would take hours but it did and now he's running late. And Seoul traffic's the worse at this hour.

"Taxi!" he called but someone had beaten him to it. He silently cursed and fished his phone from his suit's pocket.

5:30 pm

He still had a solid 30 minutes but the distance between Seoul and Gimpo would most likely take him around 20 minutes minus the traffic. He still has to pick up his things and change too so it'll be a miracle for him to arrive on time.

But nothing's impossible for Joshua Jeon. He can do anything as long as he sets his mind on it.

He went back into the building and looked around, searching for a certain colleague. His mouth formed a grin when Karlson Kim, from the Marketing Office, walked along the halls of JHS carrying his motorcycle helmet.

Desperate times calls for desperate measures.

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"Not a single scratch, Jeon," the guy yelled as he put the helmet on. "Not a single f*****g scratch, you hear me!"

He just gave the guy an "okay" sign and drove away with Karlson's motorcycle. He flew through alley after alley, then through the busy traffic at ease and managed to arrive at the airport with minutes to spare. Good thing Karl's motorcycle's top of the line so its speed exceeds that of a passenger car.

Parking the motorcycle at the basement area of a building a few blocks away from the airport, he made his way to the lockers and took a rectangular metal case from it. Then he changed from his formal suit to a much more comfortable pair of sweats and hoodie both in black. He also traded his leather shoes for a pair of Nikes and put on his black cap and black face mask.

After a quick look at his watch, he then marched out of the parking area and made his way towards the arrivals area of Gimpo Airport.

A group of reporters as well as fan sites like him all gathered behind a barricade.

"Her plane just landed!" a girl's voice from somewhere said that made him smile.

He took out his camera—equipped with the latest set of lenses perfect for long range shots, and waited for South Korea's sweetheart to grace them with her presence.

A few minutes passed and finally, Serena Lee—popularly known as SERENA, appeared. He started to take shots of the beautiful artist.

"SERENA! Saranghe!"

"Unnie! Saranghe!"

"Noona!"

Joshua clicked away. Shot after shot, he couldn't help but swoon at her contagious smile. Yes, that sounded a bit gay-ish but who cares? His heart can't help but somersault every time she turns to them—the fan sites, and smile. And whenever she waves at them, he can't help but feel giddy all over.

“I'd die for you, noona!”

He followed her as she went out of the airport, towards her black van. Before she entered the said vehicle, she turned towards him, pointed then waved. Even under immense shock, he continued taking pictures while waving back.

"Isn't that ‘Serena is Life’ master-nim?" he heard one fan said as Serena got inside the car and the fan cheers subsided. "Oh my gosh she recognized him! How lucky!"

"Well he deserves it, really. He's been with her since her debut days until now. He's like the master of all SERENA master-nims out there. Talk about dedication. I bet he's secretly her boyfriend or something..."

He couldn't help but smile behind his mask.

Boyfriend? He wished. But Serena was way beyond his league. She's like the best thing that has happened to Korea—well aside from the end of Korean War, but close. She's beautiful, talented and has the purest soul. He should know because, she's under JHS Entertainment.

His colleagues have no idea about his secret life. And he has no plans on revealing it anytime soon since they might think that the only reason he applied in JHS was to be closer to Serena.

At first, it was—being the stupid young fanboy, he indeed applied to JHS in the hopes of getting closer to her. Yes, it sounds a bit stalker-ish but he was young. And foolish. But yeah, he did apply to JHS and landed a job as one of the staff. He used to collect information about Serena for his own benefit but eventually enjoyed his job which he was very good at.

Apparently being a fan site does have its perks as it was kind of similar to what he does in the company. Only difference is that, his legit job was legal. The other one was... okay.

"Oh my God it's ROYAL!"

"Where?! Oppa!"

"They're here!"

Wait. What?! He has to hide!

As amazing as his disguise was, he wouldn't take any chances of getting caught. He gives much importance to his day-job as much as he loves his fan boying.

But the flock of fangirls running to his direction says otherwise.

"Oh shit."

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Astrid was pissed. Not only was her luggage lost but her brother—who's on his way to pick her up, was caught in traffic. How was she supposed to get a good rest after that painstakingly awful 15-hour flight?!

To add to her bad luck, he phone’s battery died.

"Oh, come on!" She yelled in her thick British accent at her phone.

She didn't notice her carry-on luggage rolled a few inches away. A loud thud followed by another thud caught her attention.

Joshua winced in pain as he sprawled on the floor. Due to panic, he wasn't able to notice the carry-on luggage bag in front of him which resulted to him trampling over. Even his camera case followed him on the floor.

"What the heck?" A female's voice yelled close to him as the luggage he's currently on top of, was yanked away. "What are you doing to my luggage?! Are you a thief?!"

His eyes grew wide in shock. He immediately stood up. "What? No!"

"Then how do you explain this? You basically tackled my bag!"

"I did not!" he argued back—grabbing his mask off. "Your bag was the one blocking the way!"

"That's not possible! You're clearly about to steal it right under my nose—"

Joshua acted on instinct. She grabbed the hysterical girl out of the way as a group of fangirls ran towards their direction.

He must've underestimated his strength as the girl clumsily collided with his body making him lose his balance.

One thing he was saving the girl from getting trampled on and the next thing he knows she's already on top on him with their lips on each other's.

What the hell did just happen?!

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