Her Other Man

“How is my baby girl?”Johann asked Janine with the widest smile he could give. That certain kind of smile that even though you’re not in the best mood of the day, you will be. You have no choice but to be.Janine smiled back as she fixed her earphones and positioned her iPad in a better angle. Yes. Johann is not in Korea. He’s abroad to finish his Master’s Degree in Architecture. He was there for a year and he is expected to come back home after another year.It was hard – being in a long-distance relationship but Janine and Johann are doing everything to make it work. It’s pure hard work but every simple sacrifice is worth it.Maybe Absence really makes the heart grow fonder. And that’s why even with each passing day that they are away from each other, their heart and love for each other is not wavered. They are sure about it.“I’m good.” Janine replied. “I j

Janine was muttering a series of curses under her breath as she stepped out of the police station. How could this happen to her? How dare they accuse her of jaywalking?The Police Station is not Janine Kwon’s style. Meh.“Tss. So much for the first day of work.” She heard Porter Kim mutter behind her. She glanced at him and glared.Too much talk for someone who almost killed her, right?He doesn’t have the right to talk like that! He almost killed Janine.Janine looked away and shook her head as she walked on, leaving this reckless driver behind. She better not see his face ever again. Or all hell will break loose.She walked fast to grab a cab and hurry to the office because she just remembered that today is the day that the new boss, new supervisor, would come to work.She shut her eyes in utter annoyance. If the new boss reprimands her, there’s no one to blame but that Porter Kim, who led her to the po

“Do you understand, Ms. Kwon?”Mr. Han, the disciplinary officer in the company, asked Janine.Janine nodded, half-heartedly. She still doesn’t get why she has to write a real Letter of Apology when in fact, she’s the victim here. How could someone, let alone a supervisor, aim to do that? She’s not his secretary for crying out loud.Mr. Han sighed as he kept the Letter of Apology that Janine made. The first one made L mad so, he reported it to the disciplinary council – to Janine’s displeasure, of course.“Okay,” he told her. “You may go now.” Then he continued to examine some papers.Janine sighed and bowed before him before leaving his office.As she came out of the door, she already saw Porter smirking on her. She immediately felt the urge to kick him in the balls. He’s so despicable! How could he be this evil?“Went well?” Porter asked her. His voi

“How was work?” Kellan asked Porter as all seven of them huddled in their living room while watching the Asian Games.Porter shrugged. “Same old stuffs. Boring.” He replied nonchalantly while his eyes are still on the television. To be honest, his work as a supervisor is routinely. He would check on the stocks of the previous deals and make a report about it. After that, he’ll just have to ask his secretary about his agenda for the day and then poof! He’s done.This kind of work never really kept Porter interested.Hunter snickered. “Well, we don’t really know what interests you, Porter.” He told him. “You don’t like girls. You don’t like work. You don’t like anything at all.” He finished making the other members laugh at him.Porter glared at Hunter and sighed to himself as he continued to watch on the screen.Well, Hunter’s words are true. Porter doesn&rsquo

“What are you doing today, baby love?”Johann was all smiles at Janine as they skyped this early Saturday. They had not talked the night before because Janine got home late due to the shortage of cabs last night.Her shopping with Porter ended at 8PM and she waited until 10PM for a cab because, apparently, there were a lot of people waiting for a cab. For a second, she regretted not asking Porter to drive her home. But on second thought, why would she? More time with L would mean more time to get pissed. Hence, more time to get herself into bad mood.So she waited until 10PM and missed Skype with Johann.Janine chewed on the brownie that her roommate, Henney, baked before leaving for her own Team Building with her department.“Nothing much,” she replied while munching the brownies down. “Maybe I’ll just sleep it off all day to catch up on my sleep-deprived nights.” She grinned.Johann frowned at her.