2 Are You A Stump

Arya had a quick shower to sober herself up since she drank early. She was still hesitant to do what Rita wanted. However, Rita already began to help her. That only means she was serious with her plan.

Arya exhaled loudly. She will need time for everything, to find a proper work and earn. She was not also sure if she can earn enough though for a starter. But with Rita's help almost everything has been settled. Money does make the world go round and that's the ugly reality.

At first, she tried to barrow money from the bank but she had been rejected since she had no work yet. She struggled hard on her last weeks at school just to graduate. She tried the loan shark, but those people looked at her with lust and implicating something in return.

She was brushing her teeth and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She came from a well to do family. She had the beauty and the brain. She knew she was gorgeous and blessed with a great body. However, there's so many like her nowadays.

But Kay insisted that she was the perfect one for this task probably because she had a weak point right now not to turn them down. She had known Kay for almost a year now. He was well known at the entertainment industry, a third gender who managed big shots.

She first met him during their campus beauty pageant where she represented their department. Kay was one of the judges and from then on he has been convincing her to try the entertainment industry under his management. She refused because she wanted to prioritize her study.

They became good friends from then on – Kay was enjoying her company because she was an open person, the 'what you see is what you get' type he said. He liked her straightforwardness.

But she really can't help to think otherwise - that she will not succeed with Ryu. She had seen from the news how frightening Ryu Ken can be. All that had tried to put him down both in business and personally just crumbled in a snap. Even a well known actress was humiliated in public because of one question that Ryu slammed to a reporter.

"Ryu, is it true that you and Liza was already engaged?" the reporter asked and Ryu just frowned and said, "Do I have to answer that nonsense?"

That went trending for a month and several reports said that Liza was the only one throwing herself to the business tycoon. In that instant, Liza's career crashed.

It seems hard to fool his kind. Arya sighed deeply. She had one week to get his attention and be near him at this country.

Arya prepared herself to sleep when she received a call from Kay that Ryu was inside the hotel bar right now. So she hurriedly fixed herself up and went there.

She did not even bother to look around inside but directly ordered a cocktail drink to the bartender. She needs more drink. Kay just told her to be herself and always stayed at sight where Ryu will often see her then they will handle the rest. Although confused, she just followed.

She wore a stylish outfit which was above the knee in length to show her beautiful long legs. It's a long sleeve off shoulder style that fit in her sexy curves perfectly.

A man on his forties suddenly approached her, he was speaking Japanese. She doesn't understand him so she answered in English. Yet, he touched her arm and was trying to yank her.

Arya panicked and pulled her arm. "Hey, what's wrong with you? Can't you understand English at all? I said I don't know you. How dare you touch me?" she shouted and looked at the bartender and said, "Can you please call security? I'm being harassed in here!"

The man was drunk and still talking with his language. He seemed to be cursing and was shouting at her. He moved closer and was about to hit her when a lean body blocked her front. The hit landed on the man's back instead.

Arya tilted her head up to see the dark cold face of Ryu. She heard him spoke, "Are you a stump waiting to just get hit? Don't you know the simple dodging?"

Arya was taken aback and all she can say was the word, "thank you."

By that time security had entered the bar. She saw Ryu talked to the security team while Arya just watched. She can still smell his masculine scent on her nose.

'What the hell Arya! What scent are you talking about he was three meters away from you now!' she scolded herself for having nonsense thought.

Then she felt something was placed on her shoulders.

"They wanted to get your statement." Ryu said and Arya just nodded as she looked at Ryu who covered her bare shoulders with his coat while he held her shoulders as they walked towards the security.

'Maybe he was not that terrible.' Arya thought as she was feeling delighted with Ryu's gesture as a gentleman.