“No worries. My camera love shooting beautiful faces like her. She will absolutely look perfect under my magic hand.” William said confidently. He then turned to Shin Hye and explained the theme of the photo-shoot today. “The theme for the spring collection of Agatha is first love. I don’t need you to have any hard and challenging pose. You just need to be natural and look pure in front of the camera. I just need you to smile naturally and give us the feeling of first love.”
Shin Hye glanced at Min Ho before looking at William and smiled slightly. “I’ll try.” Before the shooting even started, her jaw already felt stiffed and numb. She wasn’t sure she could even smile later.
“Good. Let’s start now.” William said as he walked towards the photo-shooting backdrop.
Shin Hye took several deep breaths as her hands clenched tightly into tight fists. No matter how hard she tried to relax, she just couldn’t calm her nerves.
Min Ho noticed her nervousness as he inched closer and grasped her hand, caressing it soothingly. “You just need to be yourself and smile. You are not alone. I’ll be sitting at the side, supporting you.” He said with a warm smile.
She looked at him for a moment before she nodded.
“No! You don’t smile like that when you saw the person you love. Oh my god! What is wrong with you? You smile like a robot.” William shouted.
Shin Hye bit her lip and hid her hands behind her back, clenched tightly onto the skirt of her dress. The more he shouted at her, the more nervous she becomes. “I…” She held her tongue when she saw the sharp glare from William. She inhaled a deep breath, trying to make herself better but it just doesn’t work.
Min Ho exhaled sharply as he stood up of his chair and when he was about to walk towards William, Manager Jin held his arm, stopping him. “Don’t fight with him. He is very famous with his bad temper but his work is really great. And most importantly, Agatha already stated in the contract that they only want William to be the photographer for the photo-shoot. Agatha is already very angry at Yoona’s incident. We can’t piss them off anymore.”
“But I already told him that Shin Hye is not a professional model. How can he scream at her like that?” He paused at pointed at Shin Hye. “She is the bravest woman I have ever seen but look at her now. Because she wants to help me, she just stood there and let that arrogant jerk to shout at her.” It broke his heart seeing her so nervous and don’t know what to do in this unfamiliar place and job.
“I know but…”
Before Manager Jin could finish his sentence, Min Ho ignored him and walked straight towards William. But he managed to let out a sigh of relief when he saw his boss nodded politely at the photographer with a forced fake smile on his face.
“Can we have a short break? I need to have a moment with Park Shin Hye-sshi.” Min Ho said, trying to sound polite. He was actually gritting his teeth, holding himself from punching his face.
William let out an exaggerated sigh as he looked at Min Ho. “I think you are right. We really need a break before I have a heart attack.” He said as he turned around, throwing the camera to his assistant and walked towards the door.
Shin Hye who was still standing at the backdrop, bowed apologetically to whoever she saw. When she tilted her head up again, everyone in the studio was gone and Min Ho was already standing right in front of her. She pursed her lips and looked down. “I’m sorry. I really want to help but…”
“I love you…”
Shin Hye immediately looked up and was shocked with what she just heard. “Meo?”
Min Ho smirked a little as he moved closer, making her to stepped backward but stopped when her back hit against the wall. She gasped when he bent over and directed his words right against her lips. “I said I love you.”
Shin Hye blinked her eyes several times and looked at him in confusion. She tried to move away but she was caged in between his long arms. Her heart was beating extremely fast that felt like it might explode soon.
“Y-Yah… what are you doing? W-We are in the studio.” She stuttered as the wildly beating pulse contradicted her words.
Min Ho smiled slightly with his eyes looking deep into her eyes. His blood pounded through his veins when he felt her soft breath fanning against his chin. Her sweet addictive scent is driving him crazy.
She moved her hand up, pressing her palms against his hard chest, trying to have a small gap in between them. “W-What are you doing?”
He smiled again. “Do you remember the first time we met?” He asked. “We were also this close together when we were hiding in the storage room, right?”
Shin Hye gazed at him and the memory from seven years ago slowly replayed in her mind.
Dup-dup… dup-dup… dup-dup…
♩ ♪ ♫ ♩ ♪ ♫
It’s confusing, it’s confusing, it’s like I can see her heart but not
You keep going back and forth, stop shaking up my heart
It’s confusing, it’s confusing, it’s like I can see her heart but not
You keep going back and forth, stop shaking up my heart
♩ ♪ ♫ ♩ ♪ ♫
The same heartbeat, the same temperature, the same scents and the same feeling. Min Ho slowly took her hands away and moved forward, pressing his chest against hers. He could clearly feel their mix heartbeats vibrated against their chests. He stared intensely into her eyes before he spoke again.
“Can you feel it now? Do you remember now? The very same feeling I gave you on the first day we met seven years ago. Did I give you the feeling of first love?”
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Preview for next chapter…
Manager Jin: She looked stunning in the photo shoot. Agatha is very happy with the pictorial. They said she looked so much better than Yoona. They are willing to pay more if she agrees to extend the contract with them.
Min Ho: Shin Hye is just helping us for this time. She will not extend for the next season of their design. I won’t let my girlfriend to become a model again. Lesson learned.
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Min Ho: Yah, Jung Il Woo. Don’t touch her shoulders. Those are my personal assets now.
Il Woo: What? Personal assets? The last time I checked, both of you are still non-exclusive. It means I still stand a chance to fight for her.
Min Ho: Aishhh… if you dare to touch her, I’m going to kill you.
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Shin Hye: Lee Min Ho! Did you see the newspaper today? What is this?
Min Ho: I’m sorry. I didn’t know the medias would make a big fuss about this. I didn’t know they would release an article like this.
Shin Hye: Yoona is not going to forgive me. She will think that I’m trying to steal everything away from her.
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Yoona: Are you happy now? Everything that used to be mine is now all yours. My boyfriend, my friends and even my career.
Shin Hye: Yoona, it’s not like that.
Yoona: Not like that? Then what? It was my fault for helping you seven years ago. I shouldn’t have brought you back here and let you take everything away from me now. You are a scheming bitch!
Il Woo: Shut up! Don’t always act like you are the innocent one. You are the one who ruined everything yourself. Have you forgotten what you did in the past? You thought you were pregnant and Shin Hye helped you. When you were really pregnant, you purposely fell down of the stairs because you don’t want the baby and blamed Shin Hye tripped you over. You used her guilt to help you when you were in trouble. You even begged us not to tell Min Ho and we still keep it away from him until now. You promised that you will change but what you did? You came back and addicted to d…”
Shin Hye: Il Woo, stop.
Yoona: Stop pretending in front of everyone and acts like a good person.
Min Ho: What happened?
Shin Hye: I’m okay.
Min Ho: Leave…
Yoona: What?
Min Ho: I said leave! Amitié no longer welcome you anymore.
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Hello everyone… I’m back again with a new update… first of all, I would like to apologize for MIA without any notice… I was kinda busy with my new job and have to rush everything before I go for a holiday with my family… I just came back from Hong Kong today… so sorry for the long wait and the late reply… this chap will be a long chap to compensate for the long wait…hehehe… :P
Anyway, how you think about this chap? Draggy? Boring? Sorry if it’s not good because it was written in rush since I just came back today… please bear with it first and I’ll try to write better in next chap… :) Thank you so much for still being here with me and continue to support my ffs… I’m grateful to have so many good friends in AFF… I’ll try my best to update soon and not to make all of you wait too long… leave your comments and I’ll reply to you asap… see you guys in the comment section later…XOXO
PS:
The Temperature of Love got featured 4 days ago and it was my second ff that got featured… I was surprised and thank u so much for all the unconditional love and support… I’ll work harder in the future to repay all of u… thank u… ^.^
For those who are waiting for TSFOL, I’m sorry that I skipped it and updated TBT first… TBT was planned much earlier than TSFOL and the storyline was already inside my mind… it’s easier for me to write in rush compared to TSFOL… but I promise to update soon… sorry… :P
Song inserted in this chap: Confusing by Jubi and Yi Jeong. (credit to owner)