After Soo hyun turned on the flashlight on Min ju's phone, he tried holding her up and so she could support herself. She looked around and saw that the room was a little bright but she still felt uneasy and was still unstable.
"Try breathing slowly" Soo hyun said to her as she was still having problems with her breathing. She stopped crying after some time and became stable, but she still didn't let go of his hand
"Let's try to find our way out of here first" he said as he picked up the things she had dropped. He stood up and searched to see if there was something he had left behind, after confirming that he took everything, he led the way through the building trying to find the exit while she still held on to his hand. After about fifteen minutes they finally made it to the exit of the building and just as they were about leave the building, the power came back on. Min ju looked up as the lights came back on. Her eyes met Soo hyun's gaze. His eyes looked like he had a lot of questions. He looked at her with surprise, worry and concern written all over his face.
"Am so sorry about that Mr President" the manager's voice brought them back to their senses. They let go of each other's hands immediately they spotted him coming towards them.
"What happened?, why did the power go out so suddenly?, Is everything ok?" Soo hyun was obviously unpleased with what had just happened.
"Am really sorry Mr President, but it is being fixed at the moment so you don't have to worry. Once again am really sorry sir, are you two ok?" The manager asked looking at Min ju
"Yes, we are ok. We will be taking our leave now"
"Ok Mr President "
"Here" Soo hyun said as he returned her purse
"Thank you" she said bowing
"Get in, Let me take you home, we are going the same way"
"Ok"
As he drove, Soo hyun kept glancing at Min ju with obvious concern. He wanted to ask what had happened to her but he didn't want to re awaken what ever happened to her in there. Instead he asked if she was ok.
"Ms Park Min ju are you ok?"
"Yes Mr President, I am, thank you. Am sorry about what happened ear-"
"You don't have to apologize, let's just forget it happened. Deal?"
"Deal" Min ju said with a relieved smile on her face
"What, you look relieved, why?"
"I was scared that what happened earlier might make you angry becau-"
"Like I said, no need to apologize, and am not angry either"
"Thank you Mr President"
"Sure"
"Good night Mr President" Min ju said as she got off the car after they had reached the bus stop closest to her home.
"Yeah, good night" Soo hyun replied.
As he drove away, Soo hyun thought back to what had happened, many questions raced through his mind. What happened to her?, Could it be she is scared of the dark?, but why?. Many questions like that raced through his mind as he drove home, but he decided to forget about it since he promised to do so.
Min ju on the other hand was just thankful that the president didn't ask her any questions about what had happened. After getting home she took a shower and stayed in the bathroom with the shower on. As the warm weather poured on her, she kept remembering what had happened to her. It seemed like she hadn't yet recovered from it. As she came out of her bathroom, she saw a text message from hae in, her best friend since college. She replied to the text after slipping into her night dress.
"How was it?, were you able to see the designs?"
"Yes I was"
"That's a relief, so you would be able to draft up the plan before Friday right?"
"Yes, if I work hard enough"
"Good, you have to try your best, you can't lose this job like you lost the other one. You might not be so lucky to get another job as fast as you got this one, Ok?"
"Yes, I will be careful this time"
Min ju had been working as a junior Marketing coordinator in another company, but she quit her job because her supervisor had stolen her idea and made it his. She complained to the team leader but she couldn't care less about Min ju's complain. She got so angry that she decided to quit then and there. So she was going to put in all her effort in making sure she gets to keep her job at Hankang group.
"Hae in, there is a little problem though,"
"What is it this time. Don't tell me you made another mistake. You are lucky you still have this job after that coffee incident, you were really lucky he didn't get burnt"
"Actually, he did get burnt, and pretty badly too, but it's recovering"
"How do you know he got burnt?, I thought you said he left immediately so you didn't get a chance to check?"
"I accidentally walked into his office, while he was getting dressed. That's how I saw the burn"
"You did what? "
"It was a mistake, anyways that's not the problem. I had an 'episode' when I went to check the designs and I was with the President"
"What? Hey are you okay?"
"Yes I am, the president helped calmed me down, I was really scared that he would be offended, or at least ask for an explanation, but he didn't say anything. "
"Don't worry about that, but hope you are ok?, do you want me to come over?"
"No, don't worry about me, am fine now"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes"
"Ok then, good night. And take care, don't stress your self this night alright?. "Yes ma'am " she replied jokingly as she dropped her phone.
As she slept, Min ju kept tossing and turning on her bed. She was having a nightmare. In the nightmare, she was locked up in a dark place that looked like a basement with her hair messy and wet with milk. She was wearing a school uniform, and she sat on the floor under a table with bruises on her face. she seemed like she was hiding from something or someone with, Just then someone walked into the place where she was hiding and raised the cloth that had been covering the whole table. She woke up from the dream startled and drenched with sweat. She came to her senses and drank the bottle of water she always keeps at her bed side table, Incase of situations like this. She tried to get back to sleep after she had calmed down to no avail, she had to take sleeping pills before she was finally able to get back to sleep.