House of Balloons | LJS & SJH
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Alice shot the male a glance that almost warned him to stop complimenting her, but she didn’t have it in her to look any bit serious about it. Instead, she just smiled, trying to hide it and failing. Compliments on her looks always made her feel awkward when she managed to receive them seriously. Usually they were only ever from her best friend or the guys at work who jokingly hit on her. But now when they were coming from this stranger in a seemingly serious way, she didn’t know how to really react.
Upon reaching a table that Jongsuk led them to, Alice took a seat and smiled at the other as he said her name to get her attention and start a conversation. The corners of her lips turned up even more at hearing how the pronunciation of her name didn’t come naturally to him. It was an expected thing from those who didn’t have a background in english speaking considering english names weren’t that common in Korea.
“To be completely honest, I don’t think I really deserve any kind of role in all of this.” She said, following his gaze to the stage where she was expected to stand later on when the ceremony would start. Her smile then faltered momentarily as she thought of the reason why this gala was even happening. Thoughts of the horrible disaster that happened at Lotte World a few weeks ago plagued her mind almost daily and a feeling of guilt had always tugged at her heart whenever she thought of it.
“I’m only a data analyst, to be honest. I tend to sit in front of a computer in the safety of the ops center.” Alice purposely left out the part about how she had basically panicked and acted like a coward during the Lotte World explosion, unable to help innocent bystanders and even her best friend from getting injured. “What about yourself? How did you manage to get invited to this silly event?”










