Paul frowned at Katherine, was she really still mad? He wasn't even aware of what ticked her so much. All he said was the truth was it not? Sighing he walked away, he really needed that coffee, it seems he would have to drink it on his own today.

He walked back to his office on the last floor, he waved at his secretary as he passed by and opened the door.

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"Mom?"

"How are you son?" She smiled sweetly at him.

"Mom what are you doing here?" Paul asked his mother as he walked in and shut the door.

"No how do you do? Hmm... what manners is that woman teaching you?" She harrumphed.

Paul sighed fighting the urge to roll his eyes, he sat opposite her and asked his secretary to bring up coffee for both of them.

"Can you please not bring up Katherine right now?" Paul humphed.

His mother pouted, "fine. Besides I've come with a marriage proposal for you." She smiled.

Paul brows furrowed, true he did agree to give his mother power over his marriage but after what happened with the last woman he didn't expect another proposal so soon.

"She's just returned from studying abroad." His mother gushed, showing him a picture on her phone.

Paul pursed his lips and took the phone from his mother, "she's pretty isn't she? You two will make such a visual couple!" She said.

Paul examined the picture, she was pretty and she had a hot figure as well. While his mother was seeing white gowns and hearing wedding bells, Paul was imagining how quickly he could seduce her and have her lying splayed on his bed.

"She's pretty." He nodded. "How old is she?" He asked.

"23. She's the only daughter of Choi cosmetics. Choi Yuri." His mother informed him.

"Hmm... when is the meeting?" He asked.

"On thursday." His mother smiled. "It's good for you too to also finalize a wedding date, don't you think?"

"A wedding date? Mom, we have not even met. And you're talking about a wedding?"

"Yes, it's time to get married, don't be left behind. Look even Jason has been busy. He's now the chairman of KE holdings, and he's already engaged to the Lee family. That kind of alliance is even scary to the rest of the cheabol families, you also need to strengthen your stand in this country." His mother scolded him.

"Why are you bringing Jason into this when you don't know anything?" Paul frowned.

"What? Am I wrong? I'm just saying it won't hurt to be like him once in a while..." she trailed off.

"Mom! Whose your son, Paul or Jaosn?" He asked.

"Paul." She answered quietly.

"Whose is your favourite, Paul or Jason?" He asked again.

"Paul."

"Good, now I've agreed to meet this woman haven't I?" She nodded.

"That's good enough for now" she said. "I'll leave you to continue working hmm... work hard and make your mother proud." She said standing up. Before she opened the door Paul stopped her.

"Mom, I've agree to go on this meeting so promise me you'll live Katherine alone." He said.

His mother turned around to glare at him. "Is that why you agreed to meet this girl? To protect that whore?" His mother spat.

"Mom" Paul warned.

"Why do you always have to bring her into everything? Yet you'll claim there's nothing going on between the both of you." His mother frowned.

"There's nothing going on between us." He stated vehemently. "That's why I don't understand why you always go out of your way to make her feel bad."

"Fine, if you marry Yuri I'll be sure that there's nothing going on because the both of you." His mother said.

"You can't deceive me into married mother. I've given my condition, if you don't accept you can simply call off the entire thing." Paul replied.

His mother scoffed, staring at her son in disbelief. "Are you threatening me?"

"You cannot blame me mother, you pushed my hand. You went too far the last time." Paul said bluntly.

"I went to far? Did you not see how she spoke to me?!" His mother yelled.

"Alright, alright. You both went to far, but you started it. Please don't fight with me on this, trust your son." Paul walked to the door to appease his mother.

"I trust you, I just don't trust that woman. I'm not giving an assurances, I'll watch her and decide for myself." She said.

Paul nodded, that's the best he would get right now. And he was going to take it. Giving his mother a light kiss on her cheek he walked her out.

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Jessie stood outside the airplane trying to calm her emotions. Sometime during her earlier outburst she had begun to cry and that on it's own pissed her off. She had cried so much lately that she was beginning to feel like some helpless damsel, waiting for her prince charming. Nothing irritated her more than women that acted helpless and dependent. But as much as she wiped her tears they just kept falling. She hated it!

"Jessie?" Jason called out her name as he walked to her.

She turned her back to him and struggled to stop her leaking eyes. "Don't come here, I don't want you to see me cry." She said.

"Jessie I've seen you cry a lot of times, why is this different?" He asked softly.

"I don't know, it just is!" She snapped.

And Jason nodded, walking to her he shut his eyes and hugged her from behind.

"What are you doing?" Jessie's asked as she struggled to get out of his grip.

"Calm down, my eyes are closed, I can't see you." Jessie looked up at his face and true to his words his eyes were closed. "Just let me hold you okay?" He said. "Cry all you want, I won't look."

Jessie frowned and wiped her eyes, pushing him off her she turned fo face him. "Why are you here? Why couldn't you just let me go? Did Patricia threaten to leave you if you did?" She asked her voice lined with so much venom.

Jason blinked at her, and frowned. "I know you don't believe that Jessie, you're just angry." He replied.

"I don't know what I believe anymore Jason. Apparently my life is now some game that anyone could play with so at this point anything sounds plausible." She said, her eyes widening in anger.

Jason stepped forward and she moved back holding her hand out to stop him from walking further. Jason furrowed his brow and his lip upturned in annoyance.

"Don't dare come close to me." She said. "Why are you even here? Where is my father?"

Jason looked at her with such an intensity that she thought her legs would give way, and he grinned. She frowned, what was he thinking now?

"You're a smart girl, surely you can sense what's going on." Jason said.

She thought about it, her father was still in the plane and he was down here. "No way" she shook her head with a small laugh. When she looked at Jason's grin she huffed.

"He's letting me stay?" She asked in disbelief.

"No, he's letting you come with me. Note the difference." He stated bluntly.

Jessie eyes narrowed into slits. "Why would I come with you?"

Jason looked surprised at her statement. "Where else would you go?"

"You really think you're so indispensable to me right?" She scoffed.

"Why are you saying this things, I know you know that nothing about Patricia or me keeping you captive is true then why?" He asked.

"Oh? Is that why I had a friggin device at the back of my neck?" She yelled.

"I understood your anger, and it-"

"Do you? Really do you?" She asked.

"Look, I didn't ask for the device to implanted, it was just there." He shrugged.

"Oh and you didn't think to say, 'hey Jessie there is a black beeping GPS in your body'." She frowned.

"I'm sorry." He stated sincerely. "I was going to tell you, but you went missing the first time and it was easy to find you, I just thought it would be useful incase of emergencies." He rambled. "Look Jessie I'm honestly sorry, can't we just go back to the way things were before all this?"

"I don't know, I always shoved the matter away before but I need to know now, why are you helping me?" She asked.

Jason sighed, "why do you think I'm helping you?"

Jessie frowned, "you know what, ignore the question all you want. But I will eventually find out the truth Jason Kang." She said.

"So you're coming with me? Just like that?" He asked.

"Why you expected me to be more stubborn about it? I've given up" she said. "I am a damsel in distress apparently. And even my father seems to think he can't leave me alone without some... I don't know, guardian." She said sadly. "I'm so pitiful that your ego and male pride won't even let you be if you don't come help this helpless woman." She rambled.

Jason could hardly make sense of what she was saying, he was sure even she could hardly make sense of what she was saying. But it was clear she was incredibly hurt, and it hurt him even more to see her like that. Jessie had already turned around and began to walk to his car, when Jason called out to her.

She turned around slightly to look at him raising her brow in question.

Jason walked closer, but he still stood steps away from her, when he pocketed his hands and pursed his lips.

"You asked why I'm doing this, it's because I love you."