Money Loving CEO's Detective Lover

Mina was looking at the old man in surprise. "Ahjusshi, I got here first," she said. "Can I have the jacket?"     

"No," Junho replied. "I grabbed it first."     

He tried to pull it from her but Mina's grip was firm.      

"I've been standing outside for hours to find this jacket for my best friend!" Mina claimed. "I grabbed it first!"     

She tried to pull it from the old man's grasp but he was not giving up.     

"Ahjusshi, are you really going to fight with a girl over a jacket?" she demanded.     

"Yes," he scowled. "It's mine!"     

"It's mine!"     

They were both tugging the jacket, neither willing to step down. Mina was surprised by the old man who was insisting on getting the jacket.     

"What are you going to do with it anyway?" she yelled, still holding on to it with her might. "You're not even gonna wear it!"     

"I'm gonna give it to my goddaughter!" he yelled back. The girl was surprisingly strong and would not let go. But he was not giving up either!     

"GIVE IT TO ME!"     

"NEVER!"     

Some bargain shoppers stopped to watch the duo tugging the jacket. They were shocked and amused by the scene unfolding in front of them. Finally, a shopkeeper came up to break the fight.     

"Break it up!" the burly manager shouted at them. They instantly stopped pulling the jacket, glaring at each other.      

"There's another one!" the manager snapped. "Both of you can buy the same jacket!"     

"Oh!" both of them said in unison. The manager shook his head and went off to the backroom to find the other jacket. Junho and Mina stood in awkward silence.     

"I'm sorry, ahjusshi," Mina finally said. "I was eyeing this jacket for the past few days and was waiting for the sale so that I could give it to a friend."     

"I'm sorry too," he mumbled. "I just thought it'd look good on my goddaughter."     

He was staring at the floor, feeling a little ashamed for fighting with the girl over a jacket. Mina, too, was a little guilty for behaving like that.      

"Guess we really care about our loved ones," Junho sighed.      

"You must love your goddaughter a lot," Mina commented. "To be fighting with people only to get her a jacket."     

There was a little hint of envy in her tone. She never had a dad who would fight for her like that and Mina felt a pang of jealousy towards this unknown goddaughter of his.     

"She's like my own child," he mused. "I live away from my family due to certain circumstances and she's the only person who was a great source of comfort for me all these years."     

Mina could not help but smile. So there are good dads like him as well, she thought.     

"I want to get it for my new friend," she said. "She's so cool! She's been dating my brother and I've never seen him happier. I mean, the guy was like a robot all these years! Only working and earning money!"     

She lamented the lack of her brother's social skills. His work might have gotten them money and filled their pockets but he was so clueless when it came to women. It was a good thing Gayoon was patient otherwise he would have been kicked to the curb long time ago.     

"I just wanted to give her something nice," she went on. "With my own money that is. I mean, I rarely spend my own money coz it's reserved for my family. I usually drive Kanji to the point of bankruptcy."     

Junho stiffened at the mention of Kanji's name.     

"Who is Kanji?" he asked.     

"Oh he's my brother's best friend and sort of family," she replied. "You know that big firm called JK Limited? He owns that!"     

Junho's eyes immediately fell on her nametag. It read 'Hwang Mina'.     

"Of course my brother is richer," she went on. "Anyways, so I want to get this jacket for the girl my brother has been dating. I wanted to get her something even more expensive but she really hates it when someone spends tons of money on her! I don't know why. So I have to resort to discounted stuff. But then again, I love discounts and sales too. I have a natural knack for finding them!"     

Just then the store manager reappeared.      

"I'm sorry, we ran out of that jacket," he sighed. "I guess one of you can buy it but you gotta decide who gets to keep it."     

"I guess ahjusshi here can buy-" Mina began and turned to face the old man but he vanished.     

"Ahjusshi?" she called out but he was nowhere around. She caught a glimpse of the buff figure leaving the store but she was not sure if it was him or not.     

"Are you buying it?"      

The store manager's voice broke her reverie.      

"Huh? Okay!"     

She handed the jacket to the manager and glanced around in confusion. Why did the man leave? She wondered. The manager packed the jacket for her and she paid the money to him. Upon leaving the shop, she kept on hoping the man might be outside but he was not there either.     

"Weird," she muttered and shrugged off the encounter. She put the package under her arm and hummed as she headed for the hospital. Humming to herself, she entered the Cardiology department only to find Kanji standing a few feet in front of her. He was not alone but was talking to a clearly infatuated nurse.     

"The flowers are very pretty," the nurse was saying, pointing to the red roses he held. "Are those for your girlfriend?"     

"Unfortunately, she doesn't like roses," he sighed. "So I thought I'd give them to a pretty lady I meet."     

He winked and handed the flowers to the nurse, making her blush.      

"Won't your girlfriend mind?" the nurse asked.     

"Mina is more happy shopping with bargain buyers," he smiled. "She'll be fine."     

Mina put down the package on a nearby desk and flexed her neck. Stretching her muscles, she quietly crept up behind him. The nurse saw Mina approaching, looking like an angry tigress.     

"Doctor Hwang?" she gasped in surprise. Kanji, who was leaning against the wall, nearly fell when he heard the name. Turning around, he faced the wrath of Mina.     

"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME YOUR GIRLFRIEND?" she screamed. She grabbed the flower bouquet from the nurse's hands and began to beat him with it. Kanji yelped and ran for it with Mina chasing him around the premises.      

"FORGIVE ME!" he cried but Mina was not listening and kept on chasing him towards the stairs.     

"Where is he?" Gayoon was asking on the phone. Her grandmother had called her to tell that Junho was heading to the hospital. "But he's not here and-"     

A sudden commotion startled her. She looked around to see Kanji running towards her at full speed.      

Kanji, who did not notice Gayoon, tumbled over and before Gayoon could react, both of them lost their balance. He fell on top of her and Gayoon was hit on the head as she stumbled on the ground.     

"Gayoon!" Mina shrieked. Kanji rolled over in pain and scrambled up to see Gayoon on the ground, completely blacked out.