"MISS WANG!" Dami shouted early on Friday morning after 5 days of uneventful teaching.

"Yes Dami- stop shouting..." I said to her which made her giggle before she carried on with what she was saying.

"Daddy wants me to invite you to his birthday party!"

"Huh?" I asked.

"Come to our house tonight!"

"What time?"

"He said 7 o'clock."

I nodded, then she started to talk to her friend, Seungmin.

"Hey Jeonginnie-" I said, helping Jeongin into the room, and beginning to teach after a few minutes.

That day, after going to the gym until 6, I got home 30 minutes later and had a shower. On the way home I had also got Minho a present, some flowers and a bottle of wine.

I changed into a light pink knee length dress with no arms and white shoes.

I left my hair down and curled it slightly at the end, before doing light makeup and texting goodbye to Hyunjin, who was leaving for Thailand today.

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Good luck Jinnie! You'll be amazeballs!!!!!💕🎉

Sleep well on the flight too!

Thanks Annie, see you soon 👋🏻

I'll buy you some merch, don't worry 😂

I wasn't expecting any less 😌💕

Bye Jinnie

Bye Annie 💗

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It was almost 7 so I left my apartment, walked down to the Lee's apartment and knocked.

I hadn't been in since I helped moved in their furniture, and the apartment looked better than before, which was weird.

"Good evening Miss Wang-" Minho said as he opened the door, looking very handsome in a suit, without tie.

"Good evening Mr Lee..." I said back, bowing a little before he led me inside.

There was about 20 people inside, lots of men and a few women, Dami was sitting in the corner eating biscuits.

"I'll introduce you to everyone-" He said, putting his hand on the small of my back.

"Don't you want your presents?" I asked, handing them to him.

"Thank you-" He said, smiling and putting them on the kitchen countertop.

His hand was now around my waist as he introduced me to everyone.

"Woojin-ah-Hyung!" Minho called and a cute looking boy turned around, waving at him.

"And this is?"

"Annie Wang-"

"Jackson-hyung's sister?" He asked, I nodded slowly.

"And you know Minho-ah how?" He asked, and I stared at Minho who smiled warmly at his Hyung.

"She let Dami-ah and I stay when Miyoung- you know..."

"Ahhh- you never told me she was this pretty."

"No- I told you." Minho said quietly before dragging me off to meet-

"CHANGBIN?" I shouted, Minho looked shocked beside me.

"Hey Minho-Hyung, I hadn't seen you- I see you've met my sister before-"

"Sister?" Minho asked, his arm at my waist, eyes darting around before they met mine.

"My step-brother."

"Seriously?" Minho said, smiling as we walked away from Changbin, "Do you get on?"

"Not really- I don't like his mum either-"

"You can tell me later baby-" He said, my cheeks turning bright red when he used that nickname.

"Happy Birthday." I said after a few minutes, meeting a few more people, Momo and others who were Minho's colleagues.

"It's my birthday tomorrow-"

"Why are you celebrating tonight then?" I asked.

"Because I want to do something else tomorrow." He said.

"What?" I asked, a little nosy.

"I want to go on a date."

"Oooh- who's the lucky girl?" I said, a little jealously.

"You'll find out-" He said with a smile as we walked over to Dami.

"MISS WANG! YOU CAME?!"

"Of course I did-" I said, hugging her, which made her giggle even more.

"I'll just get you a drink-" Minho said to me, leaving me with Dami which was perfectly fine, we talked about Jeongin in our class, about how she loved his cast. I think Dami has a little crush.

"Here Miss W- Annie." He said, handing me a glass of some alcoholic beverage.

"What is it?"

"Soju." He said, and sat down inbetween Dami and I, putting an arm around us both.

"My two favorite girls-" He said, making Dami giggle and me blush like a bell pepper.

"Daddy- I told Miss Wang that you love her-" Dami said, before Minho held a finger to her mouth to stop her from talking.

"Let's not lie Dami-ah."

"I'm not!"

"Ssh-" Minho said again, I was probably not supposed to hear this conversation but I couldn't help myself.

"Your Felix-oppa is here-" Minho said, pointing over to a ginger kid who was maybe 12 years old.

"FELIX-OPPA!" Dami screamed as she hugged the boy, who waved at Minho.

"And who is Felix?" I asked.

"He's Dami's cousin-" I said.

"My sisters kid-"

"MINHO!" A voice shouted from behind us, so our heads turned in that direction.

"Chan?" Minho said, shocked.

"Wait- isn't this Miyoung's ex?" I asked, but Minho shook his head.

"Different Chan- I know, confusing. But here's Chan- my sisters husband, Felix's dad."

"HELLO UNCLE!" Dami screamed, running back over to us, holding Felix's hand and waving.

"There's cake in the fridge darling- I've got to say something to uncle Chan." Minho said kindly to Dami who in turn sped off to the kitchen, dragging Felix with her.

"Do you want me to leave?" I asked, knowing he wanted to speak to Chan.

"No- it was to make her go away."

"LEE MINHO! She is your daughter!" I said loudly, which made Chan laugh.

"Hello- I'm Bang Chan, or Chris. You must be Minho's girlfriend?"

I laughed.

"Ha. Really?" I said, raising an eyebrow at him.

"I'm Dami's teacher at school- I just live down the hall anyway-" I said, Chan nodded along with me.

"Ahh- my bad. It was an easy mistake to make; Minho's arm IS around you." Chan said, and I looked down, Minho tickling my side.

"Stop-" I said, and he did, thankfully.

Suddenly all the lights went off:

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!" I heard Chan sing from in front of me, before everyone else started to clap and join in with us.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LOVELY MINHO!"

"MR LEE-" I sang, which caused Minho to giggle next to me.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!"

Woojin held a cake with 'Happy Birthday' written on it, and Minho blew out all 29 candles in one go.

"Did you make a wish?" I asked as the lights went on.

"Of course-"

"I'm not telling you- so don't even ask." He said, smiling as we talked to even more people.

It was soon 10 o'clock, well after we had eaten cake, talked to everyone and had a few more drinks of soju.

"Minho- it's your party but I think Dami will be ultra tired tomorrow. I'll go put her to bed-" I said, Minho smiled before I went off to find her.

I found her half-asleep by the fridge, Felix playing Fortnite on his phone.

"Where are your parents Felix-ah?" I asked him, as he looked up from his phone.

"I think they're both drunk-"

"Do you want to sleep? Or will you stay up?"

"There's no room or bed for me."

"You can sleep in Minho's bed- he won't mind. It's one night." I said, so Felix agreed as he rubbed his eyes, telling me he was in fact very tired.

I picked up Dami and put on pyjamas for her, before tucking her up.

"MISS WANG?"

"Hello Dami-ah, it's past 10 o'clock and you're very tired. Just sleep now, you can hardly hear the party can you?" I said, closing the door then going back to beside her bed.

"Miss Wang?" She asked as I turned off her lamp.

"Yes darling-" I said, with a smile though she couldn't see it.

"My dad loves you-"

"Hmm... he loves you darling. Now go to sleep-"

"My Daddy loves you Miss Wang-"

"Right- sleep well Dami-ah. I'll see you later." I said, opening the door and quickly closing it before the sound becomes too loud for her to sleep.

"Right- Felix, are you asleep?" I asked, walking into Minho's room and seeing him fast asleep in the sheets.

"Sleep well child-" I said, giggling a little as I closed the door.

I left the two bedrooms and went back to the party which was turning even more drunk by the minute.

"ANNIE!" Changbin shouted, the smell of alcohol on him hitting me like a truck.

"Go away Binnie-" I said.

"Minho-Hyung is looking for you!" He said, before hurrying away.

"There you are-" Minho said with a slur, moving close to me.

I pushed him back a little but he kept coming forward, eventually hugging me.

"You're very nice to cuddle-" He said, which made me role my eyes.

How could someone who hated my first impression so much, say this?

To me, it doesn't make sense.

"You are very pretty Annie-" Minho said, brushing my hair and looking at me directly in my eyes.

I shook my head, but something unusual happened next.