Upon hearing this, Manager Park became agitated and raised his voice.
“Goodness, I can’t believe it. Year-end gatherings are about alcohol, you know, alcohol! Isn’t that right, Manager Seo?”
“Uh…”
Jaein was rendered speechless by Manager Park’s plea for help.
Every time the word ‘alcohol’ came out of Manager Park’s mouth, Dohyuk’s eyebrows twitched.
Even the wrinkles on his forehead deepened.
It’s probably because of the raucous party Jaein caused last night.
“Team leader, are you angry? I might have pushed the alcohol issue a bit too far,” Dohyuk remarked, trying to defuse the situation.
Even if he was in a hurry, he shouldn’t have mentioned dementia.
Jaein cautiously replied while gauging Dohyuk’s reaction.
“Well, I haven’t been feeling great lately, so I might not be up for drinking…”
“Even Manager Seo? Is it even possible to have a year-end gathering without alcohol?”
“Manager Park.”
Dohyuk, who had been silently listening, spoke in a chilling tone.
“Please stop talking about alcohol. It’s really uncomfortable to hear.”
Although he directed his words at Manager Park, Dohyuk’s gaze remained fixed on Jaein.
She just smiled sheepishly, fully aware that those words were meant to sting her.
Our team leader seems quite upset.
Manager Park, who had turned into a raving alcoholic, had a face that was red and greenish.
“No, I just…,”
Jaeein sent an apologetic glance to Manager Park.
“I’m sorry. It’s all my fault.”
Early Wednesday morning.
Jaeein stood nervously in front of the tightly closed main entrance of AT Department Store, waiting for Yeonji.
They had originally planned to rent a car, but Yeonji had said she would bring her own car, so they decided to meet at this midpoint.
The time now was 8:20 AM.
Even though they had agreed to meet at 8:00 AM, there was still no sign of Yeonji.
“Yeonji isn’t the type to be late… Could something have happened?”
Jaeein felt a sudden sense of unease, wondering if there had been an accident involving Yeonji.
Whoooosh, whooooosh.
On this particular day, the winter wind was particularly biting.
The winter wind was particularly biting today.
Yet, Jaeein couldn’t find a warm place to take refuge and could only pace back and forth, shivering.
“Ugh, it’s so cold! I might freeze to death at this rate. If only I had my cell phone!”
Of all days, Jaeein had lost her cell phone this morning when she was going on a business trip.
In her eagerness not to be late for the appointment, she had decided to take a taxi.
However, as soon as she arrived and paid the taxi driver, she realized something was amiss.
It was only after the taxi had disappeared from view that she realized she had left her phone behind.
The sense of accomplishment from arriving nearly 25 minutes early had vanished like foam on water.
She struggled to find a public phone and tried to make a call, but it wouldn’t connect, likely because she had set it on silent mode.
With no mobile phone, Jaeein was in a situation where she couldn’t contact Yeonji since she hadn’t memorized her number. She tried calling the company just in case, but as expected, it was still before the start of the workday, and no one was there.
Jaeein had no choice but to hastily file a lost item report and return to the meeting place, shivering for nearly 30 minutes.
“Phew, I didn’t expect Yeonji to be late too. Today’s schedule is really tight. I need to take care of myself.”
Soon, a thought crossed Jaeein’s mind.
“Actually… there’s no other way, is there? I can’t just wait for Yeonji.”
In fact, from the moment she lost her mobile phone, there had been something constantly lingering in Jaeein’s mind.
It was none other than the eleven digits of Do Hyuk’s phone number that she couldn’t bring herself to dial.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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