Ga-eul finally burst into laughter at the content of this short message.

He was subtly using Paul as an excuse to coerce me into visiting the office.

Even though they had already made plans to meet during the weekend…

While feeling somewhat irritated by his insistence, Ga-eul still smiled with a continuous laughter. Meanwhile, she quickly left the annex.

Having washed up, her plan was to return to the afternoon work. She aimed to finish as much work as possible during the weekdays and spend some quiet time with him on the weekend.

If she worked hard throughout the next weekday by staying up all night, she felt she could produce a decent amount of results.

‘I really want to see it too.’
This exhibition meant the most to me. Now that the name is just starting to become known, I wanted to receive recognition from my CEO for this achievement.

So, when I asked him for permission regarding our relationship later on, I wanted to confidently state my intentions.

However, since he wouldn’t know my plans, it was unclear why I was preparing so persistently.

‘Ah, get a grip on yourself. I haven’t replied to his message.’

Ga-eul was looking at her phone screen, about to send a reply to Kitaek.

“Ga-eul.”

“…?”

Suddenly, a voice calling her name made Ga-eul raise her head, and there was the Chairman, neatly dressed as if he were about to go out.

Ga-eul pocketed her phone and bowed respectfully, offering her greetings.

“Hello, Chairman.”

“Yeah.”

A satisfying smile appeared on his lips as he looked at me.

Something good happened? Ga-eul speculated, remembering what Baekho had told her.

“Let’s have dinner together at the main office after a long time.”

Forgetting to answer, Ga-eul widened her eyes. Then, she hurriedly replied.

“Yes, Chairman…!”

“Okay, let’s meet at dinner then.”

“Yes. Take care.”

He got into the sedan right away, and the sedan quickly left the Hannam-dong main office.

Even though Ga-eul couldn’t see his sedan disappearing, she stood there blinking for a moment.

‘Long time no see. Dinner at the main office…’

It was a long time since she had been invited to such a gathering.

Even though she was busy, Ga-eul couldn’t disobey the Chairman’s words, so she finished her work early and entered the main office.

Then, she busily assisted my mom and the head chef who were preparing dinner.

Ga-eul took out side dishes from the cabinet for the evening meal.

Mi-jeong, who appeared in the kitchen out of nowhere, approached Ga-eul as if welcoming her.

“Oh, Ga-eul’s here?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“But why are you here in the kitchen?”

“I wanted to help too.”

“Okay, okay. If you came to have a meal, why are you working? You can just sit and relax since you’re here to eat with your father.”

Ga-eul smiled as if saying it was okay. Then, Mi-jeong laughed as if she couldn’t stop.

At that moment, footsteps were heard from outside the kitchen.

Is it the Chairman who came home from work? Ga-eul guessed.

Once the completed side dishes were placed on plates, she had to withdraw after helping with that.

Ga-eul, fiddling with an empty plate, stood still for a moment.

At that moment, a familiar voice echoed right in front of her.

“Oh, is Kitaek here?”

“Yes, Mother.”

Ga-eul raised her head in surprise, then widened her eyes.

Certainly, she didn’t hear anything about the representative coming…?

Ga-eul, with wide eyes, looked up as if trying to confirm it, and through the gaze that met Kitaek’s, she burst into laughter.

As if saying when did that happen, he composed his expression and started talking to Mi-jeong.
Mi-jeong, hearing about Kitaek after a long time, asked in a voice that was higher than usual.

“Why suddenly want to have dinner together?”

“I just felt like having home-cooked meal today.”

“Really? Usually, even if I invite you, you don’t come because you’re busy.”

Mi-jeong spoke bluntly, but soon she showed a faint smile.

“But what should we do? If we’re going to have a meal, we might have to wait a bit. The cooking isn’t finished yet.”

“It’s okay. I stopped by early because I have something to do.”

“Something to do?”

Without answering his mother and suddenly turning his gaze to me, he stared at me blatantly, making Ga-eul awkwardly show a forced smile under his direct gaze.

Then, he raised one corner of his mouth and pointedly directed me.

“Yoon Ga-eul. I have something to discuss about the exhibition schedule, so come straight to my room.”

“…Yes.”

Having given those instructions, he swiftly walked away and disappeared upstairs in an instant.

Watching Kitaek from the side, Mi-jeong, with a slightly worried tone after Kitaek disappeared upstairs, asked.

“Oh, is he talking about work all the way to our house?”

“…”

“Ga-eul. Maybe Kitaek is making it tough for you with gallery work?”

You came to see me. After planning to meet over the weekend.

Ga-eul’s cheeks turned a rosy color.

She tilted her head down deeply as if she wanted her face to be clearly visible. Then, she answered.