Ye Rin quickly erased the expression from her face and showed a bright smile.

“More than anyone else, Secretary Han probably wants to find that woman.”

Ye Rin slowly nodded at Secretary Choi’s words.

Secretary Choi looked at Hye Jin and Seul Gi and drove the point home.

“If Secretary Han asks for help, help him then. Until then, don’t intrude on each other’s work areas.”

“Yes, understood.”

After mediating in the middle, Secretary Choi clapped his hands.

“Alright, let’s work hard today too.”

‘Whew. I’m really glad Secretary Choi came to work then.’

If Hye Jin had suddenly intervened and taken the list of people who attended the party, it could have been a big problem.

If Hye Jin said she would call everyone, things would certainly get very complicated.

Because the woman I Hyun was desperately looking for wasn’t on the guest list.

She planned to contact the party attendees very slowly.

That way she could buy as much time as possible.

Because this life of being by I Hyun’s side, in this ridiculous fake relationship as his fake girlfriend, wasn’t so bad.

Even yesterday it was like that.

When I Hyun said his meeting with Seo Yun was the worst, she secretly felt happy.

Originally, she should have helped I Hyun find a suitable match.

‘I really have zero qualifications as a secretary.’

Though she didn’t want to admit it, she had to.

That her heart had tilted a lot towards I Hyun.

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After having a spa at S Hotel, Seo Yun was enjoying the relaxed feeling in her body while sipping alcohol in the hotel lounge.

“To meet I Hyun and capture his heart……”

Ye Rin had to disappear from his side.

“How do I separate those two?”

It was quite hopeless since she didn’t have the power to control personnel transfers at Ji Seok Electronics.

Just as Seo Yun was lost in deep thought.

The sound of footsteps was heard, then stopped at the window seat where Seo Yun was sitting.

When she looked up, she saw Hee Jun with an angry, hardened face.

“Oh, elder brother?”

“Are you deliberately avoiding my calls?”

Hee Jun sat down across from her and spat out words as if in a bad mood.

“You even made me miss your recital.”

Seo Yun closed her eyes gently and spoke in a sweet voice.

“I’m sorry. I’ve been going to sleep early lately because I was so tired after the recital ended.”

In reality, she had spent time at clubs and deliberately avoided Hee Jun’s calls, but there was no need to tell him the truth.

‘Ah, there was Park Hee Jun?’

Seo Yun, who had been looking at Hee Jun fuming with anger, smiled brightly.

Until yesterday, he was an annoying man who kept clinging to her, but not now.

She was planning to make good use of Hee Jun from now on.

“Elder brother, did I tell you that story?”

“What.”

Hee Jun took a big sip of the iced Americano brought by the waiter.

“It seems Ye Rin still can’t forget you.”

“What?”

When Ye Rin’s name flowed from Seo Yun’s lips, Hee Jun’s eyes trembled slightly.

Not missing that moment, Seo Yun casually dropped one more word.

“Come to think of it, I would be the same. Elder brother, Ye Rin didn’t ask to break up with you in person, right?”

“Huh? Ah….. That’s right.”

Blinded by Seo Yun, or more precisely, blinded by Seo Yun’s body, he had ended things with Ye Rin by text message.

Unlike Ye Rin, who rarely allowed even hand-holding, Seo Yun was a very passionate woman in bed, so it was natural that his eyes were turned.

However, after accidentally meeting Ye Rin at a restaurant recently, she kept appearing in his dreams.

And in quite erotic forms, very often.

Was it lingering attachment to a woman he hadn’t properly possessed? Just as he was thinking that.

The story Seo Yun told was very interesting.

“Seo Yun, how do you know that?”

“I’m high school classmates with Ye Rin. There’s one more friend we often hung out with. Kim Na Ri.”

Since she started stealing Ye Rin’s man, contact with Na Ri had also been cut off.

She thought the size of their friendship was the same since the three of them were close, but it wasn’t.

Na Ri cut off contact with her and only took care of Ye Rin.

“I think you mentioned it before. So?”

“I heard from that friend. Ye Rin drinks alcohol every night, struggling because she can’t forget you.”

Seo Yun hadn’t actually met Na Ri recently, but she smoothly made up lies out of necessity.

If he heard this story, Hee Jun would surely go find Ye Rin again.

If Hee Jun could capture Ye Rin’s heart again, the seat next to I Hyun would be empty.

And she intended to take that seat.

“Elder brother, we’re actually more like well-matched partners who enjoyed each other, rather than lovers.”

Seo Yun drew the line first, which Hee Jun was secretly grateful for.

“Ah, that’s right.”

Seo Yun smiled brightly as she pulled her upper body forward.

“I met Director Cha I Hyun after the recital ended.”

“The boss Ye Rin is serving these days?”

“Yes.”

Seo Yun closed her eyes gently and smiled broadly.

“There’s talk of engagement between Director Cha I Hyun’s family and my family.”

“Really?”

“Yes. So let’s end this relationship and go back to our suitable places. What do you think? Try to make things work with Ye Rin again.”

At those words, Hee Jun slowly nodded.

“You two were quite a well-matched couple.”

The truth was, he came to find Seo Yun today because he was upset that she was deliberately avoiding and ignoring him.

While being with Seo Yun, the stimulating bedroom activities were good, but they didn’t match at all otherwise, so Hee Jun had many complaints too.

He was going crazy with Ye Rin’s face, smiling faintly while standing next to I Hyun, constantly flashing before his eyes.

To think Ye Rin actually hadn’t forgotten him either.

Hee Jun’s heart, which had been dead since meeting Seo Yun, was pounding excitedly again.

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To give a reminder before the meeting with the planning team, Ye Rin knocked on the door of I Hyun’s office.

A pleasant baritone voice telling her to come in resonated from inside.

As she entered the office, she saw I Hyun’s face slightly furrowed in concentration on work.

The bright sunlight coming from outside was touching I Hyun’s face.

Facing his sculpted, handsome face, Ye Rin momentarily forgot what she wanted to say and stared at him.

“Is it worth looking at?”

The dark eyes that had been fixed on the documents moved smoothly to look at Ye Rin.

“Ah…..”

Only then did Ye Rin come to her senses and smiled awkwardly.

“Did you enjoy the view?”

“I’m sorry.”

As Ye Rin bowed her head in embarrassment, I Hyun laughed softly.

“No. It wasn’t a question asked to reprimand you.”

Ye Rin spoke in a small voice with her ears turning red.

“The sunlight was coming in, so you looked a bit more handsome than usual, and I unconsciously……”

Hearing Ye Rin’s honest words, I Hyun got up from his seat and approached her.

Ye Rin, who had been looking at the floor, slowly raised her head.

“I guess I’ll have to put up a 24-hour sun in the office.”

I Hyun put on a playful smile.

That smile created gentle ripples in Ye Rin’s heart.

Thinking she might be swept away by the waves and buried in I Hyun if she stayed like this, Ye Rin quickly blurted out.

“Director, you need to attend the planning team meeting.”

“That’s right, time has already passed like this.”

I Hyun grabbed the suit jacket hanging on the coat rack and pondered for a moment.

Eventually, his mouth opened.

“Today’s meeting will probably be quite long.”

“Then shall I prepare dinner as a boxed meal?”

“No, that won’t be necessary.”

I Hyun looked at his watch once more and opened his mouth.

“Secretary Han, don’t wait at the company and go home first.”

“No, I have a lot of work to do, so I’ll stay at my desk until your meeting is over.”

I Hyun slowly shook his head.

“Go home and rest. I’ll go to Secretary Han’s house when the meeting is over.”

“No……”

I Hyun slightly bent his waist as he looked at Ye Rin, who was refusing like a parrot.

As a result, their gazes intertwined at an even closer distance.

“You’ll need to manage your stamina well if you want to date me.”

At those words, Ye Rin had no choice but to nod.

“Good thinking. I’ll go to Secretary Han’s house after finishing the meeting.”

“Then let’s eat dinner together.”

“No.”

Ye Rin’s pupils shook slightly as she watched I Hyun refuse again.

“It’s not because I don’t want to eat with Han Ye Rin.”

I Hyun raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke affectionately.

“You’ll be hungry if you don’t eat dinner until I arrive.”

It seemed this conversation would end if Ye Rin said she understood, but she didn’t want to.

Ye Rin blushed as if embarrassed and spoke.

“Then you should come as soon as possible, right?”

I Hyun let out a chuckle, as if he hadn’t expected Ye Rin to say such a thing.

“I’ll be waiting. So if you don’t want me to be hungry, come early.”

It might be presumptuous, but this was sincere.

I Hyun didn’t give an answer right away.

‘Did I say something wrong?’

Just as Ye Rin’s mouth was starting to go dry.

I Hyun spoke in a pleasant, low voice.

“The planning team will have it tough today.”

As a bonus, his face showed determination to finish the meeting quickly in a short time.

“I’ll be waiting. I’ll go without being late.”

“Okay.”

Ye Rin smiled shyly, and seeing her like that, I Hyun put on a bright smile.

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The way home alone felt quite lonely.

Before getting close to I Hyun, this was the normal routine, but always going home with him had already become a habit.

Walking down the dark alley, Ye Rin habitually checked her phone.

“Ha. What am I doing?”

Looking again and again to see if there was a message from I Hyun.

It was such a ridiculous thing that someone might think she was really dating.

“He asked me to take it seriously.”

Thinking she was just following that, Ye Rin was moving her steps when she saw someone standing in front of her house and stopped abruptly.