Let’s put the apple aside for now. They wouldn’t have opened it knowing there were people outside.
However, even with such a positive thought, the man’s action of holding the design book as if it were his own and staring at Seo Ha was definitely strange and impolite.
“Give that back, and could you please make way?”
Seo Ha was the first to speak at the end of the bizarre staring contest.
“Do you have business in the CEO’s office?”
“Yes.”
“The CEO is absent. Please come back later.”
The words ‘Who do you think you are?’ came up to her throat but swallowed them down.
“Did they go far? If they’re in the company, I’ll go in and wait.”
“They’re inside the company, but I don’t have any information on letting you in during their absence. Where are you from and who are you?”
“I’m curious too. Who are you with and what affiliation do you have to block the door?”
Instead of answering, the man flipped through the design book. His attitude was as if he were dealing with a suspicious item.
“Give it here!”
Seo Ha roughly snatched the design book from his hand.
“You are extremely rude. Without even revealing your own affiliation, you ask others about theirs and pick up their belongings to examine them at your leisure. Really”
“Team Leader Yoon!”
From the other end of the hallway, a voice called out to Seo Ha. It was Seo Ha’s mother and the CEO of Kang Yoon Company, Kang Hae Sun.
“I didn’t know you were here. You should have called before coming.”
Hae Sun always insisted on calling Seo Ha by her position in the company, as personal and professional matters should be kept separate. Seo Ha also maintained proper etiquette by respectfully addressing her as CEO when others were around.
“Good morning, CEO. I brought the new design to show you.”
“If you’re bringing the new design so early in the morning, it must be related to Team Leader Yoon’s brand, right?”
Hae Sun would always say, almost like a habit, that she would only hand over the company to Seo Ha after seeing the success of her four brands.
“Yes. Please review it.”
“It’s not a review, but a discussion. Design is strictly Team Leader Yoon’s domain, and I trust you. Come in.”
As Hae Sun turned, the man bowed slightly and stepped aside.
As Seo Ha followed Hae Sun into the CEO’s office, her eyes met the man’s. His gaze was neither friendly nor even empty words of courtesy. She couldn’t understand why he was looking at her like that for the first time.
“Who is that person? I’ve never seen his face before.”
Seo Ha asked as soon as the door closed.
“Ah, Secretary Ryu?”
“Secretary?”
Come to think of it, that was true. After the longtime Secretary Choi quit, they had hired a new secretary.
“Secretary Choi introduced him before leaving, Secretary Ryu Kyung Jun. I was worried because he seemed quite grumpy despite his young age, but seeing him work, I realized why Secretary Choi recommended him. He’s very smart and does his job well.”
“People who are grumpy often do their job well.”
Seo Ha only said that much about Ryu Kyung Jun.
The first impression was ‘rude and strange person,’ but work is work and personal is personal. Working in the fashion industry, which was full of sensitive and unique people, she didn’t want to complain to the CEO about a secretary who practiced rude behavior.
But why did the secretary come out of the CEO’s office when no one was there?
She quickly dismissed the question that had briefly crossed her mind. After all, tasks like tidying up or searching for documents were also part of a secretary’s job.
Seo Ha carefully placed the design book she had been holding onto the desk.
“Here it is. The new design, CEO.”
“Great job, Team Leader Yoon.”
Hae Sun, who had been leading the company in the fashion industry for a long time, had a discerning eye that could easily overwhelm most designers. Although she confidently presented her design, Seo Ha swallowed nervously while Hae Sun flipped through the pages.
“Finally.”
Closing the last page, Hae Sun smiled at her daughter.
“We are launching a new brand at Kang Yoon Company. Congratulations, Designer Yoon Seo Ha.”
A bright smile spread across Seo Ha’s face. It was the first step towards the goal that every designer dreams of: having their own brand.
“We should open a boutique in Cheongdamdong. Invite VIPs and celebrities for a launching show, too. Then, we’ll open popup stores in Daejeon, Daegu, and Busan. Department store entry will be the last step. We need to make department stores propose entry to us first, not us begging them for entry. Can you do it, Yoon Seo Ha?”
Hae Sun, who started planning the launching strategy as soon as she saw the design, was truly a businesswoman.
Seo Ha was very proud of her mother.
Agile, confident, and dignified. When Hae Sun flatly refused the acquisition and merger proposal from the prestigious Daesung Group, Seo Ha was so incredibly proud that she felt her heart might burst.
“Are you really asking? Whose daughter am I, Miss Kang?”
“Yes, yes. My beautiful daughter.”
Hae Sun laughed and playfully patted Seo Ha’s hips.
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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