On the Friday afternoon leading up to the weekend, as the time for leaving work drew near,
Jaeo, who had gone out briefly to meet Jiphyeol, opened the door to the director’s office and came in.
Chae-yoon, who had been organizing the contents of the meeting that followed him, sparkled her eyes.
Though she wanted to stand up, she just peeked her head out since she had eyes watching her, and she could see him approaching her own seat.
A smile spread across Chae-yoon’s lips.
During the two weeks, Jaeo had been incredibly busy without a moment to spare.
Meanwhile, Chae-yoon efficiently handled Jaeo’s tightly-packed schedule.
Jaeo found this quite annoying.
[What will happen if you collapse?] [I won’t collapse.] [What do you mean you won’t? Just today, your face looks paler than yesterday.]It was impossible.
Considering the truckloads of nutritional supplements he bought, and just two days ago, he willingly received a nutritional injection.
Rather than getting worse, if anything, his health improved, but his concerns did not diminish.
[My body is mine, so stop worrying and get back to work.] […….] [Or, is it bothering me that I’m next to you…] [Work. I said work.]With a thinning gaze, Jaeo, who had just started working, suddenly felt irritated towards Ujong.
[Secretary Kim. Shouldn’t you say something if I plan schedules like this?]To his question about why Ujong didn’t say anything, Ujong replied indifferently.
[I mentioned twice that it seems too tight, and each time, you said, “Are you ignoring me right now?” That’s what Director-nim said.] [Then I’ll say it once more.] [If I say the same thing three times, he might say he’ll cut me.]I also need to make a living.
With nothing more to say to Ujong, Jaeo, who had become speechless, sighed with frustration.
[See if I ever plan schedules like this again.]While Chae-yoon found the situation amusing, she casually mentioned when she and Jaeo were alone.
“I enjoy helping you with work, oppa.”
Being able to be with Jaeo, of course, and the fact that she could be of some help to him, made her happy. Plus, she could learn from work, so it was a three-in-one effect.
Therefore, unlike Jaeo’s concerns, Chae-yoon truly didn’t find it difficult.
So, despite telling him several times that it’s not difficult and not to worry, Jaeo’s concerns showed no signs of diminishing, prompting her to say it once more.
“So, please don’t get irritated like that.”
From that point on, Jaeo’s irritable nature decreased, and now that the work was more or less finished, she couldn’t find that irritation from back then in him.
With work wrapped up, today being Friday, and tomorrow being the weekend,
Chae-yoon, feeling the anticipation of finally being alone with Jaeo, looked at him with sparkling eyes.
“What are you doing?”
After scanning the inside of the secretary’s office, Jaeo approached Chae-yoon and asked.
At the sight of him, a shy smile appeared on Chae-yoon’s lips, and her heart began to flutter.
“I was organizing the meeting contents.”
Jaeo, who had been briefly captivated by her beautiful appearance, let out a sigh mixed with admiration, saying, “Ah, right.”
His gaze, looking at Chae-yoon, widened.
“Why?”
Jaeo made a perplexed expression.
“I don’t think I can have dinner together tonight.”
“Why? What happened?”
“It’s nothing special. The kids keep insisting on meeting.”
Having only handled work-related schedules for the past few months, Chae-yoon nodded understandingly.
“All right then. Have fun with your friends tonight.”
As she spoke, realizing that it might sound like they live separately, Chae-yoon quickly corrected herself.
“Have fun and come back.”
A smile spread across Jaeo’s lips.
Looking at Chae-yoon with his hands in his pants pockets, Jaeo suddenly made a suggestion.
“Do you want to come with me?”
It wasn’t that she couldn’t go, but she couldn’t just go without any mental preparation.
Moreover, since it wasn’t a situation to introduce herself, Chae-yoon immediately shook her head.
“It’s okay.”
With a quick and firm response, Jaeo didn’t ask any further.
At that moment.
“Mr. Sangmu, you have plans to meet your friends for dinner tonight.”
Reading the message informing Jaeo’s whereabouts, Ho-yeon focused her gaze on the word ‘friends.’
If they were Jaeo’s friends, she knew them too. Some of them had been in regular contact, and the opportunity to meet Jaeo privately had come earlier than she thought.
‘If only Song Chae-yoon weren’t here….’
Swallowing dry saliva, Ho-yeon quickly moved her thumb.
“As for Song Chae-yoon.”
“She said she won’t go together.”
A satisfactory answer came.
In a situation that couldn’t be more perfect, Ho-yeon’s heart raced.
Ho-yeon quickly called Seong-wook, one of Jaeo’s friends who got along well, and asked about his recent situation.
“Oh, really? You guys are still meeting. Where are you having dinner? Ah, there? I also have plans there today. Yeah. I just haven’t contacted you in a while, and I was curious, so I called. Yeah. See you next time.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
