Yesterday, when he visited Chae Yoon’s home, the work she was doing was far from the business management she wanted to learn.
“But just learning for a month isn’t enough.”
“The way you perceive and interpret tasks will change. Understanding the direction in which the company is heading is the most crucial skill.”
Chae Yoon couldn’t counter Jae Oh’s point. After all, what she was currently doing wasn’t learning but rather handling the mundane tasks left by Manager Jung.
Although she had been enduring it, thinking this was also an experience and would serve as a foundation, the reality was she doubted if this approach would allow her to grasp business management. Hence, Chae Yoon pointed out another concern.
“…And after that month?”
“You can do whatever you want.”
When she stared at him, waiting for a detailed answer, Jae Oh explained further.
“If you want to go back to your original team, you can. If you want to continue learning this way, whether under me or my grandfather, that’s the plan. Don’t you like it?”
Chae Yoon hesitated before answering.
Although they were discussing her continuous learning, the work was just an excuse.
Her most significant hesitation stemmed from the fact that she would have to interact with him almost all day.
He had given her a one-month grace period.
Chae Yoon believed nothing would change during this time.
“I do want to be with you, but seeing Ji-Pil apologizing since Saturday and showing a bit of empathy, honestly, my heart was moved. It gave me hope.”
The man who seemed unchanging is continually showing an unexpected side. How could one not harbor new expectations?
And so,
Just a day into this, the man who stirred a strange sense of anticipation made Chae Yoon hesitant about moving to the secretarial office.
Then Jae Oh’s voice reached her.
“Don’t you like my proposal?”
Chae Yoon, who hadn’t said anything, directed her gaze towards him.
Seeing the man who answered everything without hesitation, she became curious deep inside.
What would he say if she said she disliked it?
So Chae Yoon asked,
“And if I don’t?”
Expecting him to be even slightly taken aback, Jae Oh responded promptly.
“Then I’ll have to come where you are.”
The implication of him coming to where she is…
“Being a team leader is too conspicuous, so I guess I’d prefer to be the department head.”
Chae Yoon closed her eyes at his predictably consistent answer.
It seemed like a far-fetched claim, but this man probably meant it.
“Isn’t there an option to stay in our current positions for a month without any changes?”
“Yes.”
Her previously closed eyes snapped open.
A sharp intensity subtly appeared in his usually gentle eyes.
“Your response is really…”
She wanted to say he was too quick and didn’t consider her feelings, but Jae Oh’s voice intervened first.
“Chae Yoon.”
She was taken aback by the unfamiliar address.
Looking deep into Chae Yoon’s flustered eyes, Jae Oh continued,
“As I said, I don’t want to be apart from you for a month.”
He knew he should let her go after the hardships of the past month, but his unwillingness to let go led him to seize this opportunity stubbornly.
Jae Oh, who had no intention of wasting this last chance, said,
“We’ve missed out on so much time together, so one way or another, I’ll be by your side for this month.”
The voice that said he would be there by her side for the month she granted, even if he were to die, was firm.
His voice was as firm as his gaze, and the desperation in his eyes made Chae Yoon speechless.
She was the one who had given him a month.
However, she didn’t want to readily agree. So, she made a proposal.
“Then, put it in writing.”
Yesterday, she had overlooked his agreement to have a written document. But now that she would be spending more time with him, she needed something tangible to hold onto.
She had spent three years trying to suppress unfounded expectations, after all.
She felt she needed something concrete stating that their relationship would only last a month, so she wouldn’t waver as much around him. That’s why she proposed making a contract she hadn’t considered yesterday.
“Exactly a month from now, without any reasons attached, I’ll do as I please.”
Jae Oh replied immediately.
“Alright.”
The contract was settled.
Only then did Chae Yoon start eating, and the brief lunchtime soon ended.
Everything had been smooth until now, but something he said while looking at her after their meal bothered her.
“Why such a formal goodbye? We’ll see each other in a bit.”
See each other in a bit?
‘What does he mean?’
She should’ve asked him then, but she had to leave her seat due to a call from Manager Jung. Without resolving her curiosity, Chae Yoon opened the office door.
She expected the office to be quiet due to the afternoon work preparations, but it was filled with the buzzing of the team members.
‘What’s happening?’
Driven by curiosity, Chae Yoon approached her colleagues.
“Oh? Chae Yoon.”
When one of the team members saw Chae Yoon coming and called out her name, the buzzing noise quieted down as if they’d been caught in a lie.
Feeling everyone’s attention on her, Chae Yoon blinked her round eyes and asked,
“What’s going on?”
The team leader then approached Chae Yoon and said,
“Chae Yoon, you’ve been reassigned to the Director’s office.”
Chae Yoon’s eyes widened.
A sigh escaped from her full lips.
Ah, it’s happening so soon.
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.”
