The hypocrite, filled with malice and poison, dared to mention her name just to stir interest.

‘Kim Yeon Woo’, those three syllables scraped irritatingly against Jun Hwi’s ear.

Jun Hwi tried his best not to lose the last vestiges of his patience. His jaw muscle tensed, holding back his words.

He had to ignore him. Reacting would only feed Cha Han Bin.

“Our Yeon Woo is pretty, lively, and generous. She’s a great person, as a woman too.”
“……”
“Did Yeon Woo tell you she’s liked me for over 10 years since middle school? I did make her suffer a bit. Now that I think about it, I feel sorry and regretful. There’s no other woman as good as Yeon Woo.”
Cha Han Bin smirked, seeing Jun Hwi standing still as if his feet were glued to the ground, even though he was trying to act nonchalant.

‘It’s getting interesting. Even that rabid dog without a sense of honor can’t help himself in this regard.’
Kwon Jun Hwi had a weakness too. It would be useful to keep this in mind, even if not right now.

“I sometimes wonder if first love is still valid.”
Cha Han Bin started to nag, fabricating situations to provoke Jun Hwi.

“I still remember her flustered expression from time to time, and it makes me feel bad. If I decide, maybe”
At that point, Jun Hwi started moving again, disappearing from Cha Han Bin’s sight as he exited down the hallway.

“……Wow.”
Who would have thought that the hypothesis would match so perfectly?

Cha Han Bin exited the office slowly, praising himself for discovering a promising card.

The next morning.

“Good morning, Lawyer Kwon.”
Seeing Jun Hwi passing by, Jieun got up hastily to greet him politely, but he walked past without a glance, leaving a cold breeze behind.

“It seems Lawyer Kwon is in a bad mood since morning.”
Yeon Woo comforted Jieun, who looked gloomy, while watching his office door.

“Don’t worry about it. He usually doesn’t respond to greetings.”
“No, but even though he was curt, he did respond with ‘Yes.’ to my greetings until now. But today, his atmosphere is completely different. He seemed more stern than usual.”
Thinking that was his way of accepting greetings showed how optimistic Jieun was.

Smiling warmly at the new recruit full of positive energy, Yeon Woo returned to concentrating on her work, quietly typing on the keyboard.

While she was focused on deciphering an English email sent by an American law firm, she was interrupted.

[Hi sis. Are you busy?] A friendly junior from another floor started a chat via messenger. Yeon Woo replied saying she was okay, and they briefly exchanged greetings.

[Why did I talk to you? Sister, be careful today.] [Why?] [Your Mr. Kwon, was sprawled on our floor this morning.] It’s not like it’s been a day or two, but what’s so special to be careful about.

But seeing Jieun and everyone saying that today’s Kwon Jun Hwi was extra sharp… it wouldn’t hurt to be careful.

Yeon Woo decided she should keep as quiet as possible and asked for the reason.

[Why today?] [He suddenly got a business trip to Dubai. It’s an M Electronics matter, but he said he wouldn’t go because it’s not very important.] A workaholic refusing a business trip. That’s a first.

It seems like I’ve been discovering many sides of him that I haven’t seen while I’ve been handling him.

[But the problem is, he pushed it onto Attorney Heo.] “Eek!”
Yeon Woo almost spit out the water she was drinking.

He should have persuaded him while watching his temper, if it’s the top veteran lawyer Heo, who is a founding member of Ro and Yul, then what is the difference in the number of terms…!

[Even if he doesn’t want to, he has to go. Anyway, Mr. Kwon will go on a business trip.] [He said he’ll be back in three days. There’s another fight about that ㅠㅠ] How is he going to finish his work and come back in three days when it takes a whole day oneway to Dubai!

[But don’t you know why Mr. Kwon is acting like this, Sister? Everyone on our floor is too curious and about to burst. Wasn’t he originally a workaholic who would look for work even when told not to?] Yeon Woo was curious too, but she really didn’t know.

He was not a person who would openly tell Yeon Woo what was going on with him.

[I’m seeing it for the first time too.] [Anyway, it was originally for two weeks, but Attorney Heo got sick of it and agreed on one week.] After that, there was an explanation about how specifically, how much, and how Kwon Jun Hwi had been a pain.

During such a busy morning, Kwon Jun Hwi’s business trip approval documents arrived at Yeon Woo’s desk.

Although Jun Hwi’s subtly changing behavior was bothering her, his business trip was both a windfall and an opportunity for his secretary.

“You must properly indicate the business trip schedule. It’s important.”
“Yes, Deputy.”
“What does a lawyer’s business trip mean?”
“What, what could it be?”
“It’s Secretary’s Children’s Day!”
“Aha!”
“There’s plenty of time and space in the day, and there are no sudden latenight shifts, right?”