Attorney Kwon Jun Hwi, who was furious enough to be heard outside, was scary when he was fiery, but each and every word of his harsh criticism was really tremendous with its thorns and impact.

After the storm swept by, the female juniors came out of his room with puffy eyes, and the male juniors with staggering legs.

“Attorney Kwon is starting again after a long time. How many minutes have passed?”
“About 15 minutes.”
“Oh my. Why does he enjoy tormenting others so much? He really seems like a pervert.”

The lawyer YeongJu Yeon from the next room, concerned, had quietly emerged from her office only to shake her head in dismay and return.

In this game, power is king. No one could put a stop to his perfectionism that pointed out weak points in a rather harsh manner.

There was a reason why the urban myth circulated that ‘you have to take multiple ‘fact attacks’ from attorney Kwon Jun Hwi to survive in the long run’.

Regardless, that was the world of lawyers. With the occasional bursts of yelling from his office as a backdrop, Yeon Woo moved her hands quickly.

She had to take the fresh flower cake Cha Han Bin had ordered for her after work. She had also brought her parents’ couple hoodie windbreaker, beautifully wrapped.

‘All I need is time to be on my side. Flow quickly, like this!’
Why did she forget that such a thought would be a spell to invite anger at work!

“Assistant! Assistant Kim!”
Jun Hwi, who was scolding the junior lawyers, suddenly looked for Yeon Woo. An order to secure a meeting room and set up the problematic PT presentation flew out.

To that extent, Yeon Woo quickly and perfectly accomplished it.

Following that, Kwon Jun Hwi, who came into the meeting room with irritated steps, sat in the highest seat. As the juniors entered trailing after him, looking as wilted as bean sprouts, Yeon Woo tried to quietly leave the meeting room.

“Sit down.”
“Excuse me?”
“Assistant Kim. Stay, don’t leave.”
The time was already 5:55. She didn’t know what was going on, but it didn’t seem like it would end in five minutes.

With no choice, Yeon Woo, who had sat in a corner, looked at the screen with a nervous heart.

“In conclusion. The structure is a mess, there is no visualization. Apart from the introduction, the rest is subpar.”
“……”
“Did you create a law school lecture material? Can we compete with this?”
“I’m sorry.”
For Yeon Woo, it was literally sitting on pins and needles.

Having to leave work early was secondary, the PT was in a critical state, even in Yeon Woo’s eyes it needed artificial respiration. Moreover, being in a position to watch others getting scolded.

The saving grace was that Kwon Jun Hwi was not boiling and jumping around as before, right? He was freezing people with a calm, low tone, controlling the severity of his words.

“Who wrote the introduction?”
“I… I copied that part directly from an old template.”
“Who made the template? Don’t make me ask further.”
“I made it, sir.”
Yeon Woo raised her hand and spoke. She wanted to reveal it quickly and finish quickly.

Among all the gazes pouring onto Yeon Woo, only Jun Hwi’s eyes twinkled with satisfaction.

“Then hand over the materials you were making to Assistant Kim Yeon Woo. We will be rewriting the framework from scratch together today.”

“Attorney, I have something to tell you.”
Yeon Woo quickly followed Jun Hwi, who was the first to leave the meeting room.

“Would it be okay if I work from home and send it by email at night?”
“What’s the reason?”
“Ah… I need to leave work early today.”
“Am I the one who needs to wait until night, adjusting to your schedule, and then review?”
“No, it’s not that, but….”
Jun Hwi intentionally ignored her embarrassed expression, and loosened his tie.

‘I’ll prepare on the 14th.’
‘Let’s move in my car after work.’
From the conversation between Cha Han Bin and Yeon Woo that he accidentally overheard, they secretly whispered that it was on the 14th, after work. He vividly remembered the atmosphere of the two, who were chatting affectionately with their eyes curved.

Then today, no matter what, he had to keep this woman by his side.

“Attorney, then please give me three hours! I’ll leave now and return to the office by 9.”
Three hours? Then he couldn’t let her go even more for the next three hours.

“It won’t work.”
“I have a situation today, Attorney.”
“What situation?”
At his questioning, Yeon Woo could only chew on her dry lips. She didn’t have the courage to speak honestly.

The heartbreaking story that the puppy went to heaven and that she had to console her mother was just ‘your situation’. There’s no obligation to consider such personal matters at work.

“It’s a family matter.”
“So, what kind of family matter?”
“….”
Because of Yeon Woo, who again closed her mouth tightly, a vein popped on Jun Hwi’s forehead.

She won’t tell me what she’s doing with that guy for three hours even if she dies. Is that it?

Moreover, her excuse was so plain and very like Kim Yeon Woo, that Jun Hwi almost laughed, loosening his stern expression. This woman really had no talent for lying.

“Kim Yeon Woo. I think we’re a team. Aren’t we?”
“….”
“We’re short on time, it’s tomorrow morning. The leader decided that it’s in the interest and efficiency of the entire team to delegate to the best person. We should follow that.”
Family dinner. It could be nothing. She could apologize to her mom and dad.

Moreover, Yeon Woo was known as the ‘PT Goddess’ since college. She could fully transform a terrible draft with her skill.

Today, Yeon Woo didn’t want to back down either.

Because he’s Kwon Jun Hwi. He always decides on his own, informs others, and ignores the fact that everyone has different positions and circumstances.

When she was on a business trip, she obediently worked overtime because there was a clear reason to help him.

“Today, however, he was simply detestable, like a petulant child insisting ‘don’t leave work’ with eyes closed and ears plugged.

……Yet, for the very last time, she intended to plead just once more. After all, he was her superior.

“Counselor. I earnestly implore you. I will somehow complete it and submit it today. I absolutely have to go out.” Yeon Woo pleaded desperately. As if indifferent to Yeon Woo’s desperation, he, who had been sitting with one arm propped up on his cheek, changed his posture and relaxed his arm.

His gaze, which had been staring intently, slowly shifted from Yeon Woo’s fidgeting hands, to her lightly trembling shoulders, to her tightly pressed lips.

The inexplicable sorrow overwhelmed Yeon Woo at his nonchalant attitude, which seemed to be only at ease with himself.

It must be crazy to cry over such a thing. Yeon Woo had to blink as fast as she could to keep the rising tears at bay. It was obvious that he would make fun of her again, teasing her for crying because he wouldn’t let her go home.

However, the next moment,

“As a man, you’re rejecting me. Have you decided not to treat me as a superior at the office now?”
These unbelievable words came out of Jun Hwi’s mouth.

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