Yunhee felt a sense of impending doom.

To speak the truth, she was troubled by the promise with Lajin.

However, if she were to lie, Jaehun seemed to already know something.

Not knowing the extent of that something, Yunhee bit her lips nervously.

[Dash] Secretary Jung.

In his deeply sunk voice, there was a mixture of urgency and anger.

Yunhee had no choice but to speak.

“No, it’s not.”

[Dash] Is it Secretary Sa who bought baby products?

“…Yes.”

Jaehun took a deep breath. Yunhee could feel that he was extremely tense.

[Dash] Why did you lie?

“I’m sorry, Director.”

[Dash] I’m not asking for an apology. I’m asking for the reason.

“Director Seo requested it.”

[Dash] So, what’s the reason?

Yunhee took a deep breath and moved the phone away for a moment, taking a deep breath.

Even though he was usually a cold and blunt superior, when he got angry like this, Yunhee’s heart pounded as if a big drum had settled inside her.

“Calm down. Even if the director is terrifying, I must never mention that the manager is pregnant.”

After a few deep breaths, Yunhee brought the phone back to her ear.

“I don’t know the details. He suddenly called me and asked like that. The director is not someone who acts without thinking, and it’s not a particularly difficult request, so I accepted it.”

[Dash] Is that really all?

“Yes. I thought it was all settled since the director didn’t say anything more… What’s going on?”

Jaehun’s suppressed breath burst out.

Then, in a cold tone as if whispering, he said.

[Dash] Did Secretary Sa get pregnant by any chance?

Unconsciously, Yunhee took a sharp breath, then hastily covered her mouth with her hand.

Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. Her heart was beating so fast that it felt like it might jump out of her mouth.

[Dash] Secretary Jung.

Jaehun’s voice, which had been quite tense, changed.

[Dash] If you know anything, please tell me honestly. There will be no harm to Secretary Jung. I promise.

“I, I only know that much. I don’t know anything more, Director.”

[Dash] Secretary Jung. There is perhaps the most important issue in my life hanging on you right now. It might be more important than my life.

At the end of his soothing voice, there was a strong sense of regret and tenderness.

[Dash] So please, I beg you. If you know anything, please tell me. Please?
Please[Dash], the added words were so earnest.

Blinking her eyes, Yunhee momentarily took her phone away from her ear to check the screen, making sure that the person I was talking to was indeed Jaehun.

[Director Seo Jaehun]

Strange. The director, who was cold and prickly, seemed to be right.

It wasn’t like Jaehun to search so desperately for traces just because a competent subordinate had disappeared.

‘Could it be? Could Director really be pregnant with Manager?’

While suspicions arose, it was challenging to be certain. The distance between Jaehun and Lajin at the company was maintained thoroughly.

However, a few days ago, Yunhee’s expression became complicated as she recalled the email from Lajin. Somehow, the reporters managed to relentlessly dig into the marriage of Jaehun and Seoyoung, even using Yunhee’s personal email address. So, she kept notifications on for personal emails, allowing her to check Lajin’s email promptly.

Seeing the subject “How are you, Yunhee?” made her instinctively sense that it was Lajin. As expected, it was Lajin.

Feeling sorry and heartbroken for handling everything alone regarding Jaehun and Seoyoung’s marriage news, she briefly choked up at the words expressing regret and sadness.

[…If it’s okay, could you tell me if it’s true?]

That was the main point.

Lajin changed her phone number, didn’t say where she was going, and moved.

So quietly disappearing from the world, she wanted to know if Jaehun and Seoyoung’s marriage news was true or not.

Initially, Yunhee thought it was due to a sense of responsibility. Lajin, who worked tirelessly even on holidays, might have worried whether her inexperienced junior could assist Jaehun well after she left.

However, suddenly, Yunhee found it strange.

The marriage news of Jaehun was undoubtedly essential, but Yunhee thought that for Lajin, the more critical and worrisome task was the collaboration with Chef William Stewart, not the marriage.

Well, no way. It couldn’t be like that. Even while thinking that, Yunhee, after reading the content stating that it was a disposable email address, quickly asked Lajin for her contact information.

A premonition that if she sent a message saying ‘The news is not true,’ she might never be able to contact Lajin again.

There was still no reply.

Yunhee decided to go ahead with her initial plan.

“I’m sorry, but I really don’t know anything, Director.”

If it’s not Jaehun’s child, revealing the private life Lajin told her not to mention would be disrespectful.

If it is Jaehun’s child… even then, it’s not her role to blurt it out when the person involved, Lajin, is keeping quiet.

“I will inform you when I hear news about Director Seo.”