“Why do you visit the office during the day? And why do you meet Mu Won?”
“Mu Young-ah, it’s not like that. I just meet Mu Won on my way to see you. It’s really nothing!”
“How I can believe you? I saw you two chat and stare at each other!” Mu Young raises his voice.
“No, it’s not like you saw. Why I should lie to you, my husband?” Na Young tries to calm his anger.
He holds his anger and asks her to leave now. His hand is up on the air, still in disbelief with what he says. When she leaves, he holds his chest. He feels painful inside. Deep down, he wants to believe everything she says as the truth.
Back to office, he’s not in the mood to continue working. Secretary Jo reminds him about the meeting, but he prefers to sleep. Sec.Jo can’t see his boss slacking like that and gently reminds him. But instead of waking up, he’s annoyed because of his secretary.
“N..no... no.. Just reminds you about the meeting, Director,” Jo Jae Hyun stutters.
“What time is that?”
“2pm. And now it’s a bit over 2pm.”
“Aishh.”
Mu Young walks in annoyance. Secretary Jo follows him but Mu Young tells him to not following. So Secretary Jo tells him that he will wait outside the room.
Mu Young enters the meeting room, already full of Directors, Assistant Directors and General Manager. He’s a bit uncomfortable meeting so many people and here, again he sees his hyung, Mu Won who looks cocky.
Meanwhile Mu Won starts explaining his idea. He’s such a smooth talker that Mu Young can’t help but envy him. He’s confident, full of charisma and has great leadership, maybe that’s the value that his father-in-law saw in Mu Won.
Secretary Jo receives the text and asks Mu Young if he can go inside. He hesitates so much cause all directors are in one room. Mu Young texts him that it’s okay, but Sec.Jo doesn’t enter the room. Mu Young then goes outside and drags him to bring some idea to him.
Mu Won sees this all with such fascinating look. He also points out Mu Young to explain his idea.
“I think that’s all for me. I will yield this forum to Director Cha,” Mu Won says this and smiles to Mu Young.
Mu Young can’t help but has to explain his own idea right there.
“Ah yes, first of all thanks to Director Cha Mu Won for his great idea. Ah so.. So about offshore exploration project... I have an idea to explore more.. to.. where is that? Jeju? Ah yes, Jeju Basin. We may need some time to prepare for such project because Jeju is not easy location to be reached. We need more oil experts and technicians and of course we have to look at our capacity first. Thank you!”
Mu Young only speaks for about 1 minute. He doesn’t know what he say or anything... let alone understand what he just said. He only wishes the meeting would end sooner. Mu Won takes a sip on his drink and looks at Mu Young with sly smile. The board of directors murmur that Jeju project is not so bad and decides Mu Young to take care of it, especially for human resources.
After the meeting ends, Mu Young walks out of the room quietly. But Mu Won holds his hand and asks for a talk. Mu Young already has bad feelings over this, but he lets his brother to talk what he wants.
“Hah.. and if I don’t what will you do?”
“Well.. I just care for my little dongsaeng.”
“Thanks for your care, I’m sure I can take care of that myself and my team will work out eventually,” Mu Young answers.
He leaves Mu Won, who always try to get his attention. He sighs to himself, his hyung is just like himself who wants his attention too.
**
Mu Young walks back quickly to his room. He talks to everyone in his department that he has urgent meeting soon. Everyone on his department must come at 4pm or else they would get suspended. Judging by his order, everyone on HR department is rushing to the meeting room. Young Won is still a bit confused but seeing her colleagues are all in a rush, she also joins other people.
Mu Young gathers everyone on their own meeting room. It’s smaller than main meeting room for directors before.
Mu Young starts questioning his employees, especially Assistant Director Choi and Secretary Jo. They have to give an idea, any idea how to make his Jeju project works. Secretary Jo apologizes to him but he clearly doesn’t have any answer. While Ass.Dir Choi still needs some time and give him vague answer. He also asks for permission to leave.
Mu Young is agitated by his subordinates and shouts out to them.
Everyone is in shock! Mu Young also shocks by himself.
“I’m sorry Miss Lee Young Won, I have to use inappropriate language in front of you,” Mu Young tells Young Won.
“Ah.. yes Sir!” Young Won replies.
Young Won is startled because his boss look at her directly. She doesn’t want to bother anyone. What’s more annoying is that all the employees on that meeting also look at her. Like she’s some kind of comfort woman or anything.
“Do you know your grave mistake today?” Mu Young walks to him and asks calmly.
“No.. I don’t know, Sir!”
Mu Young touches Jae Hyun’s cheek and says, “Well, I do wonder why you can be my secretary..”
“Ah... ah yes.. I also don’t know Sir!”
“Put yourself together! Do you know how embarassing for me to stand there in the meeting, not having any idea and yet have to work on this project?”
“Sir, my brain isn’t working right now. But I will ask everyone to come up with elaborate plan tomorrow and compile it for you. How do you think?”
“Okay sure! Let just finish the meeting here.. Pretend I never ask you and sorry,” Mu Young tells Jae Hyun.
He goes outside the room. One by one of his employees is going home. Lee Young Won also ready to go home. Mu Young comes to her and asks her.
“Yes Sir! Is there any problem?”
“No, no problem.. But I want to ask you to create a presentation for tomorrow.”
“Presentation? What for?”
“Ah.. Presentation just like.. uh, introduction to Jeju project? I’m not an expert on that area and I’m sure based on your resume, you worked in Jeju for quite some time so of course at least you have an experience there,” Mu Young explains to her.
“Yeah, I went to Jeju 4 years ago. But I think we need to conduct survey first or at least...”
Mu Young cuts her, “Listen, I’m not good at petroleum field. It isn’t my field so I need to learn the terms and such. I don’t understand what’s outside the office would be like, so I just gonna trust you and make you the project leader.”
“B.but Sir!” Young Won is surprised at his sudden announcement.
Mu Young shushes her and pleads to just take care of this project. He then leaves her and goes home. She’s still exasperated by this sudden turn. It’s just unreal to her. Her boss is just, she doesn’t know how to describe it, he looks incompetent but funnily she thinks that’s his charm, looking completely lost but still cute.
**
Mu Young comes home. He smells his wife’s cooking for dinner. He becomes hungry as soon as he enters the house. Seo Na Young greets him and touches his face, asking if it’s hard today.
“What? What becomes hard?” Mu Young asks her.
“Hey! Augh, you need to be hit,” Na Young is slightly annoyed.
“But isn’t it normal reaction? If not, then I wouldn’t be a man.”
“Your mind is in the gutter right now. Go wash yourself.”
“After that, let’s talk on the bed,” Mu Young says.
“No.. eating dinner first.”
Mu Young already forgets half of his problem when he’s with his wife. The other half, well, it’s embarrassing to tell because it’s about their husband-wife relationship. Mu Young smiles to himself, clearly thinking on his own.
After taking a bath, Mu Young finds ironed clothes lay on his bed. No need to say, that’s Seo Na Young that prepares everything. He goes outside the room to eat dinner.
They have delicious dinner today, but even then Na Young doesn’t smile a bit. In fact, she looks a bit worried, scared. She seems nervous and only looks at blank space. Mu Young asks her if something on her mind. She just says they need to talk after dinner.
Na Young asks him to have a date outside the house, in the yard. He agrees and holds her hand. Just after reaching the front yard, Na Young gives him back hug. It’s assuring and warm, Mu Young feels grateful. But what comes next is not what he ever predicted.
“Yes.”
“Mu Young-ah... I loved you. I don’t want to lose you. You’re the first person I truly loved. Really.. truly.. but I love another man now. I don’t want to lose him too. I’m sorry, Mu Young-ah,”
“Since when?”
“About a year.”
“Does that man Cha Mu Won?”
“Yes.”
Mu Young feels his heart breaking into pieces. He silently cries. It’s real now. It’s not just his suspicion. It’s about time his lover also taken by Cha Mu Won.
***
Writer: kanz
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