Chapter 137 – Chapter 137
The dinner continued in a quiet atmosphere.
It’s because Eun-seol made it that way.
The moment she opens her mouth, Eun-seol’s eyes light up. She couldn’t open her mouth because she was blocking her words with glistening eyes lined with thread veins.
Do-gyun moved his gaze slightly and looked at Harim’s face.
It looks like the left eyelid is bruised blue.
It was because he was beaten by Eun-seol that he went away.
Do-gyun gave him a small condolence, and then a sense of kinship rose up for some reason, and he continued to eat with a smile.
Looking around again, there was Eun-seol drinking Kaoliang liquor.
Face flushed red.
Whether that was due to drunkenness, or shame, only you will know.
While Do-gyun was spying on Eun-seol, he shuddered and lowered his head to the plate at Eun-seol who suddenly turned his gaze to him.
“Oh, it’s delicious…”
A murmur escaped from his mouth.
His eyes were tightly closed.
He wanted someone to lighten the mood, but that was something neither he nor Harim could do.
Eun-seol would have to do it, but since Eun-seol, who has the most menacing face she has ever seen, would not allow him, the dining table continued in silence.
After a while, a loud sigh was heard from Eunseol’s direction, followed by Eunseol’s words.
“… Eat comfortably.”
Do-gyun raised his head at the words he heard, and what reflected in his field of vision was Eun-seol with a haggard complexion as if he had dropped something.
Do-gyun felt sorry for her appearance again, but he remembered Eun-seol’s reaction in front of the office and tried to hold back from bursting into laughter again.
“I am eating comfortably. The meal is very good.”
“Of course. How much is this for a meal?”
It was Harim’s words.
Harim looked at Eunseol’s eyes with her eyes wide open and continued talking cheerfully.
“It’s one of the best restaurants in the neighborhood. The tables are all divided into rooms, so the boss especially likes it.”
“Five…”
Do-gyun nodded at Harim’s words.
Certainly, unlike other restaurants, it was a restaurant with no halls and only rooms.
“The owner here has a good head. It’s aimed at people with money who like private places.”
Saying that, Harim let out a giggle.
Do-gyun smiled accordingly and looked at Eun-seol.
The appearance of pouring alcohol as if not interested in conversation.
There was also a sense of playfulness in him, and his lips chattered, but Do-gyun was a man of learning.
I didn’t want to turn the bruise in my eye, which was getting better little by little, blue again.
While continuing to eat while agreeing with Harim’s words, Do-kyun had an idea that suddenly came to his mind and asked Eun-seol a question.
“Ah, but if Eun-ah takes over the job, won’t she have less time to write?”
A natural question for Do-Gyun.
To add a little explanation, it was a question I asked because I was worried that Eun-ah’s novel serialization cycle would be destroyed due to work, or that there would be a situation where the serialization would be stopped.
Eun-seol glanced at Do-gyun, who asked the question, then gave an answer with a chin gesture to Harim.
“He can handle pretty much anything. I only have to pay for the core tasks that I need to handle myself, so it doesn’t take up too much time.”
Do-gyun’s gaze turned to Harim.
I couldn’t trust him with his dazed face and blinking eyes, but wasn’t he the person who took care of the work while Eun-seol wasn’t there?
Do-gyun, who had barely understood Eun-seol’s words, nodded to him, and after a while, the meal was over.
*
Two days passed.
Do-gyun looked at Eun-ah standing in front of the department store with a nervous look.
It’s been this way ever since I delivered Eun-seol’s words in the morning.
Do-gyun felt a smile burst out of him at the sight of him and held Eun-ah’s hand tightly.
“Don’t be too nervous. Still, he is a reliable person who has worked with Eunseol for several years.”
Eun-ah grabbed Do-gyun’s hand, which was overlapping her own, and spat out a question in a nervous tone.
“Yes, yes…”
Do-gyun’s eyes looked at Eun-ah’s eyes, which were revealed under the hat.
Eyes trembling and swaying to and fro.
Do-gyun laughed at him again and led Eun-ah to Eun-seol’s office on the top floor of the department store.
Immediately after, I knocked on the door of the office twice with a ‘smart’ sound, and a ‘Yes!’ Sound was heard from inside, and then the door opened with a jolt.
“Oh, welcome. Two days only?”
“Yes, what…”
After a brief greeting, Harim’s gaze, which was drawing a smile, turned to Do-kyun and Eun-ah, and to the hands they were holding.
“… Tsk.”
A small clicking sound. When Do-gyun raised his head, there was Harim with a single, smiling face.
Looking at Eun-ah, who had been stiff until the day before yesterday, Harim spat out a greeting in a friendly tone.
“Oh, you worked hard to come here. Are you seeing us for the second time?”
Saying that, Eun-ah looked at Harim who asked for a handshake, nodded her head with a stiff face, and held her hand.
“Oh, hello…”
A small voice that seemed to crawl.
Harim scratched the back of her head as if he was awkward at the sight of her, then continued her words with a laugh of ‘Puhaha’.
“Yeah, I feel it every time, but meeting other bosses is really awkward. Um, shall we sit down for now?”
Do-gyun nodded at Harim’s words, went inside, and sat down on the sofa to the left of the seat of honor as he had the day before.
Harim is sitting across from her, and of course, Eun-ah has to go to the seat of honor.
However, did the senior seat come as too much of a burden to Eun-ah?
Eun-ah looked at the empty seat next to Do-gyun and the seat next to her in a hurry, closing her eyes tightly and sitting close to Do-gyun.
Do-gyun flinched at the embarrassing situation for a moment, then smiled awkwardly as he saw Eun-ah holding his hand.
Moment.
“Her…”
Laughter ringing in my ears.
When Do-gyun saw Harim, the source of the sound, there was Harim looking at the two with his eyes wide open with a face with veins on his forehead.
“The boss’s seat is in the middle, right?”
“Oh, no… Well, I need to be by Mr. Bee’s side…”
As Eun-ah said that and put her body on Do-gyun’s arm, Harim’s lips twitched.
Do-gyun, who was watching the conversation, felt intense anger from Harim’s expression.
Suddenly, I remembered what Harim said two days ago.
-It’s annoying to work on weekends when other people are playing, but dating in front… Doesn’t it make your stomach churn when you show such a friendly side?
A realization passing through my mind.
‘Ah, that person must have had no time to date.’
She must have had no time for dating because she was busy with her job, taking care of Eun-seol.
It’s such a situation, so of course it’s annoying when someone else is showing off such a sweet face.
When Do-gyun, who recalled him, showed regret on his face, Harim, who saw that expression, gnashed his teeth.
Naturally, Do-gyun’s body flinched, and Do-gyun, who rolled his eyes, spit out words to Eun-ah with an awkward smile on his face.
“I am Eun-ah. But now I have to go to the high seat… Still, Eun-ah is the owner of this place.”
Not yet… I’m the person who will be the owner, so it’s okay to say this roughly.
When I spoke to her with that thought in mind, Eun-ah groaned and trembled in shock.
“… Ah!”
She groaned and pulled her body up.
When Do-gyun tilted his head at Eun-ah’s sudden action, Eun-ah, who faced him, smiled a little and grabbed Do-gyun’s arm.
“Hey, bee, wait a minute…”
“Yeah?”
“Hey, wake up.”
Seeing Do-gyun struggling to get himself up, Eun-ah made Do-gyun sit next to him and put her butt on top of his thigh.
After doing so, he nodded his head in satisfaction.
“I-I’ll do this… !”
At that, veins bulged above Harim’s clenched fist.
“Wow, wow~ The owner of the body is really smart… !”
“Lol…”
It was a sarcastic remark, but Eun-ah, who was floundering in Do-gyun’s arms right away, didn’t notice him.
It’s just that I’m embarrassed to hear the words I hear as a compliment.
At that, Do-gyun’s face was covered with a smile of trouble, and Harim’s teeth were grinding again.
“Well… ! Shall we talk about work now?”
A voice that was tightly suppressed, as if it would burst at any moment.
Do-gyun, who was watching the situation, closed his eyes and emptied his mind.
‘If I stay still, half will go.’
I shouldn’t have been
*
Harim looked at Eun-ah, who nodded her head slightly as she looked at the documents I was pushing.
‘Your hair is fine…’
In a way, it’s an obvious fact. It was the main body of the ‘boss’, but his head couldn’t be bad.
In terms of understanding, insight, and thinking speed, I felt that I was superior to the ‘boss’, but…
“Oh, honey bee… Try this too.”
“Ah, thank you.”
“Lol…”
I don’t like that stupid behavior.
‘Fuck…’
Even after starting to talk about work, it’s always been that way.
By bringing refreshments, even while looking at documents, they feed each other and create a sweet atmosphere.
Then, when I get tired of looking at the documents for a while, I hug him and rub my head against his chest.
A gut-wrenching, behavior that makes you want to punch a wall at any moment.
I couldn’t help but get angry when someone saw me immersed in their own world in a situation where I couldn’t even date on my own, wondering when something would happen.
‘Ah, damn it!’
Harim felt a deep rage boiling inside, and she sharpened her teeth again.
‘No, you have to be patient. Are you the boss? Are you giving me money? Harim, you can do it. I can stand it!’
Harim closed her eyes and controlled her mind.
Yeah I had to be patient Where is the boss who spreads money like the boss? Where is the boss who enriches the bank account balance?
Didn’t they let me hold my own house, foreign cars, and all kinds of luxury items in the middle of Seoul?
If you can’t stand that and write a letter of resignation, you will sit in a pile of debt because of this consumption habit that has already become dissolute.
‘… For a moment.’
Suddenly, such a guess came to Harim’s head as he continued to think.
In fact, wasn’t this all the president’s plan?
Could it be that I deliberately gave away money to make my spending habits prodigal? Maybe it made it impossible to think of a job other than here.
Maybe that’s why he couldn’t leave the company even in this situation.
It was an unfounded speculation, but considering the thoroughgoing personality of the president, it couldn’t be dismissed as a joke.
After thinking about it for a while, Harim threw away Lee Je and the papers and opened his mouth as he felt his stomach twist as he watched the two of them chatting again.
“Um, boss? Next is this…”
“Ah yes…”
Harim looked at Eun-ah, who was receiving the documents from me, and glared at Do-gyun with tight eyes.
Eyes full of meaning to go out.
Fortunately, the quick-witted man read my intentions at once and nodded his head shyly.
“Miss Eun.”
“Yes, yes…”
“I will be out for a while. I think I’m too intrusive while you’re working.”
“Oh, it’s not…”
Is it too much exaggeration to want to punch a fist into a crying face?
Harim felt his insides boil again and listened to the ensuing conversation.
“How am I? Huh? I finish work quickly and go home to eat.”
“Yes, yes…”
“Hmm, I want to eat the steak Eun-ah cooks for the first time in a while… May I ask you a favor?”
“Yes!”
Eun-ah’s complexion brightens quickly. It was only after Do-gyun nodded and got up from his seat that Harim’s complexion brightened.
Immediately after, Harim, who confirmed that Do-gyun got up and left the office, turned his gaze to Eun-ah.
As soon as she is alone, she becomes sullen, and pouting her lips twists her insides again.
Harim tried to suppress the boiling inside and spat out her words toward Eun-ah.
“Okay then, shall we talk about work again?”
“Yes…”
The answer is that he is out of energy and sobbing.
Harim felt her eyes close tight.
After all, people were more difficult than work.
