Mina opened her eyes feeling a little dizzy. She touched her forehead and heard a feminine voice "Yura?? Are you feeling well now?" She looked at where the voice came from and noticed that it was Lee Yura's mother, Kang Su Wan!
'Did I not go back to my world? I am still in this comic book?' Mina thought and sat up on the bed. 'Shouldn't I have been back in my world until now? This is what usually happens when a person travels right? They ought to be back soon whenever they fall ill or something... so, why am I not back yet?' Her mind was getting messed up from the questions which were rising non-stop in her head.
"Are you still not feeling okay, dear?" Son Mina broke out from her train of thoughts when she heard Kang Su Wan speak again.
"Yes, I am fine, Mom!" She got up and took her phone from the bedside table. As she opened her phone, her eyes fell on the date and time and she screamed "What??" She then looked at her mother and asked, "Till how long I slept, Mom??" She shook her head and corrected it "Till how many days had I been on bed?"
Kang Su Wan counted the days on her fingers and showed three fingers "Three days utmost."
Hearing this, Son Mina opened her mouth wide. "Three days? That is so long…" She thought of all the work piled up on her table and she pinched the bridge of her nose.
Including today, it will become four days… No!! She had to go to work today even if she was late, she had to go!! She hadn't even submitted a leave letter…. She can't stay at home today. She immediately got off the bed and took out a brown colored pant and crème buttoned top from her closet. Taking the undergarments in her hand she was going inside the bathroom when her mother stopped.
"Are you going for work today?" She turned around and saw her mother. There was a worried look on her face. All these actions, everything was just very new for Mina. She had never experienced it all before. So, upon seeing Kang Su Wan's face, she began to well up.
She flashed a smile and replied "Yes! I need to go. It is already been three days."
Kang Su Wan walked towards Mina and touched her forehead. "But… you are still unwell! Why don't you take a day off?"
"No!! It is fine. I really need to go!" Mina touched her mother's hand and kissed her forehead. "I will be back in no time!" She went inside the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
****
Son Mina held a white envelope in her hand while entering inside the elevator. She had to quietly keep this envelope on Manager Cha's table without being seen, otherwise, if she was caught, she would surely have to face his terrible wrath.
Sigh!! How bad would it be??
As the doors of the elevator opened, she stepped out to get inside.
"Lee YURAA!!" Son Mina stopped right in her tracks when she heard Manager Cha's loud angry growl. 'F*ck!! Did he put some tracking device on me or what? He always ends up where I am.' Son Mina quickly began to take steps when she heard the patting sound behind her.
"Lee Yura!! Stop right there… This instant!"
At last, Mina stopped and turned around. "Yes? Manager Cha? You called me?"
"Where were you all these days? Do you know how much work is pending… and it is just because of you! Just and just because of you…" He snatched the white envelope from her hand and opened it.
As he read the content, he scoffed "Fever?? Hah!! Rubbish!" He tore the letter into pieces and threw it on her face.
"You have to work till midnight for a total of 7 days… That is your punishment!" He sternly ordered and left.
Son Mina looked at the back of Manager Cha being completely bewildered. "He just f*cking tore my letter…. How dare that scumbag do so?? Just you wait!! If I don't completely destroy you… then my name won't be Son Mina anymore…. F*cking bastard." She cursed a few words at him and vowed to herself saying that she would completely destroy him.
But right now, she was just gonna obey what he told for a few days but not for a total of 7 days.
****
It was past 8 in the office. Son Mina was still trying to read the files which were piled up on her desk. As she took another file to read, she yawned.
"Ughh!! How many of them are there?" She began to count them and gasped when she realized that twelve more files were left. "Twelve more?? What sort of a punishment is this?" She looked up at the ceiling with irritation written upon her face.
As she began to continue reading the file, her phone made a ding sound. It was a message from an unknown number. Son Mina looked at the message with a confused look on her face.
"Come to my room this instant!!" She read the message, but nothing went inside her mind. For a second, her thoughts began dirty and she began cursing the person who send her the message. She read the message again but still nothing.
She read it again, but nothing could come in her mind. She was completely confused.
"Ahh, whatever… Maybe a wrong message." Looking at the pile of files placed on her desk, she shook her head and kept the phone back on her desk.
She opened the file and began to read its contents when another ding was heard. She placed the file aggressively on the desk and grunted. "Who the hell is this sending me these messages…." She took her phone and her eyes widened in utter surprise.
"From Director Kim!"
"What?? It was Director Kim??" She gulped and began to text him back, when another message came from him saying "THIS INSTANT!!"
Reading those eleven letters, Son Mina trembled. "What could be the reason for him to text me and order me to come… His messages depict that he is angry." Son Mina was muttering when another message came in her phone. "No delaying, Miss Lee!! Or else, instead of seven days, YOU WILL NEED TO WORK TILL MIDNIGHT FOR A MONTH!!"
Her eyes fell on the sentence in block letters and she immediately pushed herself off from the chair. "It is better to listen to his command rather than working a whole day for a month…."