That guy is giving me a headache. Why does he sound caring but harsh at the same time? I mean, he could have just said it in a caring manner. I don't know what is in his mind.
I spent my working day proofreading and copywriting the novel that Manager Jeong gave. The title was The Chances of turning from Friends into Lovers. How I wish I have one of those male childhood or long time friends that I can hang out with, lol.
I asked him if he remembered anything from the masquerade party yesterday, and he said only about meeting CEO Seo and nothing after that. Is he toying me? How do I interpret all of his seemingly cold but caring actions?
It made me self reflect, though. I hate myself acting like a pushover too, and Mr. Kim has a point. In the end, I sent him a text message in Kakao Talk and thanked him for worrying about me and that this will be the last time that I'll become a pushover in this company. He replied, "Good thing," with a smiley face. I can imagine him smiling with his dimples on looks adorable.
Anyway, I realized that I am the one who will suffer if I keep on doing this. If I continue being a pushover to survive this harsh world, I think I might end up quitting the company even before I manage to find the reincarnated prince.
Well, yes! He seemed to be stiff, but I think he cares a lot about the people around him? I don't know. This guy is giving me a headache. I still don't have any idea where the reincarnated prince might be. Why I might have to go around all the men that work here and secretly peek on their chests---I mean collarbones if they have the same birthmark as mine.
I am on my desk now, eyeing my prey. It's almost 5 PM, the time that we look forward to the most, the time where we log out of work! I guess I don't need to look around. A man is sitting right next to me, and I hope he's the one! Please, pray for me to succeed and find the reincarnated prince!
"Mr. Lim!" I turned my attention to the guy sitting right next to me and gave him the sweetest smile. "You look cool with your necktie loosened up! How about unbuttoning one, two, or better yet three buttons out of your white long-sleeved polo?"
"Ohh, Miss Li~" Rina-sunbae, who was sitting across me, joined the conversation, "I guess you like those kinds of things, huh?" She then raised her eyebrows up and down, "Folded or rolled sleeves, veins popping out on men's arms, loose necktie and unbuttoning of buttons." She laughed, "We have the same taste, my dearest Suji!"
I just laughed with her and gave her a high five, "Oooh, I guess we are on the same page, Rina-sunbae!"
"You guys have weird fetishes," he said. I stared at his shirt, with only one button left so that I can see if he has a birthmark or something on his collarbone. "Why are you staring so much?"
"Sorry," I replied. "I don't mean anything weird, okay, but I am curious if you have something like a birthmark? Near your collarbone?"
I saw Seungwoo come across the room, bringing a folder, I guess? He needs to check on it with our team leader. Why is that guy entering the room cautiously?
"I don't have a birthmark near my collarbone," Mr. Lim answered, "But I have one on the left side of my neck."
"OMG?!" I exclaimed, "Will you let me see it?"
"It's still working hours, everyone," Seungwoo yelled to get our attention. He then walked towards me and whispered, "Ya, Li Suji, you sound like a pervert. You should cut it out,"
After saying that, he gave me a sly smile and walked towards the team leader's cubicle.
"Seungwoo is still the best when it comes to having great proportions and a handsome face," Rina-sunbae squealed. "He looks like a model when he walks. Are you guys close? I noticed that he speaks informally with you,"
I chuckled, "I don't know it myself too, sunbae. I think that Seungwoo is a good person, though,"
"Really~?" She asked jokingly, "I saw sparks fly earlier!"
I shook my head and turned my head to Mr. Lim, "I want to see your birthmark,"
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Mr. Lim's birthmark shaped like poop and its color was a bit light brown too, which makes it seem like a literal poop. I sighed, I asked around the office, and most people don't have a birthmark, and if they have one, it does not look like a mermaid's tail. I sighed, and I certainly do not have enough time to waste! I need to find the reincarnated prince and make him fall in love with me.
I didn't know how hard it is to find someone, and I hope the reincarnated prince is someone who falls in love fast, just like me.
It was 5 PM, and it's time to go home! Yay. Just when I was packing things up and getting ready to get out of the editing team's room, Team Leader Bae Yunqiong approached and said that Secretary Pyo paged to go to the CEO's office.
"Who was the CEO who called me?" I asked.
"Of course, it's CEO Seo, CEO Seo Jinwoo," she smirked. "We don't have any other CEO's in the company, right?"
"Right,"
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"How are you feeling?" CEO Seo asked me.
"Did you call me to ask that" I questioned the CEO, "Did you ask me for personal reasons?"
"Yes," He was sitting on his chair and is observing my expression, "I'm the CEO, and I have the power to do that?"
"Actually," I was about to respond when he opened his mouth to say something. "Did you get assigned to be the copyright editor for the novel that we are planning to release next month?"
Stop getting ahead of yourself, Suji.
"Yes," I answered. "It's an honor for me to work on such great work, I read a few chapters of it, and it seemed like a nice novel."
"I see," he nodded. "It was a work of mine,"
"Eh?!" I shrieked, but a few moments after, I composed myself. "You are the writer of the novel I am proofreading on?"
"Yes, Miss Li." Seungwoo said, and gave me a gentle smile, "I'll leave it up to you, okay?"
I didn't know CEO Seo was a writer too.
"Yes! I will do my best!" I grinned and bowed down slightly.
"Do you still see my eyes turn into violet?" he asked, and I shook my head. "Good thing, I always try to keep it hidden. I guess it shows from time to time since you are a reincarnated mermaid," he stood up and approached me. "I think we're destined to meet since the sea witch who gave you a pair of legs in your past life was an ancestor of mine."
"Is that so?" I asked him, confirming what was already said. I seem stupid, "We are destined? How can you be so sure of that?"
"Well then," Our distance was only a few feet away, and I looked at him in the eye. Both eyes turned into a slit, and its color changed into violet. The natural form of the sea witch. "Why don't you ask me if I have the same mark as yours?"