"Is everything executed accordingly? You know I don't wish for any kind of blunder again as before?" Seo-Jin made his secretary keep up his eyes on everything before their meetings get starts with Hyun Corporation.
"Yes, I have arranged all files in the meeting room," his secretary ascertained him.
"Okay, when will Tae-Hyun will show up?"
"Maybe in a few."
"Alright, Go and inform Ji-Hoon and Jae to appear in the meeting room," Seo-jin finished his speaking and got busy with his phone, conserving with someone.
"Sure Mr." Shik bowed to him and disappeared from his room.
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"Hello, Tae-Hyun?" I dared to give him a call with something because he was the only one to help me out, it took me one hour to put off my intentions and get his advantage.
"Hey Jin-Ae, I'm so sorry I can't attend to you because I hafta go to a meeting with your dad, I'm willing to call you once our meeting gets over, I'm sorry," his words were enough to ruin my plan, and he was the only one to help, that showed me some hope but I guess I have to do it all lonely.
"But gimme a second, please Tae-Hyun?" I requested him to just listen to me for once.
"Be fast otherwise I would be late," I jumped with feelings of happiness and shut down my laptop, which I was working on, to start a new book.
"I have to agree he is such a true-blue friend," I mumbled to myself.
Without taking much of his time, I told him about my plan, he agreed with me.
"Thank you so much, Tae-Hyun," I said and hung up the call.
"I am glad to do anything for you, Jin-Ae," Tae-Hyun let out in a sluggish voice.
"Sir, we are here, please, come," his secretary showed him, his way to lead to the meeting room.
He nodded and got off his car.
Inside meeting room:)
"Welcome, Tae-Hyun," Seo-Jin greeted him and praised him with a hug.
"Thank you, Sir."
"Start the presentation, Ji-Hoon," Seo-Jin guided Ji-Hoon to represent his views for the upcoming project.
He looked around to notice Ari's presence but his sight didn't catch her appearance in the meeting room.
"Sorry to intervene but I don't think there are all members in this room?"
"Everybody is here. Whom are you addressing about?" Seo-Jin asked him?
"Ari? She must be here because I heard that she also played an important role here," Tae-Hyun came off to start his role in helping Jin-Ae.
"She took off for today," before Seo-Jin could assert anything to him, Ji-Hoon spoke.
"Is she okay?"
And that was the time when Ji-Hoon grew impatient over his questions.
"I guess you don't have to worry about my wife's well being?"
"No, it's not like that. I just asked because I didn't have time to talk with her and when I thought to discuss the project, she seemed off here."
It was enough for Ji-Hoon to listen to his nonsense and coming up with so many questions about Ari.
"We are here for meeting not your gossip, Please utilise the time."
"Oh, I'm so sorry. Please continue," he spoke and laughed a little at his reactions when he talked much about his wife.
Thereupon 20 minutes, the meeting was over and successfully Tae-Hyun agreed to work with Seo Organisation on an upcoming project soon.
"We gonna have a great time working together," Jae finally spoke up to greet Tae-Hyun for this collaboration.
"Thank you."
"He gonna give all the information after and we should bid goodbye now," Tae-Hyun said and went away with his Secretary and some of his employees.
There was Ji-Hoon standing, filled with jealousy inside his heart but didn't let that emotion over his looks.
"Hold on," Tae-Hyun turned around in his way to utter something to Ji-Hoon.
"Ji-Hoon, please ask her to gimme a call, I have a wish to talk with her."
At this moment, anger rushed through his veins when he heard him mentioning his wife again in front of him.
"I don't have time, you can ask someone else to ask Ari," with those cold replies, he moved inside his cabin, ignoring Tae-Hyun.
"I can see and Jin-Ae was right when she said that you care for Ari. I hope you realise your feelings."
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"I asked you to discuss Tae-Hyun with Jin-Ae but I can't believe that instead of showing his feelings for Jin-Ae, he asked about Ari who is already married to Ji-Hoon. What is this going out in between them?" Jae spoke and irritation made her throw things off her table.
"Don't act like that, I asked you to go for this but you are not of any help," Seo-Jin tolerating her shit, grabbed a seat on a couch in her office.
"She is so stubborn I told you before and that's why I asked you to talk with her but you-" Jae stopped and held her head in frustration.
"Let's wait for some more time maybe he was just in the friend zone of Ari." Seo-Jin threw a thread of hope in Jae's direction.
She nodded.
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"Thank you so much, Sir. I'm glad that you thought of me to be of your help in this project," Sun-Hee thanked Tae-Hyun when he asked her to work with SEO Organisation.
"No, it's not like that. You are worthy," Tae-Hyun praised her talent and ask her to leave because he was so tired after attending the meeting.
"I'm so delighted and I am sure Sung-Ho would be happy to know that. I can't wait to tell him," Sun-Hee cheered in excitement and packed her stuff inside her purse to leave for meeting him.
A 30 minutes drive, appeared as one hour-long to her.
"Please, drive faster," she asked the driver of the cab to take her to the address as soon as possible.
And she reached his place, "thank you" paying for a drive, she ran to the front door.
"Hello, Aunty. How are you?" Sun-Hee asked his mom about her health and lightly stroked her in her arms.
"I'm good but this time-?" Mari asked as she was surprised to see her presence at night.
"Umm. I'm sorry but I wanted to meet Sung-Ho for something urgent. Is he here?"
"Oh, it's okay but he just went out to grab some groceries from the nearby store. You can wait for him in his room."
"Thank you."
"Call me if you need something?"
"No, it's okay."
And then they both parted their ways, Mari towards the kitchen and Sun-Hee to his room upstairs.
It didn't take him so long to come back from the store because he chose to go in the car rather than wasting time by walking down the streets at night.
Hearing the sound of the door unlocked, Mari smiled and shouted from the kitchen.
"Someone is here for you in your room."
"Come again?" Sung-Ho was left shocked to hear her words, moving into the kitchen and placing the stuff on the slab, he asked her.
"Go and see yourself."
"Why does he read so many books of Jin-Ae? Is he a fan of her or what?" Sun-Hee raised her eyebrows when he noticed Jin-Ae's books collection on his bookshelf. She looked at many books and decided to go through one of her books until Sung-Ho returns.
Before she turned the page of that book, she flinched at the sound of someone and the books she was holding came in the contact with the floor.
"Oh, you are here. I'm sorry I was just going through these books," she replied with a cracked voice and had an embarrassing smile on her lips.
Not answering her back, he picked up the book from the ground and kept it carefully in its place.
"By the way, why are you here?"
"Oh, shit I forgot to tell you that I have good news," she crawled near to him and rested her head on his shoulder while hands wrapped around his body.
"What?"
"I gonna work in SEO Organisation for three-four months. I'm so happy and I know you are also happy for me," instantly after shutting down her mouth, she looked at him to recognise his reactions.
"That's good."
His words were enough for Sun-Hee to add more to her joy.
"I knew that you would be happy to know that," she hugged him and inhaled his scent with closed eyes.
"I love you, Sung-Ho," she muttered and waited for his answer but no sound of him whispering"I love you too" come to her ears so she pulled out and stared at him.
"Why aren't you saying it back," he stay cold the whole time but he felt good when he came to know that his student gonna work as an intern in a productive company in the country of Korea.
Playing with his collars, she waited for his utterance but no words came out of his mouth but his mom's appearance showed up in front of him so he pulled her off from him.
"What happened?" she said in an annoyed tone.
"Here's your food, Sun-Hee. I didn't wish to see you off without having dinner," the voice of his mom embarrassed her a little and cursed herself to make him feel uncomfortable.
"You didn't have to, I'm sorry that because of me you had to come up with extra dinner."
"Don't mind that and enjoy the dinner before it gets cold."
"Thank you so much, Aunt. I appreciate you as my mother," with these words, her eyes got teary and avoided her gazes from them.
"I will enjoy the food, thank you," she again said and pressed a forcing smile to her after she mentioned her mom.
She lost her mother in past due to cancer and from then on her father was the one to raise her.