The cabin was silent. One could hear the shallow breaths of the people sitting inside the room. Kim Tae Jun stared in front of him at his superior and then turned and looked to his left and looked at the topic of their conversation. He could understand why his superior was so interested in this team member of his team. But he also knew that it could be quite challenging to introduce a new member into the elite team of the department. So he mustered up his courage and spoke, " Director Park, Ummm.. the thing is, Mr. Gong has just joined the company so it might be a bit inconvenient for the elite team and you to train a newbie in the team."
Kwan looked at him with squinted eyes. She leaned back on her chair with arms folded in front of her chest. She looked intimidating to manager Kim. He thought back to what he had uttered and remembered the words he uttered moments ago. Although there were no malicious thoughts behind his actions and he just was being considerate, he felt his words were taken in the wrong way. But Kwan bet him to his thoughts and stood up from her seat. She looked down at both the men present in front of her with her usual cool aloofness and then softly uttered, "Don't think too much about the things you don't need to think about manager Kim. I know what I'm doing. Inform HR and send him to the elite team by tomorrow respectively."
She then turned towards the young man sitting beside manager Kim. Her eyes somewhat turned a bit soft which was hardly noticed by the men sitting in the room. Along with the file, she even handed him a Pendrive and then instructed him in her superior cold voice, "Read the file and look into the pen drive. The information I've collected is not enough but it is more than for you to proceed with the presentation and this project. The meeting with the higher-ups is scheduled to be held the day after tomorrow. So look into the files and prepare accordingly. If any help is needed you can come to look for me. You're excused."
Gong Yoo Jin heard her instructions with deep concentration. He might be a bit childish but he was very talented and a pro at his work. The reason he was hired as a content specialist at such a young age in this renowned multinational corporate. After being clear about the tasks he needed to complete and asking a few questions about the project they were working on. Gong Yoo Jin stood up from his seat. By now even manager Kim too stood up because of Kwan standing in front of them. Gong Yoo Jin bowed down a bit in the context of showing respect and then turned around. With a few long strides, he was out of the cabin with the files and stuff in his left arm.
Kwan then turned and looked back at manager Kim. She then looked down at her desk and picked another file lying among the pile of files in her hand along with her handphone. She didn't glance at the man standing in her office and strode towards the cabin door with her confident strides. Manager Kim was very confused and couldn't understand whether he should follow her or not. But then thought that following her would be a better option. So he too started walking behind Kwan with maintaining a good distance from her. Suddenly Kwan stopped on her steps without a warning and manager Kim almost crashed with her. Thanks to his quick response and the distance between them he didn't crash into his superior.
Kwan turned back and looked at him looking a bit flustered by the sudden happening events. Kwan didn't pay much attention to him just uttered a few words, " Challenges are something I've never avoided. The talent Mr. Gong has is something we need for the welfare and growth of the company manager Kim. Don't think about the irrelevant things that have nothing to do with the company. I hope you are getting what I'm trying to say here. You're excused too. Thank you."
It was lunch break and Kwan was in the cafeteria of Senwa. She was sitting alone in one of the corners of the cafeteria and peacefully having her lunch. She had many meetings to attend before the lunch hour. So she was hungry and exhausted. Senwa being a top-tier company, was famous for having a cafeteria with amazing food prepared by renowned chefs and nutritionists. She was so packed up with her work that she has to rush back to her cabin after finishing her lunch to finish up the piled-up work on her desk waiting for her.
As she was busy finishing her food. She noticed someone had occupied the seat before her. She was checking the mail in her handphone when she raised her head only to frown in confusion. In front of her, the person to occupy the seat was a young lady wearing a formal and the working Id of Senwa. She was an employee here but Kwan didn't know her. Kwan raised her eyebrows when she saw that the young lady was smiling at her like a fool. Noticing the icy expression on her face, the young lady's smile turned even bigger nearly breaking into a grin. The strange woman was acting a bit weird. So Kwan ignored her and stood up from her seat with the tray of food in her hand. Disposing of her plate in the disposing area she then turned around and moved out of the cafeteria.
People were looking at her. The most famous and young directors of all were sitting among them. With her icy expression and strong presence, no one could not feel her presence. Seeing her going out of the cafeteria many were dumbfounded by her sudden appearance and disappearance. The young lady who was sitting in front of Kwan before now ran after Kwan, leaving her lunch on the table untouched. Kwan knew the young woman was following her but she paid no heed to her and kept her pace. She had a lot of work waiting for her on her desk. She didn't have any time left to play with people.
The lady in question was persistently following her. She ran as fast as she could in her stilettos behind her. "Director Park!! director Park!! Please wait. I need to discuss something with you about work." Kwan still didn't stop, instead increased her pace. Suddenly she received a call which she was glad about and accepting the call she stepped in the elevator without looking back at the running woman.
It was late at night. The entire building was empty. No one was present inside the building except the cold woman sitting in her cabin. The constant clicking of the keyboard and dimply lit office made her look like a beautiful fallen angel. Only if one could see the hidden pain and miseries behind those cold sharp eyes. But Alas! no one could see the pain this little woman carried all along with her. And Kwan very well knew she had to bear everything all alone. Because she in the end was all alone.
Working had always been a companion of hers which had kept her busy to an extent that she nearly had nothing to think about except her work. She was Park Kwan who has always ignored herself in the rush of the world and life because thinking about herself was useless and meaningless to her. Even now it was past midnight and she was still sitting on her office chair with her so-called important work. And it seemed she had no plans on leaving the office. Well, it made no difference as no one was waiting for her at home. She had no one, no family, and no friends on whom she could lean. It was another night she would be spending in the headquarters of Senwa.
The brightly lit laptop screen flashed the documents Gong Yoo Jin had prepared today. Kwan was working on them. It was pretty much done. She just needed to review them and look if there was anything wrong with the presentation. It was the file containing the information slides of Lee Byung Ho, the sensational swimmer of the country. Kwan looked at the pictures of his, presence in the presentation.
One of his pictures of him sitting near the pool with a fierce gaze as he was looking into the pool in some deep thought. Kwan's fingers paused and she stared at him for a few moments. Her eyes looked at him with some interest but one could never guess what she was thinking. After a few moments, her fingers slid on the touchpad to look at the next slide, and the slight interest in her eyes was long gone. " Gong Yoo Jin has a good choice." a soft mumble could be heard in the silent cabin followed by the clicking of the keypad and flipping of pages.