Nivritti was shocked. Chung-Ho asked her something she never would have dreamed of in her life. She thought she was safe from personal questions in a professional setting. But she was wrong. She was not ready for the question, but she had to reply. She could not leave him hanging.
"Um… I needed change, Mr Choi," replied Nivritti and avoided eye contact with him.
"That's the code word for personal problems," commented Chung-Ho.
"You can say that," smiled Nivritti, sadly.
He understood that she was not ready to share her personal problems with anyone. So, he said, "Okay, then no more personal questions, let me help you get rid of these papers."
She looked around the conference table. There were a lot of papers lying around. She made over 15 copies of her presentation. "What are we going to do with these?" she asked.
