As he expected, Solbin bought coffee for him before work and set the mug on his desk before he came into the company. She looked around the room, still not believing that she worked here. Her first day was behind her, and yet it all looked to her like a dream from which she could wake up at any moment.
She looked over her shoulder as Jungkook walked inside. She greeted him, and he nodded and smiled charmingly at her. It was the same smile she saw in him when they first met on the beach in Thailand.
It still made her heart beat faster, even though she hid it from herself.
- Sleepy? Ready for a second day of work? - He asked, approaching the desk. He grabbed a mug and took a sip of coffee.
- Yes. - She combed her hair behind her ear, which did not escape his attention. He recalled her behavior that she had served him last night in the car.
It's funny that she didn't remember any of it.
- In two hours, I have a meeting with a client outside the company. Be ready.
She nodded.
- And is there anything I can do for you now?
- If I need anything, I'll call you. For the moment, you can gossip with your co-workers and get to know them better.
She opened her eyes wider, surprised that the chairman was such a slacker.
- Are you serious?
- Yes.
Surprised, she left his office, wondering why she was supposed to be earning such good money when she was doing practically nothing. She dabbled more than she worked.
Why, then, had the previous secretary resigned? Or was she fired?
She sat down at her desk and rested her chin on her hand, looking at her boss's schedule. It seemed to her that the surrounding employees didn't know what to put their hands in, and she didn't know what to do with herself.
- Such is the job of the CEO's secretary. He likes to oversee everything, and you're just supposed to be a nice addition at his side. - She lifted her face and measured with her eyes the pretty blonde who stood in front of her desk. - I am Yura. - She extended her hand to her, which she shook.
- Solbin.
She noticed that Shinhye, who was sitting at the desk across from her and seemed quite a pleasant girl, was looking at Yura with hatred in her eyes.
- The CEO picks pretty secretaries and throws them out after a year. He gets bored with them pretty quickly. Don't count on working here much longer. - She didn't warn her, just looked at her with contempt in her eyes.
- If you create false rumors in the company, you won't work here for more than a year, Yura said.
The blonde turned to Shinhye, her face adorned with a mocking smile.
- It's not gossip, it's the truth. I'm simply warning the newbie not to get her false hopes up that this is a job for life.
- These are just your words because everyone knows that you would love to take the position of secretary to the president. Saliva is dripping down your chin.
Yura raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms over her chest, considering herself god knows who.
- One should know how to protect one's position. - She looked over her shoulder and fixed an unsympathetic gaze on Solbin. - The former was as weak as a bug. She was easily trampled with her shoe.
She walked away, tapping her heels on the floor of the floor, and Solbin stuck a concerned gaze at Shinhye.
- What's wrong with her?
- She's a crafty viper. Watch out for her. She removed the previous secretary by trickery.
- What, then, why did no one react?
- Because there was no evidence of this, but I know my own. - Solbin was disturbed by the news. - She doesn't even hide the fact that she is a bitch. Be careful.
What was wrong with this girl? Was she of sound mind?
*
Ara decided that she would be the first woman Seokjin would fall in love with. She devised a plan to help her break through his iron heart. So far, he had been hurting women, toying with them because it was related to his painful past, in which he had been wronged by his mother.
Since the redhead was his wife, she had full rights to him. All tricks were allowed.
The young man raised an eyebrow when he emerged from his bedroom in the morning and noticed a table filled with various appetizers. He couldn't believe that she had made it herself. She had two left hands for cooking.
Anyway... She wasn't good for anything.
- Where did you order it from? Where did you find my money? - He pierced her with his eyes as he stood in front of the table and leaned against the chair with his hands.
The redhead puffed out her lips, looking at him offended.
- Why didn't you believe that I did it myself?
- I am the chef. You can burn even water," he replied in a bored voice. - Where did you get the money from?
- I sold some brand-name things. I don't need them anymore anyway.
Jin raised an eyebrow.
- And there is a train on the street....
- What?
- Egg.
She felt like punching him. It was boiling inside her as she looked at his annoyed face.
- You have an egg on your plate. Eat it before you leave for work.
- And you're not going to work? You're sitting here undressed, waiting for salvation.
Ara snorted under her breath at the word "undressed." She was wearing satin pajamas with a dropped shoulder strap.
- I'm going to a later hour.
- How do you know the password to my safe? - He still didn't give up. - I won't believe that you snuck into your parents' house, took your brand-name stuff and sold it. I'm not an idiot, redhead.
- After all, I have my things! I took them from home!
- I see that this is new pajamas. You bought it. You bought everything.
The girl laughed artificially.
- Are you clairvoyant?
- Yes. - He walked over to the chair she was sitting on and pushed her down as he tried to take off the jacket she was sitting on. She threw him a furious look, massaging her sore bottom.
- You really have head problems.
- Usually people who have this issue see it in others. - He sent her a forced smile, then looked at the table full of appetizers. - Eat it all. You're already a plump lady anyway.
He walked away toward the door, and she took in air through her teeth. She felt like killing him.
- Come back here, furry! - she shouted. She ran up to him and grabbed his hand. - You will not leave here until you eat what I have prepared!
- How much poison did you pour in there? Do you want to kill me immediately and seize all my possessions? Is that what you mean, red-haired beast? - He broke out of her grasp, showed her his tongue, then left the apartment.
Ara was devastated by his behavior.
- He's a nut," she said to herself, looking at the door. - God, who did I marry? Is this a punishment for a previous life?
*
The torrential rain was getting heavier by the minute. Solbin looked surprised at Jungkook when he got out first and unfolded his umbrella, waiting for her to join him. She was his secretary, and it seemed to her that she should be the one to take care of the chairman and get out of the car first so that not even a drop of rain fell on him.
His behavior made her blush.
She joined him and looked into his eyes. In a drama, this would be the perfect moment for a romantic scene. A secretary and a handsome CEO under one umbrella, looking at each other as the rain pours down.
Still, if they added a slower pace to it....
- Are you all right? - He brought her back to her senses, smiling charmingly when he noticed that she had mused.
- Huh? - she seemed to blush again.
What was happening to her? Why was she acting so strangely?
She opened her eyes wider as Jungkook grabbed her around the waist and, spinning around, moved away from the edge of the sidewalk with her. A passing car drove into a puddle, and they managed to avoid getting wet at the last moment.
Again, this impression of a romantic scene that could be played out in slow motion made Solbin look at him with infatuated eyes.
Sitting in the restaurant, the shaman, smiled at the sight of them, adding more scenes. She decided to change the story a bit and speed up their romance. Solbin must have already begun to lose her head for the handsome CEO so that drama could ensue.
- You will fall in love with him without memory, while he already gives you obsessive affection since you slept on the island and will soon reveal it, you will be trapped in his sick love," she says in a whisper, biting her pen. - This should have the thrill....
She watched them as they entered the restaurant and took a table near her. Jungkook was waiting for a customer, and Solbin looked nervous.
- How about adding more lacorn here? Screenwriters love to make actors into rapists.... They, anyway, fall in love with them. - The woman furrowed her brow. - I love Thailand, but I'd rather stay with Korean drama. I have two main couples in this story. - She calculated on her fingers. - There is a combination of childhood, painful past, destiny, pregnancy? No, I don't like children. - She rested her chin on her hand, looking at the notebook. - I have four main characters, a viper who is a villain and someone unhappily in love with a married woman. Should I add someone else?
The shaman laughed under her breath as the waiter brought water, and Solbin accidentally knocked over a goblet, flooding the table. Fortunately, it missed the folder of documents that had been prepared for the customer.
- I'm sorry," she mouthed embarrassed.
- Nothing happened. - Jungkook looked amused as he noticed how much she reddened from embarrassment. - It's just water.
The woman snapped her finger at the waiter. The young man approached her, waiting for her next order.
- I need to drink something stronger than coffee to keep my spirits up. What will you recommend to me?
The boy gave her the name of their best drink.
- Then I'll trust you. The lives of four people depend on it.
The waiter looked at her as if she were a freak and left.
- These will be your unforgettable years of youth.... - said the shaman quietly, looking in the direction of Solbin and Jungkook. - Of course, if I don't turn melodrama into horror.