1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 42



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#42. Remaining regret
2023.10.24.

Yerin quickly removed the expression from her face and smiled faintly.

“Secretary Han would want to find that woman more than anyone else.”

Yerin slowly nodded her head at Secretary Choi’s words.

Secretary Choi looked at Hyejin and Seulgi and made a decision.

“If Secretary Han asks for help, I’ll help her then. Until then, let’s not intrude on each other’s work areas.”

“Yes, I understand.”

After coordinating in the middle, Secretary Choi clapped her hands together.

“Okay, let’s work hard today.”

‘Phew. It’s a good thing Secretary Choi came to work then.’

If Hyejin suddenly barged in and took the list of people who attended the party, it would have been a big problem.

If Hyejin said she would call everyone, things would definitely get very complicated.

Because the woman Lee Hyun was desperately looking for wasn’t on the list.

He planned to contact the people who attended the party very slowly.

That way, I could buy as much time as possible.

Living this life of being his fake girlfriend, having an absurd fake relationship with Lee Hyun, wasn’t so bad.

It was like that yesterday.

I felt good inside when Lee Hyun said that meeting Seo Yoon was the worst.

Normally, I should have helped Lee Hyun find a good match.

‘I really have zero qualifications as a secretary.’

I didn’t want to admit it, but I had to.

My heart was really leaning toward Lee Hyun.

***

Seo Yoon was enjoying a drink in the hotel lounge, enjoying the feeling of her body becoming tired after getting a spa treatment at S Hotel.

“To meet Lee Hyun and win his heart… … .”

Ye Rin had to disappear from his side.

“How can I separate the two of them?”

I didn’t have the power to control the personnel changes at Ji Seok Electronics, so I was at a loss.

At that moment, when Seo Yoon was deep in thought,

the sound of shoes squeaking was heard, and Seo Yoon stopped at the window seat where she was sitting.

When I raised my head, I saw Heejun with a hardened face, as if he was angry.

“Huh, oppa?”

“Are you deliberately avoiding my calls?”

Heejun sat down in the front seat and spat out words as if he was upset.

“You didn’t even let me go to your recital.”

Seoyoon narrowed her eyes and spoke in a gentle voice.

“I’m sorry. I was so tired after the recital that I fell asleep early these days.”

In reality, she had spent time at the club and had been deliberately avoiding Heejun’s calls, but there was no need to tell him the truth.

“Oh, Park Heejun was here?”

Seoyoon smiled brightly as she watched Heejun grumbling in anger.

Until yesterday, he had been a bothersome man because he kept nagging at her, but not anymore.

She was planning to use Heejun quite usefully from now on.

“Did I tell you that, oppa?”

“What.”

Heejun took a large sip of the iced Americano the waiter had brought him.

“It seems like Yerin hasn’t forgotten you yet.”

“What?”

When Yerin’s name leaked out of Seoyoon’s mouth, Heejun’s eyes shook slightly.

Seoyoon didn’t miss that moment and let out another word.

“Come to think of it, I think that’s how I feel too. Oppa, Yerin didn’t meet you in person and ask you to break up, right?”

“Huh? Huh… … That’s right.”

He had been blinded by Seoyoon, or rather, by Seoyoon’s body, and had sent a text message informing her of the end of their relationship.

Unlike Yerin, who didn’t even allow him to hold hands, Seoyoon was a very hot woman in bed, so it was only natural that his eyes would roll back.

However, after meeting Yerin by chance at a restaurant recently, she kept coming to his dreams.

And she was quite sexy, and very often.

Was it because she was a woman he couldn’t properly have, that he had feelings for her ?

The story Seoyoon told him was very interesting.

“Seoyoon, how did you know that?”

“I was in high school with Yerin. There was another friend we often hung out with. Her name was Kim Na-ri.”

Since he started stealing Yerin’s man, he also lost contact with Na-ri.

Since the three of them were close, he thought their friendship was the same, but it seems that wasn’t the case.

Na-ri stopped contacting him and only cared for Yerin.

“It’s the same as what you said before. So?”

“I heard from that friend. Yerin is having a hard time drinking every night because she can’t forget you.”

Seo-yoon hadn’t met Na-ri recently, but she lied out of necessity.

If Hee-jun heard this story, he would definitely go to Ye-rin again.

If Hee-jun could win Ye-rin’s heart again, Lee-hyun’s seat would be empty.

And he planned to take that seat.

“Oppa, we’re not really lovers, we’re just partners who get along well and enjoy each other.” Hee

-jun was secretly grateful that Seo-yoon drew the line first.

“Oh, that’s right.”

Seo-yoon smiled and pulled her upper body forward.

“I met with Director Cha Yi-hyun after the recital.”

“The boss that Ye-rin is working for these days?”

“Yeah.”

Seo-yoon narrowed her eyes and smiled bashfully.

“There’s talk of engagement between Director Cha Yi-hyun’s family and my family.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. So let’s end this relationship and go back to where we each fit in. What do you think? Get back on track with Ye-rin.”

Hee-jun slowly nodded at her words.

“The two of you, you were a pretty good couple.”

In fact, the reason he came to see Seo-yoon today was because he was annoyed that she was deliberately avoiding and ignoring him.

The stimulating sleep with Seo-yoon was good, but other than that, it didn’t suit him at all, so Hee-jun also had many complaints.

Ye-rin’s face, which used to smile faintly while next to Lee Hyun, kept flashing before his eyes, driving him crazy.

Ye-rin couldn’t forget her either.

Hee-jun’s heart, which had been dead ever since he met Seo-yoon, was beating fast again.

***

Ye-rin knocked on Lee Hyun’s office door to remind him before a meeting with the planning team.

A pleasant low-pitched voice rang out from inside, telling him to come in.

As he entered the office, he saw Lee Hyun’s face, slightly frowning as he focused on his work.

The bright sunlight coming in from outside touched Lee Hyun’s face.

Ye-rin stared at his handsome face, forgetting what she wanted to say for a moment.

“Can you look at it?”

The dark eyes that had been fixed on the documents moved slightly and looked at Yerin.

“Ah… … .”

Only then did Yerin come to her senses and smile awkwardly.

“Did you enjoy the view?”

“I’m sorry.”

When Yerin lowered her head in embarrassment, Lee Hyun smiled faintly.

“No. I didn’t mean to scold you.”

Yerin’s ears turned red as she let out a voice that was crawling away.

“The sunlight came in and you looked a little more beautiful than usual, so I didn’t realize it… … .”

After hearing Yerin’s honest words, Lee Hyun got up from his seat and approached her.

Yerin, who had been looking at the floor, slowly raised her head.

“I should keep the sun shining in my office 24 hours a day.”

Lee Hyun smiled mischievously.

That smile created gentle waves in Yerin’s heart.

Yerin quickly blurted out her words, thinking that if she kept going like this, she might be swept away by the waves and buried in Lee Hyun.

“Chief, you have to attend the planning team meeting.”

“Yes, it’s already this late.”

Lee Hyun picked up the suit jacket hanging on the hanger and thought for a moment.

Finally, his mouth opened.

“It looks like the meeting will be quite long today.”

“Then should I prepare a packed lunch for dinner?”

“No, I don’t think that’s necessary.”

Lee Hyun looked at his watch again and opened his mouth.

“Secretary Han, don’t wait for me at the office. Just leave work first.”

“No, I have a lot of work to do, so I’ll stay until the chief’s meeting is over.”

Lee Hyun slowly shook his head.

“I’m going home to rest. I’ll go to Secretary Han’s house after the meeting.”

“No… ….”

Lee Hyun bowed his waist slightly as he watched Yerin refusing like a parrot.

Because of that, their eyes became even closer.

“If you want to date me, you’ll have to take care of your health.”

Yerin had no choice but to nod at that.

“I thought it through well. I’ll go to Secretary Han’s house after the meeting.”

“Then let’s have dinner together.”

“No.”

Yerin’s pupils shook slightly as she watched Lee Hyun refuse again.

“It’s not that I don’t want to eat with Han Yerin.”

Lee Hyun raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke affectionately.

“If Secretary Han doesn’t eat dinner until I get there, she’ll be hungry.”

It seemed like the conversation would end if Yerin said okay, but she didn’t want to.

　
Yerin blushed as if embarrassed and started talking.

“Then you can come as soon as possible?”

Lee Hyun snickered and let out a delighted laugh, as if he didn’t know Yerin would say something like that.

“I’ll be waiting. So if you don’t want me to get hungry, come early.”

It might have been presumptuous, but it was sincere.

Lee Hyun didn’t give an answer right away.

“Did I mention that for nothing?”

When Yerin’s mouth was about to dry up,

Lee Hyun let out a soft voice that was pleasant to hear.

“The planning team is going to be having a hard

time today.” Her face was full of determination to finish the meeting as quickly as possible.

“I’ll be waiting. I’ll be there on time.”

“Okay.”

Yerin smiled shyly, and Lee Hyun smiled brightly as he watched her.

***

The road home alone was quite lonely.

Before she got close to Lee Hyun, this was a normal part of her daily life, but it seemed like always leaving work with him had already become a habit.

As she walked down a dark alley, Yerin checked her phone out of habit.

“Huh. What are you doing?”

Checking and checking to see if there were any messages from Lee Hyun.

It was so funny that if someone saw her, they would think she was really dating.

“Because you asked me to be serious.”

Yerin thought she was following suit and walked, but when she saw someone standing in front of the house, she stopped dead in her tracks.