1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 48



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#48. An unexpected hug
2023.11.14.

“What happened?”

Hyukjun explained the whole story to Na-ri’s question.

“I was running to go play soccer, and I almost tripped and fell. So I spilled my plate on Aunt Yerin’s back.”

“Oh my, did you?”

Na-ri belatedly took out a tissue and started wiping the food off Yerin’s back.

Then, Na-ri noticed the food on Lee Hyun’s white shirt first and pointed at it with her finger.

“Oh my, it splashed on the chief’s clothes too.”

Yerin turned her head and checked belatedly at that.

“That’s right. What should I do?”

It wasn’t as if Yerin’s clothes were soaked with food, but the kimchi juice stood out because of her white clothes.

Seeing that, Hyukjun put his hands together in front of his chest and pretended to apologize.

“Ugh. Aunt and uncle, I really miss you.”

“It’s okay. Hyukjun, hurry up and change your clothes.”

“I will.”

Hyukjun stuck out his lips and made a sad face as he left the cafeteria.

His clothes were wafting the smell of food.

Na-ri cautiously spoke.

“How about asking the director of the daycare center if she has any extra clothes?”

“That would be… … good, right?”

Since they were in front of Lee Hyun and Secretary Choi, Na-ri and Ye-rin couldn’t have a friendly conversation like they usually did. They

probably thought of each other as the CEO and secretary of a company they had met through work.

Ye-rin smiled awkwardly and walked away.

“Then everyone, stay here for a moment.”

She planned to go to the director of the daycare center alone and ask if she had any extra clothes.

However, Lee Hyun followed her.

“Secretary Choi, there will be an extra T-shirt in my car.”

“Yes, Director.”

“Take those two and come to the locker room. I’ll be waiting.”

“Understood.”

After confirming that Secretary Choi was heading to the car, Lee Hyun made a worried expression toward Yerin.

“It seems like you’ll be very uncomfortable, so why don’t you go to the locker room first?”

“I’ll do that.”

This time, instead of sending Yerin off alone, Lee Hyun walked with her.

“Why is the chief…?”

She was about to ask if she was going with him, but quickly closed her mouth.

This was because she realized that Lee Hyun was also heading to the locker room with her to change out of his kimchi-stained shirt.

Yerin couldn’t take off her blouse because she had entered the locker room with Lee Hyun, so she stayed still.

Lee Hyun spun around and spoke.

“I noticed there was no lock in the locker room earlier. I’ll be here to guard it in case someone barges in.” She

could have acted as the doorman from outside.

The reason she couldn’t bring herself to say that was because Lee Hyun was unbuttoning his shirt one by one while turning around.

“Chief? What are you doing?”

“Oh, this.”

Lee Hyun spun around with his shirt half-unbuttoned.

That slightly revealed his well-dissected chest muscles.

“So I can quickly change my clothes when Secretary Choi comes.”

“Huh?”

“Isn’t it better to minimize the time here so I can help with other things?” As soon as

he opened his mouth, he kept saying the right thing, making it impossible for anyone to argue.

“Yes, that’s right.”

Lee Hyun smiled at Yerin, who was nervously hunching her shoulders.

“By the way, why are you so nervous, Han Yerin?”

“Me? I’ve never done that before.”

When Yerin smiled awkwardly, Lee Hyun also let out a snicker.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to do anything stupid here.”

“Yes, of course.”

“There’s a lot of food on it, so it might be uncomfortable. Since I’ll be standing behind you, at least unbutton it. Just like me.”

It was too uncomfortable to keep wearing a blouse covered in food.

Even without Lee Hyun’s words, she wanted to take off the clothes she was wearing right away.

“I will. But you must never look back.”

“I promise.”

After confirming that Lee Hyun had turned around again, Yerin slowly began to unbutton her blouse one by one.

Since she was wearing an inner shirt anyway, leaving a few buttons unbuttoned wasn’t a big deal.

The sound of a thin chiffon blouse rustling in the small changing room could be heard.

Lee Hyun desperately tried to think of something else to prevent himself from being distracted by the sound.

‘Should I have just said I’d go out and wait?’

Although she didn’t have as much food on her as Yerin, the smell of kimchi kept rising so strongly that Lee Hyun wanted to change his clothes quickly.

There was no lock in the changing room, so he said he’d wait inside, but who knew it would be more difficult?

As Lee Hyun was exhaling loudly

, he heard the sound of shoes from afar, and then Secretary Choi’s voice rang out.

“Director, I’m here.”

And then, without even knocking, the door suddenly swung open.

“You’ve been waiting long, right?”

Lee Hyun quickly turned around and hugged Yerin, who was standing behind him.

Fortunately, she hadn’t even unbuttoned her blouse properly yet.

Before Lee Hyun could even see that, Secretary Choi barged into the changing room. He heard the sound of plastic-wrapped clothes falling to the floor, and then he said,

” Ah… … I’m sorry.” Secretary Choi’s apology was heard late. Lee Hyun continued to talk while still hugging Yerin from behind. “Secretary Choi, what is this guy who usually knocks so well doing?” “I’m sorry.” Secretary Choi also felt a little wronged. Although he didn’t knock, he had been shouting loudly from far away to let her know that he was there. “I’ll definitely knock next time.” As he said that, Secretary Choi quickly picked up the clothes he had dropped on the floor. When he found Yerin and Lee Hyun hugging each other, he froze. “I never expected you two to be like that… … .” He had only said he would wait in the locker room, but he had no idea that he would be hugging Yerin with his shirt completely undone. He was so flustered. ‘What the hell is going on?’ Lee Hyun softly spat out a low voice toward Secretary Choi, who was still unmoving. “Secretary Choi, aren’t you going to leave?” “I’m going, I’m going. “Would you like me to unwrap your clothes before that?” “No, I’d like you to put it there and close the door quickly.” “Yes, I understand.” Then, with a bang, the door closed. Surprised, Yerin just blinked in Lee Hyun’s arms. Earlier, she had been busy buttoning up the front of her blouse, which she had undone a couple of buttons in surprise, but she came to her senses belatedly after Secretary Choi left. In the meantime, Lee Hyun had unbuttoned all of his shirt buttons, and his extremely hot body temperature was transmitted to her from behind. Yerin’s cheeks turned red as she felt the firm muscle tissue between her thin chiffon blouse. ‘This was an accident.’ Secretary Choi hadn’t opened the door on purpose, and Lee Hyun had used his quick reflexes to hug her from behind to hide her. But why was her heart beating so fast? ‘I’m surprised, I’m surprised.’ After some time had passed, Yerin began to move around in his arms. “Lee Hyun, I think it’s time to let you go.” “Ahem.” Only then did Lee Hyun step back and stare into space. “I want to make it clear that I absolutely did not come running here because I wanted to hug Han Ye-rin.” “Yes, I know that.” “I was worried that Secretary Choi might see Han Ye-rin’s body… .” Lee Hyun furrowed his brows as he said that. That didn’t happen, but just imagining it made him want to punish Secretary Choi. “Whew.” Lee Hyun took a step forward and grabbed the two T-shirts that Secretary Choi had brought. He opened the plastic wrap around one of them and handed it to Ye-rin. “These are the clothes I bought in advance to change into after working out. They’re new, but I’m worried that they’ll be too big for Han Ye-rin.” Ye-rin held up her blouse with one hand and took the T-shirt with the other. “Where do you even have these clothes? Thank you.” After confirming that Ye-rin had received the clothes, Lee Hyun turned around. He even ripped off the plastic wrap around his own clothes and roughly took off his already unbuttoned white shirt. “You usually knock often.” Why did he barge in without notice today? It was a moment that annoyed Secretary Choi. Yerin, who had already finished dressing, approached Lee Hyun, who was still standing with his back turned, and called him. “Lee Hyun, I changed my clothes.” Only then did Lee Hyun turn around.

They were two people wearing similar T-shirts that were only slightly different in size.

They looked so good together that it would have looked like they were wearing couple T-shirts on purpose.

“I’m really sorry for suddenly hugging you without permission earlier.”

Yerin waved her arms and smiled.

“No. It wasn’t because the director used his body to block my view that I didn’t look bad.”

“I should go out right now and tell Secretary Choi.”

Yerin grabbed Lee Hyun’s arm.

“Secretary Choi probably didn’t do that on purpose either.”

“Still… …”

“So don’t scold me, but instead, please correct me about what happened earlier.”

“Correction?”

“You might misunderstand that we were hugging from the beginning, right?”

Lee Hyun snickered briefly at Yerin’s request.

“That could be true.”

“Yes, if they misunderstand our relationship… . . . it could be difficult.”

They wanted to hide the fact that they were fake dating if possible.

There was nothing good that could come of rumors.

As if he had read Yerin’s mind, Lee Hyun slowly nodded.

“Of course.”

***

Secretary Choi returned to the cafeteria, dumbfounded.

Na-ri, who was sitting at the table waiting for him, asked Secretary Choi curiously.

“Why are you here alone? What about Yerin and Director Cha Yi-hyun?”

“Um, CEO Kim Na-ri.”

“Yes, Secretary Choi.”

“Would you slap me?”

“Yes?”

When Na-ri remained silent, Secretary Choi slapped her own cheek lightly without hurting it.

As the tingling sensation spread through her cheek, she held her cheek with one hand and muttered as if she had lost her mind.

“It wasn’t a dream… … .”

“A dream? Why? What happened?”

What on earth could have happened that made the man who had hurriedly packed his clothes and gone to the locker room come back like this?

Na-ri was also very curious.

Secretary Choi slowly turned her head and stared at Na-ri.

“Director Cha Yi-hyun and Secretary Han.”

“Why the two of them?”

“They were hugging… … .”