5. Timing is a moment's notice.
"Don't be too nervous because it's your first day at work."
"Okay. Don't worry. I wasn't nervous."
Between the buildings, which were empty only two hours ago, were crowded with office workers rushing to get to work.
Most people are moving toward a clear purpose, but most people's faces are for work or for real.
"No, you are nervous right now. It seems like you're sleeping."
a busy street.
Chae-won is standing side by side with her younger brother.
The brothers and sisters lived together in a small house, and he was in the midst of preparing for the administrative exam.
"How did you know I didn't sleep well? No way, did you study until dawn? You said you were going to bed early."
"Just. That's what happened to sleeping a little longer."
The younger brother to library and the older sister to work.
The younger brother or sister who goes to the library near Chaewon's workplace looked up at the building where her sister would go to work.
A tall building that is hard to finish even if you keep your head down.
"What floor over there?"
"Yes. Almost to the top. Elevator's super fast."
"If I had finished my studies, I would have joined this company as a full-time employee."
Mumbling to his sister that she had found a job in the short term of three months.
I didn't ask, but my sister seemed to have been fired from her job.
I knew it was because of the debtors who came, but neither my sister nor my brother remained silent.
The more we share the burden, the bigger it gets, not less.
"Hey, good day will come. Don't worry about your sister and just think about you."
"Shall I just find a suitable job? I think it's better for you to be the only one in our situation.
"Hey, Jung I-deun."
Chae-won called her younger brother in a voice that gave her strength.
The younger brother's eyes glided down the building, reached his sister.
"Don't think about anything and study hard. It doesn't help if you come out and make money now. Don't just think about it right now, think of a far future and hold out, too."
"...I get it. All right, sister."
The younger brother, who felt sorry for putting aside the harsh reality for his sister, immediately resorted to studying with no income.
Chae-won patted his brother on the shoulder and encouraged him.
"Go, come on. Don't starve and make sure you eat lunch. Okay?"
"Okay. You work hard, too. See you at home."
"Yeah. Go, come on."
He neatly tied the backpack he was wearing on one side, and his brother, I-deun, smiled affectionately at his sister.
"I'll make sure I pass the exam and make you happy. Just wait a little bit."
"Yes, I'll be waiting. Let's go, brother."
"I'm going! Good luck with your work!"
The younger brother arranged Chae-won's disheveled hair and quickly moved away.
Chae-won, who was looking at her brother from behind, looked up at the building that she saw a while ago.
The sophisticated well-drawn building felt like dust in space just by looking at it.
"Phew... hard work. Let's live hard today, Jung Chae-won."
Chae-won moved on with firm determination.
My mind seemed to be telling a complicated story, but I decided to turn away.
There are a few things that she has learned in person, enduring the awful reality, which she has taken as a life lesson.
"Okay, okay, this happens and that happens in life. You don't have to think deeply."
......Though a great storm that seems like everything will be swept away, the things that endure are bound to survive.
"Stay calm. It's work, work. Let's work. And now he's not my ex-boyfriend, he's the company's CEO."
Being heavy doesn't shake easily.
Never.
*
He put five take-out glasses of hot coffee and iced Americano in his carrier, while Sung-joon rode on the elevator.
His expression is rigid as if he had witnessed a shocking sight since morning.
It's been like this ever since I saw Chae-won over the cafe window.
"What the hell did I see..."
A little while ago, over the cafe window-
She stood, shining brightly around to the point where the fresh sun seemed to be overshadowed.
Sung-joon closed his eyes slowly and opened his eyes as he could not forget the face of the man who exchanged laughter with her while facing her.
The man must have been her husband.
There is no other way to explain it.
"Well, the way to work is similar."
Her husband would have wanted to cheer her on her first way to work, which is somewhat vague.
Don't be nervous. Don't be nervous. Do well. I'm here.
The husband would have wanted to empower his wife's way to work.
Sung-joon closed his eyes tightly as if he were trying to erase the afterimage and then opened them.
Phew..
"It has nothing to do with me whether someone else comes to work or not."
the words and minds of... still play separately.
He met her ex-girlfriend, she got married, and even saw her husband, so he's more than a perfect shocker.
It's hard to accept a single one, but I hurt three time at once.
Is it better to be...
It was then.
Ding dong, elevator door opens.
"Have you come, Mr. President?"
By recovering his rapidly low-pressure condition, Sung-jun regained his favor.
While Sung-joon spends a lot of time at the cafe, secretaries who have finished work stand up and greet him.
His eyes glanced, moved around and reached Chae-won, who was standing there politely.
Her eyes are also on him, not his face, but on the coffee you are holding.
Chae-won is politely lowering her eyes, but from Sung-joon's point of view, she appears to be a coffee hunter.
......you welcome coffee more than me?
It's boiling.
"Hey, Mr. President . How did you know? We were about to buy Americano."
Sung-joon looked serious when Chief Kim, who came close, welcomed the coffee in his hand.
"Don't look. It's mine."
"Huh? Ah... All of them? All of them are yours?"
Chief Kim had an ugly expression on his face.
Sung-jun's commute to work, which he usually frequently picks up coffee in the secretarial office, was welcomed first.
five venti sizes.
They're all going to lose.
"All five venti sizes... Are you going to drink?"
"I'm pretty low on caffeine right now. I'll drink it all. Is there a problem?"
"You don't drink any ice coffee."
"I'm going to drink from today. Because I want to be cool."
Is there a problem? Why? What's the problem?
I'd rather drink it up than give it to a coffee hunter. What. Why?
I'll drink it all up. Everything.
"If you don't have a problem, may I come in? I can't wait to drink coffee."
"Oh... yes. Yes, yes. Understand."
Chief Kim took a step back and raised his hands as if there were no problems.
Sung-jun strode into the representative room, creating a cold wind.
Let's skip the greeting for Jung Chae-won, who has been preparing all morning.
Hey, good morning.
You came to work? Good job. Let's do well from now on.
"I'm not good at it. What the fuck are you doing."
Ha! He prepared a greeting to Chae-won and he laughed.
Seongjun took off his jacket while looking at the five cups of Venti size coffee that had been laid down.
There was so much work from dawn for the morning commute.
**
Boom, as the door to the president office closed, the staff of the secretariat look at each other.
Chae-won stood still and looked at the closed door of the president office, creating a cold wind.
I was waiting to say hello politely, but he pretended to see me and just went in.
Sung-joon, who has the title of CEO more than I thought, looked painted.
You don't know anything about the atmosphere because of you.
"Come on, we have some time. Shall we have a cup of coffee? It's on me."
Chief Kim noticed Sung-joon's twisted mood and clapped his hands once.
"Okay! Chief Kim! Can I have a latte?"
"Choose whatever you like. What would you like to drink, Jung Chae-won?"
"Oh, then I'll have a cup of Americano."
"Yes, yes, understand. By any chance, Chae-won, iced?"
"Yes, I prefer ice. Thank you."
"Okay. And the sparkling water is in the pantry refrigerator. Drink anytime."
"Oh, really? Thank you, actually, I'm a big fan of sparkling water and ice."
"I think so. It's written on Chae Won's face."
Chief Kim grinned at Chae-won, who smiled broadly.
Then he burst into laughter.
Five venti-sized Americano that Sungjun bought.
A cup of iced Americano stuck in it.
"Well, then I'll go to the cafe!"
"Yes!"
It was obvious that it belonged to Chae Won.
***
Damn it..... I'm heartbroken.....
I'm heartbroken because I smashed two venti-sized Americanos in the morning with my anger loaded.
First, I finished the iced Americano.
Because I don't want to see it.
"We had a rough morning meeting. First of all, to a level that outlines the materials needed for the President's meeting tomorrow."
"Okay."
Sung-joon nodded at Kim's story.
"What is Jung Chae-won doing?"
What's the coffee hunter doing?
"She is working. I had a lot of things to see in advance, so I gave them out a little yesterday, but I've memorized. So I gave her the advanced version."
"....."
Sung-joon replaced his answer with a broad nod.
Without a basic understanding of the company's business, translation will not be smooth. Acquiring basic information was essential.
You're a smart, wise man, and you won't have a problem.
Sung-joon thought.
Then, as if something was bothering him, Sung-joon raised his head a little.
I know, I've been wondering for a while.
"What's that?"
"What? That one?"
Kim followed Sung-joon's gaze and turned his head back.
"Oh, that one."
They seem to be curious about the bouquet placed on the sofa table for guests.
As if he had forgotten, Chief Kim quickly turned his head to Sung-joon and opened his lips.
"Oh, I'm telling you. It's Taeri's birthday today, Mr. President."
"Birthday? But?"
Seong-jun's eyes are distorted asking questions as if he had foreseen something.
"I don't think anyone knows it, so I prepared it. You will come into the Taeri company at lunch later. I think it will be a great gift for Taeri."
"So, hand me over? That bouquet? As if I knew and prepared in advance? "
"Yeah. That's it. "
"Huh."
Huh Sung-joon's gaze is tied to a bouquet of pastel-toned flowers.
Kim and Sung-joon were seniors and juniors at the university, while Kim and Tae-ri were also colleagues.
"I think you are too nosy chief Kim."
Sung-joon looked up at Kim, opening his mouth with a voice that seemed to make him feel down.
My fingers touch my chin.
“Make a lunch appointment that I don't know, give me a bouquet of flowers and feed me, you mean?”
“Good is good, isn't it?”
“I know. What's good about it?”
“What, all over? Everyone but you?”
“Ha... do you really have to do this?”
When Sung-joon turned on his double wick in his eyes, Chief Kim smiled.
Chief Kim is well aware that even if he says he doesn't want to do this or doesn't want to do it, he will end up being a horse Sung Jun.
“Mr. President , you have to catch Hongjin Group well. There's no point of contact like Tae-ri. You know it well.”
He hooks and hits the bone.
Sung-joon breathed out a short breath.
"Chief Kim. I've been like that for a long time, but I don't like you very much. Especially today."
"Yes, yes, thank you. I know it's a compliment."
"Oh...."
Oh... Sung-joon lamented as if he was displeased and Chief Kim bent back as if he was trying to go out.
How can we break Chief Kim's mentality, which takes it as a compliment even if he swears in a bowl?
Even if I study every day, I can't get an answer.
Well, I'm sure it shows you his ability to deal with a lot of things ahead of time.
"I'll be back when I'm ready for the meeting, Mr. President. then, bye."
"Tell Jeong Chae-won to come in."
"Yes."
After hitting the bone, Kim disappears without a word of apology.
Phew, Sung-joon took a cup of coffee as if he had a headache, and soon got off.
"Oh... it’s bitter..."
My stomach aches when I drink it, and watching it without drinking it makes me very angry.
Knock knock. It was then.
Chae-won knocked on the door and Sung-joon opened his lips with his tie tied right.
"Come in."
The root of heartburn, the coffee hunter, appeared.
****
Chae-won, who was paged by Sung-joon, said, "It's a big deal," and finished her first meeting at work.
There aren't many things to say, how do you feel about going to work for the first time? Keep up with your work and if you don't know anything, get a hold of it from Chief Kim.
I only heard simple contents such as etc. Then.
I'm expecting a flexible work week for three months, so I ask for your understanding once again.
He offered words of concern. Chaewon chewed her lips finely.
"Crazy. Can I just sit here like this?"
Believing firmly that she was a married woman, she felt somewhat uncomfortable.
It's a honeymoon, and it's a good time, so it seems like the business trip ahead and the late leave of work are taking a long time.
Sung-joon's consideration to keep it in mind over and over again made Chae-won's mind more uncomfortable.
It gets complicated.
"Should I just say... As the truth is..."
Chae-won, who was constantly washing her hands in the bathroom, looked up.
She looked at herself in the mirror.
I think I'll find out one day because I keep lying, and I think I'll look even worse if I fix it then.
when it is possible to correct it.
Wouldn't it be better to be honest and tell the truth a day earlier?
"There are so many things to explain..."
So where do I start and how do I explain it?
Should I start with my father's business failure? Your house is ruined?
......The gloom snowballs, and there is no place to go.
"But it's better to tell the truth than to cheat... I have to see him for three months anyway..."
Chae-won, who has no knack for lying, has come to the conclusion that if she can't run away, she should tell the truth.
Actually, I've been thinking that since last night.
"Yes, it's a hundred times better than cheating. Let's put everything down and tell the truth."
Did she make up her mind?
Chae-won looked at herself in the mirror and pulled her head a couple of times.
Her step out of the bathroom gives her some strength.
"Better than lying. Yeah, rather than lying."
In the past, i was able to tell him a lie that i didn't even want to break up with him in Spain.
Because he had to flee.
Because I had to run away.
with all one's might from him. Very far away.
*****
Charging her container, she entered the office.
You should finish it quickly before you feel down.
"Chaewon, let's have lunch in fifteen minutes."
The office, which was just around the corner of lunchtime, was rather jolly, and the secretary next to her informed her of lunch time.
Chae-won looked at the closed door of the Mr. President office.
"Yes. Well, what about Mr. President? Is he in now?"
"CEO? He just left. Just before."
"Oh... just a minute."
Chae-won left the office again.
Move quickly to the elevator and Sung-joon is standing.
Courage doesn't come recklessly, so it's better to take care of things when you have them. It's now.
"Excuse me, Mr. Pre..."
Chae-won, who was about to call Sung-joon, stopped talking and stood tall.
When the elevator door opens, isn't Sungjun going up and down, but someone getting off?
"Oh, my. Senior, what's this? What flower?"
the rich bouquet of subtle colors he was holding.
The woman who got out of the elevator automatically looked down at the bouquet he was holding.
"Senior, is that my flower, is that mine? Real?"
When Tae-ri asked with surprised eyes, Sung-jun calmly looked at her and held out a bouquet of flowers.
The subtle scent of flowers seems to encompass the world.
"Happy birthday, Yoon Tae-ri."
Looking at the figure, Chae-won quickly turned back.
