Private Secretary - Chapter 13

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Private Secretary Episode 13

“Thank you. Have a good day.”

After politely greeting and hanging up the phone, Lee Seol immediately headed to the musical theater box office.

“I’d like to purchase 2 tickets for this Saturday’s 5 PM performance.”

Fortunately, seats for the popular show were still available. After buying the tickets, Lee Seol went to a nearby flower shop and ordered a lavish bouquet.

Inside it, she included a message card written by Tae-san himself, the performance tickets, and even a dining reservation voucher for the restaurant in the same building.

The reservation voucher stated that dining was available from 2 PM to 4 PM, which was when Tae-san’s blind date was scheduled.

In other words, she had lured Kim Se-na to come where Tae-san would be having his blind date.

It wasn’t a natural strategy, but it didn’t matter if the intention was obvious.

Rather, Kim Se-na might find it cute that Tae-san was trying to provoke her with a blind date.

‘Either way, as long as Kim Se-na witnesses him having the blind date, that’s all that matters.’

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Before long, the day of Tae-san’s blind date arrived. Lee Seol, who had even volunteered to be the driver, arrived at the hotel with him.

“You don’t necessarily have to do well, but you mustn’t be rude. The Chairman is the one who arranged this. If you act recklessly, it would embarrass the Chairman too, so you need to behave with manners.”

“I just need to act like I normally do.”

“I said you need to be mannerly.”

“Ah, so I normally have no manners?”

“That’s not what I meant.”

Lee Seol answered vaguely to the difficult question and checked his outfit once more.

A perfectly formal suit would look tacky, so she had asked the designer for something slightly casual, which seemed like a good choice.

The neatly pressed ivory shirt and dark indigo jeans suited him quite well.

“Wait a moment.”

While she straightened his slightly crooked shirt collar, Tae-san stared intently at Lee Seol.

Even when Lee Seol looked up questioningly at his persistent gaze, Tae-san remained blatant.

Suddenly feeling embarrassed and shy about doing this in the enclosed space, Lee Seol awkwardly stepped back like a robot.

“What’s wrong?”

Just as Tae-san was about to close the distance again with Lee Seol, who remained expressionless,

The elevator doors opened, and Lee Seol gestured for him to go out first.

Tae-san shrugged his shoulders and stepped outside.

Lee Seol calmed her nervous heart and slowly followed behind him.

When she gave the staff member the reservation name, they were guided to an empty table.

Fortunately, the blind date partner wasn’t there yet. Lee Seol, who had reserved the table in front of Tae-san’s, sat where she could see him.

“Good luck. You’ll do fine.”

When Lee Seol clenched both fists and cheered him on, Tae-san laughed as if it was absurd.

Now all the preparations were complete. As Lee Seol sat with her back to Tae-san and looked toward the entrance, a woman she had only seen in resume photos appeared.

The woman walked down the aisle straight toward them, and soon after, the sound of the two greeting each other could be heard.

While Tae-san’s blind date proceeded precariously, Lee Seol naturally ordered and ate food so as not to draw anyone’s attention.

However, Lee Seol’s gaze was still fixed on the restaurant entrance.

Because the most important person hadn’t arrived yet.

Kim Se-na needed to come quickly. She needed to come and witness Tae-san’s blind date scene directly.

“Ah, why isn’t she coming…”

Lee Seol had almost finished her meal, and Tae-san’s table was also gradually wrapping up their conversation.

This won’t do. This would disrupt the plan.

Then a familiar face appeared at the entrance. It was Kim Se-na.

Next to her stood a man who had covered his face with a bucket hat and was even wearing a mask. That person was probably the prospective spouse, Ryu Hwa-pyeong.

Kim Se-na, who was walking while being guided by the staff, spotted Lee Seol and stopped in her tracks.

And as if she had also noticed Tae-san sitting behind her, her face subtly hardened.

Kim Se-na said something briefly to Ryu Hwa-pyeong and then approached Tae-san’s direction. But Lee Seol blocked her path.

“Secretary?”

“I’m sorry, but he’s in an important meeting right now, so I’ll let you know when it’s finished.”

“Tae-san must be very busy these days. Working even on Saturday?”

“He’s having a blind date.”

“What?”

“It’s an arrangement made by the Chairman.”

“Ah, a blind date… Right, it’s time for Tae-san to get married too. I hope it goes well.”

Kim Se-na smiled brightly and turned to leave, then stopped again.

“But did Tae-san deliberately call me here? To show me he’s having a blind date?”

“What do you mean?”

“This is the restaurant Tae-san reserved for me. But he himself is having a blind date here, so I find it a bit strange. I wondered if he did it on purpose.”

“I’m not sure about his intentions.”

“Right. How would you know, Secretary?”

Lee Seol was flustered by the somewhat contemptuous tone and looked at her.

However, Kim Se-na walked away haughtily without giving her even a glance and smiled brightly while looking at Ryu Hwa-pyeong.

Lee Seol, who had no choice but to sit down, pretended to touch up her makeup while using the mirror to reflect toward where she was.

In doing so, she confirmed several times that Kim Se-na was conscious of Tae-san’s table.

“Yes. Then please get home safely.”

In doing so, she paid no attention to Tae-san’s actual blind date.

When she heard the sound of someone getting up behind her, Lee Seol hunched over.

She thought the other party wouldn’t feel very good knowing that a secretary had come along to this occasion.

Tae-san stood up to see off the blind date woman who was leaving first.

Then, as soon as she completely left the restaurant, he moved seats and sat in front of her. With a thoroughly displeased expression.

“Weren’t there many candidates?”

“Pardon?”

“You chose her, didn’t you? That woman? What were you thinking when you chose her?”

“Didn’t you like her?”

“We had no common interests, and most importantly, we couldn’t communicate.”

“Ah… That’s something I couldn’t know from the documents. Next time, I’ll consider that aspect…”

“I’m asking about the criteria you used to select that woman.”

“She seemed to have a similar image to Kim Se-na.”

Tae-san’s expression quickly hardened. Anyway, he always gets worked up like this whenever Kim Se-na is mentioned.

Meanwhile, that very Kim Se-na was having a delicious meal with her prospective husband at that table over there.

“Where’s the similarity? They’re not similar at all.”

“She has an intellectual yet elegant feeling. Quiet and calm.”

“No? Kim Se-na is very lively and cheerful. She laughs a lot and is positive.”

“That’s also something I didn’t know. I’ll consider that for the next candidate too.”

“Do I have to keep doing this? Until when? Until she gets married?”

Tae-san was busy staring toward where Kim Se-na was throughout his time in front of Lee Seol.

Tae-san’s eyes looking at Kim Se-na were gentle and affectionate.

Even though she was sitting with another man, would she still seem so lovely? Just how deep was his love?

No matter how much she thought about it, it was surprising.

Her boss, who seemed like he would scoff at love, was unexpectedly such a devoted romantic.

“Let’s get up now.”

“Aren’t you going to greet Kim Se-na before leaving?”

“She seems to be having a good time, so I don’t want to disturb her.”

“Yes.”

Tae-san handed over his card, telling her to go pay, and Lee Seol collected the receipts from both tables.

After paying and leaving, Tae-san headed toward the elevator as if he had been waiting.

“Kang Tae-san!”

At the voice calling from behind, both of them turned around.

It was Kim Se-na and her prospective groom. Lee Seol habitually went to stand behind Tae-san.

“So how was the blind date? Was it good? The atmosphere looked nice?”

“Tae-san went on a blind date?”

Ryu Hwa-pyeong stared at Tae-san with an interested expression. Tae-san also smiled leisurely as if he wouldn’t back down.

“Well. I’m thinking about meeting her again.”

“Really? I hope it works out well. When you get married too, let’s have couple gatherings.”

Tae-san naturally ignored Ryu Hwa-pyeong’s words. Kim Se-na, who had been standing nearby, linked arms with her fiancé as soon as she made eye contact with Tae-san.

To Lee Seol’s eyes, it looked like she was provoking Tae-san.

“Thank you for sending the meal vouchers and concert tickets. But what should we do? Our Hwa-pyeong suddenly has work, so we can’t see the performance and will have to leave. I’m sorry since you put thought into sending them.”

Tae-san, who already knew through reports what Lee Seol had sent to Kim Se-na, replied that it was fine.

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