Private Secretary - Chapter 34

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Private Secretary Episode 34

 

“It’s a brand you like.”

 

Tae-san looked at Kim Se-na and smiled lightly. He knew even Kim Se-na’s preferences well.

 

Lee Seol realized there was no room for her to squeeze in between those two.

 

Just a few minutes ago, he had done such intimate acts with her.

 

Feeling inexplicably angry, Lee Seol packed the gift back into the bag and prepared to get up.

 

“Oh, and there’s one more thing I’d like to mention. This is a suggestion.”

 

“…Yes?”

 

“How about the four of us go camping sometime?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“I talked briefly with Tae-san, and we thought camping overnight might be better than just a meal. Since you’re someone Tae-san particularly cherishes personally, I think it would be good if we became closer.”

 

Lee Seol looked at Tae-san with bewildered eyes, having received a completely unexpected suggestion. However, Tae-san gazed at Lee Seol with indifferent eyes.

 

“I’m grateful for the suggestion, but I don’t think it’s a place for someone like me to intrude.”

 

“Why wouldn’t it be a place for you? Our Hwa-pyeong is also very curious about you. You saved me, after all.”

 

“I didn’t do anything that significant, and also…”

 

“We’re all the same age anyway, so wouldn’t it be fun if we hung out together?”

 

That might be true from Kim Se-na’s perspective, but not for Lee Seol.

 

No matter how personally close she had become with Tae-san, he was still strictly her superior.

 

Ryu Hwa-pyeong was Tae-san’s classmate, and Kim Se-na was the person Tae-san had unrequited feelings for, yet she was telling her to join them there?

 

It was absurd.

 

“Still, that suggestion is…”

 

“Let’s go together. I won’t make you act as my secretary there, so just come.”

 

More bewildering than Kim Se-na’s suggestion was Tae-san’s attitude.

 

She thought Tae-san would dislike it more than her, but did he really want to go on that camping trip?

 

Would he really go to a gathering that included the prospective groom of the woman he liked?

 

Noticing Lee Seol looking at him with confused eyes, Tae-san naturally turned his gaze away.

 

“I think it would be more fun if we paired up. It’s like a small-scale MT, you could say.”

 

“…”

 

“How nice would it be to go somewhere with fresh air, grill meat, and look at the stars?”

 

“…”

 

“You just need to come as you are. Hwa-pyeong will take care of everything. That guy is such a camping maniac that he hates anyone touching or helping with anything.”

 

Tae-san sent her an intense look as if telling her to just accept. Unable to find a reason to refuse, Lee Seol had no choice but to nod.

 

“Tae-san said his busy work will be mostly finished soon. Then, shall we set it for Saturday two weeks from now? If something comes up then, we can change the date.”

 

“…Yes. I understand.”

 

“Am I finally going to become friends with you? Seeing how Tae-san, who rarely lets others get close to him, accepts you so naturally made me curious about what kind of person you are.”

 

“…”

 

“Let’s become closer then.”

 

Kim Se-na smiled with an innocent, bright face.

 

Unable to show her displeasure toward that clear face, Lee Seol forced an awkward smile and got up from her seat.

 

“Please continue your conversation.”

 

As soon as Lee Seol, who had barely escaped from her seat, came outside, she squeezed her eyes shut. Displeasure, awkwardness, and uncomfortable emotions were swirling inside Lee Seol.

 

Why was Kim Se-na suddenly acting like this? Was she really grateful that I helped her?

 

But for that to be the case, she kept remembering how Kim Se-na had treated her with contemptuous words and looks before.

 

And what was Kang Tae-san thinking when he accepted that suggestion? Having unrequited feelings for Kim Se-na, what good could he expect to see by going there?

 

There were too many things that didn’t make sense logically.

 

“What’s wrong, Lee Seol?”

 

Only after hearing Yang Secretary’s question, who was sitting at the desk, did Lee Seol come to her senses and smile as if nothing had happened.

 

“It’s nothing.”

 

“But what’s that in your hand?”

 

“Oh…”

 

Yang Secretary, who was quite perceptive and overflowing with curiosity, showed interest in the bag Lee Seol had brought out.

 

Since he had a personality that got sulky easily, she felt it would be troublesome if she kept hiding it, as he might not talk to her for several days.

 

“The guest who just came gave it to me. I helped them with something personal before.”

 

“Really? What’s inside?”

 

“It was a cardigan.”

 

“Can’t you show it to me too?”

 

Fortunately, Yang Secretary only showed interest in the gift Lee Seol had received. When she casually took out the box and opened the lid to show him, Yang Secretary’s eyes widened.

 

“Wow, this is really expensive, isn’t it?”

 

“…Well, they said it’s 100% cashmere, so it must be expensive.”

 

“This is a luxury brand. A brand famous for knitwear. It must easily cost over two million won.”

 

“…What?”

 

Since Lee Seol wasn’t particularly interested in fashion, she was greatly shocked as she hadn’t thought it would be that expensive.

 

“The person who just came is the Department Head’s friend, right?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Then is that friend also a chaebol? Their spending is extraordinary. What kind of work did you help with that they could give clothes worth hundreds of thousands as a gift?”

 

“…”

 

“Working with the Department Head, I often forget my sense of reality, but it makes me realize once again that chaebols are indeed chaebols. They’re a class that commoners like me can’t approach. Don’t you think so, Lee Seol?”

 

Why wouldn’t she think so? When sharing intimate skinship with Tae-san, she completely forgot that he was her superior, a chaebol, the company’s future heir.

 

But thanks to Yang Secretary, Lee Seol also felt a shock as if she’d been hit on the head.

 

An unapproachable class. That was Kang Tae-san’s essence.

 

No matter how physically close they became, they could never become socially close.

 

Why had she forgotten that fact, even momentarily?

 

“Sometimes friends who don’t know better say things like this. They ask how I can’t develop feelings for a superior who is young, handsome, and even single.”

 

“…”

 

“But you know, Lee Seol. Such feelings can’t develop. All our conversations are about work, and there are many days when we don’t even see his face once. What kind of feelings could there be?”

 

“…”

 

“And developing feelings would be more problematic. Let’s say, hypothetically, that I became intimate with the Department Head. Would the Department Head ever be sincere toward people like us?”

 

Yang Secretary went on for quite a while after that, talking about how Tae-san and people like them were in different situations from the start.

 

“…This is why Cinderella stories are absurd fairy tales.”

 

Though Yang Secretary was usually talkative, since the topic was what it was, Lee Seol couldn’t let those words go in one ear and out the other.

 

Click-.

 

Yang Secretary, who had been about to continue saying something, closed his mouth and stood up abruptly as soon as the door opened.

 

Lee Seol also quickly closed the box lid and stood up together.

 

“I’ll call the elevator.”

 

Yang Secretary pressed the elevator call button, and Tae-san personally escorted Kim Se-na to the front of the elevator.

 

Though she didn’t know what conversation they were having, the two looked quite affectionate.

 

Most of all, the fact that he showed a smile to Kim Se-na alone—a smile that was not permitted to her—made Lee Seol feel bitter.

 

Before getting on the elevator, Kim Se-na looked at Lee Seol standing inside the desk area and bowed.

 

Seeing this, Yang Secretary asked quietly without moving his lips.

 

“Doesn’t it seem like the Department Head likes that person?”

 

“…I’m not sure.”

 

“I think this is the first time I’ve seen the Department Head make that face. Have you seen it before, Lee Seol?”

 

“…It’s my first time too.”

 

“So he knew how to smile so warmly. How interesting.”

 

Yang Secretary, who had been muttering with expert-level ventriloquism, closed his mouth when he saw Tae-san walking toward them.

 

“Lee Seol. Come in.”

 

The affectionate face he had shown Kim Se-na was nowhere to be found, and only his usual indifferent and cold expression remained.

 

Lee Seol also made a businesslike expression and followed behind him. Having no right to feel disappointed, she had to fulfill her duty as a secretary.

 

Tae-san, who went straight to sit at his desk, looked indifferently at Lee Seol standing across from him.

 

“Se-na seems to feel very sorry toward you. So play along with her a bit.”

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