Private Secretary - Chapter 46

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Private Secretary Episode 46

Her friend, who had been looking at her with suspicious eyes, seemed to give up and changed the topic to start talking about her own story.

It was about a junior colleague at work who had been getting increasingly defiant lately.

Lee Seol nodded her head, pretending to listen earnestly, but her mind was elsewhere and she couldn’t concentrate at all.

“Anyway, so that kid…”

Just then, a foreign sedan glided up and stopped in front of the two people sitting side by side on chairs in front of the store.

It was Tae-san’s car.

“Of all times…”

She had only hoped the substitute driver would come faster.

“I have to go.”

“…Huh?”

Lee Seol tried to quickly get in the car to hide Tae-san from her friend, but Tae-san getting out of the car was one step faster.

“No, you don’t need to get out, why…”

Tae-san in casual clothes looked back and forth between her friend and Lee Seol with quite cold eyes.

“Are you Lee Seol’s boyfriend?”

Tae-san stared indifferently at the friend who was speaking to him.

“Oh, hello. I’m An Ye-yeong, Lee Seol’s college friend.”

“Yes. I’m…”

“No, you don’t need to introduce yourself.”

Lee Seol quickly blocked Tae-san who was trying to greet her friend.

“Sorry, but I have to go first. You be careful going home too.”

Lee Seol grabbed Tae-san’s arm as he was about to introduce himself to her friend and pushed him toward the driver’s side.

Pushed by that forceful strength, Tae-san had to get back in the car without being able to say anything.

“Hey, Han Lee Seol. Who is he! You should at least introduce him! I’m really hurt, you know?”

“No. We’re really not close enough for introductions. I’m leaving first. Sorry.”

“Han Lee Seol!”

Her friend tried to catch Lee Seol who was about to disappear without explanation, but Lee Seol running away was faster.

As soon as Lee Seol fastened her seatbelt, the car started.

Lee Seol waved at her friend standing with a sullen face through the side mirror. With her heart full of apology.

“Why did you come to pick me up?”

“Are you questioning me now?”

Lee Seol, thinking her tone might have come out sharp without her realizing it, shook her head to indicate that wasn’t what she meant.

“It’s not that, I was worried it might be bothersome for you. It’s late and you must be tired… There was no reason for you to come.”

“It’s already late, and I didn’t want to wait even longer for you to come.”

“…”

“But do you hate it that much for me to greet your friend?”

“No. It’s not that I hate it…”

“You were hiding me as if you were embarrassed.”

“It’s not like that. I did it because there was no way to explain my relationship with Department Head.”

“You could just say I’m the boss you serve.”

“What kind of boss in the world comes to pick up their secretary from a personal appointment?”

“…”

“See, you have nothing to say. But if I introduced you as someone I’m dating, you’d be uncomfortable.”

Though she deliberately brought this up wanting to test his feelings, as expected, Tae-san had no reaction.

It was when Lee Seol, curious about his honest feelings, was about to urge him for an answer.

“…You’re the one who didn’t keep the promise. If you had come home on time, I wouldn’t have needed to come here. Then you wouldn’t have had to run away from your friend either.”

Tae-san gave a completely different answer from what Lee Seol expected.

Come to think of it, he always either didn’t answer or changed the topic whenever this kind of talk came up.

Like someone who was uncomfortable with defining his relationship with her at all.

So that’s how it is. Was she getting intoxicated by his kindness alone and grasping at straws by herself?

Lee Seol’s heart sank quietly once again.

Realizing she had unconsciously shown her discomfort, Lee Seol quickly closed her mouth.

“…I’m sorry.”

Lee Seol, suppressing her disappointed feelings, obediently admitted her fault.

“I told you to answer my calls on time.”

“I was excited about meeting friends after a long time and didn’t pay attention to my phone. I’m sorry.”

“If I trusted you and let you go, you should have behaved properly. If this happens, it’ll be hard for me to readily let you go next time.”

“I’m sorry. It’s not like I didn’t contact you on purpose…”

“I told you. Don’t create situations where you need to apologize in the first place.”

Honestly, it felt unfair.

It wasn’t like she had met friends during work hours – it was clearly a personal meeting after regular work hours.

To think she had to receive a scolding from her boss just for not answering calls.

After all, checking designs wasn’t strictly her job either.

“I do handle supporting Department Head’s private life, but for you to criticize my personal time is a bit…”

Lee Seol protested in a crawling voice, feeling like she’d get sick if she didn’t say this. It was a timid rebellion.

“What?”

“It was during non-work hours, so I don’t think you can control my private life…”

“Overstepping boundaries?”

“…It’s not like that, but…”

“Then you should have said that before making a promise with me.”

Tae-san turned to look at her with a frown.

“I waited all this time because you said okay, and I came looking because I was frustrated. You broke the promise first, so how can you feel so wronged?”

“…No. I’m sorry. I’ll be careful so this won’t happen again.”

“This won’t happen again. Because I won’t create this kind of situation.”

“…What?”

“Don’t make any personal appointments for a while. You know it’s a busy period.”

Lee Seol kept her mouth shut instead of resisting. She knew well that protesting here wouldn’t work at all.

After all, being on standby 24 hours to respond to his calls was also part of her job.

“Answer.”

“…I understand.”

Lee Seol answered in a sullen voice and then kept looking out the window. Since there was no traffic, they arrived at Tae-san’s house quickly.

“Go wash up.”

“You said you need to confirm the design by tomorrow. I’ll look at that first.”

“Don’t argue and go wash up.”

Tae-san warned coldly, and Lee Seol obediently went into the guest room.

Now bedding was prepared, but she had never actually slept here. It was because she had continued sleeping together in his bedroom.

Whether they were intimate or not, falling asleep in his arms no longer felt strange.

Lee Seol, who had entered the bathroom, slowly mulled over what had happened earlier.

How she had mentioned dating and tested his reaction, only to get hurt by herself.

“…Right, I got ahead of myself again. What am I hoping for when I said not to expect anything? This level of relationship is enough for me.”

Lee Seol barely calmed down her endlessly growing emotions, telling herself not to be greedy anymore.

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When Lee Seol came out after washing, Tae-san was in the study.

Still in a bad mood apparently, staring at the monitor screen with a coldly sunken face.

Even as she approached while reading his mood, Tae-san didn’t acknowledge her.

It was awkward for Lee Seol to speak to him first, so she was just scratching her neck when.

“This is the first draft storyboard.”

Only then did Tae-san speak toward Lee Seol. Lee Seol quietly moved in front of the monitor.

As she approached his side, Tae-san wrapped his arm around Lee Seol’s waist and pulled her to sit on his thigh.

Lee Seol looked up at him in surprise, but Tae-san was staring only at the screen without moving.

In the end, Lee Seol also followed his gaze and turned her attention back.

The monitor displayed simple drawings and explanations in panels divided like a comic book.

Just as Lee Seol was trying to check everything thoroughly without missing a single detail, Tae-san slowly caressed her thigh that was clearly visible beneath the slip she wore.

His hand slipped under her skirt, heading toward deeper places.

“No, wait a moment….”

Lee Seol was flustered because she couldn’t concentrate on the content like this. Even when she tried to grab his hand to stop him, it was useless.

Tae-san, who had been lightly kissing her back and shoulders, began nibbling at the nape of her neck.

The hand fondling her chest was overly stimulating, causing Lee Seol to clench her fists tightly and squeeze her eyes shut.

“You told me to watch, but if you do this….”

“I left your eyes alone, so what’s the problem.”

Lee Seol, who had wanted to be helpful to him, barely escaped from Tae-san’s embrace as he persistently clung to her.

When Lee Seol got up from her seat entirely and focused her gaze on the storyboard on the monitor, this time Tae-san placed his hand on her thigh.

Lee Seol, who wanted to finish work quickly, deliberately showed no reaction at all.

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