Private Secretary - Chapter 49

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Private Secretary Episode 49

Lee Seol was watching Tae-san and waiting to see if he had any remaining business when her phone vibrated with a long buzz, making her look down.

It was one of the friends she had met yesterday.

“If you have nothing more to say, may I step out?”

“Take it here.”

“It’s a personal call. I’ll take it later.”

“Why bother doing that. Just take it here.”

I was worried it might interfere with work.

Lee Seol answered the phone while reading his expression.

“Hello?”

[Why aren’t you replying to the group chat? You’re making us worry. Did you get home safely?]

Since she hadn’t had time to hold her phone last night, she naturally couldn’t chat with her friends either.

Lee Seol realized she hadn’t thought that this would cause worry.

“Sorry. I collapsed as soon as I got home yesterday. I overslept and rushed to work, so I didn’t have time to check my phone.”

Lee Seol’s lie was quite skillful. Tae-san, who was listening to her words, openly scoffed.

[I’m glad you got home safely. We were worried something happened to you.]

“Sorry for making you worry. And thank you for caring.”

[Of course we should do that much for a friend. Hey, but yesterday some man in a luxury sedan came to pick you up? Ye-yeong said so. Who was he?]

Lee Seol looked at Tae-san and then slightly turned her head away.

“We’re nothing to each other. Sorry, but I’m taking this during work hours. I’ll call you back later.”

Lee Seol hurriedly ended the call and stood in front of him as if nothing had happened.

“You’ve gotten quite skilled at lying now?”

“…I couldn’t tell my friend the truth.”

“Come here.”

When Lee Seol approached Tae-san who was sitting at his desk, he pulled her waist and embraced her.

“Uh, wait a moment…”

Lee Seol, who felt embarrassed about physical contact in the office in broad daylight, looked around even though she knew no one was there.

“In the office…”

Naturally, Lee Seol couldn’t finish her words. It was because Tae-san, who had seated her on his thigh, instantly parted her lips and penetrated inside.

Lee Seol helplessly accepted him, but when Tae-san unbuttoned her cardigan and put his hand inside her bra, she hurriedly grabbed his wrist to stop him.

“Could you please avoid doing this in the office? Instead, I don’t say anything about whatever you do at home.”

At those words, Tae-san looked up at her teasingly and licked her chest.

“When you tell me not to do it, it makes me want to do it more.”

“You’re not a contrary frog…”

In her heart, she wanted to get intoxicated by the sensations he was giving her and taste again the pleasure she felt yesterday.

However, just imagining someone suddenly knocking and entering the office made it impossible for her to calm down.

When the anxious Lee Seol tried to push him away again, this time Tae-san’s phone vibrated with a long buzz.

Lee Seol glanced down to check the phone screen.

A name that was never welcome appeared. It was Kim Se-na.

“Department Head. You have a call from Kim Se-na.”

She didn’t want to tell him, but for his sake, it was right to inform him immediately.

Sure enough. Tae-san, who hadn’t cared when his phone was vibrating, immediately reacted to the mention of Kim Se-na.

“Oh, just a moment.”

The moment she saw him turn his head as if he had never been clinging to her, her expectation that he might like her more than Kim Se-na crumbled completely.

Lee Seol even felt shame seeing the person who had been exploring her body until just moments ago answer Kim Se-na’s call as if he had been waiting for it.

When Lee Seol bit her lip and tried to fix her disheveled clothes, Tae-san’s hand penetrated her bare skin.

“Department Head.”

The hand that had been touching her collarbone soon grasped around Lee Seol’s chest area. This was quite humiliating.

To continue intimate acts with me while not hanging up the phone with Kim Se-na.

“Oh, Se-na.”

At the end of moments when she felt crushing despair, Kim Se-na was always there.

Most of all, what made Lee Seol feel most miserable was Kang Tae-san’s affectionate voice calling her name.

Not once had he ever called me that way. Absolutely, not even once.

Suddenly, Yang Secretary’s words from the past flashed through her mind.

“This is why the Cinderella story is an absurd fairy tale.”

Lee Seol hadn’t dreamed of being Cinderella, nor had she mistaken herself for a fairy tale protagonist.

All she had hoped for was Tae-san’s love.

How pure and foolish was her expectation that he might like her too.

To him, I was just an object needed for satisfying desires. And I didn’t even know that while expecting love.

There was no need to resent Tae-san. I had just acted like a fool.

Lee Seol, who couldn’t bear this humiliating situation any longer, grabbed Tae-san’s hand and firmly removed it.

Tae-san looked at Lee Seol with displeasure but obediently withdrew his hand, and Lee Seol fixed her disheveled clothes.

[You didn’t forget about camping next week, right?]

Lee Seol hadn’t intended to listen to their conversation, but because the volume was high, the voice leaked out from the phone.

“Oh, is that already next week?”

[I knew you’d forget. I contacted you just in case, but fortunately. Hey, it’s next week so don’t forget.]

“…Yeah. I got it.”

[Don’t forget to come with Han Secretary.]

Lee Seol, who had completely fixed her appearance, immediately tried to give him space. But Tae-san grabbed Lee Seol’s wrist, meaning for her not to leave.

Even though expecting and being disappointed wasn’t a matter of just a day or two, she felt a newfound sense of rebellion.

When Lee Seol twisted her wrist to pull it out, only then sensing something was wrong, Tae-san turned his head to look at her.

“Yeah. Just share the location where I need to go.”

[Okay. I’ll send it to you right now.]

Unlike his fierce gaze toward Lee Seol, his voice speaking to Kim Se-na was so affectionate.

She had to acknowledge that such an attitude would never be permitted for her.

Only after ending the call and putting down his phone did Tae-san look up at Lee Seol.

“I never said you could leave.”

“Since you were on a call, I thought it would be polite to give you space.”

“It’s not just anyone, it’s Kim Se-na calling, so is there really a need to step away?”

“Still, doing this while on a call is rude. To your friend too.”

She said only that while suppressing her disappointed feelings.

Did he finally notice that my mood had soured?

Tae-san’s eyes narrowed and he tilted his head to look at her.

“I didn’t know you had such a conservative personality.”

“…I told you I don’t like doing it in the office.”

Maybe I looked ridiculous to him, saying I didn’t like it but ultimately accepting all his demands.

The self-loathing I had tried to suppress slowly began to raise its head, piercing through my wounds.

Tae-san seemed puzzled about why this situation had suddenly developed.

“…Hmm.”

Soon, as if thinking it was nothing serious, he changed his tone to a lighter one.

“Anyway, next Saturday is the camping day, so don’t forget and prepare well.”

Did I really have to go on that camping trip? I was sure I’d be on edge seeing Kim Se-na.

So, it was obvious I wouldn’t be able to maintain my composure because of Kang Tae-san being endlessly affectionate only to Kim Se-na.

“…Yes. I understand.”

But Lee Seol had no right to refuse.

No, if I wanted to decline, I could actually make up any excuse, but I didn’t want to go that far.

It would be like running away from Kim Se-na. Like meekly admitting that I was nothing more than an insignificant existence.

I didn’t want to show a foolishly intimidated appearance, at least not in front of Kang Tae-san.

How foolish and pathetic this feeling was.

I resented my past self for nurturing useless hope when I knew it would end up like this, and I was angry at such a stupid me.

Lee Seol bowed to him and went outside, letting out a low sigh.

The upcoming camping trip had suddenly become uncomfortable for her.

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Like most office workers, time flew by like an arrow as she focused solely on work at the Company.

It felt like she had just rested briefly over the weekend, but weekdays came again, and after working hard once more, she found herself facing another weekend.

For Lee Seol, weekends were always a welcome presence, but not today. It was because she had an unwanted appointment scheduled.

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