Private Secretary - Chapter 5

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Private Secretary Episode 5

When she took out her phone to check, there was a text from him. Just a number starting with 010.

“What should I do if the schedule changes?”

“It doesn’t matter. You just need to be prepared every day.”

“Yes. I understand.”

“You’re not offended by the informal speech, are you?”

Lee Seol, who was busy saving the trainer’s number and hadn’t paid attention to his way of speaking, looked blank for a moment.

Then she quickly came to her senses.

“I’ll consider myself officially the Department Head’s secretary as of today.”

“…You’re more enthusiastic than I expected.”

“I love this job. You can give me even more difficult tasks. I’ll do my best to meet your expectations.”

“…Is that so?”

He, who had been quietly eating his food, turned his head to look up at Lee Seol standing beside him.

Then things like his damp hair and firm muscles beneath his robe came into view.

Somehow feeling guilty just from looking, Lee Seol tried her best not to let her gaze wander below his eyes.

She thought it would be rude to stare intently at her boss’s relaxed appearance.

“Follow me.”

He got up from his seat after eating about half his food.

Even in this situation, Lee Seol thought she should prepare more delicious food next time so only empty bowls would remain.

The place she followed him to was the dress room.

The clothes hanging full on the wall-mounted hangers resembled a department store clothing section.

“Get my schedule from the secretary’s office. You just need to prepare suitable clothes for each appointment every morning.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t have outstanding enough fashion sense to pick out the Department Head’s clothes.”

Instead of answering, he took out a business card from the drawer and handed it to Lee Seol.

It had the department store logo with ‘Personal Shopper’ written on it.

“That person knows my taste well. They’ll take care of everything there, so you just need to pick up the clothes and set them out as they are. Prepare about one extra outfit just in case.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Lee Seol, who had no interest in fashion whatsoever, was surprised but quickly relieved.

Picking up clothes and setting them out wrinkle-free wasn’t particularly difficult work, so she could definitely handle it.

Just as she was quietly nodding, he, who had been standing with his back to Lee Seol, suddenly took off his shower robe.

Although all that came into view were his tightly toned back muscles, Lee Seol was startled and quickly turned around.

“I’ll step out.”

“You’ll be seeing me change clothes often from now on, so why bother? You can stay.”

But the flustered Lee Seol hurriedly left the dress room without even having time to respond to his words.

Wondering if she should close the door for him, when she turned around, she saw him walking toward her wearing only drawers.

This time she was so flustered she couldn’t even turn her eyes away.

Wait, how can an ordinary person have such a good body?

Muscles that were neither excessive nor lacking were positioned attractively. It was on par with any decent underwear model.

“You said you were leaving, but now you’re completely admiring the view.”

“Ah, I, well, that is.”

He looked at Lee Seol and raised only one corner of his mouth. It was clearly a sneer.

The man slowly extended his arm and closed the door as if showing off. Lee Seol stared at the closed door and steadied her trembling breath.

“…What a shock.”

It had been too long since she’d directly faced a man’s naked body, so she was surprised.

Unlike before, serving a young boss meant these kinds of incidents would happen, she thought with bewildered laughter.

She hadn’t tried to look, but his body was surprisingly good.

“He must be popular. Well, once they know his personality, they’d all run away anyway.”

Lee Seol muttered carelessly but quickly came to her senses and did what she needed to do.

As instructed, she saved the personal shopper’s number from the business card, then diligently tapped the keypad to send a greeting text.

All of Lee Seol’s attention was once again focused on the tasks her boss had assigned.

* * *

It had already been two weeks since Lee Seol started working.

As Kang Tae-san began his first day at work, the tasks she needed to handle naturally increased.

As a secretary assisting with private matters, Lee Seol couldn’t rest even on weekends.

She had prepared herself for working on holidays, but when it actually happened, she didn’t feel great about it.

Still, it was work, so she was doing it silently when one day, Tae-san handed her an envelope. It was an incentive.

Lee Seol, who could tell it was thick without even opening it, unconsciously broke into a bright smile.

“…I’d rather you not show your true colors that openly.”

Tae-san subtly mocked her as he looked at her beaming face, but Lee Seol didn’t feel bad at all.

Was this the financial therapy she’d only heard about?

Since it would be a while before her salary came out, the cash she received from him was Lee Seol’s first income after joining the company.

Her heart swelled just like a new employee receiving their first paycheck in life.

From that day on, Lee Seol began more actively seeking out work to do. Indeed, once money came in, her attitude inevitably changed.

Money was, after all, her greatest motivator.

And around that time, Lee Seol had perfectly grasped Tae-san’s lifestyle patterns.

He was a picky and sensitive person, but his daily routine was clear and simple.

If there was no morning meeting, he always woke up at 5 AM.

For an hour, he would drink coffee while watching American and international news, checking company emails and the day’s tasks to handle.

Then at 6 o’clock he would go exercise, return at 7, and spend 30 minutes eating breakfast while thoroughly reading major domestic newspapers.

After finishing his preparations for work by 8 o’clock, he would receive a brief report of the day’s schedule from Lee Seol.

After giving her instructions for tasks according to the schedule, he would finally head to the company.

He always left his hotel room at exactly 8:25 AM.

So Lee Seol would always report to his hotel room by 7 AM unless there was something special.

She would arrange the domestic newspapers bought from the convenience store on the table, set up breakfast, then take the clothes he would wear to the dress room.

By then, it would be time for Tae-san to return from his workout.

Lee Seol consulted with Tae-san’s trainer to prepare different breakfast menus every morning to give him a satisfying morning.

This was entirely voluntary work by Lee Seol, who was impressed by the incentive Tae-san gave her, not something Tae-san had instructed.

Besides this, she would take Tae-san’s workout clothes and the clothes he wore the previous day to the dry cleaner every day, and made sure his supplements never ran out.

Tae-san, seeing Lee Seol steadily taking care of his affairs even without being asked, made a comment one day.

“Unexpected.”

She couldn’t know what kind of expectations Tae-san had about her until now, or how much hope he had.

But it was definitely a nuance that he was pleased anyway.

Even after hearing those words, Lee Seol pretended not to hear while secretly feeling proud.

‘If you receive money, you should naturally do work worth that money.’

However, since it was human work, variables would occasionally arise in unexpected places.

That was exactly what was happening now.

Today Tae-san was scheduled to have dinner at a restaurant with his American college alumni.

All the alumni gathering were chaebol family heirs similar to Tae-san, so it was essentially no different from a business meeting rather than a simple social gathering.

Lee Seol, who wanted her boss to look the best in front of them, had prepared a nice outfit that matched the dress code in advance.

‘But who would have thought they’d change the schedule to play tennis on the very day.’

Upon hearing the news, Lee Seol hurriedly went to Tae-san’s personal shopper and picked up clothes for the tennis match.

Then she arrived at Kang Tae-san’s office lounge and began ironing the clothes.

After a while, she heard the sound of Tae-san entering the office.

Lee Seol was about to open the door and go out to announce her presence, but hesitated when she heard another person’s voice.

The person with Tae-san was none other than his father and Hogan Group’s chairman, Kang Shin-jae.

Somehow feeling she shouldn’t interfere with their conversation, Lee Seol quietly held her breath.

“How about the most recently hired secretary, not the ones outside? She’s someone my friend introduced.”

Due to the thin walls, their conversation could be heard clearly.

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