Private Secretary - Chapter 60

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Private Secretary Episode 60

“Um, Department Head.”

[Yeah.]

“I’m sorry.”

[For what.]

“I feel like I’ve caused trouble for the company.”

[Don’t apologize carelessly for something that’s not even your fault. Not just to me, but anywhere.]

“….”

[Hurry up and close your eyes.]

“Yes.”

Lee Seol held up her phone so he could see clearly and squeezed her eyes shut.

She faintly heard the sound of Tae-san laughing, and then the call ended.

Lee Seol immediately turned off her phone as he had instructed. With her communication channel to the outside world cut off, it felt like she had entered an air raid shelter.

Here, she felt safe from any kind of attack. As long as she was at Tae-san’s house. As long as she was under Tae-san’s protection.

“…He was trying to protect me.”

Only then did Lee Seol realize Tae-san’s intention.

He had deliberately evacuated her to the safest place to protect her from those sordid stories about mistresses and affairs.

If not for that, she would have had to remain defensively exposed to people’s eyes.

“But what was that story he said he wanted to tell me from before?”

She had thought she shouldn’t expect anything from him anymore.

But when he was being so good to her and taking care of her like this, how could she not have expectations? How could she not feel excited?

“…I want to see him soon.”

Even in the midst of her mental confusion, Lee Seol simply missed Tae-san.

To think she had come to like Kang Tae-san this much. There was no hope for her now.

Contrary to her expectation that her complicated thoughts would keep her from falling asleep easily, her body relaxed quickly.

Recalling the warm smile and voice Tae-san had shown her during the video call, she soon fell asleep.

* * *

Tae-san, who wanted to return home quickly to check on Lee Seol’s condition, finished preparing to leave work earlier than usual.

Rrrr- Rrrr-.

Just as he was about to leave, the intercom suddenly rang. He looked at the loudly ringing phone with an annoyed expression, then finally picked up the receiver.

“Yes.”

[Kim Se-na is here in the lobby. Should I let her up?]

As soon as he heard Kim Se-na’s name, Tae-san let out a small groan.

He had planned to face her eventually, but meeting her right now felt burdensome.

“Yes. Let her up.”

However, he couldn’t just send Kim Se-na away after she had come all this way.

Thinking about how he had missed the opportunity last time and caused trouble for Lee Seol, it seemed better to grit his teeth and meet her now.

Tae-san put down the suit jacket he had picked up and went to the sofa to wait for Kim Se-na to arrive.

After a few minutes passed, there was a knock and Kim Se-na entered.

She must have been crying the whole way here, as her eyes were red and her makeup was smeared. But her expression was brazenly confident without a trace of guilt, which was somehow infuriating.

“You already heard, right? I’m going to break off the engagement.”

Kim Se-na quickly approached Tae-san and grabbed his hand that was resting on the armrest.

But Tae-san coldly pulled his hand away.

Her pupils trembled finely as if she was in shock.

Tae-san was no longer soft toward Kim Se-na. Rather, he was cold and chilly as if dealing with a stranger.

“Kang Tae-san.”

Kim Se-na looked at Tae-san with an expression of disbelief as he rejected her hand.

Her expression seemed to ask how he could do such a thing, which was rather absurd from this side.

“Why did you do such a thing?”

“Such a thing?”

“Why did you drag Lee Seol, who did nothing wrong, into your engagement breakup? Who gave you permission to use Lee Seol?”

She seemed not to have expected him to confront her about this right away, as she hesitated for a moment.

“…Then what other method was there? Fine, I admit I used Lee Seol. I feel sorry about it. But there was no method as certain as making Ryu Hwa-pyeong into an adulterer.”

“Whatever you want, whatever schemes you plot, that’s not my concern. But you shouldn’t do that to Lee Seol. She’s someone who got hurt trying to save you. Don’t tell me you forgot that too?”

Kim Se-na’s eyes trembled at Tae-san’s words that it wasn’t his concern. But she soon shook her head and continued speaking.

“That’s why I said I feel sorry toward Lee Seol. I didn’t want to go that far either. But what could I do when there was no other woman to put next to Ryu Hwa-pyeong right away? I had no other clever solution.”

“No. Be honest. You wanted to destroy Lee Seol, didn’t you?”

Tae-san asked as if what he had inferred from Ryu Hwa-pyeong’s story was an established fact.

It seemed like Kim Se-na would never confess unless he interrogated her like this.

As if Tae-san’s intention hit the mark exactly, Kim Se-na’s expression instantly turned cold.

“Yes. That’s right. She was an eyesore. It annoyed me how she acted like she knew everything about you when she’d only known you for a short time. I’m the one who knows more about you, and I’m the one who spent more time with you. So why are you protecting her?”

“Kim Se-na.”

Although he had expected it to some degree, he was newly shocked by her answer.

To think that a friend he had known for so long had such rock-bottom character.

“Ha. I’ll just be honest. I was planning to get rid of both of them at once. That’s why I used Lee Seol.”

“…You’re really the worst.”

Tae-san was left speechless by Kim Se-na who said such things so brazenly.

“The worst? You shouldn’t say that to me. Why do you think I went this far? It’s all because of you. You wanted me first. You even went on blind dates to deliberately provoke my jealousy. So I came back to you, but why are you acting like this now?”

“Hah.”

“You know what? If you had just come to me obediently, neither of those two would have gotten involved in this mess.”

A hollow laugh escaped through Tae-san’s teeth.

“I thought you’d at least start by saying you were sorry for making things noisy, but I’m disappointed to hear that it’s all my fault.”

At Tae-san’s words, Kim Se-na bit her lips tightly.

“I don’t intend to blame you. I just want you to come to me. If you’re disappointed in what I did to Lee Seol and Ryu Hwa-pyeong, I’m sorry, but can’t you understand that it was because I was that desperate for you?”

“That’s what’s horrible, Kim Se-na. That selfishness of yours, where other people’s honor doesn’t matter at all as long as it’s for your benefit, that’s what’s the worst.”

Tears streamed down Kim Se-na’s eyes at the continued harsh words.

“You should think about how desperate I must have been to do that. You should understand me, Tae-san.”

“No. I can’t understand. Rather, I don’t know who the Kim Se-na I knew was. If I had known you were this kind of person, I wouldn’t have stayed friends with you all this time.”

As if deeply hurt by his cold and chilly tone, Kim Se-na hesitated.

But Tae-san’s eyes looking at her remained calmly unwavering.

As if she couldn’t understand the current situation at all, Kim Se-na wiped her tears with trembling hands.

“So. Even though I’m begging you like this, you won’t come to me? You like me. You’ve liked me for a long time, Tae-san.”

“I think I clearly told you several times. That I have no intention of dating you.”

“Then why, why did your feelings suddenly change? Is it because you’re upset that I was going to marry someone else? Huh?”

“…You really only think about yourself until the end.”

“Tae-san.”

“Until just recently, I wanted to remain friends with you for old times’ sake. But I’ve changed my mind. Not anymore.”

Kim Se-na frowned as if asking what he meant.

“I don’t want to be friends with someone like you, and I can’t like you either. No, even facing you like this right now is uncomfortable.”

“Why are you really acting like this? You can’t treat me like this!”

Kim Se-na screamed hysterically, but Tae-san didn’t even blink.

“To be honest, I want to cut out all the past I shared with you.”

“….”

“That’s how sick I am of you. So let’s never meet again.”

“…Are you serious?”

“Yeah.”

“Don’t do this in anger, Tae-san. We’ve known each other for years. Don’t make an irreversible mistake.”

“Sorry, but I’m more rational and calm than ever before. Everything I’m saying now is sincere, so if you understand, please leave now.”

As Tae-san tried to get up from his seat, Kim Se-na frantically grabbed his hand and clung to him.

“No, you can’t. What am I supposed to do if you act like this? I have no one left now. I broke off the engagement with Ryu Hwa-pyeong, and my parents are disappointed in me and told me to go abroad for a while. But what if you do this too?”

“Who told you to cause this kind of trouble? If you want something, you should resolve it through conversation like a normal person. What is this? Causing trouble everywhere.”

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