Just before the elevator doors closed, a familiar name struck my ears.
“I heard the new team leader is Kim Taehyung.”
For a moment, my heart beat a beat slower.
No way. It can't be that Kim Taehyung.
… was there.
The conference room door opened, and a man in a black suit entered. His hair was neat, his face expressionless. And the moment our eyes met—he paused for a moment, for a very, very moment.
It was Kim Taehyung.
The person I most wanted to see in the past and never want to be entangled with again.
And meA bad relationship that ended badly.
“I am Kim Taehyung, who will be in charge of this team starting today.”
A calm voice. As if seeing him for the first time, as if nothing had happened.
But I knew he remembered my name.
His gaze passed over me several times throughout the meeting. Emotionless eyes. No, eyes that concealed their emotions.
I also pretended not to know. I had to do that to survive at the company.
As the meeting ended and people left one by one, his voice caught my attention.
"for a moment."
The conference room door closed without any chance to escape.
“Long time no see.”
Only then did the old feeling return to his eyes. Cold, uncomfortable—a remnant of that day.
“I didn’t know I would see you at work.”
“Me too, Team Leader.”
He smiled faintly at the title. It was a smile that was either mocking or resigned.
“Don’t worry. I separate public and private matters.”
After a moment of silence, he added quietly.
“But… I never imagined we would meet again like this.”
The door opened again, and he went out first as if nothing had happened.
In the conference room, where I was left alone, I took a deep breath and thought.
I believed the past was over,
The bad relationship—it seemed like it wasn't over yet.