The weekend flew by, we were happy to be together and to be able to express our feelings to each other.
She was a woman who had just broken free from the past and started anew with a new person, and who had just found someone to live the same life she had been living, but everything around her seemed new.
The usual preparations for work, the usual commute, the usual morning greetings.
Everything felt new in a good way.
As Yeo-ju arrived at the office, Daniel, who had arrived earlier, stood up and gave her a pleasant smile. Seeing Daniel's greeting so early in the morning gave Yeo-ju a feeling that the day would be filled with only good things.
"Okay, everyone's here. Let me introduce you to the new employee who will be starting work today."
Daniel came forward and introduced the new employee.
"Hello. My name is Kim Do-hoon."
Everyone welcomed the new employee with a standing ovation.
Even in that situation, the new employee didn't even catch Yeoju's eye, and she only had her eyes filled with Daniel, who seemed to have gotten more handsome overnight.
As it happened, the seat to the left of the female lead was empty, so the new employee ended up sitting next to her.
"hello."
"Ah... yes. Hello."
After greeting the new employee, Daniel returned to his seat and held out his palm to the female protagonist.
The heroine suddenly placed her palm against Daniel's palm.
"Good work today too."
The female lead, who felt a surge of energy and motivation for work as if she had been energized by Daniel's single, softly whispered words so only she could hear, turned her shoulders and turned on the computer.
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"I have a meeting with a client at 2 o'clock today. You and I will go together."
"Me..?"
"You've never been to a meeting before."
So the heroine and Daniel left for the meeting.
"Everyone, please leave work when you're done, because we might be late."
After leaving the company, Daniel and Yeoju were able to converse more comfortably, away from the public eye. Daniel naturally took Yeoju's hand, and she wasn't even startled by his gesture. Instead, she took his hand in return, playfully swaying it back and forth in time with his pace.
"I can't be late for today's meeting. I'm planning to go on a secret date with Yeoju after we're done."
The heroine smiled at Daniel, as if she couldn't resist. She had been nervous and worried that she might make a mistake, even mentioning that she might be late for their first meeting. Daniel's joke put her mind at ease.
"Let's finish up quickly today and go see a movie together."
Daniel still felt uncomfortable using formal language with the female lead, so he wanted to become more comfortable speaking to her on today's date.
“You said it was a shame we couldn’t have dinner together last time.”
"Let's make a reservation next time and eat together. Isn't that our plan for today?"
The first meeting place for the heroine, who arrived in Daniel's car.
Yeoju and Daniel, who arrived first at a place where they could have a light cup of tea, waited for the business partner without realizing how bored they were.
Ding-
The door bell rang as the shop door opened, and the person he'd been waiting for arrived. Seeing the documents on the table where Yeoju and Daniel were sitting, he realized it was the person he was meant to meet. He sat down in the chair across from Daniel and Yeoju.
"Hello, I'm Ong Seong Wu from NB Group."
The man who introduced himself with a heavy image, Seongwoo, moved to the documents first without even looking at Daniel and the female protagonist.
"Hello, I'm Kang Daniel from DN Group."
"This is Kim Yeo-ju."
Seong-wu, who had carefully read the documents and listened to Daniel's introduction, frowned at the female protagonist's introduction. Only then did he look up and make eye contact with the female protagonist.
"Kim Yeo-ju...?"
As if the female protagonist knew the name, Daniel's gaze also turned to the voice actor who made an expression of not knowing as he said the female protagonist's name.
When the female protagonist met Seong-wu's eyes, she thought deeply and then let out an exclamation of "Ah."
"Ong Seongwu...?"
The person who had been focusing solely on the documents while greeting the person who came in was now unable to take his eyes off the female protagonist, as if he had no interest in the documents. Daniel, unable to bear to see this, slammed the documents in front of him on the table and spoke.
"I guess we know each other? But don't you have work to do right now?"
At Daniel's sharp voice, Seongwu frowned again and looked at Daniel this time. Daniel, who couldn't help but be offended, also sent Seongwu a sharp look at Seongwu's displeased attitude. Despite the tense atmosphere created between the two, Yeoju was still not in her right mind, perhaps surprised. Daniel took advantage of Seongwu's gaze turning to the documents and placed his hand over Yeoju's.
"Good job. Let's sign the contract right away."
"You've already seen it all? Or haven't you even checked to see if there's anything wrong or if there's anything you need to adjust?"
"Since we're done, let's just sign the contract."
Why did Daniel not like the voice actor so much from beginning to end?
Anyway, there was no harm in ending it this quickly from Daniel's perspective, but it somehow made him feel uneasy.
Even though the contract was signed, the voice actor who had not gotten up from his seat opened his mouth.
"Kim Yeo-ju. Did you change your phone number?"
"...no."
"Why aren't you answering my calls?"
"....sorry."
"I'll contact you. Pick up."
Daniel, who couldn't stand the voice actor continuing to say what he wanted to say while sitting in front of him, said something.
"What the hell is this? But this is a public place. Shouldn't you distinguish between public and private?"
The voice actor stood up from his seat without responding to Daniel's words, and after saying one more word as if lightly ignoring Daniel, he left the store.
"Get in touch."
Daniel felt his anger rising to his throat. If he'd said just one more word, if the woman's expression had darkened even a little, he probably wouldn't have been able to contain his rage. With a deep, heavy sigh, Daniel stood up.
"Let's go now."
Daniel, who always kept pace with the slow-moving Yeoju, seemed lost in thought as he strode briskly behind her, leaving her trailing behind. Yeoju had to keep up with him, practically running, at a brisk pace. As she followed, looking at his feet, Daniel suddenly stopped, causing Yeoju to bump her head against his back.
"Who is it? That guy from earlier."
"...."
"Aren't you going to tell me?"
"....Just a high school classmate.."
"...Ha... Are you really my friend? No matter how I look at it, it doesn't seem like that."
"....that's right."
Daniel thought the woman would tell him everything. Even though they hadn't known each other for long, and hadn't been lovers for long, they were still sharing some pretty important secrets. However, Daniel felt disappointed when the woman didn't tell him first, and he felt a second layer of disappointment when the woman didn't give him a proper answer despite his questions.
No matter how hard I tried to forget, I couldn't forget the annoying expression on the author Ong Seong-wu's face just now.
Daniel, who had sweetly suggested that we go see a movie after the meeting, had gone somewhere. Daniel, who had been driving with a blank expression and no emotion, arrived back at the company.
"Let's go see a movie next time."
And then he got out of the car first.
When Daniel came up to the office and the coworkers asked him why he came so quickly, he said that the deal went well and that it was just over quickly, but he seemed to be very angry.
The female protagonist, who had been sitting down while watching his expression, quickly received a call on her cell phone and quickly left the company.
Daniel, who was watching the scene, sighed again and placed his hand on his forehead.