Sohee continued to look at Noh Chang-ki,
My hand soon reached for my sunglasses.
—Slowly, I took off the lenses.
The lobby lights flashed past my eyes.
The black pupils were clearly visible.
Noh Chang-gi was speechless for a moment.
“……You’re younger than I thought.”
“If you’re young, is it because money doesn’t roll in?”
He laughed heartily.
"Hahaha!! The chairman is quite picky. Since you passed the verification, I'll let you into the VIP area."
Sohee fixed her fur coat and followed Noh Chang-ki towards the elevator.
The sound of heels echoed through the quiet hallway.
At that moment,
Jimin parked his car in the alley across from the Hwayang Building.
My hands trembled for a moment as I let go of the steering wheel, but I soon composed myself.
He put a tiny in-ear earphone on his ear and spoke to Haejin.
“Jimin, can you hear me?”
“Listen, report the situation immediately.”
“Sohee... It’s true that she entered as ‘Hwayeon.’
“I think I’ll go up in the VIP elevator with Noh Chang-ki.”
“What is the security level?”
“The upper echelons seem to be the best… It’s seven minutes after the guard shift, in between… It won’t be long.”
“That’s enough. Keep reporting the situation from time to time.”
"...Be careful, Jimin."
"Haha.. I'll take care of it. Thanks, hyung."
Jimin picked up the security guard uniform and black security card from the passenger seat and headed to the Hwayang lobby.
Hwayang 1st floor lobby.
The security gate creaked above the sound of people's footsteps.
Jimin lowered his head slightly and passed through the gate using the prepared card.
His steps were no different from those of other security guards.
at that time,
A guard approached Jimin.
“Wait a minute. I haven’t seen that face before… Where are you from?”
“Night reinforcement team, 3rd floor, inner area.”
“Show me your name tag.”
“..I don’t have time to show you because you called me urgently from above.”
“Don’t you know the rules? You’re fucking...”
widely.
Jimin's hand twisted his wrist.
thud!
He twisted his shoulders against the wall, and his hand strangled his neck.
The sound of your breath being caught in a ‘gasp’.
“I know the rules.”
Jimin whispered softly.
“But right now, I’m in a hurry… so much.”
The guard fell against the wall, his body slumped.
Jimin adjusted his hat and headed towards the elevator.
At that moment, the internal elevator.
Noh Chang-ki and So-hee were already on board.
"Ding- 7th floor."
The door opened with a ‘ding’,
Jimin entered the elevator with an indifferent expression.
'....?'
Sohee was startled when she saw Jimin.
If I hadn't been wearing sunglasses, I would have been caught running into someone I knew.
'Park Ji... Min...? What is it...?'
Noh Chang-ki reflexively glanced at Jimin.
Because it had been a long time since I had seen an unfamiliar face in the elevator.
“… Hmm, where do you belong?”
“Hello, Director. I’m a new member of the upper-level security team.
“The security team leader urgently told me to come to the headquarters next to the VIP room, so I’m on my way there.”
“...A new employee is taking an extension call?”
"...Thanks to the team leader's kindness to me, I was able to ride to headquarters for the first time today.
"I apologize for any inconvenience."
"Hahaha no. How well do you have to do to get called to headquarters?
"There aren't many people who know about the headquarters itself, so let's ride together."
"Thank you, Director."
Sohee looked straight ahead and said nothing.
‘Why did you come all the way here, Park Jimin…
Really... I like you, maybe...'
The numbers on the elevator wall slowly went up.
12… 18… 23…
suddenly,
Squeak—
The elevator stopped slightly.
Sohee and Noh Chang-gi almost collapsed at the same time.
Noh Chang-gi was able to keep his balance on his own, but So-hee almost fell because of her high heels...
Thump-
Jimin secretly held Sohee's hand.
Sohee stood up straight, afraid that Noh Chang-ki would catch her.
'.... Don't help me in a place like this.....'
“Wh...what is it?”
Noh Chang-ki said in a voice full of complaints.
Jimin didn't move at all.
His gaze briefly brushed past Sohee's side profile over his sunglasses.
I went down to the floor.
Haejin's voice brushed against Jimin's ear cuff.
“Stop the internal line for 2 seconds. I’ll go again.”
"Sir, it seems like we've stopped for a moment due to VIP movement."
The elevator began to move smoothly again.
Noh Chang-gi grumbled.
“Tsk... This is why old extensions are like this... ”
at that time,
Jimin took a step closer to Sohee without Noh Chang-ki knowing.
The distance is one span.
Shadows overlapped next to the back of Sohee's hand.
He took Sohee's hand without saying a word,
He quietly held something in his hand.
'...?'
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Continued in the next episode >>
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