Chapter 41 - Vows And Threats (1/2)

Immediately afterwards, Mi-Suk continued the story right from where Min-Jun had left off.

”And once you got home, you kept talking about that Director Kang.”

”Wait a second.” Su-Jin interrupted, glancing nervously between her brother and her friend. ”You mean to say that I was left alone with just him last night?”

”I guess, since he was the only person I saw when I got to the restaurant.” Min-Jun replied with another shrug.

”Oh, heavens, what did I do?!” Su-Jin unexpectedly cried out in mortification, grabbing her head with both her hands. ”Did I do or say anything weird?” she asked her brother quickly.

”I wouldn't know. You were asleep when I got there.” He said simply, then added with a small smirk on his face. ”Though, I have to admit something. That boss of yours was looking quite nervous, like he was expecting for the sky to fall on his head. Did you attack him or something?”

”I wouldn't know! I can't remember a blasted thing!” Su-Jin shrieked with a mixture of desperation and annoyance. ”How am I going to face him today at work?!”

Mi-Suk chuckled, gazing at her friend meaningfully.

”It should be alright. As long as you didn't call him Sasin to his face last night, you are safe.”

Hearing her friend's ambiguous words, Su-Jin's wails instantly paused. She lifted her eyes slowly, gaping blankly at her friend. For some reason, she was getting another bad feeling about this whole matter.

”What are you talking about?” she asked slowly.

”Last night, you first took turns calling him Demon Director and Grim Reaper, seemingly undecided which one fit him best. Then, you started complimenting his eyes for being pretty, while looking at yourself in the mirror. That's about it.” Mi-Suk shrugged, finishing with a teasing wink. ”Truly, it was quite harmless.”

As she spoke, Mi-Suk stared at her friend, looking thoroughly amused.

Su-Jin, on the other hand, was far from being calm. Her face was currently like a rainbow of expressions, ranging from embarrassment to utter fright. Even the color in her cheeks swiftly changed from red to blue, then green, until it ultimately became a ghostly pale.

Replaying Mi-Suk's words in her head, caused goosebumps to rise all over Su-Jin's skin.

A second later, though, Su-Jin swiftly cast away the look of mortification and suddenly stood up. Her hand rose slightly, then fell with a loud bang on the tabletop. At the same time, her words flew out of her mouth like a torrent.

”That's it! From this day onwards, I am not going to drink ever again!” she declared righteously.

Seeing how Su-Jin was speaking as though she was making a solemn vow to protect the country and save the world, the other two at the table stared at her expressionlessly.

”Mhm, and I am going to become stupid all of a sudden.” Min-Jun piped up offhandedly.

At these words, Mi-Suk let out a very unladylike chortle. She swiftly covered her mouth to hide her laughter. Meanwhile, Min-Jun's humorous words earned him a batch of sharp daggers coming from Su-Jin's eyes.

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It appeared that Su-Jin wasn't the only one who was prone to make vows that morning.

The moment Ji-Won's office door opened and his eyes fell on Seo-Jun, he instantly began emitting a chilly aura. His mouth opened, and the only thing that came out was a bone-chilling threat.

”If you do this to me one more time, I swear that you won't like the way I'll deal with you. Trust me when I say that they will never find your body, Seo-Jun, even if they search the entire country.”

The man who was threatened in such a manner quickly took back the step he had just taken inside the office.