22 Is it okay if we go out for dinner? (1/2)

”Lady Chung,” Ji-Eun heard a voice from somewhere in her office.

It took her a second to notice that her floor receptionist had been standing in front of her work desk and was handing over a stack of documents that needed her signature.

”Are you alright, Miss?” Concerned about her superior's state, the receptionist asked as she looked at her carefully. ”You look very tired...”

”Ah, no. I...” Ji-Eun answered quickly, snapping out of her thoughts. ”Do these need my signature?”

She took the papers and went through them quickly.

”Yes,” the receptionist answered her. ”You asked to have them revised an hour ago. The managers and team leaders already took care of them.”

”That's great,” she said. ”I'll take a look at them now.”

She browsed through the pages, checked the financials, and signed each page carefully.

”That should do it,” she said when she finished. ”These should be okay now.”

She handed the documents back.

”You can share the document to the rest of the shareholders tomorrow. You can go home for the day.” She smiled at the receptionist. ”You've worked hard. Thank you.”

The receptionist bowed and smiled back at her. ”Thank you, Lady Chung.”

She waited until the receptionist was gone to slouch on her chair and to look around her office lazily.

That day, since the Chung Group's shareholders, managers, and team leaders came over for a business review, Chung Ji-Eun had been forced to occupy her 'for show' office at The Regal Hotel. At a glance, even if she doesn't stay there often, her office wasn't bad. It was spacious and tastefully decorated, following the modern, minimalist trend that she was so fond of. There was also a floor to ceiling window at the west side of the office that showed the perfect skyline of Main City at whatever time of day.

But no matter how spacious and beautiful the views are in that office, Ji-Eun would always feel stuffy and would try to walk out. So, that particular morning, before she and Oh Jaehyun entered her office, which was already full of people, he took her aside and asked her, ”This meeting is going to occupy the whole day. Are you going to be alright in there?”

”As long as nobody annoys me, I'll be alright,” she answered, smiling lightly at him. ”Besides, Father is going to join us via web conference later, so I'm not really going to go through this meeting by myself.”

”Chung Ji-Eun,” he shook his head at her.

”I'll be fine, Secretary Oh,” she touched his shoulder and proceeded to enter her own office. ”Don't worry too much.”

For the past years, President Chung had always been the one hosting the Group's business reviews. At this event, all the heads of all their businesses were present and were supposed to give their status report. It was only this time, because he was abroad, that Chung Ji-Eun took charge of the Group's business review.

Thankfully, their people came prepared and she felt satisfied at the end of their meeting. Aside from the papers and some contracts that needed revising, everything went well.

She sighed as she stood up from her chair and began to tidy up her work desk, picking up the drafts and reports that were strewn across it. She thought she saw a movement by the door and looked up to check if her secretary had come back, but she only saw the receptionist from earlier standing up and preparing to go home through the glass.

Where is he anyway? Ji-Eun noticed that Oh Jaehyun hasn't returned from sending the Group's representatives back.