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

Her objective suddenly changed as she started hunting for her phone.

As she was typing in a message for her secretary, she heard the glass door opening.

”Oh Jaehyun,” she stopped typing and began to turn around, knowing that it really was Oh Jaehyun at the door this time. ”I was just looking-”

Her words stopped abruptly as she saw two people standing near the glass door.

What in the world... she thought to herself.

”Song Hyun-Shik,” she stepped out from behind her desk and went towards the door to greet him properly. ”This is a surprise.”

”Yes,” the man said sheepishly as she bowed to him. ”I'm sorry for dropping by unannounced. I saw Secretary Oh at the hotel entrance sending off guests, so I thought...”

Ji-Eun glanced at her secretary who was smiling slyly at her from behind Song Hyun-Sik. She gave him a questioning look, but he just shrugged back at her.

”I'll just take care of those,” Jaehyun said, moving towards her work desk.

”Yes, thank you.” Ji-Eun said as her secretary passed by her.

At that time, she heard his faint whisper, ”You've been wanting to talk to him anyway...”

She looked at her secretary for some time before turning her attention back to her guest.

”Let's sit down, so we can talk,” she gestured towards the couch. ”Would you like to have something to drink?”

”Thank you for the offer, but I'm alright. There are some things we need to talk about, Ji-Eun,” Hyun-Shik said. ”But I think your office is not the right place for it.”

”Okay,” Ji-Eun angled her head a little. ”We can go to the lounge and-”

”Secretary Oh mentioned that you were in a day-long meeting,” he continued, cutting Ji-Eun off. ”I'm quite sure you haven't had anything to eat yet.”

He paused to look over her shoulder at her secretary, who was busy rearranging some papers on her desk.

”Why don't we talk over dinner?” Hyun-Shik suggested. ”That way, you can be more relaxed and I can be comfortable too.”

”Huh?” Ji-Eun's eyes narrowed a little.

At his words, Jaehyun's hands stopped working on her desk for a second before resuming his work, his eyes clouding over.

When Ji-Eun did not respond, Hyun-Shik peered into her face before stepping closer.