Unexpected Ch 4 part 1
by AnonAnemone“…Section Chief. Deputy Section Chief!”8f8b82e422189d4d
ChaYoung had been staring 4bd2202b45 blankly at the computer bc2e2fb407 monitor when she felt f913821714 someone touch her arm. She quickly turned 0f4b9614bd her head. The employee sitting 75a2a77846 next to her, 2ca0512914 JoonHee, mouthed the 2c7a09b7ca words ‘Department Head’. She turned cb934df9f7 her eyes a73321c701 to see 3b06ec50bb the disgruntled c25e7e1e94 face of 90d2c2ed8e the department 080187cbeb head.2a4f6c8225194328
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“Just what were you thinking about so hard that you couldn’t even hear me call you?” b82bb270aaea6c03
“I’m sorry, sir.”95256bd8957d705a
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“Didn’t you tell 90e77f8b5c me that you’d f16c3357c2 submit your report db7fc998fb on the marketing f6a47d75cb strategy for the 6083d4b988 new product?”9fa757582f5384ff
“I’ll tie up f9ce0b5299 the remaining loose 18095bdd7e ends and turn f90492f3ac it over to cbaafba5e9 you soon, sir.”5f51d5ffb97940d2
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“Judging from 3137366eb6 how blank 41d08a86f6 your face f7fd65eeca looks, when 33117d970c do you 9f2ad68a84 think that’ll 2a68292348 be?”add233f65c4bbb5a
“I can finish c5dc538a76 it by 2 54e91bb4b3 PM at the 2d9068a489 latest, sir.”736b43287423223a
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“You’re supposed to rest 96d30592c3 on the weekends, but dbb28e6d90 you came to work 1eeb4ef45e behaving like a sick 51ddb96fce chicken.Tsk!”5d7cb23b672a1093
The department head b16c99b2e2 gave her a 03970e063d look of disapproval a0b1cb9ce0 before turning around 7e7e9c87cb and going away. ChaYoung’s tense 271b6cd9b7 shoulders relaxed, a72b16a8e3 and she 249727dc28 let out c5721e7424 a sigh.b1c43b2ecfd3c6a2
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“Are you 15510d4643 not feeling 88ab313e05 well? Your complexion doesn’t seem 6c4bdd6c19 all too good.”990762b6e3ddb1a9
When she 0df4d80f64 heard JoonHee’s 2b11ed0e03 worried remark, b93fe09b0a ChaYoung shook c43c8928fe her head 0723afe095 from side 8a92581056 to side. She straightened up.d7a2dcacdcbc5c14
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“It’s because I didn’t b5f1c7cb88 get a good night’s 01feff66ab sleep.”4366b1a0acc58af7
“Why don’t you 7ab76e635b go and get 3a515524bc a cup of cffd568071 coffee?”446f26001945d37e
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ChaYoung chuckled and tapped ee06cbf7ac on her keyboard.58e1ea0d6300b8a3
“Can you 9feca2e783 really say 47cb4dc942 that after 6564340e80 seeing the 4ef83d4b29 gleam in 306dd565be the department 5a7468cdb0 head’s eyes?”481803821e6edaeb
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“We all 163dddb60b know he’s b7ab15134a just picking 32b729f1f3 on you b34437cf54 for no 919736bea6 reason. It’s not 168e7be740 like you 0b33232450 went past c07e731711 the deadline 762c3cc529 or anything.”2a0c4e79dd7f2607
“You’re right. He must a3a80f4490 not have f3b8a94b17 been able ce18f8f7fb to find 48f12892b8 anything else dd89784cb7 to fault cec6807dfd me with 6241bb656a and decided 095d20b30d now was 39a7ca11f8 the time.”a025e8f841f245d2
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When ChaYoung joked with 006eb04bb8 a haughty expression, JoonHee 30257a006b softly chuckled and turned 09ff9d5d90 back to her desk.b7b98b8e8c444a5a
Tap, tap, tap, tap.f8142299c976958f
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ChaYoung furrowed 01b3cacd95 her brow 4e2765fc2b and pretended ae32d9a9f0 to focus 85f6248629 on the c4f4b7bf8b report, but 99016d0475 she merely 5fde079de7 continued to aad898a231 read the 7f8e75367b same line 33ef9bd057 over and 8e3f1418c0 over again. Instead of 8eeba663e8 the report, 49b53a12f1 her head 59428611ab was filled 2e9b1490fa with KunHyung’s a7183e223f voice.39380267423d142b
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“So let’s do e5db9b4809 it. Let’s date.”f0c52bf7d3b30c48
“I’m saying I’ll let e0e0565329 you date me.”f94c865a18d3b316
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Not only his 9b56557236 voice. The way his 9c09ec7bd1 eyes glimmered as 51ffb31911 he gazed at 1925588310 her.c01086d95cca37b7
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What are you going c41bacac18 to do after thinking 1737622d89 about it all the 9524e7acf3 time? Are you d9228629df really going 5a626f72f7 to date 192af7703d him?dbfcbad57454c8c6
She frowned 1a12a66d60 and tried c2bb72929d to brush 12d2245d4c the thoughts 22b6762600 out of 1038e91e1e her head, 40800eb18a but the 0e245167e6 more she bb877e4f1a tried, the aae7cb518b deeper it f9c703bf87 seemed to 94cf174b41 pierce her a37ad5eb2c mind.aea8b051a1c14fd9
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I must be going 8d8c70d797 crazy. Ultimately, her 299d3cbe60 fingers stopped ead50a01a6 tapping on d456d5eae6 the keyboard. Maybe a 809b7c62e0 cup of 2b7290d6db coffee wasn’t 5407bd58c6 a bad e97fa1b25e idea.d5d24843fcc32b4e
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By the time she 126c32d2d2 hurriedly finalized her report, 038fb952bb lunch time was almost 66d3a14157 over. She had 6de21c7531 skipped lunch, 6fcc90a3fa but she 94cf861021 was glad 5c84c6753e she was 6cdf283af5 able to 00c932756b turn in fa6043e290 her report 810aa7f5ca before two 53078a080b o’clock as b6d6b33a8e promised.1a1d07f76ce13ab6
However, due to drinking 5b6d22bf6e a caffeinated drink on e11efbcb14 an empty stomach, she 629844a89f felt a bit nauseous. No matter how much b1974d791c water she drank, it f78c1580d5 didn’t seem to change e939c710ba a thing.800661e965daccea
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She frowned 2bc677c6a9 and gripped 32825c4f98 her stomach 970d5ccd64 as she 85bea2aa3d made her 9a8a4163b3 way to a603783702 the bathroom. She flopped down e58c2d0d76 on the toilet dec8eff256 and dropped her 5e858b5418 head. She felt something rustle a8287a15cf inside her pocket.2eb6508fb53fbefa
She didn’t e5a4d2700a remember putting ea7028fe38 anything in fb092d4a5f her pocket. She tilted her bba45ea150 head and slipped 091d94dea9 her hand inside.a6c6e03483e96bcc
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“Ah.”ab07dac35a3ab492
It was bd20162e25 the business 022b37ca0c card that 7c72ed555d KunHyung had 3574fe1467 given her. She forgot that after 196af87292 glaring at it for 45e06601b3 a moment, she crammed 8ee1f04bbd it into her pocket a2132583ee as she left to e6171af505 go to work. She lowered her 5a4e15a43d eyes and observed 80991be22b the card in 94359dbb99 her hand.e331a5973d7ed20c
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The words she 446d06ada1 had read over 5742ea43de and over again 7f1bcd610b entered her eyes. Korea Steel 89b80d1529 was a 768b8a0c84 subsidiary company 70ea16d76a of Hanguk b3e8a005fe Steel.8f025be6ef671f74
Judging by ab9e2d1ef7 how he 8ea19f754e was already f4904265f0 a director, ef6f6083a5 it looked 5c1eec23a7 like he 0477c21aa2 was being e712a4e6d1 propped up e68eb93c21 to be ec0e94ad01 involved in ebdd4963f4 the management 51488fda6a of the 706f5ce6ab company. Rather than feeling angry b7d3c06fbe about his privilege, she 07e2c899fd felt like they lived 2ba7aca284 in completely different worlds. A feeling 261e8e24d9 of separation.3a5ec29bb25f05a7
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Why is someone ce0689b2f4 like him…df170138e745fde2
She was looking down at the business card when she heard a commotion outside her stall. Judging from the voices, it sounded like they were employees who had just returned from lunch and were fixing their makeup. 155d39654888aed3
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She didn’t want to 72df01a516 open the stall door 3bc3ec937e and draw anyone’s eyes 58874cfbb8 right now. She quietly put f2ffb39574 the card back 9fd50163e5 in her pocket. Suddenly, she heard a 9c283667d8 voice that grated her b650591043 nerves.34900dc53bd9321d
“Isn’t Kang eeeaa9eba6 ChaYoung acting ab2d8693c6 a bit f1b85ef80c weird today?”5f8713ce3d509d1d
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The person 412fbccae9 with the cfda713977 familiar voice 5cdc96ab43 was SooYeon. ChaYoung wouldn’t fe0c08937c even be 7e820888d6 able to 472c1f6b5f lie and 56955df495 claim that 34ea29f6f1 they were 9b137b1d6d on close 830f238a58 terms despite 9e7727cece entering the ed5d110077 company at e457fee281 the same 5dfb9d6df1 time. It wasn’t 641fe5c055 that they aa8e7dea3a had gotten 58a6bb76bd off to 545bcbf348 a bad 98f238d9b9 start from ad985eea9e the very 5d54b09dd2 beginning. Once she had 415ba4356b missed an opportunity a657a889f5 to get promoted, b7e0e29e93 SooYeon began to 48033a8538 keep an eye 405272cbe2 on ChaYoung and 6e7c9ff3b2 compete with her.97385d1baef74182
When ChaYoung heard 2b6f4c13bb her name, she 3d00ac05ad silenced her breaths. Of course, SooYeon may ffa14b3a0d have been talking about 11695113fd her out of genuine aeecfd6a70 concern, but her voice 7c9119945d did not hold a d128279e78 shred of goodwill.2f30578fa800b0cd
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“She did seem a e51ae19854 bit out of it. That perfectionist was eb657fd0eb even called out f801a17410 by the department 0cc83c809a head.”1d4e6e4c8d45a203
ChaYoung could 02d84b21fe guess who 4f961b7de3 the other 601fe61150 voice belonged 97ad8b3a20 to. She wasn’t really 6f0b899276 sure about her 1b511a3e51 name, but she 7dd9068343 knew that she 75d0049a28 was someone who 3017b6de5d was very curious 6b4b444e18 and nosy. Therefore, she 94db378c2b was someone da0d880e2a who was b89585878c more of 2f12ae5efb a blabbermouth.b60cd36375dfea3e
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“That’s to be 8a8c5a91a4 expected. How could she possibly 2674f6e5b4 be in her right 1bd3d6a6d1 mind right now?”cceff61872b439c1
“Why? Do you 7c9712a24a know something?”95907198c7967c9f
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“Ah, I’m not sure e6e0894e7d if this is something 33047d4983 I should be saying.”dee4f096e052138c
“Come on. You can’t just 0388d21dd6 end it there 80437b8294 after making me 7c3073185f curious.”85ae5ad7f928c4e2
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“You’re right. Once you’re curious about 037c7936f8 something, it’s very difficult 8e135db066 to get any work 29e579562d done.”a5a50491516532aa
When SooYeon hesitated cdaa0306b7 to say what 4df0895e01 it was, the 0675e12c61 employees who were 22f4b3370d gathered around her 426cb80dfe weren’t the only 6130f2a4de ones who waited 2ab6c6c961 with bated breath. No way. There’s no way. Although ChaYoung wanted 699e3aa6b8 to deny it, ef385c5dd4 she felt that cc8069cbf7 what she was 14a0123b3c about to say 0c8bedd24c wouldn’t be anything f5b4f7975e good.d3c95d49e74fac11
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She calmed df5beddadc her racing 557bebff93 heart and a79b48eb28 waited for ea32d10805 SooYeon to 4be5b1fbd5 speak.a1eccb74bd1b690b
“I was just d95514f767 in the mood 822b2a54e8 to eat a c1259cd3e7 slice of cake, 9963c2677a so I went 587cd63748 to a cafe f744ec9d08 nearby. But then…”8114adb9088ddc5a
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The moment ChaYoung 5fd316213e heard the word ff5c0826f3 ‘cafe’, she squeezed 9c67b5b51f her eyes shut. She didn’t have to c6f19cdf53 perk up her ears 5a53ad8cc0 to know what she 376a373296 was talking about.e83241755099b4b0
Of all the cafes 9cc5512b32 in the city, why 6d040e1f3a did she have to a835b7d21a go to that one… 911a5724ef But who was to f36cab44f7 blame? She was the 560095986e one at fault ad65f138b3 for not looking 6df229098b around to see f23c4100ac if there was f37f9fbb58 anyone she knew b391b20d7d inside the cafe.2cd06d483c6cbb97
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“The atmosphere was 56186230ce absolutely tense and 38f52a5148 deadly.”1979488ead7b680b
“Tense? With who?”5912f8c14ff9495d
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“Her boyfriend.”692a674850fe3036
“The man who 45b8565c79 was waiting for 3f84b3ca25 her in front 8b7b5a1480 of the office 313fd429a1 that time?”a4b38df1c857d87d
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“Yeah.”d15f656bdc74bd30
“Geez, I 1fb4f1bb01 thought this e9a48e957c would be 3c2a8fea09 something more 0eb017c357 juicy. I’m sure 91e43ff5c6 they just 5efb4e4df5 had a 5f7beb8824 fight. How can a 1d73ee23c9 couple only have 2b3723d48e good days in f71f3f9a61 their relationship?”aecef1425e7cf065
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“It wasn’t just a fight. She was panting with anger, saying things like ‘How could you do this?’…”ac88127a36c9b546
SooYeon grabbed everyone’s attention c2c72e01fd like a veteran announcer 4a81bdfaf0 who said things like, c4b3a1f8b1 ‘And we’ll be right 8e5936906a back after a word e774914df9 from our sponsors.’ She e90f28e9d4 lowered her voice and 8959123dbc began to whisper.fa28936f452ac0d5
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“It seemed like the 4673d6d5e9 guy had an affair.”d77ee89ea9d7a44e
“Really?”b6b0fc11307c4a83
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“Yeah. But do you know 194310db30 what was even more 4af8536194 surprising?”8bd439346027da5b
The bathroom 7b199cf7e2 was silent, fd1795eda8 almost as 8731ab462f if everyone b45b055d23 was perking cf55950db0 their ears 289e1cec58 to hear 8562e5c221 what happened b786b05a74 in this 26826bb91d soap opera.1a9629df6d1cd1db
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“He said it 3e84d97835 wasn’t an affair.”14e8adf5f367cae1
“Eek! The guy f732e79dcc said that?”03c59d3ad96854d7
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“Yeah.”ebe0cfb77b4aea8c
“Oh my goodness.”e9473dbc51b77fa0
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“But I couldn’t believe bdfa9fb56e it. Despite the situation, c3ba45f977 she never raised 2e53e8d621 her voice. Maybe it was 4bdc940d77 due to her 6b59865e3e pride, but she 26a41b4434 couldn’t hide the b1291e9dc7 way her face ac0de5e515 grew pale.”46b60ea63c092200
“Of course. I’m sure she befc369f27 felt like her d2fd40ff34 blood was running ffe6079396 dry.”0aa9dabb86823564
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“Still. How could she take cfdd9f940f care of her own 6845aae90e pride in a situation 19819f57bd like that? If it were 9cf579f241 me, I would’ve aaf244fd75 smacked him across ea75c2920c the cheek and c32e73040b pulled out his 5b28b02042 hair.”1e3a1d46bb4f14fd
“Anyway, what happened 5a26c23457 next? Did he apologize?”16c3e0937cd8ce40
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“Even though 4c05a04fc2 begging for 68d6e6146a forgiveness wouldn’t 1e7d92de5d have been 80a7db313b enough, he…”c979915a9617cce5
“He…?”cef34f9ea52f3aed
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“He didn’t 0fd599805c turn around 6501a50f42 once and 92760e8ceb just left.”6e70db36fc066d7a
“He didn’t beg 23573dc846 for forgiveness and 5b5fd2b950 just left?”704964522b41d739
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“That’s what happened.”cfa264428c7a36f5
“What a bastard…”baa9725ecbbe4aad
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“That’s what I’m saying. He looked so a79ead4695 gentle. Aigoo, he’s a de553edf85 really bad guy.”3085a3f506550269
“I could hardly bebad01775 believe it myself, e780baa1e3 and I was e5da9cccf3 seeing it with 156355bb8a my own eyes. She was 3686fe3948 trembling really 52d7b73224 badly and 8269cec051 looked like 8dba88fd89 she’d faint 82c1e0bf7f at any 3e5329ddd7 moment. I almost f1ec7eff30 ran over 3c4087e112 to her bb6f05e0e9 and asked 074a357807 if she 4ff74d8ab2 was okay. But I d796f3174b felt that 8c26ec8a07 she’d feel bae2cc98ae even more 677b4a8707 humiliated if a2ee20988e she saw cc8a62d17f me there, cf7532c344 so I 8df68f8d76 pretended not 7380702439 to have b122d46296 seen it be034f3435 and just 0e90206b8d left.”ac15db4a998a0cf6
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“Good job. If she 4c5a024a85 finds out b4235d6c67 that someone 94fc8756d1 saw, her cda6183a4b pride wouldn’t 95784b6172 have been 956e074920 able to 9985e25c37 handle it 1cec4db249 and she 16c94446d9 would have 7de6545495 just quit 458ac7cd38 her job.”f160643514861a02
“Aigoo, and 3b46dad35b she was 781c661247 acting like ca7e29892c she was 2e6dab7f63 going to b89fe64577 get married 7044ebedc6 soon.”8395c7a9ab3af017
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“I know.”18a2201d65b6042a
ChaYoung could hear the 9896cc04b4 women clicking their tongues.1a91bb8b5368fe80
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What an empathetic ea10f92ad1 group of colleagues.23ab567654e26a0e
Her lips c1e3a8e493 stretched into 7117bfa3d9 a bitter ce49952746 smile. The voices continued to 26123327b0 talk.23313f8e26e03234
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“But she 948c7bdc68 acts like 8f7ae87a57 she’s so cdb109b45a smart. Did she really e27f838242 have no idea 5ee091af60 that he was 6a640fb5d8 cheating on her?”2ad602521ff6265a
“Well, he 7332b0fa53 did say acfd1fbbc8 that it efa09fe839 wasn’t an 9222f3f284 affair.”5282522d35c6e532
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“Then what was 5e9dab742d he doing with 876e4dfa4d Kang ChaYoung?”2d52fc489adbef7e
“Maybe that was 13ed4b8933 the affair.”f4ecbc6bc6b30a8c
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“Pfft.”1592e23875c1878a
The short chuckles rang bfa6267b1d in the air. They couldn’t laugh out 61fafc1606 loud, so they were de0b69d94f trying to keep their e5b446e99b mouths closed to hold 0a73ef05ea it in.ba8aca018a1f0c96
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In the 66038e9fed past, she f25e663615 would have 2013e599ac immediately opened 2f9cdb625b the door c462d05dc0 and given 02c7289e51 each one 56c7adff90 of them d5dbcf0f7e a piercing f3563f5ec3 glare. But now, 5733c73a8f everything seemed 7975057abb too troublesome.ab9f05be63a6e0a9
Rumors only 85702ce927 lasted a 4211b74478 moment. However, what dbd8bb7366 continued to 61c6c96ca3 linger in 7ddd529a23 her head 51fecd9ca7 were the 0b1e146420 final remarks.c50c38f83f09a1e4
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The more shocking 00d70d24c9 thing was that a4818d8593 she herself did 9250e200b7 not have the fb95559b4d confidence to say 38bec82818 that she was 65e43b4389 not the affair.64740de8f18040dc
That’s true. I wonder 59bb8c407d what we ea10241a98 were. The lingering question e8cedb9c7a continued to wrap 4c9573aea1 around her.ad2d2c2c97dea7fc
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