DFY Ch 2

After the Monday morning Planning and Coordination Office meeting, Sodam cautiously addressed Team Leader Yoon Junwoo. She felt she should tell him, her direct superior in HR, about the broken engagement first.

“Speak.”

Team Leader Yoon Junwoo stood up and looked down at Sodam with a cold expression. Even when Director Park Jongyeol had scolded him earlier, Junwoo’s expression hadn’t changed. But now, for some reason, he was looking at Sodam with an incredibly cold face, as if he were angry.

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The already tall, handsome man looking down at Sodam with a somewhat gloomy face suddenly made her feel a sense of fear. Her heart began to beat faster with anxiety. Her mind went blank, unsure where to begin.

“This isn’t the place to discuss this. Could we talk in your office for a moment?”

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Instead of answering, Junwoo simply nodded and led the way to the HR team leader’s office.

Sodam followed Junwoo with hesitant steps, her heart filled with dread.

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Even when Sodam had handed out the wedding invitations, Junwoo hadn’t seemed pleased. There’s never a slow season for HR, but asking for a week off for her honeymoon right before preparations for the company-wide workshop was bound to cause a crack in Junwoo’s perfect facade.

Now, telling him that the engagement was off… she could already imagine how he would perceive her: as an inconsiderate woman.

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Inside his private office, Junwoo sat down at his desk. With the sun behind him, he exuded an unapproachable aura. Facing this accomplished man who seemed to live in a completely different world from her, Sodam felt a cold sweat run down her back.

“What is it, Ms. Wang Sodam? What do you have to say that requires coming to my office?”

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Swallowing her shame and embarrassment, Sodam slowly began to speak.

“Actually… my engagement has been broken off.”

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As soon as she finished speaking, Sodam’s face flushed crimson.

Junwoo’s lips curved into a faint smile as he looked at her.

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“Ms. Wang, did you just say your engagement is off?”

Junwoo asked, his expression close to laughter.

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Sodam felt disgusted. Just mentioning the broken engagement made her want to jump out the window, and now he was mocking her painful situation, it made her furious.

But Sodam was a mere servant, and Junwoo was the son of a nobleman. The overdrawn account she now had to deal with because of the broken engagement had become her shackle.

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She wanted to lash out at him, but she forced herself to speak in a demure voice.

“Yes, Team Leader. The wedding is off.”

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At Sodam’s confirmation, Junwoo crossed his long legs and asked sarcastically,

“May I ask why?”

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Reliving the moment she decided to break off the engagement would only upset her further. The most fundamental reason was, of course, his erectile dysfunction.

However, she couldn’t bring herself to say, “My fiancé is impotent.” She’d rather be seen as fickle. She couldn’t go around broadcasting the shortcomings of the man she had loved for five years.

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Though Kim Junghyuk didn’t seem to think his erectile dysfunction was a problem.

Anyway, bringing it up would be like spitting in her own face.

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Maintaining her composure despite her superior’s rude question, Sodam made an excuse.

“It’s just… a personal matter…”

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Sodam answered, looking directly at Junwoo’s face.

For three seconds, Junwoo stared into Sodam’s eyes without saying a word. She felt as though she was being drawn into his deep, seemingly sorrowful eyes. Sodam felt awkward and avoided his gaze.

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Junwoo let out a small chuckle, a sound like air escaping.

Honestly, her pride had been hurt since earlier. Even if he was the son of a nobleman…

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“Excuse me, I just broke off my engagement, you know? Could you please not laugh so openly?”

…That’s what she was screaming in her head, but Sodam spoke in a forced, polite voice.

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“Please consider the wedding invitations void.”

“Alright. You can go now.”

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Sodam bowed her head and left the team leader’s office. Now that she had announced her broken engagement in front of her team leader, it finally felt real that she wasn’t getting married.

She had informed Team Leader Yoon Junwoo, but she didn’t know how to tell her other colleagues who had received invitations. She wanted to hide in a hole.

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Back at her desk, Sodam sat down and buried her face in her hands. She was annoyed at her hasty decision, and at her ex-fiancé’s flaccid penis.

Wang Sodam’s twenties were like Kim Junghyuk’s penis: limp and useless.

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Revealing the news of her broken engagement to Team Leader Yoon Junwoo made her feel even more deflated. She could tell just by looking at him that he was mocking her.

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Even her team leader, who needed to be informed first, had reacted that way. Perhaps her other colleagues would also gossip about her broken engagement behind her back.

“…Should I tell them tomorrow?”

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In the end, Sodam couldn’t bring herself to tell her team members about the broken engagement until it was time to leave work. When her colleagues asked why she looked so down, she just laughed awkwardly without answering.

Sodam stepped into the crowded elevator with heavy feet. The elevator stopped at every floor, making her feel suffocated.

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Even though there was no more room, people kept piling in. She turned sideways as much as possible to secure a spot, and her eyes met with Team Leader Yoon Junwoo, who seemed to have been on the elevator for a while.

“….!”

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Sodam was startled and nodded her head towards Junwoo.

Junwoo pulled Sodam towards him, preventing her from being practically embraced by a department head with a protruding belly due to the crowd. Thanks to that, she avoided the department head’s cigarette smell, but ended up in the arms of Junwoo, the man who had laughed at her misfortune.

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Whether it was because of the awkwardness, or Junwoo’s subtle, pleasant scent, her heart pounded. And pressed against his broad chest, she could feel his heartbeat too.

Sodam strained her neck to keep her face from touching Junwoo’s suit, fearing her foundation would rub off, but it was no use.

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She had no choice but to listen to his heartbeat until they reached the first floor.

“Phew…”

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Finally, the elevator doors opened, and Sodam breathed a sigh of relief.

Junwoo glanced down at her.

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Sodam nodded slightly and hurried across the lobby as if running away. Being in the elevator with her superior during rush hour was awkward, especially with Yoon Junwoo!

That rude man, mocking someone else’s misfortune!

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“Ms. Wang Sodam.”

Just then, as she tried to get away from Junwoo as quickly as possible, his voice stopped her.

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“Yes, Team Leader. Did you call me?”

Sodam put on a social smile and turned around.

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Junwoo took a step closer to Sodam.

With the excessively tall man standing excessively close, her heart dropped with a thud. Junwoo, with his aristocratic face, exuded a strange sense of intimidation.

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“I have something to discuss regarding your broken engagement. Let’s have dinner together.”

“…Regarding my broken engagement?”

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“You took a week off, didn’t you? I think we need to redistribute the workshop tasks.”

“Ah…”

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The vacation she had boldly taken for her honeymoon was now useless. She had almost managed to escape the flood of work during the busy season, but now that the engagement was off, it was time to dive back into the overflowing workload.

But to give her more work today, right after she announced her broken engagement… It seemed the esteemed team leader couldn’t understand the heart of a mere servant.

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“Why? Do you have other plans?”

“No.”

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Sodam followed Junwoo.

They walked close enough that their hands brushed against each other. The strange sensation each time their skin touched and parted made her lean away, but she felt like Junwoo kept getting closer. Perhaps the shock of the broken engagement had made her lose her mind.

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Well, it would be abnormal not to lose it. She might be the only person in the world who broke off her engagement because her fiancé had erectile dysfunction.

Maybe they should have sought treatment together.

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No. She couldn’t bear to see Kim Junghyuk kneading his flaccid penis while spouting nonsense again.

What could she do? The world was harsh, and she was frustrated.

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“Let’s go in here.”

“Huh? Oh, yes.”

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Lost in thought about her ex-fiancé, she realized they were in front of a Japanese restaurant. Junwoo opened the door and escorted Sodam inside.

As expected of the bourgeoisie. Sodam glanced at Junwoo, whose manners toward the proletariat felt learned, and awkwardly entered the restaurant.

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