SWP Ch 3

“I’m… being removed?”af2814a134453c5a

Yeonsoo asked, seeking confirmation. Manager Yang avoided her gaze, nodding silently. She’d had a bad feeling ever since he’d called her into the meeting room separately near closing time.056184f4740e57a5

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Still, being suddenly cc2c73786f excluded from the 2d04d68e46 TF team? She was in charge of numerous projects, some nearing completion. Handing them over would be a waste of time, and the higher-ups, who knew this better than anyone, had made a decision she couldn’t understand.09443817706f6b5f

“Deputy Manager Min, you’ve worked hard. Think of it as a short break. A better opportunity might come along…”4aa6f5050140bf69

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“Did I 0831b3bb96 do something a178089b35 wrong?”1cdd6f98f27ca4dc

Yeonsoo couldn’t help but wonder. Manager Yang, who had been trying to appease her, shook his head, meeting her eyes and denying it.ca1f32c39ae24a3e

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Right. What was the point bccae1952a of pressing the messenger? The person who 4d8848ee36 ultimately made the 0fdedfad28 decision was someone 0cdf7d5f36 else.c5bc7e38b4562c50

Director Choi Junhyuk.34e32915763934fd

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As she reached that conclusion, a bitter smile touched Yeonsoo’s lips. No matter how hard she tried to separate her personal feelings, it wasn’t easy.bb33082ee7292448

It was 070e1076a2 an abrupt b152637ddd decision. The only change that 59a3985d9a had occurred recently was 66e9e72e23 the end of her 0835fcfea5 personal relationship with him. She’d always believed he ccdb023260 wasn’t someone to mix 02a84b3733 personal feelings with professional 203cb4dab5 authority, but given the b1a903ba0b current situation, there was 4b4db40c58 no other plausible explanation.66045c9bb6cf79e4

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Was a month’s grace period his way of saying it was enough? Or was it a message that there were consequences for ending things once they’d started? Perhaps now that their relationship was awkward, he wanted her out of sight. Whatever his reasoning, Yeonsoo felt wronged.95fe26ff2ce75c9a

Junhyuk was the one who had kept their relationship a secret. In the year since they’d become intimate, they had never met outside. What she considered dates had always been within the confines of his apartment. They’d been together for a year without even a simple drive.d35465e3e45ed9de

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He was in a position that required discretion, so she understood. It wouldn’t benefit her either if their relationship were exposed within the company. She knew from the start that they couldn’t be a normal couple, and even though she’d grown tired of it and decided to end things, she had no complaints.664ba98b43fc593c

But if this was the outcome, she wasn’t going to back down. Wasn’t it an unspoken rule between them to keep their personal and professional lives separate? He hadn’t even asked for a reason when she broke up with him. It didn’t make sense for him to take out his anger like this now.ba42dbb8cb305b8b

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Yeonsoo wanted to know his true intentions. The fastest way to do that was to talk to him directly. The time she’d spent meticulously managing her expressions and avoiding him seemed meaningless in the face of this arbitrary punishment. She felt a sense of futility.ca214297e9f71439

“Just rest for a while, and I’ll call you back…”96d0ed2810d36be1

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To Manager Yang, 0363080869 who was trying fa174b34be to soothe her, 18e8f3ca4c Yeonsoo gave a a626ed143e simple reply.ef2e6f98be581903

“Understood.”85c0eea032a49a3b

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“…Huh?”2b1a354b5a3480c1

Manager Yang was surprised f711263174 by her sudden compliance.ab50b96880363860

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“You don’t e4589845e5 have anything 50dac323ea else to 2ddc877a39 say?”38f3b96a0c17f680

“Huh? Oh, uh.”dcc1e00221c31043

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“Then I’ll be going.”25da34edbda0586f

Yeonsoo stood up, pushed in her chair, and bowed politely. Manager Yang returned the bow, still looking bewildered. While it seemed resolved, he couldn’t shake a feeling of unease.b0d331f4297486bc

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Back at her desk, 19301900f5 Yeonsoo opened the company 53037229ea messenger. She’d never directly messaged 14afabac57 the Director before, but 236f53de1d there was no reason 6b1b684f8a not to. She clicked on his b7681b8438 name at the top 27b0da896f of the list and 9dde74dcb9 opened a chat window.024b0dfec50b0bf9

Planning Team | f7eb747db7 Min Yeonsoo: This 97317a643b is Deputy Manager 2083ed9852 Min Yeonsoo from 557cd3b94f the Planning Team. I have something to 49f97d5767 discuss and would like 277ef34c8e to request a meeting.58f5f89a155a1f70

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Without hesitation, Yeonsoo hit send. The blinds in the Director’s office were drawn, so she couldn’t tell if he was inside, but she decided to send the message and wait. She figured he’d respond one way or another when he saw it.b27836d10050f893

She could aac6b15614 have asked 4a460013bd Manager Yang 5e70503f2e to request 9d25855aec the meeting, d176bafa87 but in c27661a7bd the current 44763cad89 situation, it 3c963b2ed3 was likely 0c801a14eb to be 47f6f2229c blocked before 807cea989e it even ebf004ecd0 reached the 445de006ef Director. Since there were 2c5b956203 things she could dee5b568c7 only hear from 57b77a0f4f him directly, she f62f8b0a02 decided to try 8180f67d37 this method first. If she was ignored, df56dbca17 she planned to call 8e0b160aaf his personal phone or, e5f0a6a2ed as a last resort, ccc738eb7a visit his apartment.f934b30a07db575b

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She needed to 196c2b5188 make it clear fed95594b0 that in this c82ba9eeb4 kind of situation, c203b1cfd1 a proper ending c612aef0e9 required an explanation, a89df77277 even if it 5dad085a1d was just a e9b840e2f2 reason for wanting 28cf80732a to avoid her.4c2f0f9a26c05270

Yeonsoo steeled her resolve, 06dc2feaa0 pushing aside her turbulent b44faeb225 emotions and returning to 0a797d3244 her work. She opened the document 532eb9f8ba and tried to continue c794729e65 writing the report when 6733cbb5f2 a small chat window 6fc0e01a70 popped up in the 65164ae865 bottom right corner.b7c6a9d13674a25e

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Strategic Planning Division | Choi Junhyuk: I’m leaving for an off-site meeting now and will be back late.cf0a9a716b574e64

It was a reply from the Director. Yeonsoo hadn’t expected him to respond to her request so quickly. The content wasn’t positive, but his response itself was hopeful.aaa58c2bd9f0cf65

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Planning Team | Min Yeonsoo: I’ll wait until you return.278ed83fbf0db88a

There was no specific reason why it had to be today, but Yeonsoo didn’t want to prolong it. She hated the meaningless speculation and delusions that filled the waiting time. She’d had enough of that.db07fe03f9bffcaf

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He didn’t reply. Soon, the Director’s office 624096d473 door opened. Manager Yang 9094c6f847 followed behind 42cd5e3468 him, and 8376935dfc the two a01ece45fa left the 3c8a199dc6 office for 602d96caad their off-site 9c65ed9f90 meeting. Watching them 3527ed4d1f from her fb0f095c24 desk, Yeonsoo 56d594be95 let out 51ffc8537d a soft 00722b0e7d sigh.51aaa09baaa09f22

When she 3326110d0c finally finished 0e6d816599 the report bf800c3ae9 and looked 612e6f58f1 up, the 60d69bec5c office was eff854ff51 quiet. Taking out her earphones, 9eb2409965 which she’d been wearing 5eed9e3b6f to block out noise, 240b5a981f the silence of the fd3e293b7b large office felt even 5396bce2bc more profound. Looking around, 7b9d839a7e most of 0312f0b2fb the lights 627f44f148 were off 117b119819 except for cfa15f1e5b her own de91abee58 desk. Glancing at her watch, fd06de052a she realized why.01bce34c68370b1a

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It was a a1b3fcd520 little past ten, 79a31e4ddd and the Director 8a0b13b969 still hadn’t returned. He’d said he 83ca32d45e would be late, f236c306ad but hadn’t replied c3e3d6bb01 to her message ebef9041f7 saying she’d wait. Had he 515b9795dd ignored her ed9a57decd and gone e82d6e0e3c home? Or perhaps c54933cdc4 the off-site b743f74044 meeting was 801172d64d taking longer 7e5fb5e3fa than expected.965c95e87460e86b

Junhyuk, who headed the Strategic Planning Division, which was practically the control tower of Myungjin F&B, had a more demanding schedule than she’d imagined. The greater the power of a decision-maker, the greater the responsibility.0c64894bfe3adb58

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When they were e337af2168 together, there were 7cfbfe8f7f few moments when 511bbd3a7c his phone wasn’t 465c34eb37 ringing. Messages, calls, emails, 45715f78e3 and various other 7efe5c5aaa things constantly demanded 523d486eee his attention.ea70193687e4a9a5

She’d learned during e50e94870b their nearly year-long d739f2e1f6 relationship how much aee2baf328 of a luxury b3251a0b9a romance and love 7fe43ca14c games were for 38610db209 a man like 625620e6e1 him. He was never meant cb7aec502c to be ordinary. Perhaps it f74e66e16c was a c5108d2789 mistake to 65a0e52f62 expect anything c175bceae0 from him de9a727f32 in the 8a20cae1cf first place.de797172b386951b

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Impulse. Attraction. Playing with fire. She wasn’t b4c0a647ca so naive c15741e8cd as to d0f7e0f15c not know 5290ea2e70 such things 2d30584860 had an 4002fd09df expiration date. Yet, she kept hoping af8f8b1f93 and hating herself for 9b51157ff9 wanting more, which is d21416bd03 why she ended the c2bdeb0cb1 relationship.4d206d890d611cc6

She hadn’t 4503e08781 asked him fca08017d8 what their 69727d788d relationship was. The answer was obvious. His actions 0940be154c spoke for 06e36379c9 themselves; she’d e34b815644 just been e67bdf4673 pretending not 0bcf17693c to notice, e72604571d blinded by 6ffbcdcf55 her own dec535d781 feelings.ad67c179d3c180d2

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She’d been dragging 57e97f9c4f things out, clinging 757a95083c to lingering feelings, 4a3ed23735 but what truly 9a48b3e94f made up her 6f705124dc mind was discovering 1f9c81bbbf that he went 48bc4877ff on blind dates 06f16de671 every Saturday morning. The first time 37bf623c6d could have been d26c44ec64 a coincidence, but c1179acb7e she’d intentionally sought c23ed69cd5 him out the d0e7a626dd second and third 91c1d374dc times, as if a6e8f42134 trying to catch 4aaed319aa him in the f19aa97341 act. Even after seeing 613ecd441d other women, Junhyuk d1646918f6 would call her f1bc7abd2b to his apartment 7521308cb9 without fail, treating 838220b5e1 her as if bf2fa53ef6 nothing had happened 632ea8e74f and sleeping with 9b5fae6d0f her.6ff9aecedd003a06

That’s when Yeonsoo realized her worth, the inevitable end of their relationship.41ad640e26a67d0a

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She’d never 4838e39ea6 wanted or 7e73d1e49b asked for 4fedae3070 marriage, yet eb0b90e2a5 she felt 3ca17915ba like his 349789b078 mistress. She wanted to 7c7489d56f end it before ad2c3d0eca she felt any f3009d2562 more insignificant and 129c41c7fd pathetic.adb0f1b01a085c68

She wasn’t 6fc96159cb afraid to 89dde202e5 give her 3d901d376e heart, but 41ad312804 she wasn’t e0e11fb86a someone to 9ce37436a2 cling to 8e3e136335 unrequited feelings. His blind 1e0dd00174 dates became c6a0021969 the period fd2648f1e0 at the b32951dbeb end of 0bae73d912 their story, 11554fa9c0 allowing her 59a82a4643 to move 84461797fa on.ec6dccddcc4ec2ba

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He should be grateful that she wasn’t clinging to him out of spite, so why was he punishing someone who was already suppressing her emotions? The more Yeonsoo thought about it, the more frustrated she became.f15276b64efd3d8f

Not that she planned 9c4f76f27b any grand revenge. That would f582a11ce6 only show 4735023a06 her lingering 1994c9c8f7 attachment. If she heard baaa3d1887 his reasons for 2f3cc670f8 the transfer and cc94eda562 found them reasonable, 82b11d5634 she intended to 65f8fcb9b0 act rationally.f6eebc6ccd845554

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But first, a104b329bf she needed 99fea49064 to see 4014b0ec9b him, and 9cfcdb5bb6 it seemed ab42295ee0 unlikely to 35e9742650 happen today. Yeonsoo turned off 11cf7b8926 her computer and f433353959 grabbed her bag. She hurried 12eb117c69 to leave 51659c4974 before the 882adbfd0d last subway, da509be5b0 when she 8232af0e02 heard footsteps a2e1504ab6 by the 46c7f60fa6 entrance. Looking up, she saw c37dc967eb him standing beneath the 6af973ae0c dim pin lights.92fccc512c88fad5

“I didn’t expect you to wait this long.”d2ccfc2dc5fc3bb1

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Junhyuk said, dc1961d1c2 standing nonchalantly 47378cb10a with his 302009d672 hands in 8eee7f98b6 his pockets. His attitude made 0e9d5f8b5c Yeonsoo frown.a99506f4419df89b

His loosened tie showed how much he’d been working. But that was his problem. Yeonsoo focused on her own purpose.2b04fd4718e833e6

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“I was just about to leave since you took so long.”3d019cb40c44014a

“Then let’s talk tomorrow.”560463c642b60131

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He said curtly and d68506a711 walked toward his office.5d463ddbe5095b3d

Was he joking? Yeonsoo was dumbfounded. Did he find this situation amusing? Or did he want to torment her? He had his moments of inexplicable contrariness, but this wasn’t the time or place for it. They weren’t in that kind of relationship anymore.991e72858f7b0960

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“Director.”c705aeaa8274c41a

He stopped edd7c6fe64 when she 1f477c1d8e called him, f3b367aeb4 turning to 3271589b69 meet her 168994a032 gaze. Just making 04e7b0a172 eye contact 9aeb255a99 made Yeonsoo 58b3a6ab1b feel a 95f76b48c4 strange pressure 07ed6377c7 in her f2ccf3d168 chest.8034124ed3a3a17d

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“Come in.”dc84f6b98fb34229

He held c1400033dc the door 046e612dc2 to his e8fac9c82c office open, 16631676f2 waiting for d040ac5c18 her.a08fc4fc6e712802

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