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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 32
Chapter Title: Arrogant Chick
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“Suddenly?”
Yi Yeon’s eyes widened.
She wondered why, out of all the celebrities, it had to be Jeong Hee Ra.
“No way…… You didn’t recommend her, did you, Vice President? That doesn’t make any sense.”
“What doesn’t make sense? A young man and woman can fall in love, right? I heard Jeong Hee Ra’s been chasing after you for a long time.”
Love?
Even if An Do Hyun had recommended her, she could somehow accept that.
But the speculation that they might end up falling in love in the process really rubbed her the wrong way.
The Vice President said he likes me!
“So that means if you start wavering, don’t hesitate—just come straight to me.”
She’d already been wavering for a while now, damn it.
He tells her to come straight to him, so why was he using Jeong Hee Ra as a model?
She was already getting anxious about whether Jeong Hee Ra would start coming to the company more often just to see An Do Hyun.
They’d eaten braised chicken and stopped by a café, and were heading back to the office.
Kim Team Leader asked for permission to step away for a smoke.
Yi Yeon didn’t want to be left alone with Ji Hu, so she said she’d wait, but Kim Team Leader told the two of them to head up first and disappeared toward the smoking area.
“You said you’d keep it a secret.”
Yi Yeon poured out her lingering resentment from earlier on Ji Hu.
“I did keep it. The secret.”
“Don’t say unnecessary things either.”
As Ji Hu and she entered through the revolving door in the lobby, a large shadow fell over Yi Yeon.
“Eom Ji Hu must have gotten a super-fast promotion to team leader or something.”
Why did the things she thought would never happen always end up happening?
The owner of the shadow invading her space was An Do Hyun.
It was the perfect timing for a misunderstanding.
Of all times, Kim Team Leader wasn’t there.
From a distance, the two of them bickering as they entered the lobby might have looked affectionate.
She’d never lied before, but Yi Yeon felt guilty for no reason, sensing the menacing aura emanating from An Do Hyun’s shadow, as if she’d been caught in a lie.
‘Why did Kim Team Leader have to go for a smoke right at this moment?’
Yi Yeon inwardly blamed the innocent Kim Team Leader for a moment.
“Why are you here, Vice President……”
“Where else would an employee be if not at the company?”
An Do Hyun’s eyebrows twitched as if her words really got under his skin, and he replied sharply.
No, that’s not what I meant. Aren’t you supposed to be at an external meeting?
“Hello, Vice President!”
At that moment, oblivious Ji Hu flashed a bright smile and bowed 90 degrees.
“I’d like to say hello, but I’m in a really foul mood.”
An Do Hyun answered while looking only at Yi Yeon, not even glancing at Ji Hu.
Worried that another employee might see his piercing, anger-filled gaze, Yi Yeon quickly looked around.
Because she’d looked around so frantically, Yi Yeon pushed up her slipping glasses and examined An Do Hyun, who stood there like a stone statue.
‘Argh, this is so unfair. So frustrating! I wish I could just vent a little.’
Yi Yeon swallowed the words she wanted to say silently.
It seemed he’d firmly misunderstood her for rejecting lunch with him, making up an excuse, eating alone with Ji Hu, and coming back all chummy.
“Did something bad happen?”
Ji Hu, who had zero sense, threw another question at An Do Hyun, whose anger was blazing again without leaving a single crumb behind.
Yi Yeon, anxious about what might come out of An Do Hyun’s increasingly expressive mouth lately, quickly cut in before he could respond.
“Vice President! Don’t you have an external schedule to attend?”
Yi Yeon laughed ha-ha and interrupted Ji Hu as if she were reminding An Do Hyun of his urgent itinerary.
Eom Ji Hu, please just shut up now!
“I do, but I’m in such a shitty mood that my feet won’t move. You two just coming back from lunch?”
It was a confirmation kill. Answering rashly would be dangerous……
“Yes! We had braised chicken!”
She should have cut ties with that guy ages ago.
Ji Hu, perhaps eager to impress An Do Hyun, stepped up and answered.
It was true they’d eaten braised chicken, but it was an ambiguous response that could make anyone think the two of them had eaten together.
“Together! No, Kim Team Leader was with us, so three of us ate together.”
Yi Yeon, who’d missed the right timing to speak and felt anxious, seized the moment to mention Kim Team Leader to An Do Hyun.
“He said he’s stepping out for a smoke, so why are you all waiting here?”
At that moment, the perfect savior to clear up An Do Hyun’s misunderstanding appeared.
Kim Team Leader, having finished his smoke, entered the lobby and spotted Yi Yeon and Ji Hu standing in the middle.
Now it was resolved.
“Oh dear, Vice President! Good to see you again.”
Kim Team Leader, noticing An Do Hyun late, greeted him as if they’d run into each other again after the meeting.
Thanks to Kim Team Leader’s appearance, the situation was neatly sorted.
An Do Hyun glanced at Kim Team Leader and seemed to finally understand they’d eaten as a trio, his murderous aura fading a bit.
Proving she hadn’t lied turned out to be this difficult.
“Yes. I have an external schedule, so I’ll head out first. I’ll be back.”
The “I’ll be back” caught in Yi Yeon’s throat.
It was clear he wasn’t done with her yet. Leaving behind a lingering unease as if telling her to prepare for round two of lunch verification, An Do Hyun passed through the revolving door.
“Alright, let’s head up.”
At Kim Team Leader’s words, Yi Yeon headed to the elevator to go back to the office.
The unease wouldn’t disappear until An Do Hyun returned.
* * *
An Do Hyun smirked into the air from the moving car.
The image of Yi Yeon flustered and not knowing what to do kept coming to mind, making laughter leak out.
As he walked to the lobby, he spotted Yi Yeon at a glance from afar. Now, no matter where she went, she jumped into his sight immediately.
But the scene he happened to witness wasn’t a good one. Through the glass door, he saw the unpleasant sight of her chatting amiably with Ji Hu as they entered the company entrance.
‘Ha, it’s only been a few hours since I said that fox guy annoyed me?’
This wasn’t it.
Daring to lie?
It was driving him crazy that Yi Yeon was sneaking away from him to smile freely at another man.
He could forgive anything else, but smiling at that fox and lying were unforgivable.
Though that meant he couldn’t forgive everything in the end, An Do Hyun easily ignored that fact.
He needed to catch that arrogant yellow chick and give her a scolding.
An Do Hyun strode toward Yi Yeon, barely holding back the urge to grab her wrist.
‘Why are you here, Vice President?’
It irked him that she spoke as if he was someone who shouldn’t be there.
Did she not realize her position right now?
Arrogant chick.
Shouldn’t she explain why it changed from Kim Team Leader to Eom Ji Hu?
He didn’t even acknowledge Ji Hu’s greeting from the side, oblivious to his inner thoughts.
What are you? Don’t get between us.
‘Vice President! Don’t you have an external schedule?’
Whether she was scared of what might come out of his mouth or just wanted to shoo him away quickly, An Do Hyun chuckled lowly inside as he watched Yi Yeon urging him to go.
Because he had no intention of leaving.
Fortunately, Kim Team Leader showed up right then to sort things out.
Otherwise, he might not have been able to leave the lobby.
And that fox—why was he smiling so brightly? He was annoying in every way.
An Do Hyun pondered how to scold the insolent Yu Yi Yeon.
He couldn’t let Yi Yeon, who teased and stimulated him in all sorts of ways just for him, get away with it.
An Do Hyun resolved to wrap up his schedule as quickly as possible and return to the company.
The car carrying An Do Hyun, deep in thought about how to punish Yi Yeon, sped down the road.
* * *
He’d definitely said he’d return to the office around 5 p.m. today.
Yi Yeon glanced sideways at An Do Hyun, who had come back to his office nearly an hour earlier than scheduled.
Upon returning to the company, An Do Hyun had given Yi Yeon a sidelong glance and made an inscrutable expression.
When she asked if he was back, he just nodded and entered his office, leaving Yi Yeon clutching her chest in unresolved frustration.
Was he still in a bad mood?
“Hasn’t the misunderstanding been cleared up?”
Unsure if he was sulking or angry, Yi Yeon had quietly prepared for round two while he was gone. Soon, she resolutely flung open her desk drawer.
Yi Yeon rummaged through the drawer and pulled out a chocolate she’d stashed deep inside.
She planned to soothe him with this precious chocolate she’d been saving and cherishing to recharge her sugar levels.
Standing up with the chocolate in hand dramatically, Yi Yeon took a deep breath in front of the office door and knocked.
There was no “come in,” but Yi Yeon opened the door herself and walked over to An Do Hyun, who sat quietly watching her.
“Here.”
“Why are you giving me this?”
An Do Hyun looked at the chocolate Yi Yeon placed carefully, as if offering something precious.
“I’m sharing my treasured snack with you. I didn’t lie! It’s all resolved, right? But you still seem upset.”
An Do Hyun let out an incredulous laugh at her words.
“What’s there to be upset about?”
His voice had softened considerably from earlier.
As expected, sulky kids melted with sweet candy or chocolate.
“Whatever the misunderstanding or bad mood, just let it all go.”
An Do Hyun burst out laughing at Yi Yeon’s response.
She must have been worried he was still misunderstanding. Yi Yeon, who came in with her precious snack to cheer him up, was adorable.
“Do I seem that petty to you?”
An Do Hyun said with an amused laugh.
“Yes.”
“As expected of the arrogant chick. Sit there.”
Why arrogant chick?
Yi Yeon tilted her head but sat on the sofa as An Do Hyun said.
“Vice President, sit here in front of me too.”
Yi Yeon beckoned him to the sofa opposite her.
“Is Yu Yi Yeon allowed to make such a serious face right now?”
“Yes, didn’t I hear some bad news during lunch?”
As Yi Yeon crossed her arms, An Do Hyun stood from his chair.
He sat slowly on the opposite sofa, like an obedient child listening to her.
“What’s the reason actress Jeong Hee Ra suddenly became our model? Is it a decision with your personal bias?”
