Knock knock knock!!!
Min ju felt a rush of anticipation and fear as she knocked on Soo hyun's office door
"Come in" Soo hyun answered
Min ju walked into the office with her head down, her hands by her side as she hoped and prayed silently for mercy.
"You called for me sir" She said as she shut the door behind her
Soo hyun stared at her for a while with a blank expression on his face.
"These are documents detailing everything about the new design for Hankang interior one of the subsidiaries of Hankang global" Soo hyun said pointing to a stack of documents on his desk
"You are to create a marketing campaign to promote it. Your performance on this task determines whether or not I will overlook your carelessness earlier"
Min ju felt relieved, she couldn't believe her ears
"Ok sir, Thank you very much. I will try my best to promote it to the best of my abilities" Min ju said bowing to him
"You may go now" Soo hyun replied while nodding his head.
Min ju walked out of the office with a big smile on her face. She went back to desk to start preparing to do a good job on the task she was given.
"What happened?, hope you are not in trouble, Mr Soo hyun seemed angry earlier" Ms Kim asked looking worried
"Oh no, I was just given a task by the president. There is no problem"
"Wait, the vice chairman gave you a task himself?" Ms Kim asked obviously shocked
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"Not really, just that he usually passes information through Mr lee"
"Oh" of course Min ju knew why he had called her to give her the task personally
"I should get to work now"
Towards the end of the work day, in his office Soo hyun's phone rang. He ignored the call after seeing the caller ID. It was Kim so mi his prospective partner. She is the daughter of the chief prosecutor of south Korea. Soo hyun and Soo mi's families had known each other for a while. So mi's family had arranged the marriage between them because their daughter had fallen in love with Soo hyun. His family didn't see anything wrong as they have history with the Kim family. The Union will benefit both families so they went along with it.
"Darn it, why won't this woman let me be, this ringing isn't letting me work" He said before picking up the call.
"What is it?". He asked, extremely annoyed
"What do you mean what is it, we were supposed to meet up today, did you really forget" So mi asked also getting annoyed
" I didn't forget, I just don't want to meet up with you, I am very busy. Please don't call me again you are not letting me work"
"What are you saying, am already at the department store, do you expect me to just leave"
"I never said I was going to meet you anyway, I remember telling you I would be busy today and won't have time to meet you"
"Your dad said you should forget about work for today and meet up with me, it's my birthday this weekend and we were supposed to go pick up my dress"
"Since when did I listen to my dad, I am a busy guy and I have things to do, I don't have the time to pick up dresses for a party. Am hanging up" Soo hyun said as he hung up.
At the Hankang department store, So mi was bubbling with anger.
"How dare him hang up on me?How am I supposed to just go back?, darn that rude jerk" She said as she called Mrs So jeong seong's number, Soo hyun's mum.
"Hello, mother it's me So mi, Soo hyun refused to come over to the department store, he says he is busy" So mi said crying
"What?, so he said he can't come"
"Yes mother, he said he doesn't have time to go shopping for a birthday party.
"Okay, don't worry I will call and ask why he isn't coming. Stop crying, don't worry.
"Okay, thank you mother" So mi said as she hung up and cleaned her tears. "I won't lose to that rude jerk" she thought to herself
Back at the company, Min ju's colleagues decided to hold a team dinner to celebrate her joining the company.
"Ms Park Min ju, we are going to be holding a team dinner to celebrate you joining the company, you are coming right?. Mr Lee said.
"Oh no team leader you guys don't have to am ok"
"Oh come on Min ju, it's a party to welcome you, just think of it as an orientation ceremony, you have to attend, don't make it so obvious that you are a workaholic on your first day of work " Ms Min young joked.
"Yeah, Ms Park Min ju, you should join us it's your first day after all" Mr lee added
"Ok then, if you insist, I will be joining you for dinner" Min ju said smiling.
"I will also join you for the dinner"
Someone said from behind, when Min ju turned around, Soo hyun was standing a few metres from his office with his hands in his pockets.
"Sir? " Mr Lee asked confused
Min ju became scared again, she feared that Soo hyun was being sarcastic as a way of reprimanding her for going on a team dinner on her first day of work when she wasn't through with the assignment he gave her
"I said, I will be joining you for the team dinner, or am I not allowed to?" Soo hyun asked raising an eyebrow
"No sir, that's not what I meant, I was just shocked since you have never really participated in any team dinners. Of course you are allowed to join us sir" Mr Lee replied in shock
"Ok then, shall we?" Soo hyun said while gesturing to the door
Min ju and her co-workers hurried to gather their things from their desks and go out.
Soo hyun had decided to join them in the team dinner after hearing Mr Lee inviting Min ju to the dinner. He knew that So mi would tell his mum he said he was too busy to go shopping with her and his mum would call him to nag at him so he wanted to use the dinner as an excuse for his mum. As they were leaving, Soo hyun's phone rang, it was his mum he didn't want to be nagged at when of his employees were present so he ignored the call.
"Let's go" he said