The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary-Chapter 147

Lee Hyuk slowly climbed onto the bed. Then, he held Hye Sung, who was burying her face in her palms in embarrassment, in his arms. Fortunately, he didn’t push her away, so it seemed that his anger was gradually dissipating.

Lee Hyuk then made excuses with all his might, saying that he would be careful and that he would listen to her from now on. In the end, he was allowed to lie down next to Hye Sung.

“Aren’t you really hungry?”

“Yes. Actually, I don’t have the strength to move right now.”

Lee Hyuk smiled and gently stroked Hye Sung’s hair. The warmth of the weekend morning made her body drowsy. Hyesung, who had been accepting his touch, groaned and dug into Leehyuk’s arms.

“I’m sorry for being annoying. I was embarrassed to show you that side of me.”

“If you don’t show it to me, who are you going to show it to?”

“That’s not what I meant.”

When Hyesung raised her head, furrowing her brows, Leehyuk just laughed, wondering what was so good about it. Even though they had known each other for six years, it hadn’t been long since they had started a full-fledged relationship. Like other lovers, Hyesung only wanted to show Leehyuk the good and pretty sides of herself. Not embarrassing scenes like yesterday.

“Hyesung, I’m the kind of person who wants to keep everything you do to myself. I feel uneasy about going around outside of you.”

“Why?”

“What if flies swarm you like they did at the movie theater last time?”

He really had a good memory. It was something Hyesung couldn’t even remember. He had almost forgotten what that person looked like.

“So don’t be embarrassed.”

He gently pinched her soft and smooth cheek and kissed her nose. Hye-seong’s lips melted as he smelled his body odor.

“That smile is absolutely forbidden outside.”

“Am I some kind of robot?”

The two of them looked at each other and burst into laughter. Have they ever felt this comfortable? When Lee Hyuk was injured and couldn’t come to his senses, he really thought the world was falling apart.

But in the end, things worked out so well that the company and Lee Hyuk were okay, and it felt like a dream.

〈I wish Hye-seong would do it.〉

Then he remembered what Secretary Yoo had said in the hospital room. Lee Hyuk was saying that he would love her no matter what she looked like. Sung-jin and Secretary Yoo said that Tae-seong had escaped the crisis and been saved because of their actions, but at least Hye-seong didn’t think that way.

It was he who was saved by Lee Hyuk. If he hadn’t met that rough and vicious gangster there when he was a college student, he would definitely be living his days like everyone else, aimlessly. He would have never been able to fill the sadness and lack of his parents.

It was all one person who gave him the dream of what he wanted to do, the driving force that made him aim upward, and the noble emotion called love.

“Mister.”

“Huh?”

“I heard from Secretary Yoo. He said you’re getting married and going abroad.”

Lee Hyuk’s eyes widened when he heard the story that he had told him when he visited the hospital before he was discharged.

“Then are you going to hire a new secretary team leader?”

“Yeah. Probably.”

“… … What do you think about me going back?”

There was silence for a moment. Lee Hyuk blinked blankly, perhaps because he hadn’t expected that.

There was also the reason why he wanted to return to Taesung, but he also wanted to continue to stand next to Kwon Yi-hyeok. Didn’t Lee Hyeok regret not accepting his resignation earlier?

“Of course I like it. But Hye-sung, you don’t have to make a choice out of guilt. I told you before, right? I’ll support you no matter what you choose.”

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“Yes.”

“I hope you think carefully and decide your future. I’m not saying this as someone who loves you, but as a senior who has lived a few years longer.”

If Secretary Yoo left and Hye-sung returned to Taesung, he might have to be prepared to think of it as a job for the rest of his life.

At the age of mid-twenties, if he wanted to experience a different field and a different world, now might be the right time.

The reason Hye-sung left Taesung was not because he wanted to experience something different, but because he was an omega, but he might be able to increase his life’s options with this opportunity.

“Taeseong has grown and has been able to do well thanks to you. But that doesn’t mean you have to be too tied down to him.”

Lee Hyuk’s voice was more calm and heavy than ever. In the past, he would have insisted on Taeseong coming back unconditionally and displayed his twisted possessiveness, but now he only seemed like a mature adult.

“Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“Yes, I’ll think about it carefully, like you said.”

“You’re amazing.”

Hyeseong hugged Lee Hyuk with a smile more full than ever. After all, meeting Lee Hyuk was the greatest luck in my life. He was my parent, my brother, my beloved lover, and my strong ally.

So there was no need to worry anymore.

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“The media is flooding me with interview requests. What should I do?”

“Reject them all.”

“Okay.”

Secretary Yoo nodded as if she knew that would happen. The fact that Lee Hyuk was a victim of the Jeong Se-jin incident was revealed, so the media quickly changed their stance.

“And last week, I received a notice from the HR department regarding a secretary team leader.”

“Yeah, I got it.”

Lee Hyuk didn’t ask Secretary Yoo why she went to see Hye-sung. From Secretary Yoo’s perspective, she must have felt bad about having to quit the company so suddenly, so she wanted to hand it over to someone she could trust.

After saying all the things she had told him, Secretary Yoo leisurely left the room.

“Haa.”

Lee Hyuk let out a deep sigh, as if he had been waiting to be alone. A few days ago, Hye-sung asked him if he would go back to being his secretary. To be honest, he had been hoping that she would do that. It wasn’t just because Hye-sung was capable, but because he wanted to keep her by his side all day long.

However, he thought that if he showed his true feelings, he might come across as a pathetic adult. I should be satisfied with the great advice I gave him with my barely-formed sense of reason, but I couldn’t help but feel regretful.

The bad feeling of wanting to just tell him to come back and the good feeling of wanting to leave Hye-seong free to make her own choice for her future began to fight inside me.

Thanks to that, I felt like today was twice as hard. I was just about to leave work when the head of the HR department who was in charge of the recruitment notice for the secretary team leader came to my room.

“These are the documents of the applicants who applied for the notice. I organized them first.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

Normally, the HR department would take care of the document review, but Lee Hyuk was on edge because of recent events. He didn’t know when or where someone like Choi Seong-chan would show up, so he planned to be a little more meticulous about selecting someone who would help him right away.

After that, the HR staff hesitated as if they were going to say something, but soon greeted him and quickly left.

Lee Hyuk, who had been looking at his back strangely, looked at the documents on the desk. He had planned to take his time reviewing them tomorrow, but strangely, his eyes wouldn't leave.

In the end, Lee Hyuk sat down in front of the desk again. He flipped through the neatly organized documents one by one and read them, but when he found the last piece of paper, Lee Hyuk's hand froze.

Lee Hyuk's eyes slowly began to scan the names written at the top of the documents.

Applicant's name: Cheon Hye-seong