Chapter 190 – Jiheon. I Will Be Thirty by Then.

Of course, Hae-seon and Park suited Min-ah better than me.

Even though I was a warrior in the kingdom before, now I was just a freshman in college. He hadn’t even been to the military yet, and he didn’t even have a simple license.

Unlike me, who wasn’t even a newcomer to society, he was a firm office worker. He had a certain rank, and there was also a back story that his uncle was the president of a business partner.

However, that doesn’t mean he understood the fact that he decided to marry Minah.

“Well, you know that!”

While I was confused, Hae-sun, Mr. Pak, tapped me on the shoulder several times and lowered his arm.

“Work hard this time. Because it’s not long before I get off work. You know, my darling?”

He said that and left the bathroom. No, he went out, stopped closing the door, and spoke between them.

“And could you bring some coffee to my desk? With cappuccino. Good job then!”

It’s completely gone now.

I stared blankly at the closed door, trying to think in detail about what I had just heard.

That guy is supposed to marry Mina. Why? Mina said she didn’t like him, but she said no to all of them. But she doesn’t mean that Mina is cheating on her.

Oh, is this an arranged marriage?

But no matter how much he is the nephew of the president of the business, he is not even his son, so he is getting married? It’s not even a big company, but a small business?

Even though I knew it was nonsense, it kept playing in my head. In this case, it was easier to ask the person directly.

I came out of the bathroom and immediately looked towards the president’s office. While I was in there, I saw Mina through the glass with the blinds removed. But she was not alone, but with another employee.

There, she put on her bright smile and focused on the stories her staff were telling. Even if it was a fake smile, the smile on her lips looked just beautiful.

“…”

Mina looked in my direction, probably noticing my gaze. She, who met her eyes for a moment,

Flash!

“!”

He gave me a small wink. Then, naturally, she continued her conversation with the staff.

Looking at her like this, how could I doubt her.

Even if Minah didn’t look at me, she responded with a wink at me too. Now, as I look around her to do chores again, a presence appears that raises the corners of my mouth.

“Uh, honey. What about my coffee? Where is my coffee?”

“… I’ll get it right away.”

“If you order it, you should bring it right away. What’s the matter? Oh, can you?”

Hae-seon, Ms. Pak smiled and put her arm around my shoulder again. She brought her stinking mouth close and whispered softly so that those around her couldn’t hear it.

“Could it be that what you heard earlier shocked you?”

“…”

“Sorry. Don’t be too offended though. How many women are there in the world?”

“…”

“Well, there’s only one woman like Mina, but that’s true.”

“!”

Our Mina?

She could not help glaring at him at the way she treated Minah as if she were her own.

Upon meeting my eyes, Mr. Pak twitched his arm around my shoulder as if frightened. Then he regained his composure, and he continued his speech with a mean laugh.

“Ah, you really liked our Minah. Sorry. I’m serious.”

While I was so angry that my head was hot, another thought popped into my head for a moment. I thought that I could say the word sincerity with such a conscienceless face.

When I just stared at him without saying anything, he laughed at me like I was dumbfounded. Then he patted me on the shoulder and lowered his arm.

“I’ll just make coffee and eat it. Let’s get some rest.”

Hae-seon and Mr. Pak walked to their seats like that. Unlike him, who is relaxed, I stared at his back in order to cool off.

It was partly because he treated Mina as his own, but the most angry reason was that laid-back attitude.

He didn’t even know he was mistaken, and his complacent appearance was, in a way, funny. But he didn’t question his thoughts at all, and the way he laughed at me just annoyed me. Violently too.

If possible, I wanted to slap that bastard in the back of the head and say that I was dating Mina. I wanted to laugh at him as he did earlier, with his face flushed with embarrassment and shame.

However, the reality is not as simple as one might think.

According to what I heard, Mr. Hae-seon, Mr. Pak, was the nephew of the president of the business, and he did not know that the simple company might be damaged by doing such a thing.

First of all, I quickly walked to the president’s office to determine the truth of the facts. Mina was the only one inside through the glass.

Jump!

He opened the glass door as if breaking it and called for Minah.

“Minah, no, older sister!”

Being conscious of the outside, I called Mina my sister and waited for her door to close. I asked the question I wanted to ask only after I saw everything closed.

“Have you decided to marry someone?”

Mina looked at her monitor on her desk and raised her gaze. The day she suddenly entered her room, she stared blankly at her and came up with her shocking words.

“Yes, there is.”

“!”

I never thought that such words would come out of her mouth. I asked in a trembling voice, wanting to deny reality.

“That, then, the person, the person who was supposed to marry, can’t believe it… ?”

“What Jiheon is thinking right now is probably correct.”

“Gee, really, is that, a person? That guy, right?”

She frowned as she watched me speak in contemplation. She slowly got up from her chair and she asked a question.

“Jiheon, why are you like this?”

“Oh, no, really, did you decide to get married?”

“Yes. Jiheon won’t do it? Marriage.”

“Uh?”

“Yes?”

Hearing her words, her confused mind was cleared for an instant. Not understanding what Minah was saying, I asked again.

“So, the person you’re planning to marry is me or me?”

“Yes, this is Jiheon in front of me right now.”

“Me?”

“By any chance, does Jiheon not want to get married?”

“Uh huh?”

I was confused for a different reason than before.

It’s a marriage I’m only 20 years old, but I’m married.

Of course, I didn’t hate it. Waking up in the same bed, eating together, and sharing such a daily life, I didn’t think I hated it at all.

I just hesitated at the word marriage, but Minah said as she picked up her cell phone.

“All right. Then I will contact Sohee and Sehee. The three of us were just enjoyment to Jiheon.”

“Oh, hey! That’s not it!”

She quickly walked up to her and snatched her cell phone from her holding. However, when I took it away, her cell phone screen was not even turned on.

“Jiheon.”

Mina took her cell phone that I was holding and put it down on her desk. She looked at me as it was and asked.

“What happened?”

“Uh?”

“Nothing happened, but you wouldn’t be doing this for nothing. What happened?”

“Well, actually…”

I paused for a moment and told him what had happened earlier. Haesun, what Mr. Pak said. The story of how he said he would marry Minah.

After hearing what had happened, Mina frowned at her unusually. Then she looked at my face and said,

“Jiheon, let me tell you this first.”

“Uh, yes.”

“Me, So-hee, and Se-hee are planning to marry Ji-heon. Although only Sohee’s name will be listed on the marriage registration, we decided to hold the ceremony on the same day.”

“Really?”

“Yes. The wedding will be held after Jiheon is discharged from the army.”

“Wait for a sec. Am I still a college student?”

“Jiheon. I will be thirty by then.”

“Sorry. Keep talking.”

“No.”

Minah shook her head, then looked at me openly again and continued her words.

“Anyway, Jiheon. I have no intention of marrying Hae-seon. The person I will marry is Kang Ji-heon in front of me. Do you understand?”

“Yeah, I understand.”

“If you still don’t believe me, I will inform the employees right now. Jiheon is the one who will marry me.”

“No, I understand!”

I hurriedly stopped Mina from touching her mouse.

“Is it okay if I don’t send it?”

“Are you okay! It’s really okay!”

“All right. Then I will be quiet.”

“Okay.”

I understood and nodded her head. Still, important questions remain unanswered. Minah sat down in her seat, and I asked her as I slung her butt across her desk.

“By the way, why does he think he will marry you?”

“It started as a simple joke.”

“Joke?”

“Yes. I truly believe in what President Park said when he introduced Hae-seon.”

“What did you say?”

“The boss joked that he was introducing it and brought it. It was actually an interview.”

“You said that? Really?”

“Yes. At that time, she clearly said it was an interview, not a showcase, and I still believe that.”

I’m sorry Minah, but it seemed a bit implausible. I asked, looking at her doubts with eyes still unresolved.

“Then why don’t you cut it? Aren’t you in trouble?”

“Yes. Still, shouldn’t we distinguish between public and private life? I was introduced to someone I know, and even if I can’t work, it’s better than not having one.”

“Okay? Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if I cut it because it would go wrong with the business partner?”

“What is the trouble? We shouldn’t say things like this, but we are the top. The saddest part is that one.”

“It seems that you are the first to act.”

“So I am worried. It’s embarrassing because he doesn’t want to get along well with our staff, apart from his position.”

“I see.”

“Yes. They criticize and scold employees, insist that all employees wear suits and wear name tags, and say that dinners and meetings should be increased for organizational unity.”

“Is that why he’s the only one wearing a name tag on his suit?”

“That’s right. Furthermore, I hear that they are secretly creating an in-house organization. It’s okay if it’s at the level of a free club, but it’s difficult because they persistently ask you to join.”

I tried to hear why I decided to get married, but at some point I heard a complaint. Still, I listened to what she had to say.

“I want to just cut it, but it is difficult because of the labor contract law.”

“Why? Can’t we cut it with something like that?”

“Yes. You can’t easily get fired if you don’t cause financial damage to the company. It’s good from the employee’s point of view, but the blood is dry from the employee’s point of view.”

To be honest, I felt good when I heard Mina complain to me. It was the first time she talked so much because she was the one who usually looked at me silently. Besides, seeing her revealing her inner feelings, it felt like our relationship had become a bit deeper.

“I see. It will be very difficult.”

She put her hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Then Mina turned her head and spoke to me with her smile on her face.

“But today, because of Jiheon, I can live a little.”

“A little bit?”

“It’s very worth living.”

“Yeah, that’s how it should be.”

As she spoke, she stared at the glass wall that separated the office from the president’s office. Through the transparent glass, I could see the employees concentrating hard on their work, as well as Hae-seon and Pak staring openly.

My feelings toward him didn’t change even after hearing this story. Although the meaning of hate has changed.

Meanwhile, while I was looking at him, Mina muttered in a low voice.

“Still, I found one nice thing these days.”