Chapter 59
Chapter 59
“Again, very suspicious . ”
Assistant Lee said as she stood behind .
It was the girl’s restroom at the StarBook’s office .
Somii who was tying her hair carefully shivered slightly .
“You’re tying your hair very carefully? You always tighten it, but what’s with the hair today? I guess you have a person you want to look cute too?”
“N,no . Nothing like that . I just wanted to change it . ”
Somii answered looking at Lee’s glance in the mirror .
Lee smiled and pulled out her hands .
“Here, let me do it . ”
“Ah, thank you . ”
“This is nothing . You’re going to meet a boy you like . ”
“Really…! It’s not like that, Assistant Manager . ”
“Ok, Ok . It’s funny seeing your reactions . ”
Lee laughed as she made Somii’s hair professional . And then she pulled out some makeup from her bag .
“Look here . ”
“N, no . I’m not very good with make up…”
“I’ll just do a bit of it . Look here . ”
Somii looked .
She knew Lee’s fashion sense . And her makeup skills .
“How is it? Look at the mirror . ”
As she looked, a sigh came out .
“Wow, this is really different . There’s no mark or anything thought . ”
“There’s nothing . Go do well . ”
Lee said as she put away her make up .
Somii reddened as she answered back .
“If you say that, it’s weird . ”
“No, I’m saying to go do the contract well?”
“Yes?”
“Hahaha, so simple . ”
Lee tapped her shoulder and went out first .
Somii started to look at the mirror once again . She felt she was prettier than usual .
Her heart started to beat quickly as she thought of the person that she would meet today .
“I’ll be leaving then . ”
Somii greeted the employee as she packed up . The Editor Gyunguk asked as he looked at her .
“What is it Somii?”
“Yes? What is it?”
“It’s only 5, why are you leaving already . ”
“Ah, I said it yesterday . Today is the day with the contract with Writer . I have to go to Comic Kt and finished it . And I’ll leave there . ”
“Hm, did you?”
Gyunguk muttered .
He continued as he leaned back on his chair and folded his legs .
“Don’t use the company card on him, ok?”
“Yes…”
Somii nodded, a bit down .
Lee’s face was wrinkled at that . Her lips were mouthing Cheapo .
“It’s not only to Somii . Listen up . The business now is all about going to writers and buying food and stuff . Give me that result . Are we a food truck? I don’t know how the previous editor did it, but I don’t do that . Get it?”
“…”
“…”
There was no answer .
Gyunguk stood up, a bit furious, and raised his voice .
“Get it?!”
“Yes, yes”
“I get it . ”
A few voices came back .
Gyunguk sighed and sat back down . His face was filled with discomfort .
He looked around for someone to push his anger on and continued looking at Somii
“Come back to the office after you finish . ”
“Yes? Today?”
“Come back and leave after giving me the contract . ”
Lee lifted her head at this .
Even she didn’t know that he would be this mean
“… . Yes . ”
Somii answered gloomily .
Comic KT was in Gangnam . It was about an hour and 30 minutes from there to the office .
Today was the day that she was about to eat dinner with Jaegun…
Did she have to give up that?
“Why’s your face like that? Am I requiring too much? Let’s finish the work today . Not tomorrow . ”
“Ok I will come back then . ”
Somii put her head down and turned around .
Lee hesitated for a second, stood up, and followed Somii
“Are you ok?”
“I’m fine . ”
“Why is he like that . It’s going to be 8 when you come back . What happened to him that he’s being angry at you? He’s making me angry . ”
Somii could only bitterly smile .
She felt glad at Lee’s defense of her .
“Be good, Somii . You look pretty . ”
Lee smiled as she fixed Somii’s hair . The elevator was opening .
Somii got on .
“See you tomorrow, Assistant Manager . ”
“You too . ”
Somii headed quickly to the subway station .
As she got in the station, she luckily got on the subway right away . There weren’t too many people . Somii stood with a glum face .
‘I guess I’ll have to move it . ’
Somii looked at her dim reflection in the window .
She wore her coat for the first time . She didn’t wear jeans and wore a skirt after much thought .
Lee was right .
She did put attention to herself .
But it was fine whatever now . The dinner plan was over anyway .
She arrived at the station as she was blankly staring at the air .
Somii woke up and was surprised .
“I’m sorry . I’m leaving . Sorry . ”
Somii finally pushed away the people and left .
“Phew, I barely got off . ”
As she sighed, she looked at the clock . There were 20 minutes left to her meeting time .
‘When will I get used to subways . ;
As Somii went to the place, she looked up the background at her rural home . It was her Seoul life that she was surrounded by people but was also lonely .
She wanted to see her family and the ocean .
The Comic Kt office wasn’t that far away from the station .
Somii arrived and quickly sat down on a chair on the first floor . She was going to meet Jaegun here .
‘I guess I’ll draw . ”
Somii pulled out a pen and a notebook to draw on .
She thought about what to draw and started to draw the 2 characters of the novel that she was reading, the Breathe . A cute knight and a dragon were quickly coming up on the paper .
‘Ahaha, maybe the dragon is a bit too childishly?’
Somii laughed to herself .
She liked drawing since middle school . She got so into drawing that she didn’t even notice the presence of Jaegun .
“Ah, you draw really well . ”
“Ah, Wr, writer Ha?!”
Somii turned around quickly, very shocked .
Jaegun was slowly looking at her drawings .
“You have talent . How much do you have to draw to draw this well?”
“N, no, i was just scribbling . Writer . ”
Somii reddened and tried to close her book .
But Jaegun grabbed the book first .
“Ah? Isn’t this my novel’s characters?”
“Uhhhh…!”
“Right? It’s the Breast?”
Jaegun smiled and asked .
Somii was so embarrassed that she couldn’t answer . To that, Jaegun asked a favor .
“Give this drawing to me . ”
“Yes? Wh, where are you gonna use it?”
“I’m writing the Breathe, I’ll put it in . ”
“N, noooo… . . It’s terrible . ”
“It’s not . You will, right? Right?
She couldn’t refuse Jaegun’s two eyes .
Then Somii answered reluctantly .
“Then when I finish it…”
“This is great . ”
“This is not great . I’ll finish it . I’ll do it as fast as I can so just wait . ”
Jaegun nodded as he smiled .
It was as if the roles of them changed, she as the writer and he as the editor .
Somii stood up as she put away the notebook and the pen .
“Th, then let’s go?”
“Yes, let’s go . ”
Somii went first .
She walked fast as out of embarrassment .
Jaegun followed her quickly and asked her .
“Did you draw?”
“Ahjhhhh, writer . It’s embarrassing so don’t ask . ”
“What’s embarrassing? You draw really well . ”
Jaegun was truthful . He never learned professionally to draw, but he could see it was good .
He was also a bit roused at learning a talent of Somii .
“Just a … hobby . ”
“I don’t think it’s just a hobby?”
The two people went on the elevator .
She pressed the 8th floor, then turned away from Jaegun and answered
“I glad you compliment me but… I have no skill . I don’t have enough creativity for illustrating, I can’t direct mangas either . I gave up during college .
“Hm, I see…”
So that’s why she became an editor . Jaegun thought to not press any further, as it might be a sensitive topic .