On the second day of the new year, January 2nd, 2077, a Saturday, I greeted the day after a night spent in passionate embrace with Go Minyeong.

Following yesterday's New Year's celebration, from today until tomorrow, there's a massive meeting with tens of thousands of executives to decide the future of the group. The agenda set during this time could dictate the fate of Asia for the next year, making it an essential meeting that Vice Chairwoman Go Minyeong could not miss.

As a result, she had to leave the room early in the morning, almost without having slept.

Before leaving, she pressed her lips to my cheek. Already dressed in her suit, she held her lips to my cheek longer than a simple peck would warrant.

There might even be a heavy lipstick mark left on my cheek.

"Ah, it's such a pity. I'll miss this." "We'll see each other again soon." "I hope so..."

Even after she lifted her lips from my cheek, she continued to gaze at me for a long time. Just 20 minutes earlier, we had been entwined in heated movement, and now I had to send her away. My sense of loss was profound.