The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary - c77

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As he left the department store, he called Hyeseong, but he didn’t answer. At some point, the message “The customer’s phone is turned off…” was heard, and Ihyeok’s last remaining reason had flown away.

 

Did the damn guy who he doesn’t even know tell the kid to turn off his phone? After that, Ihyeok went back to the department store and rummaged around here and there. It was because he thought if Hyeseong had sent Dohyun back first, the meeting could take place here.

 

Hyeseong was imagining the scene of him entering a hotel room with that guy, when miraculously the call got connected. That was also when he heard the puzzling words that Hyeseong was in front of the company.

 

He had driven here like crazy for now…

 

“No… you said this gift was for someone precious…”

 

Everything Ihyeok heard from Hyeseong was unfamiliar.

 

“Yes. That’s right. It’s a gift for you, Ahjussi.”

 

Hyeseong held out the shopping bag. Ihyeok, who still couldn’t grasp the whole situation, blankly received the gift Hyeseong gave him.

 

“Wait, you didn’t have a girlfriend? You bought this gift for her… and sent Park Dohyun back first to give it to her…”

 

How on earth did this old man know even that? Hyeseong slightly shook his head.

 

“You’re all wrong. Me having a lover? Who said that?”

 

Ihyeok covered his mouth with a surprised and pale face. What? Is this how it feels when the world is secretly filming a hidden camera on you?

 

“And what’s with the hotel?”

 

Hyeseong began to sharply question back, as if he was sure something was strange. Ihyeok rolled his eyes here and there as if embarrassed. There was a problem, but since there were only people who were embarrassed with each other here, the story couldn’t progress.

 

“Ahjussi…”

 

Just then. Hyeseong turned his head slightly, feeling a gaze. As expected, employees who were just getting off work were staring at this place. Everyone passing by seemed to have recognized Ihyeok, mentioning things like CEO.

 

“You brought your car, right?”

 

Ihyeok slowly nodded his head.

 

“Then let’s go somewhere else for now. There are too many people watching here.”

 

Hyeseong walked steadily towards Ihyeok’s car.

 

Ihyeok sighed deeply and followed him like a puppy. After reaching out his hand so that Hyeseong wouldn’t hit his head, Ihyeok also got in the car.

 

* * *

 

Before long, the night was thickly covered in darkness. Around them, a calm river was making graceful ripples, and above, a train was noisily passing by on the railroad. Looking up, the splendid lights of the city in the distance looked like multiple dots, like gold paint sprinkled on a black canvas.

 

Ihyeok’s car was now parked in a quiet place. He had left Seoul and randomly parked the car in a remote suburb. There were no words exchanged between the two on the way here.

 

Ihyeok and Hyeseong had complicated expressions as if they had finally realized the whole story.

 

“I’ve been thinking about it on the way here.”

 

20 minutes after parking. Hyeseong opened his mouth for the first time in the quiet car.

 

“So you thought I had a hidden lover, and today I bought a gift to give to that lover and went into a hotel together to spend a sweet time like couples usually do, is that right?”

 

“…Yeah.”

 

“What on earth… How did you misunderstand… And what’s with the hotel. Did you see me as such a promiscuous kid?”

 

Hyeseong couldn’t help but be shocked.

 

Ihyeok had thought all along that he had another partner. On top of that, he saw him as a kid who would run to a hotel in Seoul without hesitation whenever someone called.

 

Honestly, he didn’t feel good. More than being portrayed as such a person, he felt wronged that the person he had a one-sided love for had that evaluation of him.

 

“There were circumstances for that.”

 

“What circumstances that I don’t even know about?”

 

Ihyeok looked at Hyeseong once, then soon turned his head towards the window.

 

“Ahjussi. If you don’t tell me, I’ll just get off and go on my own.”

 

“What time do you think it is now, and how are you going to go from here… Why are you so fearless?”

 

When Hyeseong spoke with a determined voice, Ihyeok frowned deeply.

 

“So please tell me.”

 

“…”

 

Ihyeok let out a deep sigh.

 

Well, it’s already game over. He couldn’t go any further from here. More precisely, there was nowhere to go. Ihyeok had crossed the finish line without knowing it himself, and the one who drew that line was not him, but Hyeseong.

 

Maybe it was a predetermined result from the beginning.

 

“I saw you at the hotel before. Do you remember Rared Hotel? I was there that day because I had a wedding to attend, and I saw you. Casually going up to the room.”

 

“Do all people looking for a hotel room only do such things? I’m curious what’s in your head, Ahjussi.”

 

Ihyeok flinched as if startled.

 

It had been a long time since Hyeseong had shot back so sharply. The familiar inside of the car now felt strangely like the old Taesung office back then. That old place filled with humid and damp air.

 

“That’s why I said. There were circumstances.”

 

Instead of answering, Hyeseong only glared at Ihyeok. It was an expression that said, “Try saying it if your mouth is open.”

 

Ha, Ihyeok let out a sigh.

 

“Hyeseong, not long after you said you were quitting Taesung, the one on your neck…”

 

Ihyeok showed a momentary unpleasant face as if recalling what happened then.

 

“I saw the kiss mark.”

 

This time, Hyeseong was surprised.

 

Kiss mark? Right. Clearly, not long after he boldly submitted his resignation, saying he would quit, Ihyeok had come to him. And he was drunk. He had sucked on his neck, saying something about a sweet scent.

 

But Hyeseong had been wearing a band-aid ever since. It was a position where people might think strangely, but roughly speaking, even if he wore a band-aid there, not everyone would see it as a kiss mark, so he thought it was reasonable. So he had worn it until the traces completely disappeared. But how did he know that?

 

“Do you remember when I took you home after drinking with Park Dohyun and you were drunk?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

“I saw it in the car that day. Strangely, the band-aid was particularly bothering me.”

 

If it was that day when he was defenseless, it was a sufficiently possible story. After that, Ihyeok slowly continued his explanation.

 

He, who couldn’t help but have doubts about Hyeseong’s sudden bombshell remarks about quitting Taesung, started piecing everything together starting from discovering that kiss mark. Like knitting, stitch by stitch.

 

After hearing all the explanations, Hyeseong thought it really could be seen that way. If a person who had built a wall with dating suddenly had a kiss mark on his neck, quit a well-paying job, and said he was going down to the countryside, it was understandable to be suspicious.

 

The problem is that the person who misunderstood is the very one who left that kiss mark.

 

“Now it’s your turn.”

 

“…Pardon?”

 

When Hyeseong lifted his head, his eyes met Ihyeok’s.

 

Since when had he been looking at him? His sharp and sturdy eyes were directed straight at him.

 

“I understand that I misunderstood. I also understand that you don’t have a lover you can’t live without. Then explain some of the misunderstandings I had.”

 

“First of all, the person I met at that hotel was not someone to share passionate love with, but the president of Seohyeon Corporation.”

 

“Ahn Gi-baek?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Hyeseong briefly explained that he had brought Kim Doo-sung’s corruption data and requested a deal, but they had called him to the hotel.

 

“I think the president was also trying to attend a wedding.”

 

“Then the kiss mark.”

 

“That’s…”

 

Hyeseong quickly rolled his eyes. He had to come up with a plausible excuse right now. Hyeseong mobilized all the knowledge he had learned for 16 years, including university, and spun his mind.

 

“That is?”

 

When the answer was delayed, Ihyeok’s eyes narrowed.

 

In the first place, Hyeseong didn’t even know why he had to make excuses for such a thing. The fact that he didn’t have a lover could be proven in other ways, and he had explained the hotel issue well, hadn’t he? It would be fine if he said it was a personal matter, but Hyeseong didn’t like Ihyeok misunderstanding.

 

He didn’t like being seen as a promiscuous kid, and he was also afraid that if Ihyeok kept suspecting, he would eventually find out the culprit.

 

He had somehow wrapped up the kiss incident, and he didn’t want to create another awkward situation again.

 

“It happened while getting a massage.”

 

“What?”

 

“My neck was so stiff that I was going to go to a massage shop, but I really couldn’t find the time. It was expensive too. So I ordered a massager online, but I didn’t know how to use it properly, so I did it randomly and either scratched it or got a mark on that part from blood rushing.”

 

Hyeseong spat out the words like a rapper without stopping.

 

When he was young, he clearly remembered his aunt using a massage item that she pressed hard with her hands and getting bruises here and there.

 

Moreover, he had sensitive skin. In fact, even with a light force or a gentle scratch, marks were easily left.

 

Ihyeok knew that fact well too. When he was frequently attending the Taesung office, there was a time when he got involved in an incident and got hurt. Not seriously enough to die, but thanks to his delicate skin, it looked like a pretty deep wound to anyone. Thanks to that, Ihyeok’s eyes completely turned, and it was a big deal to handle.

 

“Are you sure?”

 

“Yes. Why would I lie?”

 

“Then why did you wear a band-aid? If it’s like that, there’s no reason to cover it up.”

 

He’s sharp. Hyeseong clicked his tongue inwardly.

 

“I had to go to work right away, and it happened to be an area not covered by clothes, so I thought people might find it strange. So I covered it. Look. In fact, you misunderstood too, Ahjussi.”

 

Hyeseong drove the point home. At this point, Ihyeok wouldn’t have anything more to ask.

 

The confrontation between the two continued for a few seconds. Hyeseong prayed that he would let it go.

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