THAT SECRETARY

nine

“daddy…”

“hmm?”

“papa, where?”

“papa is going to my office. he has some files to grab and he will buy chicken when he comes back!” i said excitedly.

“chicken is good! but, i like papa more…”

how sweet.

a baby not even minding if his papa will bring something for him when he comes back, rather he wants his papa to come home safe and sound, without hints of bruises because he likes his papa more.

“papa will be around in… ten minutes.” i said and pat his head.

donghyuck asked me to take care of haechan because i asked him to grab some files that i need from the office, although i don't think i need to be told. i'll take care of haechan even without donghyuck telling me to do so.

“ten miwnutes. is fwom hew, to hew.”

ten minutes. is from here to here.

i nod at the baby while he's pointing at the clock's hand.

“yes. now how about you go play a bit? daddy has to work for a while, hmm?”

“otay! okay!” he says and jumps off my bed. then he grabbed the ipad that johnny just bought for him to play with it.

i conversed with few department heads, and our stockholder's secretary so i can give them an appointment date for the meeting. i've done this for more than hundred of times already but every single time, i still find it frustrating and tiresome.

after that, i went back to my computer and type on the lists of the people that donghyuck has to send invitations to.

i didn't even notice that he finally came back with the chicken that haechan loves, and with the file that i asked him to bring. he places it on my table wordlessly since i'm on a call.

“thank you.” i said in shushed voice and continue communicating with another secretary.

i saw him feed his son while checking the papers that he has in his own table which is just around the corner of my wide room. it's not stuffy even with them around and with haechan's numerous toys. i feel like it's very warm and filled instead.

“hyuck, send them the request letter for the meeting,” i gave him the paper that i just printed. “and give me the copy of their response.”

“will do, sir. anything else?”

“uh, maybe some coffee?”

he nods. then he left the baby on my bed so he could go out and make some coffee, most probably for himself as well.

“daddy?”

i sighed and turn away from my device to face the baby who's shutting his ipad off already.

“yes, baby?”

“uh… daddy, busy?”

“i am. daddy is so busy. do you need something?”

he shakes his head. “no.”

i chuckle and pat his head then returned to my table to finalize my work.

“here's some coffee.” donghyuck also had some after placing mine on my table. i thanked him before focusing back on my work, not to mention the lots of emails that my father also sent me to ask for their response.

i groan lowly and throw my head back in a bit of frustration. but i figured out it won't help at all so i came back to working.

“papa, sweep?”