from here to eternity

CHAPTER 8: BETRAYAL?

Danielle pov

My face fell a bit when I saw that luxurious lipstick lying in the side compartment. of course, there's no chance for a person who is dead handsome and filthy rich to be single. I watched it sadly as we drove to the office. Somehow he noticed that I looked a bit down.

"Hey, is that a new cardigan?" he asked, definitely trying to start a conversation.

"Yes," I answered curtly.

"Is anything wrong?" he asked, a slight tinge of worry in his voice.

"nothing" I answered, not giving him much attention.

"Anything I can help with?"

"No" hell, he's why I'm feeling down in the first place. Even the happiness that came with wearing this new designer cardigan of mine was up. It didn't feel that special now.

the rest of the ride was silent. none of us spoke until we reached the office. I told him I would bring my condition list after completing the resume, bid him my goodbye, and walked straight into the building. my sight caught a restroom and I went in without thinking. I could say that I was in there for about like fifteen minutes or something thinking deeply until I received a call from my senior manager asking where I was. Feeling the need to go there quickly, I reached the basin, washed my face, and retouched my makeup. As I was about to leave I heard a feminine voice calling out.

"Hello? is someone there?"

"are you talking to me?" I asked, confused.

"yes yes you. I need something..."

"do you need a pad?"

"you got that right"

"wait a minute then"

saying this, I went to my bag and checked if I had some. thank god I did. Then, I passed them from under the cubicle.

"umm... I've got a stain too"

I thought for a moment when my eyes fell on my cardigan. I thought for a moment before taking it out and sliding it under the cubicle.

"there you go"

"thanks a lot" the girl came out. I immediately recognized her. "su-jin!"

"Omg unnie! what a pleasant surprise it is! I'm soo glad I met you here"

(unnie is a term used by females to address their older female friends or sisters)

"same here" I answered. Su-Jin was a good friend of mine during our training. We used to catch up often but because she was in another sector, we couldn't get to know each other well. She was nearly my age, just a few years younger than me.

"unnie, would you mind if I retouch my makeup at bit? I've been in there for an eternity" She asked in her usual sweet tone everyone loved.

"Why not. just try making it a bit quick" I said as she started to retouch her makeup. She took out her lipstick from her bag to apply it. I looked somewhat familiar. It wasn't long when it strucked me. IT'S THE SAME LIPSTICK I SAW IN THE CAR!!

It was the same lipstick and I knew that. The lipstick was all that came to my mind this morning. 'but how can it be? He's a chairman and she's just an assistant accountant. Why would he date her'. I weighed the chances and it just didn't came out. 'probably she bought it from the same store' I thought. Yeah, that must be it. It'd be silly to just assume her as David's girlfriend just on the basis of same lipstick. yeah.

"I'm done. let's go shall we?'

"yeah"

We talked about how we were doing and soo on as we walked our way out of the washroom. Her cabin came first. After she went in, I went straight to the chairman's office. I need to show him my conditions as soon as possible. It might be a problem arranging the schedule according to my wishes if I become late. But I just couldn't forget about what I saw earlier in the morning. That lipstick was lingering in my head like crazy. But I have to go at all costs, I can't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Thinking that I first went in my office in order to get myself ready. I hade a little prep talk with myself. After almost a century, I somehow pushed myself towards his office. And found the door open strangely. He always closes the door, I thought. curious, I peeked in a little and- wait, is that Su-Jin?

David pov

I was busy in my cabin checking a huge pile of documents. But my mind was occupied with only one thing. 'Why was she soo upset? was it because of that pervert? but she seemed okay with that' then I shacked my head. Why the hell are you thinking about her young-Joon! focus you're in the office. But no matter how hard I tried, the unsettling feeling doesn't seem to go and I didn't knew what to do. occupied in my thoughts, I didn't heard the multiple knocks on my cabin door until someone came barging in, shouting at top of her lungs. Recognizing the voice, I immediately signaled her to shut up.

"what is it? I told you not to come here during work hours" I asked, a huge load of irritation and tension in my voice.

"chill man. It's early. Most of the employees come around eight!"

"most of them, not all of them. Why did you even come here? I told you we have to keep our relationship a secret!"

"excuuuse me?!"

"excused"

"stop pissing me off! Of course I came here because of something important!"

"nevermind. Whatever it is, it can be waited. now go quickly. It's strange for an assistant accountant to be in the chairman's office"

We bickered a bit more. I want her to get out of here as soon as possible. I didn't want anyone to know about my personal life. suddenly, it strucked me. Danielle told me she would come to my office. I glanced at the door. And there she was, standing there, the last person I'd ever want to leak it. I stared at her in horror, running my mind for some idea to cover this up. Damn it.

CHAPTER END

VIEWER'S NOTE

Hey guys, how are you all doing? I hope you're all well. First of all, I'm extremely sorry that I am uploading the chapter soo late without informing you all. Recently, I've been having a lot of issues with my internet. I'm also quite busy as my tests are drawing near. another reason was that I deleted the same chapter twice, which frustrated me a lot. So I sincerely apologize for all the inconvenience I've got you guys. And I also promise to be consistent with my work and if I hit my exams, I'll at least inform you all about it.

sincere regards,

Sam