Clandestine

Chapter 27

Song Ji Hyo's POV

I arrived 2 minutes late for my appointment with the hag. I passed the secretary and slammed the door open.

"He's sick! What do you want me to do?! Force him to work? We just have to wait for him to recover! Give us a few more days!!!"

My tone was already high. The CEO is getting into my nerves. He called me in to check on the boys and is demanding for a comeback when Xiumin's barely recovered.

"He's going to take a rest after the promotions are over! We can't afford to lose the right timing to launch them again!"

He calmly explains but i'm not buying it, why am i still shocked of how absurd this old man can be?

"Are suggesting to force him to labor? God! He's a human being! Treat him like one!!!"

"I've invested my money! It's my money at stake here! I make the decisions! I am the CEO! I make the last call! You don't!!"

I stopped as I looked at him. He's still the monster he used to be. Selfish, Egocentric, Money minded monster.

"You old man listen to me! You can make me your slave, but not them! Not anyone in this company!"

"Young lady, watch your words"

"What words? You haven't heard the last of me! I may be your daughter but i will never be like you. A selfish hag living in this trashy company without anyone to rely on but he's money. That's what you are"

I stopped. My words came right out of me. I wasn't able to stop myself from throwing him insults. He stares at me and raised his hand. Next thing i knew, his palm landed on my cheeks.

I left without saying a word. He really slapped me. So low of him to do that. The moment i opened the door, Jong in was there. He stared at me for a while.

"Why are you here?"

"I have something to tell the Boss"

"How long have you been here?"

"Long enough to see him hurt you"

I was taken trying to process what happened. I looked away avoiding his eyes but he grabbed my chin and made me look at him.

"Does he always do this to you?"

And then turned to where I got slapped.

"I'm fine. What were you going to talk to him about anyway?"

"He's your father, he's not suppose to do that"

"Enough Jong in. I don't want to talk about it"

"Yah noona!!"

I stopped and turned to him.

"What?!"

"N-nothing! Let's go! The show's about to start"

They were invited for a variety show. Weekly Idol. They're suppose to show up 15 minutes from now but i just had to deal with the old man. We decided to do it without Xiumin. I can't force him to be okay when he's not.

"There you are! What took you so long?"

Asked Chanyeol who opened the door for me.

"I don't want to talk about it"

I remained quiet the whole time trying not to think about it. Things got so crazy since that night.

"Noona!"