"Goodmorning sir!" Ash chirped as she entered Haneul's office, he looked up at her in a peculiar way, seeing her this fresh annoyed him, "where's my coffee?" he asked and Ash presented him his coffee, "black coffee, sugarless!" Ash exclaimed as she put a file on his table,
"this is the presentation you asked me to make..then, I'll be going now sir..also! I booked a hall and I have to take care of the decorations.." she walked to the door but turned around to look at Haneul because he hadn't said anything
"did you email the menu to them?" Haneul asked and Ash nodded, "italian and thai cuisines, sir." Ash replied
"uh fine..you may leave." Haneul turned back to his work and Ash left.
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"sir, I still don't think you should let Ash arrange the party, these clients are really important to us and even one tiny mistake can cause a great harm to our reputation, sir. I think, I should take over." Tania said to Haneul,
Before Haneul could say anything someone else spoke from behind, "Tania ma'am, you don't have to worry..I will take care of everything..just trust me a little, please.." Ash said
Haneul gave a small smile and turned to the file in front of him,
"but you're new here and you don't know how important this is for us! for Haneul!" Tania retaliated
Ash looked at Haneul who was now looking at her in anticipation
"I may be new to this all but I'm not dumb, I know these clients are important, actually ma'am, for me, every patient is important, the ones who stay in the VIP room and those who cannot afford to stay in a regular ward. They're all equal for me, I treat them the same way, no discrimination and you'll see that I won't discriminate between our clients either ma'am. I'll give my best and not let.." Ash looked at Haneul, who had his eyes fixed on her and there was a smile on his face, "Haneul sir down..ever." she whispered with a reassuring nod
Tania got up, "we'll see at the party..how wonderful you are!" she left the room
Ash broke the eye contact and handed Haneul something
"Haneul sir, these are a few samples of the invitation cards, please choose one.."
Haneul cleared his throat and took the samples, "this one is good.." Haneul replied quickly, handing Ash a black invitation card
"alright sir..then, I'll be in my office if you need me.." Ash said taking the sample from him
"wait Ash! when do you go to the hospital?" Haneul asked
"I have taken the night shift sir, I go there after I'm done here.."
"right, uh..um don't forward any calls to me for an hour, I need no disturbance as I want to focus on this project for now. Now go." he ordered
Ash made a face at him, "yes sir.." she lazily said and left
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Ash was reading a book when the phone rang, she looked at the time and then picked the receiver up, "Hello?" she spoke
"hello, who is it?" the person on the other side asked
"uh, Mr. Seung Haneul's secretary..who might you be, ma'am?"
"I'm his grandmother, I need to talk to him, kindly connect me to him little miss.." grandmother asked
"uh..ma'am.." Ash looked at Haneul who was working in his office and then at the clock, "Ma'am..I'm really sorry but Haneul sir told me not to forward any calls to him for an hour..he's working on a really important project right now, but you can leave a message for him, I'll tell him.." Ash said
"I'm his grandmother..he'll have to talk to me.."
"ma'am..I really think so too, he should talk to you but ma'am he ordered me not to forward any calls, he'll definitely fire me in a second if I don't follow his orders..he already hates me too much.." Ash replied
"alright..I'll call him on his mobile.."
"yes, you can do that ma'am, I have absolutely no control over his mobile..then, ma'am, have a good day!"
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Exactly an hour later Haneul came out of his office, "Ash, I'm going to a meeting..you prepare the presentation for the project for the theatre.." as haneul turned to leave his mobile rang, he picked it up
"neh Grandmother, how do you d-" he paused and after a while he glared at Ash, "grandma I- I'm sorry, of course you can call me..I'm sorry..neh, uh Grandma, I need to go now, I'll call you later..nehh.." Haneul put his phone in his pocket and walked towards Ash
"what is wrong with you?" he asked pulling her inside his office and closing the door
"what did I do now?" she asked pulling her hand away
"my grandmother was calling! why didn't you forward her call to me?!"
"you told me not to forward any calls!"
"ASH!" Haneul clenched his jaws, "my grandmother is sick! what if she needed me at that time?! what if something had happened to her?!" Haneul asked, cornering Ash
"I..your grandmother is sick? you should've told me..I'm sorry..I..didn't know.." Ash replied
Haneul could smell her perfume, a mysterious rose scent..he looked at her eyes, her long naturally curled lashes and then as if suddenly realizing how close they were he stepped back and turned his back towards her
"now you know, so be careful next time." after that he left.
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Ash was leaving Haneul's office after putting a file there when a lady, about 70 or so years old in a nice dress and expensive jewellery stepped in
"oh ma'am, how may I help you?" Ash asked bowing
"I'm here to meet Seung Haneul?" she said
"Seung Haneul? you must be a client..ma'am please if you don't mind wait in the waiting room, you see my boss, Mr. Haneul is a very wicked monster! He'll get mad at me if he sees you waiting here..he'll kill me! No, he's more wicked than that, he won't kill me neither will he fire me, he'll make me work more, he'll spit out the coffee I'll make for him like he always does, he'll tell me to arrange a dozen more parties and and he'll make me arrange the files in the store room! He is that wicked ma'am..he's very arrogant ma'am.." Ash covered her mouth, " I'm sorry I got a little too carried away.."
"no no you're right! he is like that! what did you call him? Ah yes! he's a wicked monster! he does what he likes and ignores what everybody else has to say! Your Haneul sir is definitely a wicked man!" the woman replied, Ash's face lit up with a smile, "finally someone who understands me! but how do you know that?" Ash asked
"I uh work with him..so I know him this much, I'm a client, remember?" the woman replied
"right! ma'am please don't mind and sit in the waiting room..I'll get something for you to drink.." Ash bowed
"oh no, here take my number, you can always call me to talk about your boss..I'll come back later when he's around.." the woman said, writing her number on a paper and giving it to Ash
"thank you so much ma'am!" Ash smiled
"Ah..that wicked arrogant monster doesn't even behave with the clients..uhhh so annoying!" Ash whispered showing her fist to his cabin.
