Expectations || HOLD

4

"Jae Eun!" A Ra calls her. Jae Eun smiles wide at to see her friend. "I heard you were working 'till late again with the new guy."

"He's got a lot of new ideas," Jae Eun nods. "Did you also go to Ha Na's last night?"

"No, they called though. I had to go to my cousin's birthday," She pouts. The two make their way into the building.

"That must have been fun," Jae Eun fails to hold back a yawn. "Man, I fell asleep right when I got home. I shouldn't be this tired."

"What time did you even get home?" A Ra asks pressing the elevator button.

"Late enough that I when we finally finished and I just sat down, I felt like I was already going to fall asleep," Jae Eun chuckles. "It was all worth it though. We already have ideas for that chicken branch we just signed."

"I feel sales team one is going to hit high this year," A Ra says. Jae Eun just smiles hoping she was right. "Anyway, have a good day!"

"You, too!" Jae Eun responds and the two go their own ways.

"Jae Eun!" She was startled as her two friends rush to meet her at the door.

"Min Ji! Ha Na!" She mocks their urgency. "What?"

"Did anything happen when you and Manager Hwang were left?" Min Ji asks. Jae Eun furrows her brows and shakes her head confused.

"Well, something happened," Ha Na mentions. "He doesn't seem that friendly today."

"Was he ever," Jae Eun jokes as they walk over to her desk.

"You're right," the three were startled and turned to find him leaning against his doorframe. They quickly bow and greet him. Jae Eun observes his stance and look. She notices the change in his aura. "Jae Eun. Move the stuff to the conference room and start."

"Yes, sir," she says with a low voice. She quickly drops her things and moves into his office to start moving things. She had thought he was going to help, but he left. She lets out a blows out a sharp breath and starts with the heavier items. The other girls were too scared to move as they sat back at their own desks. When she goes back to the office she finds him seated at his desk leaned back and with his eyes closed. She was already annoyed to be doing all of the moving first thing in the morning. Now, she feels frustrated that he's just relaxing there.

She grabs the last of it and walks out with heavy steps to make sure he hears her. He opens his heavy eyes and sighs. He was exhausted. When he had gone home last night he had fought with his father. They never really saw eye-to-eye and it put a strain in their relationship.

He didn't have time to explain himself and he didn't feel the need to. He has avoided going home for so long that he had forgotten. He opens a window on his desktop and begins his search for a studio nearby. Taking note of a few, time had already gone by and Jae Eun has been forgotten in the conference room working on formats and files.

"Jae Eun," Ha Na visits her. Jae Eun looks up and gives a tired smile.

"Hey, what's up?" She asks trying to sound energetic. Ha Na looks at her pitifully.

"Let's go for lunch. The girls want to at least eat at the restaurant downstairs," she says. Jae Eun glances at the clock and notices it was already past noon.

"I think that sounds like a good idea," she nods. She closes up some of the documents and saves the files on her laptop.

"Yay! I'll go tell the girls," she cheers and disappears from the door. Jae Eun tiredly chuckles and fixes everything. She straightens out her clothes and heads to her desk to meet the grab her things and meet the girls.