What's Wrong With Assistant Kang?

11. Let's Start

"So I take your name is Mi-Cha Park?" Jumin formally asked the girl sitting across from him and Jaehee, leaning back slightly on the navy blue sofa while Jaehee sat more stiffly right next to him.

They were surrounded by heavy sunlight coming from the nearby crystal-clear window, which was just as huge and wide as Jumin's grand office.

And somehow Jaehee couldn't help the painful throb inside her chest when the young cheery woman answered.

"Yes, I'd like to apply for the assistant job!"

Jumin stared at the long-haired brunette for a while, before stacking the papers that held her resume more neatly. "Very well..." he muttered, clearly unhappy over the whole situation.

Even though Mi-Cha couldn't notice, Jaehee, who had accompanied him for so many years, definitely could tell from his strained eyes and deep sighs. Jaehee couldn't help but feel somehow worried, since despite everything, she knew more than anyone apart from V, that Jumin had always hated having to search for a new secretary.

Said man on the other hand, could feel Jaehee's concerned gaze staring at him the whole time, and it was making him feel strangely worse than he already did. He seriously never thought he'd ever have to replace Assistant Kang.

She was just irreplaceable to him.

Then he realized he was completely spacing out as Mi-Cha finished mouthing something and he hadn't heard anything at all. "Pardon?" He blinked quickly, asking for a repeat.

"Um, I said I will give the best of myself everyday and I won't get, er, distracted by stuff," she told him more nervously this time, putting her hands together and pointing forward.

"Oh? I see..." Jumin was distracted once again as he disappointingly noticed Jaehee wasn't looking at him anymore and instead was talking to Mi-Cha; he was actually surprised when he felt jealousy.

"I believe that's what's most important about this job," the short-haired woman told the candidate with all honesty, "From experience I can tell you that's it's not easy. Not at all." She emphasized, clearly a surge of spite getting to her.

Jumin flinched at the blatant accusation, automatically wanting to defend himself. "I wouldn't say that it's the job what's difficult, miss Park..." the man said, feigning calmness, "But the people who do the job themselves."

Jaehee gasped at the jab. "I don't think you should acknowledge what Mr. Han is saying, miss Park," she quickly retorted, showing no mercy.

"He truly has no idea of what working under an iron fist feels like... he's way too invested into cat projects to sincerely show a care for his employees." She finished with a flowery smile.

Now it was Jumin's turn to be offended while he and Jaehee continued arguing passive-aggressively in front of poor, confused Mi-Cha; the latter which couldn't possibly tell whether she should say anything at all or just keep staring at the fight.

Soon enough the boss and assistant had completely forgot about the whole reason they were even doing an interview and both their eyes kept glaring daggers at each other. "Well, the cat projects wouldn't be an issue if only Assistant Kang balanced every other project correctly as well."

"The problem with that, Mr. Han, is that I'm not a robot who can comply to every single order at any time of the day," Jaehee frustratedly informed Jumin, unconsciously getting much closer to him that she was before.

"I also need rest, food and sleep just like any human being."

"I pay you so that you don't."