Divorced // bang yongguk (#26)

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Yongguk

I got into the car where I placed Sehyun behind the car seat, he needs to get to school and it is convenient for both of us. Usually, there are 2 more people occupying the backseat along with Sehyun but he had been sitting alone lately, my eldest son SeJeong has opted to take the subway as a way of trying to be independent and I have no problem as long as he gets to school on time and doesn't fall asleep on the subway.

My eldest daughter SeNa has always taken my car to go to school because she doesn't want to spend any money on public transport and she was supposed to take my car to school but she has fallen sick in the eleventh hour when we were having breakfast earlier, I had wanted to bring her to the hospital so that she can get an IV drop but she told me that she would feel better without taking any medication.

It is not a huge problem for me because I know that there is someone who can take care of her on behalf of her, Yiyeong has the ability to take care of her and I put in charge of making sure that Sena gets better by today, if not I would have to send her to the hospital to recuperate.

Yiyeong opens the car door and she slips into the passenger seat, she told me that she will be going on her morning grocery shopping and it would be convenient to take my car. I didn't object to it because Sehyun would be happy to see her no matter what, he is completely smitten by her and I think that he will continue to play with her after she stops working as the baby sitter.

After making sure that Yiyeong has successfully buckled her seatbelt, we made our way to the kindergarten where the both of them get off and I drove off after saying my usual goodbyes to Sehyun and a little word of encouragement to the babysitter and a reminder that I wanted hourly updates about Sena's condition.

I made my way to my workplace in a matter of minutes and I parked my car at the allocated parking spot which is labelled as 'CEO' and I walked into my office with my subordinates greeting them as I walked past them except for one that I stopped in front of her, she was my secretary and she is in charge of getting my coffee and being at my beck and call when I need her. "I want my usual coffee with a side of sugar-glazed doughnuts from the café downstairs, I want them at my desk in 15 minutes."

I got to my desk and I sat down, preparing myself for work and I wouldn't start work until I had my 2nd-morning coffee, 1 cup of coffee simply isn't enough to get me pumped for the entire day and I have a lot of work to do as the boss of my entertainment company. Although many people advised me to delegate more work between my subordinates and have a bit of time to enjoy life, I didn't want to because I don't like going to work and nearly half of my work is being done by other people, I want to do work all by myself if it is part of my job scope and I don't like people to interfere.

That is the person I am and I am a workaholic even though I hate to admit it and it is a thing among my family, they were all workaholics including my mother who had worked as a full-time housewife ever since she got married to my father almost 3 decades ago. My father as been working his whole life as a composer and later the CEO of his own entertainment company where he groomed BTS, one of the most popular boy groups in the world and my younger sister by 6 years is an extreme workaholic who is a wedding planner and she is the owner of her own wedding boutique which a lot of celebrities go to her for her services.

And I am the CEO of my own entertainment company and I am also working as a composer as a side job and I think that I wouldn't have gone so far in my career if I hadn't worked day and night without much rest and put all of my hard work and effort into it. I have done so much for my job and my family and I never asked anything much in return, they are my 2 most important things in my life.

My snacks arrived at my table and I took a bite of my doughnuts. "Tell me what is on my agenda today," I told my secretary while I continue to stuff my face into the doughnuts that she had for me.

"You have got a meeting that is happening in an hour and you would have to meet the members of the new boy group in the afternoon, and you would continue to search on the latest news until you get off work today." She looked at me attentively and I noticed it, looking back at her. "You seemed to have changed a little, Sajangnim. You don't like to have doughnuts for breakfast and today, you are having doughnuts. Did anything happened over the weekend?"

I stopped eating my doughnuts. "Is it weird for me to have doughnuts? It is delicious and I like it now, go and do your work if you have nothing more to report to me."

"Sajangnim, you stopped having doughnuts a year ago and now you started eating them again, could it be that you have met someone who would be important in your life?"

I scoffed. "I meet people every day and they are just people, they are not special in any way. You are just my secretary and you will continue to be my secretary until you decide to stop working for me." I waved a hand away. "Get out before I start to get annoyed at you."

She closed the door for me and I continue to have my doughnuts when a sudden thought came to my mind, I have met a lot of people in my life and there were only a few people whom I consider to be very special. One of them is my ex-wife whom I loved so much during our 17-year marriage and I have not loved anyone after that, and the other person would be...

I scoffed as I couldn't believe myself, it couldn't be her because she has only been in my life for the past 2 weeks and she is the babysitter of my children, I can't catch feelings for Han Yiyeong. That would be against the rules, you can't fall in love with your employee no matter what, it makes things extra complicated.