Falling for my boss, Mr. Lee

Chapter 8

I don't want to talk to him. I don't want a connection with him. He is just my boss, nothing else. I tell my mom I'll be right back and head upstairs. I sit on my bed and look out the window. Why does he want to talk to me? I've had enough of him. I take my phone out and look at the text message. I stare until the screen turns off. My hands start to get sweaty, my heart starts to bound fast. Why am I scared? It can't go bad, right? I ignore my anxiety, open my phone to my contact list and scroll down to 'Jooheon'. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. My hand feels a rapid vibration from my phone, I open my eyes to see Jooheon calling me. Must be impatient. I press accept and put the phone to my right ear.
"Hello?"
"Changkyun, I want to keep this short so I don't waste your time. I'm sorry for what I did. I went over a boundary a boss and a employer should not, I apologize. Please... forgive me."
I hear faint sniffles coming from, him? He's crying? Is this my fault? Did I make him cry?
"Don't feel pity for me Changkyun. I fucked up. I fucked it all up. I'm so sorry."
I sit there in silence as his voice cracks, crying out his "I'm so sorry". I don't know what to say, of course I'm mad at him. But I do not want a bad relationship with my boss.
"I'm not upset Jooheon, it's okay. I'll still come tomorrow."
"Thank you so much."
The three beeps fill my ear as I realized he hung up on me. I don't understand why he was so upset, he seemed very confident in what he was doing earlier.
It wasn't long until midnight came around the corner. My eyes were growing heavy as I was scrolling through Twitter. I try to take my mind off of Jooheon as I put my phone on the charger and drift away to sleep.