Falling for my boss, Mr. Lee

Chapter 9

I wake up to my alarm vibrating on my table.

7:00 am. Ugh.

I always hate waking up early, but because of my new job I have to force myself to like it. I have no idea what Jooheon has in mind today, in fact I'm kind of nervous. After that phone call last night, I'm worried he will try to avoid me.

When I'm done getting ready it's already 7:46, I grab a protein bar, get an Uber, and wait outside my house. I unwrap the protein bar and patiently wait at my doorstep, when a black Audi pulls up in front of my house.

Who is this? This isn't my Uber. Why is this person at my house? I watch as a man exits the car and opens the back door for me.

"You work for Mr. Lee right? This is what you will be riding in to work from now on, cancel that Uber"

My legs work faster than my brain and start walking towards the car as I try to process what's going on. How in the hell did he know I bought an Uber? I nicely sit down and close the car door then log into the Uber app. Thankfully a driver hasn't been found for me, so I canceled it.

The driver turns on the air conditioning and starts driving at a decent speed. Every bump he went over didn't really feel like we hit a bump, he was good driver, turns were great, stopping was good too. Do I have to tip him?

"We have arrived, have a good day Changkyun." I smile at him and bid him goodbye. Again I nicely close the door and start my first fresh day working for Lee Jooheon. I get up to the doors and I am greeted with the same two security guards as yesterday.

"He has you working this early? What does he even have you doing? This place doesn't even open for another hour." The security guard named "Shownu" says to me.

I widened my eyes at him. I didn't even know this. "He didn't tell me. Why do you think he wants me here?" He shrugs his shoulders at me.

"I have no clue kid, you never know with Jooheon."

"And if work doesn't start for another hour, why are you guys here then?" I ask in confusion.

"You see Mr. Lee gets here early, so we have to guard this place from the second he walks into the building." The second security guard says. I see his name is Wonho. He looks tough on the outside but the way he smiles is a whole different story.

"Do you remember how to get there?" I nod and Shownu opens the door for me and I quickly walk inside. The air is nice and cool, but not too cold. It smells nice, but this time like cinnamon. There are candles lit around, it's very peaceful in here. I walk to the other side of the lobby to reach the elevator.

Surprising that the elevator has no music, I think to myself. Soon enough the elevator dings, I walk out and turn the corner down the nice hallway with the long window. I see people walking, cars, birds, and all beautiful things in nature. I stop right before the window ends, because I can see my reflection a little. I stand up straight, make sure my shirt and tie look professional, take a deep breath, and turn left.

A couple more steps and I was standing in front of Jooheon's door. I tried to think about anything else than what was about to happen. I knock three times on his door. I hear chair creak and steps coming closer.

You can do this Changkyun. Everything will be fine.

Jooheon opens up the door with sad smile on his face. Oh boy, I'm in for a treat. He lets me into his office and again, smells like cinnamon. "Do you light every cinnamon candle in the world here?" I ask with a laugh. He laughs with me and retorts "If you don't like it I can change it for you"

I furrow my eyebrows at him. "You don't have to do that for me. And besides I like the smell."

He nods in response and motions for me to sit in the chair across from his desk. I sit comfortably as he sits in his.

"So I'm going to clear the air now, so there isn't this weird barrier between us." He plays with his pinky ring for a couple seconds and starts to speak.

"Changkyun I-

The phone starts ringing.

"What the fuck." He says running his hand through his hair.

He puts the phone on speaker.

"What the hell could you be calling me for this early?"

I adjust my posture and watch him as he speaks.

"Mr. Lee I'm sorry for calling you this early, but this is urgent. We need to talk about a problem we have in our district. Our team has been trying to send out as many products as we can, but we don't think we will be able to make the dead line. If you would be able to just extend it to next Friday we would be able to make it on time, please accept my apologies."

Jooheon starts to rub his temples, I can tell he is stressed.

"We had an agreement. I already extended the deadline a week ago, if you cannot finish it before this deadline I have no other choice but to fine a new partnership."

He looked angry now, even I was scared. There was whispering going on, on the other side of the call. Probably panicking.

"Of course, we will have the products ready to ship by this Friday. I apologize."

End of call.

Jooheon lifts his finger up from the "end" button and looks at me.

"So as I was saying"