“Min! Ouch!”

Ugh! I hate eyeliners!

“You should. Stay calm, Lulu”

How can I stay calm when that eyeliner is poking my eye??

Second day as Oh Sehun’s secretary and I already feel like resigning.

Min keeps on lecturing me on what to do when I’m with Sehun. It’s irritating.

“OK. Done”

I look at my reflection in the mirror. “Much better”

***

Before going to the building, I already bought him a mocha frap.

“Sir, hi”

Oops. That was informal.

I put the mocha frap down on his desk.

“Aigoo! You listen to SHINee?? I love that group!”

I sit on the chair in front of me.

“Uh-uh. And so?”

I’m trying my best to love SHINee even if I’m not a fan. Min just told me to say I also love the group/artist he’s listening to.

“Why so serious?” I sing a little to persuade him

“hmm hmm hmm aniya……dwelgoya!”

He gives me an odd look.

“Don’t try hard to sing the whole song if you don’t know the lyrics”

“I-I just forgot some!”

“Uh-uh. Get back to work.”

I get up of the chair with a grumpy face.

***

“Ms. Do, 11:00 a.m., Ms. Zhang, 1:00 p.m., sir”

“Fine, fine”

I walk to the corner of his office.

“Tulips? Tulips! I love these”

“Is that so? Do you love poop too?”

“What?! That’s gross!”

“But they’re fertilizers”

“Oh yes, I’m kidding. Of course, poop. The best fertilizer ever.”

How come we jump into a poop talk?

“Oh, I’m also kidding. Of course I don’t like poop”

“Right. Of course, you don’t”

I hand him the papers he told me to fix then I go out of his office.

Embarrassing.

***

Why so many folders? I need to arrange—

“!”

The folders fell to the ground.

The lady looks at me then frowns.

“Are you Mr. Oh’s new secretary?”

I nod.

She shakes her head and walks to the conference room.

Oh ! Ms. Do!!!

I gather the folders and put them on the dumb-waiter, together with their coffees.

The others are setting up the powerpoint presentation while Ms. Do is talking to BIBS.

“Mr. Oh, your secretary is definitely clumsy and bad-mouthed.

My face flushes bright red out of embarrassment.

BIBS laughs, his eyes crinkling. “I agree”

I flush redder.

Why does he need to agree?

“But you know, even if she’s like that, she’s really hardworking”

I smile a little. That was touching.

“Like for example, trying hard to like something she doesn’t want”

That reminds me of our scene awhile ago.

He gives me a wide grin.

His smile defines perf—STOP.

I’ll just serve their coffees first.

***

“A marathon? You want my airline to sponsor a marathon?” He analyzes the presentation.

“Yes, Mr. Oh. This will be the biggest marathon. It will be joined by KPOP idols.”

“What’s the big deal if the idols would join?”

“It would promote the marathon”

“And if you already have those idols, why do you need my airline?”

“We need a lot of money for this.” She point at the presentation.

“Why not try other airlines?”

“Your airline is the biggest and the grandest here in South Korea.”

“I know that. But how can my airline benefit from that?”

She doesn’t speak.

BIBS is right. There’s no benefit at all.

“As you said, my airline is the biggest and the grandest. I don’t need marathons to promote my company.”

“But Soar High Air—“

“Soar High Airline is the best. Thank you for your presentation. You can leave now”

Ms. Do storms out of the room. How unprofessional.

It’s only me and BIBS on the room now.

“Ms. Lu, should we spend the lunch break together?”