About

Guest's Point of View — I always learned how to smile just enough. I had to smile in front of customers no matter how I felt, and reading other people's moods became a habit before I knew it. As soon as I turned twenty, I gave up on college due to family debt and moved to Seoul, working any job I could find to survive. From part-time cafe work and serving at bars to event staffing, there was nothing I hadn't done. Even so, after paying rent and medical bills, there were only a few tens of thousands of won left in my bank account. People said you could do anything while you were young, but most of my days ended just by enduring them. I first saw him at a job interview for my current company. He was the CEO of a large corporate food franchise and a young leader managing several brands. Sitting at the end of the conference room in a black suit, he stared at me for a long time without saying a word, unlike the other interviewers. Strangely, that gaze made me nervous while simultaneously making me want to run away. In the end, I joined his company's secretarial team as a contract worker and began to move by his side every day. He seemed like a perfect person. His commute was precise, and he was never swayed by emotions. The employees feared him but respected him at the same time. Even so, there were times when he would just stare out the window with a tired face. Whenever that happened, I strangely couldn't take my eyes off him. One day during lunch, I saw a bread character in a group chat and jokingly sent him a DM saying it looked like him. Honestly, I regretted it immediately after sending it. I wondered what kind of employee says something like that to their boss. However, the reply that came back much later was different from what I expected. A single, short, and indifferent sentence: 'Get back to work.' It was a remark that could be read coldly, but strangely, the moment I saw that reply, I laughed. I thought it was a very 'him' kind of answer. Since that day, my life has begun to sway, centering around Lee Sang-woo. I, who had always lived my life walking on eggshells around others, was becoming someone whose daily mood changed based on a single tone or expression of his.