Absolute Advantage - Chapter 60.2

Hae-won hugged the bag that was handed to her as she tried to relax and persuade Adam, as per usual, so that he doesn’t doubt her anxiety.

“What if someone hears you?”

“Haewon and I are the only ones here.”

Adam pretended to look around. Hae-won laughed weakly, then rummaged through the bag.

By the way, there wasn’t anything that was needed.

“What’s wrong, Haewon?”

“Oh, I don’t have any of my suppressants. I think I dropped it at Adam’s house.”

“Do you need it now?”

Adam asked, squinting. Haewon shook his head.

“I have more.”

Hae-won shrugged her left shoulder carrying a tote bag. Adam carefully observed Haewon’s two bags.

“I guess you have one in each bag.”

When he saw Hae-won, a mischievous smile spread across Adam’s mouth.

“I have a heat that can explode at any time.”

Hae-won’s shoulders were moved by the expression.

“It’s not every day.”

“Then I’m glad. But don’t go crazy in front of others. Never.”

Adam pretended to joke and revealed his strong desire to possess Haewon.

‘I’d love not to, but…’

Haewon swallowed a deep sigh. How she wishes she could control her heat. Fortunately, recently, the heat was only when she was with Adam.

As Adam tried to open his mouth again, Haewon’s cell phone rang. Haewon answered the phone in a hurry.

“Yes, yes, I see.”

She leaned to the phone, nodding her head in an unprecedented gentleness. Hae-won, who finally finished the phone call, was as pale as a drowning man.

“Who?”

“It’s Chairman Seo’s call. I should go now. I guess it’s urgent. Oh, thank you for coming to return my bag.”

Hae-won smiled as she lifted up the bag Adam brought him while talking, somewhat rambling.

“I’ll give you a ride.”

“Yes? No, it’s okay.”

“I felt a bit sad to send you alone last time.”

Adam lightly gripped Haewon’s wrist. As Hae-won stood as if she had been nailed down, he asked in a firm voice.

“Haewon, you’re not avoiding me on purpose, are you?”

“I can’t avoid you on purpose…….”

“Then that’s enough. Let’s go. My car is right there.”

Adam naturally put Haewon in his car.

* * *

Through the densely packed skyscrapers.

Haewon seemed to feel tight in the chest as the familiar scenery caught her eyes. Like that, Adam’s car stopped in front of the Seohwa Group’s headquarters.

“Thank you for wishing me well.”

Hae-won looked at Adam while undoing her seat belt.

“It will take a long time. So don’t wait, all right?”

Adam rolled his eyes at her request, pretending not to understand.

“You can’t wait for me.”

Haewon emphasized once more, then closed the car door. It was like a parent who begged her little child.

Only when Haewon became far enough, Adam gave a quick answer.

“I want to.”

‘The headquarters is in a mess today.’

Hae-won thought as she walked down the hall.

This was the floor of the strategic planning headquarters called the Seohwa Control Tower. Some of the spaces are divided into transparent glass walls, so she can see the inside at a glance.

All the employees remained even after the closing time. The other offices were busy as well. The employee, who was calling with his necktie turned over his shoulder, hurriedly lowered the blinds when his eyes met with Hae-won.

‘What happened?’

Hae-won took out her cell phone and searched for the Seohwa group. However, no negative articles have been posted in the past few days.

As she opened the door of the executive meeting room, Chairman Seo and Sera were already seated. Haewon hurriedly lowered her head and went to her place.

“You’re all here.”

Chairman Seo opened her mouth.

‘Ellie hasn’t arrived yet.’

Haewon quickly scoured the empty chairs. Ellie wasn’t there. Nevertheless, Chairman Seo remained calm as if she had forgotten Ellie’s existence. Sera also looked calm.

‘I guess they know she’s not coming.’

Haewon felt a familiar sense of helplessness. She was always the last person to hear the news even if something big happened in the house. There were a lot of things that she didn’t know until the official articles were posted.

“There were some changes in the meeting with Vice Chairman Joo, so I talked with him.”

Chairman Seo continued in a solemn voice.

“We were supposed to take the position of JS Trade Director.”

“You were supposed to give it to my entourage, right?”

When the talk of a trade director came up, Sera stepped in cautiously. Instinctively, she noticed that things were in trouble.

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