My Mortal Enemy #143

Chapter 48: Hate to Love

DARA'S POV

All the people inside the conference room stood upon hearing the commotion outside. It must be the Chairman we've been waiting for. As soon as the door swung open, my neck craned a little in hopes that I can see clearly.

A man, in his forties, stood in front of the room and faced the confused looking directors. "I'm sorry to inform you but the Chairman cannot attend this meeting. She has an emergency she needs to attend to." He announced. She? The Chairman is a she? I have to review my manual again. The directors and officers exchanged glances before giving their attention back to the man in front. "In her absence, she is requesting the Vice Chairman to act on her behalf to convene and preside this meeting." He scanned the room and tried to find the Vice Chairman to give something to him. It's a brown envelope he's been holding the moment he stepped in. "And with all your permission, she is requesting me to sit in to observe and take note of what will be discussed today."

Without hesitation, the Vice Chairman and all other directors nod their heads in approval. The chairman's representative took the very back seat of the table and prepared himself to listen.

"Everyone, let's all take our seats." The Vice Chairman announced and the rest followed. I was still in a daze and at the same time disappointed because I didn't get to see the owner now and I don't know when will be the next time I'll be able to. I know I still have months before my internship ends but apart from Bom's ultimate goal of meeting the person behind this successful business, deep inside I want that too. I just can't explain why curiosity suddenly gets the best of me.

"Hey Dara..." A voice suddenly slashed through my senses cutting me out from my trance. I looked back and saw Seven nodding his head at me, signalling me towards his side to help him. I walked towards him and immediately took the laptop from his grasp. "What happened to you? You looked like someone who got bitten by a zombie and will turn into one any second." He said as he readied himself for the presentation.

"Ha Ha Ha... Very funny..SIR." I whispered with pure sarcasm as I emphasized the last word to irritate him.

"Hey, I told you not to call me that." He whisper shouted and I smirked to myself, feeling satisfied.

"I just did, SIR Choi." I teased him more and he gave me an irritated look.

"Aisht, I can feel all my hair in my body rising up, thank you very much." He said and crossed him arms to hug himself. "Now I lost my confidence. I don't know if I can still do this."

I raised my eyebrow and looked at him incredibly. "Are you kidding me? What happened to 'this is the reason why this company never leaves the top' huh? It didn't occur to me that you have the tendency of becoming a quitter."

I looked at him with serious face, both my brows mashed together until I saw a smile tugged on his lips. "And it didn't occur to me too that you're such a gullible person. I didn't expect you to believe that but you did." He said and broke into laughter. He's holding his stomach, trying so hard to stifle his laugh for others not to hear him. Aisht, this guy.

"Seven, Aren't we going to start yet?" The Vice Chairman asked. Both of us shifted our gazes back and saw all the person sitting on the table looking at us. I felt my cheeks flushed because of it but one person caught my eyes and he's now giving me a deadpan expression. My eyes landed on his hands that was holding a pencil but got shocked when he abruptly snapped the poor pencil into two. I heard myself gulped at that and fear suddenly enveloped me. Seunghyun, who was sitting right next to him, saw what he did and whispered something to his ear. I saw his face relaxed a bit and just heaved a deep sigh afterwards. Whatever he said must be really something that it pacified him and helped calm himself down.