I Can't Quit You | 2YEON

Chapter 8

"I do believe you have somewhere to be."

Nayeon sighed and continued scribbling her
signature on a project proposal. "I know I gave
you access to my office, but that doesn't mean I want you to actually take advantage of it."

Jennie sauntered into the room and dropped
down in the chair in front of Nayeon's desk.

"It's already 7, Nayeon."

She knew. She shoved her papers away and
pulled her laptop closer. Her email was full
already, and she started sorting through the
spam, the annoying and the official stuff she
actually needed to respond to.

"I know. My father went on another trip out of the country. He left his workload to me."

Jennie hummed softly. She didn't say anything more, and Nayeon really hoped that she would give up and leave. So what if she didn't show up? It wasn't the end of the world. "We can reschedule or something," she suggested.

They remained in uncomfortable silence while
Nayeon typed out a long rejection email to the
son of one of her father's friends. She did not
hire based on lineage. He had his matric, but he was as stupid as a bat otherwise.

Jennie just sat there, though, staring at her as calmly as ever. Wasn't she upset? Annoyed?
When she finished the email, she viciously stabbed the enter key and then sat back, glaring.

"Stop staring at me like that," she growled.

"Does it make you feel uncomfortable?" Jennie asked her.

Nayeon pressed her lips together. "Of course it does! You're just... just sitting there, staring!"

Jennie stood and sat down on the corner of
the table. "And why do you think it bothers you? Because you know you're choosing your work over your wife?"

Her chest tightened. Jennie wasn't being angry, or spiteful. She simply sounded curious. How the fuck did she manage to get to the root of the problem so quickly? It felt like her claws had just dug deep into Nayeon's chest.

"I'm not-"

"Jeongyeon is already waiting for you, alone,"

Jennie interrupted. "Yes you are."

Nayeon imagined Jeongyeon sitting in the restaurant alone, getting angrier by the second, going home and grabbing those divorce papers. She really needed to do her work, but she also didn't want a divorce. Guilt rushed up inside of her.

"Fine," she finally exclaimed, slamming her
laptop shut. "But I can't stay too long. I need to
come back to work right after."

Jennie gave her a brilliant smile. "That's all we
need. Here." She held out a dress hanging on a coat hanger. "Change in your office. I'll be down in the parking lot, ready to drive you."

"I can drive myself."

Jennie handed the dress over. "Then I'll just
wait to drive behind you."

She felt like a child needing to be watched, but she slipped the dress on-glad that she already had heels on-and ran her fingers through
her hair. She wasn't wearing any makeup or
jewellery, so Jeongyeon would just have to deal with it. She was sacrificing a night of sleep for this.

Once she was done getting dressed, she left
her office and closed the door behind her. She
noticed that Dahyun was still at her desk,
staring intently at her screen.

"Why aren't you home yet?" she asked her.

Dahyun didn't even glance up. "You have
extra work to do, which means I have to work
harder to help you out. You have somewhere
to be, right?" She finally looked up and smiled
at her. "I'll sort out the last of your work. Head
home when you're done with dinner."