Secretary Gwanggong's Survival Diary-Chapter 93

Summary of the situation: Side A about Baek Sieon

“Here is the weekly marketing team report, CEO.”

“...Uh, leave it there.”

“But it seems like Next Resort is trying to pull up their opening schedule.”

What the hell. Where is he even looking...?

After skimming through the work reports from each department in the morning, Taeo pointed out the important things—but his gaze wasn’t on me.

“CEO?”

I urged him to focus as gently as possible, and his gaze returned to the report. Like usual, he flipped the pages carelessly as if reading nothing and then spoke.

“...Isn’t it rather a good thing? Aside from the fact it’s also Jeju Island, in terms of scale or anything, they can’t compare to us at all.”

“That’s true, but their marketing approach is kind of unusual. They recruited mostly middle-aged actors as models.”

“It is unusual... but since they probably can’t get popular models anyway, maybe they just planned the marketing that way.”

“The rushed opening schedule also concerns me. I’ll check it a bit more.”

“I’ll check separately too.”

Taeo seemed uninterested, but I was pretty worried. Maybe it was nothing, but in the original Gwangin story, I don’t think a company with that name was ever mentioned. Lately, their presence has become annoyingly prominent.

“Ne-x-t... Re-sor-t...”

A low voice came from beside me, and Taeo’s gaze returned there. Ah! So that’s what he’s been paying attention to.

“What’s that, like goldfish poop?”

“C-CEO...!”

Goldfish... poop...? I could feel the tension rise in the guy standing next to me at Taeo’s comment. No matter how you look at it, Taeo’s personality is seriously problematic. Look at how openly he says what he thinks.

“They said he’s the new Secretary Team 1 Leader.”

“...Is he going to keep carrying that around? Really annoying.”

His eyes stuck to the new Secretary Team 1 Leader for quite a while. Not with a pleased expression, but unusually, Taeo rolled his eyes and scanned him for a long time.

Objectively, he’s not the type Taeo would like—tall, broad shoulders like he’s been working out a long time. His face... well, by objective standards, he could be called handsome. Now, it seems like just being handsome is enough. What a sucker. He’s gonna get worn down.

“I’ll step out as soon as the handover is done...”

“Oh, about that. I want to change the house interior a bit, but Secretary Baek should only handle that.”

“...Suddenly...?”

“What, is that a problem?”

Uh, yes it is. Why change a perfectly fine interior? Especially since the whole dark interior wouldn’t even show much difference...

“No problem. I’ll list interior companies and prepare.”

But I quickly gave up. If the bastard wants to do it, I have no way to stop him. And since he only wants me to do that part, I better finish it quickly.

“Then I’ll head out.”

After saying goodbye, I returned to the secretary office with the new Secretary Team Leader.

“This is a list of interior companies you can use for the CEO’s home, so you have to know it well. You can only choose from this.”

“...What’s different about this...?”

The new secretary leader held a curtain sample book. It was a big book with curtain samples stuck on pages about the size of a palm, and every sample was in a pitch-black tone. I get it. At first glance, they all look the same.

“This one is imported directly from Sweden, a bit brighter than the others. When it catches light, a slight purple hue appears.”

“Can people... even tell the difference...?”

Well, some can. I can’t.

“The CEO is a dominant Alpha. He’s very sensitive to that sort of thing, so it’s better to be careful. Especially the furniture placed inside the room has to have a unified look. Nothing should stand out, as if it was made as a set.”

To pick an interior that satisfies such a fussily sensitive guy, I’d better get moving quickly. Still, if I finish just this work, I could finally have that ‘safe resignation’ I wanted so badly. So it wasn’t such a bad feeling.

“Team Leader Baek, how about this company? Seems fine to me...”

“Hmm... that seems okay too... ah...!”

As he flipped a page, his fingertip was cut by the sharp edge of the paper. A thin cut soon bled faintly.

“Are you okay? You need to be careful.”

“Ah... I’m fine...”

The new secretary leader quickly wrapped my finger with tissue and pressed.

“Paper cuts really ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ hurt. Stay still. It’ll stop bleeding soon.”

What is he talking about? After all, I’ve been stabbed with a knife before—this is nothing. But he was right. The pain from a paper cut somehow annoyed me more than a serious injury. When he pressed strongly enough for blue veins to stand out on the back of his hand, the pain quickly faded.

“Should we stay like this for a while?”

“Yes... thanks.”

It was embarrassing to just sit blankly like that. So I turned my eyes back to the sample book. We talked about how this one is too old-fashioned, or how the handcraft production takes a long time. Then I felt a chill on my neck. Now that I noticed, the office was strangely very quiet...? Feeling a strange unease, I slowly raised my head—and had to jump up from my seat.

“CEO...!”

I met eyes with Yoon Taeo, who had one hand in his pocket and was staring at me without the slightest misstep. Of course. With Taeo’s appearance, even a breath wouldn’t escape from the secretary office. Passing by the frozen secretaries, he came right to my seat.

“What are you doing here...?”

“What are you doing?”

“Oh, I was checking the interior companies while doing the handover.”

“Handover.”

Thwack—my wrist and the new secretary leader’s wrist were grabbed simultaneously.

“So handovers are done hand in hand these days?”

“No, it’s not like that... I was cut by paper...”

“With handovers like that, how do you expect the new team leader to adapt? This isn’t playing house, do it properly, Team Leader Baek.”

“...I’m sorry.”

Taeo let go of my wrist carelessly and turned his back, walking away. Then, just before leaving the secretary office, I heard his voice again.

“Oh, now that I think about it, the garden should be redone too.”

“Garden...?”

“I don’t like the trees right now. Dig them all up and re-landscape. Secretary Baek, you’re responsible.”

This fucking bastard...?

I admitted easily that I liked Yoon Taeo. For a moment, I even indulged in the delusion that our future could be positive. But I realized that in this world, ‘feelings’ meant nothing. Even if Taeo had ‘some’ feelings for me, this world itself didn’t allow it. Brief deviations might be tolerated, but in the end, the main story couldn’t be changed... so I gave up.

After giving up, I found reasons to console myself: ‘Anyway, Taeo will go back to Choi Hyunjin.’, ‘Even if Taeo likes me, what about the secret that I’m an Omega?’, ‘What if the world ends because I accidentally break the original story?’ The reasons were many and all were too fatal to ignore.

When I realized I didn’t have to do anything, it was also hollow. Because all my previous efforts for a normal ending in this world were useless. I understood no effort I make now could significantly affect the original story.

So the answer I found was ‘safe resignation’. The story will run steadily toward the end anyway, so there’s no need to waste strength. And above all... the biggest reason was I didn’t want to watch Taeo and Hyunjin get their happy ending right next to me. My heart is petty. But...

“CEO, can I talk to you for a moment?”

“What is it?”

“I might be imagining it, but... why does it feel like you keep giving useless tasks?”

“Useless? Are you crazy? What work is useless?”

“Well... sorry. But starting to prepare for the business trip to Japan six months from now... seems a bit... early.”

It was strange no matter how I thought about it. Starting to change the house interior was just the beginning. Giving out a VIP guest list who could never come to the resort opening event and telling me to invite them all, then making me prepare for a business trip half a year later that may or may not happen. And all that with the command that ‘Secretary Baek’ handle it personally.

“So, are you going to mess up your work and quit? I won’t accept that.”

“No, that’s not it...”

“Finish everything perfectly and then quit.”

My resignation date was endlessly pushed back by the flood of work orders. I had suspicious signs but couldn’t ask Taeo directly. I swallowed the question ‘Are you doing this on purpose?’ deep in my throat.

“No goldfish poop today?”

“Ah... I’m already in contact. There was no tardiness...”

The handover was nearly finished. The replacement was recommended by the Chief Secretary and I was secretly distrustful, but he turned out to be competent. At this rate, I could expect to hand everything over to him soon.

“Hope he didn’t run away.”

“...No way...”

A rare smile spread across Taeo’s face. You know, that smile that looks like he might pee himself just by looking.

“Well. Let’s hope it stays ‘no way’.”

I can’t explain how, but it felt ominous. Seeing that bastard so happy... I left his office with unease.

No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t reach the new Secretary Team Leader by phone. I sent someone urgently, but no trace of him could be found anywhere. The handover was almost complete...! If I had just pushed a few more days harder, I could have been free...

The new Secretary Team Leader vanished without a trace. A mysterious disappearance.