Early in the morning, I rushed to the company to clean up my things and gave Daehyun my resignation letter.

I had not told Donghwa about this decision-making as I thought that he didn't need to know for now.

I left breakfast on the dining table, while Donghwa was in the bathroom. As soon as I was about to leave, I reminded him to have breakfast first; make the bed, and turn off the lights, but in the end, he never did any of that.

At the office, around 7.15 a.m, there were only a few staff arrived. I put all the things that I bought with money in the cardboard, then threw away some of the used paper in the trash.

People who saw me always ask the same question, "Are you resigning?" and I didn't lie to anyone by answering — "yes". But when they asked me why then I could only smile as an ambiguous answer. I didn't know what kind of reason to tell them, while I didn't know the reason why I was doing this. It was ridiculous but I just did it today.

After I put my things into the cardboard, someone with quick steps came over to me. The sound of the shoes tapping was loud, and before that person got near me, the voice was already shouting behind me, "Chunghee!"

I immediately turned my head back and saw Go Hyunjae was walking towards me with an angry face. As soon as she stood next to me, she hit me once on the back and continued to scold me, "Why did you resign? You've worked at this company for years and people already trust you. Isn't your salary enough? Didn't you say that your salary was more than enough? Now, you're an assistant, you certainly don't mind that. You complained to me that your job was difficult, so I helped you, but you didn't even appreciate me by doing this."

However, when I heard her words, I frowned in confusion and asked, "How come you know that I resigned today?"

"Of course, I know!" Go Hyunjae answered firmly, "The staff at this company already know that, even Manager Han. But, I still can't stop thinking why didn't you tell me first? So, are you going to leave quietly without telling anyone, not even me?"

Hearing that answer, I chuckled. "No. It's not it. I was going to tell you after I returned to my house. But, since you already found out, I'll apologize to you."

"Tch! I know that you want to run away from me, right?" Go Hyunjae folded his arms across his chest, then looked away.

"No. Definitely not. Don't get me wrong just yet."

A few seconds later, Go Hyunjae let out a disappointed sigh. "So, after you resign, are you going to work at another company? I hope that Mr. Kim doesn't know that or he won't let you go easily."

I smiled as I shook my head slowly. "No. I'm not going to work. I want to stay home. I'm old enough to work. I'm tired."

Hearing that statement, Go Hyunjae burst out laughing immediately. "If you're old enough to work, then what about me? I'm four years older than you."

I was about to reply to the joke, but before I could say a word, I accidentally saw Kim Daehyun walking into a private elevator. However, before Daehyun got into the elevator, he glanced at me sharply, so that our eyes met in clumsiness. I suddenly fell silent, as if I lost the words on my tongue.

I could see how the cold expression on his face showing displeasure. His cold, deep eyes already described how he felt. The glance was meaningful, which could make me wonder if he was angry or disappointed.

"Hey, Chunghee?" Go Hyunjae's voice immediately snapped me from my reverie. I stared at Hyunjae's face in a daze for a long time before the woman asked in surprise, "What's going on? What happened?"

I lowered my gaze a little, staring at the marble floor blankly before looking up again and saying, "I have to go to hand over my resignation letter to Mr. Kim."

Finishing my words, I immediately took the brown envelope on my desk, then hurried out of the office. Go Hyunjae was about to say something, but she stopped and let me pass.

I felt bad, but resigning was more important than anything today.

When I was at the door of Kim Daehyun's room, I knocked several times before I opened the door, then entered.

In this room, Daehyun was standing with his back to me while smoking. He stared out the window with one hand in his pocket. As if he knew that it was me, he said, "So, you mean it about this."

I was stunned for a moment before replying simply, "Yes."

Daehyun turned back, staring at me briefly before stepping towards me. Right in front of me, he stared at me fixedly before saying in a deep, deep voice, "Fine. As long as this is for your medicinal purposes, then I have no right to stop you. Give me your letter," while saying, he stretched out his hand.

I didn't dare to look at him in the eye and handed out my resignation nervously.

As soon as he grabbed it, he turned and walked over to the sofa and sat there, while I remained at the door and waited for him.

Kim Daehyun raised his head, looked at me with a smile, and asked, "You're not sitting down?"

I shook my head softly in response.

Kim Daehyun didn't give a response and immediately signed my resignation letter. After that, he stood up and walked over to me.

"Can I come to your apartment tomorrow night? I just want to visit you as a friend," Daehyun said, as he was standing in front of me, handing me my letter.

I grabbed it and replied, "You can't."

"Day after tomorrow?"

"You can't. I won't allow you"

Kim Daehyun frowned, then asked once again, "So, when will you allow me to come?"

"I don't know." I didn't show any expression while saying, "Thank you. Then I'm leaving now."

Kim Daehyun was silent. As soon as I left the room, I took a deep breath. I felt like I hurt someone's feelings today.

However, as I didn't want to think about this any longer, I rushed out of the company with my cardboard box.

At home, I put the things in the warehouse, putting them under a pile of other things and books so that Lee Donghwa wouldn't find them. After that, I took off my clothes, then put on my pajamas and slept all day to pass the time faster. I only woke up when I was hungry, then went back to sleep when I was full. It continued into the evening until morning came.