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Beneath The Desk: A CEO's Hidden Affection"

Cold boss

'' Boss ,I have signed the contract I want to send it back to Wei Technology group , boss do you wish to go through it '' Juliane asked as she stood with a file in her hand.

The man referred to as Boss , was looking through his phone not sparing her a glance he uttered '' since you have read it you can submit it. ''

Juliane nodded bowed and was about to leave , but paused and asked '' Boss , it already midnight do you wish to work late or should I get the car ready. ''

The Boss seemed to also notice the time now , he looked at Juliane and nodded '' I think you should , I just got back from a trip I don't wish to work overnight. ''

'' yes Boss '' Juliane bowed and left, she walked through the empty hall that was always full in day , the normal workers had gone home as early as 6:30 pm while she the secretary was sticked with the Boss, until he wished to go home, even today they just got back from a business trip few hour ago , but here she is working on contracts instead of being home and squeezing in the comfort of her bed, Juliane yawned tiredly as she placed the file on the delivery packages.

Juliane sat beside her Boss at the back car while the Chaffuer drove, he is also one of the workers that is also forced to work over night , but his case was better he only drove and nothing more , but Juliane always took care of the Boss's affairs both personal and business they were her initial work , but at the end she was at least paid a decent amount of salary plus bonuses.

As the car drove pass a restaurant , Juliane's stomach growled in hunger , she suddenly remembered the only thing she and the Boss had eaten was the chips that was offered at the plane , she and her Boss where to busy that they forgot to eat and now she is hungry ,she also can't remember leaving any food at home , she sneeked a look at the Man that sat next to her , he was still busy with his phone , he didn't seem hungry , he had never looked hungry or even complained of hunger , she was always the one to remind him of food , and when he ate he barely ate alot.

'' Boss Lee should we drop by for food, we haven't eaten any thing since morning'' Juliane stated , trying to contain her yawn.

The Boss whose Name is Lee dong-gyun stopped pressing his phone for a seconds he looked at Juliane , then at the back of the chauffeur ,''Zheng , drive to Francis Restaurant '' , he then looked at Juliane and ordered , ''Make reservation '' with just few word he had his gaze back on his phone doing God knows a what.

Juliane immediately brought out her phone to make reservation at the restaurant , francis is currently the best hotel in Souel , it's known for it proper and neat services and the food are also something to talk about , the chef that cooks there were hand picked and are the best whole over , so the foods are the best, it also likely to know that Lee dong-gyun is the owner of the restaurant and had also had Juliane hand pick the chefs.

Immediately the waiters served food , Juliane was quick to dig in , knowing she hasn't eaten she became a lot more hungrier, she was eating a little fast but still maintained her table manners to avoid disgusting her boss.

'' secretary Juliane , it seems if you leave the food it might end up running away '' Lee dong-gyun said , he is a very strict man , the deepness that comes with his voice could scare every normal employee.

Juliane has been his secretary for seven years , and is very used to his cold voice, she didn't find it scary but it was demanding , so each time he used deep cold voice it meant he was serious, Juliane composed her self, as she cursed him in her heart , she began making use of the cutlery, but since she didn't want to her etiquette were gone she lazily cut on the food as she ate making loud noise that she knew disturbs Lee dong-gyun.

'' it seems you are not too hungry , Juliane if you don't which to eat then perhaps you should stop eating '' Lee dong-gyun stated as he gaze at her.

Juliane immediately flashed a fake apologetic smile , she knew he wasn't joking when he said that , he was capable of making her stand through the whole dinner like he had did in the past when she disobeyed, she composed her self immediately.

After eating they both remained sitted to let their meal digest , Lee dong-gyun had gone back to pressing phone while Juliane was savoring a boba tea.

'' Boss '' Juliane called softly looking at him carefully.

'' Hmm '' he replied not looking at her hus long fingers were typing on his phone's keypad.

'' Boss , I wish to take the day off tomorrow '' Juliane stated going straight to the point ,since Lee dong-gyun isn't a patient man and hated the play of words ,she had never risked it.

Lee dong-gyun's eyes left the phone and fixated on Juliane , '' any domestic reasons,''? He asked.

Juliane inhaled deeply, ''Boss for the past 1 month we have been on many business trips, I haven't had time for my self, my skin care routine,my fridge is empty I am short of beverages, my relationship life is going down , I haven't being attending the numerous blind dates that have been set for me.'' Juliane listed all the necessary things that she had called reasons to skip work. But Lee dong-gyun had also tabled more perfect remedy excuse

secretary Juliane

'' Secretary Juliane, tomorrow I would have Ms Shu restock you with beverage, tomorrow after work i would escort you to get a beauty spa and also your skin routine, if you need rest you can have one hour rest before the conference meeting'' Lee dong-gyun said , his voice held the strings of seriousness as he spoke, he was indeed a genius, he always had a way to handle issues, he used few words to express himself all the time and the effect and impact of his words are always heavy.

He continued ''secretary Juliane, you are still young and would surely find the right man for you, for now you don't have to mention your relationship life before me, and also has no right to attend any blind dates '' Lee dong-gyun paused as he looked at her,'' are we clear on that Juliane. ''?

Juliane reluctantly nodded faking a smile,''of course boss , you have just sorted it all out.'' Juliane said through gritted teeth and a fake smile,he always had the correct words to refute her.

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The next day, Juliane woke up from her sleep looking at the ceiling , she could hear the movement in the kitchen , it meant that Ms Shu was already stocking her fridge with beverages , Ms Shu is Lee dong-gyun's house keeper whose apartment is the one after hers , it was one of the benefit of being his Secretary she is offered free accommodation as long as she is his Secretary, but these only made Juliane feel like she is being spied on by her boss.

Juliane lay on the bed trying to catch a minute sleep before getting ready, but her boss seems to have other plans ,almost immediately her phone rang, Juliane cursed under breath the more , why was this man such a nuisance.

'' Good morning Boss'' Juliane said with her drowsy breath.

On the other of the phone, '' Secretary Juliane,I don't pay you to be in Bed by 7:00 am. ''

Juliane closed her eyes as she looked for the perfect lie to back her lateness, '' Boss, am on my monthly cycle,I have stomach ache.'', Juliane knew this wasn't the best lie, immediately she told it she wished to take it back.

'' Juliane , perhaps you should try lying less cause the more you lie the more I feel your nose would grow longer, your monthly cycle is coming two weeks from now ,get ready for work now '' ,he hung the call before Juliane could say a damn word.

Juliane glared at her phone, '' you physo man'' she cursed , she had failed to remember that he has a copy of her monthly cycle calendar , one time during a business trip, Juliane had not expected to have her flow, it got her clothe stained since then Lee dong-gyun kept a copy of her cycle calendar to remind her incase she forgot, but this was quite frustrating she couldn't have her normal privacy from her Boss.

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Juliane stood behind her Boss in the elevator, she used the elevator wall to hold her self catching a quick sleep on the elevator.

'' Secretary Juliane, draft the complaint sent in yesterday forward it to the delivering department have them inspect the goods they delivered'', Lee dong-gyun said his gaze still on his phone.

'' hmmn'' Juliane muttered from her short nap, but her unusual reply got the Boss to turn and look at her.

'' Secretary Juliane, you aren't allowed to sleep at the elevator, stop slagging I don't pay you to slag.'' Lee dong-gyun said coldly looking at her.

Juliane who was half way to sleeping stood straight immediately, but her fatigue us shown on her face and voice as she said, ”am sorry Boss.”, the elevator beeped and opened and they both stepped out of the elevator,with Lee dong-gyun a step ahead, while Juliane trailed behind.

They entered his office that was also half hers , since she was the secretary her own office was near to the exit while his was the main office ,that looked very luxirous and magnificent.

“ Boss the conference meeting starts in the next 45 minutes do yo.......

“ you can use 30 minutes to catch up with nap , so you won't fall asleep during meeting “ Lee dong-gyun said as he entered his own office.

Juliane on the other side was more than happy to be granted a thirty minutes nap,it wasn't something Lee ding-gyun did every day , he only allows her to sleep during work hours if they had a night trip or if they had worked from night to morning ,Juliane gracefully lay on the couch inside her office , she closed her eyes to sleep but things aren't always as planned ,immediately her phone rang.

Juliane eyes sprang opened in anger she felt like trashing her phone immediately, as she took the phone out from her bag ,the caller was none other than Lee dong-gyun ,was he a devil he just granted her sleep and was also interrupting the sleep.

“ any problem Boss.?“ She asked.

“ yes Secretary Juliane, the conference has been postponed a week From now, why is that ?“ Lee dong-gyun said from the other end of the phone.

The sleep seems to have vanished from Juliane's eyes,she gulped nervously ,she had indeed personally postponed the meeting, because the project suggested was lacking ,she had the project group re create it, it would take at least one week to be recreated, she had meant to tell him but she just forgot.

“ Boss ,I.....

“ go get me , breakfast at Eumsik drop ,get me Tteokbokki and kimchi fried chicken nuggets” Lee dong-gyun said diverting the topic.

“ okay boss , I will get the car ke.......

“ secretary Juliane , I want you to trek to Eumsik to get my food.“

Juliane's eyes widened as she complained “ but boss Eumsik is like 575 meters away “

“ secretary Juliane you have 20 minutes and remember you haven't explained reason for the postponed meeting”.

'' Secretary Juliane, tomorrow I would have Ms Shu restock you with beverage, tomorrow after work i would escort you to get a beauty spa and also your skin routine, if you need rest you can have one hour rest before the conference meeting'' Lee dong-gyun said , his voice held the strings of seriousness as he spoke, he was indeed a genius, he always had a way to handle issues, he used few words to express himself all the time and the effect and impact of his words are always heavy.

He continued ''secretary Juliane, you are still young and would surely find the right man for you, for now you don't have to mention your relationship life before me, and also has no right to attend any blind dates '' Lee dong-gyun paused as he looked at her,'' are we clear on that Juliane. ''?

Juliane reluctantly nodded faking a smile,''of course boss , you have just sorted it all out.'' Juliane said through gritted teeth and a fake smile,he always had the correct words to refute her.

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The next day, Juliane woke up from her sleep looking at the ceiling , she could hear the movement in the kitchen , it meant that Ms Shu was already stocking her fridge with beverages , Ms Shu is Lee dong-gyun's house keeper whose apartment is the one after hers , it was one of the benefit of being his Secretary she is offered free accommodation as long as she is his Secretary, but these only made Juliane feel like she is being spied on by her boss.

Juliane lay on the bed trying to catch a minute sleep before getting ready, but her boss seems to have other plans ,almost immediately her phone rang, Juliane cursed under breath the more , why was this man such a nuisance.

'' Good morning Boss'' Juliane said with her drowsy breath.

On the other of the phone, '' Secretary Juliane,I don't pay you to be in Bed by 7:00 am. ''

Juliane closed her eyes as she looked for the perfect lie to back her lateness, '' Boss, am on my monthly cycle,I have stomach ache.'', Juliane knew this wasn't the best lie, immediately she told it she wished to take it back.

'' Juliane , perhaps you should try lying less cause the more you lie the more I feel your nose would grow longer, your monthly cycle is coming two weeks from now ,get ready for work now '' ,he hung the call before Juliane could say a damn word.

Juliane glared at her phone, '' you physo man'' she cursed , she had failed to remember that he has a copy of her monthly cycle calendar , one time during a business trip, Juliane had not expected to have her flow, it got her clothe stained since then Lee dong-gyun kept a copy of her cycle calendar to remind her incase she forgot, but this was quite frustrating she couldn't have her normal privacy from her Boss.

\*\*\* \*\*\* \*\*\* \*\*\*

Juliane stood behind her Boss in the elevator, she used the elevator wall to hold her self catching a quick sleep on the elevator.

'' Secretary Juliane, draft the complaint sent in yesterday forward it to the delivering department have them inspect the goods they delivered'', Lee dong-gyun said his gaze still on his phone.

'' hmmn'' Juliane muttered from her short nap, but her unusual reply got the Boss to turn and look at her.

'' Secretary Juliane, you aren't allowed to sleep at the elevator, stop slagging I don't pay you to slag.'' Lee dong-gyun said coldly looking at her.

Juliane who was half way to sleeping stood straight immediately, but her fatigue us shown on her face and voice as she said, ”am sorry Boss.”, the elevator beeped and opened and they both stepped out of the elevator,with Lee dong-gyun a step ahead, while Juliane trailed behind.

They entered his office that was also half hers , since she was the secretary her own office was near to the exit while his was the main office ,that looked very luxirous and magnificent.

“ Boss the conference meeting starts in the next 45 minutes do yo.......

“ you can use 30 minutes to catch up with nap , so you won't fall asleep during meeting “ Lee dong-gyun said as he entered his own office.

Juliane on the other side was more than happy to be granted a thirty minutes nap,it wasn't something Lee ding-gyun did every day , he only allows her to sleep during work hours if they had a night trip or if they had worked from night to morning ,Juliane gracefully lay on the couch inside her office , she closed her eyes to sleep but things aren't always as planned ,immediately her phone rang.

Juliane eyes sprang opened in anger she felt like trashing her phone immediately, as she took the phone out from her bag ,the caller was none other than Lee dong-gyun ,was he a devil he just granted her sleep and was also interrupting the sleep.

“ any problem Boss.?“ She asked.

“ yes Secretary Juliane, the conference has been postponed a week From now, why is that ?“ Lee dong-gyun said from the other end of the phone.

The sleep seems to have vanished from Juliane's eyes,she gulped nervously ,she had indeed personally postponed the meeting, because the project suggested was lacking ,she had the project group re create it, it would take at least one week to be recreated, she had meant to tell him but she just forgot.

“ Boss ,I.....

“ go get me , breakfast at Eumsik drop ,get me Tteokbokki and kimchi fried chicken nuggets” Lee dong-gyun said diverting the topic.

“ okay boss , I will get the car ke.......

“ secretary Juliane , I want you to trek to Eumsik to get my food.“

Juliane's eyes widened as she complained “ but boss Eumsik is like 575 meters away “

“ secretary Juliane you have 20 minutes and remember you haven't explained reason for the postponed meeting”.

Camera shutters

Juliane stood at the table side after setting the foods down, she was carefully with everything she did , she didn't breath to fast or too loudly.

Lee dong-gyun sat on a sit at the average size round table at his office, he looked at the take away plates and then at Juliane. “ where did you buy these. ?“

” Boss said I should go to Eumsik drop , that's where I went , I also trekked through “ Juliane said , she had walked 1150 meters, 575 to and 575 fro with long 5 inches heels , her legs were aching her so badly.

“ that's good next time you do something make sure am informed” Lee dong-gyun said , he didn't make any effort on opening the plates.

Juliane scoffed in her mind , he already knew why she canceled the meeting , yet still punished her , she walked to him helping him open the plates, she used a smaller plate to scoop a little of each for him, “ Boss it bean long you tried kimchi fried chicken nuggets , if you don't like please tell me “ I am willing to eat it , Juliane said the rest on her mind.

Lee dong-gyun nodded then looking at her legs , she was trying to stand straight but was slagging a little , who wouldn't after walking a thousand meter,” Juliane sit down, don't stand Like a watch dog “

Juliane thanked her stars immediately she sat down , her legs where aching like crazy , she had looked and stood poised before her boss but her legs were tired and aching, staying at the same table with food and not eating was one thing that Juliane found hard to do she suddenly remembered she also didn't have break fast because of Lee dong-gyun call.

She took her phone out to order for takeout but before she pressed anything, “ Secretary Juliane, I don't like the kimchi fried chicken nuggets you can have it” Lee dong-gyun said saving Juliane the stress of waiting for the delivery , she took the plate of kimchi she smiled in her mind , he wasn't that bad after all.

After eating the kimchi fried chicken, she noticed that he was still eating his food quietly, his long fingers held the chop sticks, with all leisure he picked food and put in his mouth , then slowly chewed the food then swallowed with his Adam apple bobbing , his moves as he ate was magnificent , staring at him Juliane inadvertently fell asleep on the diner table.

After eating Lee dong-gyun finally glanced her way looking at her sleeping face , that look so peaceful, she have succumbed unto the hand of dreams pushing aside her work, he looked at his watch , he also felt very sleepy now that he saw her sleep she had sacculated her sleep.

“ it won't hurt to nap a little , I will wake up before her “ he muttered as he also place his head on the table , slowly sipping into the hands if sleep.

***** ****** ******* *****

Juliane felt like she had heard the sound of camera shutter, the sound was one sound Lee dong-gyun hated the most , he hated appearing before the press where countless camera took photo's of him.

In the past , a paparazzi had taken a picture of them and made a ruckus about it , the scandal that the mighty Lee dong-gyun was dating his half breed secretary, Juliane shin ,was a big deal , the news flew around the city for close to six months, and the worst was that Lee dong-gyun never came out to clarify, he had instructed her to turn blind eye to it and also to be conscious about shutter sound.

Juliane immediately stood up , her eyes came in contact with two employees they were colleagues and were from the sales department and were probably here to submit the file for the recent sales, Juliane's eyes turn cold.

“ who took a picture just now. ?“ Juliane asked as she looked at them with her cold grey eyes , she didn't even notice Lee dong-gyun that was sleeping on the table.

The two ladies shuddered they didn't expect this feeling of intimidation from Juliane, secretary Juliane has stone cold face like the boss when she discussed serious matters related to work , but aside work she is a lovely person that always a smiled at them unlike the boss that never showed any other expression, except his cold face.

“ secretary Juliane, we are sorry , we didn't mean to wake you up with the shutter sound.“ The two apologized bowing their head, having known they are wrong , but Juliane was still after the picture they took.

“ give me your phones. “ she ordered and the two were quick to give her their phone, Juliane immediately scrolled through the phone deleting all the picture of her and Lee dong gyun they had taken, “ Quin fei and Bai ming, this is LEEYUN company a working premise , we are not here to take picture or chit chat no matter under what circumstances, this action of yours can get you fired, you might be declared a spy from another company wanting to destroy and spy on us, and you also can be apprehended for harming the Boss.“ Juliane explained to the two ladies.

“ we understand secretary Julianne, we would never do it again “ the both ladies chorused and bowed their heads , one of them handed Juliane the file for the sales associate, “ secretary Juliane we were sent by the manager of our department to submit the record for recent sales to the Boss”.

Juliane took the file and immediately the two ladies dispersed not turning back to look again. Juliane pitied them ,they were bullied by her today , it wasn't something she wanted to do but it's something she must, as Lee dong gyun's secretary she is to protect him and his public image.

“ secretary Juliane am really proud of you “ a deep male voice said.

Juliane stood at the table side after setting the foods down, she was carefully with everything she did , she didn't breath to fast or too loudly.

Lee dong-gyun sat on a sit at the average size round table at his office, he looked at the take away plates and then at Juliane. “ where did you buy these. ?“

” Boss said I should go to Eumsik drop , that's where I went , I also trekked through “ Juliane said , she had walked 1150 meters, 575 to and 575 fro with long 5 inches heels , her legs were aching her so badly.

“ that's good next time you do something make sure am informed” Lee dong-gyun said , he didn't make any effort on opening the plates.

Juliane scoffed in her mind , he already knew why she canceled the meeting , yet still punished her , she walked to him helping him open the plates, she used a smaller plate to scoop a little of each for him, “ Boss it bean long you tried kimchi fried chicken nuggets , if you don't like please tell me “ I am willing to eat it , Juliane said the rest on her mind.

Lee dong-gyun nodded then looking at her legs , she was trying to stand straight but was slagging a little , who wouldn't after walking a thousand meter,” Juliane sit down, don't stand Like a watch dog “

Juliane thanked her stars immediately she sat down , her legs where aching like crazy , she had looked and stood poised before her boss but her legs were tired and aching, staying at the same table with food and not eating was one thing that Juliane found hard to do she suddenly remembered she also didn't have break fast because of Lee dong-gyun call.

She took her phone out to order for takeout but before she pressed anything, “ Secretary Juliane, I don't like the kimchi fried chicken nuggets you can have it” Lee dong-gyun said saving Juliane the stress of waiting for the delivery , she took the plate of kimchi she smiled in her mind , he wasn't that bad after all.

After eating the kimchi fried chicken, she noticed that he was still eating his food quietly, his long fingers held the chop sticks, with all leisure he picked food and put in his mouth , then slowly chewed the food then swallowed with his Adam apple bobbing , his moves as he ate was magnificent , staring at him Juliane inadvertently fell asleep on the diner table.

After eating Lee dong-gyun finally glanced her way looking at her sleeping face , that look so peaceful, she have succumbed unto the hand of dreams pushing aside her work, he looked at his watch , he also felt very sleepy now that he saw her sleep she had sacculated her sleep.

“ it won't hurt to nap a little , I will wake up before her “ he muttered as he also place his head on the table , slowly sipping into the hands if sleep.

***** ****** ******* *****

Juliane felt like she had heard the sound of camera shutter, the sound was one sound Lee dong-gyun hated the most , he hated appearing before the press where countless camera took photo's of him.

In the past , a paparazzi had taken a picture of them and made a ruckus about it , the scandal that the mighty Lee dong-gyun was dating his half breed secretary, Juliane shin ,was a big deal , the news flew around the city for close to six months, and the worst was that Lee dong-gyun never came out to clarify, he had instructed her to turn blind eye to it and also to be conscious about shutter sound.

Juliane immediately stood up , her eyes came in contact with two employees they were colleagues and were from the sales department and were probably here to submit the file for the recent sales, Juliane's eyes turn cold.

“ who took a picture just now. ?“ Juliane asked as she looked at them with her cold grey eyes , she didn't even notice Lee dong-gyun that was sleeping on the table.

The two ladies shuddered they didn't expect this feeling of intimidation from Juliane, secretary Juliane has stone cold face like the boss when she discussed serious matters related to work , but aside work she is a lovely person that always a smiled at them unlike the boss that never showed any other expression, except his cold face.

“ secretary Juliane, we are sorry , we didn't mean to wake you up with the shutter sound.“ The two apologized bowing their head, having known they are wrong , but Juliane was still after the picture they took.

“ give me your phones. “ she ordered and the two were quick to give her their phone, Juliane immediately scrolled through the phone deleting all the picture of her and Lee dong gyun they had taken, “ Quin fei and Bai ming, this is LEEYUN company a working premise , we are not here to take picture or chit chat no matter under what circumstances, this action of yours can get you fired, you might be declared a spy from another company wanting to destroy and spy on us, and you also can be apprehended for harming the Boss.“ Juliane explained to the two ladies.

“ we understand secretary Julianne, we would never do it again “ the both ladies chorused and bowed their heads , one of them handed Juliane the file for the sales associate, “ secretary Juliane we were sent by the manager of our department to submit the record for recent sales to the Boss”.

Juliane took the file and immediately the two ladies dispersed not turning back to look again. Juliane pitied them ,they were bullied by her today , it wasn't something she wanted to do but it's something she must, as Lee dong gyun's secretary she is to protect him and his public image.

“ secretary Juliane am really proud of you “ a deep male voice said.

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