CEO Kang-nim, I Really Want to Quit!
#4: "Firing Through Flirting"
Yoon Seo-jin
(Internal thoughts):
Sabotage?
Failed.
Unicorn time zone?
Laughed it off.
Giant inflatable chicken?
He complimented the font.
I have no choice.
Time to go full flirt-mode.
Let’s make Mr. Emotionless squirm.
Seo-jin enters, holding today’s report, swaying just a bit extra.
Yoon Seo-jin
CEO-nim~
Here’s your report… just for you.
Kang Min-jae
Leave it on the table.
Yoon Seo-jin
(leans on his desk dramatically):
Aren’t you going to look into my eyes and say thank you?
Kang Min-jae
(glancing up):
Thank you.
Your eye bags are darker today.
Yoon Seo-jin
(offended gasp):
You noticed?!
We’re getting close already!
Yoon Seo-jin
(internal thoughts): Okay. He noticed my eye bags. That’s practically romantic in his world.
Just the two of them. Seo-jin presses the emergency stop button.
Kang Min-jae
...Why did you stop the elevator?
Yoon Seo-jin
(tilting her head):
Because I needed a moment…
Alone.
With you.
Kang Min-jae
We’re already alone 80% of the day.
Yoon Seo-jin
But the elevator has tension.
Movie drama tension.
Kang Min-jae
(pressing the resume button):
Movie drama?
Please resume regular programming.
Yoon Seo-jin
Ugh!
He’s a brick wall.
A very tall, well-dressed brick wall with nice shoulders and no soul.
Seo-jin walks up to his table. Everyone turns. She dramatically slides into the seat beside him.
Yoon Seo-jin
I dreamed about you last night.
Kang Min-jae
(calmly eating salad):
Was I giving you a raise?
Yoon Seo-jin
No. You were shirtless.
On a white horse.
Saying “Don’t quit, my lady secretary.”
Kang Min-jae
Interesting.
You should see a doctor.
Yoon Seo-jin
(dramatic gasp):
Because I’m lovesick?!
Kang Min-jae
Because you hallucinate horses indoors.
Yoon Seo-jin
(internal thoughts): Okay. That had to rattle him. A little.
Right?
Later that night, she receives a message of Kang Min-jae.
Kang Min-jae:
Tomorrow’s meeting is at 9:00 AM.
Dress professionally.
No more horse stories.
Yoon Seo-jin
But what if I dream of you again?
Kang Min-jae
Then write a novel. Don’t submit it to HR.
Yoon Seo-jin
(internal thoughts): He's not human.
He’s a corporate android.
A hot, emotionally bankrupt android.
Yoon Seo-jin
Plan C it is.
Time to seduce him into quitting me.
Let’s go full romcom.
Ms. Aether
See you next episode 💙
Comments
Meliora
I'm officially a fan. Please keep writing, author!
2025-04-16
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