While I was in deep thoughts, the voice of Eun brought me back out of my trance.

It has been ages since I daydreamed about my past.

It was something I buried deep inside me but the arrival of this person opened it and all those buried memories resurfaced again.

I didn't even have time to regain my composure and here I was, being called to meet him.

I didn't want to give away anything but my fear was overtaking me.

"Do you know the reason why?" I tried to ask in a normal tone with a sigh.

"Hmm I don't know to be honest" Eun answered me.

"Okay, I'll go meet him upstairs now" with that, I hung up the call.

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I never considered this situation in a million years.

I was so adamant that this is something that would never happen, that I didn't prepare myself for the next steps.

What do I do now?

I only had two options:

One, pretend that nothing happened and endure whatever that's going to happen from now on up until my breaking point that is if he allows me to live and breathe for a few minutes without bringing up the past.

Second, run away from here.

Which one?

This is something I had already done once but this time, it will be even more difficult considering the circumstance.

Even though, I didn't have anything to tie me back here apart from my job- I spent the last 10 years of my life here.

I built my second chance here with a new name and without a trace of my past.

I knew couldn't stort everything all over again for the third time, it was just impossible.

I could resign but by this point, he already knows the last name I'm using currently and probably all my resume details which includes my university and address.

This only meant that even if moved to another city or applied for another job, he will still be able to track me easily and haunt me back.

Everything went in vain.

If had known earlier this is what was going to happen, I wouldn't have gone to this extent to start over and would have ended my life back there 10 years ago.

With an unbearable weight in my heart, I stood up and walked to the way to his cabin.

After I reached the floor, the first room to come to my eyes was the secretary's.

Her cabin was made of glass walls which was the common theme in terms of interior in our office. I could see that she was inside which meant that I will be alone with him.

This is what dreaded the most. Pretend that he's a stranger and nothing happened.

If he brings up your past or brings people from your post here, you can always go for the very last option you have.

You did your best, y/n. You don't need to have any regrets, you endured more pain than happiness.

You are not a coward, you can do this.

After stabilising myself, I knocked on the door and waited for a response.

"Come in"

after heard his approval making me gulp hard, I opened the door and entered inside his cobin.

It was still very much like how Mr. Lee left, could still smell his perfume inside.

I could sense his figure standing by the glass wall looking at the outside view.

"Y-You called me, sir" why the hell did I shutter? I mentally face palmed and made my presence known.

The sooner I knew the reason why I was called, the quicker I could espace myself from his eyes. He turned and his gaze

fell on me.

instead of looking at him, I looked at the view next to him.

If I was pretending not to know him, I knew was doing a terrible job at it.

I couldn't look into his eyes even for a second.

Those eyes gave me nightmares for many years but now, I could only feel repulsed and terrified by looking at them.

"Miss Yang" he murmured, I knew it was more to acknowledge the change of my surname to himself than to acknowledge my presence.

For a few seconds, none of us spoke.

Why are you doing this to me god?

Those few seconds felt like hours to me. My hands started fidgeting unconsciously.

"Mr. Lee told me about the projects that this branch has been working on for the last month. He told me that you were managing certain tasks for him, is that right?" he broke the silence while walking up to his seat behind the desk.

"Yes, that's right" I replied as polite as possible.

"So I would like you to continue doing the same tasks for me as well" if it was any other person, I wouldn't have blinked twice to nod my head and follow the order because it was my boss but because of our past....

I didn't feel comfortable spending more time than usual to work with him.

"Can't Miss Cho help you out with those tasks, sir?" he paused for a second.

"She can but I would like your help because Mr. Lee requested me to ask you" I didn't know what to answer back.

At the end of the day, he was my boss. I didn't have any other choice.

If this allowed to pretend that everything was alright and not bring up the past then I'll go for it.

I sighed in defeat "Okay, sir. No problem"

"Great" I still kept my eyes on the floor waiting for him to tell me any other instructions or work I had to do but each second was passing by without any words escaping his mouth.

"If that's what you need, can I go back to my seat please?" cut the tense atmosphere.

"Y-yes, you can" without waiting for another word, I got out of the suffocating room.

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