Luckily, I was able to send Ki-hoon off as he stared at in that stunned state and sighed in relief.
I was finally alone.
But Ki-hoon did say sothing before he walked out the door. He said,
"Would you like to co with to the office one of these days?"
I didn't hesitate to shake my head and decline.
"No, thanks,"
It was too early to start getting involved in the affairs of the office. And if I started getting involved, everyone else would start asking to go with them to the office, parading like a trophy, and then I wouldn't have ti to read my books in peace.
I have to enjoy my free ti as much as I can before the plot officially begins. Point of correction-- before the mishaps start happening, and I have to get involved.
I went up to my room and found the maids ready to give a bath. I recognized May standing next to April and confird she was indeed one of the people who took care of .
After my bath, I wore sothing comfortable and lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling.
I was finally alone.
Cha Hyun-woo might co over later to administer the drip again but before then, I was sure it was just .
"Should I pick up on the book I was reading last night? Or..." I turned my head and found my new phone next to . "Ah, that's right."
I flipped on my belly and took a good look at the phone. It was clear it was one of those popular models. It was the sa as the popular models in my world.
"I expect nothing less from him," I muttered and then checked the back of the phone as Ki-hoon had said, only to find a platinum card.
It looked pretty for a bank card.
I felt Ki-hoon trusted quite a lot to be giving this, as well as a phone.
Honestly, when he said he'd get his secretary to take care of my account issues and said I'd have an account in my na, I thought he would just get one of his dormant accounts and put all the money there.
Then, he would receive all notifications regarding my transactions. But he didn't do that.
He got my account as he said he would and even got a phone so I could track the transactions. It made feel so giddy inside.
Now that I have a phone, should I take a look at what's going on in this world? The television should have a lot of news and content but I'm not the type that likes staring at a big screen except it's a movie night.
And I've been able to spend my ti reading books so why would I bother?
But before all of that, I wanted to check how much I had gotten. I checked the ssages but it was all empty.
Was it because I got the phone after the transactions were made? Then, how do I know my balance?
In the first place, I don't even know how much they initially planned to give . I roughly said seven digits but how much were they giving ? What number? From 1 to 9, what number did they conclude the first number to be?
Okay, this was a bit difficult. If the amount the winner of the day chose to send from the start was 2 million but the amount soone with a lower smile count decided on was 6 to 7 million, then wouldn't the total clash?
Ah, I should better ask everyone how much they initially bargained for my smile.
It wouldn't be a bad thing to call them, right?
Right. I can call but if they're busy, they won't answer my call.
"I don't have their contacts, though. Should I ask the maids?"
I went to my contacts to check, just in case, and saw the only contact there was Ki-hoon. Haha, of course, he'd put just his phone number.
Well, I could just ask for the numbers of the other two from him.
I dialed the number and waited as it rang the first ti, the second ti, and then on the third ring, he picked up.
I thought he was busy, but I guess he still had ti to spare.
"Hello, Hyung," I called and I could tell he was elated to hear my voice.
"What is it, Jo-Pil? Do you miss already?" He asked but I pouted.
Look at this guy. He was pretending like he wasn't happy that I called so soon.
"It's not that, but you can think of it like that if it makes you feel better, Hyung."
I was sure my words made him smile and I felt it as he said,
"It can't be helped then."
"Anyway, are you busy?" I asked and he did not hesitate to answer.
"No, not right now." He took a mont pause before he continued. "Do you need anything?" He asked.
"Well, I have a question." I said. "We originally settled on seven digits but I have no idea what you guys decided on. How much did you plan to pay for my smile? And if it's possible, do you know how much the others decided on?"
"Nine," he said.
"What?"
"We all agreed on seven nines." He said and my eyes widened. Seven nines? That was Nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine.
It was just a single number short of ten digits. Realizing this, my eyes sparkled in the shape of 'Won' currency. They were the best.
"Since you didn't want to go higher than seven digits, I decided on the highest seven digits."
So, they would've agreed on more if I hadn't settled on seven digits?
Gosh, they were making so greedy. Was I allowed to be feeling this greedy?
Just thinking of what I could do with that money made crazy. And to think it would be multiplied by how many tis I smiled.
This was the best job ever.
(Jeez, what I would do to have that job if it existed. Where is my fictional man? Sob!)
"It was the sa for the others," he said and I gulped down my salivating mouth.
"By the way, how do I check my balance?" I asked, and he opened his mouth, planning to speak, but closed it and changed what he was going to say.
"Hold on," he cut the call for a second, and then, when I was waiting for him, I received a notification. It was an alert and I nearly fainted upon seeing the numbers.
My phone rang again and the shock almost made drop it. I quickly answered.
"H-hello?"
"Do you see it now?" He asked. "I know I won't get to make you smile for the rest of the day so I sent mine early. Does that please you?"
Extra***
"Anyway, are you busy?" Jo-Pil asked and Ki-hoon did not hesitate to answer,
"No, not right now."
anwhile, he was in the middle of a very important eting with his team, and opposite him was a whiteboard with a projector showing the statistics of the project they were working on.
Everyone held their breaths as it seed they were seeing a new and strange side of Ki-hoon for the first ti.
To think he would say he wasn't busy. Just who was he talking to that he was smiling so much? The sight of it sent shivers down their spines. Fearful shivers.
'Are we seeing the end of the world soon?'
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