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    “Or else why are you opening your eyes like that? Open your eyes nicely…”

    “Okay, let’s just stop talking.”

    “You really mean it? Really? Do you really think so?”

    “Puppy, I told you not to talk”

    “I was so surprised earlier that I couldn’t hear you properly. Can you say it again, please?”

    “We decided to stop talking about this, didn’t we?”

    no!

    I should have brought my phone with me. Chase apologized and even said thank you, but I couldn’t record this scene… If I had recorded it and played it every night instead of ASMR, I would have slept really well.

    “You look so energetic, puppy. You’ve come to life after being so shaky for days.”

    “Me?”

    “Yeah. If the dog is quiet, it’s suspicious, so don’t be quiet and just do what you’re doing. I feel safer when you’re noisy.”

    “No! When did I ever do that?”

    “Okay, okay. Got it.”

    I guess I’ve been gloomy without realizing it since I was admitted to the hospital. Was Chase worried about me too? What’s going on…? I muttered, and then thought about it again and realized it was natural. Chase likes me. He would always scold me and harass me, so I kept forgetting about it. But you like me, right. Black Panther? You mean you don’t? Huh? Answer me!

    “It’s just, it’s a little stuffy, but bearable.”

    As I was lost in thought, my thoughts drifted off to strange places again, so I hastily spoke. If Chase doesn’t like me, then that’s a good thing. What else does he want to confirm? Maybe it’s because of the pregnancy hormones running wild, but I’ve been feeling a lot more moody lately.

    “Yeah. Good boy, puppy.”

    “Ugh…”

    But when I looked up at Chase’s smiling face as he answered back with his eyes wide open, my heart became even more complicated. It’s so frustrating no matter what. Even though I’m under the control of hormones, isn’t this too much? If someone saw me, they’d think I had a crush on Chase, not Chase.

     

    Even during the month or so I spent in the hospital. Chase was always busy. He had just taken his final exams and submitted his thesis, so I thought he would just hang out with me, but it seemed like he had a lot. I could often hear Chase shuffling through documents late into the night, of work to do, when I was half-asleep.

    “That company can’t run without Chase. Why do they make you work so much?”

    When I, bored, slapped my papers on the palm of my hand and complained. Chase raised one eyebrow and laughed incredulously. Then, he ruffled my hair, tilted his head toward me, and whispered as if he was criticizing a bad boss.

    “My boss doesn’t do his job, so I have a lot of work to do.”

    “What? How could that be? Who is your boss? Who are you to be someone else’s… um… The baby hasn’t come out yet, but he’s going to be born soon… You’re torturing Dad like this?”

    I was thinking about what to call Chase, and my speech got long. When Yeontan is born, I will proudly call him the baby’s father, but since we are not in a relationship that can be described in one word, I keep repeating myself. The most accurate description would be, as Chase said before.

    While I was thinking such useless thoughts. Chase snapped two fingers together in front of me, making a clicking sound “You’re just blankly staring at me again. Who is my boss? It’s you, puppy.”

    “huh?”

    Yes, that was me… In both Tesati Shipping and Lucas Company, the title of ‘Chairman’ is proudly attached to my name, so I am the final decision maker. But the chairman just lies there and says he doesn’t know anything, so how frustrated must the staff in charge be…

    There was no need to guess since the actual person in charge of the work was the one who complained like this. I felt a little discouraged and answered in a crawling voice.

    “That’s… The puppy is sick right now. That’s why he can’t work. If he works, he’ll be in big trouble.”

    It’s not that I’m sick, it’s that Yeontan is sick. To be exact, Yeontan is not sick right now, but if he comes out early, there’s a chance he’ll get sick. But whether I was sick or not, if I worked myself up, I would be in big trouble. It was obvious that the company would be in shambles in no time. Even though he knew this, Chase was acting annoyingly, pulling my cheek to the side as if he wanted to harass me.

    “Oh, really? Then if you don’t get sick, you’ll work?”

    “Ugh…”

    “Are you going to do something useful?”

    “I can’t guarantee that…”

    First of all, I don’t have the ability to categorize what’s useful and what’s useless, I know that, but I still do that……. That’s why I was bored, so I picked a fight with Chase for no reason, and I ended up keeping my mouth shut without getting my money’s worth. But I have one use for myself. You can even predict the future. Even though I don’t believe in it!

    I grumbled to myself like that, but it was true that Chase was having a harder time because I didn’t know much about the company. Thinking about that made me feel depressed and slumped my shoulders. What if Chase thought of me as a burden that only causes trouble? Of course, I was a burden that only caused trouble “Look at this… If you let your guard down for even a moment, you’ll start thinking useless thoughts again.”

    But Chase glanced at me, chuckled, and suddenly closed the file. What’s going on all of a sudden? Is the work already over?

    Then……Can I suggest that we go for a walk? The weather seems perfect for having an ice cream and getting some fresh air.

    Suddenly, I felt a surge of anticipation and looked at Chase with shining eyes. Then, he started patting my cheek as if he was kneading rice cake.

    “Don’t like it, puppy.”

     

    “Huh? No, I didn’t like it.”

    “What’s that sound, that tail is wagging like a propeller? All ears are perked up.”

    “It’s strange, when did this come out again…”

    It has become much harder to hide the main body these days. According to Dr. Jeffrey, this can happen often during pregnancy because your overall physical strength decreases and your hormones tend to become unbalanced. Chase just says that I am originally clumsy and not good at controlling my main body, and he was busy harassing me even in the midst of all this.

    But it was a problem that my emotions were always exposed like this. After giving birth, I really need to take some body control classes again. I covered my ears with both hands and hurriedly pulled down the corners of my mouth that kept going up.

    So anyway, the Black Panther guy is going out with me right now? He’s not just dropping bait like this and not going!

    “Director Bruno is coming soon, so before that, let’s just…”

    “Hey! Let’s go out!”

    Let’s get out of here before the director comes! That was when he quickly answered and started wagging his tail even more enthusiastically.

    As the hospital room door opened wide, a gruff voice echoed through the room.

    “What the heck, Master, were you waiting for me? Look at the tail. How cute! Yes, yes, the director is here!”

    “…”

    “…”

    Why are you here so early? And you didn’t shake the director’s hand………..

    I muttered to myself, but I couldn’t bring myself to tell the truth to the director, who was so happy that he was running over to me and patting my tail. I held back the sigh that was about to escape and relaxed all the strength in my half-raised body.

    Going out for a walk was already a mistake. This time, the director would definitely hold onto Chase and not let him go until late at night…

     

    During that time, the director would often come and work with Chase on company affairs. While yawning in boredom, I overheard many discussions about small investments being made by the Lucas Company, and there were also several talks about Tesati Shipping, which was on a roll.

    Today, the CEO was very excited to announce that Tesati Shipping had achieved its best ever performance in the quarter.

    “Compared to the same quarter last year, this performance has increased by tens, if not hundreds of times… No, this doesn’t even make sense!

    “I guess it doesn’t make sense. Last year at this time, we were in the red.”

    “That’s right! The volume of shipping has increased significantly since the new ships ordered from shipyards a few years ago were completed. And shipping rates are at their peak these days, right? Sales are really huge.”

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