Chapter 123: Maybe I should look at the content with someone

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Chapter 123: Maybe I should look at the content with someone "I didn’t know my master had a habit of eavesdropping." "It’s not called eavesdropping if you know I’m there." Seo-Jun said as he walked forward, towards me. He stopped behind me, his energy looming over me quite ominously. He looked down at me with his hand underneath my chin, very close to strangling my neck, and pushed my head back so our eyes could meet. "I’m expecting a ’thank you for helping me’ from you." He said, and I rolled my eyes away exhaustedly. He was too much. "Thank you for helping me." I said in a half-assed and unintentional tone while not looking him in the eye. "That’s not how you do it." He said and leaned down, his lips curling up in that annoying smirk. "Your words don’t sound sincere at all." Of course. It’s because I’m not being sincere. Even though he did help me and I was a little bit touched, I don’t think sincerely thanking him will lead me anywhere. If anything, his head would become bloated with pride, and he would start making demands. "What is sincerity?" I asked him, but then he went silent. He looked at me with his lips twisted and then let go of me, scoffing as he raised his body and headed in the other direction. Did that simple question cause him to give up? "I’m going to take a nap." He simply said. "Oh," he suddenly paused and turned his feet, turning towards me as he said, "Don’t forget to check what I left you in the camera." There was this rather sly look on his face as he said this, and it made me remember the word, ’procuress’, for some reason. He was up to something, and I looked at the camera next to me. Just what had he put in the camera? Was this enough sign to make me not take rh bait? Definitely. But at the same time, it was a sign that he was up to something, and I was curious. Incredibly curious. I definitely shouldn’t have listened to him because he was so eager to make me look at the content of the memory card. ’I seem to be forgetting something.’ I thought, my mind fuzzing a bit. It seemed like a rather important note and something that had to do with this camera, but it was slipping from my mind as if it wanted me to take the bait. "Maybe I should look at the content with someone. I don’t want to be shocked to death by what I might see." I said to myself as I picked up the camera. I had already cost myself some trouble when my caution became laced, and I ran to the library alone, so it’s best to make up for that and stick to at least one of my masters in everything I do from now on. Especially if it had something to do with Seo-Jun. After Hyun-woo chased everyone away before my check-up, I believe Ki-hoon and Min-Cheol went up to their room to finish up some work that could be done with their laptops. They must’ve assumed Seo-Jun would also go to work, too, but nope. He stuck around. Seo-Jun was the only one who loitered around even when Hyun-woo said to give me some space and not cause me to pass out from their gazes, yup. That was what he said at the time. Quite bold, and Seo-Jun could not understand why he had said that since he hadn’t heard enough stories on the happenings of this house to figure it out, so he decided to stick around and watch what Hyun-woo was up to. And that was how he heard what Cha Hyun-woo had to say and still stuck around afterwards. I’m sure he thought, ’I was right. This bastard was up to no good, that was why he sent us away.’ But he was mistaken. In any case, he seemed jobless. He said he was going to take a nap. Shouldn’t he be working or something? How could an Alpha, the head of a company and prominent family, be jobless? I wondered this as I made my way up the stairs, and then I saw April. "Oh, hi, April." I said, and she bowed her head lightly. Same with the other maids who accompanied her. "May’s here too." May specifically bow her head. I looked at the other maids. Hm, should I give them names after all? Their faces weren’t exactly distinct. It was more like they had the side characters’ features. They could blend as wallflowers and never be noticed, no matter where they go. Okay, maybe that sounded harsh, but that was my honest opinion on their appearance. I shouldn’t be judging people in my mind. Let me stop now. "There are three of you," I said, referring to the other three maids with May and April, the ones I hadn’t named. Since I always saw them around me when they took care of me, I guess giving them names would be a good way to improve our relationships. Will they blush slightly with their ears the way May and April did when I gave them names? It was rather cute. "You," I pointed at the one nearest to April. "I’ll give you June." I said, and her eyes widened in shock. Okay, so maybe it was because I was lazy to come up with actual names, but I also felt these names were cute. Months of the year with a single or double syllable were easy to pronounce and remember. I couldn’t exactly see myself calling out, ’Hey, December.’ It sounded so weird and funny at the same time. It was as if I was calling out for the end of the year. "And you," I pointed at the other. "July." She also had the same reaction as the first. I pointed at the last one. "And you will be..." I gave it a little thought, reciting the months of the year in my head, and came up with a name. "Ember." Don’t judge me, I simply couldn’t think of calling her ’March’. It sounded too weird and a bit rude. Maybe I was the only one thinking that way, but that’s just what I thought. So, instead of that, I gave the generalized ’Ember’ representing all ember months starting from September to December. I did good, didn’t I? The maids suddenly bowed their heads at me at a 90-degree angle, which startled me a bit. It was so sudden. "Thank you, master." They chorused. Their reactions were just like April’s and May’s. It seems... Getting a name was a very big deal to them, and they were very appreciative. "It’s fine." I said, smiling as I waved my hand slightly. "I hope we get along well in the future because I’ll continue to be in your care."

Chapter 123: Maybe I should look at the content with someone

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