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"Good morning, Miss Lee!"
"Hi. Good morning to you, too," said Lee Hyeon-Ju. Several familiar faces greeted her when she stepped inside the building's foyer.
Her subordinate raised his hand. "Would you like a cup of coffee? It's on me."
Lee Hyeon-Ju grimaced a little. "Coffee sounds good. But shouldn't I be the one buying it for you?"
"Eiii~, it's fine, ma'am. Let me."
Lee Hyeon-Ju's grimace was quickly replaced by a bright grin. Then she nodded as if she had no other choice. Of course, her actual thoughts were quite different from her actions.
'Nice! I just got me some free coffee!'
Considering her bank account had morphed from a place to accumulate wealth to a temporary stop in money's circulation, Lee Hyeon-Ju needed to conserve every penny!
They entered the Assembly HQ's cafe on the ground floor.
"Ma'am, what would you like?"
"Mm… Americano?"
"Warm or ice?"
"Warm, please. With syrup, too."
"Of course, ma'am."
Lee Hyeon-Ju sighed deeply while observing her subordinate head to the counter to order their coffee.
'I'm such an idiot.'
She swore to stop creating problems for herself.
Obviously, Lee Hyeon-Ju had a perfectly reasonable excuse for her current financial situation.
She liquidated her assets accrued while living under Lee Jung-Geol's roof and got a place to stay with her own money. But getting a new place meant she had so, so many things to buy.
As she didn't bother to salvage a single household item, her new home began sucking up her finances like a scary black hole!
Even so, that wasn't enough to fully excuse her overspending habits. For instance, there were always cheaper but better alternatives to choose from. And some items could be...
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