Choice and Chances

VIII: Coming Clean

VIII:

2020

Breaking: Rumors about Shin Hye Sun and Lee Je Hoon's relationship was all a play plus statement from the person claiming it.

"How can you let this happen?" The CEO of Hye Sun's management angrily demanded for explanation.

Hye Sun was called soon as the news reached to her management's head. It has been half an hour since the news broke out.

Hye Sun could only bow her head in dismay. A lot of things was running in her mind. What will her fans feel? What will happen to her career? How can she explain this to her family? Those were few of what has occupied her mind. She couldn't even care what the head was fuming right at the moment.

Her manager spoke instead. "I'm sorry, I thought we could talk it out with Mrs. Park," she too bowed her head as an apology.

"So you knew about this? You knew someone knows about the whole thing, and you didn't even dare to tell me?" He was angry. He was disappointed. "And you thought to handle it yourselves. Of all things, you tried to handle this big issue. Were you even thinking!" He exclaimed as he pointed to both woman seated in front of him.

"I was the one who didn't take this seriously and asked Unni to not make a big deal out of it." Hye Sun defended her manager in a very low tone.

"This was not a big deal to you, then what is?"

"Not until Unni found out who she was."

"And you still didn't tell me?"

"I was about to but she called me asking to meet." Her manager reasoned out.

Flashback

"What should we do now?" Her stylist asked now that she knew who was behind these act.

"Of course we'll forward this to the CEO." Her manager decided. "I'll go to his office later."

Not long after their discussion, a message was received by Hye Sun's manager. It said,

"Meet me at the coffee shop in front of Sky Hotel, 5pm. I knew you already know me by now."

"If you want to negotiate don't get your company involved."

The manager lightly gasped. "She has her eyes on us."

"What do you mean?"

"She asked to meet. She even got my number."

"I'll go with you," Hye Sun said firmly.

At the coffee shop an hour later. Hye Sun and her manager were waiting for the person who asked them to meet.

After five minutes a woman approached them and took a seat opposite Hye Sun's. She didn't wait for anyone's invitation and took the seat as she pleased. No one cared, it was not a friendly meeting in the first place.

"I'm not gonna lie and thank you for coming, because you should be the one thanking me for sparing you some time to try change my mind." She said arrogantly without a pause.

Hye Sun's manager crinkled her nose, "What do you mean?"

The woman's brow quickly perked up. She rolled eyes short after, as if saying are-you-dumb. "I'll give you five minutes to convince me to shut my mouth. Reasons or threats, be it."

"Why are you doing this?" The manager asked.

"You know very well why."

"What do you want?" Hye Sun asked sharply.