Acquaintance | Xiaojun

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posted ; january 20, 2019

[third person]

"Aren't you excited, Yeri?" Hyuni asked, peering quickly to her side to see her client concentrated on her phone. A small sigh escaped her lips before they curved up into a smile and her eyes quickly focused on the road. "You're going to be on the cover of Vogue! This is it! The breakthrough of your career!"

"Yeah, I'm sure it had nothing to do with that article they messed up and the boycott from the rest of the industry," Yeri replied with a small annoyed look. She let out a sigh as she brushed through the bangs of her hair, "Must have been hard to get the gig, with everyone fighting not to work with them."

"Look Yeri, I'm really sorry, bookings have been slow." Hyuni apologized, a small frown appearing on her face. She had let her client down a few times, and finally, with her client being on Vogue's magazine, a star was going to be made. "We're trying-"

"It's been three years since I made my modelling debut with your agency!" Yeri cries out, harshly cuts her off, anger slowly rising in her. She had been holding her patience in but today set her off to a bad mood which resulted in her losing her temper. "The most exposure you've gotten me was that dumb commercial for diarrhea pills!"

Hyuni bit her lip to prevent herself from lashing out. It was not entirely her fault since plans often changed around last minute and all the goods for her model were pushed back which made her star in commercials instead. "But that was the past! This is your big break!"

"Yeah, whatever. Drop me off here."

"But Vogue is a few blocks away-"

"That's too bad, I quit." She announces.

"Are you shitting me right now?" Hyubi yelled in disbelief, driving the car to the side and stopping in the process, shaking her head repeatedly. This was possibly the worst thing that could happen right now. She had finally made room for her model to start her modelling debut with the biggest and well-known magazine company. The amount of time and stress and effort she put in to finally get it, only to have her model quit. "I promised them I would bring a model." She spoke in a calm tone.

"I'm sure you have other rotting talents in the agency to cover for me," Yeri tells her. She paused for a second before a sly grin placed on her face. "I get that you're trying really hard to keep your father's company running, but it's not happening. Toodles!" She sends her a wave before blowing her a kiss and exiting out of the car.

It was truly a shame for her to walk out like that. This was going to be a tough situation for Hyuni because she couldn't do anything about it. She can't force Yeri to stay and model for her when all her three years in trying to become a model went downhill and ended up doing irrelevant things. It did not help that she was the last talent they had at the agency. She was indeed doomed.

She let out another sigh before her phone started ringing. She pulled out her phone. "Hello? Lee Artiste Agency speaking!"

"You're five minutes late!" The man's voice who belonged to the photographer shouted, the anger and impatience in his voice were evident, "We can't begin the shoot without you!"

Slight panic hits Hyuni as she let out another breath. She couldn't cancel and tell them that her model had quit on her, that would sound too unprofessional. "We're on our way." She tells them before ending the call.

"What am I going to do?" She muttered repeatedly to herself, resting her head on the steering wheel. The words that escaped out of Yeri's mouth echoed around her head and she was right. Hyuni's dad's company is doomed.