Hush-Hush

UKNOWN

It was a pretty windy cold night and I was sitting in my apartment, finishing my work alone in silence. I really enjoyed times like this when I can feel peaceful even for just one moment, my life wasn't exactly calm even when I'm working in my computer thinking and organising everything for the next day. The silence just felt so good. I took a little rest from my work and went to the window and opened it, I felt the cold wind on my face, it couldn't feel any better. As I saw the city, my mind went blank for a minute before I heard my phone sound. It was a message from my best friend Mina.

"Jihyo, I hope you're not stressing too much, you'll do well tomorrow, fighting!"

Mina was like my sister, I always can turn to her whenever I'm feeling sad or too stressed, she can easily read my thoughts without me having to say a word.
As I kept holding my phone I received an email from my secretary.

"Miss Park, everything is ready and confirmed for your meeting tomorrow"

That's right. A very important meeting that will help my company to grow.
I still couldn't believe that I actually got this far and as I put my phone down, I closed my eyes to feel the cold wind on my face again, taking a deep breathe of it. Yes, I am Park Jihyo. The CEO of one of Korea's biggest and most important entertainment companies.

The next morning I arrived to my office rather early, I was nervous as I had a very important meeting later today, as I got my paperwork ready I grabbed my phone and saw the news headlines for today  "CEO Dating CEO?" they were talking about my personal life again, I'm tired of being in the news of this kind rather than to be in the news for my company's achievements but with the meeting I'll have later today I'm sure things will change for good.

-Miss Park, your guests are in the meeting room waiting for you.
-Thank you Minji.

As I entered the room I saw the faces of all of the CEO's I had to prove that my company was worth their support. Among all the faces around the table there was a face that caught my attention, it was a woman that I've never seen before, she had a beautiful face and she was looking at me with mischievous eyes, it kind of felt like she was challenging me.

-Ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming today, I'm Park Jihyo the CEO of this company and by the end of this meeting I can assure you that you'll want to invest in this project that I'm about to show you.
As you might already know we represent many of the biggest groups and artists in the industry but not only that, our groups and artists are getting recognition from overseas too and here is where we need your help.

When I was about to continue with my presentation I got interrupted by one of the attendees.

-So what's in for us?

When I turned around to see who made the question before I could even start I saw her face again, looking right at me with a provocative smile.

-Sorry?
-Yes, if we decide to invest in your company. What's in for us? You don't expect us to just give you our money without any guarantees right? What if your project fails to meet the expectations. We'd lose a very important amount of money.
-Of course I'll give you all guarantees, if this project fails you'll not only get your inversion back but also 10% more.

I don't know why I said that, that was too dangerous and if the project failed then I won't be only losing a lot of money but my company's reputation would be in danger too, I guess my competitive side just jumped out by seeing the way she looked at me.

-Wow. Miss Park, that's a big risk, I see you're so sure about your project you're even willing to lose not only money but your reputation as well.

As this woman said all of this I saw how all the other CEO's were silently agreeing to what everything she said, why is everyone so attentive to her, is like their decision on whether to support me or not is all depending on her and I still don't know why. I didn't even know who this woman was, all I knew is that a very important CEO from Japan emailed me to ask me for consideration for her as she'd be representing their company from now on but why does it feel like she doesn't need any of my consideration.

-Alright, I've heard enough.

The woman said while she stood up from the table. And as she looked my way with those same mischievous eyes and smile she has been doing since I entered the room.
She suddenly started walking to where I was.

-I don't need any more presentations or convincing. My company will invest in your company and I'm sure other CEO's here will too. Right?

She looked at all of the men and women in the table with confidence as if all of them were nothing but her employees. I looked at all of them kind of hoping that even just one would oppose or question her. They all agreed to invest in my company as they were told so.

-Now that we all agreed to invest in your company Miss Park, I want to make one thing clear. If this whole project fails you'll have to pay them back what you promised. But me... I have my own conditions, we will talk about these conditions another day.

She came closer to my ear and whispered.

-I'm not interested in your money.

She smiled and walked away, she was clearly provoking me but why was she being this rude and why did all these powerful men and women of the other companies were acting as her employees. After she walked out of the room everyone else stood up and started walking out behind her. I was speechless as I couldn't believe what just happened before my eyes.
When they all left I came out from the meeting room still confused about the whole situation.

-Minji, I want all the information you can find on Miss Minatozaki Sana. Everything.

I walked towards my office but didn't hear my secretary respond but instead another familiar voice...

-So what's the first thing you would like to know about me. Miss Park Jihyo...