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3. MEETING

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"That's very good!"

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"Could you move your head a bit to the right and purse your lips even more?"

(Y/N) mentally rolled her eyes at the command from the short man making exaggerated leg and hand movements to apparently 'capture her every angle' for the past hours, nevertheless she followed his decree earning a loud 'wonderful' as a praise.

The day had been a long one, after arriving at the location for the photo shoot around 8 am and immediately starting with the first set of pictures, seeing as the time was 4 pm, she had been on her feet for about 6 hours; if you remove the break periods.

"Uh..sir, I believe that's enough for today," (Y/N) piped up upon hearing her manager speak to the photographer, "(Y/N) is yet to have anything to eat and her health is important." She concluded firmly.

(Y/N) gazed thankfully at the woman named Haneul who had been her manager since she had began working as a model.

"I suppose we could call it a day." The photographer lowered his camera with a sigh.

He turned to (Y/N) abruptly almost scaring both her and her manager "We're done for today, although I hoped we would complete the set today," he began, "PACK UP EVERYONE, WE'RE GOING HOME!" His extremely loud order made (Y/N) flinch at the noise as she glared at him silently sending daggers his way.

"Let's go, you still have a few things to do." (Y/N)'s manager told as she stepped up to her on the velvet platform.

(Y/N) nodded and proceeded to the dressing room to change.

Stepping into the warm enclosure, she gazed at her slightly unclothed form in the mirror, clad with the material of the red lacy nightgown, her phone began to vibrate on the vanity.

She peered over to see the name displayed on the screen of the device.

|JUNG HOSEOK|

She picked up the phone and clicked on the green icon and placed the phone next to her ear.

"Hello!" His bubbly voice rang on the other end.

"Hi." She answered a smile beginning to grow on her face.

"I called earlier, but there was no answer so I assumed you were still working. Are you on break?" He inquired.

"I actually just finished, sorry I wasn't available to pick your call." She apologized.

"So what's up?" (Y/N) asked.

"We're having a get together at home, me and the guys and we were wondering if you'd like to come over to loosen up after a long day at work. That's what we're planning to do."

"Oh really? I'd love to hang out. I still have to meet some people about a contract or something like that, so I'll come over immediately I'm done." (Y/N) laughed feeling more relaxed by the minute after being tense for the duration of the shoot.

"Cool. See you then! Also we received meat as a gift for a good day at the the event today so bring your appetite along!" With those words, he hung up.

(Y/N) laughed as she pulled the phone from her ear.

"Miss (L/N), are you ready?" The familiar voice of Haneul snapped her back to the reality that she was yet to change into her clothes.

"Just a minute!" She called back rising to her feet as she slid the strap of the gown down her shoulder.

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10 MINUTES LATER.
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"So who are we meeting today?" (Y/N) questioned as she trailed beside Haneul walking into a huge building she marveled at from the entrance.

"His name is James Hwang; the CEO of Epiphany, a company that creates the most requested perfume in the market, 'Ambience.'" She explained flashing the security guard her ID, they let both of them in.

"CEO? Don't we usually just meet with the chairman or the director? Why the CEO this time?" (Y/N) furrowed her brows in confusion waiting for an answer while her manager spoke to receptionist who pointed at an elevator.

"I was shocked at first as well, but then I learned that he specifically requested to be the one to meet you. I'm unsure why he scheduled you to meet with him and not one of the other staff." Haneul said as they boarded the elevator.

"I see." Maybe it was just for a job.

When they reached the top floor, (Y/N) became increasingly nervous, her manager sighed and turned to her, "Calm down, he's probably not intimidating." She reassured gently as the elevator made a 'ding' sound.

(Y/N) nodded bracing herself and peeking into the room, the elevator doors began to open revealing the most luxurious office she had ever seen in her entire life and an even more exquisite sight sat before her.

(Y/N) gulped as he lifted his head from looking at the computer before him, his hands ceasing their previous typing movements.

"Come in and have a seat." (Y/N) was blown away by the soft but firm command issued their way.

"Mr Hwang?" Haneul inquired uncertain of his identity.

"Yes." His curt answer suggested that he was an impatient man so they quickly stepped into cool room.

(Y/N) was in awe of his surreal features, he was extremely handsome and looked expensive like the CEOs you'd see in Korean dramas.

"You must be (L/N) (Y/N)," He began flashing a million dollar smile as he leaned back into his chair, " I've been looking forward to meeting you Miss (Y/N)."

"We're very hono-"

"Miss (Y/N) can speak, can't she?" Mr Hwang interrupted the manager, his eyes peering arrogantly into (Y/N)'s.

She cleared her throat, "It's an honor to be summoned by you and to meet you in person, Mr Hwang," she spoke "If I'm not being rude, could we go straight to why we're here." She explained confidently, eliciting a small chuckle form the man at her obvious newly found cockiness.

"Well Miss (Y/N), I have called you here to offer you the chance to be the face of our best selling perfume 'Ambience', we'd like to shoot an advert with you to promote the brand." He elaborated calmly, the air of arrogance never leaving his words.

"That is a great opportunity, if you wouldn't mind I'd like you to discuss the terms, payments and schedule with my manager, Haneul, seeing as she handles all my contracts and accounts." She finished looking over to her manager who still looked slightly pissed at the earlier interruption.

"I wouldn't mind." Mr Hwang smiled turning his head over to the manager urging her to speak.

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30 MINUTES LATER.
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(Y/N) laughed when Haneul let out a breath of ease as they stepped out of the still intimidating building.

"He's such an ass." Her manager whispered cautiously.

"Totally." She whispered back.

"I'll be heading back to the office, Miss (Y/N) are you on your way home?" Haneul asked as they entered the car.

"No, I'm heading to my friend's house for a little get together," she shared "It's along the way to the office so you could just drop me there."

"Sure." The manager agreed tilted over to inform the driver about the stop on the way.