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A content sigh left Chris's lips as she let her toes sink into her fur carpet after her shower.
She was giddy—a teenager who'd been allowed to hang out with her friends for the first time—as she recalled the events earlier.
She had to admit; the day spent with Hoseok must have been one of her best that year.
It was weird, she knew she's been more carefree than usual. It seemed to come so naturally to her.
In two days with Hoseok, she'd felt a warmness she'd never experienced with any of her other friends.
Looking up at her blurred reflection on the television, she observed the small smile sitting on her lips. A smile that only seemed to grow when she thought of the new friend she had made.
Soon enough, she heard ringing and looked down to her illuminated phone screen. Dad.
"Hello?" she answered as she tried her best to mask her disdain. She never knew how these conversations would end up playing out.
"Good evening, sweetheart," his sombre voice filled the receiver, and she instantly missed him. "How have you been?"
"I'm well," switching her position to lay on her sofa, she continued, "The hotel's doing pretty good, I had this idea to partner up with some of the local businesses here so that we can give the guests ideas of how to spend their time as they're here. I think it's going great."
"I know, I saw your reports, and I'm loving the ideas."
Her smile faltered; a compliment from her father was a rarity.
"Thank you."
"I just had to ask one thing of you; you know the immense land surrounding the hotel down there?"
"Yeah?"
"I need you to convince the owners of that land to sell it to us."
There was silence.
While Chris tried to think of a response, she watched her reflection in the television. The smile turning into a frown couldn't be mistaken.
"Dad why-"
"You've been down there long enough," Chris felt the conversation coming to an end, "I think it's time you finally start to expand."
"But-"
"Okay, sweetheart, I'll fax over the documents you'll need , keep me posted, alright?"
She nodded, knowing he wouldn't see her, but knowing he wouldn't have waited for her reply either.
They then said their goodbyes, the phone going dead right after.
How was she going to talk Hoseok into selling his land? He'd grown up there, it was his life.
