~The same day~
To think of it, those old chairman's aren't here? Choi Min-Seok (Chairman of Song-Gong Company) and Han Soo-Bin (Chairman of Chin-Hwa Company) I haven't seen them since the international meet, I heard they were busy attending meetings involving a Royal performance here in Bangkok of which they are the soul handler's for the birthday party of the King of the Sukyi Dynasty of Thailand.
The Sukyi dynasty has been Thailand's ruling royal house since 1782 and continues to be treated with the utmost reverence in the country. The King Maha Ohm Thannapon took the throne in 2016 on the death of his father King Maha Vijitikorn Thannapon.
"They have a lot on their shoulders...huh?"
Next Morning-
HUSTLE~HUSTLE~
Today too there was the same chaos as yesterday,but more intensified, of course this woman is a big shot,she has turned the entire hotel upside down . Look at the terrified faces of the people working here. And there are only other handful of business-men here in this big place,no one else,no customers. For 21 days while we stay here its closed for any commoner. A week has passed now.
"Beom-Ji have they arrived yet? At what time is the meeting,you haven't given me any details?" Eric questioned his manager on phone.
"Yes Sir !they must be coming any moment. The meeting is sharp at 9 am."
"Hmm...so now it's around 8 am."
"Well about any other details, I don't know much myself Sir. Just that Mr Jun had a talk with Ms.Yuna's personal manager. And that's how we came to know her whereabouts here. And Mr.Jun requested for this meeting himself and Miss agreed to it,they have to discuss some important matters regarding this engagement. So they'll meet up here.Although I am not quite sure about the other half,whether Ms.Yuna would show up at all or have that much time to spare and wait for them." Beom-Ji responded with uncertainty to the whole meeting thing.
"Hmm...okay" Eric then hung up the call.
'Will she really show up? Well if they are getting engaged then she has to one or the other way. And isn't it strange how she wants to make all this engagement thing a top secret. No one other than us now about it. Even though this is such a huge news. The entire world would be shook. It's just unbelievable. Although the entire profit is for Jiseok Company. But is brother really okay with this? ' Eric thought to himself while sitting uptight on a big couch in his room dressed in his formal white, slim-fit high-collared shirt and navy blue trousers.
"There are too many questions in my head right now...uhhh" he said to himself.
KNOCK~KNOCK
"Room Service!"
"Come in" he demanded knowing who it was already.
"Your breakfast Sir!" the girl in the hotel's uniform said.
"Hmm..." Eric replied in a dull expression while looking at something and scrolling up on his iPhone.
"Eh? That's a dull expression." Lia broke into an informal tone.
"Hmm.." he continued,while not having his mind on place.
"AH! It's just some stress at work." He replied suddenly coming back to his consciousness.
"Hmm...I see." Lia replied while plating the dishes for breakfast.
"Something bad might happen if I don't step up and do the right thing." Eric suddenly said.
"Hmm...I don't know what's gonna happen but..." Lia replied while still busying herself with the work around, "As long as you know what you are doing is right you don't have to worry about the consequences, "You'll realize there'll be things that will go wrong but eventually everything will turn out to be good.At the end right wins over wrong. Good wins over bad--"
"--RIGHT?!" She looked up at Eric and met his eyes, he was concentrated on her words,having a calm look on his face. He smiled with the corner of his lips.
*_*
"Ha...I didn't know you can be a good person too.Giving me pep talks huh?"
"Huh? Get lost...I am going now."
She turned around leaving in a jest. But Eric stopped her by grabbing her wrist suddenly.Being startled she turned around.
"Heh?? Let Go!" she yelled.
"Thanks" Eric said while looking directly in her eyes.
~_~
Lia standing in surprise averted her eyes.And freed her wrist form his grab.
"Whatever!!"
'Somehow, even I don't know why? But her words actually released a secure feeling in my heart. A feeling that everything will be alright.'
KNOCK-KNOCK
"Sir it's me Beom-Ji" ,the voice called out.
"Ah? Ye come in."
"Sir we have a problem! " Eric's manager said with a terrified look.
"Huh? What is it now?" He glared at him in anger.
"I'll take my leave Sir." Lia interrupted them judging by the situation which clearly indicated her to leave.
"Hmm"
"Mr.Jiseok and The First (First-son) might be trapped in a traffic there seems to be some trouble caught up at Bangkok streets involving some crime."
"What does that have to do with us? Don't they know who we are?" Eric yelled at him.
"Sir Mr.Jiseok has ordered you to immediately head out to the meeting location to avoid causing any problems with Ms. Park. She is very diligent with time. This might lead to provoking her anger" his manager continued.
'Park Yuna ! Park Yuna! that's all I am hearing since I step foot on this land.'
"Ah! Whatever!" Eric replied as he was now bound by his father's orders.
"Is everything ready then?" he asked.
"Yes Sir"
"Why am I feeling so nervous?" Eric thought to himself.
Just when he head out, two attendees were standing outside the door. Mr.Kang and Mr.Saki (Lia's father?)
They both bowed down to him in respect
"We'll lead you to the place Sir" said Mr.Kang
They took Eric and his manager pass through the restricted area towards the other side of the hotel building. A broad straight passage way separated these two buildings. There were around 30 tall and huge bodyguards dressed in black suits, guarding this place.This part of the building had 53 floors all completely for the rare occasions when Park Yuna would actually arrive here,like now.
As he entered here,this place was very splendid although it was a part of the same hotel yet it had a more richer and royal feeling to it. There were yellow vintage lights everywhere making the place brighter. There were huge glass chandeliers hanging all over. The clear white flooring shunned by the shadow of the lights and wooden stairs that lead up to the 53rd floor. The setting of this place couldn't even be compared to the original hotel. While an entire floor was dedicated to her wardrobe. Another for indoor games. Another only for her diet requirements, involving cuisines from all over the world and professional chefs to prepare her meals.Another for her work space. And so on. A single person requires 53 floors of a building just for her daily needs? Well that is who exactly Park Yuna is; the owner of PARK CO-OPERATION and the richest business entity in Asia and the richest woman in the entire World having a net profit of $24 billion dollars. She dominates the whole world with her power.
"So we are on the 52nd floor?" Eric thought.
"What is this place? A heaven or what?" thought Beom-Ji the manager.
"She should be marrying a Royal prince or something...seeing her status...why does she wanna marry The First-Master?" Beom-Ji continued.
They soon arrived at the end of the floor, there was a huge two-handled-door in the middle.
Mr. Saki opened the door, "Please come in." He said.
Eric and his manager entered this place. It was a huge hall room which had a big square table right in the middle. There were many waiters and waitresses standing stern all around. There was a huge maroon colored curtain at the end that separated a part from the room.
"Please have a seat and wait here" said Mr.Kang, " As to the other Jiseok family members they have already arrived now, an assistant will attend them to this place."
As Eric sat down he felt a chill, down his spine. A weird terrific feeling. His heart was beating faster in fear.
"So Dad and Hyung have arrived?" he calmed himself and thought.
The door opened again and an old man with a straight and serious face dressed in formal suit entered along with a young tall and handsome man dressed in a black suit ,whose looks were as serious as the old man. Yet they both had a sense of fear in their eyes.
They both took seats next to Eric.
"Yes! Yes! As you say Miss." Mr.Kang said while talking on his phone.
"I am sorry but the meeting has been cancelled." Mr.Kang declared to the people present here.
"Huh???"
"Kindly apologize to Ms. Park on our behalf,we will make sure we don't repeat this mistake in the future" Jun Jiseok immediately stood up and stated while bowing down.
'As the meeting was scheduled for 9 am sharp, being 5 minutes late and she went on to cancel the meeting.How arrogant.' Eric thought.
"But our Miss wants us to continue the meeting so that's what we would do." said Mr.Kang.
'What now when she isn't even here?' he thought
Just about then the huge maroon curtain opened up slightly from a corner and a woman in the hotel's uniform appeared.She happened to be among the staff members as it seemed.
"Kim Lia?" Eric said to himself while staring at this woman.
Lia looked around at the 10-12 other staffs that stood at the corners of the room surrounding this meeting place.
She signaled by her eyes once to the people to the right side and once to the people to the left side. Indicating some order.
Lia then gradually stepped ahead and out of the room,her hands in front on top of each other,while all the other staff followed her. Including Mr.Saki,her father.
The only people now left in the room were Eric, his brother, his father and Mr.Kang along with a lady attendee who seemed to be a lawyer.
"So shall we begun as by the orders of our Miss, there are certain rules you need to know about before signing an official contract for the engagement with Park Yuna. Although these rules are more personal, we expect you to consider it more important than any other official statements." The lady lawyer exclaimed.
She continued on with the 'Before you sign the contract' rules.
"The first and foremost rule: No matter what happens the engagement will be a private one. And by no means is it to be publicized;that is this contractual engagement shall remain an absolute secret until Miss decides to reveal it herself. *There should be no photographs or videos taken during the time period. If by any ways the news is leaked out in public ,the contract will automatically drop and lead to demerits of the fellow party. *It shouldn't be a surprise to the client if the contractor fails to show up at any family or important events or meetings even the contractors own engagement. *Further more the client upon signing this contract in the future will be completely deemed to cancel or drop of the engagement in between, that right is reserved only to the contractor. *The engagement is fully established on business principals and involves no personal relation or sentiment towards the client. *The contractor has the right to decide; where it wants to stay, and whether to live together or not. *After the engagement according to agreements both the party's will fulfill it's promises regarding all the financial matters."
"And an extra warning based on our experience to you, Miss hates people who break promises." The woman said in a scary voice
'Is this an engagement happening or is someone making a business deal. Is this woman crazy. I don't get it. What is my brother up to? Rather than 'Before signing the contract' its more like ' Before becoming slaughtered to be eaten up by Park Yuna. Even being here is suffocating to me how is Hyung gonna live with that woman?' Eric thought while he was filled with annoyance.
'As to my dad he was just sitting stern on his chair with an expressionless look, like always, it's hard to know what's in his mind. He seemed to pretty much agree to anything and everything as long as it brings profit to his company,even if it means sacrificing his own son.'
"So is there any thing else we need to know about?" Jun questioned.
"For now this is it. You can sign the pre-contract now or you may reconsider things and sign it later if you want to." she said.
"I'll sign it now itself." Jun Jiseok rose and declared.
"Hyung?" I whispered to him with a confused look.
At least give it some thought!
' I could've reach out my opinions to him, but like he ever cared about them. Before I could know Hyung took a pen and signed on all the pages flipping it forward and forward. Dad said nothing while he could, I wanted to say so many things but I couldn't. '
"DONE!"
Eric Jiseok let out a sigh of grief as he saw his brother giving in himself for the sake of his dad's evil plans for profiting their company.
"There you have it now Hyung,becoming a sacrificial lamb, you've chained yourselves by your own actions."
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"AND HERE I WAS,UNKNOWN TO EVERYTHING,EVERYTHING;EXCEPT YOU, OR SO I THOUGHT."