"Uncle..." Hani hesitantly said and Min-Hoon averted his attention to her. Unlike his sons, he had a smile while facing her. "Yes." he said in a very tender voice.
"I have changed my course into online sessions and will continue to take classes from home if you are fine with it." she was fidgeting her fingers in nervousness. Unlike her father, Min-Hoon had a very strict aura so she was feeling self-conscious.
"That is very good, you can do whatever you want as long as it would not affect your health." Hani smiled hearing that and thanked him while bowing her head slightly.
Ji-Hoon looked at her and then at Tae-Hoon. He just shook his head and concentrated on his breakfast. He still was thinking that those two were not a good match at all.
...
"Ji-Hoon, Parks were cheated by their current consumers. So, they have arranged a meeting with many companies. We are able to be a part of the meeting because of our name. It is your first task to come up with a great proposal. We can't lose this deal. They have a great quality in their herbal products." Ji-Hoon nodded as his father kept guiding him.
"You will be given your own team for this project and I will not be with you during the meeting. You have been to many business deals with me. I hope you will prove yourself to be the best candidate for the next CEO in front of all the shareholders." he placed his hands on Ji-Hoon's shoulders.
"I will do my best father." he gave a professional smile as they proceeded towards their office.
...
"Mr. Shim, I can't tell you how excited I am to work with you." the manager of the main branch of Shim Hotels was licking Dong-Hoon's a** and he was not liking it a bit.
"Mr. Yang, what did my father tell you?" he was standing handsomely and both of his hands in the pockets of his trousers.
"He told me to make you aware of every single thing related to all the branches." the manager was blinking in confusion at Dong-Hoon's obvious question.
"...then we should not waste our time like this, you know how my father cherishes time." he said while brushing the non-existent dust of the manager's nametag. The manager swallowed understanding his words and proceeded towards the office.
...
"Tell meeeee." Yoon-Hwa was pestering Se-Young as her mood was off since she stepped into the kitchen.
"You will get to know yourself." Se-Young said getting annoyed. "and go, do your work or you will become a dishwasher instead of climbing towards the executive post." she gave an evil smile to her friend.
Yoon-Hwa hit her head and walked away from her. "Ahhh, your hand is so heavy chubs." Se-Young groaned, rubbing her head to ease the pain.
...
The manager was now introducing the main staff to the new Hotelier and it was now Kitchen's turn.
Dong-Hoon entered the kitchen following the manager, examining every single detail and biting his lips in frustration over the sight of his passion. Manager asked for all the three executive chefs and they came towards them, one of which was Se-Young. Both of them knew that was going to happen and just rolled their eyes away just like the morning.
"Chef Han Ji-Soo, Chef Hong Chang-Min and lastly Chef Lee Se-Young." he introduced them to Dong-Hoon while he was thinking about how to piss off the girl in front of him.
"We will be having some new arrangements in the staff as Mr. Hong will be retiring next month." the manager mentioned so Dong-Hoon will be aware of the upcoming changes.
"Everything is fine but, why do we have such a young and inexperienced chef as one of the executives." Everyone was shocked at what he just said. The other two chefs were looking at her with worry in their eyes, while she just stood there without having any expressions on her face.
"S... sir, she is young but not inexperienced and she has won multiple awards in classical cooking competitions and she is quite renowned in her field. You can ask any of the staff." the other two chefs standing there started nodding their heads in approval while she still had that ignorant look on her face.
And Dong-Hoon did not get what he wanted, he wanted her to get annoyed and act out so he can call her childish and immature but she just stood there not minding whatever he was saying. "That is not for you to decide Mr. Yang, I will get to know how much experienced she is by myself." he turned and left the kitchen while the Manager gave a sorry look at Se-Young and rushed after the new Hotelier.
"Don't get discouraged my child, once he tastes your pastry, he will come to you and kiss your God-gifted hands." Se-Young slightly chuckled at Mr. Hong's statement, he would not know that even if she prepared the King's feast, Dong-Hoon would still act the same.
The scenario was like going to be two enemies working in the same place.
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~A few days later~
Ji-Hoon entered the conference room along with two of his team members. Many other businessmen were also present to propose their deals, all the competitors in one place.
A few minutes later Park Yoo-Chun entered the conference room, followed by three people and lastly, Yoo-Na. Ji-Hoon was flabbergasted and cursed himself in his mind as he had completely forgotten that she was Yoo-Jin's sister.
Yoo-Na looked here and there if someone had their eyes on her and when she found the clear path she winked at Ji-Hoon who was looking at her since she came into the room. He rolled his eyes, exhaling deeply. 'Relax Ji-Hoon, relax. Just focus on your work.' he kept reminding himself.
The suppliers (Park’s team) were seated after all the formalities and now it was the time for the meeting to start.