Episode 11
“Have you ever been to Busan? I co down a few tis a year for hotel managent. Since I’ve already co all this way…”
“Y Hotel seems to be a very leisurely place.”
“Well, since the chairman is still healthy, I can just learn things here and there in my spare ti.”
It was a sarcastic remark, but no matter what he said, it didn’t get through. Seung-hyun, who finally gave up on sending him back, left the hotel with Jae-young.
Like all the main characters in this novel, Jae-young was also the son of a prominent family. However, the difference from Tae-sung or Seung-hyun was that he was living a life completely unrelated to the succession structure.
Without needing to get involved in complicated political fights, he was soone who would inherit his mother’s shares in Y Hotel as they were and was set to beco the CEO of Y Hotel soday.
“I never had much interest until now, but eting a director like this seems quite fun too.”
“I told you many tis, I’m not a director anymore. And if you’re not going to tell what happened, even now…”
“That night, the bar Director Han went to was my friend’s regular bar.”
Just when he was thinking of pushing him away and running off, Jae-young finally started talking. Seung-hyun, who had been looking at Jae-young’s brazen face for a mont as he naturally opened the passenger door, thought about it and got into the car.
“Since Director Han attends all sorts of events so often, my friend also recognized the director’s face… He found it curious and contacted . It’s common to see familiar faces, but.”
Jae-young lightly shrugged his shoulders as he looked at Seung-hyun.
“Of all people, Director Han. I felt I had to see it with my own eyes to believe it, so I went there.”
“…”
He didn’t ask for such a detailed explanation. Seung-hyun made a disgruntled face and turned his gaze away from Jae-young, who was holding the steering wheel.
‘At this rate, we’ll arrive before I can hear the story properly.’
“Director Han was really there. And in a heavily intoxicated state at that.”
Jae-young continued the story slowly regardless. Although it wasn’t that he had no intention of stalling for ti, there was not a single mont that Jae-young couldn’t rember when recalling that night.
“I’ve never thought of myself as a forgettable person…”
“I rember that much too. Up until we left the bar together.”
But it was a story completely useless to Seung-hyun. In the end, unable to bear the boredom, Seung-hyun interrupted Jae-young’s story.
“And… I rember what we did too. I think you can just briefly summarize the story in between.”
“I’m not sure if I can summarize it briefly. But I’ll try.”
Jae-young spoke in a voice that sounded like he had no intention of doing so at all. After a brief pause, thinking about where to start the story, Jae-young began again.
***
“I can… drink more…”
“You’re already completely drunk, what are you talking about?”
“I used to drink ten bottles of soju alone without getting drunk, what nonsense are you… hiccup.”
He was relatively okay until he ca out, but perhaps the intoxication hit him as soon as he stepped outside, Seung-hyun’s behavior beca a little aggressive. To the point where he even started shaking Jae-young’s shoulders, making Jae-young wonder if he was dreaming.
‘Congratulations on your marriage. Director Han.’
The first place he t Seung-hyun was at Seon-hu’s wedding. Although he had a neat appearance and a relaxed smile, Jae-young could tell. That the man wanted to flip over this wedding hall right now.
Should I say it was a sense of kinship? Although it wasn’t for the sa reason as himself, he could imdiately see that underneath the smiling face, a fire was burning that could scorch his insides black.
So he was a rather morable person, but after learning that the reason was because he was in a competitive position with Tae-sung, who beca Seon-hu’s spouse, that interest quickly faded away.
‘Jae-young. What do I do?’
The mont he regained interest in him was when Seon-hu called him crying. Seon-hu was not soone who easily shed tears.
No matter the situation, he would just smile stupidly saying things would work out, so Jae-young, who knew better than anyone that he wasn’t soone to cry over trivial matters, imdiately rushed to Seon-hu.
That was the day Seung-hyun’s interference caused Tae-sung to be stranded on an island he went to for a business trip and was out of contact for days. From Seon-hu’s perspective, it was understandable to be worried, but for Jae-young, who only cared about Seon-hu in his life, it was quite a cruel thing.
After learning the full story of that incident, Jae-young beca a little more interested in Seung-hyun. However, this ti it wasn’t positive interest. It was closer to looking into him for preparation, as he never wanted to receive such a call from Seon-hu again.
Seung-hyun was originally a famous figure, so finding out about him wasn’t difficult at all. The grandson of Chairman Han, who was particularly more extre even in the chaebol society where discriminatory thinking based on traits was prevalent. Even without digging further, it seed obvious what kind of person he was.
A lone wolf who would likely survive in this brawl, living arduously while wearing a mask. Jae-young defined Seung-hyun that way.
Then, he unexpectedly discovered Seung-hyun in an unlikely place. But to see him like this. It was as if mocking all the information he had seen and heard about him recently.
The faded curiosity was ignited again. After receiving the wedding invitation from Seon-hu, a rare interesting variable had appeared in his life that had lost interest after losing the only person he cared about.
“I said I’m not drunk…”
Jae-young chuckled as he watched Seung-hyun, who was clearly dead drunk, lightly tapping his feet. Just a mont ago, he was emitting pheromones as if interested in him, but now he was whining about drinking more as if that never happened.
“If you won’t let drink… I’ll drink by myself then.”
“Wait.”
However, that smile disappeared as soon as Seung-hyun turned his back on him. It seed like a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity to let him go like this. After a brief contemplation, Jae-young finally nodded.
“What? I’m going to drink more.”
“Do you realize you’re completely drunk right now? Sigh. If you really want to drink… I know a private bar. Let’s go there.”
To have a conversation with a troublemaker who was so drunk that he didn’t even realize he was drunk, it seed this much effort was necessary. When he said he wouldn’t stop him from drinking, Seung-hyun finally nodded.
‘Well, he’s already this drunk, so even if I give him water instead of alcohol, he probably won’t notice.’
He didn’t say he would give him alcohol, so it wasn’t a lie. Seung-hyun got into Jae-young’s car without any wariness, and before long, the two arrived at Jae-young’s regular bar.
“Ugh…”
“Excuse . Director Han?”
“Ah, I’m fine. It’s okay.”
It wasn’t clearly visible at the bar because of the lighting, but seeing him in a bright place, his complexion had noticeably turned pale.
‘As expected, I shouldn’t let him drink more. If he drinks more here, forget being drunk, he looks like he might collapse.’
“Let’s go inside for now.”
Jae-young, who was familiarly guided to a room, sat Seung-hyun, who seed to be in a worse condition than a little while ago, in a seat. He didn’t know why he was insisting on drinking even in that state, but for now, giving him anything to drink would probably console him.
“I’ll have my usual, and for this custor… I think an orange juice will do.”
“What? Ah, yes. Understood.”
“Ugh…”
Jae-young glanced at Seung-hyun, who didn’t seem to be in a good condition at all. Is he really okay? Feeling a bit anxious, Jae-young approached Seung-hyun and checked his condition.
“Are you really okay? Maybe a hangover cure or sothing…”
“I’m… fine. I said this much won’t faze .”
Why does he keep being stubborn when anyone can see he’s not in a good state? Is it because he has a perfectionist tendency, so his behavior is more extre when he’s drunk? Jae-young recalled the information he recently found out about Seung-hyun.
Doesn’t smoke or drink. He drinks when he can’t avoid it, but never shows a disheveled appearance by exceeding his limit. Manages himself ticulously and has better capabilities than most dominant alphas despite being a passionate alpha.
During his school days, he was pushed aside by dominant alphas and wasn’t at the very top in grades, but he was a well-known hard worker that anyone would recognize.
Although he is inferior to Executive Director Han Tae-sung in various aspects, he still occasionally threatens him by creating a force within the company that supports him and producing results.
‘That was roughly the gist of it, but this is just…’
Is the Han Seung-hyun in front of his eyes really that director? Thinking that, Jae-young placed his hand on Seung-hyun’s shoulder.
“Ugh…”
“…Director Han?”
And at the retching sound that was different from a little while ago, Jae-young felt a bad premonition and took a step back, but it was already too late.
***
“We’ve arrived.”
“…What?”
Seung-hyun, who had been biting his nails and listening to Jae-young’s story, returned to reality in an instant. Wondering what he ant, he looked around and saw that while he was concentrating on listening to the story, the car had entered the departnt store parking lot.
‘It felt like the important part was just starting…!’
“Can’t you finish the story before we go in?”
“Ah, the brand of the shoes I threw away that day has a store here.”
At Jae-young’s words, Seung-hyun tightly closed his mouth and unfastened his seat belt. It seed he had no intention of telling the story right away.
‘But it’s my business, so it feels iffy that I can’t rember it…’
In the end, Seung-hyun reluctantly got out of the car. In order to properly find out what happened, it seed he would have to spend ti with Jae-young until this evening.
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