Shin Hye’s heart raced as soon as they stepped into the building where Starhaus Entertainment was. The last time she was there wasn’t exactly a pleasant experience. She knew that there were things needed to be discussed, but if she could avoid meeting Min Ho’s agency as much as she could, she would.
She had been told that Starhaus staff scanned the area for reporters before they went. It was starting to get warmer, but she wore heavy clothes to hide her frame. Her agency president and manager did the same to be safe from people who might be able to recognize them.
When she got into the board room, President Jang immediately rose to greet them. Min Ho and his manager weren’t there yet. A sigh of relief escaped Shin Hye’s lips. She was nervous about seeing Min Ho. It’s been two weeks since they last saw each other, a week since they last talked. She knew she had some explaining to do, but Min Ho never gave her a chance since he never returned any of her calls.
After a few minutes exchanging pleasantries with President Jang, Min Ho and his manager walked through the door. Shin Hye locked eyes with him as soon as he walked into the room. Instead of an affectionate smile, what she saw was a blank expression on his face. Her suspicions had been right; he was mad at her. But she was still hoping he’d be warmer than this. What she felt was akin to someone was pricking her heart with tiny needles. She looked down impulsively.
‘Why didn’t you answer my call?’ Min Ho asked, sitting across her from the table.
Shin Hye paused to look around; everyone heard his question but immediately looked away as if they didn’t. She met his gaze again and realized that he was talking to her.
‘Eo? I, uhh, I was in the middle of something. Sorry,’ she replied. She hated that her voice trembled, and that everyone could hear it.
Min Ho nodded his head casually and diverted his attention to President Jang. ‘Shall we start? I have an interview in a few hours.’
President Jang opened his files and took out some papers. ‘Okay. Since your drama ended last year, we received multiple offers from different companies that wanted to get both of you as couple models. I contacted President Kim since some contracts were conditional; they wanted both of you as a set. So if one of you can’t do it, then they won’t push through with the acquisition. They had very favorable terms, to be honest. Of course at that time, we didn’t know you two were dating yet.’
President Kim nodded his head. ‘Fortunately, SALT didn’t sign right away because we had to raise Shin Hye-ssi’s asking price after the drama,’ he said. ‘I believe Lee Min Ho-ssi accepted some anyway?’
‘Yeah, we signed the contracts that didn’t specifically state that they would only get Lee Min Ho if Park Shin Hye was on board too. Most are Chinese companies.’
‘After some tweaks were done to Shin Hye’s contracts, we were ready to sign. But before we could, we found out that the two of you were dating,’ President Kim addressed Min Ho and Shin Hye. ‘If you both remember at the last meeting we had, we agreed to separate your names as much as possible. So we had no choice but to decline those offers,’ President Kim continued.
Min Ho folded his arms. ‘So what’s the problem?’
President Jang gave Min Ho a lingering look. ‘Well, there was actually one company that both President Kim and I had no trouble with, because they both offered high fees.’
‘At that time, the offer was even higher than the increased asking price we were about to set for Shin Hye,’ President Kim added. ‘So we signed on right away.’
‘Lotte Duty Free,’ President Jang stated. ‘Part of the contract was to add you both to the current list of Lotte models for the duration of a year. When we signed, both SALT and Starhaus had no problems with you two being models for the same company.’
Shin Hye’s heart raced as soon as they stepped into the building where Starhaus Entertainment was. The last time she was there wasn’t exactly a pleasant experience. She knew that there were things needed to be discussed, but if she could avoid meeting Min Ho’s agency as much as she could, she would.
She had been told that Starhaus staff scanned the area for reporters before they went. It was starting to get warmer, but she wore heavy clothes to hide her frame. Her agency president and manager did the same to be safe from people who might be able to recognize them.
When she got into the board room, President Jang immediately rose to greet them. Min Ho and his manager weren’t there yet. A sigh of relief escaped Shin Hye’s lips. She was nervous about seeing Min Ho. It’s been two weeks since they last saw each other, a week since they last talked. She knew she had some explaining to do, but Min Ho never gave her a chance since he never returned any of her calls.
After a few minutes exchanging pleasantries with President Jang, Min Ho and his manager walked through the door. Shin Hye locked eyes with him as soon as he walked into the room. Instead of an affectionate smile, what she saw was a blank expression on his face. Her suspicions had been right; he was mad at her. But she was still hoping he’d be warmer than this. What she felt was akin to someone was pricking her heart with tiny needles. She looked down impulsively.
‘Why didn’t you answer my call?’ Min Ho asked, sitting across her from the table.
Shin Hye paused to look around; everyone heard his question but immediately looked away as if they didn’t. She met his gaze again and realized that he was talking to her.
‘Eo? I, uhh, I was in the middle of something. Sorry,’ she replied. She hated that her voice trembled, and that everyone could hear it.
Min Ho nodded his head casually and diverted his attention to President Jang. ‘Shall we start? I have an interview in a few hours.’
President Jang opened his files and took out some papers. ‘Okay. Since your drama ended last year, we received multiple offers from different companies that wanted to get both of you as couple models. I contacted President Kim since some contracts were conditional; they wanted both of you as a set. So if one of you can’t do it, then they won’t push through with the acquisition. They had very favorable terms, to be honest. Of course at that time, we didn’t know you two were dating yet.’
President Kim nodded his head. ‘Fortunately, SALT didn’t sign right away because we had to raise Shin Hye-ssi’s asking price after the drama,’ he said. ‘I believe Lee Min Ho-ssi accepted some anyway?’
‘Yeah, we signed the contracts that didn’t specifically state that they would only get Lee Min Ho if Park Shin Hye was on board too. Most are Chinese companies.’
‘After some tweaks were done to Shin Hye’s contracts, we were ready to sign. But before we could, we found out that the two of you were dating,’ President Kim addressed Min Ho and Shin Hye. ‘If you both remember at the last meeting we had, we agreed to separate your names as much as possible. So we had no choice but to decline those offers,’ President Kim continued.
Min Ho folded his arms. ‘So what’s the problem?’
President Jang gave Min Ho a lingering look. ‘Well, there was actually one company that both President Kim and I had no trouble with, because they both offered high fees.’
‘At that time, the offer was even higher than the increased asking price we were about to set for Shin Hye,’ President Kim added. ‘So we signed on right away.’
‘Lotte Duty Free,’ President Jang stated. ‘Part of the contract was to add you both to the current list of Lotte models for the duration of a year. When we signed, both SALT and Starhaus had no problems with you two being models for the same company.’
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