Foreign private equity funds that had already caught wind of it quickly swooped in, and with no domestic companies willing to bid for the expensive hotel, it was left without any offers.
“If it’s sold to a private equity fund, the hotel will be dismantled like it’s nothing. Experienced employees have already started to leave.”
Suna raised her head as if indicating a big problem.
“Incredible… How can they decide to sell the hotel so easily? Our hotel is one of the most reputable hotels in Korea. Isn’t there any word from the union?”
Sehee asked with concern about unexpected news.
“With the current situation, what loyalty can there be? It’s hard enough for me to survive. And, by the way, that Yoon Ye-ri’s father, Executive Yoon, seems to be in a frenzy to join forces with the Wales Group that has entered the bid.”
“Wales Group?”
“Yes. If it weren’t for the Evans Group, it would have been a global company that could have dominated the world hotel industry. Do you know it?”
“Yes? Yes… I know.”
Just hearing the name “Evans” made Sehee astonished.
Now, it seems that I react like this just by hearing that word.
“It seems that they’ve applied for the bidding for our hotel over there too. Everyone is hoping for Wales to take over, but even if they do, it’s under the condition of reducing the workforce by more than 30%. Anyway, there’s a lot of talk.”
Manager Kim furrowed his brow.
“…Restructuring seems unavoidable.”
Coincidentally, Sehee’s face also hardened.
“That’s probably the case. Those people will also come over to our side. But right now, that’s not the problem.”
There was annoyance in Suna’s voice.
“Thanks to Executive Yoon acting like the vanguard for Wales, Cha Hyojun is acting all high and mighty now. He’s being carried on everyone’s shoulders like he’s an executive. This assistant should be aware of it.”
Suna looked at Sehee with a worried expression.
“Now even Manager Yang is watching Assistant Manager Cha’s every move? Unbelievable.”
Seeing Manager Kim’s unpleasant expression, it was obvious what Hyojun had been up to.
“You must have had a hard time. Thank you for letting me know.”
“Thanking me won’t change anything. It’s all I can do. Well.”
As if frustrated, Suna silently grabbed a new beer can.
“Consider changing jobs. With your abilities, it might be easier over there.”
Suna subtly emphasized the idea of changing jobs.
“Yes. I’ll calmly look into it.”
Sehee nodded.
Her emotions regarding Kyle weren’t sorted out yet, and returning to the company, she was hit with an enormous storm.
Sehee let out a deep sigh.
“But where did you go for a trip?”
Looking at the suitcase left unattended next to the entrance, Suna asked.
“Yes. I went on a cruise.”
Suddenly, Suna spewed out the beer she was drinking.
“A cruise?”
Wiping the beer that sprayed her mouth, Suna looked at Sehee with a surprised expression.
“Yes. I went on a Mediterranean cruise. I could travel to various places like Santorini in Greece, Naples, and Rome in Italy.”
As memories of the trip came back, a faint aura enveloped Sehee’s face, thinking of Kyle.
“No way… during that trip?”
As if questioning if the words Sehee said in the emergency room were true, Suna asked.
“Yes. We met there. We’ve broken up now, though.”
Sehee spoke with a voice full of lingering emotions.
“Was it true?”
At Suna’s astonished question, Sehee silently nodded.
“Because of Cha Hyojun, it’s fortunate that it didn’t happen, but still, it’s not great to be involved in a failed relationship.”
As if cautioning against any harm, Suna scolded.
“I was the one who initiated it.”
Emphasizing that it wasn’t because of Hyojun, Sehee said.
“What? Why did you break up?”
“Well… um…”
“Do you have a picture or something? What kind of guy was he? Huh?”
Suna kept prying, curious about Sehee’s new connection.
“He was a perfect man in every aspect.”
Sehee’s expression as she spoke was already tinged with longing.
“A perfect man? Show me a picture. Do you have one? Huh? You do?”
As if extremely curious, Suna nudged Sehee.
“Well, I do.”
Since it was already the end of their relationship, Sehee couldn’t showcase it to Suna as if boasting.
“Yeah. If it’s not a fated connection, there’s nothing you can do. Especially when it comes to marriage. It seems like true connections must be made. Just tell this sister and forget about it. Anyway, thanks to you, I’m glad I got rid of Cha Hyojun.”
Suna spoke loudly, as if feeling refreshed.
“How did you meet? Were you fellow travelers on the same trip?”
Considering whether to answer everything truthfully to Suna’s question, Sehee hesitated for a moment.
“He was a person who boarded for business reasons.”
But she vaguely explained about Kyle.
“For business? Not for a trip? Oh… so?”
Suna sparkled her eyes, approached Sehee, and sat down.
Sehee, who had been fiddling with her phone, cautiously searched for a photo.
And she showed it to Suna.
“Oh my goodness. Is this the guy? Am I really drunk? He doesn’t look like a human. Is he really a person breathing under the same sky as us? You fell for a guy like this?”
Looking at the photo on Sehee’s phone, Suna, who seemed quite drunk, blinked her eyes in disbelief.
Heh, Sehee burst into laughter.
“He’s really handsome, isn’t he? From the first time I saw him, I felt my heart tremble. I’ve never seen a man with such a perfect appearance in my life.”
How surprised she had been when she first saw him.
Thinking of that moment, a smile involuntarily spread across Sehee’s face.
“His eye color is like the deep sea of the Mediterranean, mysteriously blue.”
“Blue? Yeah… that’s really fascinating.”
As if understanding only now, Suna looked more closely at the man in the photo.
“The bone structure is extraordinary, right? His height must be really tall, huh?”
“Yes. Since he’s more than a head taller than me. Around 190 centimeters? I think so.”
“190 centimeters? Amazing. These shoulders are broad. He’s totally a physical beast.”
“I wore a swimsuit at the pool party, and I caught the attention of all the women at the event pool.”
“A swimsuit?”
Suna, imagining while listening, got even more excited.
Splash.
Huh?
Startled by a strange sound effect, Sehee looked at Suna.
“And, and? The swimsuit, the next part. Move on. Quickly. Right now. Snappily.”
“Yes?”
Confused, Sehee moved a bit away from Suna.
“You said to connect the story… Haah. You even came to the swimsuit part. What’s next?”
Whether Suna decided to ask directly, she approached Sehee, who had stepped back.
“You said he’s a perfect man in every aspect. And our Director is an adult, right?”
Suna’s gaze strangely flickered.
Only then did Sehee realize what Suna wanted to hear, and her face turned red.
“Man, Manager. My head suddenly hurts. Dizzy and all.”
Sehee, feeling uncomfortable with that gaze, made up an excuse.
“Really? Did you feel dizzy and stuff back then?”
However, Suna, not giving a chance to escape, smiled excessively, firmly holding Sehee’s arm as she tried to leave.
“It’s okay, Manager. No, Sehee. Unni. To me, Unni. You can tell me comfortably. Huh? Comfortably. Tell me everything without leaving out any details?”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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