"Are you sure you're alright?" Yunhee asked Haeun with worried eyes, the latter nodding her head a few times before giving her best friend an assuring smile.

"I'm really alright! I was just scared, you're being too worried." Haeun patted Yunhee's shoulders.

But how could Yunhee not be worried?

Her friend got treated like trash by her ex-boyfriend just recently and with this now happening, it's really bad luck!

Haeun blinked her big eyes a few times before smiling wider.

"You're going to be late you know, you have only three minutes left." Haeun spoke while holding her phone in front of Yunhee's face. "I'm alright since I'm the boss but you're just an employee..."

Yunhee's eyes widened as a soft gasp escaped her, her right hand holding her handbag tightly.

"I'll talk to you later!" Yunhee said before she quickly dashed away, her heart beating strongly against her chest because she was scared she would arrive too late for work.

She had never been a sports person so she was quickly out of breath yet she ran through the doors of her company doors, quickly holding her working badge in front of a black machine.

-BEEP-

The young woman sighed heavily, fishing for her phone in her chestnut colored bag.

"Just on time!" she smiled helplessly, walking towards the stairs to get on the second floor where her department works.

While climbing up the stairs, she couldn't help but think of the strange car accident earlier.

With the speed those two cars were driving, it's almost impossible for them to see clearly if they were hitting people or not with their cars, yet there was not only no injured people, the two cars abruptly crashed against each other and came to a halt.

'That suited man... Why do I keep thinking of him?' Yunhee thought, dropping herself on her comfy desk chair while opening her computer.

"You're almost too late. We're starting the meeting." Yunhee's chief said, her long eyelashes pointing towards the young woman while her scarlet lips were pressed together.

Yunhee quickly grabbed her laptop and followed her chief to the meeting room where other employees were already waiting.

"For a meeting, even if ti's after lunch, I ask you to arrive earlier instead of making us wait." one of her collegues complained.

"I'm sorry for being late, but instead of attacking me, you can ask for the reason too." yunhee retorted, sitting down on the black chair meant for her.

The commercial company's chief looked at Yunhee with arched eyebrows.

"Explain, Yunhee." she spoke, setting down her papers.

The young woman looked away from her nemesis and sighed lightly.

"I was on my way back when a car accident happend. I and a friend of mine escaped being hit just with a few milimeters." Yunhee explained, her index finger and thumb almost touching each other to show just how close she was in being hopsitalized.

"Stop being a dramaqueen. You look absolutely fine." the young woman with brown locks till her shoulders, scoffed and shook her head in disbelief.

"Pay attention, Byul,... I just explained I barely escaped it." Yunhee grumbled, wanting to strangle this person that always made her lose her sanity when she opened .

The young woman called Byul sighed, shaking her head again.

"And do you have proof?" 

"That's enough." Chief Park sighed while rubbing her temples, feeling a headache rising. "We're starting the meeting." she added, looking at someone who nodded her head and went to the front of the dark room, her right hand holding a powerpoint remote while her left hand were giving the others some hand-outs.

"For the new flavor of the fruit wine, I had the idea of making a photoshoot in a big ballroom." the woman started, pointing to the powerpoint slide.

Yunhee glanced at the slide after taking a look of the hand-outs.

"The promoter can be a woman and a man, both dressed very formal and shining, adding some golden props to the background for a more shining effect. I have three scenarios in mind." the speaker said, changing the slide again to a beautiful emerald colored dress with crystal jewelries.

"The first color that popped into my mind is this shade of green. If it is used on satin fabric it will bring a luxury feeling."

"Isn't this a bit too cliche?" Byul sighed while tapping her fingers on tje table lightly.

Her eyes were slightly narrowed as she looked at the speaker.

"I'm just saying that this ballroom kind of concept really is overused."

"It's a luxury brand, how else am I going to portray it?"

Byul shrugged her shoulders.

"Simply giving my thoughts, don't ask me."

Yunhee looked at Byul, having the urge to strangle her.

"The other scenario that I thought of is going for a darker concept, of having a femme fatale enjoy the fruit wine." the speaker continued after a soft sigh.

The slide on the screen showed a few seductive models with dark colored shadesof clothing and jewelries.

'Looks like a snake spirit.' Yunhee mused in her head, recalling an online novel she had read recently about a snake spirit seducing young men to goble them up right after.

"The third and last idea that popped in my mind is getting out of the ballroom and actually having the wine in a garden outside of a castle or fort while sunbathing. Like this it will be a bit more refreshing." the speaker said, glancing at Byul who rolled her eyes at her.

"I like the ideas, I think they're really good and fits the brand of the new fruit wine." Yunhee commented, flipping through the handouts a few times before nodding her head again.

"You always say it's good. We're nothing with your feedback." Byul sighed, shaking her head in a disapproving way.

Yunhee wanted to strangle the woman but tried to keep her cool, ignoring the retorts the woman was making.

"Do you have any models in mind?" Chief Park asked, nodding her head in approval.

She was satisfied with the presentation unlike Byul who only rolled her eyes.

"I've already contacted a few model agencies."

"How about renting a palace so we have the gardens as well? Like this we can utilize it completely and have the model or models do each concept? It'll be interesting for the public and reach wider." Yunhee commented.

"Yes, that's a good idea. Yunhee, help her with the models, you can be the assistant."

"Yes." Yunhee smiled, nodding her head happily.

"Chief! Why are you letting Yunhee help with this commercial?!" Byul complained loudly.

"You didn't like the idea, so we're not having you work on it." chief Park answered simply and pointed at someone else who was getting his presentation ready, for another commercial idea.

Yunhee couldn't help but chukle, Byul having heard this and shooting her an angry glare.

Byul was obviously dissatisfied but Yunhee wasn't too bothered with it.

"We're getting a complaint from a customer for the twentiest time for the past three days already. We really don't know what to do anymore." a hotel staff member spoke to Minseok and Baekhyun, the two young men, one dressed in a casual suit and jeans while the other was wearing a dark tael colored suit, glanced at each other.

Chanyeol, their best friend, was the owner and big boss of this hotel, Universe Hotel.

They, Xiumin and Baekhyun were right beneath Chanyeol but easier to talk to than the big boss of this luxury hotel.

"This customer complained about not being able to get the suit he wanted but he forgot to make a reservation and the suit is already being used by a just married couple. Then he complained about the luxury room he got with a discount to be too small and how the interior has bad taste and how the television was hung too low on the wall!" another female hotel worker added, sighing deeply while shaking her head.

"He even broke the toilet and actually dared to give the hotel the fault after he kept throwing in wet tissues, not to forget that he change dhis thoughts thrice after calling room service and blaming the hotel staff for being inadequate." the first hotel worker continued, a dejected look in his eyes.

"Throw him out." Chanyeol spoke lightly, like it wasn't even his business.

Baekhyun sighed greatly and shook his head like a mad man.

"Yeol! Can you please not forget that this is still your business? You want the customers to be unhappy and write bad reviews on different online platforms?"

"The hotel people are doing their best to accomedate and they kept being friendly, if the customer is searching for trouble then shouldn't he be kicked out?" the tall boss explained, only to get disapprovement filled eyes from his two friends.

"Even if we're unhappy, we can fix it in another way instead of physicially kicking him out." 

"Fine, but only one more day; If it still keeps being like this, we don't need customers like his kind." Chanyeol spoke bitterly before walking away.

The tension decreased with Chanyeol walking away which made the hotel staff breath out in relief.

"Try to solve things that can be done and be flexible. If things still get out of hand, tell one of us." Xiumin spoke in a calm yet serious tone.

"We have understood." the hotel staff workers nodded their heads before busying themselves with their tasks again.

This wasn't the first time that they encountered difficult customers, especially with a luxury hotel, it wasn't rare for rich people to act like they owned the world and could ask and demand like they wished.

But they were still a business.

All the staff were professionally trained but human nature was something one couldn't control, neither them of the fox clan could keep their emotions and thoughts in control like a robot.

"This scent..." Baekhyun sniffed in the air as a young woman passed the two foxes.

He turned his head and looked at a long haired brunet walk passed them and stopping at the front desk.

"What is it?" Xiumin asked, glancing at the twoman before looking with raised eyebrows at his friend.

"I smelled it at the accident earlier... She has a special floral scent." Baekhyun spoke before shrugging his shoulders.

How could he control his sensitive smell?

He was simply interested in this rare found floral scent.

"Let's go find chanyeol." Xiumin didn't continue to chit chat at the hotel lobby and took the initiative to walk away with Baekhyun quickly following him.

At the front desk stood Yunhee, her dark brown hair scattered behind her shoulders as she waited for the person at the desk to talk to her.

"Good day, miss. How can I help you?"

Yunhee smiled friendly, her hands on top of the marmer desk and clasped together.

"Hello, I'm from the commercial company, Star Commercials. We are recently working on an alcoholic beverage commercial and are searching for a good place for photoshooting. Is it possible to rent the castle and the gardens of Universe Hotel's event places?" 

The hotel staf member took the name card Yunhee had given to her by sliding it over the front desk, always keeping a polite and professional smile.

"I will note down your request and ask the higher ups if it is possible. Normally, it shouldn't be a problem since te castle grounds are used by the hotel for weddings and such. But because it is not inside the city and impossibility to rent only certain spaces, your commercial company can only rent the entire place." the lady at the front desk explained slowly and clearly.

Yunhee quickly nodded her head as she pointed at the name card she had given earlier.

"You can contact me with the cellphone number on the naecard. Please let me know even if it's not possible. As for the price...is it possible to maybe decrease it a little bit? In return StarCommercials will give discounds of our services for Universe Hotel to use." Yunhee spoke in a soft and friendly tone.

The lady of the front desk nodded her head and place the namecard on the inner table of the front desk.

"I will remember to tell this to the manager. We will contact you." 

"Thank you." Yunhee smiled and happily turned away before sttling on a couch at the lobby.

She couldn't help but be in awe of this place.

Ever since she started working for Star Commercials, she had seen many places for photoshoots and commercial media, but this was still one of the few times where she thought she had to walk around with socks because she feared actually making the floor dirty with her shoes!

Universe Hotel was a luxury hotel, it was grand and beautiful elegant and polished like a quality diamond.

While she was letting her eyes dart around, she fished out her phone and kept her collegue up to date about the places. 

The other part of the team was trying to search good models at entertainment companies so she sighed satisfied and decided to treat herself to an iced caramel machiatto, one of her favorites!

Without her knowing, a pair of eyes were looking at her from afar till she left the hotel.

"She has left."

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