ushernet Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Episode 11
“Have you ever been to Busan? I come down a few times a year for hotel management. Since I’ve already come 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 time.”
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 someone who would inherit his mother’s shares in Y Hotel as they were and was set to become the CEO of Y Hotel someday.
“I never had much interest until now, but meeting a director like this seems quite fun too.”
“I told you many times, I’m not a director anymore. And if you’re not going to tell me 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 moment 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 me. 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 time, there was not a single moment that Jae-young couldn’t remember when recalling that night.
“I’ve never thought of myself as a forgettable person...”
“I remember 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 remember 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?”
‘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 seemed 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 customer... 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 something...”
“I’m... fine. I said this much won’t faze me.”
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 extreme 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 meticulously 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 meant, he looked around and saw that while he was concentrating on listening to the story, the car had entered the department 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 seemed he had no intention of telling the story right away.
‘But it’s my business, so it feels iffy that I can’t remember it...’
In the end, Seung-hyun reluctantly got out of the car. In order to properly find out what happened, it seemed he would have to spend time with Jae-young until this evening.