A few weeks later

The morning was great, the two females decided to take their furry friends out for a walk and ended up at a park. They all kept walking for some time enjoying the early morning weather.

"It's cold, that's unusual, it was supposed to be warm" JiEun comments shuddering in the cold, "Well it's still early, what can you expect!" The younger adds in, to which the latter nods at her. "Anyway, How's your work? I heard you are the best manager so far" JiEun asks nudging the girl beside her.

"That's first, also it hasn't been that long even to consider me being best and finally I'm being a chill boss I always wanted to be." the chunky female says with a proud smile. "Yeah, how good it would be if you and I were working in the same department" the latter exclaims with a dramatic sigh, "Then everyone would think I got the job because of you and on top of that they would gossip about us and might make plans to stab our backs" 

The younger makes her point clear making the latter nod. They were almost near their apartment when JiEun looked intently at her dongsaeng.  "Unnie whenever you look at me that way I get nervous, so tell me what's wrong?" Y/N asks looking at her cousin with curiosity. "Well...I never asked you this but, what did you miss more when you were in LA?" JiEun looks away not trying to give away what she was actually thinking.

 "You, of course, Eomma and appa too but mostly you!" the chunky woman says as she scoops the tired feline in her arms. JiEun decides to stay silent, and they go back to petting their pets when they get in the elevator. 

*

They walk inside their humble home and Y/N proceeds to get the pets out of their harness while JiEun walks ahead to grab some water. Soon enough the younger joins her cousin and they both relax at the kitchen island.  "Y/N, apart from Sorn and Minnie don't you wanna have a reunion with the rest of your classmates?" the older asks maintaining a calm exterior, "Nope! I'm good without meeting them, also I have no one else I'm close with from my high school." the younger calmly replied but a sudden whiff of nostalgia did hit her which she brushed off.

"Ok then, let's get ready. Today is a big day for you, although I know you don't need me to say this but, All the very best my lovely pumpkin" JiEun pats her cousin who hugs her in return and mutters a thank-you before they part their ways to their rooms to get ready for the day. 

Tokyo

The restaurant was peaceful, it had a second door towards a veranda with a small pond. The traditional Japanese restaurant was indeed beautiful, from its interior to the fine music playing in the background, everything was peaceful. And Kim Taehyung was having his lunch with one of his possibly most important clients, doing his best to leave a good impression on the middle-aged man who looked kind with a gentle and soft smile on his face. 

"Taehyung-san, I thought a young boy like you would be arrogant and wouldn't know anything about how to act properly but you proved me wrong and I need to accept that you're a fine gentleman" the middle-aged man compliments with a sincere smile. The tall male returns the same smile with his hand resting on his chest while he bows a little.

"Aygo Mr.Ishida you're making me fluster!" the younger male says hiding his face behind the drink he lifts, "If only you didn't have a girlfriend I would've introduced you to my daughter, she's very pretty and quite intelligent too. But I couldn't bind her to my business and so I let her do what she wants and now she is a famous fashion designer. and now I'm looking for a suitable male who will be good for my daughter who will also take my position after me."

The man finishes and Taehyung lost his words. "Mr.Ishida, I know your concern but believe me there might be someone who is way better than me for your daughter" Taehyung utters making the man nod and smile widely. "I guess so, but that apart. I think I'm really intrigued and almost convinced with the deal you made but I still have to take precautions so would you mind if I get back to you in a week?" the man says making Taehyung smile, "Sure sir, Thank you for considering us" Taehyung bows again then they both exchange their cards before the middle-aged man leaves the place.

Taehyug smiles wide with a content sigh while Nancy looks at her boss with confusion, "You look so happy Tae, but he didn't even accept our deal yet" the female asks the question lingering in her mind, "Nancy, Mr.Ishida is a very well known businessman in Japan with his MNC spread across States and Europe. Of course, the man has to take precautions before he endorses his money in any company. I bet he might've already met a few companies from Korea but the difference is we have something the others don't" the man says standing from his seat and taking a coat to put on while Nancy follows his lead.

"And what is that?" Nancy asks while they proceed to walk back towards their car. "The Italy deal" 

Kim.Co, Seoul

The bunch of 8 people was busy roaming in their department, rushing with the final touches while the boss lady was calm inside her cabin doing some final research that might come in handy. 

11 AM

The executives from chardonnay have arrived at the building. As the general manager and the current i-charge of the company Choi MinHo went to receive the guests and lead them to the conference hall on the 20th floor. The project department was notified about the arrival of guests and they all proceed to the hall.

The four teams of the department were present there with Y/N's team leading the project, the team leaders took their seats in the front row along with the other executives while their team takes their seats in the back rows. And soon the meeting commences with MinHo addressing the occasion and introducing the team who made the presentation. 

Y/N as the team leader stands proud and introduces her team before she gestures to her team to go ahead and Chae HyungWon walks ahead to start the presentation. Five minutes into the presentation the presenter changes from Hyungwon to Son Seungwon. As the oldest among the team and most experienced, Y/N left the presenting to them two while the rest helped with other things. 

The arrived executives seemed to like the presentation, Y/N was confident about her presentation so instead of concentrating on the presentation she rather concentrated on finding the mole who made the mistake last time, and thanks to her keen observation she found the culprit soon enough. 

"That's how we plan to expand the brand in Korea. Thank you" Seungwon bows ending the presentation and the room goes silent before one of the executives clears his throat grabbing their attention. "I see you did the work well but..." the man looks directly toward Minho, "Didn't we say that we are not interested in selling wine in Korea? It's a waste of time and money. You people don't know how expensive our wine is" the man speaks making the others wait for the translator to translate what they said but the translator stays silent. 

Minho opens his mouth to speak but Y/N beats him to it. "Mr.Russo, I understand your point but the thing is we never said we are gonna export the actual wine from Italy, its expensive we know but what we are saying is, we can export the crop seeds and have yield here and wine processing here, which saves lots of money and also your brand will be popular here" She responds in fluent Italian. 

The room goes silent as the other executives look at her amused. "Who..." Mr.Russo gets cut off by the man beside him. "That seems like a wonderful plan and it's profitable." the new man says to her before turning to Minho with a huge smile, "We love the presentation and if everything is good we would like to sign the deal with you!" the man says raising his hand to shake Minho's hand who was smiling wide.

"We're glad to have this deal, Thank you so much" Min-Ho stands from his seat making the rest of them stand as well. "As for the paperwork, It'll be done in half an hour!" Minho says making the guests nod. "The meeting is over, you all can leave now. And Ms.L/N well done, we've won the deal" he says making her team cheer. They all bow at each other before leaving the room one by one. Y/N stays back until everyone leaves and to her surprise, the second executive from the other company also stays behind saying that he wants to talk to her.

"You seem to know something which we don't!" he says walking toward her, "Well I do know something that you already know, but I just have proof about what I know, Mr. Ricci" she says with a smile while he takes in her appearance. "Call me Antonio m'lady!" he says taking her hand and placing a kiss on the back of her hand. Antonio was a man who wasn't interested in anything but work when it came to business. 

He wasn't interested in foreign women either but this woman in front of him had a certain charm. She wasn't like other women, infact she was different from a Korean standard beauty but yet she had this unique aura around her, that certainly charms any male, at least that's what he thought. She wasn't too dressy. Even the basic knee-length skirt and lingerie top paid with a black blazer was looking hot on her.

Maybe it was her eyes, those seductive eyes which might make any male kneel in front of her. "This is the proof, I'm leaving this in your hands cause it's more useful to you than it is to me." she leaves a USB in his hands before walking out of the place leaving the man all by himself thinking why didn't he met her before.

\\All the conversations in ITALICS are spoken in other than the Korean language\\