Yes, Miss Manoban

CHAPTER 01

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seoul, south korea

two months ago

Along a marbled pathway, Joshua juggled putting on his tie and sprinting towards a multi-story building as he was already late for work. He wasn't always like this.

His usual routine involves getting up earlier than a usual eight to five employees, take a shower—preferably cold to wake him up, put on his suit and leave his apartment before the sun rises. But he just had to miss the bus.

Right in front of the building's entrance, a black van with heavily tinted windows stopped spewing out a petite looking raven-haired girl holding her morning coffee. She was muttering something as three other men walked off the vehicle.

"—and I repeat, I don't f*****g care if you didn't have your beauty sleep! It's not my f*****g fault you stayed up late playing all those video games! I specifically told you to sleep early because you have a f*****g photoshoot this morning—oh hi Secretary Jeon."

"Good morning Manager Kim," he greeted as he stopped a few feet away from the group. "I see you're here for a meeting?"

Manager Kim shook her head. "They're here for practice. They'll be having a comeback on the 27th."

"Oh. I guess it'll be another busy month for you guys," he said smiling at the boys behind Manager Kim--all looking equally sleepy. "I'm hoping you all got yourselves enough rest during your breaks?"

"Yeah," Jaxon--the pink-haired one, said. He was wearing a pair of big 'ol Ray-bans and his usual practice clothes. "A full year of overseas concerts and only a week break surely gave us enough rest."

His mouth flew wide open as the cranky vocalist walked past him. Marcus--the currently blonde one, apologized and gave him a quick smile before running over his co-member and putting his arm around his shoulder. The latter brushed it off in annoyance.

"What's gotten his knickers in a twist?" He asked--his gaze still on the members' retreating figures.

"Rosie won't talk to him," Theo--the brown-haired one, supplied making him furrow his brows. "He forgot to call her yesterday because he was too tired and fell asleep as soon as the photoshoot ended. It was their anniversary."

His mouth formed an "o" and nodded. At times, he would feel sympathetic towards the company's artists as they don't get to experience a normal life. They would work nonstop to entertain their fans and they have to sacrifice almost everything just to make them happy. Especially dating.

Dating is a taboo in the Korean Entertainment industry. It always has and always will be. Why, you may ask? Because it kills the fantasy. The fantasy that boy group (and also girl group) members only loves them. Or that they have a chance with at least one of them.

So, to keep the fans happy, they enforce dating bans to shoo away the thoughts of their favorite idols dating. But in reality, the artists are as free as a bird. They can date all they want as long as it's hidden or kept lowkey. Just like what Jaxon and Rosie are doing.

"I already sent a big-ass bouquet to her apartment this morning," Manager Kim said as she took some bags out of the van—which he immediately helped carry. "She'll call as soon as she sees them."

"I don't think that'll suffice though," he said. "Why not arranged a private meeting between the two this lunch break. I can call to reserve a practice room and set up a picnic style date for the two so they could talk."

Manager Kim raised an eyebrow at him same as with Marcus.

"Jaxon will be cranky all practice," he explained. "Do you guys really want that? Helping them iron things out would make things easier for your practice. And we all know a happy Jaxon is the best Jaxon. Don't you think?"

The brunette girl clasped her hands together and beamed.

"Oh, my you're right!" she blurted out then smiled. "You're really smart, Secretary Jeon. Thank you!"

Ecstatic, the female manager marched towards the building. Theo turned to him and smiled as well.

"You're a life saver," he stated as they followed the woman's trail. "You really are the best at your job, Secretary Jeon. I mean, you do the conventional stuff Secretaries do but, you also do the unconventional ones."

He smiled. "That's too generous of a compliment, Theo-ssi. I just simply do my job to watch over you guys as what CEO Jung does—"

"Secretary Jeon! Secretary Jeon!" Joshua turned towards the person calling. "Secretary Jeon, there's an emergency!"

His ears perked and Theo took the bags he was carrying and excused himself.

"What is it, Mr. Cho? What's the emergency?"

The older employee took his phone out and showed it to him. His eyes grew wide the moment he saw the headline making him grab the device from the team manager and take a closer look.

[BREAKING] JHS Entertainment CEO Asher Jung photographed in front of a casino in Las Vegas. Sources say that the young CEO was gambling and using funds of said company. We are currently waiting for their statement regarding this. Tune in for more updates.

And as if on cue, Asher Jung's black Mercedes stopped in front of the building. Joshua gave the tablet back and immediately made his way out of the building and towards the luxurious car. A flock of reporters suddenly popped out of nowhere and started taking blinding pictures of the young CEO getting out of his car.

"Excuse me, CEO Jung! What's your statement regarding the embezzling allegations?"

"Is it true you were gambling in Las Vegas?"

"Your stocks are currently at its lowest, any comment on that?"

He--together with the company guards, rushed to protect their boss from the swarm of vultures and helped him pass through to the crowd unscathed. He might've been hit by a camera or two but that wasn't necessarily a problem.

"Mr. Jung! Please! A word!"

The man behind him pushed a tad bit stronger that made him almost fall to the ground face first if not for CEO Jung helping him. His boss turned to the reporter, removed his sunglasses and glared.

"I wasn't gambling, I was there to visit my sister. Anything else?"

Wait… CEO Jung has a sister?

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