Chapter 150 - Staying In The Same Room
Song Ji Hun went to the airport directly from his office and flew to Busan. It was 8 pm, by the time he reached the seven-star hotel where this start-up event was going to take place.
The receptionist gave him the card to his suite. Song Ji Hun is one of the seven judges and all these seven people have been assigned the best room in this hotel, which was on the top floor.
Song Ji Hun went to his room and freshened up as he was tired. He decided to have dinner downstairs as the event management people arranged for a buffet and invited him.
Song Ji Hun wore a casual black t-shirt and paired it with blue jeans and wore a jacket over it. Looking handsome like always.
When he stepped out his room and was about to head towards the elevator, he heard a woman arguing with someone.
"Excuse me, what do you mean by it will take over three days to fix it? Where the hell am I supposed to stay till then?" A woman was pissed at one of the staff members.
"Ma'am there is a.. deluxe room, till then.. you can stay.. there" The staff hesitatingly said, as he was scared of this woman.
"Are you fucking kidding me? Are you seriously suggesting I'll stay in some deluxe room?" The woman angrily glared at the staff scaring him even more.
Usually, Song Ji Hun ignores such situations but when he heard that woman's voice, he froze for a second before turning around.
What he saw was a woman's back but even that was enough for him to recognize who she is.
"Lee Kiaraa?" He called her name, interrupting her scolding.
Kiaraa was startled and when she saw who called her, she was happily surprised.
"Oh my goodness, Song Ji Hun?" a wide smile was spread across her face and she stepped forward to formally hug him.
The staff guy was now even more scared as she knew another judge and they seemed close enough.
"What happened? Is there some problem?" Song Ji Hun asked Kiaraa.
"The suite they gave me has water leakage issues. Can you believe it? Such a big hotel and they are organizing this big event and they didn't check the suites" Kiaraa annoyedly complained.
"We are really very sorry, ma'am"
"Why don't you just get it fixed?" Song Ji Hun asked the staff guy.
"It will take three days sir, as right now we can't allow outsiders in the vicinity of this area" The staff member explained.
"Can you believe it?" Kiaraa asked Song Ji Hun, still annoyed.
"You mentioned some deluxe room, right?" Song Ji Hun asked the staff member but Kiaraa chimed in.
"I am not staying in a deluxe room because of their mistake" Kiaraa declared in anger.
"You don't have to" Song Ji Hun assured her and suggested, "You can have my suite, I'll shift to this deluxe room"
The staff member looked at Song Ji Hun gratefully and he was relieved, "Thank you so much, sir.."
"Wait, why the hell will you stay in a deluxe room?" Kiaraa scolded Song Ji Hun and looked at the staff member, "Do you even know who he is? He is one of the top businessmen in our country and he holds a much higher position than me."
"Kiaraa, it is totally fine. As long as I have a place to sleep, I don't care where I stay" Song Ji Hun informed her.
"No, I can't stay comfortably knowing you sacrificed for me" Kiaraa refused to accept his offer.
"Umm, I have one more suggestion" The staff member hesitatingly spoke up.
"Yes?" Kiaraa glared at him and Song Ji Hun lightly smiled seeing how scared this staff member was of Kiaraa.
"Since you two seem close enough, you can stay in the same suite. We gave the biggest suite to Mr Song and it has two bedrooms in it. There are also separate bathrooms. There is a living room and a small kitchen too." The staff member informed them.
"It is a fine suggestion but I don't want to invade Mr Song's privacy.." Kiaraa was about to refuse the offer but Song Ji Hun interrupted her.
"Actually, I don't mind. It is not a bad suggestion but only if you are comfortable, you can stay with me. It is anyway a matter of two days" Song Ji Hun suggested.
"Really, you fine with it?" Kiaraa asked him for assurance.
"Sure, we have known each other since childhood" Song Ji Hun tried to act casual, hiding the excitement he was feeling inside.
"Cool, I too don't mind then" Kiaraa was anyway cool about such stuff as she still spends a lot of time with Ian and Hwan, so she was used to a man's presence around her.
The staff member sighed in relief, he got Kiaraa's luggage and placed it in Song Ji Hun's suite.
When Kiaraa entered Song Ji Hun's suite, she was totally impressed, "Wow, your suite is much better than what I got. No wonder, that guy suggested I stay here too"
Kiaraa then saw the two bedrooms, Song Ji Hun already had his luggage kept in the smaller one and the bigger one was free.
"Ji Hun, you want to take the bigger room? I'll take the smaller one" Kiaraa didn't wish to take advantage of his generosity.
"No need, you can have the bigger one. As I said earlier, as long as I have a place to sleep, that's enough" Song Ji Hun assured her and insisted she take the bigger one and he doesn't mind.
Kiaraa felt grateful to him and thought this guy still didn't lose his gentleman nature all these years.
When Kiaraa checked the bigger bedroom, she saw that there was a big jacuzzi in the bathroom attached to it and she got so excited, she informed Song Ji Hun about it.
"You sure you don't want that room?" Kiaraa again asked him.
"No, I really don't use all these stuffs, I just have a simple shower" Song Ji Hun said.
"What? Really? Then what do you do to relax yourself?" Kiaraa was surprised that this guy doesn't even pamper himself.
"I sleep" Song Ji Hun answered as a matter-of-fact making Kiaraa laugh.
"Oh my god, you didn't change at all, did you?" Kiaraa asked him between her laugh.
"I am not sure how to respond to this." Song Ji Hun honestly said.
Kiaraa smiled and said, "I am just praising you. You don't need to respond"
"Kiaraa, I am heading downstairs for dinner, the staff invited us, you would be joining us?" Song Ji Hun politely asked her.
"Yeah of course, I'll freshen up and will join you downstairs"
"Okay" Song Ji Hun left the room to give her some privacy.
Later, after a while Kiaraa too joined the people downstairs. All the participants and judges were invited for this dinner. It was more like an informal gathering between everyone, just to get to know each other better.
It was an opportunity for all the start-up participants to interact with the judges informally and to socialize.
This event lasted till late night tiring Kiaraa and Song Ji Hun more than they already were. The two finally decided to call it a day and headed towards their room.
"Ahh, I am so tired, I am worried I'll sleep during the presentations tomorrow" Kiaraa complained while they were in the elevator.
"If you sleep immediately, you will have six hours sleep. That should be sufficient" Song Ji Hun assured her.
"Yeah, I hope so"
The two then reached his room and after wishing each other good night, they both went to their rooms.
Kiaraa was not able to fall asleep, no matter how hard she tried. She decided to watch a movie and thought of checking on Song Ji Hun, so that she could invite him over in case he too is having difficulty to fall asleep.
When she knocked on his door, his door opened automatically as he didn't lock it from inside.
Kiaraa then stepped inside slowly calling his name, but the next second, she saw him sleeping peacefully. The lamp next to his bed threw some light shade on the bed, so she was able to see his sleeping figure even in the darkness.
'Seems like he sleeps as soon as his body touches the bed. He must have been so tired, to sleep like this' Kiaraa smiled to herself, seeing him sleeping like a baby.
Song Ji Hun is always tired as he works without taking any breaks so at night, when he tries to sleep, it comes easily to him.
Kiaraa noticed, his comforter was not in its place, so she stepped towards the bed and adjusted his comforter properly, tucking him in it and left his room without making any noise.
Recollecting how peacefully he slept, Kiaraa too fell asleep immediately with a smile on her face, which she too was not aware of.