Several days have already pa.s.sed and it was the day when Cho corporation and Trident announced their partners.h.i.+p. Cho Corp invited the media to one of their big hotels and the reporters swarm the entrance as they get to the event hall.The hall was very s.p.a.cious and was able to accommodate a lot of reporters and journalists.
Looking at the woman pacing across the resting room, Daniel Cho who was sitting on the armchair sighed and closed his eyes, "Honey, will you sit down? I"m getting nauseous. What are you so worried about?"
Samantha stopped and knelt in front of Daniel, she held his hand with her very cold hands. "You"re not nervous? I"m so nervous."
With a worried expression, Daniel grabbed both of her hands and warmed it up with his. "Your hands are very cold.", his eyebrow crunched up. Blowing on it and placing a kiss on her fingers, she felt better. "You"ll be fine. I"ll be right beside you, remember?"
"What if they don"t like me? It"s my first time to appear in front of all the cameras like that.", she bit her lip and laid her head on his lap.
Seeing the woman who was worried, he was afraid that she would have another anxiety attack just like what happened to her during Trident"s anniversary celebration. He didn"t want that to happen again so he urged her to stand up, "Come here, the floor"s dirty."
He helped her up and gestured for her to sit on his thighs in which she didn"t refuse. "You don"t have to prove anything to anyone. You are beautiful. You"re smart. You"re capable and you are amazing. If anything, they should be the ones nervous to meet you.", he said as he stroked her back.
"But what if they won"t welcome me? Also, is there a need to have that many cameras? Can"t we lessen the number just a bit?", she pleaded.
Daniel nodded and a.s.sured her, "Okay, don"t worry. I"ll handle it.".
Samantha closed her eyes as she leaned on him.
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Samantha stood on the stage wearing a black knee-length dress and a cream-colored blazer. She had very light makeup and just wore pearl earrings. Her hair fell smoothly and neatly on her back and she looked prim and proper. Looking at the cameras in front of her, she had on a gentle smile; the audience was captivated by her presence that they couldn"t stop looking at her and taking pictures of her.
Next to Samantha was the most eligible bachelor of City M. He had a striking appearance in a tailored suit and his slicked back hair made him even more gorgeous.
Samantha always thought that Daniel"s hair was really nice; she even imagined little Daniels running around who had his eyes and hair, she thought it would look really cute. Did she start imagining their babies? Maybe.
The two of them shook hands and held it in place to pose for the cameras, Samantha"s smile was simple and so was Daniel"s. But the way they looked together on stage and on the camera frames of the media who were by the way, very busy snapping away, was perfect!
"Is it just me or do they look perfect together?", said one of the reporters.
"I thought I was the only one who noticed it, President Cho is very handsome and President Kim is also beautiful!"
A journalist whispered to the people next to her in response, "I wonder if they"re both still single? Ah, I don"t care, I s.h.i.+p them!"
"Be careful of what you write on your column, you don"t want the Cho Corporation banning you if you spout nonsense!"
"I"ll just take a picture of the two, I"ll make the write up clean but it won"t be my fault whatever the readers think about it."
The group of reporters and journalists had more or less the same thoughts in mind but was very scared to voice it out as they were afraid of the consequences.
After the press conference of the companies" partners.h.i.+p, the media had started to work on their articles and released it as soon as they were done. The news of the collaboration between two companies isn"t actually something that the citizens of Country K were very interested in. But because of the two people and companies involved, as soon as the news was released, it became huge!
People were talking about it everywhere, first, because Daniel was known to be very private about his life that he rarely appears in front of the camera; even his pictures are hard to find on the internet.
Second, their partners.h.i.+p holds a lot of benefits for both companies. Trident Company is now the only software company whose services will be used by the whole of Cho Corporation"s different industries. Because of this, Cho Corporation"s monitoring and accessibility over its subsidiaries will be easier.
Third, the pictures that were taken from the conference showing Samantha and Daniel shaking hands together looked very pleasing; it was odd.
Odd because it was supposedly a "formal" picture of two CEOs" business partners.h.i.+p but how could the picture look… perfect, like… romantically? As if the photo was about two people getting married and announcing it to the world.
Therefore, when the articles were released, not only were those business inclined people got excited about the new collaboration but also the hearts of young women who were s.h.i.+pping Samantha and Daniel together; others were, of course, dismissing what people are saying, they think that Samantha doesn"t seem to be good enough for CEO Daniel despite her having an attractive face.
Samantha was resting in Daniel"s office while she was playing with her phone. Daniel, on the other hand, was reading through the writeups online and was secretly smiling and feeling overjoyed about the people"s comments about the two of them. In his mind, he had already gloated to Alexander, "Did you see? They said she and I are a perfect match.". Daniel"s childish thoughts are too funny.
"What are you thinking about?", Samantha questioned when she noticed Daniel"s expression.
He immediately composed himself and replied, "Nothing.", before he saved the pictures of them from the articles to his tablet.
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CEO"s office, Regal Wings Entertainment
Andrew Park has just seen the trending news, his hand formed into a fist and slammed it hard on the desk. He couldn"t believe that the man from that night of Samantha"s birthday, who also took Samantha away from him that day when he had finally found Samantha outside of her baking cla.s.ses, was actually the CEO of Cho Corporation.
"Daniel Cho.", he muttered with a dark expression.