Chapter 48
Seoul, Korea
Snowdrop Suite
Lula pinched the bridge of her nose. She was fighting the urge to smack her baby brother before heading to Singapore to castrate an infantile nuisance that just can’t get it through his thick, stubborn skull that she never wanted anything to do with him again!
‘How long has he been listening in on us?’ Lula signed in sign language.
Lucien rolled his eyes. “Since I woke up from surgery,” he said, not bothering to sign in return. “You knew he was capable of doing something like this, and the fact he gave me hearing without asking for anything in return,” he said with a shrug, as if that was reason enough. “You can’t tell me you didn’t know our tech came from Will.”
She jutted her chin out in defiance.
Dae-Ho raised his hand. “Who are we talking about?” he asked between bites of sweet meat. “And why do we care?”
Lula glared at him, putting her finger to her lips, telling him to be quiet.
“Her former client,” Lucien said, ducking away from Lula’s swinging fist. “William has been eavesdropping on us the entire time and he warned Ong Se-Ri was scheming something that will involve your cousin.”
His eyes widened. “What? How?! Where is Rain?”
“Kita is with her and will keep her safe,” Lucien promised. “What we need to figure out is what it is Ong Se-Ri is scheming and why now? Myo Mi-Sun’s schedule doesn’t start with the production requirements until next week. Has the missing male lead gotten out of rehab yet?”
Dae-Ho shrugged. “Not a clue. I can make some calls and see where he’s at and when he’s coming back. Personally, I hope he never returns and they use CGI to put his face on someone else. He’s such a maga-b*tch and not nearly as dreamy as he plays on the big screen.”
Lula gave him a look. “What do you mean by that?” she asked.
Dae-Ho smirked and waved his pinky at her. “Let’s just say his antics and thinks he’s God’s gift to women attitude is over compensating for where he isn’t as gifted,” he said.
Lucien laughed. “Are you serious?”
He nodded. “Oh yeah. Back on the set of On The Highway To Romance, Hwang Sang-Hee got drunk off his a*s and ended up completely naked climbing a lighting rig. He nearly broke his neck when he fell, and yeah, it wasn’t nearly as cold as he acted as if it was to cause that type of shrinkage.”
Lula shook her head when Lucien fell over from laughing so hard.
“There’s a reason why Hwang Sang-Hee won’t be in the same room with me and tries not to get on my bad side,” Dae-Ho smugly informed them. “Because I have the pictures and video from the incident.”
Lula gave him a look. “Was assaulting your cousin not enough to use that type of leverage against him?” she asked, annoyed.
Dae-Ho’s smile fell. “What are you talking about? That jerk put his hands on Rain?” he demanded, getting to his feet. “When?!” he shouted.
Lucien hurried over and pulled him back. “Calm down. If you didn’t know, and your father didn’t know, but Rain did, that means she was trying to protect you all. And for whatever reason, she was trying to protect Hwang Sang-Hee’s career or reputation. That’s how Seon Rain is, and the nation wouldn’t love her if she wasn’t an insufferable pain in the butt goody-goody like that.”
True.
“Get the pictures and video to Lula; she’ll know what to do with them,” he continued. “She won’t use it unless absolutely necessary, but I have a feeling we’re going to be taking a different role with your cousin. She needs a new Public Relations team that won’t think twice about ruining the careers of those our client has been trying to save at the expense of her own reputation.”
Dae-Ho nodded his agreement. “Yes, it’s time to cull the herd, in a matter of speaking.”
That wasn’t exactly what Lucien meant, but he could work with it. “I know you’re listening,” he said, looking to his sister. “Do what my sister would never ask you to do, and send her the information we need.”
Dae-Ho looked from Lucien to Lula and back. “Are you talking to the ghost that hears all?” he asked.
“Yes,” they said.
“Call Kita and have them get him back here and warn him of the potential threat wherever they are,” Lucien instructed.
Lula sighed. “If I’m not careful you’re going to take my job and force me into retirement,” she informed him.
“I rather drive fast and live recklessly, Sister,” Lucien reminded her.
Dae-Ho headed to the desk in the office area and grabbed a piece of paper and pen. He wrote out the IP address and login information for where he was keeping the blackmail material he had acquired over the years just in case it ever came to this.
“It’s organized by person,” Dae-Ho said, giving Lula the information. “Don’t think any differently of me when you see it.”
Lula chuckled. “Sweetie, it would take a lot more than just some naked photos and videos of an un-endowed actor to make me think differently of you.”
He smirked. “Oh, there’s a lot more than that on there.”
She looked at him curiously then grabbed her laptop and logged into the site.
When the information loaded, her eyes widened.
There were pictures, videos, financial statements, audio recordings, outtakes that ended up on the editing room floor of questionable actions, conversations, and tantrums being had on set. There were dozens and dozens of folders, each labeled by either actor, actress, singer, model, or artist. There were producers, managers, directors, and production houses with folders as well. There was even evidence of embezzling and misappropriation of funds that could ruin more than just one company and person’s career.
Lula looked up at the smugly smiling young man with wide eyes. “Are you serious? There’s over a decade worth of incriminating evidence here!”
“Like I said, don’t think any differently of me,” Dae-Ho said with a smirk. “Unlike my cousin, I don’t suffer from a Saint complex, and would take insurmountable pleasure in toppling the biggest names in Korean television and cinema. And now we can. It’s been a long, long time coming. And to find out my cousin was hurt by that piece of crap, that he put his hands on her, that’s the last straw.”
Absently she nodded. “Remind me to never get on your bad side,” Lula said.
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