I woke up the next morning to an empty bed, Changkyun nowhere in sight. I knew that he had something to do, but I didn't think that it was so early. I climbed out of bed and stretched, putting on some black leggings and one of his purple shirts as my phone rung. "Hello," I answered as I walked downstairs. "Ash! Are you two busy? I'm at the dorm alone and I'm lonely," Jooheon whined, pouting on screen. "Changkyun went somewhere so I'm home alone too," I giggled as I walked into the kitchen. "Really? Where did he go this early," he asked as I sat at the table and I shrugged my shoulders. "He didn't say. We're supposed to be going to the company to see what's going on, but I don't know when he's coming back or what time we'll be going there." He hummed in response before a smile popped up on his face. I raised an eyebrow as I looked at him before giggling, "hey, Honey. Want to come over and have breakfast with me? I can whip something up real quick." "I'm on my way!" The call ended and I shook my head, getting up and prepared a simple breakfast of eggs, toast, bacon, and juice.
After finishing up, I called up Frank and told him the news of the engagement and my decision to live here. He congratulated me, revealing that he had a feeling that I would move here and had already had my things packed up and was having it sent over tomorrow morning. I thanked him for everything that he's done for me and made sure to invite him to the wedding before ending the call. The doorbell rung and I walked into the living room, opening the door and got wrapped up in a warm hug as Jooheon released me. "Thank you for letting me come over," he said, stepping inside and pulled off his coat, hanging it up. "No problem. Changkyun isn't here and I have no idea when he's coming back, so I welcome the company. Breakfast is on the table," I said as we walked to the kitchen and sat down. "Thank you so much for the food," he said happily as he dug in, "did Kyun at least give you a clue on what he's doing?" I shook my head as I ate a piece of bacon, "no. You know how mysterious he loves to be when he doesn't want us to know anything." "That's true. Well, that gives me more time to hang out with my sister so that's fine. Want to play something after we're done?" I thought for a moment, "hmm. Want to play Jump Force?" He nodded as we enjoyed breakfast, chatting about different topics before finishing our food, putting the dishes in the dishwasher, and went to the living room to get a game started.
Two hours later, the front door opened and shut, Changkyun walking in, "hey, baby. I'm back. Jooheon? What's up? I didn't know that you were coming over." I raised an eyebrow, staring at him as he took off his coat, removing his beanie, "you dyed your hair?!" He turned around, blushing slightly as he ran his fingers through his now black hair, "yeah. I was ready to go back to my real hair color. Is it strange?" I stood up and walked over to him, kissing him before running my fingers through his hair, "you look good, baby. I love it. Makes me want to get mine done and try to stay away from dying my hair so much." He kissed my forehead before walking over to the couch where Jooheon was, "how long have you been here?" "About two hours. Everyone was gone so I wanted to hang out with you guys," Jooheon said as I sat in Changkyun's lap. "Do you want to sit in on the meeting with us then," Changkyun asked and Jooheon nodded, "well, we can go now and go to the mall and hang out there for a while until everyone returns to the dorm and we can have a cook out." Jooheon nodded and pulled out his phone, texting everyone to let them know about the plans before I went upstairs and got ready before joining them downstairs, walking out to the car as we left my house to head to the company building for the meeting.
We arrived at the building and went outside, being shown to an empty office as we sat down and waited. "Are you nervous," Changkyun asked as I sipped my Americano. "Not at all. I've been in situations like this before so I'm used to it," I said, "I'm just ready to hear about what they have planned." The door opened and in walked in the director of the company and one of the managers for the group. "Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for meeting with us today," Director Kim greeted before sitting down, "Ashley, Changkyun, congratulations on the engagement. You two are perfect for each other." "Thank you, sir," Changkyun said quietly as I smiled. "Thank you. I understand that you wanted to actually post about our engagement and have us do shoots and appearances," I said as he nodded, "and I also understand that you wanted to offer me a contract?" "That is correct. As you know, Monsta X is very popular and loved by all around the world. Well, we've actually been bombarded by fans all over the world for months since your appearance on Monsta X-Ray. They absolutely loved you and your interaction with the group. Then when the news broke of your relationship, the requests tripled for some type of appearance by you two, especially you, Ashley. Everyone has read about you being a free agent now so everyone is scrambling to have you," he explained. "Wait. So there's companies right now wanting me? For what," I asked, not believing what I'm hearing.
"Magazines, interviewers, TV shows. There's a lot of people requesting to have you and they're calling us because of your connection with us. So we would like to sign you to a contract with our company and you'll have a manager to keep up with your schedule and accept or decline any offer that comes your way," Director Kim said, motioning to the manager next to him who stood up and bowed. "Hello. I'm Jisung, a manager for Starship. I would be the one who would help you with anything that you need," the man named Jisung said, introducing himself. "Nice to meet you. Are you sure that you want to offer me a contract? I'm not an actress or a model. I'm a wrestler, it's in my blood. I know that I just left WWE, but other wrestling companies might want to sign me once my ninety days are up," I explained. "We took that into consideration, given your background. We would sign you to an exclusive contract. You can still wrestle and sign with whichever company you want. We wouldn't overload you with extra work or double book you. Anything that you need, we'll help you. We would also help you with your brand that you've been working on, possibly getting you into your own building with your own employees and better equipment. It'll actually be a history making event that would benefit us both. You'll be the first wrestler to sign with us," Director Kim said, smiling gently when he saw my nervous face, "no pressure or anything. You can take all of the time in the world to decide."
"My own building. That would be nice. I do have a large following on social media. Will the company be able to work with me when it comes to my videos? I don't want to exclude anyone so I would need captions for my videos, magazines, and any kind of show I appear on. I want to know that everyone will be able to enjoy my content no matter what," I explained. "We will happily do that. You were a huge help for the show so we would love to help you as well. Jisung would be the one to make sure that everything goes smoothly," Director Kim said. "Also, I have a lot of merch that I sell and seventy five percent of the profit goes to different charities." "No worries. We will not interfere with that and we would also donate any proceeds from your store to charities as well," he said. I nodded as I looked over at Changkyun who gave me a reassuring smile, "can I think about everything and give you a call when I've made a decision?" Kim nodded and handed me his business card, "take all of the time that you need. I look forward to hearing from you." I took the card and slipped it into my pocket as we stood up and said our goodbyes before leaving the office and returned to the car.
Changkyun drove us to the mall, Jooheon immediately wanting to have a quick bite to eat before we started our shopping. "That was a lot to take in, wasn't it," he asked in between bites as I nodded. "I never thought that I could possibly have my own building with my own employees making my designs. This seems like a dream, honestly," I sighed, thinking about all of the opportunities I would have with my own building. "This is entirely up to you, baby. We will support you, no matter what," Changkyun said as I stole a fry off his plate. "I've always wanted to run my own business. My friend, Eva, has her own line and she's doing amazing with it since she's no longer wrestling. Maybe I could do the same thing and be successful on my own without being lied to and disrespected," I said as my phone buzzed and I picked it up, "oh yeah. I forgot about that. I need to get some movers for tomorrow morning." Changkyun and Jooheon looked at me as I smiled, typing out the message to Frank before looking at them, "friend of the family who was watching my home. He was letting me know that everything is now leaving my house to be loaded onto a private plane." "What do you mean by everything," Changkyun asked, Jooheon grinning, knowing exactly what I was going to say next. "All of my stuff is currently going to the airport and will be here in the morning, Kyun. I'm moving here, silly. That's what I'm saying. I'm going to be living here."