Breaking Up Is Better Than Divorce

nostalgia

On Saturday evening, as usual, people had been flocking to Eugene’s home in the Trump Building from early evening.

With a familiar attitude, Eugene was welcoming people he knew or met for the first time that day.

“It’s a great party in a nice mansion.”

Visitors first praise the house.

“The food is excellent and the scenery is beautiful.”

Then, while standing around the table on the terrace, holding the desired dish, we enjoyed the party while looking down at Central Park.

“There are a lot of young people this time.”

“Today, I called a few of my college friends.”

Some of the visitors to Eugene’s party are acquaintances of William or the BlackRock manager.

And the rest were completely strangers brought by their acquaintances.

Isn’t that how a relationship usually begins?

Eugene also enjoyed the party.

I really enjoyed it.

The sticky misery that lingered around him in his past life no longer exists.

Above all, you don’t have to go through the dreadful marriage and the terrible divorce process.

“It’s a fun party.”

I’m taking a break from greeting new guests, and someone comes and talks to me again.

“I’m glad you’re having fun. Chloe.”

“Oh! You remember my name. All I did was say hello to you earlier.”

“Of course not. How can I forget someone who shines like Chloé? You are lighting up this desolate house today.”

“Oh yeah! You speak like a French man.”

She laughed for a while and said.

“Are you missing your hometown already?”

“Well. Did I even tell you that I was from France?”

“At first glance, he looks French. Maybe southern France? niece? Toulon? No… ah?”

“It’s Toulon. But no matter how you look at it, is it suspicious? Did you know me?”

“It must be the first time I see you today.”

“But how do you think you know me so well?”

“Maybe we were lovers in our past lives.”

True.

It’s just that the past life applies only to Eugene.

“Pop! He looks like a real French guy.”

Chloe laughs. Eugene felt better.

“You are more interesting than I thought. I thought he was just a rich man.”

Chloe’s smile was refreshing to see in a long time.

Come to think of it, Chloe, who is still young, is quite attractive.

“There is so much more I can show you than the money I have.”

“Really… uh, um….”

Chloe’s face turned slightly red.

It’s nice to see her face like that after a long time.

“It’s strange. It’s like I really knew you.”

“Yes? It seems like we were lovers someday, right?”

“Don’t keep saying things like that. My heart is pounding.”

“My heart has been pounding ever since.”

“blood! That’s right. I don’t hate it though.”

At Chloe’s words, Eugene smiled.

“I’m happy, are we? I think a lot of things fit each other.”

“Right. It’s okay to say something like this. If you weren’t rich, I would have dashed first.”

“You don’t like it because you’re rich?”

“yes. I do not like it. Kick!”

Chloe laughed.

“I don’t like being seen as a woman clinging to rich people, and I don’t like dating rich people. What? Isn’t it too thrilling? I am a very enterprising person. I want to overcome the adversity that will come to me one by one and move forward. Wouldn’t having a rich boyfriend be influenced in some way?”

“Well, you have a unique outlook on life. I also like Chloe. But if you don’t like that relationship, you can’t force it. So how about we are just friends?”

“Friend? Well, if that’s the case. Instead, we decided never to go into a romantic relationship.”

“I’m not sure, but I will promise you.”

Eugene had no intention of crossing the line with her.

One romance with Chloé was enough.

In the past life, Eugene has been living with Chloé as a companion for a while.

It wasn’t a fierce love like when I was young, but it was a relationship with a mature adult.

However, the two realized that they were essentially incompatible with each other.

Eugene and Chloé respected and loved each other, but had to admit that their relationship was not helping each other.

In the end, after two years of being together, the two broke up very elegantly without major quarrels.

After that, he continued to be friends with each other and was considerate of each other.

If Eugene had not returned to the past, the relationship would have continued into old age.

After chatting with Chloé for a while, she moved while another person came and talked to her.

While chatting with the new person, the thought of Chloé still lingered in Eugene’s mind.

Can I really be good friends with her in the future?

Or is it that I will never be able to face Chloé comfortably again?

“Did you really put the number in combination with the birthday of the fiancee you broke up with and your birthday?”

The new woman who spoke to Eugene was a very outspoken person. He also asked questions that would not normally be asked without the slightest hesitation.

“Right. Are there times like that? You are doing it without knowing it.”

Eugene answered with a slightly bitter smile.

“Then why did you break up? Do you know how she’s doing now? After winning.”

“Yeah, stop it. you’re in trouble If you ask me such a question.”

The woman next to her seems to be a much more sensible person.

“is it? I’m sorry if you feel bad. I apologize. Hehe!”

The woman who asked the question said yes.

I remembered that William introduced me earlier as a junior in his school.

“it’s okay. There’s nothing bad about being honest. However, I cannot answer the reason for the breakup. It’s a matter for the honor of both of them.”

“ah! I see But were you originally a dealer? You said you made a lot of money from derivatives?”

Her curiosity seems endless.

“I am not a dealer, but personally I have tried various investments. Also, the work I was doing while I was in the company was related to finance, so I was interested in it. So, with the money in my hand, I made an investment that I wanted to do for a while.”

“You went to work. Where have you been?”

She was a woman who was very interested in Eugene.

Among the people who come here to play, Hagi is not interested in Eugene.

“I went to Myeongseong.”

“Fame? uh? Yoo Jung-ah, it’s fame!”

She looked at her friend and smiled something meaningful.

“You worked for a good company.”

A friend named Yoojung said with a slight smile.

“It’s a good company. But it was cut.”

“yes? why?”

“I do not know? I don’t know why either. I was in the United States, and suddenly they moved to Bogota.”

“Are you watching? Columbia? Why are you there?”

A friend named Yeji is even more surprised.

“Isn’t that a dangerous place?”

“Sometimes it is. I want to cut it, but if it’s difficult to get fired, there are cases where I’m sent to a dangerous area in South America or Africa. It’s up to you to get out.”

“Oh my gosh······.”

“How!”

Both women had an expressionless expression on their faces.

“Was that a company with such a reputation?”

“It’s really too much.”

“Oh yeah. Are you two going to New York University?”

“no. I’m only from New York. He’s from Harvard.”

Yeji said, wrapping her friend’s waist.

“So, did you come all the way here from Boston?”

“yes. I came here because I wanted to see Yeji’s face after a long time.”

“If you want to go back tomorrow, you have to have a good day today.”

“So. I made a reservation for the 5pm bus tomorrow, so I have less than 20 hours left. I want to play without even having time to sleep.”

“Then why are you riding the bus?”

“What. how is it? That’s the cheapest. I was lucky enough to get a $30 ticket.”

Yeji shakes her head at Yoojung’s words.

“I really can’t. really! But this house is pretty cool. The interior was done with great care.”

“is that so?”

“yes. It has an antique sophistication with Art Deco added to it. Ummm… I can remember the splendor of the early 20th century when the United States was full of high school students. huh? After all, it suits him well.”

“Yeah!”

My friend was startled by the harsh words and called out my name.

“yes? why? ah! sleepy? How’s the sleeper? It’s the wealth he earned. Better than inherited wealth like anyone else.”

A young lady named Yeji has an expression that says nothing is wrong.

“But how do you do it if you just use such an expression?”

“Um, was I rude?”

“It’s rude. Still, the expression “jolbu” is not generally accepted in a good sense.”

Eugene smiled slightly bitterly.

“is it? If so, I’m sorry.”

Whatever it is, I have to apologize.

“Whoa, I apologize for you.”

And Yoojung was a much more normal person compared to her friends.

“Oh yeah! Do you think the thing you put there is Banksy?”

She pointed to the picture she hung on the wall to divert the topic.

“yes. I like the social message of Banksy’s paintings, so I’m collecting them.”

“Banksy? Aren’t you too stupid? He seemed to be sarcastic as if only he knew the world.”

Yeji said as if puzzled.

“It’s rude. There is no such aspect. Still, the topic he is throwing is not meaningless at all, is it?”

“It makes sense. They’re just performing to raise their name. What is the critique of capitalism?”

I quickly knew what kind of woman she was.

It must have been that he grew up in a very powerful family, but he seems like a thunderous naked person.

After talking more with them for a while, I took the opportunity to talk with other guests and left.

And how long again? A woman named Yoo-jeong approached with a glass of wine.

“I’m sorry. Are you offended by my friend? I apologize.”

“it’s okay. I’m not old enough to be offended by that, and I don’t have to apologize for my friend’s mistake.”

“Oh yeah. I want to tell you that I like Banksy too.”

she smiled and said

“A pretty cool writer, right?”

The two chatted for a moment about Banksy’s paintings.

“How is your relationship with that nice girl you talked to a while ago?”

Then suddenly she asked.

“ah! Like the two of you, it’s the first time you’ve visited today.”

“You are a very beautiful woman. Are you in love with her?”

“yes? Haha, well.”

“It was as if the two of them were on fire from their eyes. how about it? Right?”

“Is that so?”

“It seemed to me that we would be dating right away.”

“Well. Probably not.”

“why? You two got along very well.”

“Is there a law that says you have to date just because it suits you? And it takes plenty of time to see if they really fit together.”

It took quite a while to get to know Chloe and that.

“is that so? I think it’s best to fall in love with the person you love at first sight…”

It’s probably because she’s only just turned twenty.

However, if you live like Eugene for a long time, things like falling in love at first sight or falling in love like a flame seldom happen.

Rather, it is much more important for each other to fully understand each other, and for that, enough time was needed to get to know each other.

“Of course, falling in love at first sight is really romantic. That kind of love is so wonderful. But some people don’t like it.”

“Hmmm… you look like an uncle when you say that.”

Yoo-jeong looked at Yu-jin with strange eyes and said.

The day after the party, Ivanka Trump came.

“I heard that you have been to Korea. Did you have a good time with your family?”

The Trump family, who are making an image of themselves as trouble makers and cultists, seem to be people who live a very healthy life and value their families.

Probably because of the influence of Donald Trump, the father of the family.

He never touched alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, and he cared for his children.

That is, to the extent of turning a son and daughter with no political experience into power in the White House.

“yes. I had a great time meeting my parents.”

We exchanged greetings for a moment and then went to the main topic.

Ivanka started explaining to attract investment in her business that she had prepared.

“Last year, we had $75 million in sales. Operating profit is 5 million dollars. It’s only been three years since launch, and that’s a huge success.”

“okay. However, most of its sales come from jewelry. Then there are handbags and shoes. Clothing has the least sales.”

“yes. Since the value of the brand is a luxurious image, the sales of jewelry in high-end department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom are high.”

Ivanka boasted of her name without any hesitation.

“The apparel business looks pretty promising to me. The same goes for handbags and shoes.”

“You also have an eye. Although it is still in the growth stage, I believe that it will be able to appeal to the public at a price that can be easily accessed by anyone with the luxurious image of the Ivanka Trump brand at the fore.”

“I guess I do. I think it’s a good strategy. But a 15% stake for $50 million is unreasonable.”

Like her father, she was a woman who knew the rules of negotiation. The strategy is to sing as loudly as possible and lower it gradually.