Increase restaurant revenue using data & analytics
Every time your staff inputs an order swipes a credit card or seals a check; data is generated by your cloud-based POS system. Every Yelp review, Facebook post, and Twitter retweet, as well as the weather, hasan impact on your revenue.
All of that raw data is combined into easy-to-understand insights that assist you in making better business decisions with restaurant analytics. Every piece of data, from wait time to tip distribution, can now be reliably captured, measured, and given to owners in a simple and understandable manner, allowing for immediate action and long-term succession planning.
Simply put, restaurant data analytics is the process of evaluating all data points linked to your business and turning them into actionable insights that can help you improve everything from menus and staffing to restaurant policies and marketing efforts.Comparing sales and profitability over time using a prepared list of fundamental indicators, restaurant analytics allows you to go deeper into the numbers to better understand why your business is doing the way it is.
It’s time to consider what you want to learn now that you’ve narrowed down the method(s) you’ll use to collect and analyze data. Here are a few examples of organizations where restaurant management softwareanalytics may be incredibly beneficial – and how you can utilize that data to improve your operations!
Improved Order Accuracy
To improve order accuracy, modern predictive analytics tools can connect directly to your restaurant’s ordering system. The majority of them can forecast what foods will be desired at certain times of the day. This also aids you in stocking up on supplies in order to meet consumer needs.
Increased Table Turnover
You’ll need to move the dining experience along with your tables in order to provide excellent service and hopefully generate repeat business. Customers may enjoy a casual lunch, leaving satisfied and likely to return for another meal, thanks to a restaurant software development POS system that can help with ordering and even allow tabletop payment.
Customer Insights
Your consumers are the lifeblood of your company. The more useful information you can collect about them, the better! You can even start pulling analytics on your customers with improved technologies, such as loyalty programs. What brings them joy? What is it that makes them tick? It’s time to find out – and put that knowledge to good use!
Reduce Food Waste
When creating a menu, it’s critical that a restaurant owner understands the quantities of ingredients required to create a meal properly. You’ll be able to delve down into past and current inventory levels utilizingpredictive analytics. This allows you to reduce food waste by ordering only what you need when you need it and keeping track of your food costs.
Make Your Staffing Requirements Appropriate
Wouldn’t it be good to know which servers are your best and worst performers? Yes, we all have a mix of instincts and experience, but you should back up your decisions with statistics. Investigate further to determine the real cost of a faulty server to your company. Your restaurant analytics will be able to show you where losses occur and where you might be able to better utilize your labor if you have the same amount of kitchen and waitstaff throughout the week but only have extra servers on specific nights.
Employee Performance
Employees are the ones who grin as they greet guests, prepare meals, and serve tables (hopefully). The greatest method to get actionable training ideas and insights is to have restaurant statistics on your staff’s performance. You can best help employees develop if you know where they are thriving – and where they are barely surviving.
Forecast trends
Predictive analytics in restaurants can also be used to forecast future revenue and trends. You may forecast where your restaurant will be in the next couple of years by comparing past data with present figures. As a result, you can design plans and take initiatives to assist your company in achieving its objectives.
Improved Marketing
Strong digital marketing is one of your most potent instruments for filling seats, and you can observe the successes and failures of campaigns or adjust them to specific preferences, which makes them much more powerful.Tracking a campaign inside your POS analytics can allow you to compare sales data to evaluate if your efforts are bringing in more revenue or are a waste of time, whether it’s a weekly Taco Tuesday special or something more transitory, like a Mother’s Day prix fixe menu. If the latter is the case, you can switch to a more profitable technique.
Improved planning
By forecasting customer trends and busiest times of day, predictive analytics can assist restaurants in pre-planning upcoming shifts. This allows for improved BOH and FOH decisions, as well as adjustments to the restaurant’s floor layout.
The Bottom Line
To properly analyze data and run your restaurant at optimal efficiency, you don’t need to be a full-fledged data scientist. It’s simply a matter of delving into your analytics for each area of your organization, reading through the numbers, and maybe learning from your discoveries.You don’t have to make all of these adjustments at the same time. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all of these categories, take it one step at a time. Or you can contact an industry expert such as IBR Infotech. Visit their website now.
summary: the biggest goal of a grad student is to get through school in one piece - no petty drama involved, no sweating over the little things. however, that plan almost always never follows through. sometimes, you can’t help but fall into the most unthinkable, unexpected traps and learn the hard way. like, exhibit a: being unable to resist your engaged, substitute teacher, kim seokjin.
pairing: (2nd bts member to be revealed later on) x reader x engaged!teacher!seokjin
genre: grad school au, student life au | fluff, angst, smut (to come)
words: 2.0k
warnings: hoe-ish thoughts / implied sexual content, cussing, mentions of death/car accident, your friends being extra like always
notes: flashback scene towards the last half of the chapter. start and end of flashback will be indicated!
tags: @laurynne5, @yiyi4657, @bluesharksandfish, @miinoongi @teamtardis-notdead (pls msg me if you would like to be added to the taglist!)
It was a cold morning, with the wind slowly picking up, bringing the clouds over from across the bay. You grabbed yourself a cup of coffee and sat on a table near the food cart on campus, finishing up your last items on your to-do list for work. You didn't wanna sit in the office for remainder of the day, and luckily, your job gave you that flexibility. You rubbed your hands together, hoping it could provide some relief to the cold taking over. You were too lazy to make your move at this point, and Mr. Kim's [or shall we say Jin since we aren't in a classroom right now] class wasn't too far away from where you were sitting. It'd be an easy, breezy walk.
Your brain felt foggy; even though you didn't have much left on your to-do list, you couldn't seem to focus and you knew why. Chance's death anniversary was coming up, and it was always something you dreaded. You wish you could skip the day and continue on with the week without having to revisit shit like this. Your friends are your biggest support systems, but they too, have their own lives to tend to. And as much as they tried to physically be there for you, sometimes it just didn't end up happening that way.
"Miss Y/N, are you doing alright?" You looked up to see Jin standing in front of you, a concerned expression plastered on his face while he held his cup of coffee.
"Oh yeah, sorry. Just spaced out trying to get things done for work."
"No need to apologize. I feel that, 100%." He chuckled. "Mind if I sit for a minute?" You shook your head and moved your things closer to you so he had some room for himself. "Glad to see you got home in one piece."
"Sure did." You smiled at him, tilting your head slightly to get a good look at his handsome ass face while he brings up his foot to rest on his knee. Honest question: is it ever too early for hoe thoughts to make an appearance?
Did I put on deodorant today?
"You work nearby?" He sipped on his coffee and glanced at you.
"Yeah, I work for a cloud-based software company as a project manager. Sometimes, I'll help chime in with graphic design projects too, if I'm not too swamped." He nodded.
"That's pretty amazing."
"What about you? I assume this isn't your only gig." He chuckled.
"You're right, it's not. I, uh-" He paused. "I'm a CFO for a tech company in the city." Your eyes widened. Handsome, and a fucking boss? You have got to be kidding me.
"W-wow. Holy shit." You quickly shook your head and shut your eyes in embarrassment. "Sorry, holy crap." You corrected your previous statement.
"Y/N, I don't care if you cuss." He laughed. "I'm a 30 year old man who still finds the need to slip it in between every other word when I'm not in class."
"Sorry, just— holy fuck. I wasn't really expecting that, but good on you!"
"What do I look like to you? Honest question."
"Oh, I mean. I just thought you worked in business or something like that. As someone important, but not that important. I-I mean—"You sighed and pursed your lips into a fine line. "You know what I mean, I hope."
"I think I do, don't worry." He smiled, feeling slightly amused with how cute you were acting.
"You must be really busy all the time."
"Mm, no actually. I do have quite a few meetings and deadlines to reach but other than that, it's not too bad." You rested your chin on the palm of your hand. "Are you from here?"
"I am, born and raised. Are you?" He shook his head and slightly pouted.
"I moved here a couple of years ago from Seattle when my fiancé Grace started to get serious about her cooking. She wanted to open her first restaurant here."
"Oh, that's neat. She's a chef?" Stupid question, but you weren't sure how else to keep the conversation going about his soon-to-be wifey.
"Yep. She's a wonder woman, for sure." He pauses to sip more of his coffee. "Do you have family members that live around here?"
"Yeah I do, my parents live about 30 minutes away from here. I go and visit them when I can. But sometimes, I get too occupied with work and school that I just long for time to myself. Being 25, you'd think I could handle more but I'm still learning how to balance my time, I guess." He nods. He's a little relieved to hear you aren't that far off in age, to be honest. He wasn't sure if he was being weird harmlessly getting to know his students. He genuinely wanted to build relationships with them so they didn't think he was a professor they couldn't turn to. However, when it came to you, he couldn't help but feel slightly captivated. He was impressed with the way you carried yourself, down to how you'd participate in class and how you didn't come off like a student who hated every fucking professor they came across in their academic career. He appreciated the tiny details. "Not gonna lie though, I do get a little homesick whenever I don't get to visit for awhile, even though they don't live far. Truly makes me appreciate having my friends around."
"Ryujin, Taehyung and Jimin? No siblings?" He asks. Impressive. He paid attention. Although, it's definitely not hard to figure out when you four were constantly [for the most part] stuck at the hip.
"Yup, those punks. I'm the only child so they've become family to me." You smiled hearing your friends' names. They honestly meant the world to you, and you weren't sure where you'd be without them.
"That's sweet. It's good to have people like that on your side of the court."
There was silence for a moment, with Jin looking at you over the rim of his cup, while you tried your hardest to keep yourself together. You felt the heat radiating throughout your body the longer you kept your gaze on him, the tension slightly building. You were a little relieved he didn't bounce the question back about your love life or anything regarding the matter. You almost feel guilty that you're digging pretty deeply into this situation yet again, but you felt comfortable with the way the conversation was going and the energy he was exuding.
"I, um--" You pause as you tuck a strand of hair behind your ear. He keeps the same gaze on you, almost like he's trying to figure out what you'll say next by reading you and your body language. "I hope--"
"Y/N!" You hear Taehyung's deep ass voice yell for you from behind. "Oh fuck, sorry dude. Am I interrupting something?" To be quite frank, you were happy Taehyung interrupted when he did because you were just about to tell Jin how good he looked, respectfully, of course. You were going to keep it PG and comment on the tie he was wearing and how the pattern complimented him and the rest of his outfit.
"No, not at all." Jin chuckles. "We were just wrapping up, I have to get going." He stands and smiles at the both of you. "See you both in class soon."
"Peace out, Mr. Kim." Taehyung throws up the peace sign like a dumbass as you both watch him take his exit and walk towards his classroom.
"Peace out, Mr. Kim? Really, Tae?"
"I mean, he seems cool enough for me to do that, don't you think?" You shake your head and continue finishing up your work on your work laptop. "What was that about? Are you in trouble already? What'd you do?"
"Why do you have like, so much fucking energy right now?"
"I downed two redbulls before I got here."
"You're an idiot."
"Me and Jimin were up all night hunting."
"I stand corrected— you both are idiots." Taehyung clicks his tongue before raising his eyebrow, manspreading and leaning back into the chair.
"So, what was that really about?"
"We just had a chat!"
"Sure. You both were definitely eye-fucking each other. It was weird to walk into."
"Not everyone is like you, trying to fuck everything they see." You rolled your eyes. "He had just sat here for a minute and we talked about work and where we were from."
"Okay." He snorts and shrugs.
"You're being so dramatic. It was harmless."
"Definitely looked otherwise."
"You weren't even here for the majority of our conversation?"
"Didn't have to be, sweetheart." He winked, playfully caressing your chin. "Your secret is safe with me."
"You are so full of shit. I don't know how I've dealt with you for so long."
"Who's so full of shit?" Ryujin comes strolling along, with a tired Jimin who was sipping on an iced americano. He wore a cap and sunglasses with sweats and a fitted crewneck, looking like he just rolled the fuck out of bed.
"Taehyung, who else?" You both stood up to start slowly walking towards Mr. Kim's classroom. "Are you okay, Chim?" You asked, genuinely worried about him, but also trying to change the subject.
"Tired. Just tired." He shakes his head, lowering his the brim of his cap even more. "This dumbass kept messing up our hunt last night."
"I didn't mess anything up, you just weren't clear on the directions." Jimin smacked him upside the head. "And Y/N's just mad I caught her and Mr. Kim on a date." Ryujin gasped, while Jimin choked on his iced americano and coughed trying to get himself together.
"Excuse me, come again?" Ryujin squeezes your arm, causing you to slightly wince in pain before you can shake her off.
"Tae, really?" You rolled your eyes. "It wasn't a date! He just sat with me for a minute and we talked for a little bit. That's literally it."
"You forgot the part where you both were eye-fucking each other when I came along."
"What the fuck is even going on right now?" Jimin finally chimed in, making you sigh deeply.
"We were not!" You pushed Tae. "You're such an instigator."
"First, helping you with your groceries, now this? I didn't think you had it in you, girl! Actually pursuing an engaged professor." Ryujin joked, making herself laugh out loud. Jimin is now walking alongside of you, while Taehyung throws his arms around both you and Ryujin, swinging his big ass head back and forth between the both of you.
"He helped you with groceries last night? What?" Jimin is honestly so confused and is unable to keep up with the chaotic conversation.
"Look, I just ran into him at Trader Joes and he offered to bring my groceries to my car since it was getting late. And today, we just ended up talking for a little bit. That's it. Can we drop this?"
"Mr. Kim has the hots for Y/N!" Ryujin teased.
"That's it. I'm going to find new friends." You shrugged. "Unbelievable." Did they not listen to one word you just said?
"You should go for it and have fun." Taehyung winked.
"No, no. She shouldn't go for him or do anything." Jimin states loud and clear, making sure he grabs both Ryujin and Taehyung's attention by waving his hand in the air.
"Ah, come on Chim, it's just a little fun."
"Ry." Jimin says sternly.
"Okay, kidding." She rolls her eyes.
"This is getting so out of hand." You say as you all approached the door to Mr. Kim's classroom.
"Hey Mr. Kim." Ryujin waved her hand playfully, followed by Jimin and Taehyung who simply nodded and gave him a toothless smile. He happily returns her greeting, then flashes a small smirk as you pass him while arranging the papers on the front desk.
"Hmph." Ryujin smirks. "Told you so." You roll your eyes.
Chance's death anniversary arrives quicker than you'd like, causing you to pick yourself up and force yourself to get on with the day whether you like it or not. After work, you quickly visited his grave at the cemetery, balling your eyes out as you spend quite awhile sitting in silence, staring at his photo on the tombstone. Every memory, every good and bad moment that you shared with Chance flashed right before your eyes.
It was irreplaceable.
[ start flashback ]
"So, who would you want next to you if the end of the world was coming?" You kept your gaze on the 'List of questions to ask your significant other' photo on your phone.
"What kind of morbid question is that?" Chance laughed as he continued to hug you tightly while you laid on his chest. "You, of course."
"Aw, thanks bebe. Same here."
"Are there any happy questions in there?" He scrolled down the list. "Like this one - what's the cutest thing your partner has ever done for you?"
"When we had dinner on a boat and you sang to me and everyone else having dinner." You laughed.
"Yeah, that was pretty cute wasn't it?"
"Shut up." You playfully covered his mouth. "Your turn."
"The cutest thing you've done? I don't know sweetheart, you've done a ton of cute things. I'd have to say you waking up next to me. It reminds me how real you are." You smiled and pecked him on the lips.
"I love you, chance."
"I love you too." He says almost at a whisper while caressing your chin. He was pulled out of the moment when his phone rang. "Ayo." He says. You watch as his facial expression changes. "For fuck's sake man, alright. Hang tight, I'll be there. Yo, don't be stupid and drive home drunk. I'm about to leave, okay? Your ass better be there by the time I get there." He sighed as he hung up the phone.
"What's wrong?"
"Josh is drunk as hell. I'm gonna go pick him up before he does something stupid."
"Can't he find a ride there?"
"Everybody left him. I can't just leave him there."
"I know, but--"
"It's gonna be fine, okay baby? I promise. I'll be back before you know it."
"Alright." You sighed. "Be safe, please."
"I will."
[ end flashback ]
When you finally arrived at school, you checked out your appearance to make sure you looked decent enough to get through class. You were hoping your psychology classes would go by quickly, just so you could get out of there and feel less suffocated.
"I'm sorry I can't come over." Ryujin pulls you into a tight hug and caresses your back. She had planned to spend time with you, but her sister called her last minute to ask if she could babysit her niece until late night. "But let me know if you need me, okay? I don't care if it's 1AM, I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Same. I'll do what I can to get out of this family thing." Jimin gives your arm a gentle squeeze. Jimin's family was visiting from Korea on a whim, so he had been pulled into some family festivities for the evening.
"Look, you guys. I'll be fine, okay? Don't worry about me. You know I love you both no matter what, do what you need to do."
"I'll text you when I'm on my way?" Taehyung is the only one who is able to spend time with you tonight, after he helps his younger brother with a project. You simply nodded before you split ways with your group and headed for the library. You were going to stick around and do some work at the library until Taehyung was free because there was no way you were going to go home alone, feeling the way you were feeling. You weren't going to get anything done, and you weren't going to have the energy to pull yourself together.
Today was heavy.
The library wasn't any better for you because your thoughts seemed to be louder in such a huge, quiet space. You were looking at the clock time and time again, hoping Taehyung would text you, letting you know he'd be on his way with tons of dessert and wine. Just cause that's what you wanted, right at this moment.
You sighed and cracked your neck from side to side, getting yourself into Steph Curry "Lock in" mode so you can push through your assignments that needed to get done. But, it just didn't happen that way. You were becoming frustrated and restless, so you quickly packed up your things and shoved them into your bag before walking out. The campus was lit with street lights, with barely any students walking around. It felt a little eery, but the walk to the lot wasn't too bad being that the garage was well-lit, with security guards on every level. You felt your phone buzz in your pocket, causing you to try and reach for it even though you were hauling the rest of the books that didn't fit in your bag. Next thing you knew, you had your phone, but your books had fallen to the floor, the papers stuffed in them falling out and getting wet from the wet grass next to the concrete walkway.
"Fuck!" You groaned to yourself as you quickly glanced at Taehyung's 'be there in about 30 minutes or so' text and bent down to pick up your mess. You really had no reason to cry over this shit, but all of the pent up frustration and emotions you had been feeling today pushed you over the edge. You aggressively wiped your tears away as you stuffed your wet papers back into the books and stacked them on top of each other.
"Y/N?" You look up to see Jin, tears still falling from your eyes. "Are you alright?" He bends down to help you gather your books, towering over you as he gathers the majority of your things.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you." You slyly wiped your tears once more as you grabbed the books from him.
"Hey." He placed his hand out to prevent you from walking any further. You look up at him, watching as he dips his head down to examine your face, your eyes still wet and glossy from the tears. "Do you wanna talk about it?"
"Look, I'm fine and I don't wanna take time away--"
"You clearly aren't." His expression fills with worry. "And you aren't going to be taking time out of my evening." He finishes your statement for you. You sigh and close your eyes as your head dips lowly.
"It's just been a tough day, that's all."
"Let's talk about it." You look up at him as he nods for you to follow him to a bench near the parking garage. "Come on. I really won't forgive myself if I went home without trying to help." You silently follow him and place your things down before sitting. He sits next to you, with enough space placed between your position and his. "What's on your mind, Y/N?"
"Um." You pause and look at him. "On this day 3 years ago, I lost the love of my life to a car accident." You wiped your tears in between words. Jin's expression softened as he watched you break down in front of him, his heart breaking seeing you in pain like this. He wanted to do everything in his power to comfort you, hoping it would relieve some of the pain even though he knew it was something that would forever be embedded in you. But if he could provide any relief, then that would make him feel a little better.
[ start flashback ]
"It's been close to two hours, where the hell is he?" You said as you looked at your phone, sitting on the couch as you, Ryujin, Taehyung and Jimin watched a movie. Suddenly, breaking news flashed through the screen, cutting the movie to another commercial break earlier than expected.
"Breaking news - a white Lexus sports car and a Ford truck were involved in a head-on collision early this morning on Highway 101."
"O-oh my god." Ryujin says, as they look at the totaled cars. The Lexus was completely sandwiched at the median, while the truck was wrecked, but still stood in one piece off to the side.
"T-that's Chance's car." You said as you put your drink down on the coffee table to take a closer look at the car.
"Y/N, I'm sure Chance is fine and is on his way back." Taehyung chimed in from behind you.
"N-no." You stuttered, the feeling of despair in the pit of your stomach growing bigger by the minute. "N-no, I know his car."
"We might just be overthinking this." Jimin says, gently grabbing your wrist to pull you back down onto the couch, but you continued to stand.
"There was said to be one intoxicated passenger in the white Lexus, who is in critical condition and is being taken to the nearby trauma center. The driver of the truck was also intoxicated and injured, but is expected to survive. However, the driver of the white Lexus was pronounced dead at the scene." All of a sudden, you felt weak and dizzy because you just knew. You knew Chance wasn't okay, and you knew he wasn't on his way back to you. Soon after the news announcement, loud knocks came at the door. You looked back at your friends before making your way to the door, revealing two police officers standing before you. At this point, you felt like your entire life had been sucked out of you as you fell onto the floor, crying loudly while your friends tried their best to comfort you and speak to the officers for you. All you could remember hearing was the "i'm sorry's" from both police officers before everything turned into white noise. Everything felt numb.
[ end flashback ]
"I am so sorry, Y/N. I know my apologies are going to do much to ease the pain, but please know that I'm here for you whenever you need someone to talk to. I wanna do what I can to provide some relief." Is all Jin says as you continue to divulge about that night's details.
"You know," You looked up at the moon. "It's been 3 years, but it feels like it just happened yesterday. The pain always feels so fresh and it still feels so painful to think about it. It used to make me question why I was so deserving to continue living my life. I'm not an angel, I haven't been perfect. You know? Yet, someone who was so close to perfect, someone who was always so selfless and never hesitated to put others before himself was taken away from this world so easily? How did Josh survive, but Chance didn't? He was just going to help his friend out because he didn't want anything to happen to him, yet he ended up getting the short end of the stick. I was so mad." You shook your head. "I was so mad at Josh for awhile. I never understood and I still don't. I still don't fucking understand this." Your tears fell as you looked back at Jin.
"I can only imagine. There's things we'll never understand and quite frankly, it fucking sucks. But, I really don't want you to beat yourself up over this. I'm sure Chance wouldn't want you to, either. A lot of things happen for a reason, whether we like it or not, and it's hard to look at it in a different perspective. He's still with you, all the time. You're strong, and he knows this."
"I just don't know how I did this without him. It hurts so bad."
"I know, and it's okay to let yourself ride it out. Don't try and suppress the feelings just because you feel the need to act strong. If you don't let yourself process these feelings, it'll never get easier. It's okay to not be okay." He nods reassuringly. You smile at him toothlessly before sighing and getting yourself together. Although it had been quite the day, you felt a little relieved being able to talk to Jin about what's been going on. You felt a little more put together than you did earlier in the day and that's all that mattered. Baby steps.
"Is it okay if I give you a hug?" You asked shyly. You didn't know how else you could thank him for listening to you. You were sure he had tons of things on his plate, yet he still took time to sit with you out in the cold just to make sure you were okay. He chuckles and stands, his arms wide open, ready to envelope you. You wrap your arms around his torso, taking in his scent and breathing him in. He gently rubs your back before you pull away and smile up at him.
"I'll take a hug any day."
"I hope Grace won't be upset with you for coming home a little later than expected."
"She'll be fine. She's at the restaurant working late." His lips were pulled together in a fine line.
"Thank you again." You pull out your phone to check the time. 30 minutes from the last time Taehyung texted you was almost up, so you felt the need to get going sooner than later.
"It's not a problem." He puts his hand out, signaling for your phone. "Do me a favor and just let me when you get home, though? I'd feel better knowing you're safe and sound." You nod and hand him your phone. You knew you couldn't get wrapped up in whatever this was, no matter how flattered you were from the attention you were getting from him. He was still engaged, and he was still planning a life with Grace. The last thing you wanted to do was ruin that for someone genuine like Jin.
But God, was he making it difficult for you.
"I can do that."
"Thanks." He smiles toothlessly at you. "If you're ever in need of company or someone to talk to, don't hesitate to let me know. I'll be there in a heartbeat."
"Okay." You grabbed your things before walking away. Jin stood there, watching you walk deeper into the garage, feeling good about having been there at the right time. Something as simple as the hug you gave him had his thoughts running wild, just feeling your touch and your body against his. Albeit, it could be the lack of attention between him and Grace causing him to feel this way, but it was enticing all at the same time.
You were enticing.
And he could pick up on your little habits that made him want to know more. The way you'd look at him inside and outside of class. The way you always dressed so nicely when you had to take his class. The way you passed closely to the front desk, allowing him to take in your scent. The way you and your friends acted around him, knowing they were teasing you.
He knew, and he also knew what he was doing when he put his number in your phone.
He gets home and just as he mentions, Grace is still out at the restaurant working late. He kicks his shoes off to the side and heats up some leftovers to eat before retreating up to the master bedroom to call it a night early. As he's getting out of his clothes from today and heading into the shower, he notices his phone vibrating on the bathroom countertop, signaling a text.
[unknown number] 9:37pm: Hi, I'm safe and sound at home. :)
He smiles to himself before responding and heading into the shower.
“Have you even looked at what I packed for you? You might need help getting into your dress. Make sure you wear the lingerie.”
“Hello, to you, too,” Eun-Sang muttered as she sat down on the veranda overlooking a little private garden. She’d noticed that Young-Do liked to incorporate organic elements into his properties. She was certain, if he had enough time, he’d make something of their small backyard. She liked it. She could swing her feet back and forth. “You brought Ye-Sol to this hotel, right? Where did you go to dinner?”
“Going that poorly? I thought the rooms and cleanliness were amazing but there was no way I wanted to risk that restaurant after the look the desk manager gave me and Ye-Sol. Unless the staff changes, I’m not going back. I didn’t put it on my lesbian safe vacation sites either. Young-Do probably doesn’t care about that but--”
“No. I think, after this last week with Eun-Hee, he will care very much. Young-Do respects his security chief and he has a daughter with his partner. He is upset at the lack of service and the uncomfortable look I got when I called him my boyfriend.”
Rachel let out a low whistle. “Good test but did he hate it?”
Eun-Sang stopped swinging her feet. “How did you know?”
There was a little bit of silence. “I always thought the problem with the rumors surrounding his friendship with Hyo-Shin was that he couldn’t acknowledge it for what it was. Young-Do likes labels. He tried to get me to call him oppa when we were almost brother and sister. You know how well that went over.”
Eun-Sang kept waiting for that moment with Young-Do’s quirks became too much to deal with. Every time she thought she’d heard something that was just a step too far she...she just wanted to hug him. He took so much responsibility for himself that other times, she just wanted him to let her share the load.
Because she loved him.
“I might be a little jealous right now. You know him so well.”
“It was an intense six months. I’ll text you the restaurant we went to if you text me a picture of you in the lingerie. For educational purposes.”
“So you can let it slip to Ye-Sol and spin her up? You know I don’t like doing that. She keeps pulling my hair.” Rachel made a sound that told Eun-Sang she was pouting. “You need to be honest with your feelings. You need to stop torturing her. I know you think she likes it but--”
“We have a safe word and she uses it. Stop judging me.”
Eun-Sang sighed and backed off. “Do I get a safe word?”
“Is it because you’re married now? You never cared before. Not even when you dated Hyo-Shin.”
“He thought it was funny. Young-Do doesn’t.” She laid back on the veranda and looked up at the clouds. She pressed her lips together. “I’ve asked him not to cheat on me. That means I can’t do anything like that either. It would be easy for outsiders to spin our relationship in a way that would hurt him. I don’t want that.”
Rachel was quiet for nearly a minute. “Alright. Did the doctor say why you fell asleep like that?” When Eun-Sang didn’t answer right away, Rachel gasped. “You’re pregnant?”
“Yes.” She winced and rolled onto her side. The wood beneath her was surprisingly comfortable. “It’s too soon.”
“You should probably tell him.” Rachel knew her so well that she almost felt guilty for chiding her about the lingerie. “You want to be a mother and he is your husband. You said he did well with Eun-Hee.”
“He’s being more careful about the condoms,” she whispered. She was grateful both that Young-Do was inside talking to his assistant and that Rachel didn’t dismiss what she was afraid the condoms meant in the wake of Eun-Hee.
“Well, you can’t read his mind so why don’t you just ask?”
“You know why.”
“Coward.”
“Absolutely.” She glanced at the sliding glass door and felt safe with it between her and Young-Do to confess the truth to Rachel. “You were right. I’m in love with him. I can’t admit it until he does and he can’t admit it at all.”
“He was in love with Lee Hyo-Shin. He’s going to love you back.” Rachel didn’t often sound gentle but Eun-Sang felt like she was beside her, ready to hug her or smack her for her insecurities.
“Hyo-Shin destroyed him with his love. I just want something simple. It doesn’t have to be the same. It shouldn’t be the same. I just want him to feel safe to love me. At least the sex is back to normal.” She flopped onto her back and stared at the awning this time. The sun was peeking through the clouds and trying to blind her.
“And now you’re pregnant. Are you going to keep it?”
She felt a little guilty that she even considered not having this baby but she had. “Yes. My insecurities aside, he isn’t the kind of man to freak out about this. He won’t get angry that I’m breaking our agreement. I just...I want him to be excited.”
Rachel gave a heavy sigh that she felt in the pit of her stomach. “Some men don’t get excited until they hold the baby, Eun-Sang. There is no way to predict that. I’m sorry.”
“Me, too.” She drew in a deep breath. “Can you give me the name of the restaurant without seeing the lingerie?”
“Only because you are a pathetic pregnant woman in love. It will be okay. I promise.”
Eun-Sang didn’t tell her that she couldn’t promise that. “I love you.”
“Because I’m the best. Good luck this weekend.” Rachel hung up and immediately texted her the name and a link to the restaurant’s website so she could look at it. It was on the river and they took reservations. She called and was able to get one pretty easily before she went inside. Young-Do was pacing and she worried a little while she watched him.
“Hyun-Shik, something is massively wrong. We need a new manager. See if you can find local talent we can train for all positions. A boost to the local economy means more people willing to travel and spend money here.” Young-Do paused and closed his eyes. “I don’t care who got him the job. If he is pocketing the extra money while claiming he has more employees than he does, then he is a thief and should lose his job.”
Eun-Sang winced. She sat down on the bed and tried to pretends she was interested in the features. There was an adjustable base, heating and cooling, and she was halfway through trying to figure out if there were massage capabilities when Young-Do hung up. He flopped onto the bed with a groan. She patted his back.
“I got us a reservation for our fancy dinner. The hotel is incredibly clean so the cleaning staff is killing it. We’ve looked at everything we can and our stuff is mostly unpacked. Let’s try out the bed.”
Young-Do rolled onto his back and a quick peek told her that he was still in the mood after she pounced on him a few hours ago. “I should’ve sent Hyun-Shik and his girlfriend to do this.”
“Hyun-Shik is an assistant, he is not the president of a company with a brand image to maintain. Who encouraged the hiring of this manager?”
“Vice President Kwan. He’s the last vestige of my father’s regime. He has put over twenty years into the company and his contract makes it incredibly hard to get rid of him. Manager Kwan is his son. I didn’t know until five minutes ago.”
Eun-Sang decided to cuddle into his side and drape her arm over his waist. He needed to be comforted and she wanted sexy cuddling. She was sure once they worked through this, she could get it. Young-Do took her hand and kissed her palm.
“It sounds worth the fight. You put a lot of care into this property so you could share that mountain you love. I recognize it from some of your pictures.” She intertwined their fingers and draped her leg over his. He gave a quiet grunt but pulled her closer. Eun-Sang decided they needed a drama to watch together so they could cuddle like this more often.
“I almost want to laugh. My board put a lot of pressure on me to get your software, citing this property as the perfect test. Yet, all I had to do is show up and I found the problem. Hyun-Shik and Vice President Kang are going through all the data we already have but if Manager Kwan is doctoring it...not even your software could prevent that.”
“Unless we lock it to our little subsidiary. That way only input is controlled by what the employees put in. Managers can’t change anything. They can make notes for the data analysts to consider.” She sat up and felt the fire of working on a new idea fill her up. Young-Do sat up as well, his eyes going wide.
“Let’s sketch this out. How much time do you need to get ready for dinner? We’ll work until then.”
“We keep putting off testing the bed,” she gave him her best pout and got tumbled onto her back with a very enthusiastic kiss. He lifted his head and raised his eyebrows with just a little bit of a tilt. Eun-Sang groaned because he knew her. Work would always trump sexy times and they both knew it. “You’re right. Work first, play later.”
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