Chapter 40 – Incident (2)

My mouth felt sore as if it had been torn when my teeth touched it.

My nose was bleeding, and it was difficult to breathe because of the tissue that was blocking it.

And people’s heavy gaze was so stinging.

It would have been better if I had fainted and been taken to the hospital.

I flinched when Director Choi glared at me as he dragged Jiyeon Lee, who was shedding tears of sadness, out.

The staff’s gaze stung as they glanced at me while cleaning up the messy office.

I unconsciously avoided looking at the look in the employee’s eyes as he stood me up, asking if I was okay.

It felt like everyone was blaming me.

I felt deeply how scary it was to receive people’s resentful gaze.

*

After the situation was resolved, Baek Ga-eun took me with her and left the place.

As she was leaving the office, she seemed to run away without giving any answer to the employee who asked her if everything was the same between men and women.

Baek Ga-eun sat me down in a deserted conference room.

Since there were no people, I felt like I could breathe a little more.

“···Oppa”

Baek Ga-eun spoke to her.
Finally, she lowered her head because she couldn’t bring herself to look at him.

The woman who was sitting across from her moved her seat and sat next to her.

“Brother, look here. Are you okay?”

As she held my face and turned it around, her eyes met.
Baek Ga-eun looked blankly into my eyes and said.

“···Are you feeling better?”

“···Yes, it’s okay.”

Baek Ga-eun said, taking out a small ointment from her bag.

“···Senior went a little too far, no matter how he beat someone like this…”

She was startled by Lee Ji-yeon’s story.

Baek Ga-eun paid no heed to her and squeezed the ointment into one of her hands, then held her face and gently applied the medicine with her fingers.
The medicine seeped into her, and she felt a little sore.

“···It’s done.”

Baek Ga-eun cleaned up her surroundings with a satisfied smile.

She might have been curious, but I was so grateful to Baek Ga-eun who took care of me without asking any questions.
The woman who was protecting me asked calmly, saying that Lee Ji-yeon was too harsh.

“···Oppa, is it okay if I don’t go to my senior?”

Of course, as a man, I had to take responsibility and hold on to Jiyeon Lee and make excuses for her.

However, after falling for Ji-yeon Lee, he spent his days and nights burning hot and without any sense of responsibility, like a prisoner awaiting execution, he tried to concentrate on other things.

When she actually told me she wasn’t pregnant, she was so disgusted that I was both embarrassed and relieved.
How can you hold Jiyeon Lee and make excuses for her?

But there is no pleasure without responsibility.

I take responsibility for Lee Ji-yeon…

“Oppa, that can happen when a man and a woman date.”

She continued her speech, interrupting me.

“I don’t know what happened between you and that senior, but in the end, nothing happened, right?”

“···Huh?”

Baek Ga-eun looked at me as if she was looking into my eyes and said.

“Oppa, what is your relationship with senior Jiyeon?”

I couldn’t stop talking.

Lee Ji-yeon and I are former lovers, employees, celebrities, and childhood friends.

However, it was a relationship that dragged on because the past relationship could not be resolved.

“···Are you dating? “Did you promise to get married?”

Baek Ga-eun urged an answer.

I answered reluctantly.

“···No”

Baek Ga-eun spoke with confidence after hearing my answer.

“We’re not dating right now, nor are we going to get married, so why is my brother digging the ground?”

I wanted to say something, but Baek Ga-eun was right.

She said to me who hesitated.

“···I’m glad I’m not pregnant, right? “I almost got my nose pierced.”

I thought deeply about her words.

What would have happened if Lee Ji-yeon was really pregnant?

Jiyeon Lee may have really retired.

I lose trust after causing a stir with the celebrity in charge.

The debuts of Hyeon Ha-yeon and Baek Ga-eun, whom I was in charge of, may have been canceled.

Hyeon Hayeon’s family will become more difficult than it is now, and Hyeon Hayeon will live without her talents blossoming.
Baek Ga-eun may have lived a decent life after losing her trust in me and giving up on her dream.

CEO Choi believed in me and was eager for the current Hayeon to debut, even citing ridiculous support and past mistakes.

Baek Ga-eun whispered to me, waking me up from my deep troubles.

“Brother, I’m so glad. … Still, as a man, shouldn’t we finish it?”

“···Finishing?”

He sneakily approached me and whispered close to me.

Before I knew it, a sweet scent filled the room.

“···That senior, you must be misunderstanding. They say they love each other…”

“···Why don’t we finish this before there’s more misunderstanding?”

It was a scent I had smelled before somewhere.

Sweetness filled my lungs, and I became dazed by a strange sense of elation.

I took a deep breath of the sweet scent and opened my mouth to answer Baek Ga-eun’s words.

‘Wow…’

For a moment, I was startled by the loud vibration.

“Ugh…”

Baek Ga-eun, who was already far away, spoke quietly.

“···I’m calling.”

“Uh, uh…”

I quickly found my phone and checked the number.

It was Lee Ji-yeon.

There was no sound over the phone.

“···Hello.”

[···Where are you now?]

A calm voice was heard, as if he had calmed down.

I glanced at Baek Ga-eun and said.

“···I, ···is in the conference room”

[···Baek Ga-eun is with that bitch, right?]

At Lee Ji-yeon’s words, she was startled and pulled her body away slightly and held the phone closer.

“···No”

[···I’ll be home, so stop by]

“···Okay”

As soon as she heard what I said, Baek Ga-eun held the hung up phone in her hand and opened her mouth before she could think about it.

“···Oppa, where should you go?”

“Uh? ···Yes, I think I should go.”

Baek Ga-eun looked at me intently, rummaged through her bag, and handed me something.

[Baekil General Hospital]

It was a business card.

“···What is this?”

“… If you ever need to go, I will let you know, so let’s go here.”

I was so grateful to Baek Ga-eun who did this for me.

He took care of me when I was mentally ill, and now even introduced me to a hospital, telling me to go there if I had anything to do…

I felt really sorry for only receiving so much when there was nothing I could do.

“···Thank you so much, I’m sorry I received too much…”

“···Are you okay. “It’s all about helping.”

I left the conference room, saying thank you again and again to Baek Ga-eun, who smiled brightly and told me to go quickly.

Even though I was indoors, the air was clear, and my mind seemed to become clearer.

I quietly stopped by the office, picked up my car keys, and headed to Jiyeon Lee’s house.

She quickened her pace, thinking of her favorite bread.

*

“What are you doing? “It’s not cheap”

“···Over there”

I was a little surprised to see that the sad crying figure had gone away and was looking at me coldly.

“I will not? “Can I do it?”

He said while stopping Jiyeon Lee from taking off her pants.

“Oh, no! “Wait a minute!”

“Do it quickly”

I looked at the small container in front of me.

[Kim Cho-in]

My name was written on it.

“···Ha”

Jiyeon Lee, who was looking at me moving slowly, sighed briefly and then ran towards me.
He said, barely holding her as she tried to take off her pants.

“Bye, hospital!! “Let’s go to the hospital”

“···What?”

I finally convinced Jiyeon Lee and headed to the hospital.

When she secretly contacted Baek Ga-eun, she said she had already told him and told her to just contact the hospital.
I’m really glad she’s in charge.

When she contacted the hospital, she said she would take care of the registration and come to the hospital right away.

“100 days general hospital?”

Jiyeon Lee was upset, asking why she was at that hospital, but she quietly followed her.

Because of her special nature as a celebrity, she tried to be examined secretly, but Ji-yeon Lee refused her examination.
As it turned out, she had already had tests done and was told she was 100% healthy, she said.

···I got tired of Lee Ji-yeon’s meticulousness.

In the end, I was the only one who received a small container and went into the body odor room.

After spending time alone for the first time in a long time, her face got hot and embarrassed, and she handed me the body odor container.

She returned to Jiyeon Lee’s house after being told that her results would be sent within a few days.

On the way back in silence, the story Baek Ga-eun told me came to mind.

Lee Ji-yeon and I were neither dating nor promised to get married.

I had to stop being ambiguous and tie the knot definitely.

When I got home, I sat Jiyeon Lee down and spoke to her seriously.

“···Jiyeon, we are not even dating…”

Before she could finish her sentence, an enraged Lee Ji-yeon attacked her and forced several times the amount of tests on her before she was able to return home.

*

On her way home, completely exhausted, it suddenly started pouring rain.

It seemed like there was quite a bit of thunder.

After taking a shower, I thought I should meet my goddess for the first time in a long time.
There was still plenty of time.

I took out a can of beer that had been cold for a long time in the refrigerator and drank it.

The cold beer flowed down my throat and quenched my thirst.

‘Kureung···’

Thunder rumbled loudly outside the window.

I thought there were a lot of people who got wet due to the sudden heavy rain.

I sat down on the sofa.

It was a very difficult day.

From her retirement, I took care of Hyun Ha-yeon’s mental health, and after she was beaten to the fullest by Lee Ji-yeon, her younger sister, Baek Ga-eun, took care of me.

··· Until Ji-yeon Lee, who was angry all the way to her head, robbed her of her energy…

She was quite surprised by Lee Ji-yeon’s steely spirit, which recovered more quickly than she expected, but the fact that she had to continue her ambiguous relationship was a challenge.

Just today, I was punished before I could even tell the story.

“Hu…”

She let out a long sigh, drank the rest of her beer, and looked out her window.
Black clouds covered the sky, and even the sun began to set, making it very dark.

‘Ding Dong-‘

The doorbell sounded.

‘Ding Dong-‘

The doorbell kept ringing loudly as if someone was visiting.

“···Get out!”

‘Quarring!’

The moment I put down the beer and got up from the sofa, thunder boomed loudly, and the room lit up.

···The thunder is fierce

‘Bang-bang-bang-‘

Now the door is broken, and I am annoyed by the person knocking.

‘Tiririk’

“Who are you?”

Hyeon Hayeon was standing there completely wet.

“···Oppa”

‘Crumbling…’

Thunder sparkled once again.