The audition was about to start soon, and instead of asking me to come to the director’s office, he wanted me to come to the set.
The second basement set was a small one, used exclusively for drama production.
Scratching the back of her head, as if understanding my confusion, she said, “I also received a message about it. They said it was urgent and asked you to come right away.”
“Really? Can you call the station director for me?”
I took the phone she handed me and dialed the station director’s number, but only the ringtone kept playing.
“They’re not answering?”
“Seems like they’re busy. I’ll go down and check anyway. Thank you.”
In the end, I handed the phone back to her.
I thought it might be urgent, and since my audition turn was towards the end, I figured it wouldn’t matter if I went.
‘Can’t be helped.’
At that moment, my eyes met Jae Ha’s, who was among the people in the distance.
He pointed at the studio with his chin, as if asking if I wasn’t going in.
I slightly nodded my head to him.
Then, I turned around and headed towards the set on the second basement floor.
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I opened the door marked “Set” at the end of the hallway.
As I turned on the switch outside the door, the surroundings lit up.
Since it was the studio of a drama that had just finished airing, the props used for filming were still there.
“It seems they haven’t cleared it out yet…”
The set was empty, as the station director hadn’t arrived yet.
While I was looking around, the door opened.
“What are you doing here?”
I thought it was the station director, but the person who entered the studio was none other than Jae Ha.
He strode towards me, who was standing alone.
“Ah… The station director was looking for me.”
“Here? Isn’t the audition starting soon?”
He let out a hollow laugh, as if he thought the situation was strange.
Then, he looked around the set and sat down on the sofa in front of him.
“That’s true. It is strange. But how did you know to come here, Jae Ha?”
“I asked a staff member I was with.”
Wasn’t he the one being guided inside the broadcasting station just a moment ago?
He leaned back on the sofa, looking unconcerned, and met my gaze.
“I got bored, so I escaped.”
“Excuse me…?”
His indifferent face flashed through my mind as he listened to the explanations.
Though those boring explanations were all for him.
“I received an urgent call and left. One of the secretaries must be having a hard time listening to the explanations on my behalf.”
“Ah…”
“Anyway, it seems like the station director isn’t coming, so let’s go?”
As I looked at him with an understanding expression, Jae Ha quickly stood up.
And then, it happened.
Clunk.
The sound of the door closing echoed through the silent set.
No, to be more precise, it was the sound of the door locking.
“…?”
Feeling the encroaching anxiety, I hurriedly rushed to the set door.
I turned the doorknob multiple times, but it was locked from the outside and wouldn’t open.
And soon, the lights on the set went out, and complete darkness enveloped us.
“Uh, wait a moment!”
I desperately knocked on the door, but only silence returned.
“There’s someone in here!”
As I turned the doorknob and shouted, the unfamiliar footsteps gradually grew distant.
The windowless set was soon filled with pitch-black darkness.
“Who on earth would do such a thing…”
It was strange. Someone came all the way to the set in the basement, locked the door, and left.
In the pitch-black darkness where nothing could be seen, I heard shuffling footsteps.
“Jae, Jae Ha. Where are you?”
My voice trembled as I tried to find him.
Feeling as if I would be swallowed by the darkness, strength unknowingly filled the hand gripping the doorknob.
“I’m here. Are you okay?”
“Yes… I’m fine, but it’s too dark to see anything.”
As his voice reached me, a faint light soon shone on me.
It was the small light coming from Jae Ha’s cellphone.
Upon finding him, I sat down, overwhelmed with relief.
“Can’t we open the door from the inside?”
He approached the door, turning the doorknob while asking me.
“No… It’s a double lock. It seems to be locked from the outside.”
“This is ridiculous. Can we turn on the lights from the inside?”
“This is a temporary studio. There should be a light switch on the wall. No, I’ll go.”
Thud!
Following Jae Ha, I tripped over something on the floor and fell.
“Ouch! Ow.”
At the loud noise, Jae Ha, who had been walking ahead, rushed back to me in surprise.
“Are you hurt? Sigh, I told you not to move in the dark.”
In the light from the cellphone he placed on the floor, Jae Ha’s grimacing face was revealed.
“Your hands are bleeding. You need to fix your impulsive nature, Yoon Yeo Jin.”
My palms, which had scraped the wooden floor of the set, were bleeding.
Though I was the one who was injured, why did his pained face seem more hurt?
“Coming here alone like this, too. Without any fear. What would you have done if you were trapped here without me?”
After checking my palms, he carefully helped me up, holding my arm.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
