Yeo Woon had been worrying for an hour.

She was alternating between looking at the business card Seol Ji Oh had given her early yesterday morning and her phone, and finally sighed and lay down on her bed.

Yesterday’s incident definitely felt like the worst embarrassment of her life.

She had never done anything like that before, so why did it have to be yesterday! And in front of Seol Ji Oh, no less!

Yeo Woon wrapped her head in her arms and floundered in embarrassment. After struggling for a while, Yeo Woon sat up in her spot.

She felt like she should make an apology call since she had done something wrong, but her mind went blank when she thought about what to say if Seol Ji Oh answered the call.

“Miss Yeo Woon. I’ll take your apology when you’re sober. And be sure to pay the cleaning fee.”
Seol Ji Oh’s voice echoed in her ears, and so did the sight of his face, trying hard to suppress his anger.

Yeo Woon tried to recall Seol Ji Oh’s face from her memory.

Seol Ji Oh at the age of fifteen, thirteen years ago, had a sort of cuteness about him, but the twentyeightyearold Seol Ji Oh seemed like a wellmade robot. A robot that was kind and gentle to everyone and had good temper control.

Had he changed like this after becoming a top star? Or had it been so long that her memory was wrong?

Yeo Woon recalled how Seol Ji Oh had treated her like a stranger yesterday. How could he do that? There was even no reaction to the name Yeo Woon itself.

“Do I need to… know you?”
The cold look in his eyes made Yeo Woon’s mind complicated. She thought he was pretending not to know, but was that not the case?

Yeo Woon took out her phone and typed Seol Ji Oh’s name into the search bar. Then, a bunch of hotoffthepress news appeared.

[Seol Ji Oh, the topic of the ‘Panic’ Hollywood traditional hero movie premiere] [Seol Ji Oh of ‘Panic’, turning concerns into expectations… Action that everyone fell for] [Successful premiere of ‘Panic’, the future of hero films]

Yeo Woon clicked on a few articles and flicked through the screen with her fingers. Seol Ji Oh, in a camelcolored suit and exposing his sleek forehead, was smiling and waving at the camera.

Yeo Woon blankly stared at his face. The last time she had seen Seol Ji Oh, he was still a boy, so his appearance yesterday was somewhat of a shock.

He was a man. A fullgrown man. She hadn’t felt it when looking at him on the screen, but seeing Seol Ji Oh in person was so different from her expectations that it was a little unfamiliar.

After looking at a few more photos of Seol Ji Oh, Yeo Woon tossed her phone onto the bed.

So… should I call him, or not?

After much deliberation, Yeo Woon sat upright and picked up her phone. They say that the one who gets hit first gets better.

If I’m going to call, I might as well just do it.

Yeo Woon dialed the number written on the business card on her phone.

[Manager Choi Hyun 010xxxxxxxx]

It seemed like he had given her his manager’s number. Of course, there’s no way he would give his personal number to a woman who had caused such a scene.

Listening to the dial tone, Yeo Woon tried to calm her pounding heart.

What should I say first?

Soon, the dial tone stopped, and a man picked up the phone.

[Yes. This is Choi Hyun.] “Hello. I’m the actress Yeo Woon. Yesterday… I was very rude to Mr. Seol Ji Oh, and I wanted to… apologize.”
[Hmm. Just a moment, please.] The man put the phone aside and Yeo Woon could hear him conversing with someone nearby. She couldn’t make out exactly what was being said, but she thought she heard a male voice.

[Mr. Seol Ji Oh is currently on a flight and it’s difficult for him to take a call. I will convey your apology to him.] “Ah, and he also… mentioned a cleaning fee.”
[What? Mr. Seol Ji Oh did?] “Yes…”

[I will consult with Mr. Seol Ji Oh about that matter and get back to you.] “Yes, thank you.”
The call ended quickly. Despite having finished the call, nothing was resolved, leaving her feeling even more unsettled. Yeo Woon, who had been staring blankly into space after putting down her phone, soon started pulling at her hair in denial of reality.

If I got drunk, I should’ve just quietly gone home, why did I have to confront Seol Ji Oh…!!!

A few days later, Yeo Woon headed towards the broadcasting station. Today, she had a meeting at the TVC drama department.

Since her contract with the agency ended, she had made all her appearance contracts by herself, so she had been to the TVC drama department a few times.

As she entered the conference room, the writer and producer of the drama she was set to appear in were sitting there. Yeo Woon narrowed her eyes into a smile and greeted them brightly with a loud voice.

“Hello, how have you been?”
“Oh, Miss Yeo Woon!”
The new writer greeted Yeo Woon with a smile. This was the third time she was appearing in a drama written by writer Shin Young Seo.