“Thanks to that, I realized something clearly. I’ve never considered you as a friend even for a moment.”
“…!!”
Yeo Woon’s heart dropped. For a moment, everything seemed to stop and she couldn’t hear any sound.

What… are you saying right now?

Only Seol Ji Oh came into Yeo Woon’s shaky vision, a gaze that seemed to restrain her.

Yeo Woon was startled.

“Why are you like this. Don’t joke around….”
She tried to laugh it off, but there was no hint of jest in his face. Instead, her lips parted at his persistent gaze.

“Do I look like I’m joking? Who the hell plays this kind of joke with a friend?”
“…!”
“Even today, in that crowded scene, I only saw you. At this point, am I crazy?”
“Ji Oh…”
“I like you.”
“…!!”
“I said, I like you.”
Yeo Woon’s lips parted in shock. Her heart throbbed as if it would burst out, and her breathing quickened.

Seol Ji Oh likes me…

Her mind was far away from that unbelievable sentence.

And over Seol Ji Oh’s voice, another voice overlapped.

Yeo Woon was sucked into a day in her memory in an instant.

A moment she never wanted to remember again.

‘I like you.’
The confession of that person she couldn’t believe.

It was a moment when the male lead confessed to a mere supporting character, not the female lead. How could she forget it? That day, she was the protagonist.

But that feeling didn’t last long.

‘How can I introduce you as my girlfriend in front of everyone, embarrassing!’
The dry eyes that looked at her. The words that tore her heart to shreds like a knife blade.

Yeo Woon bit her lip tightly.

It was a memory from more than a year ago, but the pain in her heart was as vivid as if it happened yesterday.

As the memories she thought she had forgotten rushed in, Yeo Woon closed her eyes.

She didn’t want to repeat these memories again.

She already knew too well what kind of ending a romance between two people from different worlds would have.

Yeo Woon looked at Seol Ji Oh in front of her.

Seeing Seol Ji Oh, who filled her vision, focusing solely on her, her heart staggered as if it would collapse.

His confession was incredibly sweet, but also terrifying enough to make her body shudder.

These lips that are now saying they liked her seemed so easy to speak of an end.

Would she end up getting hurt and abandoned again?

If so, wouldn’t it be better if we just… stayed friends?

It took a while before Yeo Woon spoke.

“Ji Oh. I am…”
“No, don’t say anything.”
Seol Ji Oh stood up from his seat.

“I didn’t say this lightly. It’s not a momentary curiosity.”
“… Ji Oh.”
“So take your time to think about it.”
He was on the verge of adding please. Seol Ji Oh swallowed his pleading urge and worked hard to gather his expression.

Seol Ji Oh, who left Yeo Woon’s house as if nothing had happened, leaned quietly against the front door. As the boiling blood cooled down, a cold chill wrapped around him.

Yeo Woon’s last expression before he stood up.

Even though he had confessed, why was there deep sadness on Yeo Woon’s face?

Did she not feel the same way…?

For a long time, Seol Ji Oh was unable to do anything.

“Hyun Ah, you ranked first in the actress brand reputation this month.”
“Oh, really?”
Go Hyun Ah reacted with a disinterested expression. Manager Lee Seung Jae had a slightly awkward expression after enthusiastically sharing the news.

Go Hyun Ah was busy adjusting her clothing while looking in the mirror.

After carefully checking her hair, makeup, and outfit, Go Hyun Ah, who wore a satisfied smile, finally looked back at Lee Seung Jae.

“Oppa, is it heavy? I’m sorry.”
When Go Hyun Ah placated him with a coquettish voice, Lee Seung Jae, who was grunting to move the suitcase that was as big as himself, smiled sheepishly.

Go Hyun Ah left the house with her small, beautiful bag. Today was a very important day.

It was the day to leave for Macau for film shooting.

With the change of the day, Go Hyun Ah had now turned twentyseven. In her mind, she, at twentyseven, was perfect in every way.

She had built up enough career as an actress, her image was good enough to be the number one in brand reputation, and her appearance had hardly changed since her debut.

If there was one more thing she wanted, it was marriage.

Meeting the perfect man who suited her and becoming the couple of the century.

Go Hyun Ah often imagined herself walking into the wedding hall amid many people’s congratulations.

A perfect ending like a fairy tale that ends with a happy ending.

And she finally found a man who fit perfectly with that ending. It was Seol Ji Oh.

Seol Ji Oh, despite being at the top, was not frivolous, and he was serious while being witty. Even perfect looks. He was exactly the man she had been hoping for.

On the day she was cast opposite Seol Ji Oh in the movie ‘Arrow,’ Go Hyun Ah felt as if all this was fate.

A splendid man who fits perfectly into the picture she wants. Go Hyun Ah was determined to get Seol Ji Oh somehow.

Go Hyun Ah met Seol Ji Oh in the airport lounge. Seol Ji Oh, sitting on a sofa reading a book, looked like a painting.

Go Hyun Ah touched her hair once and approached Seol Ji Oh.

“Mr. Ji Oh!”
“Oh, Ms. Hyun Ah. You’re here?”
Seol Ji Oh greeted Go Hyun Ah with a smile. Go Hyun Ah sat next to Seol Ji Oh and said,

“I couldn’t sleep well last night because I was so nervous.”
“Are you very nervous? Because it’s a film by Director Byun Joo Ho?”

At Seol Ji Oh’s question, Go Hyun Ah momentarily fell silent and looked at Seol Ji Oh. Then she shook her head slightly and continued in a somewhat shy manner.

“I’ve wanted to meet you, Ji Oh, since a long time ago.”
“Excuse me?”
Seol Ji Oh momentarily narrowed his brows, then a beat later, he broke into a smile.

“Oh, yes. I’m also looking forward to working with you, Ms. Hyun Ah.”
That was not what she meant, but it didn’t matter. Go Hyun Ah gave the most beautiful smile she could muster and spoke.

“Really? I’m going to work really hard, so please help me a lot. Oh! And you can drop the honorifics!”
“Ah……”
Seol Ji Oh seemed to consider for a moment as he stared at Go Hyun Ah, then politely declined in a respectful tone.

“I prefer using honorifics.”
“Ah… yes.”
Seol Ji Oh shifted his gaze back to the book he had been reading. For a moment, Go Hyun Ah looked a little blank.

I’m sitting next to him, and he’s reading a book…?

Go Hyun Ah blinked her big eyes in a somewhat puzzled expression at the indifference of others that she was experiencing for the first time in her life.

“Lucky, come here.”
Yeo Woon was inexplicably in Seol Ji Oh’s house. What’s more, she was all alone in the house without the owner, with Lucky.

A week after Seol Ji Oh left for abroad, Yeo Woon received a call from Choi Hyun.

[Yeo Woon, are you going to Ji Oh’s house today?] “Pardon?”
[If you’re going, could you check the pet feeder? It keeps showing that there’s no food.] What on earth was all this about? What was a pet feeder, and why was she telling me about it?

“Why would I be at Seol Ji Oh’s house…?”
[Ji Oh mentioned that you’ve agreed to look after Lucky. Isn’t that right?] ……Pardon?

This is news to me.

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