TRES
Half a month later, the handsome Kim Mingyu with the lovely smile, cleared up the gossip about him and a certain someone in a television program and conveniently promoted his new album that was about to be released, proving thoroughly that the earlier rumors had only been hype.
The Irene, who wasn't yet out of favor, was curled up on the couch, fiddling with the remote control, and said, "Doesn't have much technical skill."
Lisa, who had just put on her dress, leaned closer and pecked her face, "Uri Loud entertainment just need the sales, so what's the point in being more skillful about it?"
"So, for the sake of sales, you were willing to sacrifice your body?" Irene grabbed her, smiling and responded with an even more heated kiss.
"It was purely for work needs." Lisa still used that official response, "I've got a dinner to attend tonight, so I won't be spending time with you."
Exactly who's spending time with whom?
"Safe trip, Ma'am." Irene was too lazy to bother correcting her, she waved a hand.
Lisa left laughing.
Irene sank ever deeper into the couch and continued watching TV. The show that she had a major role in had completed just a few days ago, her new show had not yet started filming, so she had spent the last couple of days lazing about the house.
She only picked up her manager's call at noon, who said that they were getting somewhere with that endorsement deal they'd talked about a while ago, and told her to go to the audition this weekend. Before she hung up, Yerim specifically mentioned that Miss Manoban had spent quite a bit of effort on it, and taken the manufacturers out for a meal several times, etc, etc.
Irene then understood this was Lisa's compensation for her quality services.
She had said it before, Lisa had always been this generous.
When it became nighttime, she finally remembered that she needed to thank Lisa. If her business dinner had already finished, and she had time to hurry over, certainly there was another more straightforward way of showing her gratitude.
When she called, the phone rang for a long time before someone picked up, yet it wasn't Lisa's voice.
"Hello, who is it?" A clear female voice, the pitch neither too high nor too low, it was refreshing and pleasing to the ear.
If the voice was like the actual person, Irene thought, her looks certainly wouldn't be bad. She understood Lisa's preferences only too well, she could almost sketch the outlines of the other person's face. But who knew? Maybe it was just a fellow business partner, she's still doing photo shots as the brand ambassadors tho.
While she was zoning out, the person on the other side of the phone inquired a few more times.
Irene hurriedly laughed it off, "Is Miss Manoban too busy to pick up the phone right now?"
"Yeah, how'd you know..."
"No worries, no worries."
Irene leisurely hung up, tossed the phone aside, and sat for a bit in the dark alone. Then she pressed a button on the remote control, and as if nothing had happened, continued to watch TV.
Lisa didn't make an appearance that night.
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Two days later, Lisa finally asked Irene to have lunch with her. She didn't mention a single word about the phone call that day, and of course, Irene left the matter alone.
Hmm, she still had this much professional courtesy.
During the weekend, Irene went to the audition as planned.
It was already set in stone anyway, so she only needed to make an appearance. Irene changed into several differently styled outfits and struck some poses in front of the camera. Since it hadn't needed much acting skill, the work was completed successfully.
When she went on break and was touching up her makeup, Ye-rim scampered in and out and handed her some water, she still hadn't changed her yammering habit.
"Eonni, I heard that the company is really satisfied with your look, looks like it's in the bag this time. The clothes from this brand aren't that well-known, but their designs are really original, and it suits your vibe, I think..."
"Sunbae-nim!"
As she kept talking, Ye-rim's long spiel was suddenly interrupted by a female voice. The female model partnered with Irene ran to the door and dove into the arms of a well dressed young woman.
"I just knew you'd come today!"
"We're in public, watch yourself." The other woman impatiently backed away a step, her tone cold, with a natural air of arrogance. "When will you be done? I'll take you out for a drive."
"Soon, soon. I still have one last set of pictures to take."
They weren't being discreet while talking, and the gossipy Ye-rim poked her head out for a bit, came back and prodded Irene's arm, and said in a low voice, "Eonni, it's Miss Manoban's sister."
Irene stopped short, raised her head, and stared out past the glass. It was without a doubt, Seulgi. She was three years younger than Irene, tall and slim, with very good looking features, but her personality was unbearably arrogant. She'd always looked at others out of the corners of her eyes and seemed like she was spoiled beyond reason.
Completely different from the courteous and refined Lisa.
Every time Irene saw her, she marveled at the miraculous nature of genetics.
On the contrary, Seulgi was quite interested in her, when their gazes met, she abandoned the young, voluptuous model by her side, and strode over to greet Irene.
Irene, due to courtesy, could only nod at her, "Miss Kim Seulgi, it's been a while."
"You working?"
"Mm-hmm, almost done."
"Let's eat together tonight."
"Won't I be disturbing your date with your girlfriend, Miss Kim?" Irene glanced at the young model not far away.
"Just a normal friend." Seulgi didn't even blink.
Ugh. This message though was exactly the same as her sister's.
"Sorry, I don't have time tonight." Irene thought it hilarious, but still refused.
"Then tomorrow night."
"I'm rather busy every day, I'm afraid Miss Kim would need to make an appointment."
The look on Seulgi's face abruptly turned ugly.
Irene pretended not to see, and as luck would have it, the photographer called her to take some shots, so she said a perfunctory apology, got up, and walked away.
As soon as she took a step, Seulgi's scornful voice rang out behind her, "My sister's been busy with her new squeeze lately, she couldn't make time to see you? Why're you wasting your time on her?"
Irene paused in her step, "If you mean by Kim Mingyu..."
"Kim Mingyu is just a cover. For those in on it, who doesn't know that my sister's crazy about some newbie who just debuted? But that little fox is pretty good looking, even her voice is sexy. My sister's been hiding her all this time, and to keep Disfetch from harassing her, she even threw out Mingyu on purpose as a smokescreen."
Irene was silent.
Seulgi took a few steps forward, laid a hand on her shoulder, then tossed out fresh bait, "My sister's been eating a lot at "Seoul Bar" the past couple of days, I'm planning on going tonight too, don't know if you're interested?"
Seoul Bar was a membership only, private club, it was a place that Lisa often frequented.
Irene thought for a while and figured that Seulgi's words had 70% truth, 30% falsehood, so she counted one, two, three silently to herself. When she finished the last number, a smile had already appeared on her face.
She turned her head and said, "Dangyeonhaji."
As she spoke, she leaned away slightly, and subtly avoided Seulgi's hand, "I'll be taking some photos first."
Seulgi folded her arms and waited on the side. The young model found out that Seulgi had canceled their date at the last minute, and of course was unwilling at first, but Seulgi only frowned, and she became too scared to say anything else.
It was right at dusk when they stopped work for the day.
Irene left Ye-rim with a few words, then followed Seulgi, and got into her new sports car. Though the car was good, unfortunately, it was right at peak rush hour, they couldn't move at all downtown, and they were stuck in traffic several times on the way.
Seulgi had the temperament of a young miss, anything that didn't go her way would be fully written on her face. Only when they had arrived at their destination, had her expression improved marginally.
The waitstaff at Seoul Bar knew her fairly well, once she stepped inside the doors, they came to greet her with a smile, and led the two of them to an already reserved private room. The dishes were mediocre and weren't anything especially interesting, but they were dainty and cute and were plated one by one in small dishes, giving one quite an appetite.
Irene basically ate more than she spoke, she didn't mention Lisa's name from beginning to end.
Every so often, Seulgi would pause the movement of her chopsticks to peek at her, she endured and endured, and finally couldn't stand it any longer, "You don't want to know about what's going on with my sister?"
"I came to have a meal with Miss Kim, what does that have to do with Miss Manoban?" Irene raised an eyebrow.
Rebuffed, Seulgi was struck speechless, and she took a long time before saying petulantly, "If she brought that little fox along, someone will notify me."
Irene nodded, "The food here is pretty decent."
Seulgi had originally planned on provoking her but hadn't planned on her being completely unmoved, and she ended up with no further opportunity to do anything else. Seulgi could only call for someone to open several bottles of foreign wine, and encouraged Irene to drink in all manners of ways, with an attitude of 'I will definitely get you drunk'
Irene wasn't an eloquent or talkative person and made no effort to decline the alcohol Seulgi had toasted her with, readily downing it every time.
Seulgi, of course, drank quite a bit as well. Her tolerance was average, when she started feeling tipsy, she lowered her head to play with her lighter, as she flipped the cap open and shut and open again. Only when there came a knock outside the door, did she abruptly lookup.
"Knock, knock, knock."
The noise only rang thrice, and then went completely silent.
Irene guessed that this was the supposed "notification", but she still didn't say a word and waited for Seulgi to speak first.
As expected, Seulgi couldn't take it any longer, and glanced a few times towards the doorway. All of a sudden, she grabbed Irene's hand.
"You're so much better looking than that little fox."
Irene wasn't humble at all and immediately thanked her.
"My sister's always had a bad habit of getting bored with the old and becoming enamored with the new, so why should you be so dead-set on her?" Seulgi then pressed even closer, her hot breath next to Irene's ear.
"Who doesn't get bored of the old and become enamored with the new? If the old hasn't been thrown away yet, it's just that they haven't met anyone better." Irene heaved a sigh, and spoke as if talking to herself.
Seulgi didn't hear what she said very clearly and simply continued to move closer and closer before reaching out a hand to stroke Irene's face.
"I've always liked you, if you want to be with me, it'll be much better than being with my sister."
"Sure, when I break up with Miss Manoban, I'll consider you first."
"Neo...!!" Seulgi got angry easily, even when she didn't drink, now that she felt the effects of the wine, her temper flared instantly. "Stop being so shameless! You're just a pair of old shoes that my sister is tired of playing with. She could throw you away at any time, so why can't I play with you?"
As she spoke, Seulgi aggressively kissed her.
The strong stench of wine engulfed her, and Irene felt like sighing again.
Why was Miss Kim so bad at kissing when she spent all day chasing those models and singers?
Irene's right hand was held tightly by Seulgi's grip, she was only able to move her left hand, which slowly slid up to Seulgi's shoulder, and Irene began to return that kiss.
Her eyes were half-closed, she fervently deepened the kiss, and even twirled her tongue around Seulgi's and entangled them together.
Seulgi was enjoying it, then she couldn't catch her breath, then after that, even her knees were growing weaker, and she almost lost her grip on Irene's hand.
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