UNO
Splash.
Irene had soaked in the icy water for too long, when she broke the surface, she only felt waves of dizziness, even the sound of the director yelling "cut" seemed unusually far away, sounding slurred and unreal to her.
The new manager, Kim Ye-rim , rushed over holding a large towel; she wrapped the towel around Irene's wet body as she excitedly yelled, "Eonni, Yoo PD-nim said this take passed."
That voice was much too loud, its reverberations made her eardrums ache.
Irene narrowed her eyes, and quietly "hmm"ed in reply, a faintly nasal tone was carried in her throat. Her head full of black hair had already been completely soaked, droplets of water rolled down her alabaster cheeks. Under the bright studio lighting, her whole face glittered, as if glowing from an internal light, she was heartbreakingly beautiful.
With such beauty in front of one's eyes, who couldn't help but fall in love?
Even the director forgot about her previous terrible acting from earlier and hurriedly called for someone to pull her out of the water, appeasing her with a few appropriate words of reassurance.
Irene was her usual, quiet self, after she'd made sure her part was completed for the day, she said goodbye to the director, then headed towards the lounge with the large towel around her.
Ye-rim hurriedly followed after her with her incessant chatter.
"Eonni, Yoo PD had a really ugly look on his face just now, I really thought he'd throw a fit...But you won't get sick from staying so long in that water, won't you? You better take a hot shower when you get back, or else..."
Irene ignored her prattling, and leisurely changed her clothes, toweling her hair as she packed her stuff up, then she took a glance at the entertainment magazine she'd indifferently picked up from the table.
Nowadays, magazines were making up more and more ridiculous gossip for the sake of selling subscriptions. The last issue said that some actor had her girlfriend pregnant who was in high school.
The issue this time claimed that a singer was making frequent public appearances lately, and was suspected of being the new lover of a higher-up in other management company. The vivid descriptions, paired with some blurry paparazzi shots, really made the whole thing seem real.
New lover?
Irene's eye twitched, and she hurriedly pressed her hand on her eyelid, she tossed the magazine back to its former place.
"I've got something going on later, so I'll be leaving first, go back to the company by yourself." She said to Ye-rim.
"Nae. Arasseo."
Even though Ye-rim was a chatterbox, she was sweet-tempered and obedient, she followed behind Irene the entire way as the other walked out.
When they were almost at the door, Irene suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Ye-rim almost collided with her back, and quickly asked, "Eonni, what's wrong?"
"My phone...I forgot it in the lounge." Just a few rumors in the magazine had made her absent-minded.
An actress's cellphone couldn't be carelessly lost. Before Irene even asked, Ye-rim, volunteered loudly, "I'll go get it!"
She was already hurriedly running back before she'd finished talking.
When Ye-rim arrived, she saw that the door to the lounge was ajar, bits of conversation drifted out from inside the room. There were both male and female voices, Ye-rim recognized one of the supporting cast from the show, a female star who'd been paired with Irene not too long ago, and shared multiple blooper reels with her.
"...And they all say she's a huge star. Who would think that her acting skills are so shitty? It's thanks to Yoo PD having good manners, some self-control and didn't flip over the tables."
"Haha! Didn't you know she's famous for being an eye candy? No matter what role she takes, it always turns out exactly the same. But the woman's got a rich financial sponsor supporting her, so when she acts, it's always as the lead in every film."
"It's just because she has a good-looking face."
"Pfft, how would you know she's not good enough in bed?"
Waves of mocking laughter followed.
Although they didn't mention any names, even a fool would know who they were talking about.
Ye-rim was still young, she hadn't been an assistant for long either, and had never encountered this sort of thing before. She instantly froze in the doorway and didn't know whether to go in or leave.
While she stood there at a complete loss as to what to do, a hand abruptly reached over her shoulder, and gently pushed open the lounge door.
The laughter suddenly cut off, as if a hand had throttled the throats of all those people inside.
Irene stood in the doorway with her arms crossed, her hair was still slightly damp. She asked, "My phone?"
"I, uh, I didn't get it yet." Ye-rim answered dazedly.
Irene nodded, pointedly ignoring the awkward expressions of the group. She walked inside without hesitation and picked up her phone. Then she looked around, a faint smile emerging on her dazzling face.
"Excuse the intrusion. Please continue, everyone."
Then she left affably, pulling Ye-rim along with her. Her composure was utterly impeccable.
It took a long while for Ye-rim to return to her senses, she asked apprehensively, "Eonni, you... you aren't mad?"
"Mad about what?" Irene pondered briefly, and as if she'd finally remembered something, she replied, "You mean the part where they were complimenting me? Hmm, I also thought the word choices were a bit boring, they should have at least added a couple more adjectives."
"......"
Ye-rim was instantly rendered speechless, seeing that Irene's expressions were unchanged from usual, and unable to tell whether this was simply a corny joke or not, she didn't dare to respond.
Irene hadn't driven here today, she just stood at the front door and made a call. It didn't take long before a black sedan slowly turned into the driveway. After the vehicle made a complete stop, the chauffeur stepped out and opened the door for the back seat.
Irene waved at Ye-rim, then ducked down into the car.
Ye-rim could tell that this was at least able to recognize that this was the company boss' own private car, and from this angle, she was coincidentally able to see that another person was already sitting in the vehicle.
The person was dressed immaculately in a suit and tie, its features blurred by the dim lighting in the car. But the person's fingers were tapered and strong, and they tightly gripped onto Irene's left hand.
Irene didn't resist.
Instead, the corners of her mouth curved upwards, and like the most gentle and sweet of lovers, she began to smile languidly.
Slam!
Once the car door closed, the car drove off.
Ye-rim tsked under her breath thinking that what the people in the lounge said wasn't wrong after all.
What did it matter how shitty her acting was on set?
As long as she acted well when the cameras were off, then it was enough.
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a/n:
Hello, gonna make it slow. Hang in there.
Thank you for all your support.
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