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Perhaps because she had stolen Lisa's lines, the other's expression turned ugly.
Irene got her things, then turned to walk out. When she was almost at the door, she stopped in her tracks again, then turned her head to look back.
Lisa was still standing in the same place watching her, that appearance very suited for acting like one overflowing with love. That kitchen really had been successfully renovated, and it was entirely made to Lisa's tastes, stacked full of European-style appliances, looking beautiful in its luxurious emptiness. Irene couldn't help but think that whoever had to cook in this kitchen would have it hard, the whole room would be covered in grease and smoke no matter what you did.
But it would still be very happy all the same.
That happiness no longer had anything to do with her.
Irene quietly pulled the door closed. Lisa's condo was on the eighteenth floor. She didn't take the elevator, but walked down each and every flight of stairs, as if she was walking past those fulfilling and wonderful days.
Losing your love was one thing, work would still need to continue.
The action drama that Irene was filming was originally been just about finished, and even the car accident could be counted as generating a bit of hype for it. Afterwards, she went to the studio to make up a few more scenes, and then her work was complete.
But because the end of the year was approaching, all kinds of award ceremonies came up, one after another. Though Irene had no luck with any awards, she was often invited to go fill up space. There was also another movie she starred in that was close to release, and she had to go with the film crew everywhere for promotions. Plus, she had to squeeze out the time to shoot a couple of commercials and magazine covers. At times, she was so busy she couldn't even find the time to eat, much less miss a certain someone.
More than a month passed like this. One night when Irene went to go participate in some awards ceremony, she unexpectedly ran into Seulgi.
Seulgi had kept a low profile ever since the drugging incident. She was probably disciplined by Lisa and had suffered a bit for it. As such, when she appeared this time, she was even more unbridled than before. When she walked around with her arm around her model girlfriend.
Of course, as soon as she saw Irene, her eyes widened, the look in her eyes was so sharp, it was as if knives were shooting out of them.
Irene thought it was hilarious. Even when Seulgi cornered her in the bathroom later, she still had a smile on her face. She greeted her as she washed her hands, "Miss Kim, it's been a long time."
"My sister left the country a couple of days ago." Seulgi held old grievances and new grudges against her, and stared at her with a sullen face.
Irene said, "Oh", everything became clear as she thought to herself, no wonder the little bear had been let free.
"Sure, Jennie's awake, but she's still got some long-term damage. My sister took her to go find some medical experts out of the country for treatment." Seulgi continued.
Irene's hand trembled slightly.
The icy cold water flowed over her palm, the scabbed-over area stung slightly.
Irene wondered if she had long term damage of her own. She reached out to turn the faucet, and raised her head to stare at her own smiling reflection in the mirror.
"That's good, hopefully, PD Kim will get better soon."
Seulgi obviously didn't know of Lisa's secret, she made a disparaging "hmph" sound.
"Word is my sister dumped you?"
"You believe in rumors? I actually dumped her first."
"What?"
"Miss Manoban is too stingy, I'm planning on looking for a new sponsor."
"At least you get it. In this business, you won't be able to make it without someone backing you." Seulgi's expression relaxed.
"Shame that it's so hard finding a new boss though, they should have money and power, and can help my career, someone like..." Irene suddenly leaned closer to Seulgi, her eyes sweeping across her handsome face.
Seulgi's eyebrows went up, she was very pleased with herself.
Irene continued, "Someone like... your father."
Seulgi stopped short.
"If Miss Kim will be willing to make the introductions between your father and me, I will be most appreciative."
Seulgi's face turned green with anger, she let out a litany of curses.
"It's not enough that you hooked up with my sister, you even want to make a move on my dad, you... you..." Little bear were little bear after all, they even stutter when they're trying to cuss someone out.
"It's fine if Miss Kim doesn't want to, why be so angry about it?" Irene was thankful for the entertainment she provided. She shook her head ruefully.
Then she dried her hands, disregarding the curses that Seulgi had racked her brains for, and strolled out of the bathroom.
It was already deep into the night, the wind that blew in her face chilled her to the bone.
It had been snowing continuously for the past several days, but Irene only wore a T-shirt with a black coat. For the sake of looking her best, she gave up warmth in exchange for elegance.
She didn't think back to Seulgi's words.
She rubbed at the palm of her right hand, and tried her best to forget the warmth from when a certain someone had draped the coat over her body.
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Next came nonstop work again.
It was mostly for the movie that was about to be released. She flew between multiple metropolitan cities to promote it. It was a teen idol movie. The male lead was rich and handsome, the female lead, that Irene played on the other hand, came from nothing and had an innocent personality. The two of them were enemies at the start, and later caught feelings and gradually fell in love. A very cliche, boring plot, but they had a good handle on their target audience, and had scheduled the movie's run around Valentine's day. It should draw in lots of young couples.
Irene didn't go watch the premiere. She only bought a ticket two days later. She wore sunglasses and held a bucket of popcorn, and walked into the movie theater along with the crowd. The ones who came to watch the movie were all lovers. She sat in a pitch-dark corner by himself, looking a bit out of place.
But she watched it so attentively.
Without sounding narcissistic, her blown-up face on the movie screen was very pretty. It's just that her acting was so awful. Even when she was saying sweet words, she had no expression. It really was an awfulness that defied all hard work; no matter how she tried acting like this or that, she was still just herself. The movie's plot could be said to proceed quite easily, and the film very quickly reached its climax. The male lead kissed her and said 'I love you', her infatuated expression awkward to the extreme.
Irene stuffed popcorn into her mouth nonstop, she stared at that beautiful face playing the eye candy, and laughed until she was almost in tears.
She's only acted out one play properly in her life.
That was pretending she didn't love that person.
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