The Price of Impulse (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
“The handkerchief guy?”
Won Ho tilted his head, clearly confused about what story that was.
“You know, Se Kyung once told me about a guy she met on a filming set a long time ago. She said she’d never forgotten him, like he was etched into her brain. That day she was so exhausted she got a nosebleed on set, and this super handsome guy came over, said ‘Lower your head,’ and wiped the blood away with his own handkerchief.”
Yoo Na was talking excitedly, as if it had happened to her personally.
Won Ho, completely absorbed in her story, kept letting out “Ooh” and “Ahh” from the side.
…Wait, did I really tell her that much detail?
Watching Yoo Na dramatically add perfect dialogue, Se Kyung awkwardly forced the corners of her mouth upward.
“But you said he wasn’t an actor, right? Have you met him?”
“Huh? Uh, yeah.”
Se Kyung answered without thinking and took a sip of water. Her somehow vague reply made Yoo Na furrow her brow.
“Which part are you answering? That he’s not an actor? Or that you met him?”
Both.
Swallowing the truth inside, Se Kyung looked away from Yoo Na with a troubled expression.
“You said he wasn’t an actor but knew Actor Moon Seok Joo, right? Oh, then you might have met him after all. You’re at the same agency as Actor Moon now, aren’t you?”
Her memory is scary good. It happened over three years ago—why hasn’t she forgotten a single thing?
“Well…”
Se Kyung rolled her eyes. They say other people’s love lives are the most entertaining; now even Ji Won Ho sitting beside them looked curious.
Seriously, why do I have to talk about my old crush at a meeting to pick up a wedding invitation?
“I haven’t met him.”
“Did he leave the company? Then just ask Actor Moon. He’d know, wouldn’t he?”
Of course he knows. That person never even left the company in the first place.
“Never mind. It’s ancient history. Let’s just eat. They said the place is closing soon.”
Changing the subject, Se Kyung put some salad and pasta on Yoo Na’s plate. Yoo Na blatantly pouted at the obvious deflection.
“Something’s fishy…”
“Fishy about what.”
Se Kyung answered nonchalantly and, to shut her up, popped a piece of chicken into Yoo Na’s mouth.
The meal lasted about an hour, and afterward Se Kyung saw the two of them off outside the restaurant.
As Won Ho pulled the car out of the parking lot, Yoo Na rolled down the window from the passenger seat and looked up at Se Kyung.
“I’m definitely hearing the rest of this story later.”
“Do whatever you want.”
Yoo Na tightly grabbed Se Kyung’s hand as she smiled and nodded.
“You know, right? How grateful I am to you. Honestly, without you our team wouldn’t have lasted seven years. I know better than anyone how hard you worked. If it hadn’t been for you back then… I might have really fallen into depression.”
Strength went into Yoo Na’s grip. Hearing the tearfulness in her voice, Se Kyung deliberately answered even more playfully.
“Wedding blues? Why are you being so unlike yourself today? Look, I’ve got goosebumps.”
“Hey, seriously. I’m being sincere here.”
Tears welled up in Yoo Na’s suddenly angry eyes and then vanished again. Se Kyung chuckled and patted Yoo Na’s head.
“Being all serious really doesn’t suit you. I already know how you feel, so you don’t have to say it. Go home. See you at the wedding.”
“Ugh… Fine. Anyway, I’m on your side, so if you ever need anything, tell me. I’ll help with anything.”
“I will.”
Se Kyung gently pulled her hand free. She watched their car drive away, then started walking toward the hotel.
At that moment, her phone buzzed briefly in her pocket.
[Are you sure nothing happened with Tae Jo?]Her heart dropped at the unexpected message from Seok Joo.
What is this—did CEO Jin really remember everything?
The moment Se Kyung raised her fingers to reply, the screen changed and an incoming call appeared.
[CEO Jin Tae Jo]Ack— Her startled hand accidentally swiped the green call button.
Hello?
Hearing the voice on the other end, Se Kyung squeezed her eyes shut.
“Yes. CEO.”
For some reason the end of her voice trembled like a lamb’s bleat.
Se Kyung covered her mouth with her hand.
She suddenly felt like screaming.
After ending the call, Tae Jo placed his phone on the coffee table.
“She says no, but I can’t exactly force her to stop lying.”
He went over his earlier conversation with Seok Joo again.
When he asked whether Seok Joo had really taken him to the hotel room alone, there had been a long pause.
That silence felt suspicious. All he had to say was yes or no—what was with that strange delay?
…Why are you like this after drinking expensive liquor, seriously.
The reply that came after a brief moment was scolding him.
It meant: I didn’t abandon you on the street, so why are you grilling me all morning just because I carried you to a hotel room?
Why are you acting like this? Did something weird happen?
Something weird? Yeah, plenty. My shirt was off, I was covered with a bathrobe instead of a blanket, and there were mysterious stains on my clothes.
If that’s not weird, what is?
“……”
But no matter how long they’d known each other, he couldn’t just blurt out such private details.
“No. I just thought someone else might have been there.”
Unless a ghost possessed me, it had to be me. Carrying you was exhausting so I drank some water. Why? Is that a problem?
Oh, right—there had been signs someone drank water on the nightstand.
That explained why the bathroom looked a bit messy.
“When did you leave?”
I got a call that Mom was rushed to the ER, so I left right away.
He wanted to ask more, but someone called for Seok Joo and the call ended.
It wasn’t completely clear, but most of his questions were resolved.
If Seok Joo had left him alone in the hotel, then his own hazy memories roughly added up.
If he hadn’t spent the night with a woman, he must have taken care of things himself.
He’d drunk way past his limit and blacked out completely, so not remembering was understandable.
“Well, if that’s the case…”
Tae Jo shrugged and stood up. Shaking off the lingering unease, he brewed coffee in the kitchen and returned to the sofa.
On the TV, Yoon Se Kyung kept appearing and disappearing.
“That was three years ago?”
He tilted his cup, eyes fixed on the screen.
Se Kyung looked much younger than she did now.
Tae Jo remembered her from that time. It was right around then that he had first met her.
It was a bitterly cold winter day with a cold wave, on the set of a drama Seok Joo was filming.
Seok Joo’s manager had taken leave for a family bereavement, so the agency assigned a temporary manager.
It would have been better if someone experienced had been available, but the only person free was a rookie who had just joined the company.
Naturally, everyone was worried about the set.
Sure enough, an accident happened on the very first day. While waiting, the manager bringing coffee tripped and ruined the filming outfit.
Because of that, Seok Joo had to reshoot earlier scenes, and the set atmosphere froze colder than the Siberian plains.
Woo Hyun, who received the report late, clutched the back of his neck.
But they couldn’t really blame the rookie on her first day, so he comforted her saying that’s how you learn.
Seok Joo apologized and the matter seemed settled, but Woo Hyun, still worried about the set, suggested Tae Jo stop by and at least say hello to the PD.
Tae Jo, who happened to have business nearby, visited the set after finishing his work.
“Haa.”
White breath scattered the moment he stepped out of the car.
When he arrived, Seok Joo was in the middle of filming.
Tae Jo greeted the rookie manager and looked around the set. Then he spotted Se Kyung far away reading her script and frowned.
It’s freezing—why isn’t she in the car?
That was his first thought upon seeing her shivering body.
It was minus 13 degrees Celsius, and with the wind, it felt closer to minus 20.
She was wearing a thick parka and scarf, but her exposed cheeks were pale from the cold.
What is her manager doing?
As Tae Jo scanned the area with disapproval, Se Kyung stood up and leaned forward.
At the same moment—drip, drip—something fell to the ground.
Bright red blood soaked the floor. Se Kyung covered her nose with her hand and tried to tilt her head back.
Startled, Tae Jo ran to her.
“Lower your head.”
Tae Jo took out his handkerchief and held it to Se Kyung’s nose. He ordered the following manager to bring wet wipes and tissues.
“What are you doing? I said lower your head forward.”
Her bright red frozen ears perked up in surprise. Tae Jo grabbed the back of her stiff neck and gently pressed.
Only then did her tilted-back head slowly come forward.
Se Kyung blinked her big eyes, glanced at Tae Jo, then moved her hand. Seeing blood on it, she flinched and lowered her hand in shock.
“I-I’m fine now…”
“Where exactly are you fine?”
When he slightly lifted the handkerchief, blood was still pouring out.
“Not fine at all.”
Tae Jo pressed the handkerchief back to her nose. Unable to touch him with her bloody hands, she awkwardly held both arms out in the air.
And she was still holding her script—should he call that impressive?
“Hold this.”
Tae Jo signaled with his eyes, and Se Kyung carefully moved her hand.
While she held the handkerchief to her nose, Tae Jo wiped his own hands with the wet wipes the manager handed him.
“What the— It’s frozen.”
The wipes, only taken out moments ago, were already stiff from the cold. Tae Jo crumpled them with a frown.
He pulled out tissues instead and handed them to Se Kyung.
“Where did the manager go?”
“They had another schedule…”
“Another schedule? Leaving the actor they’re responsible for?”
“Yes. The other members have schedules too.”
“Other members?”
When Tae Jo didn’t immediately understand, the rookie manager beside them added,
“Yoon Se Kyung is also active as a singer. She’s a girl group member.”
“Ah.”
I see—I thought she only acted because I saw her in dramas a lot.
“But still, they just left her out here alone in this cold? No other managers?”
“No.”
“So she’s out here shivering and reading her script?”
Se Kyung, handkerchief over her nose, nodded slightly.
Seeing her trembling hands, Tae Jo inwardly cursed.
What kind of company treats their celebrity like this in this freezing weather?
“Argh! What is this!”
At that moment, Moon Seok Joo’s startled yelp came from behind.
Tae Jo narrowed his eyes and turned around.
Seok Joo alternated between looking at Tae Jo’s fierce expression and Se Kyung holding a handkerchief to her nose, then covered his mouth in shock.
“Heok. Did you punch Se Kyung?”
What is this crazy bear talking about.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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