The Season of Prettiest You (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 36

Yeoreum finally thought the moment had come. It was time to deliver the line she’d been rehearsing in her head since yesterday. Ji Hyeok must have sensed something inconsistent and decided to ask.

“He’s a close acquaintance. Senior Minwoo and I are really good friends, so the three of us ended up becoming close somehow. I just happened to argue with him briefly, which is why you saw me acting that way on set.”

Yeoreum smoothly replied as if reading from a book, then glanced cautiously at Ji Hyeok. She felt secretly embarrassed yet nervous about having performed such a ridiculous act in front of an actor.

Ji Hyeok still hadn’t relaxed his furrowed brow.

As expected—he wasn’t that easily fooled.

Seeing Yeoreum thoroughly deflated, Ji Hyeok quietly answered,

“I see. Got it.”

“Uh… you believe me?”

“You said so yourself, noona. Then it must be true.”

Ji Hyeok lifted the corners of his mouth, putting on a fake smile. Faking a smile was as easy as eating cold porridge for him. At least Yeoreum seemed relieved—that was good enough.

After hearing about the traffic accident and killing time chatting about the puppy and the weather, twenty minutes slipped by in an instant.

Ji Hyeok wanted to stay longer, but his tight filming schedule forced him to leave. After repeatedly urging her to get plenty of rest, he stepped out of the hospital room. The moment the door shut with a soft thud, the smile on his face vanished completely.

Yeoreum was lying.

Why?

Ji Hyeok only heard about Yeoreum’s accident after wrapping up all his night shoots. Apparently, Seo Taeseok had personally secured a hospital room for her. The moment Ji Hyeok heard that, he couldn’t sleep a wink.

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