Around lunchtime, when her fever had somewhat subsided, she was eating the food provided by the hospital.

Min Hee, a stylist, stopped by for a short visit to see Hae Joo, who was hospitalized.

“Sister, how are you feeling?”
“I’m feeling better. Sit down.”
“No, I just came to give this to you.”
What Min Hee handed over was a tablet PC with a GN Entertainment logo sticker on it.

“Why this?”
“There are quite a few things that you have to decide on today. I’m sorry to bother you when you’re not feeling well.”
“No, it’s okay. Is it because of the fashion show?”
“Yes, it would be better to look at the costume pictures with this.”
“You’re going through a lot, Miss Min Hee.”
“Not at all. I’ll go check out my other schedules.”
Without much time for conversation, Min Hee left the hospital.

A few hours later, a bunch of image photos came into the email logged in on the tablet PC.

There were a variety of accessories, shoes, and hairstyles that matched the costumes.

“I think I need to try them on.”
Hae Joo’s preference was not what she liked. The violet cocktail dress seemed a bit too much.

It was then that she couldn’t readily answer Min Hee’s question about what she thought.

Do Jun came to the ward and looked at the photos on the tablet PC and the chat conversations he had exchanged with Min Hee.

His gaze sharpened in an instant.

“Recently, there’s a fly trying to get between us.”
“A fly?”
Hae Joo considered the reporter Choi In Ho as the fly that was trying to get between her and Do Jun.

She remembered hearing that Choi In Ho was snooping around her old neighborhood.

However, Do Jun mentioned an unexpected presence.

“I’m talking about Director Yu Jin Han.”
“Do Jun, I know things are awkward with the director, but to call him a fly…”
“Do you really not understand?”
“What do you mean?”
“If you don’t understand, leave it.”
“No. Please tell me.”
Do Jun took off his suit jacket and hung it on the bed frame. He pulled up a chair and read the chat message Min Hee sent again.

An awkward silence spread in the room.

Hae Joo picked up a water bottle with a straw, waiting for his answer.

Just as she was about to take a sip of water, Do Jun opened his mouth.

“No one should come between us while we’re married.”
“Of course…”
“Is it obvious?”
“Yes. Is that what you’re saying?”
Do Jun’s stern gaze enveloped Hae Joo.

She involuntarily swallowed dryly under the slowly encroaching pressure.

“Even if the person trying to get involved is Director Yu Jin Han?”
“The director?”
Hae Joo let out a hollow laugh.

She had never thought of him as more than an executive of the agency, so she found it out of the blue.

“Do Jun, aren’t you overthinking?”
“Am I being sensitive?”
“The director isn’t someone who would cross the line.”
Do Jun took the water cup out of Hae Joo’s hand. He then pulled out the straw, opened the lid, and drained the cup in one gulp.

“You don’t know men.”
“Where are men and women in a relationship that only met because of work?”
“How did you meet Director Yoo Jinhan?”
“He came to the store I was working at two years ago and gave me his business card.”
Hae Joo had received many contacts from men while working at the department store. Sometimes these people would annoy her to the point of interfering with her work.

Nevertheless, the store owner did not discourage it. This was because the sales were better than other competing stores thanks to Hae Joo.

At first, she believed Jinhan to be of the same kind.

She had ignored it because it was not the first or second time she had received a business card from an agency.

However, he was consistent and did not interfere with Hae Joo’s work, and was kind.

“We became friends as he would come every day, give me coffee and ask how I was.”
“Is that all?”
“I trusted him and signed a contract with the agency. He also provided accommodation.”
“Again?”
“What exactly do you, Do Jun, want to hear?”
“Keep talking.”
Hae Joo, who felt like she was being interrogated, wasn’t feeling particularly good.

She spoke impassively, leaning back against the bed that had been set up.

“At first, I went as a trainee, so I had to earn my own living expenses.”
“Really?”
“Since it’s an agency dormitory, the director also knows the front door password.”
Do Jun’s eyes narrowed coldly.

Hae Joo, who had not yet shown her teeth, was recalling the old days after a long time.

“I felt good when I entered the dormitory. The refrigerator was never empty.”
“……”
“I thought I would live with other trainees, but I used that apartment alone until recently.”
The dormitory that Hae Joo mentioned was a new apartment that had just come out. Although it was not newly built, it was located in Gangnam and the price was staggering.

“The director said that. Live comfortably without feeling burdened.”
At the time, Hae Joo was just a aspiring actress who hadn’t even debuted.

Jinhan explained that he was investing seeing her potential.

“I found out later that singers and other trainees live together…”
A short pain passed through Hae Joo’s head.