Chapter 8 - Would rather go to prison (1/2)
His lips touch my cheek suddenly. A swarm of buŧŧerflies rises from my stomach and hammers my heart. It feels like my heart is ready to race out of my ċhėst and disappear into the sunset. I am sure that I am one step away from passing out again. Right at that moment, our eyes meet. His beautiful green eyes are full of undisguised anger. With a flicker, it changes to adoration when he turns to the journalist. I almost clap my hand. His acting skills are top-notch.
”When did you meet?” The lady journalist gives me a look-over. I realize that I am still wearing my work uniform. I am bȧrė feet. I have forgotten my shoes at my grandmother's house. I didn't wash my hair or properly comb it. There must be dark circles under my eyes because I bȧrėly had good sleep ever since I saw myself die in the future. Even without the mirror, I can imagine how I look. Perhaps, I should not have gone through this. Dying might be a better option than letting the nation see me like this.
It can't be helped. What's done is done. I have made a decision to grab the opportunity. My reasons are simple. I have to know my enemy. To know my enemy who has a nearly royal (celeb) status in the country, I must do whatever it takes to get close to him and find out why he would kill me in the future. Besides if the girlfriend of a celebrity is killed like that, the cops won't let this go easily. The guy won't be an idiot to do something like attempting murder, right? He seems like a kind person. He must have an extreme reason.
I must find out and remove that reason. I will do everything in my power to change my fate. Just six months. If that day passes without any incident, I will live.
”We will release the official article later.” Manager Jeong shows a professional smile to the journalist. Kang Si An doesn't let go of me. He leads me to the car smoothly. As soon as the car door closes, Manager Jeong and Kang Si An give me a deathly stare. I swallow down and say, ”I am a fan. It's my dream to be close to him. Try to understand my feelings.”
”I am trying to understand,” Manager Jeong says to me with a cold smile. She looks like she wants to chop me into pieces. I am not worried. It will be Kang Si An who will kill me. There are certain advantages to being a time-traveler. She adds, ”It's alright. Girls come and go in a star's life. After a week, he will say that you are just his close friend. After two weeks, people will easily forget a character like you.”
”I know girls like you.” Kang Si An chuckles sarcastically. ”Gold-digger girls like you are like to grab on to the opportunity. Do you think that you can force me to date you? I will suddenly start having feelings for a creature who doesn't even know how to dress. Even if you are the only woman in the world, I would not look at you.”
”Even for a fan, you have gone too far.” Manager Jeong rests her head in her hand and closes her eyes. ”If you are really a fan, you should know that you can ruin his career by doing something like that. Still, you went ahead and lied. Are you really his well-wisher?”
I am not a fan. I am not a well-wisher either. But, they don't know one thing. My skin is thicker than
a rhinoceros.
”You are right.” I hold my chin and look at the smirking Kang Si An solemnly. ”I have done wrong by lying. You can drop me here. I will go back to the journalists and tell them that he and I are not dating. I will tell them that I lied because I am a fan.”
”You will do that?” Kang Si An's eyes shine with excitement.
”Yes, I will do that.” I smile at him. ”I will also tell them the truth. How you came to the store dressed like a psychopath. How you like to buy sweets. How you threatened me. Now, I should go to the police station and correct my statement. I will tell how I was threatened to not tell the truth. That was not a kissing pose. That was a threatening pose.”