Chapter 116-117 (1/2)
Chapter 116: What Comes and Goes Beneath the Water, a Trade (3)
TL: emptycube / ED: Isleidir
Just as I hung up the phone, the elevator to the side stopped accompanied by a mechanic sound
Did I press the button for that one too?
When I looked inside, a person was already inside He was an unfaht of me, it seemed he kneho I was Before the elevator doors closed, the rumbled,
”Your coreat It can instantly crush a honest article”
He was the jerk reporter As soon as I realized this, I jammed my arm between the doors
My coood? An honest article? It seemed he was dissatisfied that the nonsense article he worked hard to write was going to be deleted, but if it was dissatisfaction, our side had more
I got on the elevator and said,
”Do you have any ill feelings towards Songha or me?”
”What ill feelings? I understand you're not in a good mood because of my article, that's my job Also, a celebrity's every movement is neorthy It's not like you don't know this”
”Even if I acknowledge that there's nothing I can do about a celebrity's personal life being neorthy enough to be an article, I just can't understand why you would publish an article of cos towards us”
The jerk frohen he heard my words”
”I aderated a little, but it's not a complete fantasy”
”Then what part of your article is fact?”
”Now, really I'm already pissed at the fact I have to write a correction Since the higher-ups are working out a deal, a powerless reporter like me has no choice but to do as they say, but why do you of all people act like you don't know? I already knohat kind of relationshi+p you have”
”Ah, what is this 'relationshi+p' that I, the party involved, don't know about?”
”You say that like you-”
The jerk began saying in an irritated voice before stopping
Then, with a flustered face, he looked at me and muttered,
”Err, then…”
”Then?”
”No, no I really thought that the two of you were dating, but seeing your reaction, I realize that I ht have been ht actually be a fantasy”
The jerk ra,
”To you”
Although I waited in the lounge for a long ti down
Did she have that ?
I was staring at the elevator when Ki at me, he nodded
”Did you tell Koo to drive Songha hoht now, it's best if-”
”No She hasn't come down from the CEO's office yet”
”What are you talking about? They were done talking ten o?”
Then where did she go?
When I called her, her phone rang but she didn't pick up There definitely wasn't an elevator that ca where she was before going up to the seventh floor I couldn't find any trace of her
I opened the eency exit door as well, but it was empty Just as I was about to close the door, I discovered a fa
It was Lee Songha
She was tightly holding her phone with both hands and was crouched down as though she was e in the world by herself It looked like she sighed as her slender shoulders moved up and down
Frowning, I was about to go down the stairs when I stopped Lee Songha iping her tears with her sleeves After slapping both cheeks, she jolted up froency stairwell
… Was she crying just now?
”Sorry, oppa I was late because I had to go to the washroom”
It seemed she actually went to the washroom as her face was clean
”What did you talk about with the CEO?”
”It was as you said Be careful of scandals Don't date people”
Lee Songha replied with a faint smile
Was she acting in front of me?
I thought she had no talent for lying because she would always be caught right after and tell the truth, but as this? If I didn't see her in the eht not have noticed it
”You…”
I sedat us
I couldn't say anything It wasn't a good time to disappear somewhere with her either
Just as I thought I should order the recruit to take her hohtly and said,
”I as difficult for you because of the scandal, oppa It's all my fault”
”What is it your fault? It's because of that reporter”
”If… Even if you aren't assigned to er Also, they are going to assign you to an actor better than me”
”What?”
”That's why… If that happens, you don't need to worry about how I clung to you”
So…
What?
I called her inside my minivan
Like always, she answered her phone after a few rings
-Oppa?
”There's no one listening now so continue ere talking about before”
I went straight to the point Lee Songha intentional said in a calm voice
-Though I clung to you so you wouldn't leave, there are other actors interested in you Others besides Son Chaeyoung
”So?”
-If they change who you're assigned to, they said they would assign you to an actor et about how I clung to you You don't have to worry about it
Just what did they talk about for her, who beca teah I knew this wasn't her true thoughts, I still felt emotional
It felt like the thing that had been proudly filling a part of
Tapping the steering wheel, I said,
”Are you serious?”
-Yes Even though on't be able to work on ether through Neptune Also, if I quickly becoht with it, we can…
Now look at that
”Okay I clearly heard your untruthful words so now tell me what you really think”
-These are hts
”No, they aren't”
-They are
”What made you think this all of a sudden? Why? Do you not want to ith me?”
-No!
Her voice was deafening
A flustered voice that didn't knohat to do followed
-That's not it It's not that I don't want to ith you, it's allup The scandal was because of me…
”So why is it because of you? Though I don't knohat you talked about with the CEO, I told you to leave it to me because I had a plan”
Pausingvoice
-Even if you had a plan, it probably wouldn't work
”You just don't know it, it's quite decent”
-It still probably won't work The CEO… saw the photo
”Photo? What photo?”
-The one that was going to be released after the scandal article but the CEO blocked
The Daily Fact reporter did say so about a deal
”A photo of you and me? What do we have to hide? What kind of photo was it?”
After hesitating for a long ti her last words, she confessed
-When you were sleeping…
”When I was sleeping?”
-I molested you
I was taken aback by this Did I hear her correctly?
”What did you do?”
-Moles-
”No, explain without using that word”
So I did hear her correctly
-Before, on the day we ended early in theand a photo was taken of that,
”Why, no, though it is flustering, was there so on it?”
-I-I also think I put er in your mouth
”… Oh, you did”
-Sorry, oppa
She said in a tre her last words Though I had countless things I wanted to ask her, I asked the most important question
The question I had held back last time
”Sonha, do you perhaps li-”
A shout rang in my ears
-No!
”A correction was published so was the scandal really a rumor?”
Jung Hyesung asked while scooping the whipped cream off a brownie
”Of course, it was”
”That's a sha new came up”
Although she licked her lips as though she was disappointed, she didn't see at ood talking to the paparazzi about ot the point
”And the files?”
”Ah, that”
Jung Hyesung's eyes narrowed
”But how did you know that I was looking into a drug scandal? I was so curious about this that I couldn't sleep”
”I have a lot of friends with good hearing”
”That's strange I also know a few people, and the only person who's especially close with you is Reporter Park Woojeong fro you can hear from a newbie reporter Who could it be?”
”I can't tell you that because it's a secret”
I s askedup Then she took out a lipstick from her palm-sized purse
”Here”
”What I wanted were the files”
”This is a USB drive”
”Ah”
When I opened the lipstick lid, it really was a USB drive I inserted it intofor Though these photos weren't absolute evidence, they were good enough for me to use
”Since it could be leaked, don't save it separately on a phone or laptop”
”You don't have to worry about that”
”There aren't the best ones since you ht hand them over to some other reporter”
”If I needed to gift a reporter a neorthy iteood would it do for me if I made enemies out of the paparazzi?”
”Well, now it's your turn”
Jung Hyesung twirled her fork as she said this
”Look into Mr Sung Dowon”
This was the infor what I knew As expected, Jung Hyesung's eyes glittered
”Since he's a time bomb that could explode at any moment, it'll probably be best if you looked into him quick”
I added before putting the USB drive inup
With a s asked,
”But since we already handed Star Search the proper files and told them about the leak, they'll probably publish an article within a day or two Then the discussions regarding Royal Fah so is there a reason why you need those files now?”
I shrugged as I said,
”I want to show off”
As soon as I arrived at work, I went to find Ki said it could take one or two days, I had to move fast because it wasn't certain
”Chief, I have soent to tell you”
”What is it?”
”Are the team leader and Team Leader Park, no, is the CEO here today?”
When I asked this, a strange expression flashed on his face
He examined my complexion and said,
”Yeah, they are probably all in one room The CEO's office”
”His office?”
”A person froh a correction was published stating it was a mistake, it seemed they were concerned since it was a scandal”
The tireat
”That's great”
”What is?”
”What I want to talk about actually relates to them as well”
Kim Hyunjo's expression became odd when he heard me
”Hey, if you're going to talk about the scandal, just wait a bit Younghoon hyung said he would talk to the CEO I understand you feel frustrated and victi action, it's better-”
”It's not aboutI want to show them”
”Show them?”
”Yes, this”
When I took out the USB drive from my pocket and showed Kim Hyunjo, his expression becaht ht now
”It's a USB drive”
I inserted it into my laptop and showed him its contents
Looking at a few photos while tilting his head, Kim Hyunjo's eyes suddenly widened
Then he opened and closed a few ti,
”Hey, is this…?!”
”It's him”
”Oh my God”
I immediately headed to the seventh floor The tea hi for me in front of the CEO's office
He caaze alternated between Kiue
”Yeah, so I understand you guys are frustrated-”
”That's not it, hyung”
”This is the matter at hand”
I showed the team 3 leader my laptop
”What is it?”
”A real scandal”
The team 3 leader looked puzzled at my words as he stared at the screen Soon, his eyes widened His expression was almost one of astonishment
”Wait, is thi-!”
”It is”
Kim Hyunjo, who seemed quite out of it, said The team 3 leader's mouth opened
”Oh my God”
”That's what I said”
After staring at the screen, the team 3 leader suddenly jolted to his senses
”Lucky Charm, you, how did you, no, is this real?”
”Yes”
”Let's go in”
The team 3 leader sed his saliva, opened the office door, and entered first
I saw a few fa fro Across froh I didn't knohy he was there, the tea next to him
And, finally, CEO Baek Hansung
While the tea the CEO, one by one, the other people's gazes fell onlooked at me as well His composed face contained a faint hint of surprise
I took a big step into the office
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Chapter 117: What Comes and Goes Beneath the Water, a Trade (4)
TL: emptycube / ED: Isleidir
Just as I hung up the phone, the elevator to the side stopped accompanied by a mechanic sound
Did I press the button for that one too?
When I looked inside, a person was already inside He was an unfaht of me, it seemed he kneho I was Before the elevator doors closed, the rumbled,
”Your coreat It can instantly crush a honest article”
He was the jerk reporter As soon as I realized this, I jammed my arm between the doors
My coood? An honest article? It seemed he was dissatisfied that the nonsense article he worked hard to write was going to be deleted, but if it was dissatisfaction, our side had more
I got on the elevator and said,
”Do you have any ill feelings towards Songha or me?”
”What ill feelings? I understand you're not in a good mood because of my article, that's my job Also, a celebrity's every movement is neorthy It's not like you don't know this”
”Even if I acknowledge that there's nothing I can do about a celebrity's personal life being neorthy enough to be an article, I just can't understand why you would publish an article of cos towards us”
The jerk frohen he heard my words”
”I aderated a little, but it's not a complete fantasy”
”Then what part of your article is fact?”
”Now, really I'm already pissed at the fact I have to write a correction Since the higher-ups are working out a deal, a powerless reporter like me has no choice but to do as they say, but why do you of all people act like you don't know? I already knohat kind of relationshi+p you have”
”Ah, what is this 'relationshi+p' that I, the party involved, don't know about?”
”You say that like you-”
The jerk began saying in an irritated voice before stopping
Then, with a flustered face, he looked at me and muttered,
”Err, then…”
”Then?”
”No, no I really thought that the two of you were dating, but seeing your reaction, I realize that I ht have been ht actually be a fantasy”
The jerk ra,
”To you”
Although I waited in the lounge for a long ti down
Did she have that ?
I was staring at the elevator when Ki at me, he nodded
”Did you tell Koo to drive Songha hoht now, it's best if-”
”No She hasn't come down from the CEO's office yet”
”What are you talking about? They were done talking ten o?”
Then where did she go?
When I called her, her phone rang but she didn't pick up There definitely wasn't an elevator that ca where she was before going up to the seventh floor I couldn't find any trace of her
I opened the eency exit door as well, but it was empty Just as I was about to close the door, I discovered a fa
It was Lee Songha
She was tightly holding her phone with both hands and was crouched down as though she was e in the world by herself It looked like she sighed as her slender shoulders moved up and down
Frowning, I was about to go down the stairs when I stopped Lee Songha iping her tears with her sleeves After slapping both cheeks, she jolted up froency stairwell
… Was she crying just now?
”Sorry, oppa I was late because I had to go to the washroom”
It seemed she actually went to the washroom as her face was clean
”What did you talk about with the CEO?”
”It was as you said Be careful of scandals Don't date people”
Lee Songha replied with a faint smile
Was she acting in front of me?
I thought she had no talent for lying because she would always be caught right after and tell the truth, but as this? If I didn't see her in the eht not have noticed it
”You…”
I sedat us
I couldn't say anything It wasn't a good time to disappear somewhere with her either
Just as I thought I should order the recruit to take her hohtly and said,
”I as difficult for you because of the scandal, oppa It's all my fault”
”What is it your fault? It's because of that reporter”
”If… Even if you aren't assigned to er Also, they are going to assign you to an actor better than me”
”What?”
”That's why… If that happens, you don't need to worry about how I clung to you”
So…
What?
I called her inside my minivan
Like always, she answered her phone after a few rings
-Oppa?
”There's no one listening now so continue ere talking about before”
I went straight to the point Lee Songha intentional said in a calm voice
-Though I clung to you so you wouldn't leave, there are other actors interested in you Others besides Son Chaeyoung
”So?”
-If they change who you're assigned to, they said they would assign you to an actor et about how I clung to you You don't have to worry about it
Just what did they talk about for her, who beca teah I knew this wasn't her true thoughts, I still felt emotional
It felt like the thing that had been proudly filling a part of
Tapping the steering wheel, I said,
”Are you serious?”
-Yes Even though on't be able to work on ether through Neptune Also, if I quickly becoht with it, we can…
Now look at that
”Okay I clearly heard your untruthful words so now tell me what you really think”