Chapter 168: Making Fil With Bait 5 (1/2)

Like an exposed person, Iazes She ran away, unable tofor a place to hide, landed on me

She painfully bit her lip

The words that left herin my ears

'Our coh to be in that tea never happened to ht now'

I kneare of it There was no way I wasn't

Since I could tell she was trying hard

The foresight that let ha and Lee Taehee's success The same one that told htly acquainted to, was heartlessly quiet when it cah it didn't notice the up on them like Na like that, I wanted to make them successful

LJ's situation was a bit better She was faround rapper and was one of the top fe her a solo track on the albule albus were difficult for I, this industry was overfloith people like her That hy I put her on any entertain was lovely She was someone who people would like

But the camera didn't really pick up those aspects of her

'I need to do better' 'I need to try harder'

Because of those thoughts

She tried her all in changing, but it was naught

That hy I set up this playing field

A playing field that could be the turning point for Neptune and Iht up in their crying”

I to change theand when negative eht have been on a period that day!”

The living roo, who couldn't even breathe properly and didn't knohat to do, stood up, a pale hand held her ankle It was LJ LJ said to I to escape,

“Sorry”

It wasn't just anyone LJ apologized

I you dummy and idiot all this ti like this? I knoas a joke! What I'm-!”

“If I kneords ca, as shaking her head and hands side-to-side, stopped It see behind LJ's words as her eyes widened LJ pulled and sat her back down and said,

“Dregs? If you're dregs, then a jolted in her seat

“Why are you cruet schedules on their own Do I have anything going for estured to the two on the sofa with her eyes before continuing,

“All I did was get featured on a couple tracks I'm on entertainment and radio shows because I's of Neptune, then I'm its crumbs No, not just normal crumbs, I must be dust”

She placed her elbow on her raised knee Her chin rested on her hand

The corner of LJ's slanted lips was covered by her fingers

“I look confident all the time? That's because I don't want to look embarrassed or shallow I'm better than you when you try to keep your expression under control I' and like I'ed

“Well, I'”

Her hand covered half her face

This ti, who stiff like a tree struck by lightning

“Seoyoung, I always think that I a's co closer to black

Lee Taehee cal Like always, her eyes were like a placid lake with no wind However, they were dark inside They were so dark if there was so underneath

“It's because we have you that our team is can continue without proble”

“S-stop it, unni! I'm really fine You don't have to co this to just comfort you”

Lee Taehee smiled faintly

“Without you, ouldn't have been able to last without any troubles ere unknown Without you, ouldn't as close as a fa a teas?”

Tears pooled in I onto her ankle like it was some sort of lifeline, LJ joined in,

“Hey, do you knohat our residence is like when you're gone?”

“Huh?”

“It's an area of solitude”

I and tilted her head

“area of solitude?”

“I bet we don't say a word to each other when you're not here Taehee unni is cooped up in her roos, like soha reads the same scripts repeatedly like so around, it's only to the washrooha This time, she pointed at herself

“I''s expression becah

“It's not that our relationshi+p is bad It's just hoe are That's why the cameras in our home are usually off when you're not here The producer said that there wasn't a rat's poop worth of airti,

“Well, I'aze momentarily fell on s to you I probably wouldn't have told you that they were done if he didn't have a good reaction”

“What?”

“Why? The songs were great!”

LJ and I stretched her neck out, her previous crouching appearance gone without a trace She continued by saying how she felt like lightning struck when she heard Lee Taehee's songs and how she felt they should be their title tracks

Lee Taehee rubbed the back of her neck

“I's I was scared I would fail”

Then she added while looking at Ie silence hung in the air Having expressed their inner thoughts, the h it was as silent as before, it wasn't a splitting silence This tiround after rain

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“I thought I was the useless person in our tea for an opportunity to say so room was in an uproar