Chapter 3：The Presurred Actor (2/2)
”Duh, this boy is too formal, oh yeah, anyway this is Ara,” Ha Joon finally introduced the girl who was also sitting in that room.
”Halo Ethan Oppa, I am Ara,” said the girl while holding her hand out.
”Halo, Ethan,” Ethan replied and took the girl's hand.
”Okay then, Ara, I'll see you again later, okay? There is something I want to discuss with Ethan,” said Ha Joon when Ethan and Ara were greeting each other.
Ara only nodded and smiled, then she walked out of the room.
”She is Ara, one of the children of the shareholder; it seems like she is interested in you,” said Ha Joon, but Ethan didn't say anything.
”You don't have any schedule today, right? Accompany her to shop,” said Ha Joon again
”But director…”
”No buts, this is an order from the company!” replied Ha Joon
”What if paparazzi caught us together?” asked Ethan, trying to find an excuse from doing the order.
”That will be a public relations problem to solve, but if you can, don't get caught by the paparazzi. Go. She is waiting for you. Remember to treat her well,” warned Ha Joon. Ethan could only smile bitterly before heading out of Director Ha Joon's room.
”How? What did Director Ha Joon say? Do you get a good offer?” asked Mi Sun, who was waiting outside the room.
Ethan looked at Mi Sun and smiled, ”It seems like my Noona will get a holiday,”
”What holiday? You just won an award yesterday, you must be getting lots of work offers coming now, of course, I can't be relaxed, let alone the holiday,” replied Mi Sun
”I am serious Noona. Today you can take a day off. Don't worry, it won't be reduced from your leave permit, really,” replied Ethan again.
Mi Sun, who has started to know Ethan's character, felt that something was not right, but she didn't have the chance to ask again. The girl who left Director Ha Joon's room earlier approached them.
”Come on, Oppa, I've been waiting for a long time,” said Ara, who immediately took Ethan's arm.
”I'll explain later, Noona,” Ethan said before reluctantly following the girl.
Mi Sun who saw that couldn't do anything; it seemed like she really needed an explanation of what happened!
Mi Sun decided to go back to Ethan's place. She was waiting for the man to come home and asked him about it directly.
After waiting for a bored 10 hours at Ethan's house, she finally heard Ethan's car. Mi Sun, who was tired of waiting, quickly approached Ethan before he could get out of his car.
”Noona! You surprised me!” said Ethan when he saw Mi Sun.
”Come on, tell me what exactly happened!” urged Mi Sun.
”Ahh .. I'm hungry, Noona, have you eaten? You still have stock of ramyeon, right?” muttered Ethan, ignoring Mi Sun and walking into his house.
Mi Sun stayed quiet and followed him inside, 'there must be something wrong,' she thought. Ethan barely ate ramyeon to keep his body fit, and usually, he would eat ramyeon when he felt tired or stressed.
”Go take a shower, let Noona prepares the food,” said Mi Sun, and she directly headed towards the kitchen. Ethan didn't answer, and went into his room.
”Slurppp ... Ahh .. Ramyeon made by Noona is the best!” said Ethan while eating his meal after taking a shower and giving her Noona a thumb up.
Mi Sun said nothing and only focused on eating her food.
Silence. The two of them didn't say anything. Only the occasional slurping sound coming from Ethan could be heard.
That girl was Ara,” Ethan finally spoke. ”She is one of the shareholder's daughters. I was ordered by Director Ha Joon to accompany her,”
”What kind of order is that ?! So all you did today was accompanying her?” asked Mi Sun. Ethan nodded
”It can't be helped, Noona. Director Ha Joon said it was a company order. If I didn't do it, I'd have to pay the penalty, ”said Ethan.
”Then, what about your career? Are you just going to keep accompanying that girl?”
”Eii… Of course, my career won't be like that, right? That girl must be just curious about me then asked me to accompany her for a while. The company definitely won't treat me like that, right?” Ethan said.
However, Ethan's prediction was wrong. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the next day, his company always asked him to accompany Ara, whether for shopping, going to the salon, or just attending the girl at her house.
Until one day, Ara asked him to join her in a private party held by her friend. Of course, Ethan was reluctant to do that, but Director Ha Joon once again says that it was an order from the company, which made Ethan had no choice but to do it.
But Ethan did not expect that when he went inside, aside from the girls, there were also men who only wore underwear and were made servants by the women there.
”Ara, you came!” a girl approached them and greeted Ara with kisses on her cheeks.
”Uhh ... who is this sweetie that you brought?” her eyes stared at Ethan seductively; she bit her lower lip slightly.
”Ara! Where are you taking me?!” said Ethan, who was uncomfortable with the situation.
He wouldn't think that Ara would ”sell” him. Ethan is a normal man, but what Ara did was undoubtedly wrong. He didn't want to enter that world again.
The next day, Ethan was called by Director Ha Joon again.
”This is your next job,” said Ha Joon directly, taking out a script from his desk drawer.
Ethan took the script, he read it, then he frowned upon reading the script.
”This…” Ethan said when he finished reading it.
”Your next job, it's already decided. You can go out now,”
”But director, what about the play written by writer Lee?” Ethan asked. Two days ago, an article came out. It was mentioning that writer Lee, the famous writer, that always wrote drama with ratings above 20%, and whose scripts are often sought by other actors and actresses, saying that he wanted the male lead in his latest drama to be played by Ethan, but of course the decision would lie in the director's hand.
”Ah ... about that, the company felt that the drama didn't suit you,” said Ha Joon.
”Bullshit!” Mi Sun, who decided to come into the room with Ethan, finally spoke up.
”My Ethan is the winner of the Best New Actor award, yet he doesn't fit the drama written by writer Lee? Wow, this is one piece of crap that I haven't heard in a long time!” said Mi Sun, who disagree entirely with what Ha Joon said.
”So you get arrogant because you won an award?! This is an order! There are no more drama scripts left! It has been decided. No objection! Tomorrow you must come to the address written on it for the first script reading. This conversation is over, please come out!” said Ha Joon, who then went back to his job. He didn't even look at Ethan and Mi Sun anymore.
Mi Sun was about to reply, but Ethan immediately grabbed her arm, gesturing that they have to get out.
Neither Ethan nor Mi Sun is stupid. The company is trying to pressure Ethan, and Ethan believed that this has something to do with Ara.