Chapter 4.5 (1/2)

4.5

The person who called her wasn’t Sejin. It was…

Sunghee sat up quickly and cleared her voice before answering,

“Oh, hello, Manager Min.”

“What are you doing right now? Are you busy?”

“Oh, no. I… was just resting at home.”

She couldn’t tell him she slept the morning away. If it was Sejin, she would’ve told him the truth, but this was handsome Min Seungju! She couldn’t let him think she was some lazy woman. Sunghee wanted the manager to think she had been in her elegant outfit reading a book while drinking tea.

“Have you seen the musical Mamma Mia?”

“No, I haven’t.”

“Do you want to see it with me? I have two tickets and no one to go with me.”

“Did someone cancel on you last minute?”

Sunghee glanced at the clock. It was going to take her at least an hour to get ready. She still needed to shower, and do her makeup and her hair too…

“No. I wanted to see it, so I got the tickets first and called around, but all of my friends told me I should go watch it with a girl. The only woman I could think of was you, Sunghee.”

He was clearly lying. There was no way he had no one else to go with to this musical, but Sunghee wasn’t offended. She supposed his good looks made it easy for her to forgive him for anything. His pickup line was so corny, but she didn’t mind. With a quiet giggle, Sunghee asked,

“What time is the show?”

“7:30. We can meet in about three hours and have dinner before the show.”

Oh, so there was lots of time to get ready! Sunghee answered quickly,

“Okay, I’ll go. Where should I meet you?”

“I’m in Apgujung Dong 1 right now. Do you want to meet me here?”

After the call, Sunghee hurriedly headed towards the washroom. Even though she had plenty of time, she still needed to hurry. Sunghee needed to eat before she left because she didn’t want to  look like a starving bumpkin when they ate dinner together.

After the shower, Sunghee noticed a missed call on her phone. Seeing Sejin’s number, she ignored it without a thought and began to apply lotion on her face.

***