Min Ho looked at Woo Bin. ‘She said

Min Ho looked at Woo Bin. ‘She said that?’

Shin Hye’s jaw dropped as if she just heard something absurd. ‘OMO! Onjae? Onjae??? When did I say that?’ She noticed that her voice went up a few pitches higher. She was already on high school mode.

‘You told me after we filmed our first scene together, right after you got back from L.A. You even said that you’re sure he has a lot of girls because he seems like a flirt.’

Min Ho removed his arm from Woo Bin’s shoulder and faced Shin Hye with a look of disbelief. ‘Ah, cheongmal? She said I’m a flirt?’

‘YA KIM WOO BIN! Chugule?! Stop lying!’ Shin Hye cried out. She was feeling helpless without the other girls around.

Woo Bin pretended to hide behind Min Ho and leaned to whisper in his ear. ‘Hyung, she told me that she suspects you have a girlfriend because you were on your phone all the time.’

This time, Min Ho’s expression changed. He frowned slightly. ‘You didn’t believe me when I told you it was my Mom I was talking to?’ He asked her, sounding serious.

Shin Hye waved her hands vigorously, but it seemed like something was blocking her throat. Kim Woo Bin was giggling behind a somber-looking Min Ho. If this were high school, she just lost the fight. The boys win again.

Just then, Jong Suk entered the room carrying a tray with a bucket full of beer soaked in ice and some snacks. ‘What’s happening here? Why does Shin Hye look like that?’

Woo Bin walked to him and grabbed some chips from the bowl. ‘She’s in a fix. Serves her right for playing favorites,’ he chuckled.

Jong Suk put the tray down on a corner table and walked to where Shin Hye was standing. ‘Shin Hye, they’re just trying to distract you. Don’t pay attention to them. We still have to win this.’

Jong Suk’s words seemed to have woken Shin Hye up. She took one look at Min Ho and Woo Bin’s self-assured expressions and hissed. ‘I’ll make sure you two don’t win again.’

 

‘Ohhhh. Pretty good for a girl,’ Woo Bin smirked. ‘You’re really full of surprises Shin Hye-ah. Too bad no ball went in.’

Shin Hye muttered curses under her breath. She was usually a pretty good breaker, at least one ball would go in after she makes the first shot. She looked at Woo Bin’s smugly satisfied face and bit her lip. This is the worst time to be bad at billiards.

He bent down and targeted a striped ball. The three watched in silence as Woo Bin concentrated.

Don’t go in. Chaebal, Shin Hye thought to herself.

The ball easily slid into the corner pocket as soon as the cue ball hit it. Min Ho whistled before raising his hand to exchange a high five with Woo Bin.

‘Kure. Surprise us with a secret, Shin Hye,’ Woo Bin crossed his arms and grinned.

Shin Hye groaned in frustration. She closed her eyes and searched for a secret in her head. I can’t believe I agreed to this.

‘Fine. I went on a blind date once,’ Shin Hye started to say. Min Ho’s expression brightened, his lip curling up as she started to speak. ‘I tell people I haven’t been to a blind date, but truthfully, I have. I just couldn’t talk about it because… well, you’ll find out later. It was just one time, three years ago. I couldn’t normally meet guys who weren’t actors or idols so I really wanted to try a blind date. Everybody was doing it, and I didn’t want to be left out. They told me it might be hard since I was an actress, but eventually, one of them agreed to help me. She said that her boyfriend was willing to set me up with his friend. Except her boyfriend didn’t know that I was an actress. But he told his girlfriend that the guy was smart and handsome, and that he was also a student from our university.’ Shin Hye paused, as she tried to recall more details.

‘And then?’ Jong Suk asked eagerly.