‘Yeah.’
‘So,’ Geun Suk spoke after he took a sip. ‘Have you talked to him lately?’
There it is. As much as she didn’t want to be reminded of Min Ho, she was glad that at least she can be open with Geun Suk. Her manager wasn’t the right person to talk to, because he wasn’t exactly objective. Maybe if she can unload some of the things that’s been on her mind with Geun Suk, then she’ll feel better.
Shin Hye looked down and shook her head. Technically, she hasn’t talked to Min Ho. Their ‘conversation’ back at his pad couldn’t really be considered talking, since he was in a drunk state.
‘You’re not sleeping well?’ He asked, a hint of concern in his voice. ‘Your insomnia. Does it have anything to do with him?’
‘I’d be lying if I say it has nothing to do with him,’ she replied. ‘It’s just… I have a lot of things on my mind. Mostly him.’
Geun Suk sighed audibly. ‘Don’t punish your body just because of a breakup. If anything, you should take care of yourself more.’
With those words, Shin Hye remembered how skinny Min Ho had gotten. She knew he wasn’t eating well, just as she wasn’t sleeping well. Geun Suk was right, but what can she do when her body won’t cooperate?
‘I’ll be fine,’ she replied curtly.
‘Is it… really over between you and Lee Min Ho?’
Shin Hye turned to Geun Suk, taken aback by the the question. If Geun Suk had asked her this a week ago, she would have said yes without batting an eyelash. But after what happened at Min Ho’s pad, Shin Hye’s feelings have been wavering.
‘Yeah,’ she replied, her voice weak. She wondered if Geun Suk saw through her answer.
‘I talked to Min Ho before he went to New Zealand,’ he blurted out. ‘Well, more like I threatened him.’
Shin Hye’s eyebrows furrowed. ‘Meo?’
‘I didn’t want to tell you because I was afraid you’d get mad. But yeah, I talked to him. I was so close to punching the guy, but I couldn’t.’
Shin Hye let out a tiny laugh. ‘Imagine the headlines on that. Jang Geun Suk Punches Lee Min Ho Over Park Shin Hye. The reporters would have had a field day.’
‘It’s not that,’ Geun Suk shook his head, sounding serious. ‘I couldn’t punch him because he looked like he was already in pain.’
They were silent again as Shin Hye processed that new information. She honestly didn’t know how to respond to that. Serves him right? He should be in pain after what he did to me? But all she could feel was hurt, knowing now that Min Ho was really having a hard time. Especially after she saw him lose so much weight, and when she witnessed him cry in front of her. All this time, she thought he was okay. I mean why would anybody break up with someone and not be okay? Why should she feel guilty when she didn’t even have a say in the matter? It was getting absurd the more she thought about it.
‘He made a choice…’ she said weakly.
‘I know that,’ Geun Suk replied. ‘But maybe you should also think about what lead him to ultimately make that choice. The pressure, his agency, the media, the fans…’
‘I have.’ Shin Hye cut him off. ‘I have thought about it and now I understand him. So much so that I also believe we have to let go. Even if we get back together, the same things will drive us apart. Oppa, we’re stuck. I finally get why we had to break up. It’s better for both of us to just walk away and get over it rather than get hurt several times over.’
These were the same words that Shin Hye repeated in her head every night. The words that her heart had to battle with. Saying them out loud felt different. But why does she feel like she was lying?
Geun Suk held her eyes for a long time before he finally slumped his shoulders in defeat. ‘Arasso. But will you get over it? Will he?’
‘I will. And he will. Maybe not now, but eventually. We’ll be back to our normal selves soon.’ she replied convincingly. She almost believed it.
Min Ho stared at the photos from Shin Hye’s party. He knew he shouldn’t have clicked the link for the article, but he couldn’t resist. His eyes immediately darted to the photo of her with two idols. One of them had his arm wrapped around her neck. His blood boiled at the sight.Who the hell is this guy? He saw the name: Yong Jun Hyung. He’s not in my blacklist…
He shut his laptop in frustration and grunted. He had the worst timing.
After he got back from China, the first thing he thought about was finding her. He still didn’t have her phone number, and his manager wasn’t going to help him get it. He couldn’t recklessly ask anyone close to Shin Hye either. He knew that if Shin Hye went to the trouble of changing her number just to avoid him, she wouldn’t have given it to someone close to him.
There was only one recourse. He had found out that she was having a fan meeting as pre-birthday celebration with her fans. When he knew it was over, he quickly made his way to her building. He dressed inconspicuously and came up to her apartment, but soon realized that no one was home. He went back to his car and waited for her. He sat there for hours and he finally gave up when he came to the conclusion that she wasn’t coming home. He figured that maybe she decided to stay at her parent’s.
He did the same thing the next night. He waited for her patiently outside her building. It was borderline stalking, but there were some things he wanted to know. Like why she came to his pad that night, why she took care of him and cooked for him only to leave without so much as a goodbye. He sat in his car accompanied only by his thoughts. It was past midnight when he decided to leave, infuriated at himself for being so helpless.
Just as he was leaving, he heard a car coming down the road. Just one more, he told himself, expectant. He had a feeling this was it. When what arrived was an unfamiliar green Lexus, he let out a sigh in resignation. This is hopeless. With a heavy heart, he drove off.
Now Min Ho knew why Shin Hye wasn’t home. She was having a birthday party with her friends and family. He still felt territorial about her, and his heart hurt at the thought of being excluded. It was still hard to accept that he no longer played a part in her life. He wasn’t even a friend to her anymore.
‘Min Ho-yah!’ His manager suddenly peered through his bedroom door, surprising him.
Min Ho frowned. ‘Hyung, what are you doing here? When did you arrive?’
‘Never mind that,’ the man said as he entered the room, panting. ‘We have a problem.’
‘Oh my God. Heol.’
Shin Hye was removing lip gloss when she turned to her wide-eyed stylist. It was getting late, but thankfully they’ve finished shooting the night scenes for her latest CF. Shin Hye was tired, and she couldn’t wait to get home and rest. ‘Are you okay, eonnie?’
‘Shin Hye,’ she spoke without taking her eyes off her phone’s screen, looking like she had just seen a ghost. ‘Have you seen these articles?’
She furrowed her brows. ‘What articles?’
Her stylist hurriedly walked to her and gave her the phone. Shin Hye took it, wondering what it was that made her eonnie look so alarmed. Her jaw dropped and her body tensed after reading the headline. She shook her head. ‘This can’t be true.’
‘The reporter says he has photos.’
Shin Hye quickly typed Min Ho’s name on the search engine and several articles about him gambling in a New Zealand casino came up. The incident was already number one on Daum and Naver. Shin Hye’s first instinct was to call him so she whipped out her phone, only to remember that she had erased his number.
‘Damn it,’ she muttered under her breath.
At that moment, her manager entered the room and Shin Hye quickly pulled him aside. ‘Oppa, do you have his number?’ She whispered, making sure that her stylist couldn’t hear them.
Joon looked at Shin Hye’s worried face, confused. ‘Whose num…’ he didn’t finish his question after realizing who she was talking about and shook his head. ‘No. Stay out of it, Shin Hye. I’m sure they’re handling things just fine.’
Shin Hye held his arm. ‘You knew? Oppa, please.’
He scratched his head, frowning. ‘I can’t. I don’t have his number anymore, or his manager’s. I erased them in a fit of rage when you told me he broke up with you. I can’t be a little touchy, too.’
Shin Hye released him and bit her lower lip.
‘I’m sure he’s okay,’ Joon said, putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder. ‘You know how articles exaggerate. It’s probably not even true.’
But Shin Hye couldn’t shake off the feeling that he wasn’t okay. He was already in a bad state the last time she saw him. If he has to deal with this scandal now, she could only imagine how messed up he probably feels. Ignoring what her manager said, she walked back to the table and grabbed her phone and dialled.
‘Yobuseyo?’ The guy at the other end answered after a few rings.
‘Il Woo oppa, it’s Shin Hye. I can’t contact Min Ho oppa. Do you know where he is?’
‘Meo? I was just with him an hour ago. He called me earlier saying he wanted to blow off some steam. I was on a break from filming so I went. I was worried about those articles. But the director called me so I’m back on set. Why can’t you contact him?’
‘You drank with him again?’ Her tone sounded like she was castigating him.
‘I’m sorry. But he sounded really upset. Besides, if I didn’t come, he would have found a way to still drink.’
Shin Hye massaged her temples with her hand. ‘Where? Bar Da? Is he still there?’
‘I don’t know. Let me call Hyun Woo hyung and check. I’ll call you back.’
Before she could hear Il Woo hang up, she grabbed her bag and walked to the door, leaving her manager and stylist with confused looks. ‘Oppa, eonnie, I have to go. I’ll see you tomorrow. Thanks.’
She sprinted to her car and drove off faster than she normally would. Her leg nervously shook, as negative thoughts flooded her mind. What if he makes a scene at the bar? What if he drives drunk? ‘I knew it, I just knew
‘Yeah.’
‘So,’ Geun Suk spoke after he took a sip. ‘Have you talked to him lately?’
There it is. As much as she didn’t want to be reminded of Min Ho, she was glad that at least she can be open with Geun Suk. Her manager wasn’t the right person to talk to, because he wasn’t exactly objective. Maybe if she can unload some of the things that’s been on her mind with Geun Suk, then she’ll feel better.
Shin Hye looked down and shook her head. Technically, she hasn’t talked to Min Ho. Their ‘conversation’ back at his pad couldn’t really be considered talking, since he was in a drunk state.
‘You’re not sleeping well?’ He asked, a hint of concern in his voice. ‘Your insomnia. Does it have anything to do with him?’
‘I’d be lying if I say it has nothing to do with him,’ she replied. ‘It’s just… I have a lot of things on my mind. Mostly him.’
Geun Suk sighed audibly. ‘Don’t punish your body just because of a breakup. If anything, you should take care of yourself more.’
With those words, Shin Hye remembered how skinny Min Ho had gotten. She knew he wasn’t eating well, just as she wasn’t sleeping well. Geun Suk was right, but what can she do when her body won’t cooperate?
‘I’ll be fine,’ she replied curtly.
‘Is it… really over between you and Lee Min Ho?’
Shin Hye turned to Geun Suk, taken aback by the the question. If Geun Suk had asked her this a week ago, she would have said yes without batting an eyelash. But after what happened at Min Ho’s pad, Shin Hye’s feelings have been wavering.
‘Yeah,’ she replied, her voice weak. She wondered if Geun Suk saw through her answer.
‘I talked to Min Ho before he went to New Zealand,’ he blurted out. ‘Well, more like I threatened him.’
Shin Hye’s eyebrows furrowed. ‘Meo?’
‘I didn’t want to tell you because I was afraid you’d get mad. But yeah, I talked to him. I was so close to punching the guy, but I couldn’t.’
Shin Hye let out a tiny laugh. ‘Imagine the headlines on that. Jang Geun Suk Punches Lee Min Ho Over Park Shin Hye. The reporters would have had a field day.’
‘It’s not that,’ Geun Suk shook his head, sounding serious. ‘I couldn’t punch him because he looked like he was already in pain.’
They were silent again as Shin Hye processed that new information. She honestly didn’t know how to respond to that. Serves him right? He should be in pain after what he did to me? But all she could feel was hurt, knowing now that Min Ho was really having a hard time. Especially after she saw him lose so much weight, and when she witnessed him cry in front of her. All this time, she thought he was okay. I mean why would anybody break up with someone and not be okay? Why should she feel guilty when she didn’t even have a say in the matter? It was getting absurd the more she thought about it.
‘He made a choice…’ she said weakly.
‘I know that,’ Geun Suk replied. ‘But maybe you should also think about what lead him to ultimately make that choice. The pressure, his agency, the media, the fans…’
‘I have.’ Shin Hye cut him off. ‘I have thought about it and now I understand him. So much so that I also believe we have to let go. Even if we get back together, the same things will drive us apart. Oppa, we’re stuck. I finally get why we had to break up. It’s better for both of us to just walk away and get over it rather than get hurt several times over.’
These were the same words that Shin Hye repeated in her head every night. The words that her heart had to battle with. Saying them out loud felt different. But why does she feel like she was lying?
Geun Suk held her eyes for a long time before he finally slumped his shoulders in defeat. ‘Arasso. But will you get over it? Will he?’
‘I will. And he will. Maybe not now, but eventually. We’ll be back to our normal selves soon.’ she replied convincingly. She almost believed it.
Min Ho stared at the photos from Shin Hye’s party. He knew he shouldn’t have clicked the link for the article, but he couldn’t resist. His eyes immediately darted to the photo of her with two idols. One of them had his arm wrapped around her neck. His blood boiled at the sight.Who the hell is this guy? He saw the name: Yong Jun Hyung. He’s not in my blacklist…
He shut his laptop in frustration and grunted. He had the worst timing.
After he got back from China, the first thing he thought about was finding her. He still didn’t have her phone number, and his manager wasn’t going to help him get it. He couldn’t recklessly ask anyone close to Shin Hye either. He knew that if Shin Hye went to the trouble of changing her number just to avoid him, she wouldn’t have given it to someone close to him.
There was only one recourse. He had found out that she was having a fan meeting as pre-birthday celebration with her fans. When he knew it was over, he quickly made his way to her building. He dressed inconspicuously and came up to her apartment, but soon realized that no one was home. He went back to his car and waited for her. He sat there for hours and he finally gave up when he came to the conclusion that she wasn’t coming home. He figured that maybe she decided to stay at her parent’s.
He did the same thing the next night. He waited for her patiently outside her building. It was borderline stalking, but there were some things he wanted to know. Like why she came to his pad that night, why she took care of him and cooked for him only to leave without so much as a goodbye. He sat in his car accompanied only by his thoughts. It was past midnight when he decided to leave, infuriated at himself for being so helpless.
Just as he was leaving, he heard a car coming down the road. Just one more, he told himself, expectant. He had a feeling this was it. When what arrived was an unfamiliar green Lexus, he let out a sigh in resignation. This is hopeless. With a heavy heart, he drove off.
Now Min Ho knew why Shin Hye wasn’t home. She was having a birthday party with her friends and family. He still felt territorial about her, and his heart hurt at the thought of being excluded. It was still hard to accept that he no longer played a part in her life. He wasn’t even a friend to her anymore.
‘Min Ho-yah!’ His manager suddenly peered through his bedroom door, surprising him.
Min Ho frowned. ‘Hyung, what are you doing here? When did you arrive?’
‘Never mind that,’ the man said as he entered the room, panting. ‘We have a problem.’
‘Oh my God. Heol.’
Shin Hye was removing lip gloss when she turned to her wide-eyed stylist. It was getting late, but thankfully they’ve finished shooting the night scenes for her latest CF. Shin Hye was tired, and she couldn’t wait to get home and rest. ‘Are you okay, eonnie?’
‘Shin Hye,’ she spoke without taking her eyes off her phone’s screen, looking like she had just seen a ghost. ‘Have you seen these articles?’
She furrowed her brows. ‘What articles?’
Her stylist hurriedly walked to her and gave her the phone. Shin Hye took it, wondering what it was that made her eonnie look so alarmed. Her jaw dropped and her body tensed after reading the headline. She shook her head. ‘This can’t be true.’
‘The reporter says he has photos.’
Shin Hye quickly typed Min Ho’s name on the search engine and several articles about him gambling in a New Zealand casino came up. The incident was already number one on Daum and Naver. Shin Hye’s first instinct was to call him so she whipped out her phone, only to remember that she had erased his number.
‘Damn it,’ she muttered under her breath.
At that moment, her manager entered the room and Shin Hye quickly pulled him aside. ‘Oppa, do you have his number?’ She whispered, making sure that her stylist couldn’t hear them.
Joon looked at Shin Hye’s worried face, confused. ‘Whose num…’ he didn’t finish his question after realizing who she was talking about and shook his head. ‘No. Stay out of it, Shin Hye. I’m sure they’re handling things just fine.’
Shin Hye held his arm. ‘You knew? Oppa, please.’
He scratched his head, frowning. ‘I can’t. I don’t have his number anymore, or his manager’s. I erased them in a fit of rage when you told me he broke up with you. I can’t be a little touchy, too.’
Shin Hye released him and bit her lower lip.
‘I’m sure he’s okay,’ Joon said, putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder. ‘You know how articles exaggerate. It’s probably not even true.’
But Shin Hye couldn’t shake off the feeling that he wasn’t okay. He was already in a bad state the last time she saw him. If he has to deal with this scandal now, she could only imagine how messed up he probably feels. Ignoring what her manager said, she walked back to the table and grabbed her phone and dialled.
‘Yobuseyo?’ The guy at the other end answered after a few rings.
‘Il Woo oppa, it’s Shin Hye. I can’t contact Min Ho oppa. Do you know where he is?’
‘Meo? I was just with him an hour ago. He called me earlier saying he wanted to blow off some steam. I was on a break from filming so I went. I was worried about those articles. But the director called me so I’m back on set. Why can’t you contact him?’
‘You drank with him again?’ Her tone sounded like she was castigating him.
‘I’m sorry. But he sounded really upset. Besides, if I didn’t come, he would have found a way to still drink.’
Shin Hye massaged her temples with her hand. ‘Where? Bar Da? Is he still there?’
‘I don’t know. Let me call Hyun Woo hyung and check. I’ll call you back.’
Before she could hear Il Woo hang up, she grabbed her bag and walked to the door, leaving her manager and stylist with confused looks. ‘Oppa, eonnie, I have to go. I’ll see you tomorrow. Thanks.’
She sprinted to her car and drove off faster than she normally would. Her leg nervously shook, as negative thoughts flooded her mind. What if he makes a scene at the bar? What if he drives drunk? ‘I knew it, I just knew
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