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“Is my sister… going to be arrested?”
“Yes. She’ll be charged with all the crimes she committed, tormenting and hurting you.”
At that moment, a dark light flashed in Dojun’s pupils.
Haejoo felt a chill down her spine from the madness that showed no cracks.
“But it’s already been several years.”
“I’ve been preparing things all this time.”
“What?”
“Evidence to prove the suffering you endured.”
“When did you prepare all that?”
“I’ve been collecting it ever since I started fighting for you.”
“My goodness…”
“It’s been years since I started digging into it seriously, knowing that we’re married.”
Haejoo’s ears went numb at Dojun’s continuing words.
While she was busy running and avoiding, he had meticulously pushed forward on her behalf.
It wasn’t even his own problem. Yet, Dojun staked his everything on Haejoo.
“How was that possible?”
“Because it’s you. You’re my wife, what more do I need to see?”
Dojun pulled Haejoo into his embrace.
Now, she truly wished for the long-suffering to finally end.
“I believed no one was on my side.”
“That’s not true.”
“I wondered if there was a God in the world. I resented so much why I was born if this was going to happen.”
Only then did Haejoo see reality.
It was possible because it wasn’t a dream.
“I couldn’t trust anyone anywhere. But then…”
It was a life without moderation.
She would flinch at the slightest scratch and was always quick to run away.
Then one day, Dojun appeared in her lightless life.
Just like now.
“No matter what happens, just don’t disappear.”
“Pardon?”
“Even if you disappear, be somewhere I can find you.”
Dojun didn’t believe Haejoo had completely adjusted to him.
Yura’s arrest meant this was just the beginning.
His reason for coming to Jeju today was to inform her of the commotion that was about to unfold.
“I need to call Director Kwak and your manager to talk.”
“I’ll call them.”
As Haejoo called Director Kwak, Hyunseong scrolled through an app to order dinner.
Just as he was about to place the order, a call came in from the manager team leader.
“Yes, Team Leader!”
“Are you busy?”
“My shoot ended today, and I just arrived at the accommodation.”
“By the way, is something going on between the director and Haejoo?”
“What? Why?”
“The director has been acting strange ever since he returned from Jeju.”
“In what way?”
“Today, Yura came to the company again and caused a scene.”
Hyunseong looked at Haejoo’s room through the window during the call.
He was on edge, sensing there might be another reason for Dojun’s sudden trip to Jeju.
“Isn’t the director someone who usually drops everything for Haejoo’s sake?”
“He was.”
“But he just let Yura cause a ruckus without doing anything.”
“Really?”
“I kept pushing him, and all he did was call CEO Park Dojun’s secretary’s office.”
For Jinhan to let go meant the celebrity was being neglected.
Hyunseong had no idea why that happened.
“Well, there’s nothing we can do, I guess.”
“Tell me honestly. What’s going on?”
“It seems like Haejoo noona and her husband have grown closer.”
“Weren’t they a show-window couple?”
“It seems like the two of them have some past connection.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s true that the marriage registration happened out of the blue, but I’m guessing it was ultimately for Haejoo noona’s benefit!”
The team leader got annoyed at Hyunseong’s vague explanation.
“Explain it so I can understand!”
“I don’t know the details either, but anyway, the two of them have grown closer recently.”
“Then the director is just stuck in the middle?”
“That’s one way to put it.”
“Hyunseong.”
“Yes, Team Leader.”
“This is not a minor matter.”
Hyunseong scratched the back of his head, unable to think of a suitable answer.
“I know.”
“You think the director’s pride will let him just sit back?”
“Still, he wouldn’t do anything bad to Haejoo noona.”
“Hey, Haejoo was too much too. The director did so much for her, and for her to suddenly…”
“There seems to be a situation between noona and him that we don’t know about.”
“Ugh, I don’t know. I’m hanging up.”
The unsettling call ended.
As he chugged mineral water out of frustration, a message came from Haejoo.
[I have something to tell you. Come to my room in 30 minutes.]
[Okay, noona.]
Thirty minutes later, he went to Haejoo’s accommodation.
After knocking, he entered and bowed to Director Kwak, who was already there.
They then sat around Dojun and Haejoo.
“Given that CEO Park suddenly came down, it seems like an urgent matter.”
“I came to ask for your understanding as things might get a bit noisy from now on.”
Dojun informed them that Yura, Haejoo’s older sister, had been arrested.
He also revealed that Choi Inho, who had been a persistent problem, would be sued.
“Of all times, during the film shoot…”
“I’m sorry, Director.”
“No, I’m not saying you did anything wrong, Haejoo.”
Director Kwak’s worries deepened.
After organizing what Dojun had told him, he offered his opinion.
“Could you proceed quietly until the film production is somewhat wrapped up?”
“Is it a burden?”
“Somewhat.”
It was a request to postpone the public exposé.
The reason wasn’t Haejoo’s fault, but rather that the media couldn’t be trusted.
A wrongful public opinion could potentially damage the film production.
Dojun and Haejoo agreed on this point.
“We will do that.”
Hyunseong, who had been listening quietly, moistened his dry mouth.
Dojun had resolved an issue that the agency had been struggling with for days in a single day.
While admiring his unimaginable drive, he also felt a sense of worry.
“I will inform the director about this. The agency also needs to prepare.”
“Hyunseong, please.”
Hyunseong felt burdened by the thought of talking to Jinhan, but he steeled himself for Haejoo’s sake.
Returning to his room, he clasped his hands in front of his phone.
Hoping it would pass quietly, he found Jinhan’s number and dialed.
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Dojun temporarily postponed suing Choi Inho at Director Kwak’s request.
Instead, he added charges against Yura, who was imprisoned for fraud, and Gyeong-ae, who had fled to the Philippines.
The complaint graphically detailed the painful abuse Haejoo had suffered while growing up.
Yura despaired when all the accumulated evidence was submitted.
Despite this, someone persistently sought to meet her.
Even though she repeatedly refused visitation, he was persistent.
“Is it reporter Choi Inho again? I’m not meeting him.”
Thanks to this, even though Yura was arrested, the media remained quiet.
If Choi Inho ignited the fire, it would only be a matter of time before it spread, but it wasn’t easy.
Yura herself didn’t want to become a national criminal.
For now, she hoped to beg Haejoo to reduce her sentence, even a little.
“I… I’d like to write a letter to my sister.”
About five weeks after being imprisoned, Yura wrote her first letter to Haejoo.
Since she didn’t know Haejoo’s home address, she sent it to the agency.
However, the letter never reached Haejoo and was torn up in Jinhan’s hands.
Meanwhile, the season was nearing the end of summer.
Last week, Dojun went on a business trip to Singapore, and Haejoo practically lived on the film set, even on weekends.
“Noona, are you very tired?”
“Lately, a little.”
“Should we go to the hospital?”
“I don’t even have time. I’ll just sleep early tonight, I guess.”
Fortunately, the filming was progressing smoothly, and the Jeju shoot would end in two weeks. It was much shorter than the estimated period.
Even relying on that, her physical condition was strangely suspicious.
“I’m sleepy again, Hyunseong. Why am I like this?”
Eventually, she took a nap in the van during a break while others were filming.
Then, she suddenly remembered something she had forgotten due to her busy schedule.
“I missed that day.”
Haejoo’s period was already over a week late.
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