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Love in Autumn - Chapter 35

Published at 27th of December 2018 03:31:46 PM


Chapter 35

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Ji An locked herself in the room the whole day. No matter how many times Ha Na called her to go out, to talk or even to eat, she did not even budge. Ha Na even tried to text her, since normal conversation way did not work on her. After a few times trying, Ha Na gave up and decided to give personal space Ji An craved. As long as she did not hurt herself.

Inside the room, Ji An had joined a forum to get more information on what does it take to be a good artist manager. Besides that, concurrently, Ji An tried to look into Jun's past drama, movie or endorsement to understand more about his strength and weaknesses. She did not sleep a wink and tried to read the script sent out by Producer Kim. With her previous attitude, she had no face to go and meet Jun.

Meanwhile.....

'She is really not coming.' Jun woke up in disappointment. He knew he was a bit harsh yesterday, and he was the one who told her not to come. Still, small hope was budding inside his heart. To be able to wake up in the morning and see her smile. Just one smile should be enough. He did not know when her smile mattered to him, but it did. He missed their silly conversation and teasing her. It gave color to his bland life.

Battered himself with cold shower in the morning, Jun took his morning coffee with the freshly printed script on his hand. He would need some time to look into it. The drama would be 16 episodes long, with the probability to increase to 18 to 20 episodes depending on the drama popularity. It is quite common in Korea entertainment industry to change the script halfway. For initial airing, all actors and actresses will usually shoot for the first 2 episodes and they will be engaged in intensive filming, concurrently with the airing time. With this arrangement, the writer and producer would be able to change the ending or adding more conflicts based on viewers' rating.

The script was quite interesting. It was a romantic melodrama between two lovers. They had a romantic relationship for a few years before decided to separate due to so many misunderstandings between two of them. They continued with their separate lives, the guy becoming one of the top businessman in IT industry while the girl working as secretary in real estate company. With some twisted fate, the real estate company decided to pioneer online real estate market and engaging the main lead's company and two of them met for the first time in shareholders meeting. From there, the love story began. It would be a story full of anguish and hatred. However, despite the anger, disappointment and separation, both of them could not forget each other and with each encounter they were going closer.

It was a good switch. His recent movie was action and switching to melodrama would increase his portfolio even more. More than that, he could relate to the main lead. The feeling of being abandoned by the person you loved the most. He did not expect that part of his painful memory would help him a lot. He smirked bitterly.

Jun took out his laptop to reply Producer Kim's offer when his phone rang. Expecting it might be Ji An, Jun quickly took his phone, but once again drowned with disappointment. It was Producer Kim.

"Hello."

"Hello, my best actor. Have you read it through? What do you think?"

"I am reviewing it right now. It's not bad. I think I will take this."

"Very good!" Producer Kim exclaimed, delighted with Jun's response. "The female lead has been confirmed as well. We will have a pre-dinner, arranged by the main investor. Don't forget to bring your manager also. I have heard about her."

"We'll see how later. When is the dinner?" Jun did not hear the part about the female lead. He was distracted by the extended invitation to his manager. He didn't even know her whereabouts and here it came the invitation.

"I am still arranging the timing, we'll let you know. The invitation will be sent out by my assistant. Try to come, okay?"

"Umm." The conversation ended swiftly. With a heavy heart, Jun went inside to rest a bit more before his fan signing event.

The door from Ji An's room suddenly burst opened with her rushing out from the house. She moved so fast like a wind until Ha Na had no time to catch up with her. Ji An was in a rush, she should apologize to Jun and she hoped she could do it before the fan signing. Which is why she dashed out from the room and quickly went over to Jun's penthouse. 'Hopefully, I can make it in time'. Ji An fervently prayed hard while trying to hail cab. Once she seated inside the cab, she kept forcing the taxi driver to rush and increase the speed.

"Uncle, faster!"

"Miss, this is already the maximum speed limit. How could I drive faster?"

"Uncle, this is life and death. I need to reach as soon as possible. Please, Uncle. My boyfriend is going to leave me" Ji An lied to the uncle and put on crying and desperate face.

The elderly uncle saw her fake tears, moved by her perseverance in love and changed his seating position slightly with new determination on his face,"Hang on, Miss. Put on your seat belt. Hold tight." And he stepped on the accelerator, zigzagging through the crowd like a speed racer. Ji An closed her eyes and held her seat belt till her fingers turned white all the way, afraid she might vomit if she looked on how the uncle drive. She knew it was her request and she kind of regret her decision.

Her feet wobbled when she get out from the taxi, it seemed surreal that the usual distance of 30 minutes was cut almost half with the driver speed. Even with her giddiness, she did not stop moving. She went up straight towards Jun's penthouse and calling him,"Lee Jun! Oi, Lee Jun, where are you?"

She looked around the living room, kitchen and even went inside his bedroom. There was a hint of people showering from the bathroom, since the tile was still wet, and water still dripping from the faucet, and a hint of perfume still thick inside the dressing area but Jun couldn't be found. Hoping that she might be able to find Jun in the car park, Ji An rushed back again towards the elevator and pressed repeatedly the basement button. As if the elevator would move faster with every additional effort she spent on pressing.

It only took less than one minute for the elevator to travel down from penthouse level to car park basement, however for Ji An, it definitely felt more than that. The long awaited elevator door finally opened, at the same time she saw the elevator door opposite her also opened at the same time and Congressman Park was there, together with his bodyguard!

Ji An was frozen. Her carefully concealed fear rose up and made her pale and avoiding to look into their direction. Her fast heartbeat was so loud for her ears and she once again pressed it with her hand, afraid the bodyguard might hear. 'Relax, Ji An. The bodyguard was totally different from the one chasing you. This guy was slim and tall, not bulky like previous one.' Ji An tried to control her heart beat and expression.

Congressman Park glanced at her, ignoring and went immediately to the door, waiting for his driver to pick him up. He talked to the slim bodyguard, after confirming no one was around."Do the usual. We cannot let anyone found the evidence. She's still up there. Got it?"

The slim bodyguard nodded his head and opened the car door, letting Congressman Park to sit inside and sent him off. Meanwhile, Ji An who hid behind the glass door, overheard everything.

'Up there? And a she? Must be female.' Ji An attached her earpiece and moved her body as if listening to music and looked for her phone and followed the bodyguard closely, back to the elevator and took it together. She let the slim bodyguard get inside and pressed the floor level, peeked into it and dialed a few button on her phone.

"Hello. Ha Na-yah, yes yes, I am going soon. I forgot my wallet, I am coming back up to retrieve it. We meet there okay." Feeling accomplished with the alibi to retrieve her wallet, she sneakily bluffed the bodyguard in front of him.

The lift reached level 14 and the bodyguard went out and took a right turn, while Ji An pretending to take a left turn. After she made sure the bodyguard had ignoring her completely, Ji An made a u-turn and followed closely behind and saw him entering one room. The door was not closed properly, leaving a very small gap. It was not enough to see anything inside, but it did not block any sound. Within seconds, a ruckus could be heard from inside. A woman screaming, a rush footsteps and sounds of things breaking, a soft grunting sound.

The footsteps was getting closer to the door and a woman clad in skimpy night gown, bare feet, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, went out crazily and almost bumped into Ji An who wanted to peek.

"Save me! Please!" Her eyes darted back and forth between Ji An and the opened door. She looked at Ji An desperately, grabbing her hands, did not want to let her go.

Ji An eyes followed hers and found the slim bodyguard limping towards the door. His eyes turned murderous and there was blood on his temple, trickling down his cheek towards his chin. Without thinking twice, Ji An dragged the woman's hand and running frantically, searching for the fire emergency exit.




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