69 – Doubt (2)
Song Soo-yeon was texting Stella without Jeong-gyeom’s knowledge.
[stellar. Is my alibi ready?]
What Jeong-gyeom said earlier keeps ringing in my head.
‘I hate it. Villain.’
I knew it, but when I heard it, the chill that permeated my heart exceeded my expectations.
It was the first time I saw him, who was always warm, use words like that. disgusting For a moment, it seemed as if he didn’t say anything.
It shouldn’t be a hasty analogy, but isn’t there a bad memory related to the villain?
If so, the expression he makes while looking at Solas is beginning to be understood to some extent.
And never.
I realize again that I must never let him know that I am a villain.
Of course, there’s not much risk of getting caught.
If he even prepared an alibi, it would be perfect.
Soon, she will start having a lot of money. It’s a story that you can’t pretend to be poor forever.
In order to give Jung-gyeom such and such expensive gifts, he needed an excuse for that much money.
Stella answered.
[yes. it’s over But even Luna needs to take a day off. Were you supposed to take a picture? Speaking of which, do you have time tomorrow?]
Song Soo-yeon glanced at Jeong-gyeom.
“Mister, what are you doing tomorrow?”
“me? Volunteer work.”
“…”
Why is he so anxious about going to a place he doesn’t know? He is also afraid of meeting a woman he does not know.
However, from this point forward, she also knew that it was the realm of obsession.
Confirming that he also has a schedule, he nods.
Then he replied to Stella.
[It will be fine tomorrow.]
[Then come to the hideout by 3:00. Don’t worry. There are no other colleagues.]
Song Soo-yeon checked the contents and put her cell phone in.
Then he gets up from his seat and says.
“mister. Now let’s go see the studio.”
****
As if persuading, I whispered in Song Soo-yeon’s ear.
“…Soo-yeon, this is not the case. Why do you insist on going to this place, the place you first told me about is much better.”
But she firmly shakes her head. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a strong side.
“No. I made it here.”
“The deposit and monthly rent are expensive. Traffic is bad… it’s in a dark alley… how do you get home at night?”
“You can go with your uncle. It’s close.”
“Don’t do that, do it the first time you saw it. The deposit is cheap, the monthly rent is cheap, and there is a shopping mall within a 5-minute walk… Oh, and there is a convenience store nearby.”
Song Soo-yeon sighs deeply and looks up at me sharply.
“Why do you keep making a fuss when I say I’m going to live here?”
“…”
I sweep my chin and straighten my body.
We had been bickering for a while inside the agency.
There were two options that were narrowed down after narrowing down, but no matter how you look at it, Song Soo-yeon’s choice did not feel right.
Of course, you can make a more accurate comparison if you go and see the room in person… but there are things that can be seen on paper.
One place was vastly better than the other. It was a fact that the real estate agent also admitted.
However, Song Soo-yeon swarms and insists that it is not there.
I knew why.
“…Excuse me, are there really any other items for sale? A closer one.”
Song Soo-yeon asked the realtor. The realtor shakes his head with a troubled look.
Song Soo-yeon wanted a studio close to my house.
He said, “Wouldn’t it be fun?” He said that since he got used to this place, he didn’t want to go anywhere else, and he insisted on buying close to me.
The reason why I rejected the recommendation of the real estate agent was the same reason. Because it’s far from my house.
To be honest, it looked a little cute…but I hoped that I wouldn’t make a choice I would regret.
“Suyeon-”
“-Ah, that’s okay. Then I’ll take this room.”
Before I could argue further, Song Soo-yeon ignored me and spoke directly to the realtor.
The licensed real estate agent is delighted and asks Song Soo-yeon.
“Then take a look at the room-”
“-no. You can’t even look at it. I will sign it.”
“…”
I open my mouth from behind and let out a big sigh. I feel like I’ve lost my mind, so I can’t say anything.
The real estate agent looks at me and turns to prepare the documents.
Only then did Song Soo-yeon look into my eyes and get up from her seat.
“What are you so dissatisfied with, uncle?”
“…”
“You wish I wasn’t around like that? Do you want to go far away?”
“…it’s not like that, it’s because I want you to live more comfortably.”
I answer Song Soo-yeon with mixed emotions, like and dislike. I just wanted her to live a little more comfortably as much as she was precious.
“It’s hard to spend all your hard-earned money on monthly rent.”
“…”
Song Soo-yeon hardened her expression as if thinking for a moment. Then, blinking his eyes, looking aimlessly here and there, he spoke to me in a small voice.
“…I’m making good money now.”
“………what?”
I raise my eyebrows in doubt.
“What are you talking about. You pay the same for loading and unloading.”
Song Soo-yeon brushes her hair. It smelled like shampoo to me.
“…I’ve stopped loading and unloading. I do something else.”
“Are you doing something else? what are you doing No, more than that, why haven’t you talked about it yet?”
“…”
She was silent for a long time.
“Suyeon-ah?”
To my call, Song Soo-yeon turns her head and answers.
“…I’m ashamed.”
I’m a little worried about this.
“…What is it embarrassing? What is it, talk coolly.”
She let out a long sigh as if determined.
“I work as a model, model. In an internet shopping mall…”
“…what?”
“…That’s why it’s been late lately…”
How embarrassing it is, even this sparsely spat out words.
It was a sound that I couldn’t hear well if I wasn’t paying attention.
“…Do you work as a model?”
I tried to understand her words for a long time.
“…Modelling?”
Again and again I asked her.
Song Soo-yeon nodded.
“…so don’t worry. I make a lot of money.”
“Who are you to show your appearance…”
“Oh, you don’t have to earn money! As for Solas-sister…”
I couldn’t figure out why the Solas story had popped up all of a sudden.
Song Soo-yeon grabbed my sleeve in an instant, bit her lip, and said.
“……I don’t want to do it either. yes?”
The atmosphere changes in an instant. I asked, placing my hand on her hand that held my sleeve.
“…then why are you doing it?”
“But the money is…really easy to make.”
She looked me straight in the eyes and spoke as if persuading me.
“I don’t have a hard time on my body, I don’t get stressed out, and I earn a lot.”
“…”
“Then shouldn’t you be patient even if you don’t like it? As much as I don’t like it, because there are many advantages… so I do it… Yes?”
I sighed. Why do you talk like you’re guilty?
“…You don’t have to make excuses for me. If you compare the pros and cons, you should do it if there are many pros. I’m just worried You have a…complex about your appearance. On the subject of going out usually wrapped up.”
“I don’t like it, but… I’ll make a lot of money and repay the favor to you. They buy me a lot of expensive things and take me to interesting places…”
I shook my head.
“Thank you for your heart, but I don’t need that.”
“why? My uncle said it before. It’s called happiness with money.”
“I didn’t say money buys happiness, I said buy happiness when money can buy it. Having a lot of money doesn’t buy happiness.”
“I don’t know. It’s not that my uncle didn’t have a lot of money. The more money you have, the better.”
“Suyeon-”
“-Oh just.”
Song Soo-yeon nervously interrupts me.
“…be happy, mister. Because I make a lot of money…?”
After pondering for a moment, I sigh and nod my head.
okay. it’s something to be blessed with Was it because she said she hated work itself? I reacted a bit negatively.
Anyway, judging from what he’s doing, he must have finished his calculations himself.
He took her hand and gave her a hug.
I felt sorry for not being genuinely happy, and it was also something I wanted to do.
I liked the happiness this act gave.
“okay. That’s right. I gave a very strange answer.”
Song Soo-yeon also reflexively hugged me. Even though I keep getting angry, my body doesn’t reject me.
After a brief embrace, I pulled her out of my body.
I said to change the mood.
“Then, tell me the site. If the clothes are pretty, I will buy them too.”
“…I only sell women’s clothes.”
“I just want to see your pictures anyway.”
Song Soo-yeon put off answering for a while, then brushed the back of her neck and said.
“I’ll bring you the photobook the day after tomorrow. Look at that.”
“okay? It’s better if you do.”
I smiled. She finally loosened her crumpled expression and smiled for me.
****
A few days later.
Song Soo-yeon caught all of Jeong-gyeom’s actions in his studio.
“Yeah…”
Every time he exclaimed, a smile spread across Song Soo-yeon’s face. He hid that smile with one hand, but there was no way to stop it from bending to his eyes.
“It’s pretty, really.”
There was no end to the compliments about his appearance that were not often heard in his voice.
Jeong-gyeom was looking around at the fake photobook Song Soo-yeon handed him with surprised eyes.
Song Soo-yeon also had to admit it to some extent.
Together with a female photographer Stella hired, the result was amazing, perhaps because she took photos with more strength than ever before.
Dark makeup like you’ve never done before. lights and clothes. Even the composition and the pose.
Even Song Soo-yeon looked pretty.
‘Who are you going to date with me?’ Even the cheeky thought of
“…isn’t it pretty?”
I beg for blatant compliments that I wouldn’t normally do. However, Jeong-gyeom, distraught, speaks endlessly as she wishes without resistance.
“Yeah, it’s really pretty. It’s so pretty, really.”
While Jeong-gyeom is looking at the photobook, Song Soo-yeon bites her finger. I was so happy. I was excited and excited.
As long as I endured the guilt of cheating on him, everything was fine.
“More than Bom’s sister?”
“…”
“Mister, is it better than Bom’s sister?”
“…Both are pretty, why are they competing again?”
The childish competitive spirit quickly fuels a fire.
“…I dressed up like this in earnest, but are you saying it’s similar to Bom’s sister?”
“…you are prettier.”
In the end, Jeong-gyeom kneels down. Song Soo-yeon smiled again. I didn’t have the feeling of being bowed down, but I was still satisfied.
“It also makes a lot of money. If it is this pretty.”
“……”
“I like this picture the most, Soo-yeon.”
Jeong-gyeom shows a picture to Song Soo-yeon.
It was a picture of her wearing a black t-shirt and baggy pants, sitting on a wooden stool, raising one arm enchantingly and placing it on her head.
There was no doubt that I put in a little effort because of Stella’s pressure and the idea that it was a photobook to be shown only to Jeong-gyeom, but seeing it like this again made me feel ashamed.
In particular, the fact that one armpit was clearly visible was embarrassing now.
“…”
However, Song Su-yeon said she liked Jung-gyeom, so she kept her mouth shut.
In the meantime, he takes another drink.
“I’m going to cut this and put it in my room.”
“yes??”
“No…because I like it…”
Song Soo-yeon was startled by a loud voice, so Jeong-gyeom hesitated and checked his eyes.
“…no?”
“…”
Song Soo-yeon pondered for a long time.
It was a photobook just for Jeong-gyeom anyway.
Sexy expressions, seducing, or cute expressions that are usually invisible, he tried so hard to show them through the excuse of a photobook.
Even when taking pictures, I tried my best thinking that I would look like Jeong-gyeom.
…So, in the end, Song Soo-yeon nodded.
“…with it.”
Only then did Jung-gyeom smile with a bright expression and read the rest of the photobook.
Song Soo-yeon kept his eyes on him for a long time.
*****
Song Soo-yeon moves into her new one-room apartment. It was less than 5 minutes away from Jeong-gyeom’s house.
Song Soo-yeon looks around her room from the entrance.
It’s my own space that I’ve always wanted, but for some reason it felt much more desolate than Jeong-gyeom’s studio.
Song Soo-yeon washes herself and lies down on the bed.
Then, as usual, I turned on my phone and looked at Jung-gyeom’s photos.
Now there are so many pictures that I wonder if I should change my phone. Storage space was running out.
Jeong-gyeom’s photos were now becoming Song Su-yeon’s necessities.
Looking at his picture, I remember what happened earlier.
I repeated Jung-gyeom’s compliments and his expressions.
And even the image of him carefully cutting and pasting a pictorial on the wall.
Song Soo-yeon burst into laughter. I couldn’t help but laugh.
When Jeong-gyeom entered the room now, he would always see himself. Could there be anything more joyful than this?
He is himself, not Solas. I felt a little ahead of her.
Perhaps because Solas has been busy these days, I haven’t been able to spend much time with Jung-gyeom.
There was a time that seemed like a fling one day, but now it may have faded away.
….And even if it doesn’t disappear, it will be enough to keep Solas busy through villain activities in the future.
“….ha.”
Song Soo-yeon sighed.
I suddenly think of Jung-gyeom’s photos.
How about filling this desolate room with pictures like Jeong-gyeom did?
It is to take out the images of Jeong-gyeom that have been taken and paste them in this room.
“…It’s okay.”
she murmured.
Then, a text message arrives.
It was Stella.
[Luna. I have the next plan. It’s the weekend this time. are you okay?]
Song Soo-yeon nodded. Still, I felt much better than when Jeong-gyeom was taken away by Min-bom. In the future, we will have to keep going.
Also, someday, there will come a moment when the villains of the alliance join forces to grant my wish.
At that time, it was not difficult for Song Soo-yeon to imagine that things would work out better than this.
[great.]
she replied
Dreaming of a future with Jeong-gyeom.
