Chapter 302 – We Need to Talk
“…What.”
Asking her after opening the door to her hotel room.
A cynical expression and a cynical gaze.
It was the image of the real director Dranez played.
“I came because I have something I want to tell you.”
“Then hurry up and go. I’m busy with work.”
Looking at the laptop with the power on, it seems that he is not lying.
I followed her on the sofa and sat across from her, only looking at her laptop without paying attention to me.
I felt a bit sad, but I didn’t bother to show it.
“…Thank you.”
“What.”
“You told me last night? Help me.”
Anna and the other women knew I was in trouble.
Also, the night before, Hyejin left me alone in this room and went out.
I didn’t know it because I was crazy at the time, but now that I think about it, it’s hard to see these two things as a coincidence.
“…”
Hyejin, who was silently looking at the screen, replied in a blunt tone.
“I just made a few calls.”
“All six?”
“I called Miss Michelle and Anna, and the others were in the same place, so I went to see them myself.”
After a brief reply, she shuts her mouth up.
If I don’t say anything, it seems like he will continue to do so, so I asked again.
“…What did you say?”
“You said you’ve been cursed by the Wicked Witch since you were little.”
“Ah….”
“And sooner or later you’ll come and talk about it all the time, and that it was all an act you had no choice but to escape from the curse.”
“Did you talk about your crush?”
“I couldn’t do it directly. They said that in order to break the curse without dying, you need a lot of people you truly love.”
Also, my prediction was correct.
Giving me time to think, he was helping me behind the scenes.
“Thank you.”
“It’s okay. I just thought it would be easier for them to accept if I told a lie like this. It’s not a lie at all.”
The evil witch she said must have meant Dranez.
While she was thinking that, she heard a voice again.
“Besides, I didn’t even have to step out in the first place.”
“Why?”
“All those women said, thank you for telling me. But he would have accepted you even if he hadn’t listened.”
“…”
Many thoughts came up and she didn’t say anything, so she continued her words as if she was dumbfounded.
“Oh, if I knew it would be like this, I would have let you go yesterday and go to sleep.
A tone that can seem a little cold.
But instead of being sad, I thought of her, her, and her when we were dating her.
At that time, Hyejin also often helped people around her behind the scenes and refused to praise her or express her gratitude.
… That’s it.
His tone and gaze have become colder and fiercer, but the parts I liked in the past still remain.
If so, I wonder what will be in her mind.
Of course, we broke up badly, and the relationship after that was not neat.
I slept with several women out of desperation, and didn’t Hyejin take her anger out by creating a character based on me?
But when I think of the help she gave me in this world, I couldn’t help but have high expectations from my position, whom she once truly loved.
“…Why did you help me this much?”
Unlike me who hesitated, the opponent did not hesitate.
“I think you fell here because of me. It’s true that I messed with the game with my personal feelings.”
As she said, she took advantage of her position as a director, put characters that looked exactly like me into the game she was developing, and laid out numerous foreshadowings of death.
Is the reason why you helped me is purely because of guilt?
“I apologize for that. I never thought that you and I would actually enter the game.”
Said she, as if chewing on her thoughts, and then suddenly she looked at me.
“But honestly, I couldn’t help it either. Aren’t you angry that you were sleeping with another woman right after we broke up? … Ha, no. Sorry. This isn’t a proper apology.”
“Oh, did you know?”
“…Of course I know. Did you think I wouldn’t listen to you when you did that with the girls at work?”
“Ah….”
There is no excuse, only a brief sigh.
I know that what I did at the time was not a good thing.
However, as soon as I was dumped by Hyejin, I did not first flirt with the women around me.
The breakup with her, who even considered her marriage, was one of the most shocking events in her life, so when she was having a hard time, she happened to have a conversation with a female employee in the department next to her.
The female employee comforted me carefully enough to take me to her food stall, and she was drawn to the atmosphere and stayed overnight at a nearby tell.
However, after that, the relationship with her did not deepen and ended with a sex-like feeling, but I think she approached me for the purpose of sleeping with me.
Still, she was able to forget the pain of her breakup as long as she was skin-to-skin with someone, so she maintained her relationship with the female employee, but after she became busy and estranged her, she started to have relationships with other women as well. Did.
However, not only did it become known to Hyejin, but she was even the cause of creating a character that resembles me.
“To be honest, I thought about reconciling again. Even if we can’t sleep together, I thought it was a matter of understanding each other if we loved each other.
Hyejin sighed again and shook her head.
“Haa, no. You keep saying things that aren’t like me. Sorry, I won’t make excuses anymore. It’s all my fault.”
She drops her to the floor and covers her face with her hands.
Seeing her like that reminded me of the times when I argued with her and heard her breakup.
I was a fool who didn’t try to listen to her circumstances and became emotional, so I couldn’t convey my sincerity properly.
I opened my mouth to tell you even now.
“…The reason I was sad wasn’t that we didn’t have sex.
Looking at her silently listening, she continued her words calmly, recalling us in the past.
“Hye-jin was thinking of marrying you, but she was anxious because she felt like you were different. That’s why she asked for a bed because she wanted to confirm your feelings.”
“…”
“I should have explained it properly then, but I guess I didn’t. I was trying to get over you somehow by sleeping with another woman, and it was my mistake without any excuses. I’m sorry.”
“…I thought you forgot about me right away.”
“That’s absolutely not the case!”
Without realizing it, I hurriedly shouted.
It is true that she clearly resented her when she came to this world not long after.
But now that her life has been saved with help several times, her previous discomfort has melted away.
“Rather, it’s because I couldn’t forget…”
“…”
“Can I ask you one question?”
Hyejin answered my question.
“Tell me.”
“Did you refuse to sleep… Was there something wrong with me?”
“No.”
Surprisingly, the answer came back quickly.
“You’re not at fault. It’s always been my problem.”
“I see….”
I want to ask what the problem is, but it seems like the other person doesn’t want to do that.
In an instant, a question occurred to me.
Like me, who changed her mind after learning the truth, did she change something in her?
I’m afraid to hear the answer, but my lips were already moving against my will.
“Then can we go back to the way we used to be? Even if not right away…”
I’m not exactly sure why I asked this question.
If the hot heart of that time remains as it is, that’s not it.
Even if the other person asked to meet again first, he would not readily accept it and hesitate.
For some reason, I want to know about that possibility.
But this time, there was no hesitation in Hyejin’s answer.
“That’s not allowed.”
“Why…?”
“I’ve changed a lot since I was the person you knew. And I told you. It’s been three years since I came here.”
I remember it.
It’s only been about a week since I haven’t seen her in her original world, but Hyejin has already been living here for three years, as if the speed of time in her two worlds is different.
“As much as I’ve changed in the past three years, my heart has become dull. Now, when I see you, I can’t think of anything.”
“…”
“I’ve been adjusting to this world for a long time, and I’ll continue to do my best in my job as I have done until now. I don’t want to make any changes in my life because the job of the chairman suits my aptitude.”
It’s not that she doesn’t understand.
Three years is by no means short.
Even so, she couldn’t help but feel the sadness and melancholy, and her head fell down by itself.
“The reason I helped you was because of guilt.
I will help you to live safely in this world from now on. So please don’t expect more than that.
There are many people here who love you. Live happily with them.”
“No, but Hyejin.”
“I’ve wasted too much time. I’m sorry, but please go now. I’ve got a lot of work to do.”
She gets up from her couch and lifts me up, pushing her back toward the door.
She somehow resisted and tried to continue the conversation, but she stubbornly let me out and even shut the door.
“…”
… Yes, I understand what you mean.
But she once really loved me.
It was wrong because of mutual misunderstanding and lack of communication.
The pounding in one side of my heart is too strong to pass by as if nothing had happened.
… Let’s go back today
And let’s talk again next time.
After admonishing myself like that, I walked out of the hotel with heavy steps.
—
Thud! The sound of the door lock followed by the electronic sound of the door lock.
Hyejin, who was left alone in her large room, went back to the sofa where she had been sitting a while ago and put her buttocks on.
She sees complicated objects in front of her eyes.
She fills up her screen as if asking to be dealt with quickly, but Hyejin remains motionless, covering her face.
As if she regrets what she said or is just sad about the current situation.
“Ian…”
The name that came out of my mouth without even knowing it.
Then, while she let out a big sigh, time passed, and Hyejin remained still for a while.
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A few days have passed since Ian overcame a major crisis with the help of those around him.
The anxious and fearful heart that had made him and her lovers cry gradually faded, and peaceful days continued as usual.
It is her Ian who did not give up her conversation with her Hyejin, but unfortunately, the opportunity to meet with her seldom came.
This is because Hye-jin, who has returned to her body after a long time, was busy taking over and managing the duties of the chairman, which De Laneige had been doing.
Because of this, her Ian just waited for the moment when she could talk honestly again, hoping that she would be able to afford her.
One night, a week has passed since Ian left Hyejin’s hotel.
Selena lay down on her own bed to sleep, lost in her thoughts.
“…”
She quietly looked up at the ceiling in the dark.
Her wrinkled eyebrows tell us how serious she is in trouble.
A few minutes to do so.
Selena muttered in her heart with a serious expression like a hero who sensed the world’s crisis.
‘… Okay. I’m going to tame Ian this time!’
