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Episode 23

‘Oh, wait.’

Judging from the appearance, something flashed through Ju Seol-ha’s mind as he was about to close the door, thinking that it was religious solicitation.

‘no way?’

The way the woman in front of me spoke and acted, and the anxious yet longing to get back something precious, felt familiar.

‘Isn’t this what I did a while ago when I lost my memory?’

Ju Seol-ha’s brain, which had been thinking about that, began to spin quickly. Ju Seol-ha stared at the woman, who seemed hesitant but showed no intention of going back, and then spoke in a kind tone.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but why don’t you come in for a bit and have a cold cup of tea before you go?”

“Ah, that, is that okay…?”

“Of course.”

Ha Ye-in, who knew nothing about anything, hesitantly entered the house following Ju Seol-ha’s advice.

As she entered the hallway, she stopped dead in her tracks and stared blankly around. Joo Seol-ha, who had been quietly watching Ha Ye-in from behind, asked in a quiet voice.

“What’s wrong? Is there something strange?”

“Oh, no. That’s not it… … I have a feeling that something is coming to mind but not coming to mind… … ”

I felt a sense of superiority in Ha Ye-in’s answer.

Unlike herself, who recalled all her memories as soon as she smelled Lee Seon-woo’s scent, the woman in front of her was still suffering as she could not recall her memories even after entering the house.

He led Ha Ye-in to the living room as if it were his own house, holding back the urge to tell the truth and mock her right away.

“What would you like to drink? Coffee? Tea?”

“Then with coffee… … ”

Despite wanting to come inside, Ha Ye-in could not hide her constant look of anxiety.

At the same time, her gaze turned to the second floor. She wanted to go up, but no matter what, it seemed rude, so she held back for now.

After making two cups of iced coffee, he returned to the living room, held one out to Hae-in, and opened his mouth.

“I think there are some circumstances. Can I ask what the circumstances are?”

“That’s… …I don’t even know what’s going on… … ”

“It’s okay. You can take your time, so speak comfortably.”

“You might find it hard to believe… … ”

Ha Ye-in, who had fallen for Ju Seol-ha’s persistent questions in a soft, soothing voice that put people at ease, was soon talking about what she had experienced over the past few days.

“I was spending my days like any other day, and then suddenly I felt a great sense of loss. Should I say it was like someone so precious to me who should have been by my side suddenly disappeared?”

I felt a great sense of empathy that made me want to nod my head vigorously. I knew it too. How great the sense of loss would be when Lee Seon-woo disappeared from my life.

‘It felt like my heart had been ripped open. It’s a feeling I never want to experience again.’

I listened to Ha Ye-in’s story, suppressing the empathy that threatened to spill out unintentionally.

“It was too hard and painful to say it was just my feelings. After I realized it, I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t even focus on work.”

“Sorry to interrupt, but what is your occupation?”

Ha Ye-in, not noticing the intention of Joo Seol-ha’s question, lowered her head in embarrassment and quickly took out her business card from her wallet.

“I’m the one who’s sorry. I barged in and didn’t even introduce myself. My name is Ha Ye-in. I work as a model.”

I smiled inwardly as the empty parts of the puzzle in my head began to fit together.

‘A model. I see. So that means it was through this woman that my brother got to do the magazine photoshoot.’

Of course, if it was Lee Seon-woo’s looks, he would have been welcomed with open arms wherever he went, but it was assumed that he probably wouldn’t have gone on his own.

‘What’s important is the motive behind the action. Judging from the fact that there was no information in the magazine that this woman was his boyfriend, he probably followed her around as a manager and was eventually selected as a model.’

He introduced himself, accepting the handed-out business card that accurately deduced the causal relationship.

“I’m a regular college student.”

“Really? You’re so pretty, I thought you were in the same industry as me.”

“Ahaha. Thank you.”

In reality, I wasn’t grateful at all, because I sensed that there was a subtle hostility mixed in with Ha Ye-in’s words.

‘It must be an unconscious hostility. She doesn’t seem to realize it, but her instincts tell her that I’m a woman related to my brother.’

Ha Ye-in’s story continued in a bright atmosphere with people laughing out loud, contrary to their true feelings.

“Anyway, since then, I’ve been looking for someone precious that I’ve forgotten. But since I had no clues, I had no choice but to wander around aimlessly, and then I ended up coming to this house.”

Even though I couldn’t remember it after coming here, I thought to myself that the process of getting here was completely identical to mine, and I racked my brain about what to do now.

I would be lying if I said the word ‘elimination’ didn’t come to mind. This situation where we were alone in the house was a golden opportunity, and I could ask my dad to do it for me, even though it would be a bit of a hassle to clean up after myself.

‘But that doesn’t make any sense.’

It was predicted that the other woman Lee Sun-woo meets would not end with Ha Ye-in. She is not the type of person that can be left alone by those around her, both externally and internally.

Even if I searched for them and got rid of them every time, it would be meaningless if I ended up hating Lee Seon-woo because of it.

‘Love is meaningful only when the body and mind are together.’

He continued his thoughts, pretending to drink coffee and erasing the word “elimination” from his mind according to his own theory.

‘For now, let’s pretend not to know anything and send her away, and slowly think of a way to get rid of her from Oppa’s side. … … But wait. Does the fact that this woman has lost her memory mean that Oppa has too?’

When Joo Seol-ha lost her memory, Lee Seon-woo also lost his memory. Therefore, if we apply the situation at that time, Lee Seon-woo will not remember Ha Ye-in at present.

‘I don’t know why this is happening, but I can’t figure that out by thinking about it, so let’s put it aside. So what?’

Could it be that Lee Seon-woo is currently with another woman?

I had thought about that possibility for a while, but I thought he would be meeting Ha Ye-in, the woman he met when he had forgotten about himself.

‘If it’s repeated every time, won’t it just keep increasing endlessly!?’

The hand that unconsciously exerted its power in his imagination broke the coffee cup.

“Seo, Seol-ha!? Hand!”

“Huh? Ah.”

Although blood was flowing from his hands, he casually tapped the glass powder on the table and roughly wiped the blood soaking his hands with a tissue.

“Rice, shouldn’t you go to the hospital?”

“Ah, it’s okay. For some reason, my wounds are healing well these days.”

It didn’t really hurt and by the time the sun went down it would have healed without even a small scar, so Ju Seol-ha decided that it really didn’t matter that much and that the conversation was slowly coming to an end.

“Hmm. I listened to your story. Sorry I couldn’t help you.”

“No. I’m grateful that you listened to this ridiculous story to the end. But… …I just want to confirm one last thing. Are you the only one living in this house? ”

“Yes.”

After hearing the answer, Ha Ye-in got up from her seat. Then, she bowed her head again to express her gratitude, then turned around and left the house, saying that she was sorry.

Ha Ye-in went outside and got into her parked car, looked at the house beyond the glass, and muttered quietly to herself.

“… … liar.”

—

“I thought something big was going to happen.”

I’ve been freaking out a lot lately because of the snow, but this was really scary just now.

I thought I should go home right away, no, I should call and stop it no matter what happened, but fortunately, Seol-ha didn’t hurt Ye-in.

Although I said it myself, it seemed like his love for me suppressed his murderous intent.

“Sigh.”

After confirming that Yejin had gone outside, I let out a long sigh of relief.

Judging from the fact that he thought I was a liar, it seemed like he had figured out Seol-ha’s lie when she said she lived alone in my house, but it didn’t seem like he was thinking of me either.

“By the way, is it always going to be like this?”

Following Seol-ha, even Ye-in felt uncomfortable. It may be because their favorability ratings went up too much since their ranks are different.

Anyway, unlike Seol-ha, I couldn’t recall my memories, but I can’t guarantee how long this will last.

If I were to think about safety, I would have to press the breakup button and end my relationship with Yein, but that would be a waste and not fun.

To be honest, I didn’t want to break up.

“So that’s why Tteokjeong is scary.”

The current situation itself has its own thrill, so after Eun-i’s attack is over, I’ll have to focus on taking care of Seol-ha and Ye-in for a while.

After that, I confirmed that Yejin returned to her home without doing anything special and Seolha was once again absorbed in her chores, so I closed the app and left the dressing room on set.

“Oh, Seonwoo is here too.”

“Then shall we go?”

Today, the filming of the movie ‘Evil Source’ ended. So, to celebrate, we had a wrap-up party. To be honest, it was annoying, but I decided to go along in order to fulfill the event scenario achievement conditions.

“Mr. Seonwoo, you didn’t bring your car? How about riding in my car and going together?”

“It’s okay since the director said he’d let me ride.”

Despite having built an iron wall, Choi Ah-seong kept approaching me throughout the filming process. I politely declined his advances and, as I had said, got into the director’s car and headed to the restaurant where the wrap-up party was to be held.

Of course, Eun-i was also there, but coincidentally, she ended up sitting next to me.

“I want to sit here too!”

Then, Choi Ah-seong came over and sat down next to me as if he wouldn’t give in. I don’t know what he was thinking, but Choi Ah-seong was not a match for Yu-eun in the first place.

No matter how well you take care of yourself and how pretty you are, there’s no way you can compete with a woman in her early 20s.

“Okay, then cheers!”

“Cheers!”

“Thank you all for your hard work!”

The drinking party went smoothly. Eun-i and I were able to maintain our distance as fellow actors who happened to sit next to each other without any problems.

The problem was the drunk lady next to me.

“Aww~ I feel so good today~!”

I didn’t know because I wasn’t interested, but Choi Ah-seong is said to be a famous actress who likes to drink.

As I watched him gulp down soju and beer in his glass as if it was his own custom, I felt like a real hero.

I really hate it. I hate both women who like drinking and women who like drinking parties.

However, if that were all I had, I could just pass it off as a matter of personal taste, but the real problem was that the more drunk Choi Ah-seong got, the more blatantly he started to appeal to me.

“What kind of exercise does Seonwoo do? It looks like he takes great care of himself. Just look at his body. It’s really toned~!”

Isn’t this sexual harassment? Isn’t it sexual assault?

It was extremely uncomfortable for a woman I wasn’t dating or in any relationship with to keep touching my body, but there was something else I was more worried about.

as soon as.

“… … … ”

It was Eun-i Yu’s gaze that was gradually changing into that of a murderer.