Chapter 4: Chapter Four
I exited my room and ran down the stairs to meet at the front living room, the closest to the entrance door. There was a long green couch with a small coffee table and a large screen tv. I sat down on the couch and turned on the television. As expected, today was the first day of the Dream Entertainment scandal. The television showed the CEO talking to the world and assessing what has happened behind the scenes. The truth, which comes out in the future, is that one of their actresses did alcohol and drugs, which was forced upon her by her assistant who was hired by her rival to ruin the actress's career. When the actress found out what happened and that her assistant betrayed her, she decided to suicide. This was what the CEO was addressing, and instead of giving the truth he decided to tell the public that she was depressed over a family death, so that way no one will think that the company is dirty for playing tricks on one another.
I laughed as I saw the CEO trembling and crying fake tears into his clean, white, cloth napkin that probably costed more than a regular person's salary for a year. I always hated people like him, who believed that he could get away with anything and is on the top of the world.
I switched the channel to come up, once again, with the trembling CEO. But this time, it was a gossip network. The woman who seemed to be the hostess said, "This is the CEO of Dream Entertainment. As you can see, he's giving a speech for the death of one of their favorite actresses, Biming Ai."
The video of the CEO changed to a beautiful woman's face, who seemed to have had the heavens bless her face.
"Actress, Biming Ai, has died from suicide. Her aunt died six months ago due to lung cancer from smoking, and she was dear Ai's best supported. Her aunt watched every single one of her movies and read every single article about her, until her death. Her aunt's death made Ai begin to drink and do drugs to cut the edge of depression off."
The hostess sighed and she gave the photo of Ai a look of pity before saying, "Let us all have a moment of silence for our actress Ai, who was one of the greatest actresses of history, and shall forever remain in our hearts."
A few beats of silence came from the screen. I tapped my foot as I waited for the hostess to get on with it.
The hostess looked at the screen and smiled sadly and said, "Now, let's bring some positive stuff today. Our very own Kim Jungwook has decided to spread his company to help others in need."
A handsome picture of Jungwook appeared on the screamed which would've made women all the around scream in excitement. Unlike those women, I sat there with a straight face.
"Jungwook-san has begun to donate money to charity. He has also created a gala that is coming up soon. More specifically, in two weeks, one June 10th."
I smiled as I remembered this gala. I didn't want to go, and this was one of the things that Jungwook didn't force me to do. Instead, I stayed at home in my pajamas to watch all the handsome men and pretty women walk down the aisle and into the large, beautiful building. Oh, how I wished to be pretty like them.
Now, I have more self-confidence. And guess what I want to do.
"Jungwook!!!" I screamed.
*****
I looked into the mirror and breathed in a deep breath. I adjusted my cuff links and assessed myself. Hair? Good. Suit? Clean. Face? Handsome.
As I was trying to look my best, I heard a loud scream come from underneath me.
"Jungwook!!!"
I shook a little, frightened. No one's yelled at me in a long time. No one has DARED to. And only one person I will allow to yell at me.
I quickly ran down the stairs, worried for her. Is she hurt? Is she being taken away from me?
I slid into the living room, and all my worry vanished. I saw her look at me and grin with her soft dimples.
"Hey! Are you okay? You look a little pale..." She said as she tilted her head. She tried to stand up to get to me, but I stopped her with a wave of my hands.
"I'm fine," I said normally, as I adjusted my hair with my hands.
Soomi smiled as she asked me sweetly, "You know that gala that you made? I just saw it on tv!"
I hummed, trying to memorize every shape of her face when she smiled. I'll keep this picture in my heart forever.
"Well," she said, "I wanted to know.. can I go with you?"
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