JUST LIE TO ME

10. The Runaround

I know I have a lot of explaining to do, I have been out for two days after the engagement party to tend to Yoon Taehee. She's currently on a break but was brought to the hospital for taking too many sleeping pills. Taehee is not well and has been battling with BPD (borderline personality disorder) for six years and it has been ages since she last attempted self-harm.

We broke up four years ago after dating for only eleven months, I am aware that she was mentally unstable and I did try my best to stay with her then understand her situation but my head was a mess at that time still coping up with what I did to Seojin.

Taehee didn't quite take the break-up lightly so she tried killing herself by drug overdose and that was her last regression.

I have loved Taehee, I think I did. She was kind and an easygoing personality but the longer that I am staying with her the more that I realized that I am only beside her because I pity her for not having anyone else. I know how absurd it is to still be doing the same shit for her for the last four years after we broke up but I am not left with any other choice, I don't want to be the cause of her death.

I already explained everything to Dad saying that I had an emergency at a branch in Sokcho that cannot be derailed so he just let me off, now I just need to make sure that Seowoon and Chairman Han can buy that alibi as for Seojin - I need to tell her everything.

"Oh, Chanho-ya. Where are you?" I asked over the phone to my brother. He has been keeping Seojin company for the last two days as I wanted to make sure that she is okay.

"I drove Seojin to Mapo-gu for a photoshoot, why? Do I have to do anything else for you dear brother aside from being your fiance's punching bag for the last two days?" he breathed out, I know it was a little too much to ask him that favor but when I saw Jung Jaehyun in that party I just can't risk the chance of them meeting again after what happened.

"Send me the address, I'll drive there right now. I'll pick her up so you can rest and go on dates with Sooah. Thanks, Ho-ya!" I jeered before disconnecting the call and make a U-turn to drive towards Mapo-gu.

The Grand SOCH Mapo | Dohwa-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul | 1st November 2019 | 3:25 PM

"Seojin, here's your chicken salad and Iced Americano and ionized water. Go on and have lunch, you have twenty more minutes before the next shoot." Lou beamed at me after placing my meal on the small table near the couch I am slouching at.

I allowed to do an AD for a local luxury clothing brand as the designer Klar is one of my good friends in the industry, she has been begging me since I debuted to model for her brand here in Korea - I just didn't have the will to travel back here that time. The brand became one of the biggest local luxury winter couture in Seoul and I am just glad that the offer was still up.

I haul my frame up and stare at the food on the table, I am not hungry though I only had a cup of coffee this morning before Chanho drove me here. I don't know what's with him but he was unusually kind to hang out with me for the last two days, I think he was still convincing me that Sooah deserves a man like him.

I took and snap the chopsticks quickly to dig in, I have to eat even just a little, or else I would definitely hear a good twenty minutes nag from Louise and my head is not yet ready to take in anything stressful right now.

"What was that?" Lou asked, her eyes growing big in bewilderment.

We were inside the adjacent room as the enormous hall of the hotel is being used as the photoshoot set, I think Lou overheard people gushing and screaming which I obviously heard too. Lou stands up to check what was happening behind the wall so I just continue my pretend-to-eat show. Honestly, I can't even chew on these damn leaves anymore. How I wish to munch on potato crusted pizza right now.