Trial Marriage Husband (Pangyo Couple version)

Chapter 160: A Broken Relationship

Sublime Artist Agency, CEO's office.

This was the first time Kangjun experienced such an atmosphere. Yeji was using her CEO identity to interrogate her 'irresponsible' manager. "If they wanted to replace Nam Joohyuk, what did it have to do with you? Why were you the one to recommend a replacement? Kangjun, you better give me an explanation."

"Jooeun was put in a difficult position in Moscow. This time she was humiliated by Nam Joohyuk. I also have a question for you President Seo. As the CEO of Jooeun's management agency, don't you think you haven't put in enough effort to protect your artist?"

"Seo Kangjun, watch your attitude!" Yeji slammed her hands on the table and growled angrily. "I am Sublime's CEO. In this building, you do not have the right to point fingers."

"It must be because Jooeun isn't obedient!" Kangjun continued to speak the truth. "For our President Seo, signing a disobedient model must be difficult for you to stomach."

Kangjun seemed to have seen through Yeji. Her expression suddenly became a bit uneasy.

"You guys created this mess, why should the agency clean up after you? Does Jooeun have any brains? She is dealing with a famous actor who has a strong family background. Doesn't she know what the consequences are for offending him?"

After hearing Yeji's words, Kangjun laughed helplessly. "You were the one that signed her and used her to deal with Hyomin. Are you just going to cast her aside now that she's served her purpose?"

"Kangjun, don't think there's no limit to my tolerance for you!" Yeji suddenly warned with a dangerous and dark expression.

However, all Kangjun did was stand up from the sofa and shove one hand in his pocket. "What? Are you getting ready to destroy me or Jooeun?"

Yeji looked at Kangjun furiously.

"In regards to Jooeun's incident, I will provide the agency with a satisfactory explanation. But Yeji, the way you've acted has forced me to make a decision you should be afraid of." After speaking, Kangjun turned around to leave Yeji's office. However, she tried to hold him back.

"What do you mean by this?"

Kangjun did not turn around as he said calmly. "From now on, I am no longer on your side."

Yeji's expression changed. She tried to hold Kangjun back again, but he had already wandered far off into the distance.

Because of one Cha Jooeun, he had actually discarded their 10 years of friendship just like that. However, Yeji had never considered, Kangjun didn't make this decision because of Jooeun, but because of how much she had changed. It was hard to understand why, when a person gained more power, they would become extra heartless. No wonder in the past few years, Sublime had not made any advancements. If one was to compare Yeji with Lee Jeonghwan, they would be able to see the difference was dramatic.

The replacement incident continued to escalate. Meanwhile, Joohyuk did not target the financially stable Damiani, nor did he pick on the famed director. He focused all his energy on Jooeun. He assumed she had no backing and wanted to get back at her for both the old and new grudges he had against her. Coupled with Sublime's negative handling, rumors started spreading about Cha Jooeun. People claimed that even though her contract signing was grand, Yeji did not actually care about her.

At this time, Jooeun handled the matter the way she always did. Remaining quiet. The truth always prevailed. However, she did do something wrong this time. In fact, it wasn't just a simple mistake. At least, she shouldn't have interfered with the director's decision to replace Joohyuk. Even if the decision was already set! So Jooeun had another reason why she couldn't speak up about the issue. She was representing Damiani. If she was to admit her fault, it would be a huge slap to Damiani's face. In reality, Joohyuk was wrong, to begin with.

But online, Joohyuk's fans were going crazy bringing up old news about Jooeun, attacking her from all sides, and flooding her feed with insults. Even after all this, they didn't feel it was enough. They even wrote up a fake article about Jooeun getting into an accident and cursing that her whole family was being sent to the crematorium.

Previously, she had always gone up against women. Fans of female celebrities had always been relatively reasonable. Fans of male celebrities, however, were a lot different.

Seeing these extreme discussions, Jooeun was too afraid to show them to Jeonghwan. She didn't want him to worry. So she acted like nothing was wrong in front of him. She even secretly contacted Taejoo and told him not to tell everything to Jeonghwan. But he already knew everything. He just also did not mention anything in front of her. He even contacted Minjung to tell her not to let Jooeun see the comments online because he was afraid she would see them. The husband and wife both knew what was going on, but neither of them exposed themselves to the other.

The attacks against Jooeun online did not cease, making Joohyuk extremely satisfied. He wanted to see, with his public fight against Jooeun, whether anyone would have the guts to invite her to events and give her jobs.

"Nam Joohyuk is my bottom line. I don't care what Cha Jooeun does, as long as she doesn't touch my bottom line, I have no comment."

"Cha Jooeun are you being a coward again? Why aren't you stepping out to give Joohyuk Oppa an apology? Are you trying to hide for the rest of your life?"

"B*tch, you're too scared to make an appearance, aren't you? You finally know that you shouldn't mess with us, Joohyuk fans."

Netizens were completely stirred up and Joohyuk gained a large number of sympathizers. However, at this time, Damiani decided to do a live broadcast to explain the entire situation.

"The whole incident started on the day of the shoot when Nam Joohyuk did not make an appearance even though we waited for a long time. We also did not receive any prior notifications of him taking leave. Hence, Damiani's representative called his manager to confirm they were aware of the schedule. However, the manager expressed that Nam Joohyuk wanted to take revenge on Cha Jooeun for rejecting his invitation to have dinner and made ridiculous requests. He even wanted Cha Jooeun to bow down to him before he'd agree to come for the shoot. Nam Joohyuk's actions have severely impacted Damiani, the director, and Cha Jooeun. He has no professionalism whatsoever. So after the unanimous consent of the entire photography crew, the director decided to replace him and selected a suitable replacement. The person Cha Jooeun's manager recommended wasn't the only person being considered, we also had many other alternatives. But because he suited our criteria, the director ended up picking him. It had nothing to do with Cha Jooeun."

"Actor Nam Joohyuk should stop manipulating the public and stop using business to seek his personal revenge. He also shouldn't palm his faults onto someone else. I hope he can reflect on himself first. The replacement incident caused a huge disturbance resulting in a misunderstanding amongst netizens. We are deeply apologetic. At the same time, Nam Joohyuk's fans have made us understand one thing. Retreating a step may not necessarily provide a broader picture. In the entertainment industry, we must grab our weapons and protect our own rights and interests. Here, I would like to wish Mr. Nam Joohyuk, all the best!"

Damiani temporarily decided not to reveal any evidence because Jooeun had suggested for them not to reveal their winning card just yet. She had a feeling, Joohyuk was going to retaliate. As for Damiani's courage to speak out and act, this courage came from a phone call they received earlier in the day from the office of GK's CEO.