When The Phone Rings / The Call You Just Made Is

Chapter 22 The Fish Tank

"Wait, let's talk, don't be like this, let's talk properly...!"

- Talk to you? 

Is there anything more terrifying than this?

"Calm down...!"

- You should be the one calming down, you lunatic. 

"This is a misunderstanding, it's not like that!"

Hee Joo raised her voice almost like she was going crazy.

'What went wrong?'

It's just a photo of a garter, how did it become an affair? Hee Joo wiped her face with her hands.

'Although he can imagine it himself, that doesn't mean I'm a lover!'

Why can't he imagine it as a paparazzi, a nightclub employee, or a professional blackmailer? It could also be that the photos taken at the party were circulated...!

There are so many possibilities!

Especially for someone like Baek Sa-eon who has so many enemies...! But why is it like this-!

Since she kept silent, she had almost no experience in communicating with others directly, so she had no idea how a subtle tone of voice could change the whole situation.

She could only repeat what others said like a parrot, and had almost no experience in communication.

This was Hee Joo's perfect mistake. Her face was pale.

―406, are you listening to me? 

Hee-joo looked at the little time left. This won’t work.

You must find a breakthrough.
You can’t let the threats you have accumulated turn into emotional disputes.
You must look like a threat when threatening, and you must give the other party a fatal blow. 

Hee-joo didn’t give up, and her eyes were shining.

“Have you never thought that I am thinking about Hong In-ah?”
….

Baek Sa-eon’s breathing stagnated.
“Let Hong Hee-joo leave because In-ah needs a place. Without Hong Hee-joo… everything can proceed smoothly.”

Hee-joo’s brows frowned painfully.

Her words seemed to be cutting her heart, and her breathing became rapid.

“I said from the beginning, let Hong Hee-joo go and bring back your original fiancée. Don’t you understand what this means?”

….

“Then why did you come to this conclusion? I just showed you the photo and didn’t say anything.”

….

“Are you… paranoid? What on earth are you thinking about?”

Hee-joo deliberately counterattacked sharply, avenging herself when she was forced into a desperate situation.

―……Ah. I…….

At that time, a sensitive laugh came over.

The intermittent self-talk sounded like someone who had been slapped by himself. But soon, the man said coldly:
―406 really doesn't know anything. 

"What?"

―The last person Hong In-ah saw before she disappeared was me.
 
"……!"

―It seems you haven't heard from Hee-joo.

……What?

In an instant, she was speechless.

Her sister had seen Baek Sa-eon before she disappeared? And he was the last person she saw?