To Kiss An Idol

197 The Girl in Pink

Dae was happy to get away from Nivritti and Jae-Hwa. For the first time, Jae-Hwa sat far away from him. And he knew why. He wanted to get Jae-Hwa away from Nivritti, he wanted her to be jealous of her and ultimately hate her. But his plan kept backfiring. Not even once he heard bad words out of Jae-Hwa’s mouth for Nivritti.

On the contrary, Jae-Hwa was now uncomfortable with him. She didn’t feel okay when in his company. He was glad that no one asked why Jae-Hwa was sitting away from him. He kept waiting for someone to ask that question, but he was in clear for now.

He was also glad that lunchtime arrived, yet no one said anything about Nivritti’s phone. He knew he was careful when he grabbed her phone but in the back of his mind, due to guilt, he had this notion that someone must have seen him picking up her phone and would confront him. But nothing of that sort happened.

When Manager Park asked him to lunch, he jumped at the offer but had to show that he was devastated. For a minute he declined the offer but was too excited to go to ‘Servings’. It was a posh restaurant where only the ultra-rich used to eat.

He was ready to leave, and everyone kept pestering him to go out and eat. He was feeling special as everyone wanted him to enjoy his lunch. For the first time, he was glad that he was getting luxury and Nivritti was not. Now he was glad that she injured her leg.

If she would not have injured her leg, everyone would have again paid her more attention in the restaurant. He had this notion that she was getting every luxury, every attention without even trying. Just one good idea could not make people famous.

Leaving his team behind, he went to the restaurant with the dancers and Manager Park. To his shock, again no one paid any attention to him. All the dancers were talking to each other about dance steps. Dae had no knowledge of dancing, so he just ate his food and smiled at everyone.

“That wench! Because of her, I came to eat here and again no one is paying any attention to me, as usual. What have I done wrong? Why no one talks to me? Am I not important like her? She is given importance just because she is a girl, if she would have been a man, no one had paid any attention to her. So, what she saved K&Q from a scandal, that does not mean everyone owes her everything,” snapped Dae.

Everyone finished eating and they came back to the practice room. As they were entering the building, Dae saw Nivritti and Jae-Hwa walking out of the building.

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“What is she doing? What is she outside? Doesn’t she want her foot to heal? How much sympathy does she need from everyone? This sly fox!” thought Dae.

“Ritti!” shouted Dae. “What are you doing outside? Why are you walking on that injured leg? You should rest.” He sounded as if he was too concerned for her but all he could think was how she was using her injury to gain sympathy from everyone. ASD were taking great care of her. Little did he know that she was injured because of a member of ASD.

Nivritti replied that she had to go and buy a phone and sim and had no other way as the sim would require her identification. Dae offered his help and said that he and Jae-Hwa could have helped her. He again looked at Jae-Hwa. The moment he mentioned her name she lowered her head to look away from him.

“I will have to do something about her. My plan is backfiring. Instead of creating distance between them, I am driving her away. I need to show my pleasant side to her,” thought Dae.

He was offering his help when Manager Park interjected. He asked Nivritti if she needed help. Dae again rolled his eyes. First ASD became her friend, then he saw Jung-Hwa’s bodyguards taking orders from her and now even Manager Park was worried about her. He clenched his fist in anger.

After having a sweet and annoying conversation with Nivritti, manager Park moved in with the rest of the party. Dae thought of accompanying the girls so that he could get into Jae-Hwa’s good books. If she would not take his side, then after he would get Nivritti fired, she would too leave the Rencontre team. He already had a bad reputation when it came to girls in his team, and he didn’t want it to worsen.

“Let me come with you,” offered Dae. He was taken aback when both girls immediately shouted “no”.

“Why don’t they want me with them?” pondered Dae.

“No, no, it’s fine, Dae. We don’t want to trouble you,” said Nivritti.

“Am I a leper? Why are they acting as if I get close to them, they will catch a disease?” Dae gritted his teeth. He smiled as wide as possible and said, “it’s no trouble, let’s go.” Strategically, he grabbed Nivritti’s and Jae-Hwa’s arms and stood between them. He was not giving them any option but to take him with them.

But his plan was stopped in its way when a gorgeous blue car stopped before them. The back door of the car opened and two feet wearing long black boots first exited the car. The shiny boot attracted his attention. He kept his eyes on the car door and a beautiful girl exited the car.

The pink beauty looked at him and moved towards him. He stared at the girl from head to toe. She was a tall, slim girl. She had petite hands and legs, and he could easily measure her waist with his hands. The straight hair was flowing in open. Only a hairband was tied around her head. Her heart-shaped face and full lips were according to the Korean beauty standard. He thought she must be a celebrity.

The girl approached them and said, “excuse me!”

Both Dae and Jae-Hwa were too mesmerized by her beauty. So, Nivritti smiled at her and replied, “yes, please.”

To Dae’s shock, she asked for him and Nivritti pointed at him. Both Nivritti and Jae-Hwa moved away from him letting him talk with the girl. The girl in pink demanded that she had to talk to him alone. He thought that Nivritti would not leave him alone and would wait for him to go and buy a phone as he offered his help. But Nivritti shouted that she would see him later and Jae-Hwa and she hurried away.

Dae gulped after looking at her. The girl in pink removed her sunglasses and her beautiful double-eyelid eyes appeared before him. She was a perfect beauty. She had a sharp nose and perfect teeth. He knew it was only possible if she went under the knife. It was impossible for a person to have every single feature desired by the beauty industry.

“Are you Seong Dae?” asked the girl in pink.

“Yes, I am and who are you?” asked Dae.

The girl in pink said nothing and took out her phone from her pocket. She opened an app and showed the screen to Dae. “Are you anonymous_ASDnews?” she asked.

Dae’s face turned white as a sheet. It was the ID he made to chat with Missmatch. It was the ID he was supposed to share the video from. But it was anonymous, and he only had that ID for a few minutes. Who was she and how did she find him?

“I have no idea what you are talking about. I am sorry I am busy right now, I have to leave,” Dae blurted out and started running inside the building.

The girl in pink followed him and shouted, “Seong Dae-ssi! If you run away now, you will be disappointed that you left a great opportunity.”

Dae abruptly stopped in his path. He sighed and looked around. “What do you want?”

“My name is… well you can call me Missmatch,” said the girl in pink.

“What?” shouted Dae. The earth slipped from under his feet. How did she find him? How did she track an anonymous account? “How? How did you…?” Dae could not finish his sentence.

“How did I find you? Simple! You are a moron,” taunted Missmatch.

“Excuse me!” shouted Dae.

“You told me you worked in K&Q. You made your account with your official e-mail. Even after you deleted your account, I already had all the details as you DMed me. Tracing your e-mail was not a difficult job. You know I have the best team,” said Missmatch.

“What are you doing here? I said sorry for wasting your time. Please forgive me, I made a mistake,” Dae was sweating with fear. He knew how much power Missmatch held. Everyone in the entertainment industry was scared of her. Whatever she wrote in her blogs was considered to be factually correct no matter if there were no evidence.

“Relax! If I wanted to destroy your life, I would have contacted your CEO and outed you. I would not have approached you in this…” she looked around, “…shabby building. Why does ASD train here? Yuckk… so much money still your CEO is cheap.”