Chapter 58: Watching until the door closes.

“Thank you so much for today, Mr. Yoojun. Go home safely.”

Sayoung bowed his head once again to Yoojun and offered a greeting.

A faint smile lingered around his lips, and seeing it made Yoojun’s heart feel both light and heavy at the same time.

It was full of contradictions.

“…….”

“…….”

Even after exchanging greetings, the two stared at each other blankly for a moment.

Sayoung waited for Yoojun to get into the car, and Yoojun waited for Sayoung to go inside the house.

Their gazes meeting in midair became awkward only then.

“I’ll watch you leave.”

It was Sayoung who spoke first.

The winter night was so cold and dark that Sayoung was a little worried about Yoojun driving at night.

Knowing that Sayoung saying he would watch him leave was mere politeness, Yoojun, feeling ticklish inside and embarrassed for no reason, deliberately spoke in a blunt voice.

“Watch what leaving, it feels weird. Just go inside quickly.”

“Ah….”

“You worked hard, so rest well. Contact me if anything happens. If there’s a variable, I need to know about it to handle it.”

Worried he might misunderstand the words to contact him, Yoojun hurriedly added an explanation filled with the meaning that it wasn’t personal.

Nodding coolly saying ‘Yes. I will,’ he said again.

“Then… I’ll go in first. Drive safely.”

“…Yes.”

Only after hearing Yoojun’s answer did Sayoung turn his body and finally enter the house.

Yoojun stood there until Sayoung’s figure disappeared inside, the door closed, and the sound of the door locking was heard.

“Phew….”

A long sigh escaped with white breath.

He had just eaten dinner and come back, so he didn’t know why his whole body felt drained again.

He lifted his hand and roughly messed up his hair for no reason.

On a winter night.

Having stood still outside for quite some time, he should have felt cold, but strangely, his body felt hot.

Do I have a cold coming on or something?

Thinking such useless thoughts, Yoojun stared briefly at the door Sayoung entered once more, turned his body as it was, and hurriedly got into the car.

After lecturing him to take good care of his body, it would be a disgrace if he caught a cold himself.

He started the engine nonchalantly and gripped the steering wheel with both hands, but suddenly Sayoung’s voice rang in his ears.

‘Drive safely.’

Knowing there could be no special sincerity contained in a formalized greeting, that voice kept glimmering.

Yoojun habitually bit his lip and started the car.

Since it was late at night, he thought driving slowly wouldn’t be bad.

****

“This is… not easy to protest against….”

Choi Hyung-jun, the CEO of Han Jaewoo’s agency, started speaking with a face showing his difficult position.

Sitting in front of him was Jaewoo, who wasn’t hiding his uncomfortable expression.

Hyung-jun took a sip of water and watched his reaction.

Jaewoo was an actor responsible for a significant portion of the company’s earnings.

Even though Hyung-jun was the CEO, he couldn’t treat him carelessly.

And now Hyung-jun had just delivered the news to Jaewoo that Yoon Sayoung was eventually cast for the role of Seo Danwoo in the movie Summer Solstice.

He couldn’t help but be wary.

“As you know, we put in… quite a lot of effort for you to join, right?”

CEO Choi chose his words carefully not to offend Jaewoo somehow.

He had never shown an attitude contrary to etiquette in front of him, the CEO.

Nevertheless, strangely, he felt uncomfortable when with him.

Even when he acted politely and courteously.

Not to mention when he was openly showing his discomfort like now.

“But to openly oppose the casting again… it’s Director Jung, not anyone else, so we have to be careful….”

“Yes. I suppose so.”

Fortunately, unlike Hyung-jun’s worry, Jaewoo answered unexpectedly obediently.

As Hyung-jun said, it was difficult for the agency to say something about this matter.

Of course, casting Sayoung when Han Jaewoo was already cast was sufficiently dissatisfying for Jaewoo and the company.

The problem was the fact that his company had already exercised power to include Han Jaewoo in this movie.

For the role of ‘Kang Museong’ that Jaewoo decided to play, the director originally had another actor in mind.

Han Jaewoo had intruded even while they were positively coordinating with that actor.

Even after hearing that Jaewoo hoped to appear, the director didn’t show much interest.

The reason was that he was an actor with a different texture from the Kang Museong character he envisioned.

But Jaewoo had a reason he absolutely had to appear in this movie, and following his strong demand, the company actively appealed to the investors to create the current result.

With a name value like Jung Myeong-cheol, even investors couldn’t wield influence as they pleased.

Practically, Director Jung took a step back and conceded.

In such a situation, interfering with casting again and protesting at the company level carried a high risk.

Since Sayoung had a very bad public image and was reputed as practically a perpetrator regarding matters related to Han Jaewoo, they weren’t worried about public gaze or criticism, but they definitely needed to be mindful of Director Jung.

“I understand for now. Well, can’t be helped. CEO-nim, don’t respond negatively either… just release an article saying roughly that I said I trust and follow the director’s choice. Since it’s decided anyway, might as well garner sympathy.”

“Right. I’ll do that. You thought well.”

“I’ll get going.”

“Yes, yes. Contact me if anything happens!”

As the interview with Jaewoo, which he had worried about, ended unexpectedly smoothly, CEO Choi saw him off with a much more relaxed expression.

He was worried what to do if he insisted he absolutely couldn’t act with Yoon Sayoung, but it was a relief.

In the room where he was left alone after Jaewoo left, CEO Choi opened his phone, looked for friendly reporters’ names, and hummed.

In a situation where the board was set this much, creating public opinion favorable to his actor was no big deal.

***

Hey.. Eventually Yoon Sayoung is doing Summer Solstice what’s Hollywood compared to this

Cold, so cold…. Yoon Sayoung’s life just jumping into a movie starring his ex-husband and the man he’s currently aiming for is legendary…

What kind of backing does he have to get into Jung Myeong-cheol’s movie, not even another director? Amazing

[ I thought auditioning alone showed strong nerves but actually joining wow]

[ But looking at the character intro Yoon Sayoung really suits it though. Personality is busted but the face does the work honestly kinda looking forward to how God Myeong-cheol will express it lol Maybe cause it’s someone else’s business feels like watching Love and War popcorn angle lol]

[Trash who ruined someone’s life is openly stalking but face does the work bullshit…]

[ Face does the work bullshit 2222 Is someone else’s life there for your amusement? And seeing how Yoon Sayoung got plugged into such an important role right away after taking a break from acting for so long honestly says it all]

[But honestly isn’t it true that nothing has been properly revealed? Even when divorcing they just revealed they decided to break up due to personality differences and the rest are all rumors Han Jaewoo didn’t say it directly either… why treat him like a criminal?]

[ Honestly I believed all about Yoon Sayoung gaslighting Han Jaewoo but seeing this I don’t really know anymore If Yoon Sayoung was really trash to that extent would the director bother casting him knowing Han Jaewoo’s circumstances?]

[Yes next dilution attempt]

[ Yeah even if trash they work just fine and only the victim suffers more ^^ㅗ Thought my actor would finally be happy after divorcing but damn this is shitty seriously..]

****

Returning home after the interview with the CEO, Jaewoo headed straight to the room Sayoung had used until the divorce, like a possessed person.

It was the first time except for when he briefly opened the door about two weeks after the divorce.

Before opening the door, Jaewoo thought perhaps his scent might still remain here.

Like Yoon Sayoung who seems like he will disappear but never does.

Like that existence still remaining like a leech in his life, he thought it might still remain here tediously until now.

Jaewoo opened the door, stepped inside, and deliberately took a deep breath.

Contrary to Jaewoo’s expectation, Sayoung’s scent no longer remained in the room.

There wasn’t even a trace to recall the forest.

The moment he realized that, Jaewoo felt an unknown emptiness sweep through his chest.

As soon as they divorced, Jaewoo threw out all the furniture Sayoung had used in this room.

The bed remaining alone now was also newly bought.

Nevertheless, Sayoung’s scent, which had remained persistently for a long time, finally disappearing was welcome news for Jaewoo, who terribly hated that scent.

So the emotion he felt briefly just now was absolutely not something like emptiness.

Jaewoo hummed lightly, came inside, and sat on the edge of the bed.

He didn’t know what kind of nights Sayoung spent alone in this room.

He didn’t want to know either.

Only, Jaewoo was curious.

About the reason why he was hovering around him again even after getting divorced.

“Right. There’s no way he would let me go at once like that.”

Until he encountered him at the hospital last time, he was a little unsure, but this time Jaewoo was certain of what Sayoung was plotting.

Sayoung joining this movie was exactly the proof.

He was very clearly taking steps to obtain Han Jaewoo again.