Chapter 165 – Externally a Lover, in Reality a Concubine
“Everyone, I am Cheon Bom’s boyfriend.”
As I made a confident declaration in front of reporters, questions poured out.
“Since when have you been dating?”
“Have you been having a secret relationship?”
“Where are you from? Are you from Dao Entertainment?”
“What happened to the love triangle?”
And in that noisy atmosphere, Cheonbom stared blankly at me for a moment.
“Chun Bom, is that man’s words true?”
Perhaps thinking that her appearance was strange, a reporter turned her question to her.
She caught the attention of her other reporters as well.
Cheonbom took that gaze and looked around at them, then she slowly nodded her head.
“… Yes, that’s right. This is my lover. Kang Yoon in the article and I have nothing to do with each other.”
When Cheon Bom also declared in line with my words, her reporters turned her questions to her exactly as they were asking me, and she answered them one by one.
“It’s been several months.”
“I have never kept it a secret. It was just private life.”
“This person also belongs to Dao Entertainment. I am the manager of The Queens.”
“There is no love triangle in the first place. That…”
“It’s a word Kangyoon made up on his own. We will be punished at the company level for what he did.”
As I continued to speak, Cheonbom whispered to me with her slightly lit face.
“Really?”
“Yes, maybe.”
Cheon Bom, who seemed to be relieved by my answer, answered all of the reporters’ subsequent questions.
Did you receive a storm of questions for about 30 minutes like that?
The reporters’ tension also began to drop.
If a composer of Cheonbom’s level is dating, she deserves to be covered in the news, but she wasn’t meant to create such a big sensation, so it was only natural.
“Are there any internal divisions taking place within Dao Entertainment? The relationship between The Queens and Four Hearts is not good…”
“There is no such thing. The Queens and Foheart are colleagues in the same company, and they are only good-natured competitors.”
There were a few journalists who shifted their focus to divisions within management, but they were few.
It was only natural that the reason they were gathered in the first place was the proper love-entertainment gossip of a love triangle with a famous composer.
Moreover, whenever such a topic came up, I cut it like a knife, so I had no choice but to shy away from questions about division.
In the end, the conclusion that comes out of this place is that ‘a famous composer has a lover’.
And that conclusion is not enough to interest reporters.
“Have a pretty love~”
One reporter who lost interest gave a rough greeting and left, and the other reporters scattered together.
There weren’t that many reporters in the first place, so they scattered like stray cats in an instant.
It was only after confirming that they were all gone that Cheonbom and I could look at each other and catch our breath.
“Haa, what is this from morning…”
“You worked hard. I’m glad it didn’t turn out to be a big deal.”
“It wasn’t such a big deal in the first place.”
“Are you professing to be in a relationship with a man like Kang Yoon?”
“… It was a bit big.”
After saying that, Cheonbom smiled and said, “I’m tired.”
I asked her, pointing towards my car.
“… Where should we go and get some rest?”
“I see…”
“I know I am quiet. Let’s go.”
***
The place I took Cheonbom to was a cafe in Sillim.
It’s quiet and the coffee tastes good, but all the tables are closed, so it’s a perfect place to take a break without worrying about people’s eyes, so it’s a place I use with my kids.
“…”
“…”
After sitting in front of the table, we sipped coffee in silence.
Perhaps it was thanks to the sudden handling of the accident that broke out in the morning, so I was very tired.
After sipping coffee for a while, I opened my mouth first.
“…Cheonbom, do you have any plans for today?”
“I called and postponed it. It wasn’t even urgent. How about you?”
“I gave the kids a day off from the awards ceremony yesterday. Me too… I don’t have anything else to do besides office work.”
“Is it so…”
They both have time to catch their breath.
We took a deep breath together and took another sip of coffee.
“…Anyway, what are you thinking?”
“Sorry. Yesterday, I told you to organize things that have nothing to do with you, but now I said this, so you must be confused. But I did it because it was the easiest way to get over the current situation. In fact, you saw reporters lose interest right away.”
“That’s right.”
“More than anything, I wanted to feed Kangyoon some shit. Where are you doing nonsense…”
At my words, Cheonbom looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“And.”
“Why are you like that?”
“Is that for real?”
“Doesn’t that seem a little off?”
“No, of course the bastard has to be kicked. But when you said that, I was just a little surprised. To say that you want to fuck someone else, not someone else… I’m very surprised.”
“I think so too.”
“I thought you were just being nice.”
Is it an extension of yesterday’s talk about why he pretends to be so nice and not a superman?
“I told you it wasn’t like that. You helped me yesterday too.”
“…Even now?”
“Sure.”
At my words, Cheonbom crossed her arms and turned her head away.
It’s a reaction that he doesn’t want to see my face right now.
Well, if you did it yesterday and do it again today, you’re likely to get angry.
“I really hate it.”
“Sorry.”
“Don’t apologize. I didn’t say anything to you.”
“Did you say something to Kangyoon?”
“Not even that.”
“Uh… Can it be that Soye…?”
“Oh really! I hate you too!”
Angry Cheonbom.
I shrugged her shoulders once, asking why, and she sighed as she brushed her bangs once.
“It was something he said to me. Again for no reason… No, that’s okay. Why did I tell you this?”
“Yes?”
“It’s nothing.”
Cheon Bom, who was muttering to herself, changed the topic to her by pointing to the coffee she was drinking.
“Anyway, you’ve improved a lot since then. The person who used to take me to Wax Donald’s is bringing me to a cafe.”
“If anyone hears it, they will know that it is someone who doesn’t go to cafes. Back then, it was the only place to go at night.”
“Joy.”
Cheonbom snorted at my words and turned her head.
Seeing that her face is slightly red, she must have been embarrassed to know that.
Avoiding my gaze, she pointed at her coffee once again.
“How did you know this place? Did the kids tell you?”
“It’s the opposite. I often come here with my kids.”
“Yeah~ As expected, you come to places like this with the kids. I’ll take Wakdonald.”
Cheonbom grumbled and smiled and replied.
“Still, the coffee I had at that time was good. It wouldn’t be too bad compared to here.”
“…”
Cheonbom quietly took another sip at my words.
“Right?”
“… It’s ridiculous.”
“Keukkeuk, I will keep thinking about the taste of Wak Donald coffee from now on. Even if I go somewhere else to drink coffee.”
“What curse is that? Everywhere I go, only Wack Donald comes to mind…”
“It’s not like that. The coffee there was pretty good, right? It means that good memories will always remain.”
She smiled brightly, so Cheonbom twitched her mouth and quietly looked at the coffee cup alone.
This time the silence was quite long.
***
Yes, once you drink it, you will always remember it.
Cheonbom twisted her leg for no reason and remembered her past.
And once again she saw Lee Se-jin’s face.
“Slurp.”
Seeing Cheonbom, she smiles slightly and sees Lee Sejin drinking coffee.
This man, he is now waiting for him to speak.
I passed this opportunity to speak.
‘It’s an opportunity…’
Certainly, this was an opportunity.
Today, didn’t Lee Se-jin tell reporters that he was her girlfriend?
No matter what the truth is, they became an official couple in front of others.
It’s a very good position to promote this and that.
‘It’s not just that.’
Above all, didn’t Shin So-ye, who was the biggest barrier, withdraw her promise?
Of course, she is by no means an easy woman.
For what reason he gave warmth(?), I can’t guess yet.
However, it seemed that she did not withdraw with a bad plot in order to trap herself.
‘Anyway, he is confident. Heh, I’m very underestimating this one. Did you think I would lose?’
Next, it would be safe to say that Im Ha-eun is now on her side.
She can’t be called an ally, but isn’t a trade relationship established?
Even in business, if you have a relationship like this, you don’t hit each other well.
Since it is a relationship of reciprocity, which is often said, it is safe to say that she is on her own side.
Finally, Park Min-ji…
‘Ah, I don’t mind a kid with big breasts.’
A kid like that can fight 1:1 and win.
No need to worry.
“Externally, a lover… In reality, it started as a concubine…”
“Yes?”
“No.”
Cheonbom glanced at Lee Sejin.
He looked a little goofy at first, but now he’s a man who seems reliable for no reason.
A man who comes to help me when I need it or when it’s important.
‘Because I helped him… Don’t even say that.’
And more than anything else, he gives himself a tremendous experience, and is a man who continues to be coveted.
How did that man come to occupy such a large part in her heart?
‘Okay, let’s try something small.’
Whether it is a board laid by others or an opportunity created by chance due to an accident, you should never miss an opportunity and seize it.
This was the truth Cheonbom had learned throughout his life.
‘Let’s see who laughs last.’
Whether you’re in a crazy relationship or the competition is fierce, I’ll take it all.
I mean, once I set my sights, I won’t give up until the end.
Cheonbom, who firmly ate his heart, closed his eyes for a moment and calmed his heart.
“It’s okay.”
And after clearing his throat with coffee, he looked straight into Lee Se-jin’s eyes and opened his mouth.
“Lee Se-jin, by any chance.”
“Yes.”
Sejin Lee looked straight into his eyes.
Those gazes, those eyes that looked at her instead of avoiding her, gave Cheonbom a little bit of courage.
“…Do you have any thoughts on one more person?”
