Thirty Seven

A Love She Deserves
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A/N: Early update again. You like? Hahaha.

Ji Seung Hoon never experienced this in his entire career. He doesn't understand it at all. How can an actress not deliver such lines properly? It's been 30 minutes since he asks Kang Mi Suk to internalized and think on how to deliver those lines with emotion.

Suddenly, Hye Yeon arrived on the set. She just got out of a meeting when So Nyeo calls her about the situation. She approaches Seung Hoon.

"Ji PD-nim, is everything okay?" she asks.

"No. It's a disaster! And I don't understand why. I thought she's a versatile actress? Why she can't deliver this line properly?!" he hissed.

"Which line?"

"On Scene 31," Seung Hoon said. Hye Yeon picks up the script and checks it. She reads it and understands. It's the scene where the lead female character rejects the lead male character. She smiles at Seung Hoon. "I'll talk to her and help her."

"Please do. Time is ticking." Seung Hoon said. Hye Yeon left Seung Hoon and looks for Mi Suk. She found her on the set where she's still reading the script. Not too far from her is Jung Woo who's also internalizing his lines.

"Kang Mi Suk-ssi?" she calls her name. Mi Suk looks at her and smiles. "Writer Choi" Mi Suk greets her. Hye Yeon approaches her and sat beside her.

"Are you okay? I heard you're having a hard time on this scene." Hye Yeon said. Mi Suk sighs. "I am. I feel embarrassed because I'm delaying the production. Ji PD was so mad at me a while ago." she paused. "I mean, this is a great scene and I know this will mark as one of the important scenes this drama but I don't know what emotion I will give on this. As crazy as it looks, I'm too happy with my love life now for this kind of scene." she gave her an apologetic smile.

Hye Yeon smiles and nodded. "I get it. Park Min Ah's character is really complicated. She's torn between her feelings with Mr. Jang and what she feels towards Song Jae Sung. You see, in this scene, she already likes Jae Sung but she's still attached to Mr. Jang even though he let go of her for the sake of his wife. And Jae Sung being hopelessly romantic, she knows that whatever she does will break him. So, she wanted to end their connection is the less painful way possible." she paused. "Do you want me to help you on how to deliver your lines? I mean, this is just a suggestion. You can change it according to what's more comfortable for you."

"Ohh! Yes, please. It will be a big help." she said. Then she looks at Jung Woo. "How about you do it with Jung Woo-ssi so he will also know the proper emotion for the role?"

"What?" Hye Yeon was shocked.

"Jung Woo-ssi, come. Writer Choi will deliver my lines with you so we can see what proper emotion we should do with this scene." Mi Suk said. Jung Woo sighs and approaches them. Hye Yeon feels like she's trapped but she must not show that she's uncomfortable. Ji Seung Hoon came to the set at that moment. Mi Suk and Hye Yeon stood up and Mi Suk went on the side to watch them. The other staff watches too. So Nyeo decided to video it so she can show it to Mi Suk for review. Hye Yeon faces Jung Woo.

"Are you really sure you're doing this?" Jung Woo asks in a bored tone.

"Yes. For the drama's sake." Hye Yeon said. She put down the script on the sofa.

"You're not going to read the lines?" he asks. Hye Yeon smiles at him. "I wrote those words. I know it very well. You know the required action on this scene, right?"

"You're right, Writer Choi," he said amusingly.

"Okay. Let's start with Your line." Hye Yeon said. Jung Woo nodded. Jung Woo took a deep breath while Hye Yeon relaxes her arms. Then they look at each other.

"You were Mr. Jang's lover," he said.

"I don't have time for this, Jae Sung," she said and tries to turn her back on him but Jung Woo holds her arm and forced her to face him again. "I don't care if you don't. What I want to know is why are you still holding on to him when in fact he already let go of you."

Hye Yeon pulls her arm off his hold "It's none of your business."

"It is my business because I'm in love with you!" he yells at her. "I love you, Min Ah. And I know that you have feelings for me too but you're stopping yourself to fall for me. Why? Why are you stopping yourself to be loved by a person who can give his whole heart to you!"

"Because his love is the only thing I know!" Hye Yeon said in a loud but heartbreaking way. "I love him. He might be far away now, with his wife on his side, but he's here." she pats the middle of her chest. "He's here inside my heart. His love is the only thing I know. And him leaving me doesn't change the fact that I love him."

"Min Ah-yah, he is someone's husband! He's a family man! Why are you devaluing yourself by loving him?" Jung Woo said in a pleading voice. She can almost see the pain in his eyes.

"He's there when I almost got when he first meets me. He's the only person who believes in me when my parents disowned me when I decided to do fashion design instead of being a doctor. He made me feel his equal even our status are complicated. He loved me on all those times we were together." she said in a hoarse voice, that it sounded like she's about to cry. "Tell me, Jae Sung. Was it too much for me to hold on to the only person who valued me as a person? Was it too much to wait? Was it too much to hope that he will choose me someday? Was it too much for me to keep on loving him?"

Jung Woo was shocked when tears fall from Hye Yeon's eyes.

"Min Ah-yah."

"You said that you're in love with me, but are you? Do you really love me? Or you're just curious about the woman who lives in the apartment facing yours?" she said in a stern voice. She wipes her tears and looks straight to him. "Don't mistake lust into love. I have no time for your petty game," she said. Her tone is like a cold-hearted person. Suddenly, a loud round of applause pulls Jung Woo and Hye Yeon back to reality. Mi Suk and Ji Seung Hoon approach them.

"Wow! Writer Choi, I didn't know that you can act!" Mi Suk said. So Nyeo and Na Ra approach them too, both smiling broadly and looks like they are about to fangirl over her. Na Ra is carrying a box of tissue and show it to Hye Yeon. "Ms. Choi, tissue.". She gets a few piles of tissue and wipes her tears away. "Thank you, Na Ra."

"You're not just a good writer. You're also can act. You really are a Jack of all trades, Writer Choi. Any plans on acting? I would love to be the director of your first acting job" Seung Hoon said. Hye Yeon smiles at him and shook her head. Seung Hoon looks at Mi Suk "Did you catch up with her?"

Mi Suk nodded her head. "Yes, PD-nim"

So Nyeo butts in "Kang Mi Suk-ssi, I recorded it. If you want to review it, I can share the video with you." she said.

"Oh. That's perfect. Send it to me." Mi Suk said. She excused herself and So Nyeo and Na Ra follow her. Seung Hoon asks the staff to ready the set in 20 minutes and he went back to the director's chair. Hye Yeon looks at Jung Woo. He looked shocked.

"You did great. Your emotion is on-point." Hye Yeon compliments him.

"Ahh... Yes. Thank you." he said. "Hye Yeon-ah."

"Hmm?"

"Have you decided yet?" he asks. Hye Yeon knows what he means. It's been a month already when she told him that she needs time to think about it.

"Would it be okay with you if we talk in the Cha mansion? Neither your place, my place or any public places are proper to have a conversation," she said.

Jung Woo agrees. "I'm fine with that. Message me whenever is it," he said. She nodded. "I will. Excuse me," she said and she walks away from him.

Jung Woo remembers the words she let go of the dialogue a while ago.

'Was it too much for me to hold on to the only person who valued me as a person? Was it too much to wait? Was it too much to hope that he will choose me someday? Was it too much for me to keep on loving him?'

Maybe Hye Yeon wrote those words back then when he left her because when she said those words a while ago, it pierced his heart so deep that he can feel the pain in his chest.

---

"No." Gwang Jae said.

"Oppa." Hye Yeon pleaded.

"Why do you even want to talk to him? And what's there to talk about?" he asks his sister as they are having that conversation while he's checking the edited videos for the variety show he's directing.

"I want this to be done once and for all. If I still don't talk to Jung Woo-ssi, he will not stop bothering me. I want to give him the chance to talk then get over with our past." she explains. Gwang Jae continues to watch the video on the screen and write down some changes he wants.

"I even suggest that I want us to talk in your home, Oppa. And he agrees."

Gwang Jae looks at Hye Yeon. "Yah! Are you crazy? I don't want that man in your life, how can you expect me to welcome him at my own home?!"

Hye Yeon shrugs. "Okay. Then, we'll just go to my place. Or better yet, his place."

Gwang Jae glares at him. "Can I strangle you?"

"Oppa, please. I want to get over this. We're just going to talk. I had no plans on dating him again. I just want a proper closure." she paused. "Please."

Gwang Jae sighs and looks back to the screen. "Fine. Do it as soon as possible."

Hye Yeon smiles "Thank you, Oppa." Gwang Jae nodded. "Go now. I have to finish this." Hye Yeon just nodded and left Gwang Jae. Gwang Jae hopes that after they talk, Jung Woo won't bother his sister anymore.

---

Hye Yeon and Dong Joon had dinner in a Mexican restaurant in Itaewon that night.

"Good?" Dong Joon asks her as he watches her enjoy her chicken enchiladas. Hye Yeon nodded and sipped her beer. "This is so delicious. I never tried Mexican food before."

"I'm glad you love it," he said as he scoops a spoonful of his brisket enchiladas.

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PuffTedEBear
#1
Chapter 52: Awwww I am really touched that you mentioned me. Thank you.
I am very happy with this ending. This couple went through so much that they deserved a happy ending. You set it in a very romantic setting too. I loved that they both helped at the restaurant and how he handled unwanted attention- Wow!
I am just very pleased with your story and I really liked that it was non-Kpop. In my mind I can picture it as a drama, I would watch it for sure. Thank you again!!!
PuffTedEBear
#2
Chapter 50: I hope this means a reconsiliation! <33
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#3
Chapter 49: This is sad and painful. This poor couple has been through a lot.....A LOT!!! I hope their wait is not a long one.
Thank you for the update.
PuffTedEBear
#4
Chapter 48: The Yeon will need to tell Dong Joon soon what is happening to her along with setting up therapy sessions. Poor girl. Thank you for the update.
PuffTedEBear
#5
Chapter 46: I am so glad that she is awake!!
PuffTedEBear
#6
Chapter 45: Oh my goodness! These poor people! So much drama and heart ache.
You are doing so well in this story!!
PuffTedEBear
#7
Chapter 44: Hye Yeon is such a good and sweet character. She is treating Jun Woo's mother so well while she is on vacation with her boyfriend. I really hope the best for her.
Thank you for the update!
PuffTedEBear
#8
Chapter 43: There was a lot packed into this chapter! I felt bad for Jung Woo, depression is a horrible feeling so I am glad you write that he will be getting help.
Then you added some cute fluff :-)
Then you ended with some suspense!!
Good chapter! Plus I read your blog, thank you for the update.
PuffTedEBear
#9
Chapter 42: I loved this chapter. You are doing so well with this story.
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#10
Chapter 41: Am with Yoo An on this one, I got a bad feeling too. Something bad is going down at the party.....