Less than 30 minutes, Mark showed up in the hotel bar. He found that Bora was sitting alone in one of the table and he directly approached her.

“Mark? What are you doing here?” she asked while seeing the younger sudden presence.

“Mwo? Didn't you are the one who asking me to meet up here?” Mark frowned.

“Me? Asking you to come here?” Bora repeating his question and Mark nodded. “But, I never sent you a text message before—Oh sh*t!” Bora suddenly realized what just happened while she cupped her face in shock.

In the other hand, Mark had no idea at all what was going on.

Bora threw her gaze around the bar with worried face, and it made Mark getting confuse more. “Bora noona, what had just really happened here?”

Instead of answering, the elder still spread her gaze around and ignoring the younger.

“Bora noona—“

“Mark, I think we should go home now. Palli!” she grabbed his wrist. Meanwhile Mark, still being clueless, just let her dragged him out from the place.

They didn’t realize that a hidden photographer had shot some images of the two.

***

“What just really happened, noona?” Mark asked as Bora drove him home.

“It’s my ex-BF. He did it,” Bora said – still being panic.

“Noona, I don’t understand,” Mark was getting confused.

“He wanted to set up for a scandal between us. He wanted to see me fall apart,” she said. “My ex-BF is my group's ex manager. We broke up last month when the director of our agency found out that he had done such corruption and it had created a danger to my career. So, the company fired him at the same time.”

“But how could he use your phone to sending me a text message earlier?” Mark was still being clueless.

“He came to my apartment earlier on the morning. He said that he lost his contact numbers since his latest phone was missing. So, I let him to borrowing my phone while I prepared drink for him at the kitchen. I didn’t know that he will do this…” Bora swallowed hard.

“Oh geez…” Mark rubbed his temple. “I think I should call Eunji. She should know about this.”

Mark was about to dialing his GF’s number, but Bora quickly prevented him. “No, please. Don’t tell it to her.”

“Why?”

“I don’t think that my ex-BF’s plan had worked well since we quickly notice it and left the pub. So there’s no need to tell it to your girlfriend,” Bora confidently said.

“But, noona—“

“Mark, please. I don’t want other people judged us wrong. So please, just pretend that nothing happened, okay?”

***

To: Mark-baby ❤

Where are you now?

Eunji was waiting in front of her house since her boyfriend promised her that he will call her on the phone. Less than 5 second, her phone was beeping – signaling an incoming message.

From: Mark-baby ❤

Of course, I’m in your heart as always. Lol. I’m still meeting a friend of mine. Missed me already, huh? I’ll call you as soon as I came back home, okay? I love you <3

A smile formed on her lips right when she read the message. Eunji was about to waiting for his call inside her room, but suddenly she heard a car engine sound from Mark’s house. She decided to take a peek since she thought that it might be her boyfriend. And she was right, Mark was coming out from the luxury car right in front of his gate. Eunji was about to calling him, but she yet did it since she caught the owner of the car, also coming out from the car.

She’s being frozen. She couldn’t move her feet, even her lips. Her eyes widened in disbelief.

“Did I deluding?” she muttered to herself as she rubbing her eyes.

But all she had seen was, Mark went out with Yoon Bora – Bomi’s cousin, who promised him to help him to achieve his dream, the popular idol who was admitting that she had a crush on her boyfriend at their first meet.

A pang hit her heart. Eunji finally knew how painful the jealousy was when she could see the smile on her boyfriend’s face. The smile that he didn’t gave to her but for another girl. Eunji finally knew how hurt it was when she found out that Mark had lied to her.

Instead of walked approaching them, Eunji decided to hide behind her gate. She still could hear that Bora excused herself, before she went with her car. And she still could see Mark came inside his house without realized that his girlfriend was staring at him.

“What did they just do? He said that he met up with his friend. Did that girl already becoming his friend?” Eunji muttered and soon another message came to her phone.

From: Mark-baby ❤

Hi, baby Ji. I’m home. Are you sleeping already?

Another pang hit her heart. Why Mark acted like he did no wrong by hiding the truth that he was hanging out with Yoon Bora? The thing had disturbed her heart.

To: Mark-baby ❤

Mark, I’m sorry. I think I need to sleep now. See you tomorrow.

***

In the next morning, Jinyoung and Bomi came to the college. When they reached the second floor, they could hear some murmurs, whines and whimpers. Then they could see many of students were gathering in front of the information board.

“What just happened here? Didn't the result test will be informed next week?” Jinyoung mumbled as he walked closer, while Bomi was following him from behind.

When they arrived in front of the information board, their eyes were widened in shock. It wasn’t a test result, but it was some photographs of Mark and Bora which stick there.

“What the hell is this?!” being angry, Jinyoung immediately ripped the picture from the board and threw it on the dustbin. “Who is the person who dare to sticking it here?!” he yelled at them, but no one give him the answer. They remained mute while staring at the angry Jinyoung.

“It’s too late,” Bomi suddenly held his arm. “The news already spread out through internet. And it became the hottest scandal for today.” she sound worried while showing off her phone to her boyfriend.

“Damn it! What just actually happened here?!” Jinyoung stomped his feet on the floor and rake his hair in frustration.

“Something must be wrong here. Come on, we should find Eunji and Mark first,” Bomi grab his wrist and dragged him to run with her.

Eunji and Mark arrived at campus together with smile plastered on their face - they seems didn’t know about the scandal yet. Both Bomi and Jinyoung ran toward them.

“Oh, Jinyoung-ah, Bomi-ah, good morning,” Mark greet them without loosening the smile on his face, so did Eunji.

“Oh, um, Mark, there’s something that I wanted to do with you. Can you please come with me?” Jinyoung being stuttered tried to make him for not coming to the college.

“But, 10 minutes left before the lesson started—“

“Mr. Kim already gave us permission for not attending his class for today, so come on. We’re almost late,” Jinyoung immediately grab the eldest arm. “Eunji noona, we will come back soon,” Jinyoung patted her shoulder before dragging Mark away from the college.

Bomi heaved a relieve sigh a