"Uh... where is this?" Carolina slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was a room that was unfamiliar to her. However, she was a little grateful for seeing the figure of the red-haired man sitting beside her bed while talking on the phone.

The man suddenly felt someone staring at him, he glanced at Carolina and sure enough that woman was currently staring at him.

"Let's continue the conversation later, there's something come up," the man said, then turned off the telephone line.

"Ah... thank God you are awake, now you are in the hospital, you fainted. You make me worry," said Ethan - the man earlier - who was sitting next to her.

"Oh, I see," Carolina answered.

There was a moment of silence before Ethan finally took Carolina's hand. Carolina looked at him with a terrible look as if he was a terrible creature and tried to release the man's grasp. However, Ethan still held it tight.

"Let's get married... Ouch!" after Ethan let out his proposal words, Carolina's other hand immediately hit his head.

"Are you sick? Do you also need to be treated here? " said Carolina rudely then pulled back her hand.

"I'm serious! Let's get married!" said Ethan then he said something again. Something that made Carolina look at him with a look of disbelief.

The atmosphere was quiet again for a moment. Neither Ethan nor Carolina said anything. Until finally there was a knock on the door of Carolina's room.

"Hello, the patient is awake. How are you?" suddenly two women came inside. One of them wore a white suit and was in his thirties and one was a nurse who was around mid-twenties.

"I'm fine, doc. Can I go home?" Carolina asked the person who asked her.

"Looks like you're fine. You can go home." the doctor said after checking Carolina.

"She'll stay for another night to make sure she's fine," Ethan suddenly stopped the doctor, making Carolina immediately throw an unpleasant look at Ethan.

"Ah, you guys..." suddenly the nurse who came in looked at Ethan and Carolina. As if to ask what is the relationship between them. The doctor who was there glared at the nurse.

"She..." Ethan hasn't had time to explain the relationship between them. Suddenly Carolina immediately interrupted it.

"I am an intern at Mr. Ethan's office. Mr. Ethan is a good boss, so he still pay attention to me even though I'm just an intern. You all know Mr. Ethan went to Indonesia to take over temporary of their family business. In fact, there is an article that came out about it," Carolina answered quickly.

"Ah! Turns out you're really a Korean actor huh? Sung Woo right? Who plays in -My Wife's Man- drama, right?" the female doctor was suddenly enthusiastic. Since she saw the man she felt like she knew him and it turned out that she was right! The man is an actor in the drama she has been following for the past few weeks.

"Yes doc, I play the role of Sung Woo in the drama My Wife's Men. Thank you for watching the drama," answered Ethan with a smile.

"Did the filming of the drama finish and you were already here? Tomorrow is episode 8, right? Then does the bad woman back to her husband or not?" the doctor asked, she was so curious.

"The drama shooting isn't over yet, today in Korea it will air episode 8, maybe in Indonesia it will air tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and about the story, doctor can just watch it!" answered Ethan still with a smile.

"So doctor also apparently watched that drama huh? Indeed the drama is really good! By the way.." the nurse started to smile shyly and pulled out her cellphone.

"Ethan oppa ~ can we take a picture together?" the nurse asked, smiling shyly.

"Ah... yes," the nurse finally smiled and began to do a selca together with Ethan.

"Doctor, can you take a picture of us, please?" feeling not enough with selca photos, the nurse asked the doctor for a picture of the two of them.

The doctor could only shake her head when see the nurse's behavior, but she still took the nurse's cellphone to take a picture of the two of them..

The nurse not waste that opportunities. Se immediately hugged Ethan's arm and rested her head on the man's shoulder. The nurse's movements looked smooth like she was already an expert at doing such photo styles.

"Okay three... two... one... Here, please take a photo of me too, okay? Ethan oppa~" the doctor asked shyly.

"Ah doctor, oppa is a term for older men. Doctor is older than Ethan oppa, so you can call him oppa" answered the nurse, but still accepted the doctor's cellphone given to her.

"It's okay, all those handsome guys are called oppa!" the doctor answered. Ethan just smiled and did a photo together with the doctor. However, unlike the nurse whose position was too intimate, the doctor only posed normally.

"Then excuse us first! Here is a prescription. Mr. Ethan can filled it at the hospital's pharmacy." said the doctor then handed over the paper she had wrote on before.

"Yes doc! Thank you!" answered Ethan with a smile after receiving the prescription.

When the doctor and the nurse had left, Ethan sat next to Carolina's bed and held her hand.

"Carolina, let's get married!" said Ethan again. Carolina looked at him for a moment, this time she didn't brush aside the sturdy hand that held it gently.

"All right, but there are conditions," Carolina answered after taking a deep breath.

"What the-, married is married! What are conditions you talking about!" Ethan protested, he immediately disagreed.

"Then I don't want to get married!" Carolina replied then pulled back her hand and took her cellphone. Se began to type something.

"What are you doing? Here we are discussing something serious! " Ethan protested again when he saw Carolina engrossed in her cellphone.

"Check the prices of motorcycle taxis online. What the f-! 25 thousand! How come the promo code is already used? I haven't used it yet! Let's try the other application, maybe it's cheaper," Carolina muttered. Ethan looked at her in disbelief. How dare she even check the prices of motorcycle taxis online while her husband is here and bring a car? Okay correction, her future husband.

After being lost in thought for a while about their wedding plans, Ethan then glanced at Carolina, who was still busy with her cellphone.

"Oh my! The other one is 27 thousand! Very expensive! I have a little money left... Hey! Give me back my cellphone!" Ethan snatched Carolina's cellphone from her hand, stood away from her bed and looked at her in despair. Looks like he really has to be extra patient with his future wife.

"You will go back to the office with me! Period! There are no conditions!"

"Okay, give me my cellphone back!" Carolina who answered immediately made Ethan a little surprised. it's unusual for this woman to immediately agreed, she did not protest as usual.

"Well, back to the office must pay a minimum of 25 thousand if you ride a motorcycle taxix online! It's very loss! I better come along with you, it can be free," Carolina thought with her own smiles.

"Here is your cellphone, just come back with me, ok? I'm watching you! " Ethan then sat down near her bed and turned Carolina's cellphone back.

"Ehem, about earlier, about our marriage..."

"I want to, but there are conditions!" interrupted Carolina before Ethan finished his sentence.

Ethan took a deep breath, it seemed like the woman's decision in front of him was completely unanimous. "What are the conditions?"

Carolina looked at Ethan right in the man's pupils, trying to find out if there was a bit of seriousness there.

Stared like that, Ethan did not dodge, instead he holding Carolina's gaze with gently and deeply.

"Ahh, why does this have to happen?! If last month you didn't go to that jerk's birthday party, surely this wouldn't have happened!" Carolina thought. She really did not know what to do, various thoughts and emotions raging inside her.

Seeing that Carolina was silent again, Ethan took Carolina's hand again and locked it with his fingers.

"I'm really not sure whether my feelings for you have reached the stage of love, but I was interested and liked you since we first met at that time. Maybe you are currently thinking that I told you to get married because you are pregnant with my child..."

"Wait, why are you so sure this child is yours?" interrupted Carolina. She had been too shocked to hear Ethan said that she was exhausted until she finally passed out and after being examined by a doctor, it turned out there was a "little hero" who was currently in her stomach.

She is pregnant!

Now she finally realized why that man insisted on marrying him. That man was convinced that the "little hero" in her stomach was his!

"Why? It is obvious when we do it, it's your first experience. So after we did it, have you done it with other men too? Ouch!" Carolina's other hand directly hit his head, again!

"Of course this is yours, you stupid red apple!" said Carolina.

Well, at least the father of his child isn't as stupid and jerk as she was afraid. If it's another man maybe they will give a reason: "we only did it once and even though it was your first experience, you could have done it with others after with me"

Uh... just thinking about that makes Carolina shudder.

"Because it's my child, so let's get married! This is the fourth time I'm saying let's get married! I even proposed to you four times!"

"Wrong, you say it in ordering way, not by asking. So it is not considered as a proposed," said Carolina.

Ethan was silent for a moment, indeed he had been like "ordering" Carolina to marry him, not "asking" but still for him he had proposed to her! After all, hadn't that woman agreed to marry him but on condition? Then why does she now want him to say it by "asking"? You weird woman!

"Huftt... will you marry me, live old with me and raise our children, Carolina?"

"Well, now this is what proposed should be. OK, I will marry you, but there are conditions."

"What are the conditions, babe?"

"Eww, first don't ever call me babe!" Carolina answered.

"Then, baby?"

"Not!"

"Darling? Sweety? Dear? Chagia? Honey? Bu-in? Wife?" Ethan asked, winking. Trying to tease that woman.

"Not! Eww, just call me by my name, after all we have not officially married" Carolina replied, she can not stand anymore to the man cheesiness!.

Ethan smiled at Carolina's adorable face when he teased her. Looks like their newlyweds life will be really fun.

"Okay, Lina, what's the second condition?" Ethan asked seriously this time.

"Our marriage must be a secret!"

"Hah? What? try saying it one more time? " asked Ethan who thought he heard it wrong.

"Our marriage must be a secret."

"What the-, are you kidding me?! This is not a novel or drama, Carolina!" answered Ethan, he really didn't expect that woman would ask for such strange conditions,

He initially thought she would ask for conditions such as, "I want us to stay alone, not living with in-laws," or maybe like, "I can't cook, so don't force me to go to the kitchen," or maybe like, "let's announce our marriage, calling reporters and hold a lavish party, you are a popular celebrity right now, it will definitely be shocking!" It's not nonsense like our marriage to be a secret, what kind of nonsense is this.

"If you don't want to, then i don't want to get married," Carolina replied indifferently, making Ethan dumbfounded.

"Hey woman! Right now you are pregnant, and I want to be responsible! What is that if you don't want to, then i don't want to get married" thought Ethan, who had no idea what she was thinking.

Ethan took a deep breath, trying to be patient, but after he thought about it, his future was just strange.

Actually he could have been irresponsible but lately his mother often asked him to get married because she wanted to hold her grandchildren soon. In fact, he was often told to immediately stop being a celebrity because she afraid her son would be single for too long, even though he was only 24 years old now!

"Fine, but you must promise first that we really get married! Not like stories in dramas or novels that are contract marriage, okay?!" Ethan asked to make sure. Somehow he had a hunch his future wife would say something like that.

"Of course, you think just because you're an actor, your life will be like dramas?" Carolina replied fiercely.

"It turns out you still remember that I was an actor, an actor who last year got the best new actor award, so why do you even want our marriage to be a secret? Shouldn't I the one who said that?"

Ethan was truly amazed by that woman thoughts. Shouldn't he the one who said that? Considering his current job as a celebrity? Why did she the one who said it?

"Or you have a guy that you really love, huh? Or maybe a fiance or husband? Eh, but apparently not, you did it for the first time with me... ouch!" again, Carolina hit Ethan's head

"You deserved it! Once again you said first time, I beat you up!" said Carolina, who looked annoyed, though in her heart she was truly embarrassed. Why does that guy always talk about it! You stupid red apple!

"About why our marriage must be kept a secret, well, it is up to me, so are we going to get married or not?"

Ethan sighed and exhaled.

Is he make a right decision to marry the woman who hit him three times today?

After all, the woman is pregnant with his child, right?

Seeing Ethan who looked thoughtful made Carolina a little nervous but she didn't show it.

"Yes Lina, you've made the right decision, no matter what happens you have to keep a low profile! Ah sh*t, if only last month you really didn't go to that jerk's birthday party. Ah, never mind, single mom or be a wife," Carolina thought.

"So? Are we going to get married or not?" Carolina asked once more.

"Student with the highest GPA for the class of 2016 is….." The announcer stops for a second in order to create a suspenseful atmosphere for the attendee. Even though all of the people in front of him doesn't even care about it and only wished for the ceremony to end as fast as possible. Well, to be honest, my heart slightly races while waiting for the name to be called.

"Carolina Akai!" The announcer clapped his hands as soon as he called the name.

I and the crowd clapped our hands a beat later. No matter how much we hate this ceremony, the announcer is our dean. We have to follow his example.

I glanced to the side of the row and looked at the girl with short hair, her name is Vera. She's also looking at me with a face full of annoyance.

Ah, thinking about it, she's also aiming for the top GPA seat. Maybe that's the reason why she didn't like me. But, whatever, I don't care.

"We wouldn't announce the name of the highest GPA achiever for the class of 2015. I sincerely wish that all of you would finish your study as soon as possible and start to plan your thesis.

"You could get your result card straight from your academic counselor. And for the next semester, the class will be starting on the 11th while all the administration work could be done starting from the 4th. So, you only got 2 weeks for your holiday. Hahahaha, See you next month~." The end-of-semester ceremony ends as the middle-aged man finishes his long speech.

"Hey, Carol let's go. Seems like Mr. David will be in the next room," said Andrew who sat next to me. He's a friend from the same class year as well as a fellow student under the same Academic counselor.

"Okay," I replied.

We left the room and followed Mr. David to the other classroom.

As soon as we arrived, I picked a seat on the third row. I feel it was the safest place compared to the other row. Andrew who always follows me everywhere I go chooses a seat right next to me right away.

Gradually, the once empty classroom was filled as other students came and sat on the available seat.

After a while Mr. David starts to speak "Ehem looks like almost everyone is already here. I'll start then. When your name was called, please come forward to take your report card. We'll also do some counseling for your plan for the upcoming semester."

Mr. David started to call his student's names one by one.

"Hey, what's your plan for vacation?" Andrew suddenly whispered to me.

"Hmm.. Probably just laze around in my room? The vacation period is just too short. How about you?" I said without looking at him because I was busy reading the newest chapter of my favorite manga on my phone.

Before Andrew could answer my question, Mr. David called my name.

What terrible timing, I'm on the best scene of the chapter right now!

"Hello Carolina, How are you?" Mr. David greets me as I sit down on the chair across from him.

What empty talk! Let's just finish this as soon as possible so I can read the manga again!

"I'm fine sir," I replied shortly as I smiled.

"Let's see your report card… Hm… A.. A.. A.. A.. C.. Oh! Even you have a C on their Report card. What happened? Do you want to retake the subject to fix your grade?" Mr. David asked.

Holy moly! That subject was sooo hard! Even C was the highest grade amongst all the students.

"I think it's happened because I was too focused to get an A mark on the other subject, sir. So, I could only get a C on that subject, and I'm not going to retake the subject, because I want to have an internship in the upcoming semester." I replied with a little hint of sarcasm. Wait, did it count as sarcasm? Ah, whatever!

"Oh yeah. You were eligible to take an internship, right? Do you have any place in mind for your internship?"

"About that… Can I get an internship in my hometown, sir?"

In this city, I don't know many people. Thus, my 'Connection' was insufficient to let me easily get an internship offer. So, I think it would be easier to do it in my hometown.

"Of course, you can do that. But i think it would be better for you to do it here. In case you are being called to the campus when you are on your internship." Mr. David sincerely advised me.

What should I do?

"If you are worried about looking for a company. I can give you a recommendation. But before that let me ask you something. Can you do some coding?" asked Mr. David.

Ah! I forgot to tell you guys, I'm a student of an informatics department Major.

"I can do it a little, sir," I said humbly. Well, I've done many assignment projects in the past. So if it's only coding, Of course, I can do it.

"Great! Write your CV as soon as possible. I'll send the recommendation letter and the HR contact details to your email, tonight," said Mr. David.

"Can you tell me the company name, sir?" I enquired curiously.

"Do you know NamTech?" He asked.

"Oh, Of course, I know NamTech," I said. It was a company that I 'Worked on' not too long ago.

"Is there anything else you want to discuss with me?" asked Mr. David as he wrote something on the paper in front of him.

"Nothing, Sir."

"Okay then, Please sign this paper. And this is your report card. Don't forget to make a copy and bring it to the faculty."

"Okay, Sir." I signed on the paper as I replied to him. And then I took my report card and walked out of the classroom.

***

"Hey, Andrew! Here, Here!" Shouted a long-haired man. His shout was directed to a man who just arrived at the campus cafeteria.

As soon as he saw the long-haired man. He walks towards his table and sits on the vacant seat that looks like it has been prepared for him.

"You guys aren't eating anything?" asked Andrew as soon as he sat down. There are five other people besides him on the table but only 1 person had a meal in front of her.

"I ate some breakfast this morning, so I'm not hungry," said Vera.

"I'm not hungry either. Probably, going to eat at lunchtime," said a girl who was busy fiddling with her phone.

"Well, I've already eaten," said the long-haired man.

"For me, I'm waiting for you to buy me some. Hehehehe," said a man with a hat on.

"Are you serious?" Replied Andrew to the hat wearing man.

"Come on dude, you are filthy rich!" He said once again.

Without answering the other man. Andrew looked at Carolina who seemed to enjoy her brunch and said "Where did you buy your food, Carol?"

(Brunch: Breakfast Lunch)

"There," Carolina pointed her finger towards a particular food stall. She didn't even look at Andrew as she did it.

"Oh, Okay. Let's go Di, I'll buy for you," said Andrew to the hat-wearing man.

The man called 'Di' smiled brightly and followed Andrew to the food stall.

"AHHHH. IT BROKE PAST 15%! 15%" Suddenly, the bob-haired girl screamed.

"What the hell Ra? You are embarrassing," said Vera who sat next to her.

"Look at this, I'm so happy," said Clara enthusiastically as she pushed her phone towards Vera.

Vera looked at Clara's phone with an eye full of curiosity. On the screen, a site which has the rating information for the drama 'My wife's man.' was opened.

The thing that made Clara scream loudly was the fact that the 4th episode of that drama amassed a viewership rating of 13,986% Nationwide and 15,794% in the Seoul area.

"Is it that good?" asked Vera as she returned Clara's phone.

"It's soooo good! You have to watch it. It was Ethan Oppa's drama! Please watch it Ve," said Clara without losing any enthusiasm.

"And who is that? Your new Bias*?" asked Vera. Even though she's not as fanatical as Clara, she knows about some jargon in the K-pop scene.

(Bias: Someone's most favorite member of an idol group.)

"Yup! So, Ethan oppa used to be a member for a now disbanded group 'Colors', And after 4 years without any news, last year he got his first drama, and this year he starred on another drama too. You guys must watch his drama, Okay?" Said Clara.

"Carol! You must watch it too!" Clara shifts her preaching toward Carolina.

"Ah.. I'm….."

"Ra, don't you know Carol prefers Japanese thingy rather than Korean thingy? I'll watch it for you, so just ignore her," Chided Vera.

"Ah, I forgot! You like things like anime, right? Can't be helped I guess-" Clara shrugged before turning towards Vera once again. "Don't forget Ve! Ask your friends to watch it too! Ethan's oppa drama this time is soooo goooddd."

Well, Carolina doesn't really care though. She was aware that Vera doesn't like her and always acts like that toward her. But it really doesn't matter because Carolina preferred to be alone.

"What are you guys talking about?" Andrew and the one called 'Di' return to their seat with a tray full of food in their hands.

"The same as usual. Clara was boasting about his plastic Oppa," said the long-haired man as he played with his phone.

"You are the plastic one! My Ethan oppa's face was a natural beauty since birth!" said Clara angrily.

"Why in the world I should be envious? I'm clearly more handsome than him." He said as he flaunted his long hair as if he was an advertisement model of a shampoo product.

"Both of you are always fighting like cats and dogs. I guess you guys fall in love with each other soon enough," said Didi, the man who wore a hat.

"Cuih, Cuih, Cuih, don't jinx it. I'll consider it if you cut your hair," Clara spat.

"I'll consider it too if you call me Oppa." Replied Rico, The long-haired man.

"What are you saying….. Just dream when you are asleep!"

"By the way.," Andrew cut in. "What's everybody's plan for the holiday?"

"Looks like I'll go home," said Vera who rented a room near the campus.

"Nothing but staying in my room," said Clara and Rico.

"Me too, I'll be in my room, doing nothing," said Carolina.

"I'm going to travel! How about you?" Dion said to Andrew.

"Uh, So, next Saturday which is the 25th is my birthday. I want to invite you guys to the party," said Andrew as he looked at his friends. "My plan is to hold it in a resort or hotel in Bali for 2 days and 1 night. What do you guys think?"

"I think I'll pass, sorry," said Carolina swiftly.

'It's better to just relax in my room.' thought Carolina.

"I'll pass too then, I want to watch all of my Oppa music videos," said Clara.

"Please guys, I'll buy your ticket too. You just need to come because it will be our last time to have a nice vacation before we are busy with our own thesis." Plead Andrew with a pitiful look on his face.

"As expected from a gold spooner," said Dion as he ate his food.

"Let's go, both of you! As Andrew said, it would be our last time! Carol, you'll just lazing around in your room, right? And you! plastic lover, you could watch those videos anytime you want. We'll be there for only 2 days. So much for your so-called solidarity," said Rico in an attempt to persuade Carolina and Clara.

"Okay! Okay! I'm in," said Clara.

"Carol, you are going too, right?" asked Andrew once again.

With a sigh, Carolina nods her head.

"You are coming, right? Vera." Vera answered Andrew's question with a nod.

And then, silence descends once again to the table. They are back on their own device. Clara with her Oppa, Carolina with her manga, Dion with his food, as well as Vera and Rico fiddled with their phone.

"Plastic lover! You'll wear something like this in Bali, right?" Rico suddenly breaks the silence as he shows his phone to Clara.

Clara's face goes as red as a tomato as she sees what's on the screen.

"Pervert!" Said Clara. Her reddened face was justified because what Rico showed her was a super sexy two-piece white bikini.

"Hmph! Are you afraid? Moreover, don't you know wearing a bikini in Bali was a common thing?" Chided Rico.

"Who said I'm afraid? It's just, I don't have something like that!" said Clara.

"Tell me your size, and I'll buy it for you," said Rico as he glanced towards Clara's breasts.

Clara, who was aware of where Rico's sight landed, hurriedly turned her body.

"You are really a pervert!" She shouted.

While Rico and Clara were busy with their 'joke' Carolina stood up and said "I'm going first, See you next time."

"You are already going?" asked Andrew.

Carolina just nods without saying any more words.

"I'll take you home after I finish this," said Andrew who hastened his eating speed.

"It's okay ndrew, I can go home on my own," Carolina said.

Her room was only 15 minutes away from the campus. She mostly walked back home except when the weather was extremely hot.

"I insisted! I'll take you home," Andrew put as much food as he could to his mouth.

Carolina's eyes widened as she witnessed his antics. He was really someone who didn't have 'Give up.' words in his dictionary.

"Fine then. Let's go," Carolina could only say that after feeling his determination.

Thanks to all the food inside his mouth, Andrew can't talk. He only pointed his finger towards Carolina and then towards the others. It's as if he was saying 'I'll take her home first, I'll see you guys later.'

Dion was the only one who nod at Andrew's gesture. While vera still on her phone and the other duo was still talking about 'Size'.

***

"Carol!" Called Andrew when she was walking toward the building where her room was located.

"Yeah? What's up?" Said Carolina towards Andrew who sat on his motorbike.

"Yo-You really will come to my birthday party, right?" asked Andrew abashed. It was the first time he called her with a voice full of affection.

"Hm," Carolina simply nodded at his question.

"Okay then. I'll go home now. I'll send you a text later," Andrew smiled brightly.

If Carolina knew that her life would be completely changed after attending Andrew's birthday party. Maybe she wouldn't even come.

A woman with long hair was staring at a man who was standing not far from her. The woman's gaze was filled with admiration yet filled with sadness.

"NG!"

"NG!"

"NG!"

"NG! Stop! Can you even act? Who recommended this useless rubbish?!" shouted someone behind the monitor screen while pointing at the woman who made a mistake.

"I am sorry. I am sorry." The woman kept bowing while apologizing. Even if it was her first drama, her debut drama, the woman could act well. It was just that her partner actor seemed to have another aura when he was acting, and it made her felt intimidated and overwhelmed.

"Sunbaenim*, I am sorry," after bowing her head multiple times to the man behind the monitor screen. The woman stared at the red-haired man who was her partner.

(*Senior)

"Ah, it's okay." Said the man

"Let's have a 15 minutes break. If you still make a mistake after that, I don't care about the people who back you up. I will kick you out of here," said the man behind the screen.

Hearing those words, the scolded woman could only duck her head down. This was her first debut drama. Whatever it is, she has to debut soon.

"Thank you, Noona*" said the red-haired man who was called Ethan. He took the drink given by the long-haired woman.

(* a term used by man to call an older woman)

"You shouldn't have a lousy partner like that right now," snorted the long-haired woman.

"Never mind, Noona, this role is pretty cool anyway," replied Ethan, who was now sitting in one of the chairs provided and flipping through his script.

"Are you sure you don't want to just follow their orders? To meet Ara?" asked the woman with long hair.

"Mi Sun Noona! I told you I don't want to follow that path! I will show it with my own abilities!" said Ethan.

"Then let's just resign! You can ask uncle for help to pay the compensation," replied Mi Sun. But Ethan stayed silent and kept flipping through his script.

Seeing that, Mi Sun could only take a deep breath. She didn't really understand why Ethan would stick with an agency that no longer respected him.

"Ah, writer Hong, you are here?" asked the man who was busy staring at the monitor screen.

"Yes, I brought the script for the next episode. By the way, who is the actor who plays Sung Woo's character?" asked writer Hong.

"Ah, him, his name is Nam Ethan, why? He doesn't match your expectations anymore? I told you. You don't need to come to the set; we can send someone to pick up the script like before, "said the man back.

The woman shook her head, "No. It's the opposite. He played Sung Woo's character perfectly, is he a rookie?" asked writer Hong.

"He…if I'm not mistaken starred in two dramas before this, and in his last drama, he won the Best New Actor award,"

"Then why is he taking Sung Woo role, who is the younger brother of the female lead that rarely gets screen time?" asked writer Hong. As the writer of the drama "My Wife's Men", writer Hong knew each character's ins and outs very well and thought that the man playing Sung Woo can at least be the male lead or the second male lead, instead of a supporting role.

My Wife's Men tells a story about a woman who married a well-established doctor from an arranged marriage between her recently deceased father and the doctor's father. At first, she refused the arranged marriage but remembering that she lived alone with her brother, Sung Woo, and their finance dropped after their father passed away. She finally married the doctor.

Everyone around her said that she is lucky to marry that doctor, but that is not true. Her husband was too busy and cold, making her feel neglected. However, that changes when the woman attends a school reunion and meets her ex, who still has feelings for her.

"Why do you think an actor with such good acting, winning the Best New Actor award, and having a good personality, would play Sung Woo's character after getting the award?" the man asked, glancing at Ethan, who now seemed to be helping the new artist who is his partner before..

Writer Hong followed the man's gaze and could only sigh.

"Either the executives in his agency are blind, or…"

"He offended someone who shouldn't be offended; the entertainment world is always like this, writer Hong. You've been here a few years and still don't know the unspoken rules?" asked the man. Yet, writer Hong could only stay silent. The unspoken rules. Who knows how many people have fallen as a result of not obeying this rule.

Writer Hong regretted Ethan's talent. This is his 8th year in the entertainment world. There have been 5 drama scripts written by him before he finally decided to take a hiatus for 3 years.

He rarely found a suitable actor or actress to play the character written by him during that time. In fact, in his last drama, he had an argument with the director because he felt that the actor and actress did not match his characters. However, his voice wasn't really needed in the actors and actresses' selection process as a writer. That is why he is reluctant to come to the set since he feared that the actors and actresses who play his character couldn't play them well.

But after seeing Ethan act as Sung Woo, he felt like the man was really the Sung Woo that he thought when he wrote the character.

Sung Woo is not a complicated character to portray. Still, it will be completely wrong if the actor portrays him wrongly. He is the character of a rich boy from a rich school who lives his life peacefully, and he never breaks any rules. But after his father passed away and his friends left him because of his family's bankruptcy, he turned into a rebellious boy at school. That becomes worse when his sister accepted to marry a doctor that her sister doesn't love. He hates his sister, who "sells" herself to a man for money.

The scene writer Hong saw earlier was the scene where Sung Woo chose to cruelly dump his girlfriend first before she could leave him like his friends did.

The scene might seem cliché, but Ethan succeeded in showing the expressions of fear within the cruelty of Sung Woo.

"By the way, our drama will air tonight, right?" asked writer Hong. The man nodded

"The scene earlier will be aired in episode 4, huh?" the man nodded once again.

"Why is this writer suddenly asking so many questions?" He thought.

"Okay then, it looks like there are some scripts that need to be changed. I'll go first," said writer Hong, who suddenly got the idea of changing some parts of Sung Woo's character.

"Okay. The break is over, everyone goes back to your positions, and you, if you still fail, the exit door is over there," said the man behind the monitor.

The woman could only smile bitterly. However it is, she had to succeed this time

"ACTION!"

***

Mi Sun could only sigh deeply. After Ethan get the Best New Actor award, her career as his manager should have accelerated rapidly, but who would have thought that the man would be trapped in a situation like this.

This situation started when Ethan won the Best New Actor award.

The day after he received the award, Ethan was called into the office to face Ha Joon, the Art Director.

"Good morning, director. Did you call for me?" greeted Ethan when he entered Ha Joon's room.

Inside the room, Ha Joon was talking with a girl. She looked like she was around 18 years old.

"Why are you so formal? You can call me Hyung*, oh right, have a seat," replied Ha Joon

(* a term used by man to call an older man)

"It's okay, director, we are in the office too," refused Ethan, then took his seat next to the girl.

"Duh, this boy is too formal, oh yeah, anyway this is Ara," Ha Joon finally introduced the girl who was also sitting in that room.

"Halo Ethan Oppa, I am Ara," said the girl while holding her hand out.

"Halo, Ethan," Ethan replied and took the girl's hand.

"Okay then, Ara, I'll see you again later, okay? There is something I want to discuss with Ethan," said Ha Joon when Ethan and Ara were greeting each other.

Ara only nodded and smiled, then she walked out of the room.

"She is Ara, one of the children of the shareholder; it seems like she is interested in you," said Ha Joon, but Ethan didn't say anything.

"You don't have any schedule today, right? Accompany her to shop," said Ha Joon again

"But director…"

"No buts, this is an order from the company!" replied Ha Joon

"What if paparazzi caught us together?" asked Ethan, trying to find an excuse from doing the order.

"That will be a public relations problem to solve, but if you can, don't get caught by the paparazzi. Go. She is waiting for you. Remember to treat her well," warned Ha Joon. Ethan could only smile bitterly before heading out of Director Ha Joon's room.

"How? What did Director Ha Joon say? Do you get a good offer?" asked Mi Sun, who was waiting outside the room.

Ethan looked at Mi Sun and smiled, "It seems like my Noona will get a holiday,"

"What holiday? You just won an award yesterday, you must be getting lots of work offers coming now, of course, I can't be relaxed, let alone the holiday," replied Mi Sun

"I am serious Noona. Today you can take a day off. Don't worry, it won't be reduced from your leave permit, really," replied Ethan again.

Mi Sun, who has started to know Ethan's character, felt that something was not right, but she didn't have the chance to ask again. The girl who left Director Ha Joon's room earlier approached them.

"Come on, Oppa, I've been waiting for a long time," said Ara, who immediately took Ethan's arm.

"I'll explain later, Noona," Ethan said before reluctantly following the girl.

Mi Sun who saw that couldn't do anything; it seemed like she really needed an explanation of what happened!

Mi Sun decided to go back to Ethan's place. She was waiting for the man to come home and asked him about it directly.

After waiting for a bored 10 hours at Ethan's house, she finally heard Ethan's car. Mi Sun, who was tired of waiting, quickly approached Ethan before he could get out of his car.

"Noona! You surprised me!" said Ethan when he saw Mi Sun.

"Come on, tell me what exactly happened!" urged Mi Sun.

"Ahh .. I'm hungry, Noona, have you eaten? You still have stock of ramyeon, right?" muttered Ethan, ignoring Mi Sun and walking into his house.

Mi Sun stayed quiet and followed him inside, 'there must be something wrong,' she thought. Ethan barely ate ramyeon to keep his body fit, and usually, he would eat ramyeon when he felt tired or stressed.

"Go take a shower, let Noona prepares the food," said Mi Sun, and she directly headed towards the kitchen. Ethan didn't answer, and went into his room.

"Slurppp ... Ahh .. Ramyeon made by Noona is the best!" said Ethan while eating his meal after taking a shower and giving her Noona a thumb up.

Mi Sun said nothing and only focused on eating her food.

Silence. The two of them didn't say anything. Only the occasional slurping sound coming from Ethan could be heard.

That girl was Ara," Ethan finally spoke. "She is one of the shareholder's daughters. I was ordered by Director Ha Joon to accompany her,"

"What kind of order is that ?! So all you did today was accompanying her?" asked Mi Sun. Ethan nodded

"It can't be helped, Noona. Director Ha Joon said it was a company order. If I didn't do it, I'd have to pay the penalty, "said Ethan.

"Then, what about your career? Are you just going to keep accompanying that girl?"

"Eii… Of course, my career won't be like that, right? That girl must be just curious about me then asked me to accompany her for a while. The company definitely won't treat me like that, right?" Ethan said.

However, Ethan's prediction was wrong. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the next day, his company always asked him to accompany Ara, whether for shopping, going to the salon, or just attending the girl at her house.

Until one day, Ara asked him to join her in a private party held by her friend. Of course, Ethan was reluctant to do that, but Director Ha Joon once again says that it was an order from the company, which made Ethan had no choice but to do it.

But Ethan did not expect that when he went inside, aside from the girls, there were also men who only wore underwear and were made servants by the women there.

"Ara, you came!" a girl approached them and greeted Ara with kisses on her cheeks.

"Uhh ... who is this sweetie that you brought?" her eyes stared at Ethan seductively; she bit her lower lip slightly.

"Ara! Where are you taking me?!" said Ethan, who was uncomfortable with the situation.

"Shh! Shut up and just enjoy it, Oppa! We're going to have fun tonight," said Ara putting her index finger over Ethan's lips. But Ethan could not take it anymore and finally left the party.

He wouldn't think that Ara would "sell" him. Ethan is a normal man, but what Ara did was undoubtedly wrong. He didn't want to enter that world again.

The next day, Ethan was called by Director Ha Joon again.

"This is your next job," said Ha Joon directly, taking out a script from his desk drawer.

Ethan took the script, he read it, then he frowned upon reading the script.

"This…" Ethan said when he finished reading it.

"Your next job, it's already decided. You can go out now,"

"But director, what about the play written by writer Lee?" Ethan asked. Two days ago, an article came out. It was mentioning that writer Lee, the famous writer, that always wrote drama with ratings above 20%, and whose scripts are often sought by other actors and actresses, saying that he wanted the male lead in his latest drama to be played by Ethan, but of course the decision would lie in the director's hand.

"Ah ... about that, the company felt that the drama didn't suit you," said Ha Joon.

"Bullshit!" Mi Sun, who decided to come into the room with Ethan, finally spoke up.

"My Ethan is the winner of the Best New Actor award, yet he doesn't fit the drama written by writer Lee? Wow, this is one piece of crap that I haven't heard in a long time!" said Mi Sun, who disagree entirely with what Ha Joon said.

"So you get arrogant because you won an award?! This is an order! There are no more drama scripts left! It has been decided. No objection! Tomorrow you must come to the address written on it for the first script reading. This conversation is over, please come out!" said Ha Joon, who then went back to his job. He didn't even look at Ethan and Mi Sun anymore.

Mi Sun was about to reply, but Ethan immediately grabbed her arm, gesturing that they have to get out.

Neither Ethan nor Mi Sun is stupid. The company is trying to pressure Ethan, and Ethan believed that this has something to do with Ara.