At night, Da-Jung took her phone in her hand to message Woo-Jin as to why he did the payment for her… but upon remembering his words, she sighed, switched off her phone and tossed it on the bed.
To know about the answer, she really had to go to the practice room tomorrow and meet him.
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The next morning came and Da-Jung hurriedly dressed up and rushed to Woo-Jin's company. However, just as she entered the company, she witnessed various judging eyes on her.
Didn't know why but this felt really awkward and Da-Jung hurriedly walked to the practice room she always used to go.
Just as she was opening the door, Son Jinha came towards her and held her hand.
"Why did you come out of your house?" He asked while bringing her inside the practice room.
Da-Jung shrugged her hand from his hold and let out a soft chuckle. She was astounded by his question. "What do you mean why? I came because I had to!" She shrugged her shoulders and began walking towards the piano. "Don't you know that I will be here till the concert ends?" She casually remarked.
"Did you not read the message I sent you? Sina contacted you but the call was unresponsive."
"Yeah?" Da-Jung took out her phone from her bag and switched it on. She forgot to switch on her phone in the morning. She noticed various missed calls and messages from Sina, Son Jinha and there was also a message from Woo-Jin.
"What is this?" Da-Jung asked as she began to read Sina's message.
"It's an article which states that you and Yang Woo-Jin are involved in a relationship."
Da-Jung clicked on the picture which her friend sent her and began to read. As she read, she began to explode with anger "What the f*ck? What is wrong with people? He just took me to the hospital because I was drugged and was almost raped… how can people make such disgusting remarks?"
"Don't worry! Our technical staff is finding out who was behind this rumour and also trying to stop the press from publishing this article further."
"It is better if you go back home and take some rest. Mr. Yang will get everything solved." Son Jinha patted on Da-Jung's head and took her back home.
While driving back home, Da-Jung noticed the terrifying glares being thrown at her just because of that screwed article. She scoffed as she realized that people only see what they have to see and not know what is actually the truth. Actually, they don't even try to know the truth!
After reaching home, Da-Jung scrolled down while reading all the articles on the main page. Heck! She didn't even need to search for it, everything was just there on the search engine's front page.
Da-Jung sighed. Maybe this was the reason why she didn't wanted to get involved with Yang Woo-Jin in the first place.
She closed her eyes as in a meditation trying to ease her mind which was running amok. But a phone call came and she looked at her screen.
It was from Woo-Jin's mother.
Da-Jung was a bit afraid that maybe Woo-Jin's mother found out that she had not taken the heirloom with her rather kept it back in the drawer. Da-Jung didn't wanted to hurt the woman who looked after her in a motherly manner nor she wanted to take that heirloom with her and boast that she was still getting things from her ex-in-laws.
With hesitation, Da-Jung picked up the call and greeted her mother-in-law.
Instead of hearing a question regarding the heirloom, Da-Jung heard a question if she was okay with all what was going on the social media and was surprised.
She also felt bad that this woman whom she considered as a mother was apologizing thinking that it was her fault.
"No, Mother-in-law! Please don't apologize. It is not your fault. People write what they have to write. I'm not bothered by it. Besides, Woo-Jin Oppa said that he will fix it. So, please don't make me feel bad by apologizing, Mother-in-law."
On the other end, Woo-Jin's mother was thrilled to hear Da-Jung addressing Woo-Jin as Woo-Jin Oppa. After knowing that her daughter-in-law had kept back the heirloom, Woo-Jin's mother was disappointed by Da-Jung.
Initially, she wanted her daughter-in-law to get back with her son but she also wanted to respect her daughter-in-law's decision.
But maybe, those things don't come off easy so, she was a little disappointed by Da-Jung keeping the heirloom back in its place. However, now after hearing her daughter-in-law call Woo-Jin as Oppa back in those days when they were married, Woo-Jin's mother couldn't help but feel elated.
She was thrilled to hear that. And that was enough to remove the disappointment from her face. She smiled and the two talked for a while and later hung up.
Da-Jung took a deep breath of relief and tossed the phone on the bed. Not because she was bored of talking with Woo-Jin's mother but because she was thinking about the heirloom.
Now that, Da-Jung was distracted from the news which was spreading like wildfire, she laid down on the bed to get some rest. Today's day was hectic and she wanted to close her eyes and sleep for a while; atleast have a short nap!
It hadn't even been five minutes since Da-Jung had closed her eyes to sleep, her phone rang; AGAIN!
She regretted of not having her phone on 'Switch-off' mode and then sleeping. With a long sigh, she took the phone which was lying on the far end of the bed and literally sprung up right as she witnessed the name on the screen.
The word 'Mom' sharpened her sleepy senses and she stared at the caller Id for a while.
"Does Mom know about it?"
"How did she know? What do I say?"
Da-Jung was now more doomed than ever. She laid down on the bed and wailed "Why now of all times?"