Solbin wouldn't be so quick to forgive her friend if it weren't for the fact that Ara found herself in a really difficult situation.
Who would have thought that Daddy's beloved little girl would be thrown out of her home, without any means of livelihood? Her father got mad when she confessed to him that, not being in her right mind, she had married a man she doesn't know at all. He pointed out to her that until she divorced him, she was not to show her face to him. He called her a reckless git and pointed out that she had let him down all the way.
The girl heart broke when she showed up in front of a neighborhood store late one evening, spotting her best friend there, who was sitting at a table pouring soju into a plastic cup.
She sat down across from her, looking at her sad face with concern in her eyes.
- I knew your father wouldn't be happy when you confessed the truth to him, but I wouldn't have guessed that he would do something so cruel. How can his only daughter be thrown out of the house because she unknowingly made a mistake?
Ara raised her face and looked at her friend with misty eyes.
- This is the life of the rich. You are their beloved daughter as long as you are polite and do everything they tell you to do. The best thing is that they arrange your whole life. What do you think? Why did the father get mad? I know very well that he planned to marry me off for business. Soon I was to meet a candidate who came from a wealthy family. I ruined his plans. - The redhead snorted under her breath, then tipped another portion of alcohol into her mouth.
- Don't drink anymore, it won't help you in any way. - Solbin snatched the cup from her hand. However, Ara did not give up drinking and grabbed the bottle in her hand.
- And what am I supposed to do now that I'm left destitute? I don't even have a place to live.
- Do you think I'll let you sleep on the street? You will stay at my place for a while. My apartment is thirty-five square meters, but it's warm and will accommodate all of us. My parents are understanding, they love you like their daughter.
The redhead wept loudly, hiding her face behind her hands.
- Your father is a good man. He wouldn't throw you out on the street if you married a foreign guy, and he would help you and find a solution for you. Your parents are good people.
Solbin took her hand and squeezed it tightly to give her encouragement.
- I will help you. So will my parents. You will not be left alone, Ara, not in such a situation.
She looked at her friend with eyes red from crying.
- I promise I will only stay for a few days. I will find some solution. I may be a spoiled princess and have two left hands, but I will go to work to take care of myself. In this life, I will definitely not go back to the family home! Not after what they did to me, how they treated me!
The black mascara on her cheeks, which had run down with her tears, dried up, making her look like a ghoul.
- I won't tell you that everything will be fine, but you're a tough girl, so I have no doubt that you'll make it through.
- Having a dear friend like you, no doubt. - Ara smiled at Solbin, grateful to the heavens that she has at least one person in her life who will extend a helping hand to her, no matter how difficult the situation.
*
Ara felt like crying when she thanked Solbin's parents after finishing her meal. She got up from the table and bowed low, which made these people uncomfortable.
- I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life.
- It's no problem, Ara. There will be an extra place to sleep, and meals will not be lacking either. Make yourself at home," the woman stated, smiling cheerfully at her.
- I apologize for the inconvenience. I promise to stay with you for a few days until I find something else.
- You can stay here as long as you need. The more of us there are, the merrier.
The redhead smiled in gratitude at her friend's parents.
- You are wonderful people. I have always envied Solbin's family warmth. At my home, it was never there. Today my parents proved how cold their hearts are.
- It's sad how your parents reacted, but maybe, when their anger passes, they will understand that they should help you?
- I don't believe so. My father has indicated that until I get a divorce, and I may not apply for one until next month, I am not to show my face to them. It seems to me that he is more angry about the fact that I did something behind their backs and missed the chance for his plans.
Father Solbin shook his head.
- I don't mean to judge your parents, but I don't understand this kind of behavior. You are their daughter, they should do everything to help you. Every child is entitled to make mistakes. I would probably yell at Solbin, but I would do everything to make her happy.
Ara nodded her head.
- This is precisely how parents should be. You are an enviable father.
Solbin smiled at her parents, being grateful to them for what wonderful people they are. She wouldn't give them up for any wealth. They are everything to her, nothing else she needs for happiness.
The girls helped clean up after dinner, then returned to Solbin's room. The redhead lay down on the mattress that her friend's mother had prepared for her earlier. She looked at her phone, but there was no call from her parents.
They didn't give a damn what happened to her. Before she left the house, her father yelled that she should live with her husband if she wanted to be independent, that he should now take responsibility for her. He was so furious that he didn't care at the time what happened to her.
- I never would have guessed that the day would come when I would be kicked out of my home by my parents. That night in Thailand turned my life into a nightmare, and I still can't understand how that stupid guy is my lawful husband.
The gray-haired woman sighed heavily, unable to answer her question.
- Witchcraft — Mary? - She shrugged her shoulders, and her facial expression amused her hitherto grim friend.
- I will start believing in magic, seriously.
Both girls broke into laughter.
- We'll manage. We'll make a life for ourselves. We are already grown up, we can't rely on our parents all our lives.
- So I will be the first to enter the world of adulthood. - Ara stretched out on the mattress and looked up at the ceiling. - Who would have thought that at such a young age I would become the wife of someone I had only seen twice with my eyes?
- And who would have thought that I would be called back for an interview? I was already losing the remnants of hope....
The redhead shifted her gaze to her.
- So you're no longer worried about losing your virginity, not remembering if your first time was fun?
Solbin raked her with her eyes.
- I'm trying to forget about it, so please don't remind me that I'm wicked.
- Wicked? Come on. Everything is human, everything must be tried in life. Sex is sex. Everyone does it.
- But I wanted to spend my first time with someone I would love.
Ara snorted under her breath.
- Your pussy would be overgrown with cobwebs before you found the love of your life, please....
The gray-haired woman turned her back, pretending to be offended.
- It's not my fault that I can't fall in love," she muttered in a whisper. - I read too many online stories and books in my teenage years, so now I'm waiting for the perfect prince...
- That's why I say you'd be overgrown with cobwebs before you found one. Life is not a fairy tale, so if you freak out, you'll never scratch a man's balls.
She felt like laughing at her friend's words, but stifled it to pretend she was offended by the destruction of her dreams.
- That's why I'd rather be alone than scratch some man's balls....
*
Her stomach ached with nerves as she stood in front of the door to the conference room where the job interviews were being held. She felt like throwing up, so every now, and then she took a deep breath to release the stress.
She waited for them to call her name, but the longer it took, the more nervous she became.
- Mrs. Oh Solbin? - An elderly woman left the room, asking her to come inside. The girl corrected her hair and, directed by her, sat down in a chair that was opposite the person who was conducting the interview.
The person was a man in his 30s, presumably the director of the company. She felt embarrassed when he carefully measured her and smiled under his breath.
- Ms. Oh Solbin... what do you think the ideal secretary should be? - He asked by way of introduction.
The gray-haired woman swallowed her saliva harder and, clenching her hands into a fist, analyzed the answer in her head for a moment.
- I think a secretary should learn new things all the time and take care of her superior as if she were herself. For me, she is a person who should have a good heart and perform the assigned tasks with ease.... A real secretary has to prove that she is suitable for this position.
- Then I will ask you another question. What do you think is the most important thing in a secretary's job?
- I think great cooperation with the supervisor.
She watched as the man nodded, then smiled again. She didn't know what she should think about this. The successive questions he asked her made her relax and not as tense as at the very beginning.
She thought she had done quite well during that conversation. At that moment, she dreamed of nothing more than to receive confirmation that she had gotten the job.
- It will be fine," she muttered under her breath as she left the company.
Her attention was caught by a young man who got out of his car dressed in a cornflower suit. He tucked the remote control into his pants pocket and headed toward the entrance. For a moment, she wondered where she recognized him from, and when he smiled in her direction, she felt like running away where the pepper grows.
The girl remembered...
She wasn't going to wait for him to approach her. She thought she would never meet him again, but life decided to mock her, and she didn't even get away because her heel got stuck in the metal doormat. The girl jerked so hard to free herself that she would have fallen if Jungkook hadn't grabbed her forearm at the right moment.
- You can let me go," she turned to him sternly, feeling like burning with shame when she thought of facing the man she had spent the night with.
- First you left me alone in my room in the morning, and now you treat me so coldly? - He grumbled, then bent down to help her pull her heel out of the doormat bars. - I feel used.
These words made her completely panic. She had no doubt that she had lost her virginity to him that night.
- What are you talking about?
Jungkook straightened up and put his hand in her hair.
- About the fact that you first wanted to spend the night with me, offered it to me yourself, and then left without a word. I was sad," he said.
Solbin furrowed her eyebrows, piercing him with her eyes.
- I don't know if I was drunk or stoned, but I don't remember anything, so I might as well say that it was you who took advantage of me against my will.
He felt as if she had slapped him in the face with these words.
- I beg your pardon? - He crossed his arms over his chest, unable to believe that she was accusing him of rape.
- I don't remember what happened that night, but if I actually slept with you, I made the biggest mistake of my life, so don't show me your face, you bastard," she announced to his face, then turned around intending to walk away, but he grabbed her hand and kept her with him.
- Listen... - he began, so she looked over her shoulder. - You have no right to call me a bastard if you don't remember anything. I remember everything very accurately, and I can tell you in detail what you did. Would you like to hear how you got on top of me, asking me to make you a woman?
She opened her eyes wider, outraged by his attitude.
- Who do you think I am?
- I can ask the same question of you, so don't accuse me if you don't remember what happened that night. - He let go of the girl and, piercing her with his eyes, entered the company from which she had left moments earlier.
She couldn't believe what she was hearing. He was a bastard who had taken advantage of her when she was intoxicated, and now he was accusing her of getting into his bed herself!
She rested her hands on her hips, looking toward the company entrance.
- What is this asshole even doing here? Is this some kind of fatality?
Sitting on a bench nearby, the shamrock woman laughed under her breath as she added more scenes in her notebook. She was excited for the combination of drama and comedy she offered her main characters.
- This will undoubtedly be the drama of the year....