Chapter 34: Fine then, I will grant your wish
After the last shoot, Kang Si An looks around. He can't see his fake girlfriend anywhere. Worried that she ran away again, he gets up to look for her. He saw her talking to Ki Mi Ran earlier. These two girls have become best friends. It's unexpected to see someone like Ki Mi Ran to befriend Kwon Kyuri. Beautiful Ki Mi Ran has a pure heart, unlike that sly and cunning woman who wants to frustrate him to death. He wants to get closer to Ki Mi Ran, but he can't because everyone knows that Kwon Kyuri is his girlfriend.
"She threatened me." He is about to knock when he hears Ki Mi Ran's voice. "She told me to try my best to steal him from her. Tell me, aren't I the most beautiful girl in this country? If I want Kang Si An, I can have him anytime."
"Yes, Mi Ran." The female's voice belongs to the second female lead of the movie. "You are the most beautiful girl."
"Then, why Kang Si An can't see it? He should ditch that ugly duckling and come to me." Sound of glass breaking. "How daring of her to look down at me? Did you make sure to mix that powder in her drink?"
"Yes, she took the drink from me today. I saw her drinking it." There is a pause. "I locked her in the storage room. That perverted cameraman would go there after finishing the shoot. We should wait 15 minutes more before we take everyone there."
Kang Si An doesn't wait to hear more. He runs to the storage room. He sees the cameraman opening the door. "Stop."
The cameraman stops and frowns at him. "Is something wrong?"
"The director is looking for you." He stands in front of the door.
"Oh!" The cameraman frowns. "Mami Kim told me that there is someone here waiting for me."
"That person is with the director." Kang Si An clenches his fist. "Please go. They have been waiting for a while."
"Thank you for telling me." The cameraman leaves in a hurry.
Kang Si An goes inside the storage room. In the corner, he sees a small figure clutching her hair. She lifts her head when she hears his footsteps. Her face is flaming red.
"Kyuri, it's me." He approaches her slowly. "Do you feel sick?"
She doesn't answer him.
"I will take you to the hospital." He touches her arm hesitantly. Her skin is hot to touch. "Come with me."
She lunges on him suddenly and grabs his clothes. She reaches for his lips like a starving person and roughly kisses him before he can push her away. "Kyuri, bear with it. I will -"
She can't hear him or make sense of the words. Her body has been drugged by a strong aphrodisiac. Her mind is vague and incapable of rationality. She tries to kiss him again, but he locks her in his arms. "Don't. We can't. Just don't."
She looks up at him tearfully. "Pain."
He grabs the back of the head to keep her still. "Where?"
"It's burning." Her lips tremble weakly. "Please, Li Jun."
Kang Si An stares at her. Even in this state, she is calling him that. Last night, she also called him that. Feeling like a claw is trying to tear his heart into pieces, he looks at her furiously.
"Li Jun, I can't bear it."
"Saying that name while you are begging me, you have some courage, Kwon Kyuri." He grips her jaw. "Fine then, I will grant your wish."
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"She is fine." Doctor Yeom shows a strange smile. Kang Si An glances at her sleeping face. He nearly lost his self-control back then. This girl keeps testing him in unusual ways.
"I am curious why you would bring her here when you could solve the problem in more interesting ways." Doctor Yeom chuckles. "Kang Si An, she is your girlfriend, right?"
He scowls at him. "I don't like my woman wanting me because of a drug."
"Sure, I like your honorable ways." He laughs and leaves him alone with his girlfriend. Kang Si An glares at the sleeping girl. After, his anger dissipates and he scrutinizes her face. He wonders why he can't stay mad at this person. She is weird, stalkerish, and manipulative. She is either trying to tempt him or trying to kill him by making him so angry.
It's his fault that she got schemed by Mami Kim and Ki Mi Ran. He would teach them a lesson for touching his girlfriend. Fake girlfriend.
Her eyelids flutter. She slowly opens her eyes. When her eyes meet his eyes, she makes a face.
"Why do I see you whenever I am opening my eyes at the hospital?" She asks him, annoyed.
"Why do I find you whenever you are stabbed or getting schemed by other women?" He replies in the same tone. "Tell me who this Li Jun is."
She blinks her eyes and then, she looks away. "Did that second female lead of your movie mix something in my drink?"
She is changing the topic. "It's because you offended Ki Mi Ran. I get it that you are playing the role of my fake girlfriend. Do you have to challenge double personalities like her? If I didn't find you in time, you would have been violated by an old geezer and shamed in front of the crew."
Instead of being grateful, the girl says, "It was your fault that I got into that situation. Why don't you just look at that female lead? She seems like your type. Go to your nation's princess."
She tries to shoo him away. He clicks his tongue. This girl doesn't know how to thank him.
"You should go to your Li Jun," He tells her bitterly.
She gives him a nonchalant shrug and says, "I am most likely to go back to him. You don't have to tell me."
He stands up, mad. This shameless girl! "You can't go back to him until our contract is over. There should be no other man."
"Ha! Can you control where I can go or not?" She gives him a half-smile. "Kang Si An, you can't stop me."
Kang Si An has had enough. He suddenly bites her lips. She screams in pain. He lets her go instantly.
"Next time you see Li Jun, I would like to know how you will explain to him about my mark on your lips."