If you keep doing it, you’ll find that you’ve become an actress.

They were words that gently pushed her on. They were also words that told her that her efforts until now had not been in vain.

She had heard similar encouragement from other people a few times, but this was the first time she felt relieved. For some reason, she felt like tearing up.

Seungah fanned herself with her hands to blow away the heat, along with her urge to cry.

"Would you like some more of this?" Seungah offered him half of the panini. She felt like she would start crying if they stayed silent like this. Crying in front of a man she had met for the first time today was something she felt like she must not do.

"They say it's zero calories if you enjoy it."

She handed the panini directly into Maru's hands. She even smiled slightly. The twinging sensation in her nose died down.

Seungah wiped her eyes while pretending to yawn. When she was young, she was quick to cry. Even during middle school, she would sometimes cry in secret from her friends while reading a short novella in the textbook.

She felt like she was being too childish and thus started holding back her tears from some time onwards. When she kept doing it, it...