“Time?”

Miyeon realized that there were thorns in Maru’s words immediately after she said that word, but she did not apologize or make an awkward smile. In fact, she frowned and looked at Maru.

“I don’t know how you know about the madam, Mr. Maru, nor what you think about this incident, but this is not a matter you should get involved with so easily.”

Maru pulled on the newspaper article he still held on to. This was a problem that involved a lot of people and a lot of incidents. She was also almost used to their advantage after blindingly rushing into it, wasn’t she? Senior Dongwook told her to take it slow. That was a warning. This was something dangerous, so she did not plan on getting a high school student who just entered this industry involved in this.

She stuffed the article cutouts in her backpack and was just about to go back to her car when a strong grip held her hand back. Miyeon looked back at Maru with a bit of panic.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

“I understand that you’re worried about me and that you’re trying to prevent the reveal of this incident in a half-assed manner which would make the whole deal less significant. However, someone I know is involved with Lee Miyoon, and not in a good way.”

“With Lee Miyoon?”

“Yes.”

Miyeon looked down at her palms. Maru’s attitude...