Neither Mijoo nor Chanwoo picked up their phones. They told her they were going to drink back when she was at the sandwich store, so they should be at the bar. Those two were the type who never cared about other things when they were drinking. It was her who said that they could do so too. Her manager, Chanwoo, would react to the sound of a text message even during his sleep if it was working hours, but on days like this when work ended early, he would be surprisingly ignorant of his phone. As for Mijoo, there was no way she would receive an urgent work call, so she would act on her own once work was over.

She had already texted them five times and made an innumerable number of calls. She wished for them to pick up when they went to the bathroom or something, but there had been no news for over 40 minutes. She left the bedroom and went out to the veranda. She could see Maru’s car leaving the parking lot. She was going to drive them back, but it seemed that Maru noticed and acted first.

She took out some cold water to soothe herself before calling again. The idol song that she had heard to death entered her ear once again. This was supposed to be a song she had heard for the first time today, but she could recite the lyrics already. Was she not going to pick up this time as well? She...