To Kiss An Idol

101 The News

Instantly, Jae-Hwa asked in English, “okay, now you, talk.” Kyung-Soo gasped with shock when he realised that the conversation till now was happening in Korean. He was so glad and impressed with Nivritti, she talked in Korean like a native. Her pronunciations were on point. He suddenly realised that Nivritti’s tonal quality was different when she was talking in Korean. The voice was slightly husky which tickled the ear at the right places.

“What?” asked Jae-Geun.

“I asked and you said no, she asked and you said okay, I will have a cheesecake,” mocked Jae-Hwa.

“Jae!!” Nivritti shouted again.

“You know we are in her debt. We cannot deny anything she asks,” replied Jae-Geun.

“Really? You cannot deny? Then give me all your property,” taunted Nivritti. Kyung-Soo pursed his lips and sniggered at her tease. It was clear that she was doing the thing that he suggested her to do, even though she was joking.

“What?” asked Jae-Geun, shocked.

“Yes, your property. Give me that and I will consider our debt to be settled,” replied Nivritti in all seriousness.

“Ha-ha, good one, take his property,” Jae-Hwa laughed at her brother.

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“Hey! You too are in my debt, I want your property too. I think I should quit my job and become a real estate businesswoman,” said Nivritti.

“Do whatever you want. I am not giving my property to you,” teased Jae-Hwa back.

Jae-Geun spoke, “I really can’t tell if you both are serious or kidding.”

“Don’t mind him. I don’t know how he became a doctor. He has no sense of sarcasm. He is an idiot,” commented Jae-Hwa.

And both the girls started laughing loudly. Hearing her genuine laugh, Kyung-Soo’s heart jumped with happiness. He really wanted to thank Jae-Hwa from the core of his heart. She made Nivritti extremely happy.

“Hey!” shouted Jae-Geun.

“Sir? What do you need?” asked Kyung-Soo’s server, impatiently.

“Oh sorry! I will have a black coffee and a piece of your best chocolate cake,” replied Kyung-Soo. Nivritti heard his voice and abruptly stopped laughing. She was about to turn around to find who was sitting behind her when Jae-Hwa shouted in shock.

“What is that?”

Both Nivritti and Jae-Geun turned in the direction, Jae-Hwa was looking in. Kyung-Soo turned in their direction stealthily and saw that they were staring at one of the televisions inside the café. His face kept flashing on the screen along with the picture of the actress.

“Excuse me!” shouted Jae-Hwa.

“Yes, ma’am,” a server came towards her.

“Could you turn that TV up?”

“Of course,” replied the server.

The server took out a remote from her back pocket and turned up the volume. The TV chimed with Kyung-Soo’s news. “And he denied everything in his last live streaming which he held with his team members. Before that K&Q’s PR team too issued a statement that he was at home two nights ago. There has been no statement from Soon Myeong or her agency. The man she was seen with on the Eurwangni beach is yet to be identified. We tried contacting Soon Myeong and her team but unfortunately, there is no answer from them. Let’s go to our correspondent for further news. Lee Byung-Joon, what is the latest in the scandal that has engulfed Nam Kyung-Soo once again.”

Kyung-Soo facepalmed at that sentence. No matter how many times he clarified that he had nothing to do with Soon Myeong, the media was still calling it one of his scandals.

“Let me correct you, Seo Il-Sung, it has been clear that ASD member Nam Kyung-Soo had nothing to with this scandal and we must stop saying that. The man seen with Soon Myeong looked similar to him, but it was not him. As sharp-eyed ASDians pointed out that the man in the video has a blue hint in his hair whereas Nam Kyung-Soo has completely black hair. Even though that man was tall but if we see clearly and match his height with Soon Myeong, we will find that the man in the video is a tad shorter than Nam Kyung-Soo,” said Lee Byung-Joon.

“Good points, Lee Byung-Joon. So, what’s next?” asked Seo Il-Sung.

“Well, we are standing outside Soon Myeong’s house waiting for her arrival. She has a shoot to go to. We will try to get an answer from her. Hopefully, she will talk to us and give us some clarity about the rumours. Rest assured as soon we know anything. We will tell our viewers,” said Lee Byung-Joon.

“Meanwhile, we will show you the footage where Nam Kyung-Soo is giving the statement in his live streaming about Soon Myeong,” said Seo Il-Sung.

The television flashed the footage of the last live streaming where every member was dressed in beautiful suits. “”After the laughing subsided, the producer asked again, “speaking of scandal, King, you heard what everyone is saying about you?”

The atmosphere suddenly changed and turned more serious. “Yes, I got the news in the morning after I woke up. It was a shock to me.” Korain held his hand under the desk to give him support.

“Why is that?” the producer asked.

Kyung-Soo took a deep breath and replied, “we get limited days to rest. Our schedule for Rencontre is jampacked. We get so tired after all the practise and work that we don’t even get time to finish our household chores. And people think I went out, met with an actress, started dating her and then went to a beach to meet with her, that too late at night. Tell me when do I get time to do such things?”

“What do you want to tell to ASDians?” asked the producer.

“That I have never met Soon Myeong-ssi in my life. How people could think that the man she was with was me is beyond my belief. As per the official statement of K&Q, I too second that no member of ASD has anything to do with her and none of us were present anywhere near the beach last night. Please don’t believe in rumours and I would request the media outlets to fact check every piece of news that they spread in the world. It is high time that we hold them responsible for the same. I know this is the era of the internet but that does not mean that anyone can put anything out in the world. We need to verify every piece of news before talking about it or spreading it further.”

The footage ended.””