Chapter 56 - Round 1

The glamorous, beautiful woman coming downstairs from the cafe's upper store floor, Yoon Ji Ah, changed her snob expression to one of extreme disgust when she spotted Ye Rim and Eun Ha next to the exit. She looked like she wished to unsee them as she exchanged words with a cafe's employee, looking nervous and shaken, but apparently unable to ignore them. Suddenly she turned and strutted straight to their table.

With the same age as Ye Rim and Eun Ha, the elegant woman looked out of a magazine cover, with a sober and elegant outfit matching her accessories; her beautiful, shiny black hair falling like silk on her back. She was the epitome of Korean beauty. The woman stared at them, her face locked in a cynical and mocking expression, saying nothing in a first moment.

Ye Rim, who pretended to look out the window while sipping her now cold coffee, turned with an astonished expression worthy of an actress:

"Oh? Oh Ji Ah! Omo, girl, you look so good!" of course Ye Rim knew this was not the expected reaction, as they had slapped each other in the past and deeply hated each other. But seeing Ji Ah and her embarrassed and furious reaction made her feel bad for carrying on a grudge from a time when both were just girls fighting for who knows what. She still couldn't get the grudge out of her heart, but she felt at that point she was prepared to try doing it. And if she didn't take the first step, who would?

"Ah ?! Yeah, thanks," said the other girl, blushing, with a surprised and embarrassed smile. "This hair color looks good on you, Ye Rim! Long time no see!"

"Wow, yes! Thank you!" Ye Rim was victorious for trying and taking the first step to overcome their differences. "What have you been up to?"

The newcomer looked around and saw Eun Ha. Pretending there was no one there, she sat beside the fairy on the bench, and held out her hand for Ye Rim to see her sparkling engagement ring. Ye rim shrieked,

"Oh, how pretty! Congratulations! Who's the lucky one?"

"Congratulations!" Eun Ha leaned toward the newcomer, and curiously examined the ring as it was on Ji Ah's side. "Two carats, huh? Is it real or a zirconia?"

Ji Ah bit her lip, but said nothing to Eun Ha, looking at Ye Rim, who felt appraised from head to toes. "Ah, you can only be kidding that you don't know who he could be…?"

"Should I have known?!" Ye Rim tried to get around the situation, she didn't want to make the conversation unpleasant, but also wouldn't admit to knowing that Ji Ah had a longtime dating with a HTN host. It was like admitting that she cared and followed Ji Ah's life. What she didn't do. But it would look like if she admitted to knowing.

"Are you really going to sit next to someone and ignore that person?" Eun Ha leaned a little toward Ji Ah, clearly annoying her.

Ji Ah looked at the fairy out of the corner of her eye, and just muttered, "I thought it was a scarecrow signaling an out of order seat. An old broom with an overcoat on it. I didn't know it was a person. I'm sorry."

Eun Ha narrowed her eyes, and muttered, "Some people never change. They don't even learn from losing suits." Ye Ri stared hard at her unnie, urging her to stop teasing the former Bombshell's member, but it seemed to make no effect.

"Unless you want to make it into a fight ring, I'm just talking to my former agency colleague. Just ignore me for a moment, I'm just going to greet Ye Rim, forgive me if I don't feel obligated to greet the person who sued me for assault."

"Oh, so-rry! Does a celebrity attack a fan of her own group and thinks she shouldn't be sued? I really am a obtuse person, on which planet do I live...?" feigning an innocent tone, Eun Ha poured out.

"Let's forget about the past," Ye Rim interfered, a little more aggressively than she would have liked, and then better modulated her tone to sound pleasant. "I want to forget that horrible incident. Actually, I think that's what we ALL should do. Change is welcome, isn't it? Ji Ah will start a new life, get married and start a family… And we also changed a lot, don't we? I am a mindful person. The anger and resentment are gone. Peace is in me, I wish that peace be in you as well. Namaste Ahn? Namaste."

Eun Ha and Ji Ah blinked in astonishment, and Ji Ah replied, a little confused, "Yes… Great! I agree! A new life, no hard feelings. It suits me and this new moment of mine," she sounded pretentious and full of herself again, remembering once again that she was engaged with a healthy man. The fairy rolled her eyes beside her so that Ye Rim could see, but the singer pretended to ignore it.

"How are the preparations going?" Ye Rim asked casually, just to keep a conversation.

"Well, we plan to have the ceremony in May. It's a bit overwhelming! Too many things to see and decide! Where will the honeymoon, the dress, the wedding parlor… Maybe you can give me some advice… You have always been the best at everything, your advice is precious… "Ji Ah looked at Ye Rim's hands, without any rings like,

"Oh! Did I say something wrong? Hadn't you found the man of your life? I thought I understood that the last time we met! Haha, you were pretty confident and even a bit overblown that day, by the side of that oppa!"

Eun Ha turned to Ye Rim, worried!