Diamond Dust — Chapter 4

CAN I HELP YOU?

YOU COULD START BY TELLING ME YOUR NAME.

...IT'S SEO YEEHYEON.

EVEN YOUR NAME IS PRETTY.

CAN YOU RECOMMEND A PIECE FOR ME?

I'M JUST A TEMP. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY ASK SOMEONE ELSE...

IT'S FINE. JUST RECOMMEND ONE.

I'LL USE IT AS REFERENCE.

THEY BOTH LOOK BUSY...

I HELPED HANG THE PIECES YESTERDAY...

...SO I DO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S AROUND HERE...

WHERE ARE YOU PLANNING TO HANG IT?

HMM...

IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU RECOMMEND...THEN MAYBE THE BEDROOM?

WHAT A TEXTBOOK PLAYBOY LINE.

A PIECE THAT WOULD SUIT HIM...

THIS ONE?

THIS PAINTING?

YES.

THIS...

...IS MY PAINTING.

WHAT...?

KUN! COME HERE FOR A SECOND!

EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT.

SURE, MR. LIU.

MAKE IT QUICK.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YEEHYEON PICKED OUT WHEN I ASKED HIM TO RECOMMEND A PIECE?

HE CHOSE MY OWN PAINTING.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS ONE?

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS YOURS.

IT'S OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY.

IT FEELS LIKE IT'S LAYING EVERYTHING BARE, BUT IT'S ALSO HIDING SOMETHING.

IT FELT SIMILIAR TO YOU.

SO YOU THINK I'M LIKE THIS PAINTING? NOT HONEST?

IT WANTS TO BE HONEST, BUT IT CAN'T.

THAT'S THE EMOTION IT GIVES OFF.

IN A SENSE, SHOWING THAT FEELING IS HONEST IN AND OF ITSELF...

I THOUGHT IT RESEMBLED YOU.

OH...

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL INTERPRETATION, SO PLEASE DON'T MIND IT.

YEEHYEON.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER THIS?

THE EVENT ENDS AT SIX, RIGHT?

I HAVE TO CLEAN UP.

HE'S TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN YOU. YOU SURE YOU WANNA DO THIS?

HAVE I EVER TOLD HIM HOW OLD I AM?

GOOD WORK, EVERYONE!

TODAY'S SALES WERE PRETTY GOOD.

DIRECTOR HAN, DID YOU ACTUALLY READ THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S BOOK AND UNDERLINE IT?

WE PULLED TWO WEEKS OF OVERTIME TOGETHER. YOU REALLY THINK I HAD TIME FOR THAT?

SO THEN...?

YEEHYEON?

OH...

I JUST THOUGHT IT SHOULDN'T LOOK BRAND NEW.

I UNDERLINED A FEW LINES AND FOLDED SOME PAGES IN THE TAXI.

SINCE YOU SAID YOU’D BEEN READING IT...

AWW, YOU’RE SO SMART!

WHAT IF HE HAD GOTTEN OFFENDED THAT YOU HANDLED HIS BOOK LIKE THAT?

YOU WROTE IN IT AND CREASED THE PAGES...

A LOT OF PEOPLE HATE THAT.

I JUST THOUGHT IT NEEDED TO LOOK READ...

I’M SORRY.

WHAT ARE YOU APOLOGIZING FOR, YEEHYEON?

KUN, WHAT'S WITH YOU? AREN'T YOU GOING A BIT FAR?

I'M NOT CRITICIZING HIM.

I WAS JUST ASKING IF IT HAD CROSSED HIS MIND.

YOU'RE ALL ABOUT RESULTS AND NUMBERS, RIGHT?

YEEHYEON HELPED BOOST SALES, SO SHOULDN'T YOU BE GIVING HIM A BONUS INSTEAD OF GRILLING HIM?

I'M THE ONE WHO ASKED HIM TO HELP. DO YOU NOT LIKE HIM?

WHAT DOES THAT MATTER? HE'S JUST A TEMP.

IF YOU SAY I SHOULD GIVE HIM A BONUS, THEN I WILL.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

I'VE GOT AN AFTER-PARTY WITH OUR VVIP CLIENTS. HANDLE THE CLEANUP, PLEASE.

GOOD LUCK!!

SEE YOU TOMORROW!

HAA... I THOUGHT HE'D CHANGED, BUT HE'S STILL THE SAME.

HE'S ALWAYS LIKE THAT WITH NEW PEOPLE.

HE WAS EVEN WORSE WITH ME, SERIOUSLY.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CAME ON TO HIM.

HEY, THAT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS PHEROMONES! HE'S NOT EVEN MY TYPE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHY WOULD HE RELEASE HIS PHEROMONES AROUND YOU? YOU'RE A BETA.

MY POINT IS, IT'S NOT LIKE HE ESPECIALLY HATES YEEHYEON!

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS!

I SUDDENLY WONDERED...

...WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE TO BE "ESPECIALLY" HATED BY HIM.

NOT THAT I'LL EVER SEE HIM AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR THE RIDE.

IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO.

DO YOU...NOT PAINT ANYMORE?

I'M SORRY...

WHAT'S THERE TO BE SORRY ABOUT? I PUT MY BRUSH DOWN A LONG TIME AGO TOO.

IT'S JUST A SHAME, IS ALL. I REALLY LIKED YOUR WORK.

I LIKED YOURS TOO, MS. HAN.

I WAS HOPING TO FIND A BETTER TIME TO BRING THIS UP, BUT...

...YEEHYEON...

...I HEARD YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY.

THEY SAID THE FUNERAL WOULD BE FAMILY ONLY...

I WANTED TO REACH OUT, BUT I HAD NO WAY TO CONTACT YOU.

I'M SORRY, YEEHYEON.

IT'S OKAY. I WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME.

BESIDES, THERE WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING YOU COULD'VE DONE, ANYWAY...

MORE THAN THAT, THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME WITH THIS WORK AFTER ALL THIS TIME.

YOU'RE THE ONE HELPING ME! YOU'VE SEEN THE STATE MY HOUSE IS IN.

SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC...

...WOULD YOU CONSIDER WORKING AS A LIVE-IN HELPER AT MY HOUSE?

WHAT?

I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORK.

AND YOU'RE STAYING WITH YOUR COUSIN RIGHT NOW, AREN'T YOU?

WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER IF YOU JUST LIVED AT MY PLACE?

MS. HAN...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THAT FAR...

I KNOW.

I JUST WANT TO HELP YOU.

TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED. JUST THINK ABOUT IT, OKAY?

OKAY...

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LOT EASIER FOR THOSE TWO IF I MOVED OUT...

...BUT AM I REALLY READY TO BE APART FROM THEM?

YOU'RE PATHETIC, SEO YEEHYEON.

Sat, May 17 at This is Seo Yeehyeon, right? 10:33 PM Let's meet up, just the two of us.