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"When was this chandelier installed?" the detective asked, his eyes searching through the place attentively, not wanting to miss any detail that could be hidden.

"Just hours ago" one of the women said with a stuttering voice, calming herself minutes after the daunting event.

"Who came to install it?" the man, holding his straight posture with a serious gaze meeting the woman, waited for a quick response from her.

"It was a young man. His name is-" she quickly went to take some files out of her desk and searched through a very organized stack of papers. "His name is Park Jun Seo"

"Any of you recognize that name?" the detective asked the girls and So Yi Jeong. Almost all of them shook their heads. Only one stood there with a startled look. Ga Eul couldn't even nod at the moment from how unlikely it was that she knew the name of possible perpetrator. The detective noticed her shocked stare and took a step towards her.

"Do you recognize this name?" his eyes were replete of curiosity. Each and everyone present were waiting very quietly for Ga Eul's response.

However, before she could talk, someone entered the place in lot of hurry. The loud gasps turned their heads to see who it was. Out of everyone Eun Jae stood up to meet him and received an embrace.

"Did you get hurt?" he immediately asked and examined her face and hands. She quickly shook her head with a little smile now that Il Hyun was there.

"How did you know about this situation?" the detective wore a questioning face while inspecting the young man's expression.

"Eun Jae called me" his immediate reply made it clear to the detective that it wasn't something to be suspicious about.

Tae Hyun, as he was named, was one of the most capable investigators in all of South Korea. There was no crime that couldn't be solved if he came across it. In fact, the love for his job was indeed extraordinary that he expanded his knowledge for cases that needed more reasoning than action. It was then no wonder why the detective was so acclaimed inside the country. His keen ability to scrutnize and decipher intricate details and sequences taken in a crime scene by simply looking at someone's reactions was both intriguing and admirable.

Looking up to the ceiling once more, the detective sighed and walked near the country bumpkin. "This chandelier could have killed you instantly, and whoever did this didn't care whether or not it hit you."

Ga Eul was still thinking of the name. She was in shock. The only one who she knew with that name besides her was...

"What do you mean?" the voice of the Casanova grabbed her attention and shook her private thought away.

"It's clear that whoever did this wanted to send a message. If that person would have really wanted to kill her, the chances of the chandelier falling over her after taking the screws are of minuscule possibility. So, it's quite clear that this is actually a message to stop something.." he looked directly into the eyes of Ga Eul and Yi Jeong. "...or someone"

"Or maybe it was an accident" Eun Jae interjected.

"How could it be an accident?" a slight hint of annoyance was perceived on his voice. Apparently no one wanted to believe the facts that were too obvious for him. However, he remained silent and listened to what she was about to say.

"Maybe he forgot to put it on. Everyone can forget things like this" after that she wanted to disappear when she felt that everyone's eyes were set on her. She mentally slapped herself for trying to be "positive", but it wasn't working at all.

Straining with deep irritation, the man begin to walk to the door, stopping in front of it. "This wasn't an accident at all" he had his back face them.

"Dear miss Ga Eul, I'm sure you might have an idea of who the culprit is." his head turned to the side giving a quick glance at her. "I will be contacting you very soon"

A deep silence stood right when he left. Noone spoke. Everyone was having a hard time believing what just happened and what the detective said. The palms of many were touching Ga Eul's shoulder as she was lost in her own thought. Maybe Eun Jae is right, she thought. Maybe he forgot to put the... another thought interrupted her. The name was very familiar to her.

"Ga Eul" someone shook her shoulder. "We should get out of here" her worried boyfriend urged as he waited for her to stand up and leave. No one said anything else, not even Jae Kyung. Everybody else stood inside the store.

"Do you really think that was meant for Ga Eul?" Jan Di asked to the others while her eyes were still fixed on the couple getting inside the car.

"I don't know" Eun Jae replied.

"Well, I don't think there is someone who hates you beside the evil witch of Gu Jun Pyo's mother, and as we all know she is far away, so she couldn't have hurt you" Jae Kyung began to explain with ease, but her words just made the commoner seriously frown at her.

"Eun Jae, well, she is a sweetheart. I don't think that-" giving a pause and looking at Il Hyun "and I'm sorry to say this- but that second witch loves you for what Ga Eul has told us. I mean, she didn't say that she was a witch, but come on! we know she is." an awkward slap found itself on the side of female potter's arm to see if she agreed with the monkey, but nothing. No word came out of her, and the silence lingered there for a moment soon after when Jae Kyung broke it.

"And me, nobody hates me" she chuckled with a lot of confidence on what she thought was a fact.

"Woo Bin" Jan Di said through coughs.

"Yah!" offended, she slightly nudged her on the side while the others tried to hold their laughs. Everybody knew about her tragic love story with the Don Juan of the F4, Song Woo Bin.

"As I was saying, everyone loves me"

"Jae Kyung is completely right. Someone must be after Ga Eul" Il Hyun's voice sounded worried as he hugged Eun Jae from behind.

"Do you think, by any chance, that maybe...it was your mother behind this?" it was a question that took her lots of guts to ask. It wasn't easy to put someone's mother as a suspect, and especially when that person is related to her friends, but there was always room for the doubt. Jan Di thought about possible scenario, and that was Gu Jun Pyo's mother and how she made her life miserable before.

"My mom would never do that" his gaze went completely serious about it.

"Sorry, I was just..." she didn't know how to apologize so instead the commoner kept silence.

"We should get going now" that was her last words before Eun Jae pulled her boyfriend out of the store, leaving no view of where they were going to. The two remaining girls didn't know what to do after all, but soon enough Jae Kyung recommended to go and eat at a restaurant she liked so they could finally leave the bridal shop. During the ride, multiple thoughts were bothering her all the way as she couldn't stop thinking about how there could have been strange behavior of possible suspect present at the time the accident occurred. She began to trace her memory back to when they were waiting for Eun Jae to come out. Everyone was there, visible to her eyes except...

"We are here!" the monkey screamed excitedly as she jumped out of the cab. Jan Di looked at her with a small smile, she didn't know if it was best to express her the odd behaviors or to keep them for herself. Maybe she was overreacting, maybe she was being paranoid, that's what the commoner thought to herself.

"You should eat something" Yi Jeong stopped at a red light and looked at her. She was consumed in worries. The only thing that was stuck on her mind was that name, that's why she didn't respond to the potter.

Touching the side of her arm, she woke up from the trance and looked at him with big eyes, unaware that he called her several times before. The Casanova glanced at her fragile hands at that moment and could see they were shaking. It wasn't winter or a cold weather that could explain her trembling but the fear of almost getting killed by someone who planned it.

Green light. Yi Jeong held her hand and that's when she realized he was aware of how she is feeling right now. "I want to go home" she said in a low voice.

The car behind them honked as the Casanova didn't move. Ignoring all of the impatient people that were crazily making loud noises behind, he kept looking at the country bumpkin and smiled. "Ga Eul" she turned to glance at his eyes. "I will always be here to protect you. From now on, I won't let you be alone. Ever" slowly, he came close to her face and closed his eyes for what he was about to feel.

"Yi Jeong sunbae" abruptly stopping him from touching her lips, he opened his eyes. "Yes?"

"You should drive the car, people are waiting for you" she looked away at the window. He didn't understand her. All he was trying was to cheer her up, but at that moment the serious thought of almost getting killed wasn't something to take so lightly and that could be forgotten easily. Even though he wasn't the victim in this case, he knew more than anyone how it feels to be in danger. That brought him back the memory of when he put his life at risk for protecting and saving the country bumpkin, who by that time wasn't even his girlfriend. Now that they moved on to a more serious relationship, even the thought of someone hurting her made him mad and desperate to keep away anything or anyone that could snatch Ga Eul's happiness.

Holding the streering wheel with a strong grip, he couldn't but think of how to solve this problem. Someone out there was sure to cause more trouble, and he could feel it. The question is, who is causing this..? An image of someone materilized in his mind but he immediately shook off the thought. It was impossible. But the doubt stood whether it was the person or not...

"Tomorrow, we have to decide about the invitations" as soon as the car stopped in front of the building where she lives, he didn't want to miss the opportunity to see how she feels by the way she responds.

"I know" her voice sounded lost, like it didn't matter to her what he was talking about. Now, opening the door, she glanced at him and tried to give a smile. Ga Eul knew it wasn't his fault but she needed time alone to think about...the name!

Once again she remembered it. That familiar name, it really hurt her to even hear it now. The only one who knew with that name is someone she thought it could be trusted. All these years and even if silence was part of their awkward friendship, she felt really comfortable around him. Questions were unclear; why would he do this? what has she done to him?

"I will be picking you up tomorrow right after school. Okay?" Yi Jeong looked at her uncertainly of what to say next, but as soon as she replied with a nod, the country bumpkin closed the door and walked inside the building.

Her hands were shaking as she sought for the phone inside her messy purse. When it was found, she not only dropped it once but thrice on the floor from how nervous she was. Searching through the long list of contacts, the only name that was mentioned before in the bridal shop appeared. Glancing at it, she was debating herself whether to call him or not. Many minutes passed and she was still staring at the name while walking from side to side in the living room, until she couldn't take it anymore and threw the phone to the wall from how angry she was to herself.

"Why can't you just confront him, Ga Eul?" she asked herself furiously.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and she jumped from fear of the sudden noise. "Who is it?" walking slowly close to the door, she put her ear next to it and waited for someone to talk.

"It's me, a phantom from the past" even when the person tried to sound spooky, the voice was already very familiar for the commoner.

"Come in" she quickly said after opening the door to see Jae Kyung standing very oddly against it, almost falling to the floor.

"Yah!" she exclaimed in a scolding matter. "Haven't your parents teach you to not open the door to strangers?" she pointed her finger so close to her it was touching her nose, making Ga Eul's eyes squint.

"What brings you here?" the heavy bags she was carrying at that moment worried her, and as soon as she threw it to a corner it really worried her more.

"I'm staying here with you. Isn't that great?" Jae Kyung exclaimed in excitement as she threw herself to the couch, acting like she was at home. Ga Eul was still in shock and trying to process everything she just said, but it was impossible to think that someone like her suddenly decides that for her own and without consulting. Wait, this is Jae Kyung I'm talking about, she thought to herself while pushing her legs out of the couch and sitting down.

"What happened, unnie?" the monkey wasn't acting like her strange self and Ga Eul knew it more than anyone. Something happened from the look in her eyes trying to hide the important reasons of being there.

Heaving a big sigh, Jae Kyung's gaze changed immediately when it was obvious to her friend's eyes how she was feeling inside. "I got kicked out of my apartment"

"Why?" she got more close to her with deep worry.

"Because of this" showing her a piece of paper right in front of her face, she took it from her hands and began to read everything. After a some minutes of skimming through all the information, she gasped with an offended look and grabbed her phone immediately. "Who does he think he is?" pushing the buttons really hard from how mad she was, she waited for him to answer the call, but Jae Kyung stopped her by taking her phone away.

"No, don't do that"

"Why not?" Ga Eul asked, wanting a solid reason before starting a fight to get her phone back. Jae Kyung didn't have one, there was no reason she could find out why he was doing this to her.

Then, someone else knocked on the door and both turned to look at it a bit surprised. "Are you waiting for someone?" the monkey asked but she shook her head.

"Who is it?" walking quickly to the side of the door, she waited for a reply.

"It's Song Woo Bin"

Jae Kyung's eyes grew big, her mouth dropped and she didn't know what to do. "Don't open the door" she whispered and signaled her to come close to her, but Ga Eul didn't. The smile on her face scared the monkey as she knew what was going through her friend's mind.

"Is someone there with you, maybe, Yi Jeong?" the commoner rolled her eyes at this when she imagined how his face looked like when saying it. He was a total pervert.

"Please, you need to hide me" the monkey begged with desperation, even to the point where she knelt on the floor. But Ga Eul's hand was already touching the doorknob. Seeing this, she immediately went on an alert mode.

"Hide me! You need to hide me!" she ordered the country bumpkin while taking Ga Eul's hand off the doorknob. Ga Eul shook her head.

"Yes, someone is here" she answered back to the Don Juan who was still waiting on the other side of the door.

"Consider yourself dead meat if you don't hide me now, Ga Eul" she said her name. It was serious now and she knew it. Jae Kyung was never this serious before, and she even mentioned her name.

"Okay" pointing at her bedroom, the monkey there ran quickly and locked herself in before her friend could open the door.

"What took you so long?" he asked, walking towards the couch like it was his house.

"Uumm..we need to talk" out of nowhere she hit him on the side of the arm and he looked at her very surprised and acting like it hurt a lot.

"What was that for?"

"Why was Jae Kyung kicked out of her apartment?" she didn't even want to sit down but instead stood right in front of him like a mother scolding his child. His face changed in an instant when she mentioned her.

"What do I have to do with that?" he took a sigh as he knew they were going to have a conversation about someone whose name he didn't even like to hear.

"This" she showed her the paper. He didn't even need to read it to know about what it was. A small smile appeared on his face as if from satisfaction for what he did.

"Why are you smiling?" she hit him this time on the head.

"My family bought this place, so that means I own it. One of the rules I stipulated was to not bring animals inside, even for a minute or they would get kicked out. That's it. So she didn't follow my rules" a smirk was shown again on his face and Ga Eul couldn't understand why, but she ignored it for now.

"Take her back. She doesn't have anywhere else to go for tonight" she wasn't asking or begging, indeed she was ordering him to do so. Woo Bin looked at her in disbelief and shook his head firmly.

"Once you break them you can't go back in" he crossed his arms in sign that he wasn't going to change his opinion.

"Alright, alright." Ga Eul gives up. "Woo Bin sunbae..." she paused, uncertain if to ask or not. He looked at her and waited.

"Do you still..."

"NO" he cut her off quickly. "Why does this subject have to come around each time we meet? I don't want to think of her, and even less, talk about her. Anything related to us is behind, it's in the past."

"If it's in the past like you said, why can't you forget about it and forgive her for something that already happened?" Ga Eul couldn't hold herself back from talking more loudly now. Her anger was rising up for how unfair he could be towards who didn't want to forget at all someone she knew he still loves.

"Because...even if it's in the past, it haunts me, even more when she is around. Words and actions can vanish but a broken heart stays, Ga Eul." he got up from the couch and walked towards the door, stopping for a moment before he could open it. "I just came to see how you were doing. I was really scared and worried about what happened. But..."

"I think I know who did this" she interrupted. He was the first one she mentioned this.

"What do you mean?" he asked and forgot about leaving.

"The name, the one who possibly made all this happen, I know him" her eyes were full of fright yet sad. "You know him too" she added lastly. Right at that moment he grabbed her by the side of the arms very tightly.

"Tell me who it is and I will make sure to put him down to sleep" the look on his face was one to fear. He was deadly serious about searching for whoever did this. Nobody would mess with Ga Eul, or he was the first one to deal with them. She was just like the younger sister he never had, and after taking care of her over these four years, he was very attached in a brotherly way for her.

"I can't. Not now" she shook her head and looked at the floor with a depressing stare. Woo Bin slowly let his hands slip away from her arms trying to understand why she was taking this decision.

"I need to talk first. I need to discover by myself why" she talked all teary. "So please, don't tell this to anyone and even more to So Yi Jeong sunbae" she placed her hands on top of his shoulder and begged him.

"Ga Eul, are you sure about this?"

"Please" she begged once more.

Woo Bin nods "Okay" he was disappointed at himself for agreeing with something like this, but even sometimes he couldn't say no to her in these circumstances. He trusted her.

"I have to leave now. My dad wants me to meet this woman" she stared at him in disbelief but didn't say anything. "He probably wants me to get married already" she slapped him on the arm and looked at him very madly. He was casually talking about marriage and she couldn't believe that he didn't care about the subject like it was important.

"I know what you are thinking, but this is the life others and I have to go through. Besides, who knows if I will meet someone with all my expectations!" he winked at her and left before she could hit him again.

"Aish! This jerk!" crossing her arms from how mad she was, she began to mumble offensive adjectives about him. Suddenly, she rememberedthat there was a third person inside listening to everything.

"Jae..." she looked at her walking towards her, glancing down at the floor. "I'm so..." Jae Kyung raised her head and took a glimpse of her face before letting a few tears escaped down her cheeks.

Ga Eul got close to her to comfort her but she refused it. "Don't" she wiped away the tears and ran to the door to leave.

"Jae Kyung!" she screamed but didn't work. The monkey was already out her view. About to follow her behind, she stopped and thought for a second, maybe all she needs is time alone. It was right to give her some space now but, what if she does something crazy? Lots of thoughts invaded her mind but in the end she decided to trust her.

Still, someone needed to keep an eye on her, but who? Yi Jeong was probably busy, Woo Bin was going to see someone, and Jun Pyo and Jan Di were absolutely out on a date again. The only one that was available was...

"Ji Hoo sunbae?" she asked after someone answered the call.

"Yes?" his voice always sounding so calm.

"I need a favor" those were the only words that she needed to say and he would surely do it. There was no possible way they could say no to her and mostly after when Ji Hoo heard what the favor was about. Without any hesitation, he agreed and they finally hung up. Now she could feel relief.

But this was to be changed soon.

The night came and it was darker than ever. When it was finally time to sleep, there was no way to ease into sleep. It was impossible with so many thoughts and imaginations about how she was going to confront the culprit. At three in the morning she finally could close her eyes in peace and sleep for a few hours.

The next morning came fast and the alarm woke her up. Carrying bags under her eyes was a total nightmare for her. How will the children react to her as a total disaster? Make up couldn't fix it for her, also, she didn't even like to wear it. It was just for special occasions. There was nothing to do about it but to embrace it for today.

After dressing up, she soon enough left for school feeling very insecure, not because she looked like a mess but because of what she was about to confront.

School hours passed very fast and each passing moment towards the time closing to the sound of bell ringing, the more she was scared. Finally, the inevitable happened and every kid ran outside to reunite with their parents while she, as usual, needed to clean everything for tomorrow again. Yes, she was scared but after all that working and playing with the kids, she just wanted to find a way to arrive home earlier. Wait... she grumble under her breath when she remembered the invitations needed to be done today.

"Hello" her co-worker entered with a happy face, always keeping his shy personality. "I...Ga Eul, are you okay with me?" he asked very worried while going close to her. At that moment what seemed for a second like she was extremely tired, it changed completely to someone who was keeping her guard.

"I mean, this morning you.." he was shortly cut off by what it was the most painful she has ever done to him. Slowly, he touched his cheek for the sudden slap he received.

"I don't understand" he stutters, still shock for what she did.

"Why did you do it?" she screamed at him very teary.

"I don't understand" he said again, confused.

"Stop saying that and admit you tried to kill me"

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