9pm, one alluring night.
After drinking a little too much at her bachelorette party, Jiwoo's fiancé picked her up and brought her home to their apartment. Finally coming to her senses, she forced open her eyes, holding back an excruciating headache.
As her vision cleared she could make out the figure of a man and a woman kissing passionately under the dimly lit room.
Like being struck by lightning, Jiwoo looked at the two in shock as they continued to kiss by her bedside. The anger inside her began to boil...
"Doyeon, stop messing around, Jiwoo just fell asleep!" the man warned as he restrained the woman by her waist.
"What? Are you afraid your fiancé will wake up?" Doyeon responded in an annoyed tone, "You are getting married tomorrow. Why don't you give yourself to me tonight?!"
"Babe, you are such a troublemaker, let's go to the other room," the man smiled seductively.
"No! I want to do it here! I want to do it right in front of her!" Doyeon swiftly unbuttoned the man's shirt as their lips once again locked.
Jiwoo tried to hold back her tears, but could feel them slowly trickling down her face. Who would have thought, the man she was to marry the next day would be cheating right in front of her.
"Behave, let's go to the bathroom. Isn't the bathtub your favorite place?"
"Fine then, you go in and fill up the bathtub first..." Doyeon nudged the man's chest towards the bathroom. As soon as the man left the room, she sauntered over to Jiwoo. Leaning over with a cold smile, she whispered, "Jiwoo, I'm not going to let you and Minkyu sign those papers tomorrow. I'm pregnant, he's mine!"
Jiwoo tightened her hands into a fist as she held back her emotions - careful not to let out a sound. It was not until she heard the moaning sounds of the couple coming from the bathroom did she feel her world had fallen apart.
Three years ago, Yi Jiwoo was once one of the top idol soloist and was even leading in the modelling industry in South Korea. But, because of this man, she gave up everything, handing over her hard-earned position to Kim Doyeon. As it turned out, everything she did merely went towards preparing someone else's wedding dress.
"No! This must be a dream, just a horrible nightmare, everything will be back to normal tomorrow!"
Jiwoo continued to lie to herself. Until halfway through the night, Doyeon complained of feeling unwell as she led Minkyu out of the hotel. With that, Minkyu was to leave and not return...
The next day, as planned, Jiwoo drove to the Civil Affairs office with a bitter smile. As she stepped out of her car, she gave Minkyu a call.
The voice on the other side coldly answered, "Doyeon was injured on stage, I have to deal with this urgent matter first. Let's postpone the registration to another day."
"There is no 'another day'" , Jiwoo disappointedly told herself.
Jiwoo turned around and put on her sunglasses, ready to leave, but at that moment, her eyes were drawn to a tall figure heading her way.
She couldn't help notice the dark blue retro suit which complimented the feminine body underneath and out of the front chest pocket, the corner of a wine red handkerchief could be seen peering out subtly. Glancing down, Jiwoo could see a pair of perfectly straight legs leading to a pair of freshly polished brown heels which glistened in the sun.
This woman... had such a strong presence, like that of an empress that rivals a whole kingdom.
Especially as she got closer, although she was wearing sunglasses... her perfectly sculpted face and sexy lips were enough to drive any man and woman crazy.
Jiwoo recognized this woman, she was the CEO of Yu Entertainment - Yu Jimin or better known in her english name, Karina.
Back when Jiwoo was still famous, they had met once at a ball.
Is she also getting married today?
"President, Miss Chi has not arrived on time... she is 10 minutes late!" the assistant behind her reported.
"Ring the Chi family and tell them: if they can't even be on time to a wedding, then don't bother coming at all," the woman responded coldly.
"But, the chairman said that you must get married today, no matter what. Even if you were to marry a beggar, he wouldn't care..." the assistant replied timidly.
"Then, just randomly pick someone from the socialite families... I'll give you half an hour..." the woman ordered. She seemed a bit unreasonable.
Oh... so she is faced with a similar dilemma... even though it is slightly different.
Karina had so much power, she could simply choose any man or woman she wanted. And as one of the most eligible bachelors, love was not her priority, her priority was to deal with the pressures from her elders to get married.
Suddenly, an idea came to Jiwoo's mind. Taking off her sunglasses, she walked in front of the woman and gently suggested,
"President Yu, your bride hasn't arrived and my groom has run away... may I suggest we get married?"
Karina's assistant froze in disbelief, how is this woman so brave...?
Jiwoo stood straight in confidence, she had gathered all her courage to do this.
Karina removed her sunglasses, revealing a pair of dark brown eyes; her pupils glimmered like a diamond. After a short moment, she turned to her assistant and ordered, "Give me her details!"
Of course, Karina's assistant already knew who Jiwoo was. She quickly grabbed her cell phone, did a quick search for Jiwoo's name and offered the findings to her boss.
Two minutes later, the woman's lips twitched ever so slightly as she responded with one word, "OK!"
Jiwoo felt that meeting Karina was the luckiest thing that could happen to her. She had no reason to use a woman, nor did she require love and best of all, she had no shortage of men and women to sleep with.
Ultimately, she wanted Minkyu to regret his decision!
The couple's wedding procedures were processed quickly. In just half an hour, Jiwoo held the marriage certificate in her hands. From now on, she was a married woman.
"President Yu, may I have a few words with you?"
"Get in the car!" Karina put her sunglasses back on as she walked out of the registration hall.
Jiwoo followed closely behind. After getting into the Rolls-Royce, she nervously looked at Karina before requesting, "Thank you for marrying me. If you need anything from me in return, please tell me, I will do anything. However, I have two simple requests I hope you can promise to abide by."
"Speak" Karina responded tiredly as she loosened her collar.
"Firstly, unless you have no choice, do not reveal our relationship. Secondly, do not interfere in my personal matters. Do not worry, since we are married, I will not get close to another man or woman."
After listening to Jiwoo's requests, Karina gave a slight smirk. A dangerous aura swept through the car, "I promise you... but, after I give you some time to tidy up your past, I want us to have a trial marriage. After 6 months, I will publicly announce our marriage."
"Thank you!" Jiwoo nodded.
"Also... I don't believe a married couple should live separately. I'll give you three days to pack all your belongings and move to a place of my choice. My assistant, Ningning, will be in touch with you."
Jiwoo had no objections. Since they were now married, a request like this was reasonable. So she obediently nodded her head as she replied, "I agree!"
"Good!"
After the two made their verbal agreement, Jiwoo got out of Karina's car and left. Karina's assistant sat herself in the driver's seat and looked at Karina through the rearview mirror, "President, shall we return to the office? Or would you like to return to the mansion to tell the chairman the news?"
"Follow Jiwoo and report her every move to me!" Karina ordered before stepping out of the car.
Suddenly asking her to marry, something must have happened!
As the president of an international entertainment agency, of course, she had heard of Jiwoo before.
Once a famous supermodel and idol in the industry, three years ago she suddenly rejected an offer from a top entertainment agency, Star King, resulting in them revealing her sexuality of being a bisexual and her being blacklisted because of the backlash she received.
Eventually, she announced she would be signing with Tianyi Entertainment and became a hot topic with the boss, Kim Minkyu.
Everyone thought it was a cover up for her sexuality scandal but 3 years later, they can still be seen to be together thus proving that they merely fell in love, or did they?
And thus, that's the story of the fall of the known idol supermodel...
But, from the looks of it, Jiwoo's story did not end there.