Liar and Liar - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28

[What was that just now? You told me not to speak Korean to you.]

[Italian.]

After confirming that Frederick had disappeared, Danielle hung her head low and pressed her eyes with both hands. Eunho, who heard Danielle’s answer, tilted his head back and burst out in irritation.

[No, what nonsense is that. I was asking what language it was! You studied it because of that white guy, right? You’re doing all sorts of things.]

[It’s not like that. I learned it as a second foreign language at school.]

[If you were thinking practically, you would have taken Spanish, and if you were thinking about grades, you would have taken Japanese. What’s with Italian.]

Danielle didn’t respond at all.

[Anyway, is it true that white guy helped me get into the clinical trial?]

[…Yes.]

Would Eunho understand? Would Eunho understand that sometimes you have to bow your head for reality?

But what came back was a reaction that was natural if it was natural.

[I’m not doing it. Forget it. I won’t take that clinical trial or whatever.]

[Eunho…!]

When Eunho tried to pull out the IV connected to his wrist, a startled Danielle grabbed his arm.

[Did you think I’d be grateful? Don’t say it’s for me, it’s annoying. Right now you think you’re using him, right? Don’t you think you’re being used instead? You’re smart but you can’t think that far?]

Having the core pierced through in an instant, Danielle could no longer say anything. All she could do was grip Eunho’s arm tightly with trembling hands.

[That bastard is playing around with you!]

She shouldn’t have brought Frederick from the beginning. It was obvious, but why…

Danielle’s head went down.

Right. It’s a relationship of using each other.

A relationship where if I let my guard down even a little, I’ll be ruined and easily discarded.

Danielle stabbed a knife into her own heart and stabbed again. To make herself come to her senses.

Whether that quiet self-harm was effective, Danielle’s mood sank coldly.

[End it.]

[Can’t end it.]

[Are you kidding? Didn’t you understand what I said?]

[There’s still a lot to receive. Eunho, you try saying one more time that you’ll quit the clinical trial. I won’t forgive you.]

Danielle’s phone rang. It was a call from Hye-ju.

Danielle was about to answer the phone right away, but Eunho’s cold voice stabbed her again. As if the conversation wasn’t over yet.

[You’re not foolishly mistaking that bastard might be sincere, are you?]

[…No.]

Eunho, who had been staring at Danielle, turned his head and let out a sigh.

Hearing the sigh, Danielle hung her head even deeper.

* * *

By the time the sun had completely set at night, Danielle returned to the dormitory after finishing all her tasks and let out a sigh as she put down her bag and shopping bag on the desk.

“Haah…”

She rubbed her face repeatedly with both hands as if washing her face dry. Through the gaps between her fingers, she could see the hoodie she had taken off and put in the shopping bag at the hospital. Danielle slowly lowered her hands and took out the hoodie.

Even though Frederick had solved the most important problem, Danielle still had many things to resolve.

How about the internship, and how about the scholarship.

If she kept doing this, could she really go to medical school? Would such a future come someday?

Could her brother be completely cured too? Could our family also, someday…

Could we become a normal, ordinary family?

She couldn’t even remember when the four family members had gathered together for a meal, let alone travel. The image of her younger brother who used to follow her around calling “sister, sister” was also gradually fading.

It was a night of repeating the same questions countless times. Danielle’s steps dragged as she headed toward the bed with the hoodie.

Danielle collapsed onto the bed and hugged the hoodie in her arms, burying her head in it. Perhaps because she had taken it off right at the hospital and put it in the shopping bag, the original scent remained.

The clear woody scent that had become somewhat familiar now lingered around Danielle’s nose. It was like therapy. But the voice floating in her head was not.

[You’re not foolishly mistaking that bastard might be sincere, are you?]

Until leaving the hospital after the regular checkup, Danielle didn’t say anything to Eunho.

She had decided to accept all the blame. Because it was impossible to acknowledge the opposite.

Buzz.

Danielle’s eyes slowly opened. After blinking for a moment, Danielle soon reached for her phone. A number that had become familiar appeared on the screen.

Danielle was still stubbornly not saving Frederick’s number, but it was actually a meaningless act. If she had just saved it from the beginning, she wouldn’t have had to memorize the number.

Ehi, tesoro (Hello, darling.) Played golf with family, had dinner outside and just got home 🙂

The family is so happy to hear you can speak Italian. I think they’d like it even more if they heard it in person. Your accent is so cute XD

‘He really acts like nothing happened…’

Danielle sighed and pressed her eyes with her hand as if rubbing them.

It was a lie that she had learned Italian at school. Even if you took European languages, most people took French, so Italian was clearly a non-mainstream language.

Therefore, if you took the class, you would inevitably stand out to other students. Also, Danielle was the type who tried not to take the same classes as Frederick.

Danielle thought the opposite of ‘like’ was ‘dislike’. She had believed that all along.

Instead of writing a reply, Danielle pressed the number to save Frederick’s contact.

Frederick.

That was all she wrote.

I wish tomorrow would come quickly. It was nice seeing you all week.

As always, Danielle didn’t reply. The chat window was filled only with messages Frederick had sent.

Closing her phone, Danielle’s eyes shut. The lingering scent of the hoodie she was holding gradually faded.

Yes, deceive me like that.

Try to fool me.

‘Very perfectly…’

Danielle’s family rented out rooms to two UCLA students to make even a little more income. For that, Danielle had to leave home and live in the dormitory, but on weekends she would return home to take care of household chores like laundry, cleaning, and cooking.

She was exhausted to the point of fainting. Perhaps she was tired beyond her limits. But for Danielle, it had become a natural sensation since middle school.

* * *

Heading to the cafeteria, Danielle looked at the message Frederick had sent.

Should I come pick you up?

I can get there myself. Just see you at the cafeteria.

Okay.

When she scrolled up the message window, last night’s message came down.

I wish tomorrow would come quickly. It was nice seeing you all week.

Danielle’s expectations for ‘boyfriend Frederick’ were infinitely low. About what he was doing now was enough.

Buzz.

‘But not texting at all hours of the day-‘

I said I was coming, so why text again.

Naturally thinking it was Frederick, Danielle checked her phone again and stopped in place as soon as she saw a message from an unfamiliar fake number.

Since there were still students around, Danielle first headed to the restroom that came into view. Only after entering a stall did she check the screen again.

For a moment, Danielle’s mind froze, unable to think of anything.

What the anonymous number had sent was a single photo.

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