When Hoshino Terumi suddenly said something that hinted at hidden circumstances,
everyone turned to look at her and Kenzaki Osamu, and for a moment, no one noticed Yuki Aono leaving.
Jiang Xia, however, had been somewhat concerned about her and secretly glanced in that direction.
Then, while everyone else listened intently to Hoshino Terumi, he silently edged toward the door.
Yuki Aono did not notice the tail following behind her.
She headed straight to the kitchen, walked to the sink, braced herself against the counter, and let out an exhausted sigh.
Not long after her debut, she had become the assistant to the male lead played by Kenzaki Osamu in Detective Left-Handed, and she had always liked Kenzaki Osamu.
Later, her father fell ill, and Yuki Aono went home to care for him for a while. By the time she returned, both the role and the man belonged to Kusano Kaoru.
After returning to work, Yuki Aono felt conflicted. She tried her best to suppress the turmoil in her heart, and when her friends brought up the matter, she offered her blessings.
But when Kusano Kaoru heard those words, she burst out laughing and said without a care, "It was just for publicity—Kenzaki Osamu is so handsome, there's no loss in riding his coattails a little. The media will be happy too..." Then Kusano Kaoru and Kenzaki Osamu kept "promoting" themselves all the way to this point, even reaching the stage of getting engaged.
Yuki Aono gradually became unable to tell whether her teammate truly liked Kenzaki Osamu, or whether, during the publicity stunt, she had discovered that he liked her too and simply taken advantage of it.
When she could not help asking, Kusano Kaoru still did not take it seriously. She winked at her with a grin