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"Holy crap" she says unconsciously, Mark had sent a picture of her drunken state with kissing an unknown guy; the next picture was the unknown guy hugging Sage's small body, the last picture was Jake pulling Sage from his arms and taking her out the back door.
She pressed the side of her head and supported her weight on the marble counter of her kitchen.
How can this happen? What are this pictures? Will they be all over the news tomorrow morning?
After a few seconds of panicking, Sage saw that Mark left another text saying: 'This behavior is unacceptable! I've had enough of your actions Sage, you're lucky the pictures were bought off the paparazzi. We need to talk today. You're place at 7'
Sage gulped, feeling her fear and anxiety grow stronger by the second. Her heart pounded while she gasped for air.
Sage gulped, feeling her fear and anxiety grow stronger by the second. Her heart pounded while she gasped for air.
Sage started to develop panic attacks since she started acting, they became even worse as years passed but she got some tips by past experiences of how to calm down on herself.
The blondie grasped tightly the counter and moved side to side while breathing slowly allowing her body to relax from the panic attack.
"Its okay" she breathed, "Its okay"
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Mark arrived at Sage's house at exactly 7. He passed a hand through his tie looking professional with his normal work attire which was a perfectly fit dressing shirt, tie, and dark jeans.
"Come in" she said chewing on her lip, Mark didn't direct a word to the nervous girl at the door as he just went in directly into her living room.
Sage followed the tall figure and sat down across from him in the living room sofas, she saw how tired he looked as he rubbed his face with his hands and finally looked at her. He leaned in to rest his elbows on his thighs, Sage looked down and gulped as he gelt his eyes analyze her small figure.
"Sage. I've told you many times about your drinking problems. You need to control yourself please!" He said in a tired voice, "A paparazzi caught you with another guy! It's the second time this past 4 months, don't you think that it looks fantastic? Do you think its fun to pay millions of dollars for the damn pictures?"
Sage couldn't look at her manager on the eyes so she just nodded, "The people, your fans for christs sake! They will all be disappointed Sage, you have to be careful. Everyone thinks you're dating Jake, keep it that way--"
"I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be with you Mark--"
"Excuse me?" he asked surprised by her sudden comment. He always told Sage that they would make their relationship public once he fixes things and divorces his wife, but until then she had to be patient, their meetings were to remain top secret.
"I love you Mark... but you are so cold these days, yesterday you were forceful once again when you said you would fix that problem--"
"Sage" he said in his raspy voice; Sage loved the sound of his voice, "I am sorry, it-it won't happen again okay baby?"
Mark stood up and sat down next to Sage, he placed his arm around her shoulders to hug her. In this rare moments in the relationship Sage felt safe and loved... not lonely. She smiled and looked at him, Mark looked down at her lips and kissed her passionately on the lips. But it was a kiss in which should be slow and romantic, yet Mark made it look unromantic as he just devoured her lips and separated from her without feeling anything. It seemed like if he kissed her just to get it over with making Sage doubt what he felt for her.
"I love you" Sage mumbled as she snuggled besides him, Mark just nodded and stared at the white wall in front of them, "I need to ask something from you" he asked and looked at her.
His face was serious and his tone professional, Sage sat up and nodded with a frown on her delicate face, "You love me right?... Then--hear me out okay?-- go to South Korea and shoot a reality show--"
"What?" Sage's eyes widened.
"Hear me out! Sage. If you love me... do this for me... you need to get away from here for a while and let this scandal of the pictures die down. You'll come back in 6 to 8 months--"
"6 to 8 months?!" she yelled and shook her with a nervous smile.
"I said if you love me, Sage. Do you love me?" he asked and his icy blue eyes stared into her soul making Sage fall for him once again.
She nodded slowly, like hypnotized by his eyes, then Mark gave her a triumphant smile.
"Good girl, I promise that when you come back I will be divorced and ready for you" he patted her cheek, "You won't have to pretend to be with Jake anymore" Sage leaned in for a kiss but Mark got up and walked to her kitchen to grab an apple.
"So.. what is the reality show about?" she said accepting the fact that she just got rejected by Mark, the worst thing was that it wasn't the first time that it felt so natural to feel rejected by him.
"You're going to live in a nice house with 4 other American actors and 5 Korean 'idols'/ actors"
"Idols?" the blondie question, Mark takes a bite from the washed apple in his hand, he nodded.
"Apparently they call singers like that in South Korea" he shrugged and leaned on the marble counter.
"I don't know Korean" Sage say rubbed eyes and thought of how the life in South Korea.
"Don't worry, either a translator will be with you or one of the 4 American actors that will participate in the reality show knows how to speak Korean" he said as he gulped down the apple in his mouth, Sage nodded and stayed quiet for a second letting all the information sink in.
"Who other 4 American actors?" she finally asks.
"Oh, don't worry about them, they are just actors that had minor rolls in big movies, they just want to promote more in Korea so they send them there... you probably don't know them. You'll see when we get there" he smiled at me and threw the apple core in the trash can.
"I'll text you more information about the show and members later, right now I have to go confirm that you'll participate and do some paperwork" he winked at me and waved, Sage stood up expecting a quick kiss from him but he simply turned and left the house.
Once again Sage was left at home alone and confused about what the future held for her. Little did she know that this decision would change her whole life.
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A few weeks later Sage had the information she needed and a booked flight to Korean the next day. She had felt a pang in her stomach the second Mark handed her the plane ticket, but kept a straight face to not show any emotion.
The reality show was actually very popular in South Korea since they have lots of 'idols' who are handsome and tall. She research the project and found that many happy yet tense moments happened in the house that was monitored by 60 cameras around the house, she saw some episodes and felt herself cringing at the awkwardness the people arriving felt.
"Oh gosh. Will I feel like that? Do I have to bow? What if I don't bow and they hate me for it? How will I understand everything they say? Will my translator talk to me all the time?" Sage bombarded Mark with questions about the show every 15 minutes since she watched the first episode. Mark grew tired of her calls and so he just rubbed his face with his hands, "Sage. You'll be fine. I told you, they don't expect you to know their culture--but you will have to bow and show respect-- but remember you're not the only clueless American there"
Sage gawked at the word 'clueless' but remained silent, "Why is this season different from any other? Why Americans?"
Mark sighted, "The first season was only Korean idols and actors, the second season they added Japanese actors/ idols... Now Sage for the hundredth time: This season is American actors and singers"
She nodded and hummed while thinking of any other questions on her mind, "Also... will Jake take me to the airport? Or will no paparazzi be there?"
"That's a great idea! Let lover boy take your bags and stuff, paparazzi and fans will be all over this on the news" Sage could feel his smile from where she sat, she knew him that well.
"Okay... I'll call Jake...." she mumbled as Sage knew she had unfinished business with Jake. She remembered how disappointed his voice sounded when you tried to set things straight with the young soccer player, Sage clicked away in her phone and placed it against her ear hearing the phone ring.
"Sage" the line said and she was taken by surprise.
"Yeah. Jake. Hi" she said awkwardly and then bit her lip, Jake sighted and heard a whistle in the background.
"I am at practice" he said in a monotone that startled Sage even more.
"I won't beat around the bush. You know I am not that way, so listen up. I know you're mad, but the deal is still on you like it or not" you sighted and looked out the big window in your living room, "Jake. I am leaving for some months to South Korea, and Mark said it would be a good idea--"
"Mark says, puppets do right? I guess I see you in the airport" he says cutting Sage's talking.
"Jake" the blondie says with a tired tone, "Please don't start"
"Oh I'll start. You let Mark control you Sage!"
"I offered the idea! He just said it was fine" Sage says in a harsh tone.
"Now you're protecting him--"
"No Jake. He is a great man. Why do you hate him so much?"
Jake went dead silent, the only sound Sage could hear was the whistle and kicking sound of Jake's whereabouts.
"Because... because you love him and not me" he finally says, letting Sage's heart sink to her stomach.
She gulped thinking about how he knew of the affair between the two of you, "How do-- How-- do you know?"
Jake snorted and began to laugh making Sage become more nervous than ever, "So it's true? The man who is taken, the man you want to keep touching... the man who you..." Jake breathed, "love... is Mark? Your 'married' manager?" He says incredulously.
Sage gulped and touched her forehead which was sweating, "I- I..."
Her mind went blank, she didn't know what to say at the moment, Sage felt embarrassed for getting involved with a married man... but she loved him so much.
"Shut it, Sage. I don't want to see you anymore. The deal is over, I'll call Mark"
The line went dead.
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"Sage! Sage! Look here please!" The cameras snapped from all directions making Sage pull up some glasses from her purse and put them on for protection.
Mark and some staff helped the blonde girl pass through the airport without any accident with both the fans and paparazzi, Sage was known as one of those few artists who felt agitated at the sight of a large crowd since she is well known around the world for her stupid mistakes thanks to a recording.
Fans reached out for Sage between the gaps of her staffs bodies, her breathing became more unusual as Mark pushed her forward to get to her terminal as soon as possible. Suddenly some of the flashing cameras started to move away from her, Sage looked up at the direction to where to the paparazzi yelled and took pictures.
Her breathing caught in her throat as she sees Jake holding flowers. He dressed handsomely with a trench coat and blue jeans that hugged his legs perfectly, his hair was up and sunglasses covered his eyes. Sage found herself smiling at the fact that Mark convinced him to stay a bit longer and send her off to Korea.
"Jake! Jake! Look here"
"Oh my gawd it's Jake Garret!" fans screamed and whined about how handsome the youngster looked as he walked towards Sage with a sexy smirk on his lips.
He handed her the flowers and the couple kept walking towards her plane without a word, Sage felt the urge of hugging Jake since she felt so grateful... but what if he's here because of Mark and not for her?
Jake looked down at Sage, he noticed that she was in deep since her eyebrows formed a small frown to which Jake smiled at.
He loved her so much that he memorized every expression of Sage's, he knew what she felt even though she said otherwise. Jake cleared his throat loudly to get Sage's attention away from the screaming crowd and flashing cameras.
"Thank you" Sage finally said as her feelings won her over. Jake's eyes softened and he felt bad for what he said to her through the phone, he was so infuriated about the whole Mark and Sage affair that he forgot the blonde was a sensible creature that needed help from other than Mark.
"I am sorry for what I said..." he spoke up and leaned forward to Sage's ear "I came her for you and not because Mark told me so. Jeez Sage you're face is so obvious sometimes" he chuckled and the weight on Sage's shoulders lifted.
She bit down on her lips to keep herself from smiling, "Am I too obvious or do you know me too much for my own good?"
Jake shrugged and pouted like a little kid making Sage chuckle this time, "I thought you wouldn't come... I was so worried... you're the only friend I have"
The soccer player smiled down at her and brushed a strand of hair behind Sage's ear earning some screaming from fans around them. Mark looked at the two with a serious expression, he gulped as he felt a burning sensation in his throat.
Jealously perhaps? No. He promised himself to not fall for the small blonde in front of her, she was just a... distraction from the problems back home.
"We are here" Mark said as he pushed Sage and Jake towards the lady picking up plane tickets.
"This is it" Jake said solemnly as he stared at Mark then at Sage. His eyes softened ad he saw a smiling Sage looking up at him, Jake pinched her cheeks and Sage hissed at him.
"Hey! I am older than you!" She slaps his hands playfully earning a laugh from the soccer player.
"Let's go" Mark said pressuring the fake couple, Jake clenched his jaw and Sage watched him carefully. She reached for his big hands and squeezes them lightly, "I'll call you once I land. Have fun at practice" she says and this time she pinches his cheeks, Jake scrunched his nose and closed his eyes enjoying the small skinship.
"Thanks again" she said and waved back at Jake as she walked in and disappeared into the long hallway.
"I guess I am welcome" he breathes as Mark looks back at him and salutes Jake with a monotone expression.
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Back at the studio many Korean workers ran around to fetch stuff the foreign actors would want, from wet wipes to gummy bears. The director walked around supervising how the house for the reality show went. The house was a well designed place, the walls were painted white and it read in big letters 'clean', the director smiled at the hard work and left to see how the installation of the cameras around the house went.
"Junbi dwaess-eo?(Everything's ready?)" He questioned the 5 tech guys sitting in front of computers, they looked back and bowed at their superior before they nodded and explained that the installation went fine.
"Jib-eun oegug-indeul-eul-wihan junbigadoeeo issseubnida, seonsaengnim (The house is ready for the foreigners, Sir)" the director nodded and patted the back of one of the guys with a huge grin.
"Gwaenchanh-a. gaja gonghang-e gaja (Okay let's go and greet them at the airport)" the guys bowed at him once more as the man left the room.
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"Did Marissa and Cloe not ask for me?" Sage asks as she puts her glasses on and carefully goes down the stairs to get off the plane. Mark shakes his head and kept walking to get inside the building. People looked around at Sage and whispered, some people squealed but no one dared to get close to her.
She kept a straight face and looked down while her staff grabbed her suitcases, once they were finished Mark stopped Sage on the exit of the terminal.
"Makeup! Let her look pretty, there are cameras and fans out there, fast!" He said with a loud tone for the staff to hear, Sage is pulled to the side and they applied some lipstick.
"Fantastic. Don't take your glasses off okay? And smile for the camera" Mark says as he uses his index fingers to form in Sage's lips a smile.
The doors opened and a wave of flashes crashed against Sage, she was so surprised that she stumbled back and bumped into her makeup artist who patted her back and whispered 'It's okay'.
Mark looks back at Sage with a fake smile, she notices his signal and flashes an enchanting smile at the cameras. She lifted her hand and waved at the fans and paparazzi who yelled and called for her.
The fans went crazy at the fact that she was so close, yet so far from them. After the many mistakes Sage committed only a few remained, but they were true people who the blondie didn't get tired of thanking.
The paparazzi snapped and snapped, getting every action, every breathe Sage took. Nothing escaped their lenses as Sage walked and gave them a smile, "Look here Sage!"
Sage looked down at the end and let the staff and bodyguards take care of the fans as they left the airport. Mark pushed Sage inside a white van and got in, "Lotte Hotel, please" he breathed in and looked down at his phone.
"I didn't think I had that many fans here in South Korea" Sage smiled at the people waving and holding posters saying: 'I love Sage' or 'Welcome Sage'
"Yeah it's nice" he said dryly, totally ignoring Sage. The blonde reached for his hands but he moved his hands away from him, he looked at her annoyed "Don't you see I am doing something?"
Sage's hands form fists as she place them on her lap.
Don't let him get to you. Mark loves you, he is just very stressed, Sage thoughts consisted of ideas like that that later led to thinking of why her two best friends hadn't called to check on her.
She took her phone out and scrolled down her photo album to see the three of them smiling at the camera looking beautiful. They all smiled at the happy moment they were sharing together, 2 years of friendship with these models and she never grew tired of their bickering.
Sage smiled and looked for Marissa's phone number, she called her friend who would later not reply; she then dials Cloe who also doesn't pick up.
"Hmm... this is strange" Sage mumbled under her breath as she then dials Jake.
Jake picks up at the first ring making Sage chuckle, "Sage! You finally landed, thank god you're fine"
Sage nodded "Yeah, I am here. Hey, I have a question, do you know where Marissa and Cloe are?"
Jake hummed "I really don't know, but they are models... maybe Paris?" He said unsure of his answer.
"Okay, you are my eyes and ears in LA so tell me if anything crazy happens without me" Sage said with a playful tone, Jake chuckles and hums a yes.
"Good boy, I'll text you later on how things went. Bye" the blonde smiled at her phone as she ended the call and sits quietly.
"Sage, the manager is going to meet us at the lobby of the hotel" Mark spoke up breaking the calm silence in the van, "I hope you're hungry, they will make a small interview during lunch"
Sage nods and as if it was planned her stomach growled making Mark smirk at the cute 23 year old next to him.
"We're here" the man driving said as he made a complete stop, Mark opened the van door and reached for Sage to help her down. The staff gathered around and they all walked inside, cameras surrounded Sage as soon as she stepped in the hotel; people looked around and stared at Sage.
"Sir! How are you?" Mark said as he raised his arm and waved at a short man with a beer belly, his eyes were slanted and small making it obvious he was Korean. He smiled and waved back, he got closer and Mark bowed making Sage look at him startled.
"Sage bow, he is the director of the show, show respect" he said as he regained his straight posture. Sage hesitantly bowed, but didn't know how long she had to stay, approximately she spent 1 minute trying to figure out to bow one more time or smile.
Mark placed his hand on the small curve of her back and pushed her forward, the director bowed and extended his hand for Sage who gladly took it.
Cameras snapped and people held video cameras around them. The director smiled and led the way to the hotel's restaurant, "Follow me please, we'll start the interview"
Mark nods and leaves Sage behind as he strikes a friendly conversation with the director, they laughed as they sat down and Sage noticed a table singled out from the others. The lights and cameras pointed at the lonely table which the blonde assumed she would sit in, and her assumptions were right.
Mark pointed at the table and Sage did as she asked. The makeup artist took her sunglasses off and fixed her whole makeup this time, the artists made Sage's green eyes pop and applied red lipstick in her lips making her look beautiful.
"Okay, ready?" The director asked Sage who nodded and prepared herself for the questions.
"Okay. Go" the director said snd the room went silent in less than a second, Sage smiled at the camera in front of her and waved.
"Please introduce yourself" the man behind the camera said and Sage nodded with a smile still glued to her face, "Hello, my name is Sage Brown. I am 23 years old, I live alone back in America"
"When did you start acting?" the director asked stealing the question from the man behind the camera, Sage cleared her throat remembering when her mom slapped her across the face as she screamed how acting wasn't a real job.
"I started small, my family was from many places and we all lived in a small house. I first got involved in small projects like modeling in my class fashion show, then posing for the school webpage, etc." Sage breathed and tugged on her bracelets on your wrists underneath the table for no one to see, "Then they called me asking to be in bigger projects, like perfume photoshoots and stuff like that, so I guess I started since I was 18 then I became an actress at 20 with the help of my manager, Mark" the blondie gestured at Mark and the cameras turn as Mark gave a small but professional wave.
"Since when are you living alone?" the camera man said and Sage thought once again of the fights she had with her parents making her take the hard decision of leaving the house at 19.
"Since I was 19" Sage answered dryly creating an awkward atmosphere around the workers.
"Here is you menu" a Korean woman said with a thick accent, she smiled and Sage took it. She bowed slightly, still not getting used to bowing every time she met people.
"Thank you"
She opened the menu and cleared her throat looking at the menu, she opened her mouth and looked at Mark with confused eyes, "It's all in Korean"
The staff chuckles making Sage feel a bit more confident about herself. A woman in a pant suit walked forward and explained every single food to her, but the 23 year old didn't listen as she was more focused on the cameras pointed at her.
"You know what, get me something that is really tasty, surprise me" she winked at the woman who smiled sweetly and bowed before leaving to let Sage finish with her interview. She glanced at Mark who wore a proud smile in his lips, Sage looked down feeling her cheeks getting hot.
Gosh that man had power over her.
"Why did you agree to appear in this show?"
Sage raised an eyebrow and bit down on her lip while smiling, she knew that only Mark and her knew what the REAL reason was to all this mess.
She casually glanced at Mark who looked down at his phone but still had a wickedly handsome smile playing on his lips, "Well, I wanted to try something new. I have been to South Korea because of business trips but never actually travelled around they way I wanted to"
The man behind the cameras smiled taking in the beautiful, blonde woman in front of them. They all sighted as she smiled, earning some evil stares from the female workers around. The men cleared their throats and retrieved the serious face from before.
"Are you excited? You are meeting your roommates for the first time tomorrow" the director cheered as Sage nodded and bit down on her lip as a soup arrived, steam disappeared up in the air.
She smiled awkwardly smiled at the waitress as she placed the soup in front of her and stared at her wide eyed. The director cleared his throat and the waitress walked with a surprised expression, Sage smiled and looked down at her soup. The blondie didn't like soups but she knew that if she said that she wanted something else it would look wrong and Sage didn't want any more problems here.
She wanted to start fresh here.
"Yeah... uhmm... I am excited. My manager didn't want to reveal any secrets about my roommates so I am practically going in blind" Sage said humorously and the staff chuckled at her sweet attempt of being funny.
"What things are you not confident about being in the house?"
"Uhm... well... I have light snores?" She said unsure and with a rectangular smile, "Uhm... I am not really confident about my bare face"
The staff nodded understandingly.
"I also... don't talk any Korean... so... that there is a huge gap between the other 5 Korean roommates who probably don't speak English"
"We made sure that the people in the house understood English, they may have a bit if difficulty answering back in English but please be patient and take care of them" the director smiled and bowed and the blonde bowed back.
"I heard that many of the American actors attending the show are rising starts?" Sage asked as she stirred the soup in front of her.
"Ah yes. They are actors that are barely starting, so please take care of them as well" the director said with a chuckle as well.
"Oh sure" Sage looked down at the soup that looked strange and tasteless.
"Thank you for your time, Ms. Brown" the director bowed and the staff around started to move and turn the cameras off. Sage stood up and waved around with her two hands and a bit fake smile, the men around slowed down as they looked at the cute 23 year old waving at them.
"Thank you so much" the director said with his thick Korean accent and Sage bowed once more, already feeling sore of all the bowing.
She flashed a tired smile and nodded at the man who bowed and turned to leave.
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The next day Sage was woken up at what seemed to be early afternoon , her body was still not used to the idea that Seoul had a an 17 hour difference from her hometown. She breathed and saw the bag under her eyes, the makeup artist winked and applied some sunblock on her face, "Don't worry, I'll make you look like new"
Sage chuckled and gave a thumbs up to the woman who now focused on her eyebrows. The night was tough since she slept most of the airplane ride but when it came to sleeping in the hotel room she went crazy. Sage wasn't used to the mattress and the scent in the room, her stomach grumbled as she rolled to her back remembering about the interview and her moments with her family.
"You don't need them" Sage breathed as she but her lip hard to not let any tears escape her eyes.
The sound of a door closing made Sage snap back to reality. Mark walked in and he flashed her a tired smile, "Goodmorning"
"Its a morning alright" she mumbled under her breathe. Sage was never a morning person, everyone knew it: the staff, her manager, even Jake.
Nobody messed with Sage Brown in the morning, Mark playfully massages Sage's back and her makeup artist glares at Mark making him stop moving Sage's body with his hands.
"Jeez. Everybody is in a mood today, cheer up! You are meeting new things and people" Mark said as he stared at Sage through the mirror.
The blondie only hummed in response as she looked at down at her phone which had no missed calls or new messages.
It enraged her the fact that her two 'best friends' didn't even report back or even said hi. She knee that her friends knew her too well to not text her first, Sage was one of those childish grownups who didn't send a text but responded it.
She scrolled down on her instagram and saw many pictures from Marissa's instagram account. Sage raised and eyebrow and looked at the photos of Marissa, Cloe, and one of Sage's sworn enemy: Emily Davis.
She was one of women who was mostly wanted by men around the world, the worst thing was that she knew and her attitude was trash.
Emily Davis was once her friend when she started with the whole modeling thing at her 17 years of age, but once he saw how successful Sage's career could get she ran back home and told her parents all about the things she did behind their backs.
This caused controversy between her parents and Sage, which leaded to the blondie moving running from her house. The worst thing of it all was that Marissa and Cloe knew the story between the model and her, yet they didn't seem to care as they hugged and drank together in the pictures. Sage looked closely at the three models smiling at the camera looking beautiful and sexy at the same time, the 23 year old girl read the caption out loud:
BEST OF FRIENDS XOXO #PARIS
"Un-fucking-lievable"
She laughed bitterly and threw her phone across the phone, the staff in the room jumps at the sudden action and stares at Sage.
Mark clenched his jaw and moved his palm at the makeup artist to let her keep doing his thing. The woman gulped as she touched Sage's delicate features with the blender, she looked at Sage then at her work trying not to be too obvious.
"Sage. That's the third phone this year" Mark said throwing his head back.
"I don't fucking care. If Marissa or Cloe call or text tell them to go fuck them selves" Sage said with rage.
Mark just breathed and picked the phone up which had now a cracked screen. He rubbed his eyes tiredly and nodded, "Alright drama queen, let's get your hair done to leave already"
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"The producers want you to get there last" Mark said as he sat in the chairs in her hotel room. Sage just nodded displeased at the sight of her 'ex-best friends' with Emily Davis.
"Use the phone you just cracked please" he said raising his voice. Sage just snatched the phone from Mark's grip like a little girl throwing a tantrum, which made her 38 year old manager grip the blonde's arms hard.
Sage bite down on her tongue preventing a whimper to escape her mouth. She was so stressed about moving, Jake knowing about the affair, and lastly Emily Davis feeding her only friends lies about her.
Or were they lies? Sage glared at Mark, "Let me go. Now" she demanded making her manager falter on his grip to which Sage took advantage and escaped his hands, "Touch me like that again and I swear--"
"Shut the fuck up. I've had it with your stupid drama queen moments Sage. You're not 15. You're a grown ass woman for fucks sake! Don't make me--" Mark cut his words short as he realized what he was about to say.
"Hurt me?" Sage felt like she gulped rocks, "You were going to say you'll hurt me huh?"
"Your words. Not mine" he pointed at a finger at Sage and left the empty room for Sage to her ready for the camera men arriving to record what Sage packed for her stay at the roommate house.
3 hours later the camera men bowed and made their way out of the Lotte Hotel building. Mark and Sage waved, bowed, shook hands with the director and producer as they made their way to the elevator. As soon as the elevator doors closed, both Sage and Mark dropped their smiles to go their separate ways.
The 23 year old still couldn't believe the words of the man she loved. Did he really mean it? Does he love me? Will he ever hurt me again?
Thoughts like that clouded Sage's mind as the staff carried her bags down to the lobby and into a white van.
"Hey be careful with that box, those are really expensive shoes" Sage warned the young looking Korean male taking her luggage out.
"Yes Miss" he said with a tiny voice and made his way to the elevator where most of the staff helped with her luggage and boxes to leave back home for a week.
"Geunyeoga dangsin-ege soli chyeossnayo? (Did she yell at you?)" one of the men asked the young man. He nodded and gulped, the man patted his back with a sight "geogjeonghaji mala, geunyeoneun manh-eun migug web saiteue ttala saaghan manyeo da (Don't worry, she is an evil witch according to many American websites)"
The young man looked at the man, "jeongmal? (Really?)"
The man nodded as the elevator door opened and they carried the boxed and luggage to vans.
The curiosity won over the young man as he followed the man he talked to earlier and patted his back to get his attention, "geunyeoneun mueos-eul haessseubnikka? (What did she do?)"
The man tapped his chin as he thought of the research he made as soon as the young beauty of Sage caught his attention. He looked at the youngster, "geudeul-eun eumju unjeon ttaemun-e chulaghaessdagohabnida. ttohan geunyeoneun poglyeogjeog-igo yang-geugseong-eulo yumyeonghabnida. geunyeoneun gibonjeog-eulo modeun salam-eul sseulegicheoleom chwigeubhabnida (They say she crashed because of drunk driving. Also she is known for being violent and bipolar, she basically treats everyone like trash when she feels like it)" the young man nodded and asked no more questions.

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