Chapter 155

The cold night air of the year's end, well below freezing.

Along the long red carpet laid out across the plaza at the entrance to the KDS Acting Awards, hundreds of camera flashes went off in a blaze.

"The hottest rookie of the year! Actress Joo Sae-i is making her entrance!"

As the MC's flushed shout rang out, the car door opened, and Joo Sae-i appeared beneath the dazzling lights.

In an instant, the crowd's roar and the reporters' shutter clicks surged several times louder.

The dress Aunt Jeong-hui had personally flown in for her seemed to exist for Sae-i alone.

A deep, elegant navy silk dress that called to mind the dark night sky.

The design bared her slender shoulder line without excess exposure, and it only made Sae-i's figure stand out all the more.

Beneath a hairstyle neatly combed back and swept up, her features showed through, flawless,…