Noelle was finally here. NT2 Entertainment. 

She stood beneath the huge sign at the entrance of the thirty-storey building, waiting for someone to pick her up. 

She was so proud – how couldn’t she be? The prestigious internship at NT2 only accepted three interns each year, and she was the first to join that tiny team within the talent agency unit. The only team with a direct connection to what she was after, to what she had been working towards for the past three years. Everything was planned. 

Though, traces of guilt still haunted her. 

She couldn't deny she was feeling anxious and scared at the same time. What she had done so far—and what she was about to do now—was pure madness. 

Nobody should ever learn the real reason she was there. She had to always stick to her scenario: she was just a student looking for a good internship. Everybody would laugh at her if they found out she'd made all her decisions for the most foolish purpose on earth. 

That's right. Only a fool crosses two continents for a man that doesn't know I even exist. 

But it was time to reap what she had sown. 

After a couple of minutes, a girl appeared, moving in the opposite direction of the crowd rushing to get to their offices. As soon as she saw Noelle, she smiled. Her smile was bright and warm, making Noelle feel welcome. 

"Hello! You must be Noelle! I am Cho Mi-Suk" the girl said, extending her hand. The moment Noelle heard her voice, she realized who she was. Her name was also well-known, but she had never seen her face before. 

"Yes, you are right! Nice to meet you" Noelle replied, smiling and shaking her hand. 

"Oh! Your Korean is indeed very good!" Mi-Suk noticed. 

"Thank you. Living here for the past year helped me a lot" Noelle said. 

"Let's go to our office. We are all waiting to meet you" Mi-Suk said, walking though the entrance gates and swiping her card for both of them to enter. 

Mi-Suk seemed like a very joyful person, now that she'd met her in person. She was wearing a cute denim skirt paired with a short-sleeved blouse with green and red stripes, and she was in a great mood for a Monday morning. 

"I will be showing you around today. You can ask me anything you want" Mi-Suk said. "Our office is on the seventeenth floor and we will get there on this nice elevator, because only once have I tried to use the stairs and I only got myself up to the fifth floor!"

Noelle was certain that they would get along pretty well. They reached  their floor, and after stepping out Mi-Suk introduced her to another girl sitting at the floor's reception. "Hey Ari, this is Noelle. She is our new intern"

"Oh! You got an intern? How come?" the girl, Ari, asked. 

"Come on, it has been a while since we got someone new on the team" Mi-Suk responded. 

"Exactly! Four years, is it? Since you came? Let's see how long she will last!" Ari said in Korean, shifting then to English: "Noelle, nice to meet you! Welcome!"

And after that, she added in a low voice in Korean again: "You are lucky, I guess..."

"Nice to meet you, too! And thank you, I guess..." Noelle responded in Korean. 

Yes, she felt lucky, but it was obvious that Ari was thinking the opposite. Why was she wondering how long she would last? 

"I forgot to tell you. She speaks Korean!" Mi-Suk told Ari when she saw her stupefied face. "Come on! Ari will give you the wrong impression"

And they proceeded down the hall. "On this floor, the talent agency unit is based. All the artists' agents are here and you will run into them quite often. NT2 occupies three more floors, but here is the core of our business" Mi-Suk explained as they walked. 

"And here is our unique team!" she said, smiling, when they reached a shut glass door with lively multi-color neon letters on it that read 'Yeong Ye-Jun'. 

At last! 

Mi-Suk pulled the door open and let Noelle enter first. "Everybody, here she is!" she announced loudly behind her. 

Everybody? 

Her heart was racing.  

Wasn’t he supposed to have shootings this period? Could he be here?