"I feel really sorry about this."
Min-Ji's agent said the words slowly, carefully, as though she was afraid they might shatter something fragile between them.
Min-Ji looked up from the script in her hands. "Sorry about what?"
"The Park Hyun-Seo situation," the agent continued. "You've heard about it, right?"
Min-Ji nodded. "Yeah, I heard something. That Park Hyun-Seo got picked. People are talking about it."
She paused, then frowned slightly. "But what exactly happened?"
The agent exhaled softly and leaned back against the chair.
"Park Hyun-Seo had a problem with one of the VIREX executives a while back," she said. "Nothing public. Just… friction. But that executive never let it go."
Min-Ji's brows knit together. "But Park Hyun-Seo getting the role shouldn't cause this much trouble."
"That's how you see it," the agent replied gently. "Not how they see it."
Min-Ji fell silent.
