Chapter 1354
Chapter 1354
Jeong Min-Ah began encountering all kinds of misfortune once she was thrust into a free-fall from grace. Unbeknownst to her, it was only the beginning.Starting as an F-rank Awakened, she had certainly put in her own kind of effort in order to reach B-rank. However, contrary to public opinion regarding such meteoric rises, her dedication hadn't actually been as top-tier as her gains.
In the past, she had operated with a comforting sense of relief and security she wasn't even aware of. She had been burgeoned by the deep-seated belief that Bae Seung-Woo would never abandon her, no matter what mistakes she made. That belief slowly ate away at her without either of them realizing it, and in the end, even when she tried and showed results, she could only reach about D-rank at best.
Of course, she thought she had done her absolute best.
On top of that, his absence began to hit her hard, as someone who had basically lost their lifeline. His existence had influenced her life in many ways that she hadn’t been able to realize back then. He had supported her countless times, only to be taken for granted.
Then came her affair with Park Ji-Hoon, which had felt like something straight out of a novel or drama. He was her prince charming, riding in on a white horse. She felt sure she could live out a story where someone with nothing meets the son of a powerful conglomerate family and turns their life around. Even knowing it wasn’t realistic, it was the kind of fantasy that still made people imagine.
Once he appeared, she didn’t let the chance slip away. While she certainly felt guilty at first, once she reached B-rank through Bae Seung-Woo’s efforts, she justified it to herself and chose not to miss the opportunity in front of her.
However, it wasn’t the golden lifeline she thought it was.
“Hmm. I’m sorry, but it looks like your card has been declined,” a cashier irritably told her.
“Excuse me? What are you talking about? Why would this get declined—”
“Look here, Miss,” they said with exasperation, turning the screen to face her. “It clearly says it failed.”
It didn’t take long for her life to fall apart. The card she had been told to use whenever she wanted was suddenly blocked. She had lived without worrying about money, not feeling the need to save anything.