Selena barely heard Ilya muttering very softly to himself, grumbling about somebody not calling him. She was curious about the person's identity who had the audacity to do that. 

{Some guy who only texts.} 

Needless to say, the person Ilya was referring to was Woo-Jin. 

After they were done evaluating the seventh candidate, the name of the next candidate, Tenno Terua, was heard through the speaker. And the ninth and final candidate was none other than Woo-Jin. 

After passing the first round of the auditions, Woo-Jin informed Ilya that he would not be calling him for the time being until the final round was over. After that, he only sent him a few texts from time to time to give his regards, and even after he arrived in LA, he merely sent a text message to let him know of his arrival. 

As Ilya was a judge, Woo-Jin deliberately kept a distance from him to prevent people from spreading unnecessary gossip. When Woo-Jin told Ilya he didn’t want people talking about unfounded speculations on how he passed the auditions because of his personal connection with Ilya, the latter had a good laugh. He was very curious as to whether Woo-Jin said it out of confidence or naivety, and he was finally able to confirm it today. 

{He’s bi-racial, but his pronunciation was a little off.}

When Terua had finished acting out his part, Ilya evaluated his acting as though he had been waiting to do so. Terua was rather good-looking, but even though he was speaking in English, there were some words Ilya couldn’t understand. 

{Even though he’s bi-racial, his mother is French, and he was born and raised in Japan.}

{I thought his...